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GENERAL INFORMATIONABOUT THE COLLEGE<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a comprehensive twoyearcollege that offers more than 90 associate degrees andcertificates. Information about RVCC can be found by visitingits website at www.raritanval.edu.The <strong>College</strong>’s distinguished faculty hold advanced degreesand have broad experience in their fields. Class size is small andstudents have easy access to excellent facilities, including thestate-of-the-art Science Center and West Building, The Theatre,and The Conference Center.The student population is approximately 7,800 each semester,which includes about 4,000 full-time students. In addition,approximately 9,500 students of all ages and backgroundsenroll in non-credit courses, customized training programs,youth programs and more through Corporate and ContinuingEducation.Financial support from Hunterdon and Somerset counties, andfrom the State, enables the <strong>College</strong> to offer the highest qualityeducation at a relatively low cost.Close to 1,000 courses are offered each semester in day,evening and weekend sessions and online. Programs of studyinclude career programs that are designed to prepare studentsfor entry-level positions and transfer programs that preparestudents for transfer to baccalaureate programs.Comprehensive student support services, including tutoring,counseling, and transfer and career advisement, are available toall students.A wide variety of non-credit courses, seminars, workshopsand customized training for business and industry are offeredthrough Corporate and Continuing Education.The Theatre at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> offers thebest in dance, music, theater and children’s programming yearround.Physical FacilitiesThe <strong>College</strong>'s Main Campus is located on a 240-acre site inBranchburg, Somerset County, New Jersey. In addition to classroomsand laboratories, the Main Campus houses a Theatre,library, swimming pool, gymnasium, fitness center, planetarium,cafeteria, and learning resource center.Visit the <strong>College</strong>, or call for more information at (908) 526-1200.Mannheimer Welcome Center: (908) 231-8819Student Enrollment Center: (908) 218-8864Admissions: (908) 253-6688Corporate and ContinuingEducation: (908) 218-8874The Theatre Box Office: (908) 725-3420Mailing Address:118 Lamington RoadBranchburg, NJ 08876-1265Internet Address:www.raritanval.eduIn support of its mission to make higher education as accessibleas possible to the residents of the communities it serves, the<strong>College</strong> also offers selected courses and programs at a growingnumber of off-campus locations. Current off-campus sites arethe following:• Bound Brook111 West Union AvenueBound Brook, NJ 08805• Bridgewater14 Vogt DriveBridgewater, NJ 08807• Franklin415 Francis StreetSomerset, NJ 08873For further information regarding any of these sites, contact:Jose OlivaresDirector of <strong>Community</strong> Outreach(908) 253-6688jolivare@raritanval.eduIn partnership with area high school, the <strong>College</strong> also offersdual enrollment opportunities for concurrently enrolled highschool students. Through this program, high school studentsmeeting appropriate academic requirements take courses ontheir local high school campus and earn academic credit thatsimultaneously fulfills high school graduation requirements andRVCC Associate degree requirements. Concurrent enrollmentopportunities are currently available for students attending thefollowing high schools:Bound BrookBridgewater-<strong>Raritan</strong>FranklinHunterdon CentralHunterdon PolytechNorth HunterdonManvilleMontgomerySomerset County Vocational/TechnicalVoorheesFor further information regarding concurrent high schoolenrollment, contact:Tarana BaldwinDirector of Academic Program Outreach(908) 526-8557tbaldwin@raritanval.eduHistoryFounded on November 16, 1965, as Somerset County <strong>College</strong>by resolution of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders, the<strong>College</strong> was officially established April 5, 1966, by theappointment of a nine-member Board of Trustees. The <strong>College</strong>became the state’s first bi-county college in 1987, whenHunterdon County and Somerset County agreed to share in thesponsorship of the <strong>College</strong>. Located in Somerset County, onemile from the Hunterdon border, the <strong>College</strong> is ideally situatedto serve the two thriving counties.Somerset County <strong>College</strong> opened its doors to 229 students onSeptember 12, 1968 at its temporary home: Green Brook HighSchool. In May of 1970, the first commencement was held for75 graduates.4 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
In July of 1968, the <strong>College</strong> found a permanent home with thepurchase of a 240-acre site in North Branch. With the first phaseof construction underway, an interim facility was built - thecurrent Arts Building - to house all <strong>College</strong> operations. InSeptember 1973, students finally moved into new, permanentfacilities that included the current Hunterdon Hall and SomersetHall buildings. The second phase of construction wascompleted in 1975, adding to the complex a new <strong>College</strong> Center- including the dining hall, bookstore, counseling, StudentActivities area - and a Physical Education building featuring afull gymnasium, fitness center and swimming pool. The campuscontinued to grow with the opening in 1985 of a new library and1,000-seat Theatre.The <strong>College</strong>'s major redefining moment came in November1986, when freeholders from Hunterdon and Somersetapproved co-sponsorship of the <strong>College</strong>. The first bi-countycollege in the state, Somerset County <strong>College</strong> was officiallyrenamed "<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>" in July 1987.With the merger and new name, the <strong>College</strong> continued toexpand. March 1990 marked the official opening of the 100-seat Planetarium. As part of the <strong>College</strong>'s 25th anniversarycelebration in 1993, the library was named to honor foundingtrustee Evelyn S. Field, and the Theatre was named forfounding trustee Edward Nash.In June 1993, a Child Care Center opened to serve thechildren of RVCC students, faculty, staff, and administrators.The Center for Advanced Teaching and Technology, whichopened in 1994, brought multimedia resources into theclassroom via fiber optics, enabling RVCC to become the firstcommunity college in the state to offer the new classroomtechnology. Four years later, the state-of-the-art ConferenceCenter opened, serving as a conduit to bring the corporate andacademic communities together.Recent additions to the <strong>College</strong> complex include the Institutefor Holocaust and Genocide Resource Center and the PaulRobeson Institute for Ethics, Leadership and Social Justice. InSeptember 2002, the Christine Todd Whitman Science Centeropened. The state-of-the-art facility houses the biology,biotechnology, chemistry, physics and engineering laboratories,as well as a lecture hall that provides interactive centers forteaching using technology. An Academic Support Centeropened in September 2005, enabling students who need extrahelp in such areas as math, writing or science to find everythingthey need in one centralized location at the <strong>College</strong>. The WestBuilding opened in Fall 2007. The 18-classroom buildinghouses the Computer Science department. In a far-reachingeffort to enhance workforce training programs for SomersetCounty residents while reducing administrative costs by sharingservices, in July 2010 RVCC assumed administration of allpost-secondary programs previously offered by the SomersetCounty Technology Institute (SCTI) in Bridgewater.From its early days in Green Brook High School to today,<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is constantly expanding andimproving to meet the changing educational needs of Somersetand Hunterdon county residents.Accreditation<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is accredited bythe Commission on Higher Education, Middle StatesAssociation of <strong>College</strong>s and Schools, 3624 Market Street,Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 662-5606. The following<strong>College</strong> programs are accredited: Nursing - National League forNursing; Ophthalmic Science - Commission on OpticianryAccreditation; and Health Information Technology - CAHIIM,the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics andInformation Management Education. The Paralegal StudiesProgram is approved by the American Bar Association. <strong>Raritan</strong><strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is licensed to operate and to awardassociate degrees, diplomas, and certificates by the New JerseyCommission of Higher Education.All accreditation documents are housed in the Office of thePresident. Copies of these documents are available for reviewduring regular business hours.Affirmative Action and Compliance Statement<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is firmly committed to apolicy of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, and willimplement the policy to assure that the benefits, services,activities, programs and employment opportunities offered atthe institution are available to all persons regardless of race,creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status,religion, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identificationand expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait,genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces ofthe United States, or disability, and in accordance with the stateand Federal Laws: Title IX, Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964;Executive Order 11246, as amended; Title IX, EducationalAmendments of 1972; section 503 and 504, Rehabilitation Actof 1973, as amended; Veteran’s Assistance Act of 1972; asamended. Inquiries regarding compliance with Civil RightsLaws may be directed to the Human Resources Office, (908)526-1200, extension 8345.Membership<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a member of:• The American Council on Education• The Association of Governing Boards• American Association of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>s• The New Jersey Association of <strong>College</strong>s & Universities• The Association for Continuing Higher Education• The National League of Nursing• National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development(NISOD)• Alliance Members of League of Innovation• New Jersey Virtual <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> Consortium• American Mathematical Association of Two-Year <strong>College</strong>s• National Association of Developmental Education (NADE)Americans with Disabilities ActIf you require special accommodations, contact theCoordinator of Disability Services at (908) 526-1200, extension8418. For additional information, check the RVCC website.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> fully complies with theregulations and stipulations of the Americans with DisabilitiesAct of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,as amended. No student or employee may be discriminatedagainst based upon a disability.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 5
Distance LearningRVCC offers 125 online and hybrid courses, including almost50 general education courses. Hybrid courses, where class timeis divided between traditional classroom or lab activities andonline instruction, combine the convenience of online courseswith the personal attention of classroom interaction.RVCC offers the following degree programs entirely online:• A.A. in Liberal Arts• A.S. in Business Administration• A.S. in Management Information Systems• Certificate in CPA Education RequirementIn addition, at least 85 percent of the courses are offeredonline for the following degree programs:• A.A. in Business Liberal Arts• A.A. in Criminal Justice• A.A. in English• A.A. in Liberal Arts-Communication Studies• A.A. in Liberal Arts-Social Science Option• A.S. in Health Science• A.S. in Science and Mathematics-Computer Science• A.S. in Mathematics• A.A.S. in Accounting• A.A.S. in Business Management• A.A.S. in Marketing• A.A.S. in Health Information Technology• Certificate in Corrections• Certificate in Health Information Technology-MedicalCodingAcademic DepartmentsRVCC offers the following nine Academic Departments:Business & Public ServiceThird Floor, Hunterdon HallEllen J. Lindemann, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 8878Communication & LanguagesSecond Floor, Somerset HallS. Laurie Reynolds, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 6698Computer ScienceWest BuildingSteven Schwartz, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 8969EnglishThird Floor, Somerset HallChristine Pipitone-Herron, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 8816Health Science EducationSecond Floor, Hunterdon HallPatrice Case, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 8877Humanities, Social Science & EducationThird Floor, Somerset HallKimberly Schirner, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 8816MathematicsSecond Floor, Somerset HallPatti Hulsen, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 6698Science & EngineeringWhitman Science CenterMargaret Czerw, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 8817Visual and Performing ArtsArts BuildingAnn Tsubota, Chair(908) 526-1200, extension 88766RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
ADMISSIONAll students attending <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>(RVCC) for the first time must apply for admission, in order tocreate a student record. All students who have attended RVCCin the past, but have either graduated or been inactive at RVCCfor more than three years, must apply for readmission, in orderto reactivate and update the student record. Students from othercountries who are in the United States as permanent residents orunder work dependent visas will follow the same admissionrequirements as U.S. citizens.Admission to RVCC does not imply admission to a specificprogram that has additional admission requirements (pleaseconsult the program description for details on thoserequirements). Students are admitted to RVCC without regardto race, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, nationalorigin, ancestry or gender.How to Apply for AdmissionApplications for admission are available online atwww.raritanval.edu. They can be entered online or submitted tothe Student Enrollment Center in person, by fax to (908) 704-3442, or by mail to Student Enrollment Center, PO Box 3300,Somerville, New Jersey 08876. A non-refundable applicationfee of $25 is required ($225 for International Students with anF-1 or M-1 visa).Once submitted, applications are processed on an ongoingbasis. Students who apply should receive an admissions packet,mailed out within 7-10 business days. The packet will containan RVCC Student ID number, Lion's Den password andimportant instructions for enrollment.Admission to RVCC activates the student access to the onlineportal for student records, registration, bill payment, and otherstudent services. After students have registered for their firstsemester, access to the RVCC computer network and Lion'sDen e-mail, is activated. Please note that the Lion's Den emailis the official communication of the college and sends allimportant announcements , including bills and grade reports, tostudents. All students must become familiar with their RVCCStudent ID number, initial password and passwordmaintenance, and procedures for accessing Lion's Den andLion's Den e-mail.Admission CategoriesAn applicant will be admitted or readmitted to RVCC underone of the following student categories. See instructions belowto proceed following admission.• First-Time <strong>College</strong> Student• Transfer Student• Returning Student• Visiting Student/Non-Degree Student*• Early Admission Student• International Student*Applicants who are not pursuing a degree or certificate atRVCC are not required to submit proof of immunization, officialhigh school or college transcripts, or complete placementtesting, unless required as proof of meeting courseprerequisite(s). Non-degree students are limited to nine creditsper semester and are not eligible for Financial Aid.First-Time <strong>College</strong> Student This category is for studentswho never attended college before. Students admitted as FirstTime <strong>College</strong> Students must:• Complete placement testing, if required (see PlacementTesting section).• Submit official final high school transcript or GED scorereport (not required of applicants 25 years or older unlessrequired for a specific degree program).• Full-time students: Sign up online for R.O.A.R.S.*• Part-time students: Sign up online for R.O.A.R.S.; registeronline through the Lion's Den Student Services tab, by mail,fax, or in person; or come to Advising & CounselingServices for advising.Some developmental English, math and/or English as aSecond Language (ESL) placements will create "holds" that willnot permit online registration. Most will allow for registrationin person, by mail or by fax; however, some may require ameeting with an Academic Advisor.• Pay tuition and fees; obtain a bill and the payment due datesonline through the Lion's Den Student Services tab. To applyfor financial aid, go to www.fafsa.ed.gov to submit anapplication.* <strong>Raritan</strong> Orientation, Advising and Registration Session(ROARS) is a half day session that incorporates interacting withnew and current RVCC students; learning about student clubsand organizations; understanding RVCC policies, proceduresand expectations; considering transfer and career options;discovering options to pay for college; navigating the campusand registering for classes for the first semester. This allinclusiveprogram is a crucial first step towards academicsuccess. Parents/families are welcome to attend.Transfer Student This category is for students who havepreviously attended another college or university. Studentsadmitted as Transfer Students must:• Complete placement testing, if required (see PlacementTesting section).• Submit official transcript(s) from all previous college(s).Students who attended a foreign institution are required tosubmit an official evaluation from an evaluation servicerecognized by the National Association of CredentialEvaluation Services if they seek a transfer of credits.• If students have earned less than 12 college credits, anofficial final high school transcript or GED score report mustbe submitted.• Sign up online for R.O.A.R.S.* or register for classes onlinethrough the Lion's Den Student Services tab, by mail, fax, orin person; or come to the Student Enrollment Center foradvising- please bring an unofficial copy of yourtranscript(s).• Pay tuition & fees; obtain a bill and the payment due datesonline through the Lion's Den Student Services tab. To applyfor financial aid, go to www.fafsa.ed.gov to submit anapplication.* <strong>Raritan</strong> Orientation, Advising and Registration Session(R.O.A.R.S.) is a half day session that incorporates interactingwith new and current RVCC students; learning about studentclubs and organizations; understanding RVCC policies,procedures and expectations; considering transfer and careeroptions; discovering options to pay for college; navigating thecampus and registering for classes for the first semester. Thisall-inclusive program is a crucial first step towards academicsuccess. Parents/families are welcome to attend.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 7
REGISTRATIONRegistrationRegistration is the process of selecting and paying for classes.Students register part-time or full-time for day, evening or onlineclasses and may shift from one to the other depending on theireducational goals and the needs of their personal schedules.Students register for courses each semester. Registration is notthe same as admission, and the registration form is not anadmission application.Enrollment StatusStudents enrolled for twelve (12) or more credits are attendingfull-time. Students enrolled for eleven (11) credits or less areattending part-time.How to RegisterRVCC Offers Four Ways to Register for Classes:1.Web: www.raritanval.edu<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> students with Lion's Denaccess may be able to register and add or drop courses onlineduring specified periods. To register online, log into Lion's Denfrom the RVCC website (ID and password required) and go tothe Student Services tab. For questions about Lion's Den access,please call the MIS Help Desk at (908) 526-1200, extension4357.2.Mail: Student Enrollment Center, <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>, P.O. Box 3300, Somerville, NJ 08876Print the registration form from the RVCC website:www.raritanval.edu; and mail it with a check, money order orcomplete credit card information. A schedule will be mailed asconfirmation of completed registration.3.Fax: (908) 704-3442Print the registration form from the RVCC website:www.raritanval.edu; and fax it to (908) 704-3442 with completecredit card information. A schedule will be mailed asconfirmation of completed registration.4.In PersonPrint the registration form from the RVCC website and bringit to the Student Enrollment Center, located on the First Floor ofthe <strong>College</strong> Center.New Student RegistrationA first-time, full-time student must attend a R.O.A.R.S.orientation session which introduces new students to collegeexpectations and resources, and assists students with choosingappropriate courses and registering for classes. New part-timestudents are also encouraged to attend this program. Theprogram will take 4 hours and includes course registration. Signup for R.O.A.R.S. on the RVCC website: www.raritanval.edu;QuickLinks: Advising & Counseling.Registration HoldsYou may be prohibited from registering online, dropping oradding courses, or from registering due to a Registration Hold.This may be the result of your admission status, academicstanding, required developmental studies courses, missingrequired admission or financial aid documents, outstandinglibrary books or athletic equipment, an outstanding bill, or otherrequirement. Please check for messages on your Lion's Denemail and view holds through the Lion's Den Student Servicestab for information about Registration Holds; contact theOriginator of the Hold for clarification and assistance.Adding and Dropping CoursesAfter initial registration is completed, a student may add ordrop courses online by using the Lions Den during specifiedperiods, or by submitting an Add/Drop Form by mail, fax, or inpersonto the Student Enrollment Center. Add/Droptransactions will be processed in accordance with the SemesterRefund/Withdrawal Schedule. The Add/Drop form is availableat www.raritanval.edu, QuickLinks: “Registration” or at theStudent Enrollment Center.Please note that because Developmental Studies courses buildessential skills for college success, students are not permitted towithdraw from Developmental Studies courses. Exceptionsmay be granted only by consultation with an Academic Advisoror Counselor.A student is officially withdrawn from a course or coursesonly after the online drop or drop/add form has been processed.Failure to officially withdraw will result in an "F" grade on thepermanent record.Developmental StudiesThe <strong>College</strong> is committed to providing students with the skillsnecessary for success in college work. The <strong>College</strong> requires thatstudents demonstrate appropriate level of skills in reading,writing, mathematics and the English language. Whenplacement testing indicates the need for developmental coursesto improve these core skills, these courses must be completed asearly as possible. Multiple levels of instruction are offered foreach area, and placement is done by testing.The following rules guide students in their course selections:• Full-time students must take the placement test(s) andsatisfactorily complete all required developmental courseswithin the first year. Exceptions may be made for students whoare making progress in developmental courses but needadditional time to complete a sequence. Students who fail adevelopmental course may re-take the course once beforeacademic sanctions or other restrictions apply. Fordetermination of academic standing and any resulting sanctions,withdrawals count as an attempt to take a course. Appropriatelevel developmental courses must be taken in sequence and allareas addressed each semester until the requirements are met.• Part-time degree-seeking students must take the placementtest(s) and satisfactorily complete all required developmentalcourses prior to college level courses in the subject area. Theorder in which English and Mathematics are taken may dependon a student's major and on the number of developmentalcourses required. Most students should complete Englishrequirements first. Students with majors requiring math skillsmay take developmental math before developmental English.• Part-time students who are not seeking a degree should takethe placement test(s) to ensure they have the skills to besuccessful in college coursework. Placement testing anddevelopmental coursework may be required to meetprerequisites for certain college level courses, or uponcompletion of a particular number of credits.• Certain A.A.S. degree and certificate programs do notrequire the completion of the intermediate level of Algebra.Students in these programs may advance into their college-levelmathematics after completing Elementary Algebra or testinginto Intermediate Algebra.10RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
• Students who do not complete their developmentalrequirements on time because they withdraw from or fail acourse will be placed on Academic Restriction. They mayregister only for the required developmental course. Failure tocomplete the course in the restricted semester will be cause forfurther sanctions. Students subject to Academic Restrictionshould meet with an Academic Advisor or Counselor.• Because developmental courses build essential skills forcollege success, students are not permitted to withdraw fromdevelopmental courses. Exceptions may be granted only byconsultation with an Academic Advisor or Counselor.English as a Second Language Studies (ESLS)Students for whom English is not their native language mayneed further instruction in the English language in order to besuccessful in college-level courses. <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong> offers a comprehensive English as a Second LanguageProgram (ESLS).Students can choose to improve their speaking and grammarskills, prepare for university studies, or reduce their accent.Classes are listed in the RVCC course schedule under ESLS(English as a Second Language Studies).Classes are offered in the following skill areas:• Grammar• Speaking & Listening• Reading & Writing• Reading & Conversation• Accent Reduction & Pronunciation• Introduction to English as a Second Language StudiesOnce admitted to RVCC, students take a placement test.Students are then advised about the appropriate classes to take.For a listing of courses offered each semester, see the <strong>College</strong>course schedule.Foreign Language Placement Testing & DegreeRequirementsStudents who have studied Spanish, German or French for 2-3 years (within the last 5 years) and wish to continue with thesame language, MUST take the respective placement testbefore registering. Students wishing to continue with Italianshould register for Introduction to Italian II (ITAL-102). Theywill then be tested on the first day of class and movedaccordingly, if necessary.Several degrees at RVCC have a foreign languagerequirement. For these degrees, a two semester sequence orcompletion of Intermediate II (whichever comes first) isrequired. Students who fulfill the requirement in fewer than twosemesters may substitute other humanities courses or continuewith the language.The Testing Center does not require an appointment forlanguage placement testing. All students will be required toshow a valid form of identification prior to testing.TranscriptsTranscripts may be ordered online through the Lion's Den atwww.raritanval.edu. Select the Student Services tab and"Request Official Transcript" under the Registration & RecordsTools Menu; or transcript orders may be placed online atwww.getmytranscript.com. The cost of a transcript is $5 plus aprocessing fee for each recipient being issued a transcript.Official transcripts are signed and embossed with the <strong>College</strong>Seal. Students may view and print unofficial transcriptsthrough the Lion's Den Student Services tab and selecting"View Academic Transcript" under the Registration & RecordsTools Menu.Veterans’ BenefitsStudents who plan to attend <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong> under one of several Veterans Administration programsshould contact the Student Enrollment Center.Post-9/11 GI Bill veterans may have tuition and fee paymentsdeferred provided that they submit a Certificate of Eligibility.Students will be responsible for any account balance remainingafter Veterans Administration payments have been received.The veteran will need a certified copy of his or her DD-214form and must provide a copy of a completed application forbenefits. Information on eligibility and education-relatedservices may be obtained by contacting the Department ofVeterans Affairs at (888) 442-4551.Veterans are required to meet with the <strong>College</strong>'s studentveteranadvisor each semester prior to being certified forbenefits.Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> and Rutgers Universityhave an agreement permitting RVCC students to cross-enroll ineither the United States Air Force or United States ArmyReserve Officer Training Program (ROTC) at Rutgers, the StateUniversity of New Jersey. Qualified students may complete thefirst two years of the four-year program on a cross-enrollmentbasis, and the final two years by attending a college oruniversity which offers the ROTC Program. Additionally,students taking the Army ROTC program may elect to taketheir commissions in the Active Army, Army Reserve, or NewJersey Army National Guard.To be eligible, students must be U.S. citizens, physicallyqualified and full-time students of good moral character. ROTCenrollment involves no military commitment during the firsttwo years. The advanced phase of the program is contractualand is scheduled during the junior and senior years.The ROTC programs offer a wide variety of scholarshipopportunities. For more information write to:Army ROTCAssistant Professor Military ServiceRutgers University157 <strong>College</strong> Ave.New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1199(732) 932-7313, extension 18AFROTCDetachment 4859 Senior StreetNew Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1199(732) 932-7706RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu11
Family Educational Rights and Privacy ActThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974protects the privacy of education records, establishes the right ofstudents to inspect and review their education records, andprovides guidelines for the contesting of inaccurate ormisleading data.Students have the right to inspect and review all educationrecords maintained by the <strong>College</strong>. The <strong>College</strong> is not requiredto provide copies unless, for reasons such as great distance, it isimpossible for students to inspect the records.Students have the right to request that the <strong>College</strong> correctrecords believed to be inaccurate or misleading. If the <strong>College</strong>decides not to amend the record, the student has a right to aformal hearing with the Dean of Instruction. After the hearing,if the <strong>College</strong> still decides not to amend the record, the studenthas the right to place a statement with the record commenting onthe contested information in the record.The <strong>College</strong> will not release any confidential informationfrom a student's record without the written consent of thestudent, with the exception of the following: to <strong>College</strong> officialswith a legitimate educational interest, to other institutions atwhich a student seeks or intends to enroll, to certain governmentofficials in order to carry out lawful functions, to appropriateparties in connection with financial aid to a student, toorganizations conducting certain studies for the <strong>College</strong>, toaccrediting organizations, to individuals who have obtainedcourt orders or subpoenas, and to persons who need to know incases of health and safety emergencies.The <strong>College</strong> may disclose directory information without thewritten consent of the student. Directory information includesthe following: name, address, telephone number, e-mailaddress, dates of attendance, enrollment status, class, previousinstitutions attended, major field of study, awards, honors(including Dean's/President's list), degrees conferred includingdate, past and present participation in officially recognizedactivities, student’s photograph, height and weight (for athletesonly), and date and place of birth. Students may request thewithholding of disclosure of directory information. To ensurethat a request is properly processed, it must be submitted on theofficial "Request to Prevent Disclosure of DirectoryInformation" form, which is available in the Student EnrollmentCenter. In order to prevent all disclosures of directoryinformation, the official request should be filed prior to the firstday of the semester. However, the <strong>College</strong> will accept requestsat any point during the semester. The request will remain ineffect until the student submits signed authorization to allowdisclosure of directory information. The <strong>College</strong> assumes thatfailure on the part of any student to specifically request on theofficial form the withholding of release of directory informationindicates individual approval of disclosure. Students who havecomplaints may contact the RVCC Registrar.Students also have the right to file a complaint with the U.S.Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the<strong>College</strong> to comply with the requirements of FERPA. Contactthe Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department ofEducation, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202.12 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
STUDENT SERVICESR.O.A.R.S.Preparing students for the <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>experience is an important and essential process as studentsbegin their programs of study. The <strong>College</strong> recognizes thatstudents will need an understanding of all services available tothem to optimize their college career. To acquaint and exposenewly admitted students and their parents to this experience,<strong>Raritan</strong> Orientation Advising Registration Session(R.O.A.R.S.) programs are planned each semester.First-Year ExperienceNew students can take advantage of the programs andservices offered by the First-Year Experience (FYE) Officeincluding: New Student Orientation (R.O.A.R.S.), Weeks ofWelcome Activities, Student Success Partner Program, First-Year Advising, First-Year Seminar Course and Student SuccessWorkshops and Programs. The FYE Office is located on the 1stfloor of the <strong>College</strong> Center.Academic AdvisingEvery student has the opportunity to use the academicadvisement services provided by the academic advisors.Assistance is provided in course selection, program choice, andlong-term academic planning. Students experiencing academicdifficulty are encouraged to consult with an academic advisoror counselor.A student interested in changing from one program to anotheror enrolling in a dual major must consult with an academicadvisor or counselor. The student will receive curriculuminformation for the new program and be advised of anyconditions of admission to the new program.Students can meet Advisors or Counselors by appointment,during posted Advising Drop-In Hours, or at workshops andspecial events. Students can obtain information about academicprograms by checking the RVCC website, using records andregistration tools on the Lion’s Den Student Services tab, oremailing an Advisor at acs@raritanval.edu. More informationabout Advising & Counseling Services and answers tofrequently asked questions are available on the RVCC website,QuickLinks: Advising & Counseling.Mental Health CounselingCounselors provide students the opportunity to discuss, inconfidence, any personal or social problem. Counseling staffseeks to help students develop the ability to cope with and solveproblems independently. When appropriate, the counselors willassist students via referrals to mental health centers, substanceabuse treatment, or other community resources. Any student indistress or aware of a student in distress should contactAdvising & Counseling Services in the <strong>College</strong> Center.Disability ServicesStudents seeking accommodations for documenteddisabilities are offered services through the Disability ServicesOffice, in the <strong>College</strong> Center. Students must submitdocumentation to the Coordinator of Disability Services inorder to receive accommodations. This should be done as earlyas possible. Handicapped parking tags must be obtained fromthe NJ Department of Motor Vehicles to use designated spaceson campus.For complete procedures, quicklink to Disability Servicesfrom the RVCC website, or call (908) 526-1200, extension8418.Transfer ServicesStudents are encouraged to begin plans for transfer toBachelor Degree programs within their first two semesters.Advisors and counselors are available in the Advising &Counseling Office by appointment to assist in developing aplan.Veteran Services<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is approved for theenrollment of veterans and survivors or dependents of veteransunder Title 38 of the U.S. Code and selected reservists underTitle 10 of the U.S. Code.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> provides current andprospective service members with the tools they need tosucceed. From the application process to graduation, we take aproactive approach to the educational process and help studentsconnect with the necessary campus and off-campus resources,as well as other service members. Academic Advising, personalcounseling, veteran benefit administration, are among theservices provided.For additional information, please call (908) 526-1200,extension 8452.Servicemember’s Opportunity <strong>College</strong><strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> has been identified by theAmerican Association of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>s as aServicemember’s Opportunity <strong>College</strong> (SOC) providingeducational assistance to active duty servicemen andservicewomen.International Student ServicesThe office of International Student Services assistsinternational students in all matters related to their life at<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>. This includes orientation tolife on campus and beyond our campus. The office also helps tofamiliarize international students with American culture ingeneral. Orientation is held prior to the start of the fall andspring semesters.The office specializes in immigration assistance. Studentsmeet individually with advisors for assistance with U.S.immigration regulations, as well as academic, cultural,financial, and personal adjustment. The office serves as a liaisonwith foreign consular offices, U.S. governmentagencies/departments and university offices.International Student Services is located within the office ofEnrollment Services on the 1st floor of the <strong>College</strong> Center.Appointments may be arranged in person or by telephone at(908) 526-1200, extension 8330, 8336 or 8452.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu13
Academic Probation AlertStudents on Academic Alert whose cumulative GPA remainsbelow the required minimum 2.0 are placed on AcademicProbation Alert.Students on Academic Probation Alert whose semester GPAis 2.0 or higher, but cumulative GPA remains below 2.0 will becontinued on Academic Probation Alert.Students on Academic Probation Alert whose semester GPAis below 2.0 but cumulative GPA is 1.6 or above will becontinued on Academic Probation Alert.Students on Academic Probation Alert are notified throughtheir RVCC Lion’s Den e-mail. They are encouraged to takeadvantage of a wide range of support services in order toimprove their academic standing and return to good standing.Students are required to meet with an Academic Advisor orCounselor for changes in registration and future registrationsuntil they return to good standing. The Academic Advisor orCounselor may limit credit enrollment and may requireenrollment in Student Development Courses.Academic SuspensionStudents on Academic Probation Alert whose cumulativeGPA falls below 1.6, and semester GPA falls below 2.0 areplaced on Academic Suspension.Students may also be suspended from registering for onesemester if they are in developmental courses and their progressis unsatisfactory as outlined in the Developmental StudiesPolicy.Students on Academic Suspension are notified through theirRVCC Lion's Den e-mail, are removed from any futuresemester classes, and are prohibited from registering for onesemester. They are given the opportunity to appeal.Appeals of Academic SuspensionSuspended students are given the opportunity to appeal. Aletter from the student to the Academic Standards Committee isrequired, addressing the relevant circumstances and strategies toimprove performance. Those appealing will have their lettersreviewed by the Academic Standards Committee and willreceive written notice of the committee's action through theirLion’s Den e-mail. Appeals must be submitted to the Advising& Counseling Office before the start of the semester. Studentsmay also appeal by completing the procedures for Reenrollmentfollowing Academic Suspension; AcademicAdvisors and Counselors have authority to grant appealsaccording to guidelines established by the Academic StandardsCommittee.Re-enrollment following Academic SuspensionStudents who have been suspended and seek to re-enroll aftera semester or more are required to complete an Application forReinstatement from Academic Suspension and meet with anAcademic Advisor or Counselor. The Academic Advisor orCounselor may limit credit enrollment and may requireenrollment in Student Development Courses. Studentsreinstated from Academic Suspension will be placed onAcademic Probation Alert for the semester.Grade Appeals and Academic ComplaintsStudent complaints of an academic nature should initially bediscussed between the student and the student’s instructor.Failing a satisfactory resolution of the problem at this level, thestudent should consult with the appropriate departmentchairperson. Should the student still feel that a satisfactoryresolution has not been achieved, the student may request theDean of Instruction to review the matter.Students wishing to initiate a grade appeal must do so withinfour weeks of the beginning of the following semester,excluding Summer sessions. Other than in cases ofcomputational or clerical error, grades may only be changed byfollowing the grade appeal procedure.Grade Appeal ProcedureA student who wishes to appeal a final grade shall proceed asfollows:1. Submit a written request for a grade change along withthe rationale for such a request to the faculty memberwho assigned the grade. The appeal must be filed bythe fourth week of the following semester (Summersessions not included).2. Within two weeks of filing such a request for a gradechange by the student, the faculty member shall respondin writing rendering a decision about the request forchange of a grade.If the student wishes to further challenge the decision of thefaculty member as described above, he/she shall follow thefollowing procedure:1. A petition for a grade change should be filed, in writing,with the appropriate chairperson after conferring with theinstructor. The petition shall include a description of thestudent’s rationale for challenging the recorded gradewith supportive documentation.2. The chairperson shall:a. Interview the student.b. Interview the faculty member who assigned the grade.c. Review written material submitted by the student andfaculty member. The chairperson shall also consult withsenior faculty members familiar with the disciplineinvolved with respect to the graded material underchallenge.d. The chairperson shall render a written recommendationto the student and faculty member involved within onemonth from the date the chairperson received thepetition.3. If the grade was not revised through the above process,the student may further appeal to the Dean of Instruction.The Dean will review all materials and determinewhether or not a grade change shall be approved, andshall advise the involved student and faculty member inwriting of the decision. The decision of the Dean ofInstruction shall be final.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu15
AttendanceStudents enrolled for credit or to audit courses are expected toattend all classes for every course in which they are registered.Only illness, observance of religious holidays, or seriouspersonal matters may explain an absence. To provide for these,a student is entitled, without question, to absences amounting tothe equivalent of one week's class time. Any absences in excessof that are handled individually by each instructor. It is theprerogative of the instructor to make exceptions for validreasons, provided the student will be able to fulfill the courserequirements. At the instructor's option, absences amounting toone-fifth or more of the semester's lecture or lab classes mayresult in administrative withdrawal of the student without priornotice or refund.Students who know they will miss class should notify theirinstructor. In certain cases of absenteeism involving prolongedillness or similar difficulties, the Dean of Instruction mayrecommend that a student be permitted to continue to make upwork.Break in EnrollmentA student who has been continuously enrolled at RVCC mustfulfill graduation requirements that were published at the timethe student matriculated into the program, unless the studentrequests to update to a more recent catalog year.A student who interrupts his/her studies for more than threeyears must apply for re-admission and fulfill the requirements inplace upon re-enrollment. A student with a break of more thanthree years may use requirements in place during initialenrollment only if he/she had earned 50 credits prior to the breakin enrollment and if the degree is still being offered.A student whose program has been discontinued will bepermitted two years to complete the program. RVCC will notaward degrees for programs that have been discontinued formore than two years.Auditing a CourseA student interested in attending class who does not want toreceive credit may request permission to audit the class.Students interested in auditing a course must have permission ofthe faculty member teaching the course and comply with thecourse’s attendance requirements. Auditing a course costs thesame as taking the course for credit.A student may decide to audit a course up to the timedesignated in the academic calendar as the last day to receive a“W” grade. In order to audit a course, the student must completea drop/add form, and receive the appropriate faculty member’sapproval.Credit LimitDegree-seeking students may enroll for a maximum of 19credit hours during fall or spring semesters, 12 credit hoursduring Summer semester and only for 1 course during theWinter session unless permission is granted. Non-degreestudents are limited to 9 credits per semester.Exceptions must have approval from an advisor or counselorin Advising & Counseling Services.Student ClassificationStudents with 29 or fewer credits will be classified asfreshmen. Students with 30 credits or more will be classified assophomores.Directed StudyThe <strong>College</strong> offers students the opportunity to studyindividually with an instructor. The two methods available areIndependent Study and Guided Study. Any student interested ineither of these options should contact the appropriatedepartment and have all forms completed before registering.Guided StudyGuided study is an existing course independently taught by anRVCC faculty member to accommodate student needs due todifficulty caused by <strong>College</strong> scheduling. The course numberand outline will remain consistent with the <strong>College</strong> catalog.Independent StudyIndependent study is a new course independently taught by anRVCC faculty member to enhance student learning. The facultymember will design the course outline to meet the student’sgoals and needs. The course number will be assigned by theOffice of Academic Affairs as an independent study and thesyllabus will remain on file in that office.Repeating CoursesStudents may repeat any college-level course once withoutspecific authorization. To repeat a college-level course morethan once, a student must have the approval of the Dean ofStudent Services.Courses in which students have received grades of W, AU, orP are not included in counting repeated courses.When a college-level course is repeated, all enrollments in thecourse are included on the student's permanent academicrecord, but only the highest grade earned at RVCC will beincluded in the student's grade point average (GPA).Developmental courses (course numbers below 100) are notgoverned by this policy.Students receiving financial aid should consult with theFinancial Aid office before repeating a course, since somefinancial aid programs do not pay for repeated courses.Academic Renewal ProgramThe Academic Renewal Program is designed for students whoattended RVCC, compiled an unsuccessful academic record,and subsequently left the <strong>College</strong> for an extended period oftime. As a result of their work experience, maturity, or newinterests, these students may now wish to return to college topursue a program of study towards a degree.To qualify for the Academic Renewal Program, a studentmust:• Be matriculated into a degree or certificate program• Have been away from RVCC for a minimum of five years(60 months)• Upon returning to RVCC, complete a minimum of twelvecredit hours, earning a GPA of 2.4 or better• Be currently enrolled16 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Under the Academic Renewal Program:• All grades earned prior to the five-year period areeliminated from the student's GPA calculation• Only the GPA is affected by this program. All otherprevious academic records will remain on the transcript• Grades earned after returning to RVCC will be included inthe new GPA calculations, including the twelve creditsrequired to qualify for this program• All courses taken prior to the five-year absence in which agrade of C or better was earned may be used to meetgraduation requirements• Credits awarded through evaluation (transfer, CLEP, lifelearningexperience, credit by in-house examination,military experience and Advanced Placement) are notchanged by this program, regardless of their date.Students are cautioned that not all colleges honor academicrenewal. Transfer institutions may recalculate the GPA based onall credits attempted for purposes of admission consideration,scholarship and award eligibility, program admission, and othermatters regarding academic standing.Academic renewal will not affect Satisfactory AcademicProgress for Financial Aid recipients. All courses in a student’sacademic history are considered for financial aid eligibility.Students receiving Veterans Administration benefits will not bereimbursed for repeating courses that have already been passed.The Academic Renewal option may be used only once; it isnot available a second time, even after another five-yearseparation from the <strong>College</strong>.Graduation RequirementsCommencement Ceremonies are held each year in May forspring semester graduates and in December for Summer andFall graduates. Students should generate a Degree EvaluationRecord, available on Lion’s Den, to determine whether allgraduation requirements are met.At the beginning of the semester during which graduation isanticipated, a student must complete an Application forGraduation and submit it to the Student Enrollment Center. TheGraduation Fee must be paid to the Finance Office. Deadlinesto apply for graduation are usually one month after the first dayof each semester.Students who have applied for graduation but fail to meet therequirements at the conclusion of the semester must re-submitan Application for Graduation when they intend to graduate, butare not required to pay an additional fee.In addition to all course and credit requirements, studentsmust also have a minimum grade point average of 2.0, bothoverall and within their program. Courses numbered below 100are not applicable toward graduation requirements.A student who has been continuously enrolled at RVCC mustfulfill graduation requirements that were published at the timethe student matriculated into the program, unless the studentrequests to update to a more recent catalog year. A student whointerrupts his/her studies for more than three years must fulfillthe requirements in place upon re-enrollment. A student with abreak of more than three years may use requirements in placeduring initial enrollment only if he/she had earned 50 creditsprior to the break in enrollment and if the degree is still beingoffered.Students may transfer up to 45 credits toward an associatedegree or 75 percent of the required credits for a certificateprogram, including those from other accredited institutions andthose earned through other means. The course requirements ofsome selective programs may limit the application of transfercredits to degree requirements.Students who have studied at RVCC and transfer prior toreceiving a degree or certificate may transfer back courseworkin order to complete graduation requirements, if the degree orcertificate program is active at the time of readmission.Students whose programs have been discontinued will bepermitted two years to complete the program. RVCC will notaward degrees for programs that have been discontinued formore than two years.Dean’s ListThe Dean’s List recognizes outstanding students who, afterreaching 12 cumulative earned hours, earn in a given semestersix or more credits in college-level courses and achieve asemester GPA of 3.5 or better with no grade lower than a “C” inany course. The Dean’s List is compiled every semester,excluding Summer.President’s ListThe President’s List recognizes those students who haveachieved the highest level of academic accomplishment duringa given semester. A full-time student (a minimum of 12 creditsin credit-bearing courses) who receives “A” grades in allcourses during a given semester with no “I” or “Withdrawal”grades, qualifies for the President’s List. The President's List iscompiled each fall and spring semester. Students on thePresident’s List shall not appear on the Dean’s List during thesame semester.Graduation With HonorsA student in an associate degree program meeting thefollowing criteria will graduate with honors:• An overall cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5• A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 based oncredits earned and applied toward an associate degree• No grades below a C (including grades that do not count inGPA calculations; i.e. remedial/developmental courses)• No grades of WF• A minimum of 33 credits in the curriculum of the awardeddegree completed at RVCC.Students with a degree grade point average of 3.5 - 3.79 willgraduate Cum Laude (with honor); 3.8 - 3.99, Magna CumLaude (with high honor); and 4.0, Summa Cum Laude (withhighest honor).Honors Achievement AwardIn addition to taking honors courses, students may receivefurther academic recognition on their transcript through theHonors Achievement Award. For this award students mustcomplete at least 15 credits of honors-level coursework (anycombination of honors options and/or honors courses isacceptable) and must earn a "B" or better in each coursecounted towards the award. Students also will receive acertificate acknowledging that they have attained the HonorsAchievement Award. Interested students are urged to begintaking honors courses as early as possible in their academiccareers.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu17
TUITION & FEES**ResidencyThe tuition amount is determined by where a student lives. Forregistration purposes, a student's residency status is determinedas of the date of enrollment and may subsequently change fromsemester to semester. A student is required to maintain a currentaddress of residence with the Student Enrollment Center. Anystudent who moves during the semester must report the addresschange within five school days.Hunterdon/Somerset County Resident - A student isconsidered a Hunterdon/Somerset County resident if he or shemaintains a permanent, legal residence in Hunterdon orSomerset County.Out-of-County Resident - A student is considered an out-ofcountyresident if he or she maintains a permanent, legalresidence in New Jersey but outside Hunterdon or SomersetCounty. If a student is an out-of-county resident, his or herhome county may pay part of the student's tuition through aChargeback. For more information, students should contact thecounty college located in the county in which they reside.Out-of-State Resident - A student is considered an out-of-stateresident if he or she does not reside in New Jersey.Waivers for out-of-county residents employed in Hunterdon orSomerset County - The Board of Trustees of <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> will grant a waiver of $10 per credit oftuition charged at the out-of-county rate to students who provideverification of current employment in Hunterdon or SomersetCounty. Proof of employment, such as an affidavit from theemployer's Human Resource department or otherdocumentation, will be required by the <strong>College</strong>.Tuition and General Registration Fee*Tuition is subject to change at any time as authorized by the<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> Board of Trustees.TuitionHunterdon/Somerset County residents $99 per creditOut-of-county chargeback residents $99 per creditOut-of-county residents$109 per creditOut-of-state residents$109 per credit(A waiver of $10 per credit is granted to students who provideverification of employment in Somerset or Hunterdon County)A noncredit course with a three-credit hour equivalent on thecourse offering brochure would be identified as 3NC (3-nocredit).Where credit hour equivalents are listed, they arecharged in the same manner as credit hours.Early <strong>College</strong> Program Tuition$150 for first course each semesterHigh School students will pay tuition of $150 for the firstcourse taken in each semester; no fees are charged for the firstcourse. Any additional courses in the same semester will besubject to full tuition and fees at regular rates.Distance Learning Course Tuition $125 per creditStudents enrolled in RVCC or NJ Virtual <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>online courses will pay tuition of $125 per credit hour orequivalent credit hour for the 2010-2011 academic year forthose courses. No fees are charged.General Registration Fee$22 per creditAll students are assessed a general registration fee per credithour or credit hour equivalent for all courses except online orEarly <strong>College</strong> Program courses.Course Fee/Lab Fee$60 per courseIn addition to tuition and the general registration fee, courseswith laboratory or studio components (or similar activities)have special fees for equipment, supplies or instructionalassistance. This fee is $60 per course, however, certain coursesmay have higher or lower fees. The course/lab fee amount isindicated in the course offering brochure available duringregistration.Technology Fee - Part-Time Student $50 per semesterFull-Time Student - 12 or more credits $75 per semesterThis fee helps the <strong>College</strong> add and replace computers andsoftware, maintain and support open computer laboratories,provide e-mail and full Internet access and other items forstudent use.International Student Processing Fee $200 per semesterA $200 processing fee per semester will be charged tointernational students. (F-1 students who are full-time.)Developmental Student Fee$15 per semesterA $15 fee per semester will be charged to students taking oneor more developmental course.Nursing Fee$250 per semesterA $250 processing fee per semester will be charged to nursingstudents who enroll in required courses in the Nursing Program.Other Fees (non-refundable)*First Time Application Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25Late Registration Fee*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30Enrollment Service Fee (per semester) . . . . . . . . . $30Official Transcript Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5Graduation Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30Returned Check, Credit Card Charge or ACH Fee $25Replacement Diploma Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15*The <strong>College</strong> reserves the right to change tuition, fees anddeposit schedules herein stated at any time by action of theBoard of Trustees of <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> with30 days notice prior to the start of each semester.**All tuition and fees are subject to approval by the Boardof Trustees of <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.***The Late Registration fee will be effective starting twoweeks before the first day of the semester or part of term.18 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Special Tuition Programs*Hunterdon/Somerset County Gold Card Senior Citizens orindividuals with Unemployment Tuition Waivers may attend<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> for fees only on a spaceavailablebasis, which is determined five business days prior tothe first day of the respective course’s part of term. SeniorCitizen Gold Card registration is for audit only; no credit isawarded. Students must apply for financial aid before applyingfor an unemployment tuition waiver. The waiver will be appliedto any remaining tuition that is not paid by a federal or stategrant. If financial aid does not cover the full cost of thecourse(s), students must still pay any fees, as well as the cost ofbooks.Members of the New Jersey National Guard and New JerseyNational Guard Reserves may attend for fees only (tuition-free)for up to 16 credits per semester. Volunteer Firefighters andEmergency Medical Personnel pay fees only and receive atuition waiver of up to a maximum of $600 per year and $2,400over a lifetime. Students qualifying for these two programs mayenroll with their tuition waivers at any time during the in-personregistration period. If the student has reached one or more of themaximum tuition waiver limits, the student is responsible forthe tuition and fees balance.Students qualifying for the special tuition programs listedabove should present their tuition waivers while enrolling inperson at the Student Enrollment Center. Registrations notsubmitted according to the proper procedure will be subject tofull tuition and fees, with no retroactive application of waiverstatus.In addition, family members of September 11 victims payfees only, and should visit the Financial Aid Office.*The <strong>College</strong> reserves the right to change tuition, fees anddeposit schedules herein stated at any time by action of theBoard of Trustees of <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> with30 days notice prior to the start of each semester.Payment of Financial ObligationsEach semester has a payment deadline when full tuition andfees are due. See the RVCC Finance webpage athttp://www.raritanval.edu/admin/finance/index.html and click onthe Payment Deadlines & Options link. After the posted deadline,full payment of tuition and fees is expected at the time studentsregister for classes, except for:• Financial Aid Students – If students with completed awardshave bills that exceed the amount of their award, they must paythe balance of their bills at registration and prior to the first day ofthe semester for their registration to be considered complete.• TuitionPay Monthly Payment Plan Participating Students – Thestudents would need to contact Sallie Mae, the payment planprovider, by visiting https://tuitionpay.salliemae.com/raritanval uponregistering for each semester (available only for fall and spring). Thestudent would need to submit a completed application for thesemester to Sallie Mae, including the plan amount (the amount duefrom your RVCC Schedule/Bill), and remit the TuitionPayenrollment fee to Sallie Mae along with any payments due per SallieMae’s payment schedule to be considered a TuitionPay MonthlyPayment Plan participant.• RVCC will accept payment in cash, check, Discover,MasterCard and/or VISA or a payment can be made with an ACH(online only). Refunds of tuition and fee transactions made oncredit cards will be made by <strong>College</strong> check, not by credit to thestudent’s credit card account. Once tuition and fees have beencharged, the cardholder is liable to the card company for theamount charged. Refunds are paid directly from the <strong>College</strong> bycheck to the student during the published refund period.No student can be enrolled, given grades, transcripts or adiploma until all financial obligations are met.Required Hospitalization InsuranceAll full-time students are required to have hospitalizationinsurance. For students without hospitalization insurance, the<strong>College</strong> has arranged to provide coverage for a modest fee.Students who already have coverage must be prepared to showproof (company name and policy number) at the time ofregistration or be billed for the required coverage (payment willbe refunded upon subsequent timely submission of proof) andcomplete an insurance waiver form.Optional Hospitalization Insurance (Part-TimeStudents)Any part-time student taking 6 to 11 credits now has the optionto purchase the same plan that is required for full-time students(24-Hour Accident and Sickness Coverage). If you currentlyhave adequate hospitalization insurance coverage you may notneed this coverage.If you are eligible to enroll and wish to purchase this insurancecoverage, you must apply for coverage directly with T. L.Groseclose Associates, Inc., the administrator, during its specifiedapplication period. Please refer to the RVCC Finance webpage athttp://www.raritanval.edu/admin/finance/index.html and click onthe Student Hospitalization Insurance link for more information,including brochure, application form and cost.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu19
REFUNDSRefunds, including payments made by credit card, will bemade by <strong>College</strong> check in the name of the student and mailed tothe address of record. RVCC begins mailing refunds 30 daysafter the first day of classes.Cancelled CourseStudents enrolled in a course that is cancelled by the <strong>College</strong>will be offered the opportunity to enroll in another course, orreceive a full refund of all tuition, general registration fee, andcourse/lab fees pertaining to the cancelled course. Refunds willbe made during the scheduled refund period.All Other RefundsTo apply for a refund, a student must withdraw from classesthrough web registration or file a withdrawal (DROP/ADD)form that can be obtained from the Student Enrollment Center.The student should review and maintain a copy of any validatedform and/or revised schedule following any registrationtransaction as proof of the transaction. Refunds are determinedby the date the form is stamped in the Student EnrollmentCenter or the date of the web transaction.No refund will be made to a student who:1. does not complete the withdrawal form or drop the courseonline,2. is dismissed by administrative action, or3. is withdrawn for non-attendance (after notification by aninstructor to the registrar) regardless of the withdrawaldate.Refund PeriodA 100 percent refund of tuition, general registration andcourse/lab fees will apply to complete withdrawals prior to thebeginning of the second full week of the semester or session forregularly scheduled courses, and prior to the second meeting ofspecial late-starting modules or courses. All financial aid offerswill be cancelled.During the first 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, andholidays) of a regular <strong>College</strong> semester or a correspondingprorated period for modules, late start, or other sessions, apercentage refund of tuition and any course/lab fees will bemade according to the following schedule. All other fees arenon-refundable.Refund Percentage Schedule*(Tuition and course/lab fee only)Prior to beginning of second full week of semester 100%During second full week of classes 50%After the second full week of classes 0%* Schedule is prorated for summer, modules and late-startsessions.No refunds will be granted after the first two weeks of aregular <strong>College</strong> semester or a corresponding prorated period forother sessions or special late-starting modules or courses.The <strong>College</strong> reserves the right to change the refund policystated above at any time by action of the Board of Trustees of<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.Other CostsBooks and materials total approximately $1,200 per year forfull-time students. Commuting expenses and the cost of mealsfor about 30 weeks should be added to obtain an estimatedyearly expenditure.Nursing students are required to purchase their ownuniforms.FinesPrior to fall and spring registrations, students who haveobligations to the <strong>College</strong>, such as overdue books, unpaidparking tickets, etc., will be notified by mail. Students mustsatisfy their obligations to the <strong>College</strong> at the time of notification.These obligations are checked at registration and students withoutstanding obligations are not permitted to register.20 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
FINANCIAL AIDGeneral InformationFinancial aid is available to full- and part-time students. Ourgoal is to provide funds from the federal government, State ofNew Jersey, and <strong>College</strong> sources for students who would not beable to complete their college education without financialassistance.Student financial aid is not a supplement to the student'sincome for meeting normal living expenses, but is available tohelp the student offset the additional expenses incurred directlyby his or her education. Most financial aid awards are based ondemonstrated financial need, which is the difference betweenthe cost of attendance and the expected family contribution.Eligibility for Financial AidIn order to be eligible for any financial aid you must:• Have a high school diploma or General EquivalencyDiploma (GED)• Be accepted in a program of study leading toward aneligible degree or certificate of at least 24 credits• Be making Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) forfinancial aidTo be eligible for Federal financial aid you must also:• Be a U.S citizen, national, or eligible non-citizen (thisincludes students who have a green card);• Not be in default of a prior student loan or owe a repaymentof a federal aid program• Be registered for Selective Service (if required)• Not have been convicted for sale or possession of illegaldrugs while receiving aid from a Federal programTo be eligible for financial aid from the State of New Jerseyyou must also:• Be a New Jersey resident for at least one consecutive year;• Be enrolled for at least six (6) credits per semester; and• Be able to demonstrate need according to the state's needanalysis system.Applying for Financial AidYou must apply for financial aid each academic year.In order to apply for RVCC Scholarships you must completethe RVCC Scholarship Application. The application is availableon the RVCC financial aid website at www.raritanval.edu.In order to apply for other forms of financial aid you mustcomplete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA). You can complete the FAFSA online atwww.fafsa.ed.gov. If you already applied for financial aid butdid not list RVCC's school code, you can add our school codeto your already processed FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.RVCC's federal school code for the FAFSA is 007731.Deadlines for Applying for Financial AidIt is recommended that you apply for financial aid at least two(2) months before your payment is due. If you apply forfinancial aid after that period, you should be prepared to pay foryour tuition and you may be able to receive financial aid afterthe semester begins.State deadlines for financial aid are June 1, 2010 forcontinuing students and October 1, 2010 for new students.Satisfactory Academic Progress for MaintainingFinancial Aid (SAP)All students applying for financial aid must meet theSatisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for Financial Aidstandards listed below:• You must successfully complete 67% of your attemptedcredits. Credits attempted but not successfully completedinclude grades of F, W, I, X, and U. All courses, includingdevelopmental and ESL courses, are considered in thiscalculation.• You must achieve at least a 2.00 cumulative grade pointaverage by the end of your fourth semester. Allnon-developmental courses are considered in thiscalculation.• You cannot attempt more than 150% of the credits requiredfor your degree or certificate.Federal Regulations make no provisions for academicrenewal. All courses in a student's academic history will bereviewed in regards to financial aid eligibility.SAP will be evaluated each academic year for studentspursuing an Associate Degree and each semester for studentspursuing a Certificate.If you do not meet the SAP standards and you feel that youhave extenuating circumstances, you may appeal for one (1)semester of probationary financial aid.If your appeal is approved and you do not meet the terms ofyour appeal after one semester, your financial aid will becancelled and you must take courses at your own expense untilyou meet the minimum SAP standards.If you have attempted 150% of the credits required for yourprogram you will no longer be eligible for financial aid.Withdrawal from Classes and Return ofFinancial Aid FundsIf you receive Federal financial aid and you withdraw or stopattending within the first 60% of the term, you may be requiredto repay all or a portion of your financial aid. The financial aidoffice will determine how much of your Federal aid you haveearned and notify you in writing. It is your responsibility tomake payment arrangements with the Finance Office for alloutstanding charges due to the return calculation.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu21
How Financial Aid is AwardedFinancial Aid is awarded first with need-based grants. Needbasedgrants will not exceed the student's unmet financial need.RVCC Scholarships are awarded on a rolling basis once gradesfor the prior semester have been calculated and will be awardeduntil funding is exhausted. Student loans are awarded to eligiblestudents who request them. Due to RVCC's relatively lowtuition and fees, the Financial Aid Office will wait until astudent has registered for classes and requests a loan beforeawarding one. Federal work study is awarded to eligiblestudents once they have been offered a position.Determining Financial NeedFinancial need is determined by subtracting the ExpectedFamily Contribution (EFC), as determined by the FAFSA, fromthe Cost of Attendance (COA), which is determined by the<strong>College</strong>. Your financial aid will be awarded based on theenrollment status you select on the FAFSA. After the 10th dayof the semester, the student's COA will be adjusted if his or heractual enrollment status is different from the status listed on theFAFSA.Cost of Attendance (COA)When awarding aid to students, the Financial Aid Office usesbudgets that reflect those expenses normally incurred by astudent during a traditional nine-month academic year. Pleasenote that these budgets are not the actual charges that appearon the student's semester bill. The estimated Cost of Attendancefor a typical full-time in-county resident for the 2010-2011academic year is:*Living with Parents *Living IndependentlyTuition & Fees $3,630 $3,630Books & Supplies $1,200 $1,200Room & Board $3,375 $8,100Transportation $1,975 $1,975Miscellaneous $1,000 $1,000Enrollment Fee $60 $60Technology Fee $150 $150Total $11,390 $16,115Tuition and Fees - Tuition and fees are per-credit chargesbased on the current rate structure, including tuition and generalregistration fee.Books and Supplies - Books and supplies costs are estimatedbased on the number of credits the student is enrolled in eachsemester.Room, Board and Travel - Room, Board and Travel are basedon estimated charges students may incur while living with theirparents or out of the home. RVCC does not have on-campushousing.Students who wish to have their cost of attendance adjustedbased on other charges must submit an appeal in writing to theFinancial Aid Office.* The <strong>College</strong> reserves the right to change tuition, fees anddeposit schedules herein stated at any time by action of theBoard of Trustees of <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.Expected Family Contribution (EFC)The information you report on your Free Application forFederal Student Aid (FAFSA) is used to calculate yourExpected Family Contribution (EFC). Schools use the EFC todetermine your federal student aid eligibility and financial aidaward.The EFC is a measure of your family's financial strength andis calculated according to a formula established by law. Yourfamily's taxed and untaxed income, assets, and benefits (such asunemployment or Social Security) are all considered in theformula. Also considered are your family size and the numberof family members who will attend college or career schoolduring the year.Note: Your EFC is not the amount of money your family willhave to pay for college nor is it the amount of federal studentaid you will receive. It is a number used by your school tocalculate the amount of federal student aid you are eligible toreceive.Financial Aid Rights and ResponsibilitiesAs an RVCC student who is receiving financial aid, you areresponsible:• For being aware of deadlines and the consequences for notmeeting the deadlines• For reading, understanding, and maintaining copies of alldocuments sent to you via e-mail or postal mail• For using the financial aid that you are awarded foreducationally related expenses only• For maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)• For notifying the Financial Aid Office of sources offinancial aid not listed on your Financial Aid award letter• For providing all documents requested by the Financial AidOffice within the published deadlines• For knowing and complying with the RVCC Refund andWithdrawal Schedule and Return of Financial Aid policy• For being enrolled in an eligible degree program• For notifying the Registrar's office of any changes in yourpersonal information• For arranging payment in full for any outstanding chargeson your student account.As an RVCC student who is receiving financial aid, you havethe right:• To be informed of the amount and type of financial aid thatyou are eligible for• To decline all or a portion of your financial aid• To appeal decisions made about your financial aideligibility• To know the conditions and terms of all loans you apply for• To view contents of your financial aid file in accordancewith FERPA• To protection of your information under FERPA• To know how and when financial aid eligibility isdetermined, distributed and disbursed22 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
• To be made aware of the financial aid application process• To know the terms and conditions of employment that youreceive Federal Work Study for• To be informed about the Financial Aid SatisfactoryAcademic Progress (SAP) policy and appeals process• To obtain loan entrance and exit counselingTypes of Financial Aid AvailableYou do not need to be enrolled full-time for most forms offinancial aid. The only forms of financial aid that require a fulltimecourse load are the Academic Competitiveness Grant(ACG), the NJ STARS program, the Educational OpportunityFund (EOF) and certain Galileo Scholarships.GrantsGrants are awarded based on demonstration of financial needas determined by the FAFSA.Federal Pell Grant (Pell)Pell awards range from $330-$5500 for the 2010-2011academic year. Students who possess a bachelor's degree arenot eligible for the Federal Pell Grant.Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)ACG awards range from $750-$1300. In order to be eligiblefor this grant you must be:• A U.S. citizen or permanent resident• Receiving a Federal Pell GrantYou must have completed a rigorous high school program asdefined by the Secretary of Education in order to be eligible toreceive this grant (after January 1, 2006 for a first year awardand after January 1, 2005 for a second year award).In order to receive a second year award you must haveobtained at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA by the end of your firstacademic year.Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant(SEOG)SEOG is a Federal need-based grant. Limited funding isavailable for this program.State of New Jersey Tuition Aid Grant (TAG)TAG awards currently range from $224-$1228 but areadjusted each academic year. You must be enrolled for at leastsix (6) credits, meet the state residency requirements andsubmit all requested documentation to the New Jersey HigherEducation Assistance Authority (HESAA).State of New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF)EOF awards currently range from $313 to $1050 per year.You must be eligible for TAG and be accepted into the EOFprogram. See Educational Opportunity Fund section for moredetails.Federal Work StudyThe Federal Work Study employs students on campus. Youwill have the opportunity to earn work experience as well as apaycheck and you may work up to 20 hours per week. You musthave unmet financial need in order to be eligible for federalwork study and you may apply for any position listed on theStudent Employment Opportunities page of our website.ScholarshipsNew Jersey State Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship(NJ STARS)****The NJ STARS Program enables students who are residentsof either Somerset or Hunterdon County and who graduate inthe top 15 percent of their high school class to receive a fullscholarship to attend RVCC. The NJ STARS scholarship coversboth tuition and approved fees (up to 18 credits per semester)for up to five semesters of continuous enrollment to studentspursuing an associate degree program at a New Jersey communitycollege. Eligible students must first apply for allneed-based federal and state financial aid grants (completingthe FAFSA application). NJ STARS will pay for any remainingtuition and fee costs not covered by these financial aid programs.For additional information, contact the Financial Aid Office,908-526-1200, extension 8273 or e-mail finaid@raritanval.edu.****NJ STARS is a state program and is subject tochange. For updated information, visit www.hesaa.org.Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished and Urban ScholarsProgramsThese awards are currently $930 per academic year. You mustbe enrolled full-time and demonstrate above average academicachievement in high school, as recommended by a GuidanceCounselor. Awards are made by HESAA.RVCC Academic ScholarshipsRVCC Scholarships are available to all RVCC studentsincluding international students and students who are noteligible to complete the FAFSA. Scholarship opportunities arelisted at the end of this section. Scholarships are awarded on afirst-come, first-served basis once grades have been calculatedfor the prior semester. Scholarships are awarded until funds areexhausted.Outside ScholarshipsIf you receive a scholarship from an outside entity, simplyrequest that the organization mail your scholarship check(including your name and student ID number) to the FinanceOffice. The Finance Office will process your scholarship checkand the Financial Aid Office will notify you that it has beenreceived. You can search for scholarships on scholarship searchengines such as www.fastweb.com and www.scholarships.com.LoansPlease note that all loans must be repaid.All borrowers must complete a Loan Request Form.Federal Stafford LoansStafford loans are established and supported by the federalgovernment, but a participating commercial lender, such as abank or credit union, actually makes the loan. Interest rates forStafford loans are fixed at 6.8%. Students will begin repaymenton Stafford loans 6 months after their last date of attendance.Stafford loans are available to all students who meet thefinancial aid eligibility requirements and are enrolled in aminimum of six credits (half-time).Subsidized (the government pays the interest while you're inschool) Stafford Loans are available to students who are able todemonstrate financial need. Subsidized annual loan limits are$3500 for freshman and $4500 for sophomore students.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu23
Students who do not demonstrate financial need are eligiblefor an Unsubsidized (you pay all the interest, although you canhave the payments deferred until after graduation) StaffordLoan. Unsubsidized annual loan limits are $3500 for freshmanand $4500 for sophomore students. Independent students andstudents whose parents were denied a PLUS loan are eligible foran additional $4000 per year. In addition, dependent andindependent students can borrow a $2,000 unsubsidized loan.First-time borrowers at RVCC must complete federallymandated Entrance Counseling and a Master Promissory Note(MPN). For additional information about Stafford loans andhow to request one, please see our website.Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)Parents of dependent students may borrow on behalf of theirchildren using a PLUS loan. Parent loans must be repaid over a10-year period with a fixed interest rate of 8.5%. Parents enterrepayment beginning 60 days after disbursement.Alternative (Private) LoansNJCLASSNJCLASS loans are offered through the New Jersey HigherEducation Student Assistance Authority (HESAA). These loansare credit-based loans and may require a co-signer.Other Alternative LoansDue to RVCC's low cost of attendance, students will not oftenrequire an alternative loan. These loans are credit-based andoften have repayment options that are more restrictive then theStafford loans. If students would like to borrow an AlternativeLoan they will need to contact the lender of their choice to beginthe loan process. Once the loan is complete, the Financial AidOffice will send the student a Loan Request Form (LRF). Uponcompleting and returning the LRF, the Financial Aid Office willcertify the loan if the student is eligible.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> InstitutionalScholarshipsStudents may apply for these scholarships using the RVCCScholarship Application, except where noted with an asterisk (*).In these cases a separate application form is available athttp://www.raritanval.edu/studentserv/finaid/scholarships.html.For these scholarships recipients are chosen by the donor and/orcommittee review.A. Bernard Lindemann Science Scholarship*Area VII Physicians ScholarshipAxel Veldon ScholarshipClarice OlingerClinton Women's Club ScholarshipEdward Nash ScholarshipESL ScholarshipEthicon NursingFabienne Stassen Scholarship*Galileo Scholarships*Gibson Family ScholarshipGlassman Scholarship*Hawk Pointe Foundation ScholarshipInternational Club Scholarship*Intersil Scholarship*Jack Penn ScholarshipJennifer Zois Memorial ScholarshipJohnson & Johnson Nursing ScholarshipKarolee Dousa Glassman ScholarshipLewis J. Gray ScholarshipThe Links ScholarshipMalone Foundation ScholarshipMarcia Key ScholarshipMary T. Zanetti ScholarshipNJ Computer Club ScholarshipPepsi ScholarshipRose McConnell ScholarshipRVCC Merit ScholarshipSomerset Hills AAUW ScholarshipSomerset Medical Center ScholarshipSSTEM Scholarship*Tom Tarnowski Scholarship Fund*Virginia Borman Butkowsky Memorial ScholarshipWayne J. Forrest, Esq. Criminal Justice Scholarship*Wellbrock Family ScholarshipWorld Trade Center ScholarshipFor complete descriptions of all of the Institutional Scholarships,visit www.raritanval.edu.24 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITY FUNDThe <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> EducationalOpportunity Fund Program (EOF) is a state-funded programthat provides additional economic and academic assistance tostudents who demonstrate need. Economic assistance consistsof grant money each semester the student is enrolled. Academicassistance consists of advisement, assistance with registration,and monitoring of academic performance to determineappropriate counseling and support services for academicsuccess. In addition, students participate in career preparationactivities. An EOF student who transfers to another collegecontinues to receive EOF support services at the newinstitution.The EOF program attracts a diverse student population,including recent high school graduates, non-traditional agestudents, and single parents. Incoming EOF students begintheir academic development during an intensive six-weeksummer session, where they complete appropriate English orMathematics courses based on placement testing.To qualify, applicants must:• Have earned a high school diploma or GED• Have resided in New Jersey for at least one year• Be eligible for the Tuition Aid Grant (TAG)• Demonstrate economic eligibility, evaluated on the NewJersey State eligibility scale• Maintain full-time enrollment• Be US citizens or permanent residentsTo apply, applicants must complete an RVCC application, theFAFSA, and provide current tax returns. Please visit the EOFoffice or call (908) 218-8875 to set up an appointment.HIGH SCHOOLOUTREACH PROGRAMSHigh school students may participate in the followingprograms and, upon completing the course work, earn collegecredits documented on an RVCC transcript.High School Early Credits ProgramThe High School Early Credits Program at RVCC allowsqualified high school students to enroll in college-level coursesat any RVCC campus location and receive college credit uponsatisfactory completion. To participate, students obtain an EarlyCredits Program brochure from their guidance office, the RVCCwebsite, or the Admissions Office at the <strong>College</strong>. Aftercompleting the form, obtaining the signature of the high schoolprincipal or guidance counselor, and getting a copy of their highschool transcript, students should arrange a meeting with anRVCC advisor or counselor. An RVCC advisor or counselor'ssignature is required in order to register for the first time.Depending on the course(s) taken, credits may be used to satisfydegree requirements at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> oranother college. Students must meet prerequisite requirementsfor all courses.Concurrent Enrollment ProgramConcurrent Enrollment Program (CEP) is a partnershipbetween <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> (RVCC) and areahigh schools whereby qualified high school students enroll in acredit-bearing college course at their high school as part of theirhigh school day.CEP offers numerous advantages for students, faculty andparents. Some of them include enriching and expanding currenthigh school course offerings; allowing for the exploration ofcollege curricula; earning credits towards a college degree; andfostering a seamless transition between high school and postsecondaryeducation.RVCC offers introductory level courses that typically satisfybasic requirements in a broad range of majors and that have anexcellent record of transferability. Each high school, inconjunction with RVCC, determines the course(s) that will beoffered through the Concurrent Enrollment Program. These arerigorous college courses using the same course outlines,assignments and examinations as those courses taught on theRVCC campus.In order to participate in the Concurrent Enrollment Program,a student must have earned at least a B average; have parentalconsent and guidance counselor approval; take the RVCCPlacement Test if enrolling in an English, Math or ForeignLanguage course (or a course requiring these as a prerequisite);or score at appropriate levels on the SAT or ACT.For further information about these programs, students shouldcontact the Academic Outreach department at (908) 526-1200,extension 8557.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu25
TRANSFER TO OTHERCOLLEGESThousands of RVCC students have transferred their credits tocolleges and universities in New Jersey, as well as many out-ofstateinstitutions. During the summer, many students from otherschools take advantage of RVCC's quality, value andaccessibility to earn credits toward degree requirements at theirhome schools.Transfer is available to RVCC students through a variety ofmeans: articulation agreements, dual admission and degreecompletion programs with a number of institutions.For the most up-to-date listing of transfer agreements, pleasevisit the <strong>College</strong>’s website at www.raritanval.edu. For moreinformation about transfer services available at the <strong>College</strong>,please refer to the Advising and Counseling Services section ofthis catalog.Articulation Agreements with Four-Year <strong>College</strong>sRVCC students have transferred to hundreds of colleges anduniversities nationwide. Credits from transfer-designed AA andAS programs generally transfer well to colleges across thecountry. Although transfer opportunities are definitely notlimited to institutions with which the <strong>College</strong> has formalagreements, these agreements with other institutions furtherensure the portability of credits and enhance the transferprospects of students. Articulation agreements are specialarrangements between two colleges to facilitate seamlesstransfer of students. Some articulation agreements are focusedon specialized majors, while others are general agreementsinvolving any major available at a college. For details regardingRVCC arrangements with the following institutions, pleasecontact a transfer counselor.Albright <strong>College</strong> (PA)American University (DC)Benedict <strong>College</strong> (SC)Berkeley <strong>College</strong> (NJ)Bloomfield <strong>College</strong> (NJ)Caldwell <strong>College</strong> (NJ)Capella University (online)Cedar Crest <strong>College</strong> (PA)Centenary <strong>College</strong> (NJ)<strong>College</strong> of St. Elizabeth (NJ)Cornell University (NY)Delaware <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>College</strong> (PA)DeSales University (PA)DeVry University (NJ)Drew University (NJ)Drexel University (PA)Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ)Felician <strong>College</strong> (NJ)Georgian Court University (NJ)John Jay <strong>College</strong> of Criminal Justice (NY)Johnson and Wales University (RI)Jones International University (CO)Kean University (NJ)Kings <strong>College</strong> (PA)Kutztown University (PA)LIM (NY)Lynn University (FL)Montclair State University (NJ)Muhlenberg <strong>College</strong> (PA)New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)New York Institute of Technology/Ellis <strong>College</strong> (NY)Northwood University (FL)Palmer <strong>College</strong> of Chiropractic (IA)Peirce <strong>College</strong> (PA)Pennsylvania <strong>College</strong> of Technology (PA)Rider University (NJ)Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)Rutgers University (NJ)Schiller International University (FL)Seton Hall University (NJ)Shippensburg University (PA)Strayer University (PA)St. Peter's <strong>College</strong> (NJ)St. Petersburg <strong>College</strong> (FL)The <strong>College</strong> of New Jersey (NJ)Thomas A. Edison State <strong>College</strong> (NJ)Touro University International (CA)University of Phoenix (AZ)Upper Iowa University (IA)Wesley <strong>College</strong> (DE)Widener University (PA)Dual Admission AgreementsRVCC has dual admission agreements with several collegesand universities. The essence of dual admission is thatgraduates of <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> are guaranteedadmission to the other college or university with junior standingif they have completed the RVCC program appropriate for themajor at the four-year school and have achieved the requiredgrade point average. RVCC currently has dual admissionagreements with:Caldwell <strong>College</strong>Cedar Crest <strong>College</strong>Centenary <strong>College</strong>Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityKean UniversityMontclair State UniversityNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyRider UniversityRutgers University (dual degree program)Thomas A. Edison State <strong>College</strong>To ensure a smooth transfer and to maximize transfer credits,students must work closely with their academic advisor.For additional information concerning transfer or dualadmission, contact the Transfer Services office, (908) 526-1200, extension 8333 or refer to the website.26RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Degree Pathways Program with Thomas EdisonState <strong>College</strong>Degree Pathways is a partnership between specificcommunity colleges and Thomas A. Edison State <strong>College</strong> thatbuilds on the associate degree and allows students to completeup to 80 semester hours of relevant coursework at thecommunity college level on their community college campus.Under this program, students from a wide variety of RVCCmajors and programs can continue their education toward aBachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in BusinessAdministration, Bachelor of Science in Human Services, or aBachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology.NJTransfer - A Statewide Transfer SystemNJTransfer is a computerized data information system createdto facilitate the transfer of students from county colleges to thefour-year colleges and universities of New Jersey.NJTransfer allows students and advisors at the institutions toascertain the transferability status of any community collegecourse. It indicates whether the course is transferable and, if so,indicates the receiving institution's equivalent course number.Recommended course selections for each major are alsoavailable. For further information, visit www.njtransfer.org.Transferring Career Program CreditsAlthough most career programs leading to the A.A.S. Degreeat RVCC are primarily designed to prepare graduates for entrylevelpositions in business, technology and various professions,a significant number of credits in most career programs are alsotransferable. It is important to check with a transfer counselorfor further information on the career programs.Statewide Transfer AgreementOn September 13, 2007 then Governor Corzine signed intolaw legislation P.L.2007, Chapter 175 establishing a statewidetransfer agreement that provides for the seamless transfer ofacademic credits from a completed associate of arts or associateof science degree program to a baccalaureate degree program.The law guarantees that the transfer-designed associate degrees(A.A. and A.S.) earned at any of the state's 19 communitycolleges "shall be fully transferable and credited as the first twoyears of a baccalaureate degree program at the four-yearpublic institution of higher education in the State to which astudent is admitted."The full text of the statewide transfer agreement approved bythe transfer legislation can be found on the NJTransfer website.While the law does not cover the private colleges anduniversities in New Jersey, many of those institutions haveestablished transfer policies that provide for the transfer withfull junior standing for A.A. and A.S. degree holders from NJcommunity colleges. The law does not provide any guaranteesof admission and students must select an appropriate associatedegree for their particular major. Students must also fulfill anyprerequisite courses required for admission.Transfer and Career ServicesTransfer ServicesTransfer information and counseling are available for studentsplanning to continue their education at another college. Studentsshould use the transfer website, www.njtransfer.org, todetermine the transfer equivalence of each course, as well asview a listing of recommended transfer courses for each majoravailable at the 34 participating colleges and universities.Information about transfer workshops, college transfer fairs,transfer articulation agreements, dual admission programs, andother transfer-related events are posted on the Transfer Serviceswebsite, accessible from the RVCC home page.Career ServicesCareer counseling is available to all current students andalumni who wish to clarify their career objectives. The officehas a full-time career counselor who provides both individualand group career counseling. Through testing and evaluation,the counselor can help RVCC students identify their skills,interests, and values in order to determine their occupationaland educational goals. To make an appointment with the careercounselor, please call (908) 526-1200, extension 8334 or dropby the office, located in the <strong>College</strong> Center, room C-116.Workshops are held throughout the year on selected careertopics such as resume writing, interviewing, job search andsuccess skills, occupational focus areas and career decisionmaking.The counselor can also assist students withresearching career fields. Information on careers, includingsalary surveys, educational requirements, occupationaldemand and growth potential can be accessed in the RVCCLibrary and on the Career Services web page athttp://www.raritanval.edu/rvcc/frameset/career_services.html.The Career Services web page also houses DISCOVER, aninteractive, internet-based self-assessment system for careerand educational planning, as well as information about acareer e-mentoring program.Information about full-time, part-time and seasonalopportunities is available through the job search assistant. Thejob search assistant posts current job openings on the CareerServices web page and employers can fax or e-mail jobvacancies for inclusion in the system. The primary goal is tohelp graduating students find appropriate full-timeemployment. The job search assistant can be reached by calling(908) 526-1200, extension 8338 or via e-mail tojcounselor@raritanval.edu.RVCC has partnered with <strong>College</strong> Central Network to provideexpanded job and internship placement services. Via thisnetwork, students can post their resume for viewing by potentialemployers and internship sites. Additional details can be foundon the Career Services website.Students can receive assistance with resumes via an onlineservice from www.OptimalResume.com or by a counselingappointment.Various company recruiters are invited to discussemployment opportunities with students via on-campusrecruitment.Information about internship possibilities can be found on thecareer services web page or by calling (908) 526-1200,extension 8437.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 27
UNIVERSITY CENTERThe University Center at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>is an alternate means for Somerset and Hunterdon Countyresidents and workers to complete advanced education withouthaving to travel outside the region. Through partnerships withan expanding number of accredited colleges and universities,the Center provides courses at the North Branch campus leadingto baccalaureate- and graduate-level degrees and certificates.Current University Center partners include: Caldwell <strong>College</strong>,Fairleigh Dickinson University, Felician <strong>College</strong>, KeanUniversity, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.In keeping with the core principles of RVCC, the UniversityCenter offers programs that expand the <strong>College</strong>’s capacity topositively affect the educational and economic well-being ofstudents and the community. As a result, the following programsare currently offered:Caldwell <strong>College</strong>• B.A. Elementary EducationCertification programs are offered in early childhoodeducation (Preschool through grade three); elementaryeducation (Kindergarten through grade 8), elementaryschool with subject matter specialization in English,mathematics, social studies and science; and for teachinggrades K-12 in art, biology, English, French, mathematics,music, social studies, and Spanish.Fairleigh Dickinson University• B.A. Individualized Studies• Concentration in Business & International Studies• Concentration in Communication & Applied TechnologyFelician <strong>College</strong>• B.S. Management• B.S. Business Administration• B.S. Accounting• B.S. MarketingAn International Business concentration is available for alldegreesKean University• B.S. Nursing• Executive M.B.A. Global ManagementRutgers, The State University of New Jersey• B.A. Liberal StudiesStudents enrolling in the liberal studies program maytransfer with the A.A, A.S. or A.A.S. degree. Adult studentswho already have attained significant technical and appliedskills and who now wish to pursue their education in theliberal arts can obtain the bachelor's degree through thisprogram.• Other degrees are currently under developmentCourses offered at the University Center are primarily upperdivisionundergraduate courses (third or fourth year of abaccalaureate program) or master's or certification graduatelevelcourses. Students register for University Center classesthrough the individual colleges. A new schedule of courses isposted online prior to each academic semester.Detailed information about a program offered at theUniversity Center can be obtained by calling or meeting with arepresentative from the partner college. Many of these programsrequire the successful completion of certain courses or testsprior to being admitted.For additional information, call (908) 526-1200, extension8939 or e-mail Univcen@raritanval.edu.RVCC FOUNDATIONThe <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> Foundation, throughits fundraising programs, supports the <strong>College</strong>'s quest tobecome a premier academic institution, to provide qualityeducation at an affordable cost and to encourage intellectualachievement, lifelong learning and personal growth. TheFoundation strives to enhance the <strong>College</strong>'s standing as themost important source of culture and continuing education inSomerset and Hunterdon counties and works with RVCC toexpand the relationships it has forged with businesses and thecommunity.The annual fund is the most inclusive type of fundraising andis designed to broaden the philanthropic reach of the <strong>College</strong>.Everyone can participate, and all gifts - from the smallest to thelargest - provide the "margin of excellence" that allows the<strong>College</strong> to enhance its programs beyond what is made possibleby tax-supported funding.The Foundation actively seeks funds to support scholarshipsfor motivated students who do not qualify for governmentgrants and financial aid. The Foundation raises funds for avariety of <strong>College</strong> programs, including the Institute forHolocaust and Genocide Studies and the Paul Robeson Institutefor Ethics, Leadership and Social Justice. These programs alloffer opportunities for students, faculty and the general publicto connect with the <strong>College</strong> beyond the classroom and enrichcommunity life. Other funding priorities include the Theatre atRVCC, the Planetarium and the Art Gallery.For more information or to make a gift, call (908) 526-1200,extension 8349, or visit the Foundation website atwww.raritanval.edu/foundation and make a secure online gift.Foundation Board of DirectorsMr. Gary Woodring, ChairMs. Liz Mitchell, Vice ChairMr. Andrew Borkin, SecretaryMr. John Trojan, TreasurerMr. N. William AtwaterMr. Kenneth BatemanMr. Albert J. BerlinMr. Patrick FittipaldiDr. Karen GaffneyMs. Carol GuttschallDr. Shabbir HasanMr. Norbert HirstMr. Kenneth LeeMr. Gene McCarthyDr. Catherine McVickerMr. Michael MurphyMr. Nicholas PellittaMs. Jeanne PerantoniMr. Steve ReichmanMr. Benjamin RuleyMr. Peter G. SchoberlMs. Jeanne StahlMr. John E. Warren IIIMs. Linda WellbrockDr. Casey Crabill, President, RVCCMr. Peter S. Johnson (Emeritus)Dr. Richard D. Wellbrock (Emeritus)28 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
ONLINE SERVICES ANDEDUCATIONALTECHNOLOGYOnline ServicesThe <strong>College</strong>’s website at www.raritanval.edu offerscomprehensive information about services and programsavailable at RVCC. The general public has easy access to up-todateinformation about the campus, from news and events tocourse descriptions and curriculum outlines.In addition, a wide variety of online services are available toRVCC students through Lion's Den, the online studentinformation system at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>. TheLion’s Den is the official communication channel used forRVCC business and teaching purposes. Students should checkit daily to ensure that they read all communication in a timelymanner. Most services require the <strong>College</strong> ID number and apassword. Students can:• Apply for admission and view status of applicationprocessing• View status of admission document processing• View and print the course schedule• View and print course descriptions• View HOLDS that may limit or restrict registration• Register for classes• Apply for financial aid• View financial aid status• View financial account• View and print class schedule• Add or drop classes• Request enrollment verification• View and print final grades• Generate and print a degree evaluation• View and print unofficial transcripts• Request official transcripts• Receive important college mail, including bills, grades, andacademic standards correspondence• Sign up for emergency and inclement weather notificationsComputer Facilities<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a fully networkedcampus. Personal computers are available in over 30instructional laboratories. All have Pentium processors and runthe Microsoft Vista/XP and Office 2007 suite of applications.In addition, many application software packages for computerscience and other disciplines are available. All labs areequipped with high-speed laser printers. All computers haveaccess to the Internet via a 100 mega-bit connection.The <strong>College</strong> offers special purpose computing labs forgraphic and fine arts, multimedia development, videoproduction, writing, math, English as a Second Language andbibliographic instruction. In addition to discipline-specificsoftware, these labs have specialized equipment such asdocument scanners, color printers, video capture cards, andDVD/CD read/write drives.The campus has complete WiFi coverage and students canregister their computers and PDAs at the MIS Helpdesk tomake use of it.For Computer Science instruction, the <strong>College</strong> utilizes anIBM RS/6000 system running the AIX (UNIX) operatingsystem. Networking labs provide computers and equipment forhands-on instruction in network design and administration.Students also have access to personal and laptop computers inthe library. Here, software is specially configured for researchand library related activities.Personal computers, the campus network and the Internet arealso used in 80 classrooms known as CATT (Center forAdvanced Teaching and Technology) rooms. A wirelessnetwork is available across the entire campus.All students are provided with e-mail accounts via the Lion’sDen Google hosted system. This system together with the<strong>College</strong>’s “SunGard Higher Education Banner” administrativesystem allows online registration for classes, grade lookup, e-mail to faculty, and notices of campus events. Online coursesare provided via the WebCT system, the most widely usedWorld Wide Web-based distance learning system.The <strong>College</strong> continually evaluates and enhances itscomputing and network facilities and software applications.Industry input is sought to assure that RVCC students areprovided with the technology necessary to successfullycompete in today’s economy.Educational Technology at RVCCRVCC students enjoy the use of a state-of-the-art array ofeducational technology. The <strong>College</strong> is fully networkedthroughout the campus and with outside electronic sources.This network connects a rich variety of resources both on- andoff-site. Many college courses are taught in the <strong>College</strong>’s 80Center for Advanced Teaching and Technology (CATTMultimedia) Classrooms, which boast a powerful platform foraccessing and displaying all educational technological formats.RVCC also has interactive television facilities, as well asteleconferencing and satellite facilities that connect toworldwide video offerings to enrich the curricula. All registeredstudents get an Internet account with full privileges to allowthem to participate in opportunities for independent remoteinstruction and for research and communication activities.Students at RVCC use this opportunity to build the foundationto participate effectively in an information-based society.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu29
STUDENT LIFEUpon registration at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>, allstudents become members of the <strong>College</strong> community with allthe rights, privileges and responsibilities that go with suchmembership. The student is expected to make satisfactoryeducational progress, to respect the rights of others, and to knowand follow the policies and regulations developed by the<strong>College</strong> community for the good of the total membership.Student Code of ConductOne of the core values of <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>is an environment of mutual respect, responsibility andcollaboration. The Code of Student Conduct is written toidentify expectations of behavior for all members of thecommunity. The Code rules apply to all RVCC studentsregardless of matriculation status or location, whether on<strong>College</strong>-owned or controlled property or at a <strong>College</strong>-sponsoredor supervised function.Upon admission to <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>, astudent assumes responsibility for becoming familiar with andabiding by the general rules of academic and social conductdescribed in the Student Handbook. Violation of any of thesemay lead to a failing grade for an assignment or course,disciplinary warning, probation, suspension, expulsion, and/orother appropriate authorized penalties.<strong>College</strong> HoursThe <strong>College</strong> designates two hours each week as <strong>College</strong> hoursfor <strong>College</strong> community activities and events: Tuesday andThursday, 12-1:30 p.m. Students are encouraged to use this freetime to participate in extracurricular activities, which includestudent government meetings, club meetings, intramural sports,<strong>College</strong> committees, and other <strong>College</strong>-sponsored functions.OrganizationsStudent GovernmentThe <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> Student Association(RVCCSA) represents all students. It serves as the voice of thestudent body and has a serious responsibility to the students and<strong>College</strong> at-large, particularly in the area of communication. Theorganization is governed by elected student officers andrepresentatives based on criteria established in its constitution.The student government is also involved in the process ofdistributing student activity funds to student clubs. These clubsand organizations prepare budgets to fund a variety of studentactivities, such as concerts, films, publications, dances,seminars, trips and community service programs.Phi Theta KappaPhi Theta Kappa is a prestigious international honor societyfor community college students. Its membership is made up ofRVCC students who have completed 12 credits with at least a3.50 G.P.A., who are interested in community involvement,academic achievement and social activities.“The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa shall be to recognize andencourage scholarship among two-year college students. Toachieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa shall provide opportunityfor the development of leadership and service, for an intellectualclimate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively fellowshipfor scholars, and for stimulation of interest in continuingacademic excellence.”Student LifeThe classroom experience is only one segment of theavailable education at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Thecultural, recreational and governmental activities and functionsat the <strong>College</strong> are equally important. By sharing in theseactivities, students have the opportunity to develop manypersonal and career skills.Student activities at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>develop according to student interest. While the selection,planning and administration of these activities depends on theinterest, time, organization, and effort of the students, assistanceis provided by the Office of Student Life & Civic Engagement.Groups of students interested in forming a student organizationshould consult with the Student Life Office located in the<strong>College</strong> Center, in Room C206.ClubsClubs and organizations are encouraged and supported by the<strong>College</strong> in offering opportunities for community outreach andservice. Examples include annual career development programsfor minority high school students; hosting well-known guestspeakers on campus; and sponsoring food and clothing drivesfor disaster victims. Clubs and organizations are encouraged towork collaboratively with each other in sponsoring programs.Alliance - provides an opportunity for gay, lesbian, bisexualand transgendered students to express ideas, voice opinions andexchange information.Alpha Beta Gamma® - recognizes and encouragesscholarship among business, computer science andcommunications majors at two-year colleges. The society is amember of The Association of <strong>College</strong> Honor Societies and hasinitiated 65,500 members. Alpha Beta Gamma® is anInternational Business Honor Society that was established in1970. The Delta Omicron chapter was chartered at RVCC in2006.Business Club - explores modern business practices.Campus Crusade for Christ - includes Bible study,discussion, prayer, fellowship, and community outreach.Club Unity - encourages campus-wide appreciation ofAfrican Americans, their contributions and history.Education Club - promotes teaching as a profession.Game Developers Club - seeks to promote friendlycompetition in video, card and board games. Through the club,gamers can make new friends with similar interests, try avariety of new games, and learn more about the gaming world.International Club - encourages campus-wide appreciationof students of diverse cultural backgrounds, their contributionsand history.Orgullo Latino/Latin Pride Club - provides campus-wideawareness and appreciation of Hispanic Americans, theircontributions and history. Provides outreach programs toencourage Hispanic high school students in our localcommunities to seek post-secondary education.Paralegal Club - fosters interest in a paralegal career andseeks to provide educational and skill-building opportunities forits members.Performing Artists Club - promotes greater understandingof the performing arts and organizes cultural and socialactivities related to performing arts issues and themes. Studentsmeet to discuss common interests, concerns, networking andother valuable information.30 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
<strong>Raritan</strong> Environmental Action League (R.E.A.L.) - raisesawareness about environmental issues on campus and in ourcommunities, and actively works to make them better places tolive and work. Current projects include an organic garden;campus greening and sustainability; EcoWeek, which featuresan eco-buffet, fair-trade fashion show and vendor market fair,campus clean-ups, beach sweep and other events during theweek of Earth Day; as well as films, speakers, and other eventsthroughout the school year.The Record, the student newspaper - when available,provides members of the <strong>College</strong> community with newspertaining to the <strong>College</strong>. Members participate in all aspects ofnewspaper production.Rotaract Club - fosters leadership and responsiblecitizenship, encourages high ethical standards in business, andpromotes international understanding and peace. The RVCCRotaract club is affiliated with The Rotary International, aninternational service organization for men and women ages 18-30.Social Justice Club - raises awareness about contemporaryissues of social justice on the international, national, and locallevel. The goal of the club is to encourage discussion anddialogue about issues.Student Nurses Association - encourages interest in nursingas a career and seeks to provide educational and skill-buildingopportunities for its members.Athletics<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a member of theNational Junior <strong>College</strong> Athletic Association (Region XIX) andthe Garden State Athletic Conference. The <strong>College</strong> is presentlyengaged in varsity competition in golf, baseball, basketball,softball and soccer.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> has been represented atthe state and national levels in many sports, enabling students tocompete for athletic scholarships at four-year colleges anduniversities.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> presently offers athleticscholarships to athletes who participate in NJCAA Division IIprograms, including Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball,Women's Softball and Men's Baseball.Students are also encouraged to use the fitness lab, pool, trackand gymnasium during their leisure time. Athletic facilities arefree to students with a valid ID card.In an effort to promote athletics among youth, the <strong>College</strong>sponsors a variety of summer athletic camps.To contact athletics, email rvccathletics@raritanval.edu, call(908) 218-8868 or fax (908) 575-9458.Services<strong>College</strong> CenterThe <strong>College</strong> Center provides members of the <strong>College</strong>community with a place to relax, socialize, hold meetings orstudy. Lounge areas and meeting rooms are dispersedthroughout the building. The Center includes the dining hall,the Bookstore, Game Room, the Student Enrollment Center,Transfer and Career Services, the Corporate and ContinuingEducation offices, Finance and Student Activities. Special areasinclude an atrium, an outdoor amphitheater and offices ofstudent organizations.BookstoreThe Golden Lion Bookstore is located on the lower level ofthe <strong>College</strong> Center. The store sells new and used textbooks,study aids, computer supplies, clothing, assorted gift items,greeting cards, snacks and magazines. The bookstore can alsobe found online at http://bookstore.raritanval.edu. Visa,MasterCard, Discover and personal checks are accepted.Textbook Refund Policy1.A sales receipt is required for all refunds and exchanges.2.Returns are accepted within five working days of the dateon the receipt.3.Refunds will be given for the first 10 days of the semesterif a class has been dropped (Drop/Add form required) and thereceipt is dated within one month of the start of the currentsemester. Standard policy in effect thereafter.4.Exchanges will be granted until the 10th day of thesemester with a recent receipt.5.If a book has been written in, contains highlighting or isdamaged in any way, only a 75% refund will be given.6.Shrink-wrapped packages must be returned with allmaterials that came in the package. No refund will be given forpackages missing items.7.Software included in textbooks must not have been loadedand must have original seal. Internet codes must not have beenused and must have original seal.8.Refunds will be made in the same form of tender as thepurchase: cash for cash (if cash is not available, as is commonbefore 10:30 a.m., a choice will be given between check refundor a refund to credit card), credit cards to credit card account,check purchase by check issued from the Finance Office within10 days of the refund.Textbook BuybacksThe Golden Lion Bookstore has six scheduled textbookbuybacks during the year in February, May, July, August,October and December during final exams. Dates and times areposted in the bookstore, around the campus and on thebookstore's website.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu31
ParkingAll students are responsible for knowing <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>'s vehicle and parking regulations. See<strong>College</strong> Map for student parking locations.Parking on the <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> campus isat the owner's risk. The <strong>College</strong> has no responsibility for injuryor property damage sustained on its premises.Parking and driving anywhere on the RVCC campus is aprivilege and not a right. The presence of a vehicle on campusis an agreement by the driver to abide by these regulations. Thedriver acknowledges that RVCC is in no way liable for personalinjury, property damage, or loss of parts or contents of her/hisvehicle.Vehicles must park within designated parking spaces only. Donot park in roadways, on lawns, grass medians, in unauthorizedareas, loading areas, overnight (12 a.m. to 6 a.m.), curbside, inyellow stripped areas, crosswalks, designated visitors lot or anyother area that is deemed by the <strong>College</strong> as inappropriate.Vehicles in these locations are deemed to be illegally parked andare subject to towing. Towing and any storage charges will beat the owner's expense. Transportation is not provided toretrieve towed vehicles. Students dropping off or picking uppapers, personal items, etc., are required to park in designatedstudent parking areas, not the Visitors Lot.Parking next to a vehicle which straddles a dividing line doesnot justify the second vehicle's violation. Lack of an availableparking space in an approved parking area is not a valid excusefor parking in any unauthorized locations.Adhere to posted speed limits. The speed limit on campusroadways is 25 miles per hour. Within parking lots, the speedlimit is 15 miles per hour. Drivers must yield to all pedestriansin crosswalks and should remain aware of pedestrians walkingin parking lots. Drivers must adhere to any temporary parkingor vehicular traffic regulations established by the <strong>College</strong>.Under New Jersey law, a person with a disability may obtaineither a special license plate or vehicle parking placard thatprovides special parking privileges. To park in a designatedhandicapped parking area on campus, your vehicle must displayhandicap license plates or the parking placard. Temporaryparking placards can be issued by a Police Department to aperson who has temporarily lost mobility, as certified by aphysician. Parking placards must be displayed in full view.Children’s CampusThe Children's Campus is open 12 months a year, from 7:30a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Located near ParkingLot #4, the Center accepts children age 3 months through age 5years. After-kindergarten care is also available. Priority forregistration is given first to RVCC students and employees.Children from the surrounding communities are accepted on aspace available basis once the priority registration period foreach semester has been concluded. Drop-in care is available asspace permits to regularly enrolled children.The Center offers a stimulating learning experience for youngchildren. Curriculum is designed to provide even the youngestbabies with a stimulating and nurturing atmosphere.For more information, call 908-231-8807 or visitwww.raritanval.edu.Housing and TransportationHousing and transportation are not provided by the <strong>College</strong>.Identification CardsAll students are required to have a valid <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> Identification Card with them at all timesand present it to a <strong>College</strong> official when requested. The card isused for identification in various <strong>College</strong> facilities and for manyservices, as well as student activities. The ID’s can be obtainedand validated at the Student Life Office and the Library. Theschedule of times is posted in the Student Life Center, orstudents may call the Center for additional information at (908)218-8873. The student ID card has a bar-code affixed. This barcodeis a necessity for use of the <strong>College</strong> library and the publiclibraries in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties. RVCC athleticfacilities are available to students with a valid ID carddepending on availability. The Theatre at RVCC offersdiscounted tickets to students with a valid ID card.Mannheimer Welcome CenterThe Mannheimer Welcome Center provides information andgives directions. Other areas for current information are bulletinboards, video display screens, the RVCC website, <strong>College</strong>publications, and The Record.Automated Teller Machine (ATM)An Automated Teller Machine (ATM) is available on campusby the Mannheimer Welcome Center.Food ServicesHot meals, fast food, snacks and vending machine services areprovided on the upper level of the <strong>College</strong> Center in the dininghall. Service is offered Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m to6:30 p.m. and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., when classes arein session. Vending machine services are available throughoutthe campus.A snack bar featuring nationally branded coffee is available onthe ground floor of Somerset Hall by the Mannheimer WelcomeCenter. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 8p.m., and Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.32 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Safety and Health Regulations<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> cooperates with all localregulatory and enforcement agencies. A prompt and safeevacuation is required when a fire alarm is sounded. When analarm sounds all occupants must evacuate immediately. Do notassume an alarm is false. All occupants must evacuate todesignated evacuation areas along the exterior of the campus.Do not evacuate to the interior courtyard area of the campus.Once an evacuation occurs, do not reenter a building untilapproved by a Fire or <strong>College</strong> official.RVCC is a smoke-free campus. Smoking is prohibited oncampus, except in parking lots located 50 feet or more from abuilding. Fines will be imposed for those who violate thesmoke-free policy. Subsequent offenses may also result indisciplinary action.Animals are not permitted on <strong>College</strong> property with theexception of animals used by individuals with physicalimpairments that require their assistance. A service or guide dogtrainer, while engaged in the actual process and activities ofservice dogs or guide dogs, shall have the same rights andprivileges with respect to access to public facilities and the sameresponsibilities as are applicable to a person with a disability(Civil Rights Title 10:5-29.3).Delayed OpeningsIf the <strong>College</strong> announces a delayed opening, all offices andclasses will be closed until the announced delayed openingtime.When a delayed opening impacts the start time for a class, ifthere is at least an hour of instructional time left from thedelayed opening time, the class will begin at the delayedopening time and conclude at the regularly scheduled endingtime.If a class is scheduled to start before the delayed opening timeand there is less than an hour from the delayed opening time tothe regularly scheduled ending time of the class, the class willbe canceled.All other classes will meet at regularly scheduled times afterthe delayed opening time.Emergency Notification<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> utilizes the BlackboardConnect-ED communication service in order to notify students,faculty and staff about actions to take in the event of inclementweather or an emergency.The multi-modal emergency notification service enablescampus leaders and security professionals to contact students,faculty and staff with time-sensitive information and updateswithin minutes through phone calls, text messages or e-mail.The system enables RVCC students and personnel to becontacted on campus, en route to campus, at home or at work.Students should sign up for this service through the Lion’s DenCampus Closing tab.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu33
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTRESOURCESChildren’s Campus (Child Care Center)The Child Care Center is a college-based facility providing acombined child care service and learning environment forinfants and children up to age five. In addition to providingprofessionally directed child care, the Center offers practicalexperience to students of the Early Childhood Educationprogram and other interested students.The Conference Center at RVCCThe Conference Center at RVCC serves as a conduit to bringthe corporate and academic communities together.The center provides conference capabilities for use by thebusiness community.• Grand conference room that seats up to 400 people• Three breakout rooms that seat up to 30 people each• Computer lab with 24 workstations• <strong>Community</strong> room/Board room that holds up to 20 peopleThe technology available includes: distance learning, internetaccess, virtual reality, teleconferencing and multimediacapabilities.Evelyn S. Field LibraryThe Evelyn S. Field Library is located on two floors near themain entrance of the <strong>College</strong>. The circulation desk and thereference desk are both on the first floor. The circulating bookcollection is located on the second floor.• Library Card: The <strong>College</strong> ID card serves as the library card.Patrons must activate their library card at first use.• Group Study Rooms: Group study rooms, which are locatedon the upper level, may be reserved for groups of two or morestudents for up to three hours at a time.• Study Space: The library has plenty of seating available forstudying on both levels. Quiet study is offered on the secondfloor and in the Robeson Center on the first floor.• Computers: Computers are available for library research,writing papers, <strong>College</strong> e-mail services and general Internetaccess.• Library Instruction: The library's instructional programoffers a wide variety of classes at the developmental level,through basic instruction to advanced subject-specific classes.Classes are conducted in our state-of-the-art computerclassroom by the library faculty.• Photocopying Service: Photocopying is available with theuse of copy cards.• Collection: The library's collection of books, DVDs, videos,audio books, journals and newspapers has been selected inconsultation with the faculty to support the curriculum of the<strong>College</strong> and to provide academic, cultural and informationalenrichment. The library catalog, which is available from thelibrary's website, provides access to books, videos and audiobooks. Dozens of databases give access to current informationin journals, magazines and newspapers.• Remote Access: The library's website serves as the gatewayto the virtual library. Users may conduct research from homeor office using their RVCC network login to access subscriptiondatabases. Users may electronically request inter-library loanfor materials that the RVCC library does not own. Researchquestions may be sent to an RVCC librarian through the Ask-a-Librarian service directly from the website.• Hours: The library is open day, evening and weekend hoursas posted in the library and online at http://library.raritanval.edu.Video Production/Editing StudiosThe Video Production/Editing Studios are located in the WestBuilding and are used to teach video production and editingcourses. The Editing Studio features Mac and PC digital editingstations, audio mixing boards, and mini DV/DVD decks. TheVideo Production Studio contains camera, lighting and audioequipment for video production.Institute for Holocaust and Genocide StudiesResource CenterSince 1981, the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studieshas offered educational programs for educators, students andthe community. Through education and unique programming, itpromotes tolerance, understanding and compassion. The Centereducates thousands of New Jersey students and teachers aboutthe lessons learned from the Holocaust as well as Genocidesthat continue today.The Resource Center of The Institute for Holocaust andGenocide Studies is located on the second floor of the EvelynS. Field Library at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>. TheResource Room, established in 1999, is a joint project with the<strong>College</strong> and The Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon,and Warren Counties. The Resource Room houses computers,books, a video collection, and other reference materials forresearch and study as well as an area for classroom instruction.The Morris and Dorothy Hirsch Research Library of Holocaustand Genocide Studies is an extensive collection of materials onthe Holocaust, Genocides and Diversity.Teachers are encouraged to bring their classes to visit theresource center and have a special program with survivors ofthe Holocaust and genocides."Learning Through Experience," the Institute's cornerstoneeducational program, began as a one-day program 28 years agoand has now grown into a three-day annual event. It invitesmore than 3,000 middle and high school students and educatorsto take part in a unique series of guest speaker workshops on theHolocaust and Genocide.For information regarding programming, resourceinformation or annual events, contact (908) 526-1200,extension 8524.Testing CenterThe Testing Center conducts admissions, placement, andcompetency testing for the <strong>College</strong>, including ESL, English andMathematics, foreign languages and technological competencytesting. Students taking make-up exams or tests for onlinecourses may be required to use the Testing Center. Tests suchas the GED, CLEP and DANTES are also administered at the<strong>College</strong>. Photo identification is required prior to testing. (Forplacement testing requirements, see Placement Testing.)34 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
High School Equivalency TestingThe college offers the General Education Development Test(GED) to qualified applicants who wish to gain a high schooldiploma. The test is given by appointment. For additional information,visit www.raritanval.edu/studentserv/testing/ged.html.The Academic Support CenterThe Academic Support Center (ASC), located on the lowerlevel of Somerset Hall, provides academic support services atno additional charge to registered RVCC students. The ASCoffers:• Drop-in Tutoring - Math and English tutors are availableduring all hours of operation. Tutoring for many other RVCCcourses is available according to published schedules. ASCtutors are employed by the <strong>College</strong> and trained by the <strong>College</strong>Reading and Learning Association.• Learning Support Materials - Reference books, current textbooks, DVDs, computer software, and manipulative learningtools for math and science can be used by all students at theASC. The ASC also has state-of-the-art assistive technologiesfor students with special needs.• Computers - Computers with Internet access and learningsupport software are available to students for writing papers,doing research, and completing homework. The ASC staff istrained to help students with online learning systems and coursesoftware.• Online Tutoring - Online tutoring is available. ASC writingtutors provide prompt feedback to English papers submittedonline. Smarthinking, a web-based tutoring service for multiplesubjects, is available on the computers at the ASC. To accessthe online tutoring, please visit our website.• Hours of Operation - Fall and spring semesters: Monday toThursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.; Saturday, 10a.m.- 2 p.m. For summer and intersession hours, visit ourwebsite or stop by for an updated schedule. Limited tutoringservices are available at RVCC’s Franklin instructional site.For more information about the ASC, call (908) 526-1200, extension8393 or visit www.raritanval.edu/studentserv/asc/index.htmlStudents, adjuncts and other professionals interested inbecoming tutors should contact the ASC or check the websitefor application information.Optical ClinicThe optical clinic serves the RVCC community by providinghigh quality prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses at asubstantial discount from the retail price. Located on the groundfloor of the <strong>College</strong> Center, the clinic is operated by theOphthalmic Science program and is staffed by students in theprogram under the direct supervision of a licensed optician. Theoptical clinic contains a state-of-the-art laboratory and can fillany prescription for contact lenses or eyeglasses.Paul Robeson InstituteThe Paul Robeson Institute for Ethics, Leadership, and SocialJustice was founded in 1999 to preserve Paul Robeson's legacyin the area where he came of age as an artist, athlete, orator, andscholar. The Institute envisions a global community of diversecultures that embodies, through attitudes and behaviors, PaulRobeson's ideals, beliefs, values, and vision for a world ofjustice and peace.The Paul Robeson Institute offers:• Opportunities for individuals and community that foster aspirit of inquiry and excellence in academic studies,communication skills, and the arts and sciences• Educational workshops, seminars, and forums that traineducators to integrate the history and contributions ofAfrican-Americans into the full educational curriculum asrequired by the New Jersey Amistad mandate• Cultural happenings such as exhibits, lectures, concerts, andartistic events• Programs that emphasize the core values needed by youngadults for leadership roles and civic participation in the 21stCentury• Annual Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Awards todistinguish and honor middle school and high schoolstudents who are following the Robeson role model asleaders and achievers in the following categories:Arts, Scholarship, Athletics, and <strong>Community</strong> Service.Since April 2003, the Robeson Institute's Resource Room,located on the first floor of the Evelyn S. Field Library, hasserved as a repository for the historical records and memorabiliaof Robeson's Somerville years. The Resource Room is aninformation center for Robeson's national and worldwideactivities.Physical Education ComplexThe physical education complex consists of indoor andoutdoor facilities. The indoor facilities are highlighted by a10,000 square foot gymnasium, a natatorium which houses asix-lane heated pool and a newly renovated fitness center. The2,800 square foot fitness center contains training equipmentsuch as Lifecycles and assorted Nautilus equipment. The stateof-the-artfitness center provides a variety of equipmentdesigned for personal wellness and conditioning.Outdoor facilities include four full-length basketball courts; asoccer field and a six-lane, 400 meter track; a baseball diamond;one softball field; and modern scoreboards for each ball field.Athletic facilities are available to members of the studentbody for recreational activities, and all students are encouragedto participate in a variety of programs from physical educationto intercollegiate athletics.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu35
The PlanetariumThe 100-seat Planetarium first opened in 1990 andunderwent an extensive technology upgrade in the fall of 2008.A computerized AllDome High Definition projection systemwas installed, offering visitors an immersive virtual tour of theUniverse. The Planetarium is also equipped with an array ofvideo projectors and laser disk and DVD players, all of whichare computer controlled by a SkySkan Automation System.These outer space visuals are complemented by a 5.1 surroundsound audio system.The Planetarium also features a gift shop and exhibit area.Exhibits include 1/15th scale models of the Space Shuttle andHubble Space Telescope; various images from the SpaceTelescope; a Gravity Well; an H-R Diagram; and a series of fivedisplays that describes our place in the Universe. A 355-poundiron meteorite is on permanent loan from the American Museumof Natural History. A small observatory using a 14-inch Meadetelescope will be permanently installed in the near future, alongwith a variety of portable telescopes that will be available tovisitors.Each year the Planetarium provides programs to more than20,000 school children, as well as 8,000 public attendees.Presentations include such topics as the changing seasonal sky,tours of the solar system, exploration of our Milky Way Galaxyand eclipses.Introduction to Astronomy classes are offered each semesterfor credit students and meet regularly in the Planetarium. Other<strong>College</strong> courses that use the facility include Geology, Multimedia,Quest and Geography.Since 2004 the Planetarium facility has been part of RVCC'sNew Jersey Astronomy Center for Education (NJACE).NJACE, through its Teaching Institute, coordinates ProjectASTRO and Family ASTRO and conducts teacher workshops,science education consulting, and in-service programs to K-12educators throughout New Jersey and across the country.Science LaboratoriesLaboratories for science courses, located in the Christine ToddWhitman Science Center, are state-of-the-art facilities. Inaddition to the standard equipment required by each discipline,the laboratories house networked microcomputer workstations,providing faculty and students with access to the <strong>College</strong>’sLearning Resources Center, e-mail, and the Internet. Studentsare encouraged to use word processing, database, andspreadsheet applications to generate lab reports. Faculty areexpanding the use of computers for the collection andprocessing of data through interfacing, and are incorporatingappropriate simulation exercises into the laboratory experiencesin the various disciplines.The $2 million Institute for Biotechnology Education -- whichis located in the <strong>College</strong>'s Christine Todd Whitman ScienceCenter -- has two wet laboratories, a cell culture room, aclassroom and cutting-edge instrumentation to support the<strong>College</strong>'s biotechnology curriculum. The <strong>College</strong> offers anAssociate of Applied Science (AAS), Associate of Science (AS)and a Certificate Program in Biotechnology. In addition to thetwo teaching laboratories, which each accommodate 20students, the Institute features a microscope room, a cell cultureroom, an equipment/instrument room, a prep room and aclassroom. The labs and the classroom are equipped withnetworked computers, audiovisual equipment and projectors.The state-of-the-art facility offers the standard laboratoryequipment that includes hoods, freezers and refrigerators,spectrophotometers and microscopes, as well as incubators, adeionized water supply for the labs and the prep area, a Gel Docsystem, a PCR machine and an autoclave.Biology laboratories are equipped with microscopes,autoclaves, spectrophotometers, preserved specimens, andmodels. The 240-acre campus, surrounded by mature forestgrowth, fields, and a pond, provides a natural living laboratoryfor botany and ecology courses. A herbarium collection ofseveral hundred specimens for teaching local plantidentification and a greenhouse with a collection of tropical andsubtropical plants are also maintained.Chemistry laboratories are equipped with hoods, eachventilated to the outside, and workstations with gas and waterlines. Students use a variety of precision balances, infrared, UVvisible,and atomic absorption spectrophotometers, as well asgas chromatographs.The laboratory supporting physics and engineering courseshas an array of diverse equipment and instrumentation formechanics, heat, sound, light and electromagnetic experiments.Students in the circuits laboratory course use analog and digitalequipment to perform direct, alternating, or three-phase circuitanalysis.Integration of computer-aided design into the engineeringscience curricula is ongoing. Students in engineering graphicsand other courses have access to a computer laboratoryequipped with workstations and digitizer tablets which supportAutoCAD, a professional drafting and design software package,widely used in business and industry.The Theatre at RVCCThe Theatre at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> opened in1985 with a mission to serve RVCC and the community at large.Each season, the Theatre presents the Major Artists Series andThe Merck Series, which is made possible by a grant from TheMerck Company Foundation. Additionally, the Theatre presentsTuesdays with Stories, which offers an opportunity to experiencegreat American literature; the Family and Sampler Series, whichfeature programs for children and their families; and School-Time Performances, a series of educational field trip events forteachers and students grades pre-K to 12.The Theatre complex consists of two performing spaces. TheEdward Nash Theatre is a proscenium-style auditorium with1,000 seats on two levels. With excellent acoustics and sightlines, it is a perfect setting for concerts, theatre and dance. TheWelpe Theatre is a flexible studio space that seats 100 to 150people, depending upon the configuration. It is a perfect settingfor more intimate and experimental performances.For additional information about The Theatre at RVCC and acomplete list of performances, visit www.rvccArts.org.36 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Visual and Performing Arts StudiosThe Visual and Performing Arts curricula are supported by thestudio and performance spaces located in the Arts Building, inthe West Building, and in the Theatre.The studio arts area includes nine studios: a ceramics studiowith outdoor Raku firing area, a printmaking studio, a drawingstudio, a painting studio, a sculpture studio with outdoorwelding and bronze casting area, black-and-white and colorphotography studios, a computer art studio, a design studio, andan art history classroom.The ceramics studio has a handbuilding room, wheel roomwith 14 electric wheels and two kick wheels, two glazing areasand a kiln room. There area five electric kilns and one 17-cubicfoot gas kiln. The outdoor Raku firing area can support fourRaku kilns firing simultaneously.The photography studio has a large black-and-whitedarkroom area with 13 enlargers; a classroom for lectures andcritiques; a film developing room; and a color photography areawith individual enclosures for each color enlarger, Ilfochromeand RA color processors; and an area with a large format copycamera and large format enlarger that can handle formats up to4x5.The painting studio is equipped with 20 steel easels, drawingtables, stretcher storage racks and daylight track lighting. Largewindows in the north wall provide excellent light for daytimepainting classes. The painting studio serves acrylic and oilpainting classes, as well as watercolor and drawing classes. Asecond drawing studio, which may also be used for paintingclasses, is equipped with track lighting, drawing stools andpinable walls.A large lecture room fitted with multiple audio-visual displaypossibilities serves as an art history and art appreciationclassroom.There is a 20-station computer art studio in the Arts Buildingthat is used by students taking 2D Design, Color Theory, andvarious photography and printmaking classes.The advanced graphic design studio, digital photo studio, andvideo production studio are located in the West Building. Thevideo studio has four digital editing stations. The graphic designstudio has professional digital equipment for Graphic Design,Illustration, Typography, Web Page Design and 2D and 3DAnimation. Digital Photography is also taught in the graphicdesign studio.The music program classes are held in the Arts Building. Themusic rehearsal studio is used for performing ensemblerehearsals, music classes and small recitals. A secondclassroom-studio is equipped with electronic pianos forkeyboard proficiency and theory study. An electronic music labis equipped with computer-keyboard stations with MIDIequippedsynthesizers and selected music technologies andsoftware programs for music notation and ear-training skills.All music studios are equipped with sound reproductionequipment. A fourth music classroom for music theory classesis equipped with a digital projector and sound reproductionequipment. Informal concerts/recitals are held in the musicrehearsal studio. Formal concerts/recitals are presented in theWelpe and Nash Theatres. Soundproof practice modules areavailable to music students for instrumental or vocal practice.The dance studio, located in the Arts Building, is equippedwith a wood-sprung floor and Marley surface, mirror, barresand a media/projection unit. The dance studio serves for classesin modern dance, ballet, jazz, performance of repertory andchoreography. An additional performing arts studio, with asemi-sprung floor and mirrors, is used for classes and rehearsalspace and is shared among the three performing arts (dance,music, and theatre). Dance concerts utilize the Nash Theatre, aproscenium-style stage with 1,000 seats on two levels. TheWelpe Theatre, a flexible studio/black box space, is a perfectsetting for more intimate and experimental performances.The theatre arts classes are taught in the <strong>College</strong> Theatre (inthe Welpe Theatre) and in the Arts Building. Theatreproductions—both dramatic and musical—dance concerts, andmusic recitals and concerts are held in the Edward Nash Theatreor the smaller Welpe Theatre.Civic EngagementCivic engagement is an essential element of the learningprocess. <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>'s commitment tocivic engagement is designed to increase the ethical and civicresponsibility of our citizens, both in our <strong>College</strong> communityand in our surrounding neighborhood. As a member of CampusCompact, whose mission is to promote community service thatdevelops student citizenship skills, the <strong>College</strong> values andencourages partnerships with the community that promote civicengagement.RVCC is one of a select number of colleges and universitiesto receive a new <strong>Community</strong> Engagement classification fromthe Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. It isone of nine community colleges nationwide—and the onlycommunity college in New Jersey—to receive this honor.RVCC earned this prestigious designation for its ServiceLearning Program and other community engagement programsand services. The selection was based on institutionalizedpractices of community engagement that showed alignmentamong mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 37
ACADEMIC RESOURCES<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> awards Associate of Artsdegrees (A.A.), Associate of Science degrees (A.S.), Associateof Fine Arts degrees (A.F.A.), Associate of Applied Sciencedegrees (A.A.S.), and certificates to students who havecompleted approved programs.Satisfaction of associate degree requirements is measured bythe pattern of courses taken and the number of credits earned,not by the amount of time it takes to complete them. The numberof credits required varies somewhat according to the program,but always totals 60 or more. Although associate degreeprograms are designed to be completed in two years (fourconsecutive semesters, summers not included), the actualamount of time needed by particular students will varydepending upon their individual and family circumstances, aswell as their academic preparation. For example, students in thenursing or engineering science programs frequently requiremore than four semesters to complete the degree. Academicpreparation is determined by placement tests.Transfer Programs (A.A., A.S., A.F.A.)In general, transfer programs are designed for students whoare planning a career that requires at least four years of collegepreparation. Upon completion of an associate degree program atRVCC, students are prepared for transfer into the junior year ofbaccalaureate study at a four-year college.Career Programs (A.A.S.)Career programs are designed to prepare students for directentry into the career field of their choice upon completion ofstudies. Although the career programs are not designed fortransfer to four-year schools, it is possible to do so. The numberof credits acceptable for transfer depends on the program takenat the <strong>College</strong> and the individual four-year college involved.RVCC also offers a joint career program leading to anAssociate of Applied Science degree in partnership withHunterdon Polytech. The program combines the facilities andfaculties of the <strong>College</strong> and its partner institution. Studentsenrolled in a joint program attend classes at both the <strong>College</strong> andthe designated educational facility following a prepared coursepattern approved by the appropriate institutions.Certificate ProgramsThe <strong>College</strong> offers a number of certificate programs thatprovide specialized training for occupational preparation. Mostcertificate offerings can be completed by full-time students inone year.Dual MajorsStudents are permitted to pursue a double major provided thatthey have met with and received the approval of an academicadvisor. The student will receive curriculum information forboth programs and be advised of additional admissionrequirements.Honors ProgramThe Honors Program offers qualified students the opportunityto take challenging classes that will be documented on theirtranscripts and will facilitate their admission to many four-yearcolleges.Students may choose from a variety of Honors opportunities:• Several Honors courses in different academic areas areoffered each semester. Honors courses offer sophisticated usesof research, introduce stimulating readings from varied sources,promote diverse approaches to writing, and encourageindependent study.• Many regular courses offer the Honors Option, an Honorslevelproject within a non-Honors course.• The Honors Programs calls for 15 to 18 credits of Honorsand Honors Option courses and a public, scholarly presentation.The Honors Program and its courses are open not only toRVCC students but also to recent high school graduates, highschool seniors in advanced placement programs, and transferstudents from other colleges. The general requirement forHonors courses and Honors Option projects is either aminimum grade point average of 3.5 or the permission of theinstructor; some courses carry additional requirements. See theHonors Course Descriptions in this catalog. For furtherinformation about the Honors Program and about the specificcourses offered each semester, see the Honors Program page ofthe RVCC website.Cooperative EducationCooperative Education is a college experience in whichstudents work part-time, acquire academic credit along with onthe-jobtraining, and are paid for the work they do.Occasionally, students may volunteer their time where theexperience is considered valuable and the sponsor is unable topay the students.For students in the <strong>College</strong>’s liberal arts program who maynot have decided on their life goal, the cooperative educationprogram allows a sampling of various professional andvocational environments.For career students, cooperative education offers anopportunity to gain experience in their chosen field and toaudition for a potential full-time employer.Cooperative education is frequently used by students in thefollowing academic programs: accounting, businessmanagement, criminal justice, computer information systems,early childhood education, events planning, fitness specialist,paralegal studies, liberal arts, real estate, retailing, science, andmathematics.38 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Service LearningService Learning at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>provides students with the unique opportunity of serving in thecommunity and receiving academic credit for their efforts.Students enrolled in courses that offer service learning getinvolved in a community service activity that relates to theircoursework. Students reflect on their experience either throughjournals, essays, reflective papers, group discussion or in-classpresentations.Students receive many benefits from their participation inService Learning. It enriches academic learning; developsproblem-solving and critical thinking skills; improvescommunication, writing and life skills; enhances careerdevelopment; contributes to a sense of civic responsibility; andfosters an appreciation of people with diverse backgrounds andlife situations.The Service Learning Program provides establishedcommunity placements with numerous organizations inSomerset and Hunterdon counties where students can serve.Some of them include K-12 public schools, after-schoolprograms, day care centers, hospitals, adult day care centers,churches, libraries, homeless shelters, animal shelters, soupkitchens, nursing homes, assisted care living facilities,probation and police departments, court houses and youthcorrectional facilities. Students get involved in various servicelearning activities, such as tutoring, mentoring, recreation,companionship, health education, safety programs, protectinglegal rights and business-related projects.For additional information about the Service LearningProgram, visit www.raritanval.edu/servicelearning, or contactthe program director, (908) 526-1200, extension 8284.Internships<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> offers a college-wideinternship program. Participants are able to:• Explore career choices and gain work experience in theircurrent field of interest• Apply their classroom learning to real work situations andchallenges• Become a more marketable candidate when they enter theworkforce on a full-time basis• Develop valuable job search abilities and skills in suchareas as communication, problem-solving, organizing,prioritizing, etc.• Build valuable business contactsStudents are encouraged to begin internships when they havecompleted at least 15 credit hours at RVCC and have some ideaabout what career they’re interested in pursuing. Internshipsvary from short-term projects to meet a company’s needs or canlast a full semester. The length of an internship is limited by acompany’s needs and budget, as well as a student’s interest andschedule.For more information, contact the internship coordinator,(908) 526-1200, extension 8437.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu39
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2010-2011*FALL SESSION 2010July 30, 2010 1August 18, 2010September 1, 2010 2September 6, 2010October 18-23, 2010November 24, 2009November 25-28, 2010December 13, 2010December 14-20, 2010December 16, 2010Fall Tuition Payment Due$30 Late Registration Fee BeginsFirst Day of ClassesLabor Day - <strong>College</strong> ClosedMidterm Reporting Period<strong>College</strong> Open - No Academic ClassesThanksgiving Recess - <strong>College</strong> ClosedLast Day of ClassesFinal ExaminationsCommencementREVIEW SESSION 2011January 4, 2011January 14, 2011Session BeginsLast Day of SessionSPRING SESSION 2011January 5, 2011 1January 6, 2011January 17, 2011January 18, 2011February 28-March 5, 2011March 7-11, 2011May 2, 2011May 3-9, 2011May 11, 2011Spring Tuition Payment Due$30 Late Registration Fee BeginsMartin Luther King Day - <strong>College</strong> ClosedFirst Day of ClassesMidterm Reporting PeriodSpring Recess - No Academic ClassesLast Day of ClassesFinal ExaminationsCommencement*The <strong>College</strong> reserves the right to modify this calendar.Notes:1Students registering after this date pay tuition at the time of registration.2Classes begin prior to Labor Day.40 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
NEW JERSEY GENERAL EDUCATION FOUNDATIONAll degree programs offered by RVCC contain a core of courses that fulfills General Education requirements established by the NewJersey Council of County <strong>College</strong>s (NJCCC). The purpose of these courses is to develop students' intellectual capacities, abilities, andskills; and to expose students to the ideas and values of a broad range of academic fields including arts, communications, humanities,social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, and technology. The specific General Education Learning Goals established by NJCCCare presented in the following table.Goal CategoryCourse Criteria1 Written and Oral Students will communicate effectively in both speech and writing.Communication2 Quantitative Knowledgeand SkillsStudents will use appropriate mathematical and statistical concepts and operations to interpret data and to solveproblems.3 Scientific Knowledge Students will use the scientific method of inquiry, through the acquisition of scientific knowledge.and Reasoning4 Technological Students will use computer systems or other appropriate forms of technology to achieve educational andCompetency/Information personal goals.Literacy5 Society and HumanBehaviorStudents will use social science theories and concepts to analyze human behavior and social and politicalinstitutions and to act as responsible citizens.6 Humanistic Perspective Students will analyze works in the fields of art, history, music, or theater; literature; philosophy and/or religiousstudies; and/or will gain competence in the use of a foreign language.7 Historical Perspective Students will understand historical events and movements in World, Western, non-Western or Americansocieties and assess their subsequent significance.8 Global and Cultural Students will understand the importance of a global perspective and culturally diverse peoples.Awareness9 Ethical Reasoning andActionStudents will understand ethical issues and situations.The distribution of General Education course credits for RVCC degrees and certificates is presented in the following table.RVCC courses that satisfy these General Education requirements are listed on the following page.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu41
ENGLISH COMPOSITIONENGL-111 English IENGL-112 English IICOMMUNICATIONCOMM-101 SpeechCOMM-110 Interpersonal CommunicationMATHEMATICSMATH-100 Finite MathematicsMATH-101 Number SystemsMATH-102 Problem SolvingMATH-103c Quantitative LiteracyMATH-110 Statistics IMATH-111 Statistics IIMATH-112 Precalculus IMATH-113 Precalculus IIMATH-114H Precalculus HonorsMATH-150 Applied CalculusMATH-151 Calculus IMATH-152 Calculus IIMATH-251 Calculus IIIMATH-254 Differential EquationsMATH-255 Discrete MathematicsMATH-256 Linear AlgebraSCIENCEBIOL-101 General Biology I (lab)BIOL-102 General Biology II (lab)BIOL-111 Principles of Biology (lab)BIOL-120 Human Biology (lab)BIOL-124 Anatomy & Physiology I (lab)BIOL-125 Anatomy & Physiology II (lab)BIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology (lab)BIOL-142 Nutrition (non-lab)BIOL-150 Plants, Humans & the Environment (lab)BIOL-231 General Ecology (lab)CHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry (lab)CHEM-103 General Chemistry I (lab)CHEM-104 General Chemistry II (lab)ENVI-101 Introduction to Environmental Studies (non-lab)GEOL-157 Introduction to Geology (lab)PHYS-101 General Physics I (lab)PHYS-102 General Physics II (lab)PHYS-112 Concepts of Physics (lab)PHYS-120 Introduction to Astronomy (non-lab)PHYS-130 Astronomy (lab)TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCYCISY-102 Computer LiteracyCISY-103 Computer Concepts & ProgrammingCISY-105 Foundations of Computer ScienceCISY-122 Introduction to Information SystemsSOCIAL SCIENCEANTH-101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (GCA)ANTH-102 Human OriginsECON-101 MacroeconomicsECON-102 MicroeconomicsGEOG-101 Introduction to Physical Geography (GCA)GEOG-102 Introduction to Cultural Geography (GCA)POLI-101 Introduction to Political SciencePOLI-121 American Government and PoliticsPOLI-231 International RelationsPSYC-103 Introduction to PsychologySOCI-101 Introduction to SociologyGLOBAL AND CULTURAL AWARENESSANTH-201 North American IndiansANTH-202 Global Patterns of RacismCOMM-201 Intercultural CommunicationENGL-207 Global Patterns of RacismHIST-204 Global Patterns of RacismPHIL-210 Feminist PhilosophyPSYC-203 Psychology of Women and GenderSOCI-208 Introduction to Global StudiesSOCI-231 American Minority RelationsWGST-110 Introduction to Women and Gender StudiesGENERAL EDUCATION COURSES(GCA) = Meets Global & Cultural Awareness Requirement forGeneral Education FoundationHUMANITIESAppreciation of the ArtsARTH-101 Art AppreciationARTH-110 Art from Prehistory to the Gothic PeriodARTH-111 Art from the Renaissance to the Modern EraARTH-208 Art Beyond the Western World (GCA)ARTH-223 History of PhotographyDANC-110 Dance AppreciationDANC-121 World Dance History (GCA)DANC-122 Contemporary Dance HistoryMUSC-102 Introduction to MusicMUSC-103 Rock N’ Roll History & CultureMUSC-105 Survey of Jazz MusicFILM-101 Art of the Movies, Film Appreciation and AnalysisFILM-122 Survey of American FilmTHEA-103 Introduction to TheatreTHEA-107 History of the Theatre: ClassicalTHEA-108 History of the Theatre: ModernTHEA-205 American Musical TheatreEnglish LiteratureENGL-201 Introduction to LiteratureENGL-211 Masterpieces of Early World Literature (GCA)ENGL-212 World Literature Since the Renaissance (GCA)ENGL-213 AutobiographyENGL-214 Race in American Literature and Popular Culture (GCA)ENGL-221 American Literature: Colonial Through the Civil WarENGL-222 American Literature: Post Civil War to the PresentENGL-223 Ethnic Writers in America (GCA)ENGL-224 The Short StoryENGL-226 Introduction to PoetryENGL-231 African-American Literature (GCA)ENGL-235 English Literature: Middle Ages through 18th CenturyENGL-236 English Literature: Romantic Period to the PresentENGL-262 DramaENGL-290 Women in Literature (GCA)ENGL-291 Masculinity in Literature (GCA)Foreign LanguageFREN-103 Introduction to French IFREN-104 Introduction to French IIFREN-201 Intermediate French IFREN-202 Intermediate French IIFREN-211 Survey of French Culture (GCA)FREN-215 Modern French LiteratureFREN-224 French Conversation & Composition IFREN-225 French Conversation & Composition IIGRMN-103 Introduction to German IGRMN-104 Introduction to German IIGRMN-201 Intermediate German IGRMN-202 Intermediate German IIGRMN-203 Introduction to German Literature I (GCA)GRMN-204 Introduction to German Literature II (GCA)GRMN-224 German Conversation & Composition IGRMN-225 German Conversation & Composition IIITAL-101 Introduction to Italian IITAL-102 Introduction to Italian IIITAL-201 Intermediate Italian IITAL-202 Intermediate Italian IISPAN-103 Introduction to Spanish ISPAN-104 Introduction to Spanish IISPAN-105 Introduction to Spanish II with ReviewSPAN-201 Intermediate Spanish ISPAN-202 Intermediate Spanish IISPAN-210 Spanish for Native and Heritage Speakers ISPAN-211 Survey of Spanish Culture (GCA)SPAN-213 Spanish for Native and Heritage Speakers IISPAN-215 Spanish Literature (GCA)SPAN-223 Spanish American Civilization (GCA)SPAN-224 Spanish Conversation & Composition ISPAN-225 Spanish Conversation & Composition IISPAN-241 Special Topics in Spanish: Issues in the Spanish Speaking World TodayHistoryHIST-101 World Civilization I (GCA)HIST-102 World Civilization II (GCA)HIST-191 African-American History (GCA)HIST-201 United States History: Beginning to 1877HIST-202 United States History: 1877 to PresentHIST-212 Asian Civilization (GCA)Philosophy and ReligionPHIL-101 Introduction to PhilosophyPHIL-102 Ancient and Medieval PhilosophyPHIL-103 Introduction to Formal LogicPHIL-105 World Religions (GCA)PHIL-106 Current Moral and Social IssuesPHIL-113 Critical ThinkingPHIL-114 Ethics42RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE (CISY) PROGRAMMINGELECTIVES LISTPROGRAMMING ELECTIVESCISY103 Computer Concepts & Programming*CISY105 Foundations of Computer Science*CISY224 Intro to Visual Basic.NETCISY225 Web Page Development ICISY227 Extensible Markup Language (XML)CISY233 Relational Database & Web ApplicationsCISY235 Microsoft.NET FrameworkCISY237 UNIX and LinuxCISY238 C ProgrammingCISY242 Object Oriented ProgrammingCISY244 JavaScriptCISY249 JAVACISY254 Data StructuresCISY256 Computer Architecture & AssemblyLanguageCISY257 Advanced JAVACISY260 Active Server Pages.NETCISY262 Advanced Active Server Pages.NETCISY263 Microsoft.NET SecurityCISY265 Intro to C#.NETCISY266 Microsoft.NET DatabasesCISY267 Programming for Game DevelopersCISY285 Database Development & DesignCISY286 Intro to Oracle, SQL & PL-SQLCISY288 Advanced Oracle & PL-SQLCISY289 MS SQL ServerCISY290 Advanced Game Design and DevelopmentCISY291 Interactive Multimedia ProgrammingCIS ELECTIVESAny Programming Elective can be used as a CIS ElectiveCISY102 Computer Literacy*Not permitted for Computer Science,Computer Programming A.A.S.,Computer Programming CertificateCISY106 Fundamentals of Game DesignCISY113 Desktop Computer Hardware & SoftwareCISY114 Interactive Multimedia ICISY122 Intro to Information Systems*CISY132 Systems Analysis & DesignCISY162 Intro to E-Commerce TechCISY208 Interactive Multimedia IICISY210 Project ManagementCISY211 Systems Development & ImplementationCISY217 Operating SystemsCISY219 Networking EssentialsCISY225 Web Page Development ICISY229 Information Security FundamentalsCISY232 Internet & Web ArchitectureCISY237 UNIX and LinuxCISY253 Advanced Computer NetworkingCISY258 Network Planning & AdministrationCISY261 Microcomputer ApplicationsCISY268 Web Page Development IICISY270 Intro to Cisco NetworkingCISY271 Intermediate Cisco NetworkingCISY272 Advanced Cisco Networking ICISY273 Advanced Cisco Networking IICISY274 Privacy, Ethics & Computer ForensicsCISY275 UNIX and Linux Security ManagementCISY276 Windows Security ManagementCISY285 Database Development & DesignCISY294 Oracle Database AdministrationFundamentalsCISY292 Computer Cooperative Education ICISY293 Computer Cooperative Education IICISY295 Computer Cooperative Education III* General Education Technological Competency ElectiveStudents in transfer programs are strongly encouraged to check the transferability of any course selected.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu43
MATH CURRICULUM FLOWCHART44 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
ACADEMIC PROGRAMSPROGRAM - DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGEBUSINESS PROGRAMSAccounting - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Accounting Information Systems - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Business Administration - A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Business Liberal Arts - A.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Business Management - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Financial Services - A.A.S. in Business Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Financial Services - Certificate of Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92Food & Beverage Management - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94Homeland Security & Emergency Management - Certificate of Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101International Business Program - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109International Business - Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Management Information Systems - A.S. in Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Marketing - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSComputer Networking - A.A.S. in Computer Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Computer Networking - Certificate - Traditional Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Computer Networking - Certificate - Cisco Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Computer Networking - Certificate of Completion - Cisco Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Computer Networking - Certificate - Cyber Security Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65Computer Programming - A.A.S. in Computer Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Computer Programming - Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Computer Science - A.S. in Science & Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Computer Support - Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Computer Support - Certificate of Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Game Development - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95Information Systems & Technology - A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Information Systems & Technology - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Web Developer - A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139Web Developer - Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Web Programming - Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141EDUCATION PROGRAMSEarly Childhood Education: P-3 - A.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79Early Childhood Education - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80Early Childhood Education - Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Education: K-12 - A.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSAir Conditioning, Refrigeration & Heating Technology - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Automotive Technology - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Electric Utility Technology - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83Engineering Science - A.S. in Engineering Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Technical Studies - A.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135LIBERAL ARTS PROGRAMSCommunication Studies - A.A. in Liberal Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60English - A.A. in Liberal Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87Human Services - Certificate of Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Human Services - Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu45
AccountingAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science degree in Accounting is acareer program that is primarily designed to prepare students tosecure entry-level positions directly upon completion. Ourgraduates are hired by major accounting firms, Fortune 500companies, as well as many diverse smaller businesses. Whilethis Career Program is focused on developing job skills leadingto successful employment, ensuring the transfer of many of ourcredits to senior institutions for students who take courses at thecollege is also a priority.It is important to note that for those students who may decideto pursue a four year degree in the future and possibly a longterm career in Accounting, that their A.A.S. degree inAccounting is comprised of many of the educationrequirements mandated by the New Jersey State Board ofAccountancy that enables one to sit for the C.P.A. examination.Through both traditional and creative approaches to teaching,which include Service Learning, we encourage in our studentsthe capacity to learn, willingness to accept constructivecriticism, self-discipline, good study and practice habits,communication, self-motivation and esteem, intellectualcuriosity and a team work ethic and leadership.Graduates are able to:• apply accounting knowledge to make business decisions• use financial statements to measure the financialperformance of a business• record business transactions resulting in financial statementsThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourse CreditsENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4BUSI-161 Business Math orMATH-110 Statistics I 1 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3ENGL-112 English II 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4ACCT-225 Accounting Using Microcomputers 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3Social Science 2 3ACCT-203 Intermediate Accounting I 4ACCT-221 Tax Accounting I 3ACCT-211 Cost Accounting 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3Social Science 2 3ACCT-204 Intermediate Accounting II 4ACCT-222 Auditing 3BUSI-250 Business Simulation Seminar 3Science 2 3-4Humanities 2 3Total Credits 64 - 651Students must take Mathematics Placement Test. Consult withAccounting faculty for appropriate placement in Business Math(BUSI-161) or Statistics I (MATH-110). The Statistics I course isrecommended for students intending to transfer to a 4-yearinstitution.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.Accounting - A.A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 47
Accounting Information Systems - A.A.S.Accounting Information SystemsAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Accounting Information Systems A.A.S. Degree isan option in Accounting. This degree is designed tocombine knowledge in Accounting with more in-depthknowledge of computers and computer applications.Professional employment opportunities requiredemonstrated computer competence. Also, increasedemphasis is being placed on accounting knowledge, evenfor those employees not part of financial function. In alarge segment of business operations, the distinctionbetween the two disciplines has become blurred.Therefore, students will have better job marketopportunities if they have a good solid background incomputers as well as accounting.This combined program will enable students toimmediately apply what they learn to the workplace.While this is a career program that is focused ondeveloping job skills leading to successful employment,ensuring the transfer of many of our credits to seniorinstitutions is also a priority.Graduates are able to:• apply accounting knowledge to make businessdecisions• use financial statements to measure the financialperformance of a business• record business transactions resulting in financialstatements• generate financial information for decision makingfrom a computerized accounting systemThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to providechallenging career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4BUSI-161 Business Mathematics 1 orMATH-110 Statistics I 1 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3ENGL-112 English II 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3Social Science 2 3ACCT-203 Intermediate Accounting I 4CISY-261 Microcomputer Applications 3CISY-285 Data Base Development & Design 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3Science (lab or non-lab) 2 3-4ACCT-204 Intermediate Accounting II 4ACCT-225 Accounting Using Microcomputers 3CISY-210 Project Management orCISY-211 System Development & Design 3BUSI-250 Business Simulation Seminar 3Humanities 2 3Total Credits 64 - 651Students must take Mathematics Placement Test. Consult with Accountingfaculty for appropriate placement in Business Math (BUSI-161) orStatistics I (MATH-110). The Statistics I course is recommended forstudents intending to transfer to a 4-year institution.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.48 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Heating TechnologyAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science degree program in AirConditioning, Refrigeration and Heating Technology preparesstudents to become technicians, salespersons or contractors.Graduates have attained positions such as plant operatingengineers, energy managers and air conditioning fieldsupervisors. Graduates are qualified for employment withcontracting, research, manufacturing and maintenance firms orhave become self-employed.Students receive instruction in manipulative skills, design,estimating, theory, instrumentation, electricity and controlsystems. Academic courses in electrical, instrumental andthermodynamic theories and practical applications in thelaboratory provide students with the background necessary tobecome technicians and middle managers.Students attend classes at both the <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong> main campus and at RVCC’s instructional site inBridgewater (RVCC@Bridgewater).Graduates are able to:• troubleshoot problems and utilize proper service techniquesto repair heating, cooling and refrigeration systems• use engineering manuals and programs for the proper designand selection of HVAC/R* equipment and peripheralcomponents• knowingly and effectively work with the latest tools andtesters used in this industry for diagnosing and repairingmalfunctioning HVAC/R equipment• read wiring diagrams, pipe schematics and mechanicaldrawings related to air conditioning and refrigeration• understand operating sequence and logic of controls andequipment as they work together (integrated systemsapproach)* HVAC/R=heating, ventilating, air conditioning andrefrigeration.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsARTC-101 Refrigeration I 1 6ESTC-101 Electricity I 1 2ESTC-110 Computer Aided Drafting I 1 3ENGL-111 English I 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3ARTC-102 Air Conditioning Systems Design 1 6ESTC-102 Electricity II 1 2ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 2 3PHYS-112 Concepts of Physics 4ARTC-202 Heating Systems Design 1 6ARTC-206 Residential HVAC Controls& Instrumentation 1 3Social Science 3 3Mathematics 2 3ARTC-201 Refrigeration II 1 6ARTC-207 Commercial HVAC Controls& Instrumentation 1 4Humanities 3 3Total Credits 631Courses taken at RVCC@Bridgewater.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Lowest acceptable sequence isPrecalculus I (MATH-112) & Precalculus II (MATH-113).Exceptions by permission of Department Chair.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heating Technology - A.A.S.Students considering transfer to a four-year institution for a bachelor’s degree in technology should consult with a transfercounselor early in their program to determine requirements.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu49
Automotive Technology - A.A.S.The Associate of Applied Science degree program inAutomotive Technology prepares students for entry intothe automotive service field as technicians and middlemanagers. Graduates are qualified for various technicallevel positions in manufacturing or developmentallaboratories, diagnostic centers, specialized repair shopsand sales. Graduates are also prepared for selfemployment.Instruction in the program includes fuel systems,electrical systems, acetylene/electric welding, analysis ofengines, suspension systems and wheel alignment.Students have the opportunity to develop diagnostic andmechanical competency in the automotive field.Students attend classes at the <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> main campus and at RVCC’sinstructional site in Bridgewater (RVCC@Bridgewater).Graduates are able to:• demonstrate the skills necessary to diagnose andrepair various automotive systems• demonstrate the usage of various pieces of serviceand repair equipment being utilized in the automotiveservice field• demonstrate an understanding of the different systemsbeing used in the modern automobile• use the personal computer as an informational tool asrequired in the modern automotive repair shop/dealerAutomotive TechnologyAssociate of Applied Science DegreeCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsAUTC-101 Automotive Theory, Service & Engines 1 4AUTC-102 Automotive Brake Systems 1 3WTTC-108 Basic Welding 1 3ENGL-111 English I 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3AUTC-104 Electrical Systems 1 3AUTC-106 Clutches & Manual Transmissions 1 3ESTC-208 Metallurgy 1 orWTTC-109 Advanced Welding 1 3ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 2 3AUTC-201 Fuel Systems & Emission Control 1 3AUTC-203 Steering & Suspension Systems 1 3AUTC-205 Cooling & Climate Control Systems 1 3Mathematics 2 3PHYS-112 Concepts of Physics 4AUTC-202 Engine Diagnosis 1 4AUTC-206 Automatic Transmission Service& Repair Principles 1 3Social Science 3 3Humanities 3 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 31Courses taken at RVCC@Bridgewater.Total Credits 632Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Lowest acceptable sequence is Precalculus I(MATH-112) & Precalculus II (MATH-113). Exceptions by permission ofDepartment Chair.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.Students considering transfer to a four-year institution for a bachelor’s degree in technology should consult with a transfercounselor early in their program to determine requirements.50 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
BiologyAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsBiology, an option of the Associate of Science degreeprogram in Science and Mathematics, prepares students fortransfer into bachelor’s degree programs at four-year collegesand universities in a variety of programs, including biologicaland agricultural sciences, horticulture, wildlife management,genetics and bioengineering. Graduates have transferred to statecolleges in New Jersey, Columbia University, University ofPennsylvania, Drew University and other colleges anduniversities throughout the country. Students develop anappreciation of the diversity of living things and thesignificance of their natural relation to one another and to theirenvironment. Class sizes are small, offering studentsindividualized attention from the faculty. Laboratories are in amodern facility which includes a greenhouse. Computers arealso used in many laboratory courses.Graduates are able to:• relate knowledge acquired in class to real-world systems andproblems• understand and appreciate biological issues as they relatelocally, nationally and globally• view the living world and oneself with greater insight,understanding and appreciation• demonstrate understanding of the principles, concepts andterminology of biology• discuss the development of biological ideas• demonstrate the ability to use the scientific method• exhibit proficiency in laboratory and field methods, toolsand techniquesCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Technological Competency 1,3 3-4CHEM-103 General Chemistry I 4Mathematics 2 3-4BIOL-101 General Biology I 4ENGL-112 English II 3MATH-110 Statistics I 3CHEM-104 General Chemistry II 4BIOL-102 General Biology II 4Humanities 1 3Mathematics 2 3-4CHEM-211 Organic Chemistry I 5Biology (200 level) 4Humanities 1 orSocial Science 1 3Social Science 1 3CHEM-212 Organic Chemistry II 5Biology (200 level) 4General Education Elective 1 3Total Credits 64 - 671Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students must completemath through Calculus I (MATH-151). Students who havecompleted 7 credits of math, at least through Calculus I (MATH-151), are not required to take a third course in math, but maysubstitute a science elective.3Students who pass the technological competency test (no credit)may take any General Education course.Biology - A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu51
Biotechnology - A.S.The A.S. Biotechnology program prepares students fortransfer to a four-year college or university. The programhas a solid foundation in biology, chemistry andmathematics in addition to the applied laboratorytechniques courses in Biotechnology.Graduates are able to:• communicate in a professional manner• demonstrate the technical skills applicable to theBiotechnology industry• exhibit proficiency in good record keeping anddocumentation• explore career opportunities while gaining in specifictechnical areasBiotechnologyAssociate of Science DegreeCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsBIOL-101 General Biology I 4CHEM-103 General Chemistry I 4ENGL-111 English I 3MATH-112 Precalculus I 2 3BTCP-100 Introduction to Biotechnology 3BIOL-102 General Biology II 4CHEM-104 General Chemistry II 4BTCP-102 Biotechnology Methods & Procedures I 4MATH-113 Precalculus II 2 3ENGL-112 English II 3CHEM-211 Organic Chemistry I 5BIOL-245 Cellular & Molecular Biology orBIOL-242 Genetics 4 4MATH-110 Statistics I 3Humanities 1,3 3CHEM-212 Organic Chemistry II 5ENGL-250 Technical Writing 3Social Science 1 3ENGL-211 Masterpieces of Early World Literature 3BTCP-202 Biotechnology Student Symposium 2Total Credits 661Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Mathematics by official placement. *Students must complete throughPrecalculus II (MATH-113). If students place higher than Precalculus I(MATH-112), it is recommended that they take Calculus I (MATH-151).However, free electives may be used in place of mathematics credit.3Ethics (PHIL-114) is recommended.4Students intending to transfer to Kean University's Science andTechnology Biotechnology Program or to Rutgers University’sBiotechnology Program should take Genetics (BIOL-242).52 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
BiotechnologyAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe A.A.S. Biotechnology degree program is designed forgraduates to directly seek employment. The program providesextensive laboratory and research experiences includinginternship opportunities in local industries. The courses havebeen designed to enhance the student's written and verbalcommunication skills—skills highly desired by local industry.Additionally, the program focuses on proper documentation,analysis of experimental data and safety. This program willprepare graduates for employment opportunities in the field ina variety of areas, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology andmedical laboratories. Completion of the program allowsgraduates to compete for jobs in laboratories involved inresearch, product development, manufacturing and qualitycontrol.Graduates are able to:• communicate in a professional manner• demonstrate the technical skills applicable to theBiotechnology industry• exhibit proficiency in good record keeping anddocumentation• explore career opportunities while gaining in specifictechnical areasCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsBIOL-101 General Biology I 4CHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry 4ENGL-111 English I 3MATH-112 Precalculus I 3BTCP-100 Introduction to Biotechnology 3BTCP-105 Good Manufacturing Practices &Quality Issues 3BTCP-102 Biotechnology Methods & Procedures I 4MATH-113 Precalculus II 3Humanities 1 3COMM-101 Speech 3CHEM-202 Principles of Organic and Biochemistry 4BIOL-203 Biotechnology Methods & Procedures II 4ENGL-250 Technical Writing 3MATH-110 Statistics I 3BIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology 2 4BIOL-246 Introduction to Bioinformatics 3Social Science 1 3BTCP-202 Biotechnology Student Symposium 2BTCP-290 Biotechnology Internship 3-5Biotechnology - A.A.S.Total Credits 62 - 641Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite forthis course.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu53
Biotechnology - CertificateThe Biotechnology Certificate program is designed toprepare students for jobs as entry-level laboratorytechnicians in a variety of areas, includingpharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical laboratories.Students who complete the program will be awarded aCertificate in Biotechnology.Completion of the program allows graduates tocompete for jobs in laboratories involved in research,product development, manufacturing, quality control,and clinical studies.Graduates are able to:• understand the science behind the field ofBiotechnology• demonstrate the technical skills applicable to thebiotech industry• exhibit proficiency in quality assurance and qualitycontrol in a laboratory environment• explore career opportunities and attain specific jobobjectives while gaining experience in specifictechnical areasBiotechnologyCertificateCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsBIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology 4BTCP-100 Introduction to Biotechnology 3BTCP-105 Good Manufacturing Practicesand Quality Issues 3BTCP-102 Biotechnology Methods & Procedures I 4ENGL-111 English I 3ENGL-250 Technical Writing & Communication 3COMM-101 Speech 3BTCP-203 Biotechnology Methods and Procedures II 4BIOL-246 Introduction to Bioinformatics 3Total Credits 30NOTE: Though not required, computer proficiency in Microsoft Word andExcel is recommended.NOTE: Though not required, previous coursework in the sciences andlaboratory work experience are recommended.54 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Business AdministrationAssociate of Science DegreeThe Business Administration program prepares students fortransfer into the junior year at four-year colleges or universities.It also prepares them for many entry-level positions. Thisprogram includes required courses in accounting, businessadministration, business law, economics, and other businessrelatedcourses, as well as general education and free electives.The courses in the Business Administration degree program aresequenced to conform to the freshman and sophomore yearcourse patterns at four-year colleges and universities. However,students planning to transfer to the Rutgers School of Businessor other AACSB Schools are encouraged to consider enrollmentin the Business Liberal Arts program.Business Administration students are encouraged to pursue anexperiential component in their studies by participating in aService Learning project in a business-related field.Graduates are able to:• identify business concepts as they relate to currentbusiness activities• produce business documents using current computerapplications• examine accounting information as a basis for economicdecision making• identify the basic principles of marketingThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4Social Science 1 3Mathematics 1,3 3-4ENGL-112 English II 3BUSI-112 Principles of Management 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4Social Science orHumanities 1 3Mathematics 1,3 3-4BUSI-131 Business Law I 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3Humanities 1 3Science (lab) 1 3-4CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3MRKT-101 Principles of Marketing 3ECON-102 Microeconomics 3Business Elective 2 3Science 1 3-4Free Elective 4 3Total Credits 62 - 661Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Any course from ACCT, BUSI, ECON, or MRKT.Business Administration - A.S.3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Number Systems (MATH-101),Problem Solving Strategies (MATH-102) and QuantitativeLiteracy (MATH-103C) may not be used to satisfy the mathrequirement.4Any course offered at the <strong>College</strong> and not required within yourprogram of study.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu55
Business Liberal Arts - A.A.Business Liberal Arts, an option of the Associate ofArts degree program in Liberal Arts, allows students tosample business coursework within a Liberal Artsframework. This program maximizes credit transfer tofour-year colleges, especially the Association to AdvanceCollegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) colleges.AACSB is the not-for-profit corporation of educationalinstitutions, corporations and other organizationsdevoted to the promotion and improvement of highereducation in business administration and management.AACSB accredited schools in New Jersey are: NewJersey Institute of Technology; Rider University;Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey at Camden,Newark and New Brunswick; Seton Hall University; The<strong>College</strong> of New Jersey; Fairleigh Dickinson University;William Paterson University; Monmouth University; andMontclair State University. Students will have thebusiness prerequisites to transfer directly into theBusiness Schools at these four-year colleges.Graduates are able to:• identify business concepts as they relate to currentbusiness activities• produce business documents using current computerapplications• examine financial statements as a basis for economicdecision makingThis program also provides flexibility for businessstudents who have not decided on a specialization withinthe business area and for those students who decided toterminate (or pause) their studies at the Associate Degreelevel and will need "marketable skills." Those studentswho choose the many liberal arts baccalaureate programswill be able to minor in business without losing transfercredits.This degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to providechallenging career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.Business Liberal ArtsAssociate of Arts Degree in Liberal ArtsCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3MATH-110 Statistics I 4 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 5 3Humanities 1,2,3 3ENGL-112 English II 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4Mathematics 4 3 - 4Humanities 1,2,3 3Social Science 1,2 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3PHIL-114 Ethics 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4History 6,2 3Science (lab) 1 4ECON-102 Microeconomics 3Communication 1,2 3Science 1 3 - 4History 6,2 3Business Elective 7 3Total Credits 63 - 651Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. At least one science course must be a laboratory science.2Students must take one course designated as Global & Cultural Awareness(GCA) on the General Education list. The course can be selected fromCommunications, Humanities or Social Science General EducationCourses marked with a (GCA).3Foreign Language is recommended but not required. Placement byexamination is required for students who wish to continue studying alanguage previously studied. Students may not take courses below theirplacement level. For more information, see Foreign Language PlacementTesting & Degree Requirement in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.4Mathematics by official placement test. For the second Mathematicscourse, choose from the following options according to transfer collegerequirements: Statistics II (MATH-111), Precalculus I (MATH-112),Precalculus II (MATH-113), Applied Calculus (MATH-150) or Calculus I(MATH-151). Students transferring into the Business program at RutgersUniversity need Applied Calculus (MATH-150) or Calculus I (MATH-151). See course descriptions for prerequisites.5Programming for Business Majors (CISY-125) is an additional 1 credit corequisitecourse required for Business majors at Rutgers.6Choose from the following History course sequences: World CivilizationI (HIST-101) & World Civilization II (HIST-102), OR US History:Beginnings to 1877 (HIST-201) & US History: 1877 to Present (HIST-202).7Choose from Business Electives with a subject heading of ACCT, BUSI,ECON or MRKT. Principles of Marketing (MRKT-101) or Business LawI (BUSI-131) is recommended.56 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Business ManagementAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Business Management program prepares students forentry-level Management positions in business, industry,government and social service agencies. Graduates areprepared to enter the workforce upon graduation or may pursueadvanced coursework.This program provides students a broad business education.Students have the opportunity to test academic theories learnedin the classroom with practical experience by taking BusinessCooperative Education available in this program.Graduates are able to:•devise solutions to first level management situations•produce business documents using current computerapplications•examine accounting information as a basis for economicdecision making•identify the basic principles of marketing as used in businessThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-111 Intro to Business Administration 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3BUSI-161 Business Mathematics 1 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3ENGL-112 English II 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4COMM-101 Speech 3BUSI-112 Principles of Management 3ECON-102 Microeconomics 3BUSI-290 Business Cooperative Education I orBusiness Elective 2 3Social Science 4 3BUSI-153 Small Business Management 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4MRKT-101 Principles of Marketing 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3BUSI-192 Introduction to Financial Management 3Science (lab or non-lab) 3-4BUSI-250 Business Simulation Seminar 3Business Elective 2,3 3Business Management - A.A.S.Total Credits 62 - 631A mathematics course may be substituted through placement testing.2Any course with a subject heading of ACCT, BUSI, ECON, orMRKT. Accounting Using Microcomputers (ACCT-225) is highlyrecommended for students that will be working in or starting asmall business.3Microcomputer Applications (CISY-261) may be substituted for aBusiness Elective.4Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 57
Chemical Laboratory Technology - A.A.S.Chemical Laboratory TechnologyAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe A.A.S. Chemical Laboratory Technology degreeprogram is a non-transfer degree, designed for graduatesseeking direct employment. Students entering thisprogram at RVCC would have already completedTechnical Training Project at Essex County <strong>College</strong>.TTP consists of 20 weeks of intensive academic courseof study and On-Job-Training. Classroom instructionfocuses on chemistry with the addition of mathematics,biology, microbiology, anatomy, physiology, andintroductory biochemistry. Additionally, the programemphasizes proper documentation, analysis ofexperimental data, and laboratory safety. TTP uses thelaboratories of the sponsoring companies for the On-Job-Training phase of the program. Students work under thesupervision of highly skilled professional and areexposed to the state of the art equipment. The A.A.S.Chemical Laboratory Technology degree at RVCC willallow TTP graduates to continue their education.Completion of the program allows graduates to competefor jobs in laboratories involved in research, productdevelopment, manufacturing and quality control.Graduates will be able to:• communicate in a professional manner• use chemicals, materials and lab equipmentaccording to industry standards of competency andsafety• perform various techniques in wet and dry analysis• meet proficiency standards of record keeping anddocumentation• explore career opportunities while gaining experiencein specific technical areasCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeAdvanced Standing CoursesCreditsTechnical Chemistry I 1 3Technical Chemistry II 1 3Technical Chemistry Lab 1 2Chemistry Seminar 1 3Chemistry Calculations 1 3Instrumental Methods 1 4Technical Math 1 3CourseENGL-111 English I 3Social Science 2 3MATH-112 Precalculus I 3 orMATH-114H Precalculus Honors 3-5BIOL-101 General Biology I 4MATH-113 Precalculus II 4 3ENGL-250 Technical Writing 3BIOL-102 General Biology II 4PHYS-101 General Physics I 4PHYS-102 General Physics II 4Humanities 2 3Social Science 2 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3FITN-129 First Aid & CPR 3Total Credits 62 - 641Courses completed as a part of Technical Training Project at Essex County<strong>College</strong> and evaluated by RVCC as 21 credits towards the A.A.S. Degreein Chemical Laboratory Technology.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.3If not placed into Precalculus Honors (MATH-114H) or above,Precalculus I (MATH-112) must be taken before Precalculus II (MATH-113). Recommend taking summer before first semester.4Precalculus II (MATH-113) is not required if Precalculus Honors (MATH-114H) or above has been taken in first semester.58 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
ChemistryAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsChemistry, an option of the Associate of Science degreeprogram in Science and Mathematics, prepares students fortransfer into traditional bachelor’s degree programs inchemistry, as well as a variety of specialized programs at fouryearcolleges and universities. Chemistry graduates areemployed in academic, industrial and clinical laboratories andin such fields as environmental science, chemical engineeringand chemical sales.The chemistry laboratories are fully equipped with modernequipment, including such instrumentation as pH meters,electronic balances, spectrophotometers and gaschromatographs. Computers are used in data acquisition andanalysis.Graduates are able to:• exhibit an understanding of the scientific method• use the theories and concepts of modern chemistry toanalyze and solve chemical problems• utilize information from chemical literature, both in librariesand in online interactive databases• communicate the results of their analyses, laboratoryinvestigations and literature searches in an appropriateprofessional writing style• understand both the historical perspective of chemistry andits relationship to the modern world and apply thatunderstanding to the ethical, social and political (as well asscientific) role of chemistry and chemists in the communityCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Humanities 1 3CHEM-103 General Chemistry I 4Mathematics 2 3-4Technological Competency 1,3 3-4ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 2 3-4CHEM-104 General Chemistry II 4Humanities 1 3Communication 1 3Mathematics 2 4CHEM-211 Organic Chemistry I 5PHYS-101 General Physics I orPHYS-150 Engineering Physics I 4Social Science 1 3Mathematics 2 4CHEM-212 Organic Chemistry II 5PHYS-102 General Physics II orPHYS-151 Engineering Physics II orPHYS-250 Engineering Physics III 4Social Science 1 3Total Credits 64 - 671Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students must completemath through Calculus II (MATH-152). Students who havecompleted 8 credits of math, at least through Calculus II (MATH-152), are not required to take a third or fourth course in math, butmay substitute a science elective.3Students who pass the technological competency test (no credit)may take any General Education course.Chemistry - A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu59
Communication Studies - A.A.Communication Studies, an option of the Associate ofArts in Liberal Arts degree program, prepares students totransfer into the junior year at four-year colleges inspeech, communication, media production andjournalism. It also prepares students for entry-level jobsin some communication fields such as video production,journalism, and media communication. This programincludes required courses in speech, communicationtheory and mass media, as well as electives in specializedfields such as interpersonal and interculturalcommunications, journalism, public relations, filmstudies, and video production. At the same time, thisprogram offers students a solid liberal arts education.Communication students are encouraged to pursue anexperiential component in their studies by participatingin a co-op, internship, or service learning project in acommunication field.Graduates are able to:• organize and deliver effective oral presentations• write clearly, coherently and convincingly• recognize and apply basic models of verbal and nonverbalcommunication• recognize where and how communication breaksdown• recognize and analyze the impact of mass media onsociety• recognize and analyze the communicative power ofimages, whether in print or on film, video, andtelevisionStudents enrolled in associate of arts degree programswho intend to transfer to four-year colleges oruniversities are strongly advised to discuss the GeneralEducation Foundation of Courses with a counselor.Selection of these courses will facilitate full transfer ofgeneral education credits completed toward the degree.1Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Mathematics by official Placement Test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Exceptions by permission ofdepartment chair.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. For the Math, Science and TechnologicalCompetency General Education requirements, students must take aminimum of 12 credits. This must include at least one lab sciencecourse, one math course and satisfaction of the technologicalcompetency requirement by either passing the technologicalcompetency test (no credit) or taking a technological competencygeneral education course. If a student passes the technologicalcompetency test, another course must be selected from Math,Science or Technological Competency General Education, so thatthe student has earned at least 12 credits in those categories.Communication StudiesAssociate of Arts Degree in Liberal ArtsCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Humanities 1 3Mathematics 2,3 3-4Foreign Language 4 3COMM-102 Introduction to Communication Theory 3ENGL-112 English II 3Foreign Language 4 3Technological Competency 3 3-4COMM-101 Speech 3COMM-120 Introduction to Mass Communication 3Science (lab) 3 4Social Science 1 3History 1 3COMM-201 Intercultural Communication 3Communication Specialization Elective 5 3Social Science 1 3History 1 3Mathematics or Science 3,6 0-4Communication Specialization Elective 5 3Free Elective 7 3Total Credits 60 - 614A two semester sequence is required. Placement by examination isrequired for students who wish to continue studying a language previouslystudied. Students may not take courses below their placement level. Formore information, see Foreign Language Placement Testing & DegreeRequirements in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.5Specialization Electives in Communication Studies: Still Photography I(ARTS-212), Art of the Movies: Film Appreciation & Analysis (FILM-101), Survey of American Film (FILM-122), Introduction to VideoProduction (ARTS-267), Language, Mind & Society (ENGL-205), Intro toPrint, Broadcast, and Electronic News Reporting (COMM-254), FeatureWriting for Print and Broadcast Media (COMM-255), InterpersonalCommunication (COMM-110), Presentation Skills for Business and theProfessions (COMM-121), Intro to Public Relations (COMM-210),Communication Cooperative Education (COMM-292), EventsPlanning/Meeting Management (COMM-130), Lights, Optics & Sound(ARTS-261), Interactive Multimedia (CISY-114), Advanced Video Editing(ARTS-278), Writing for the Media (COMM-251), History of Photography(ARTH-223), News Production for the Web (ARTS-284, BUSI-284,COMM-284), Introduction to Non-Verbal Communication (COMM-120),Event Production (COMM-135).6If the student has already completed 12 credits in the Math, Science andTechnological Competency categories, the student does not need to take acourse here.7Any college level course. A Visual and Performing Arts Studio course isrecommended.60RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Computer NetworkingAssociate of Applied Science Degree in Computer Information SystemsComputer Networking, an option of the Associate of AppliedScience degree program in Computer Information Systems,prepares students for employment in network management,networking coordination and networking analysis in a variety ofindustries, from banking to business and government. Localcomputer networks, office automation, personal computers andmanagement work stations all fall within the range ofteleprocessing technology.Students gain hands-on experience in network design usingNovell and UNIX-based systems. Over 200 studentworkstations are networked to the backbone and a Gateway tothe Internet and the World Wide Web using the TCP/IPprotocol. All of the local area networks on campus are fiberoptically linked.Graduates are able to:• understand how telecommunications systems provide forthe transmission and reception of both voice and data signals(messages)• comprehend analog and digital techniques• use nationwide and worldwide networks as well as localarea networks• delineate the functions of modems, front ends, multiplexers,concentrators and other hardware• understand coding redundancy and compression techniquesas a means to improve the reliability of data transmission• discuss networking systems, techniques andtopologies• define the seven layers of the OSI Protocol Model and thefunctions of each layer• describe the concepts of SNA, X-25, Ethernet, token ringand terminal emulation• explain how network control resources are defined totelecommunications access methods and network controlprograms• design, administer and monitor a local area networkCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 4CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3MATH-101 Number Systems 1 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration orCISY-274 Privacy, Ethics & Computer Forensics 3ENGL-112 English II 3CISY-237 UNIX and LINUX 3Humanities 2 3CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3CISY-253 Advanced Computer Networking 3CIS Elective 3 3CISY-238 C Programming 3CISY-258 Network Planning and Administration 3Social Science 2 3CISY-217 Operating Systems 3CISY-229 Information Security Fundamentals 3CISY-211 Systems Development & Implementation 3CISY-285 Data Base Development & Design orCISY-292 Computer Science CooperativeEducation I 3Humanities 2 orSocial Science 2 3CIS Elective 3 3Total Credits 611Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.3Any CISY-200 level course.Computer Networking - A.A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 61
Computer Networking: Traditional Emphasis - CertificateThis one-year certificate program prepares students foremployment in network administration, networkingcoordination and networking analysis in a variety ofindustries. Office automation, personal computers andmanagement work stations all fall within the range ofnetworking technology. The Traditional EmphasisCertificate exposes students to a wide variety ofnetworking protocols and network operating systems andprepares them for the more traditional roles of networkadministrator and network manager in activities that arecentered on support of the client/server model ofcomputing.The credits earned in this certificate program can beused toward the Associate of Applied Science Degree inComputer Networking.Graduates are able to:• understand how telecommunications systems providefor the transmission and reception of both voice anddata signals (messages)• comprehend the many LAN and WAN protocols andnetwork operating systems in use today withparticular emphasis on TCP/IP• use and administer networking in both client andserver operating systems• perform basic networking troubleshooting using bothhardware and software techniques• design, administer and monitor a local area networkComputer NetworkingCertificate - Traditional EmphasisCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 2 4CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3CISY-274 Privacy, Ethics and Computer Forensics 2 3CISY-237 UNIX and LINUX 3CISY-217 Operating Systems 3CISY-253 Advanced Computer Networking 3CISY-258 Network Planning and Administration 3CIS Elective 1 3Total Credits 311Any CISY-200 level course.2Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite for thiscourse.62RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
This one-year certificate program prepares students foremployment in network troubleshooting, networkingcoordination and networking analysis in a variety of industrieswho use Cisco networking equipment. The Cisco EmphasisCertificate exposes students to a wide variety of networkingprotocols and their implementation on Cisco Routers andSwitches. It prepares them for immediate Certified CiscoNetworking Associate (CCNA) certification as well as for themore traditional roles of network troubleshooter and networkmanager in activities that are centered on support of Cisconetworking equipment.The credits earned in this certificate program can be usedtoward the Associate of Applied Science Degree in ComputerNetworking.Graduates are able to:• understand how telecommunications systems provide forthe transmission and reception of both voice and datasignals (messages)• comprehend the many LAN and WAN Protocols andNetwork Operating Systems in use today with particularemphasis on TCP/IP• configure, manage and troubleshoot Cisco Routers andSwitches as well as Cisco's Operating System, IOS• perform basic networking troubleshooting using bothhardware and software techniques• design, implement and monitor local area networks andwide area networks with Cisco EquipmentComputer NetworkingCertificate - Cisco EmphasisCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 2 4CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3CISY-270 Introduction to Cisco Networking 3CISY-271 Intermediate Cisco Networking 3CISY-217 Operating Systems 3CISY-237 UNIX and Linux 3CISY-272 Advanced Cisco Networking I 3CISY-273 Advanced Cisco Networking II 3CIS Elective 1 orCISY-292 Computer Science CooperativeEducation I 3Total Credits 311Any CISY-200 level course.2Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite forthis course.Computer Networking: Cisco Emphasis - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu63
Computer Networking: Cisco Emphasis - Certificate of CompletionComputer NetworkingCertificate of Completion - Cisco EmphasisThis one-year program prepares students foremployment in network troubleshooting, networkingcoordination and networking analysis in a variety ofindustries that use Cisco Networking Equipment. TheCisco Emphasis Certificate of Completion exposesstudents to a wide variety of Networking Protocols andtheir implementation on Cisco Routers and Switches. Itprepares them for the Certified Cisco NetworkingAssociate (CCNA) examination as well as for the moretraditional roles of Network Troubleshooter and NetworkManager in activities that are centered on support ofCisco Networking Equipment. The credits earned in thiscertificate of completion program can be used toward theComputer Networking - Cisco Emphasis CertificateProgram and/or the Associate of Applied Science Degreein Computer Networking.Graduates are able to:• understand how telecommunications systems providefor the transmission and reception of voice, videoand data signals (messages);• comprehend the many LAN and WAN Protocols andNetwork Operating Systems in use today withparticular emphasis on the TCP/IP suite of protocols;• configure, manage and troubleshoot Cisco Routersand Switches as well as Cisco's Operating System,IOS;• perform basic networking troubleshooting using bothhardware and software techniques;• design, implement and monitor local area networksand wide area networks with Cisco Equipment.Note: Students in this program may not be eligible forFinancial Aid; students should meet with an AcademicAdvisor or Financial Aid staff to discuss options forFinancial Aid eligibility.CurriculumCertificate of Completion ProgramCourseCreditsCISY-270 Introduction to Cisco Networking 3CISY-271 Intermediate Cisco Networking 3CISY-272 Advanced Cisco Networking - Part I 3CISY-273 Advanced Cisco Networking - Part II 3ENGL-111 English I 3Total Credits 1564 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Computer NetworkingCertificate - Cyber Security EmphasisThis one-year certificate program prepares students foremployment in network troubleshooting, coordination,security, and analysis in a variety of industries. The CyberSecurity Emphasis Certificate exposes students to a widevariety of networking protocols and their securityvulnerabilities. It prepares them for CISSP (CertifiedInformation System Security Professional) certification as wellas for the more traditional roles of Network Troubleshooter andNetwork Manager in the Windows, Linux, or UNIXenvironments. Students gain hands-on experience in networkdesign using Windows and UNIX-based systems. Students willuse networked systems that can be configured to replicate manyof the situations found in the corporate workplace to gainpractical experience with the concepts covered in the lectures.The credits earned in this certificate program can be usedtoward the Associate of Applied Science Degree in ComputerNetworking.Graduates are able to:• identify how telecommunications systems provide for thetransmission and reception of both voice and data signals(messages)• differentiate the functions of modems, switches, routers, andother telecommunications equipment• examine the LAN and WAN Protocols and NetworkingOperating Systems in use today with particular emphasis onTCP/IP• assess security needs for a network based upon topology,applications, and user needs• configure a Network Operating System and other installedsoftware to achieve a secure and efficient network• identify sources of reliable information regarding risks,vulnerabilities, and security solutionsCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-274 Privacy, Ethics & Computer Forensics 2 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 2 4CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3CISY-253 Advanced Computer Networking 3CISY-229 Information Security Fundamentals 3CISY-275 UNIX & LINUX Security Management 3CISY-276 Windows Security Management 3CIS Elective 1 3Total Credits 311Any CISY-200 level course.2Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite forthis course.Computer Networking: Cyber Security Emphasis - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu65
Computer Programming - A.A.S.Computer ProgrammingAssociate of Applied Science Degree in Computer Information SystemsComputer Programming is an option of the Associateof Applied Science degree program in ComputerInformation Systems. The degree prepares students toenter various paraprofessional and professional careers incomputer programming, which is the process ofpreparing a sequence of coded instructions that directs acomputer’s operations.Students develop an understanding of the basicconcepts and tools of programming. They are taughtprogramming, systems and procedural concepts andanalyses, computer operations and business concepts.The <strong>College</strong> is located near many corporate andgovernmental computing centers which employprogramming personnel. The <strong>College</strong> has beensuccessful in assisting graduates in obtainingemployment through its cooperative education programand job placement services.Graduates are able to:• contribute to analyses of problems of data format,methods of processing and required user results• plan detailed program logic, defining necessaryprogram steps using a program logic plan• use a problem-oriented procedural language toconvert a detailed program logic plan into an efficientand well structured applications program• verify and test accuracy and completeness ofprograms by preparing sample data and by usingdebugging techniques and software aids• prepare appropriate documentation of programs• communicate effectively regarding computertechnology with other programmers and with clericalpersonnel, analysts, managers and users• understand information flow within business• adapt to changing equipment, high level languagesand applications software through reference manualsand software updates• work effectively as a member of a team• understand the ethical, social and economicimplications of the uses of the computer• be aware of state-of-the-art hardware concepts andoperating procedures, including computers• communicate effectively through the Internet, e-mailand the World Wide Web• use an object-oriented language such as Java, C++and C# for program development• use programming languages such as Visual Basic,ASP, C and XML• use database technologies such as Oracle and MSSQL ServerCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 4Business Elective 1 3MATH-101 Number Systems 2 3General Education 4 3ENGL-112 English II 3Humanities 4 3Programming Elective 3 3-4CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3CIS Elective 3 3Programming Elective 3 3-4CISY-285 Database Development & Design 3Computer Science Cooperative Educationor CIS Elective 3 3Social Science 4 3General Education 4 3CISY-211 Systems Development & Implementation 3CISY-217 Operating Systems 3Computer Science Cooperative Educationor Programming Elective 3 3-4CIS Elective 3 3General Education 4 3Total Credits 61 - 641Introduction to Business Administration (BUSI-111) is recommended.2Mathematics by official placement. Students may not take courses belowlevel of placement.3See Computer Science (CISY) Programming Elective list in the <strong>College</strong>Catalog.4Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. Computer Literacy (CISY-102) cannot be used as a General Educationcourse in this program.66RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Computer ProgrammingCertificateThe Computer Programming Certificate program preparesstudents who want the essential technical competency requiredfor entry-level employment in the computer field.The objective of this program is to develop an understandingof basic concepts and tools of data processing and skills neededin present-day computer operations and programminglanguages. Operations and programming are studied.Graduates are able to:• contribute to the analyses of problems of data format neededfor processing and required for user results• work effectively as a member of a team• use a problem or object oriented programming language forapplication developmentCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 3 4Programming Elective 1 3-4Programming Elective 1 3-4CISY-132 Systems Analysis and Design 3CISY-217 Operating Systems 3CISY-285 Data Base Development & Design 3CISY-211 Systems Development & Implementation 3General Education 2 3General Education 2 3Total Credits 31 - 331See Computer Science (CISY) Programming Elective list in the<strong>College</strong> Catalog.2Select a course from the General Education list. ComputerLiteracy (CISY-102) cannot be used as a general education coursein this program.3Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite forthis course.Computer Programming - CertificateAdmission requirement(s): High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Certificate (not throughcorrespondence). Please refer to the Admissions section of this catalog.Students may enroll: full-time, part-time, day or evening.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 67
Computer Science - A.S.Computer ScienceAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsComputer Science prepares students for transfer intobachelor's degree programs at four-year colleges anduniversities in a variety of programs including computerscience, information processing and related fields. Theprogram meets the guidelines of the Association ofComputing Machinery (ACM).The field study for this degree focuses on anintroduction to the theoretical foundations of computing,algorithms and programming techniques as applied toOperating Systems, Information Technology and DataStructures. Students reinforce this theoretical knowledgebase with programming in both high-level programminglanguages and Assembly Language programming as wellas study computer architecture in great detail.NOTE: In order to complete this program,students must have a minimum of 60 credits of which15 or more must be in Mathematics.Graduates are able to:• solve various kinds of problems using high levellanguages• apply sound programming techniques in designingprogram structure and logic• apply appropriate data structures and algorithmsarising in various applied fields• assess the implications of work performed either asan individual or as a member of a team• demonstrate an understanding of basic computerarchitecture• demonstrate the mathematical proficiency requiredfor an understanding of the concepts involvedCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Mathematics 1 3-5CISY-105 Foundations of Computer Science 4Social Science 2 3ENGL-112 English II 3CISY-254 Data Structures 4Mathematics 1 4Science 3 4Mathematics 1 4Science 3 4Humanities 2 3Math or Programming Elective 4 3-4FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 6 1CISY-256Mathematics 1 4Computer Architectureand Assembly Language 4Humanities 2 3Free Elective 5 3Social Science 2 3Total Credits 60 - 631Students must select four courses from the following list: Precalculus I(MATH-112) and Precalculus II (MATH-113) OR Precalculus Honors(MATH-114H); Calculus I (MATH-151 Required); Calculus II (MATH-152 Required); Calculus III (MATH-251); Differential Equations (MATH-254); Discrete Mathematics (MATH-255); Linear Algebra (MATH-256).Students should check with a transfer counselor about their requirementsand the transferability of the Math courses and other electives.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.3Science requirements must be a two-semester sequence in one of thefollowing: Engineering Physics I & II (PHYS-150 & PHYS-151*)(recommended), General Physics I & II (PHYS-101 & PHYS-102*),General Chemistry I & II (CHEM-103 & CHEM-104*), General BiologyI & II (BIOL-101 & BIOL-102*).*Check catalog for prerequisite courses.4Math or Programming electives. Select one of the following (studentsmust have 15 or more Mathematics credits to graduate): DiscreteMathematics (MATH-255), Linear Algebra (MATH-256), or anyprogramming elective on the Computer Science (CISY) ProgrammingElectives list in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.5May be any course offered by the <strong>College</strong> not required by your programof study. If the student has accumulated less than 15 Math credits, then usethis Free Elective to select another Math course such as Linear Algebra(MATH-256).6Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology & BodyMechanics (FITN-146) may be substituted.68RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Computer SupportCertificateThis certificate program addresses the need for qualifiedindividuals to fill positions as Computer Support specialists,Help Desk technicians, and junior-level Systemsadministrators.Computer Support specialists are utilized throughoutbusiness, industry, government and non-profit. As use ofpersonal computers continues to expand into additional roles,Support specialists are called upon for a wider variety of skills,including networking and security, in addition to the traditionalroles of basic operations support and systems troubleshooting.Graduates of this program are prepared to take the tests for thevendor-neutral CompTIA A+, Network+, and iNet+certifications.Graduates are able to:• diagnose and troubleshoot computer hardware problems• diagnose and troubleshoot computer software problems• set up a computer system, including the associatedperipherals• perform routine system maintenance, installations andupgrades (hardware and software)• perform basic network installation, administration andtroubleshooting• assist others in the routine daily use of computers forbusiness uses• advise end-users in basic security practices• make clear and precise verbal and written presentations toend-usersCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3CISY-113 Desktop Computer Hardware & Software 3CISY-274 Privacy, Ethics, Computer Forensics 2 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3CISY-125 Programming for Business Majors 1COMM-110 Interpersonal Communication 3CISY-232 Internet & Web Architecture 3CISY-261 Microcomputer Applications 3CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3CISY-237CISY-292UNIX & LINUX orComputer Science CooperativeEducation I 1 3Total Credits 311Focus of Cooperative Education should be Computer Support.2Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite forthis course.Computer Support - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu69
Computer Support - Certificate of CompletionThis certificate of completion program addresses theneed for qualified individuals to fill positions asComputer Support specialists, Help Desk technicians,and junior-level Systems administrators. Credits earnedin this program can be applied to the Computer SupportCertificate Program.Computer Support specialists are utilized throughoutbusiness, industry, government and non-profit. As use ofPersonal Computers continues to expand into additionalroles, Support specialists are called upon for a widervariety of skills, including networking and security inaddition to the traditional roles of basic operationssupport and systems troubleshooting.Graduates of this program are prepared to take the testsfor the vendor-neutral CompTIA A+, Network+, andiNet+ certifications and are positioned to prepare formore intensive training and certification.Graduates are able to:• diagnose and troubleshoot computer hardwareproblems• diagnose and troubleshoot computer softwareproblems• set up a computer system including the associatedperipherals• perform routine system maintenance, installationsand upgrades (hardware and software)• perform basic network installation, administrationand troubleshooting• assist others in the routine daily use of computers forbusiness uses• advise end-users in basic security practices• make clear and precise verbal and writtenpresentations to end-users• assist and advise home users and small officeenvironmentsNote: Students in this program may not be eligible forFinancial Aid; students should meet with an AcademicAdvisor or Financial Aid staff to discuss options forFinancial Aid eligibility.Computer SupportCertificate of CompletionCurriculumCertificate of Completion ProgramCourseCreditsCOMM-110 Interpersonal Communication 3CISY-113 Desktop Computer Hardware/Software 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3Total Credits 1570 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
CorrectionsCertificateThe Corrections Certificate program prepares students foremployment in correctional institutions and is designed toenhance the career needs of individuals employed ascorrectional practitioners. This certificate equips correctionalofficers with knowledge and skills necessary for careerdevelopment and advancement.This certificate is not a substitute for an academic degree andwill not qualify a person for a position which requires a degree.However, all courses in the certificate may be applied to theAssociate of Arts degree in Criminal Justice.Graduates are able to:• explain the operations of correctional institutions on bothpractical and theoretical levels• analyze how law enforcement,courts and correctionsfunction as components of the criminal justice systemThis certificate is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four-year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.NOTE: Students in this program may not be eligible forFinancial Aid; students should meet with an Academic Advisoror Financial Aid staff to discuss options for Financial Aideligibility.CurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CRMJ-101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3COMM-201 Intercultural Communication 3CRMJ-211 Criminology orCRMJ-212 Juvenile Delinquency 3CRMJ-233 Criminal Procedure 3CRMJ-242 Theory and Practice of Corrections 3CRMJ-250 Probation and Parole 3Total Credits 21Corrections - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu71
CPA Education Requirement - CertificateCPA Education RequirementCertificateThis certificate program is designed for undergraduatedegree holders from accredited institutions who wish topursue a career in accountancy as a Certified PublicAccountant. Upon completion of the program, graduateswill have met the education requirements mandated bythe New Jersey State Board of Accountancy and will beentitled to sit for the CPA examination. This program,however, is not designed to prepare the student for theCPA examination. Passing the exam may requiresignificant effort beyond the program, including the useof study guides, review courses, etc.Graduates are able to:• examine accounting information as a basis foreconomic decision making• record business transactions resulting in financialstatements• complete the required accounting and businesseducation to sit for the CPA exam in New JerseyThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to providechallenging career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.CurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4BUSI-112 Principles of Management 3ECON-102 Microeconomics 3BUSI-132 Business Law II 3ACCT-203 Intermediate Accounting I 4BUSI-192 Introduction to Financial Management 3ACCT-222 Auditing 3ACCT-211 Cost Accounting 3ACCT-204 Intermediate Accounting II 4ACCT-221 Tax Accounting I 3Accounting Electives 1 6Business Elective 2 3Total Credits 551Choose two courses from the following: Accounting UsingMicrocomputers (ACCT-225), Tax Accounting II (ACCT-223),Government & Not-For-Profit Accounting (ACCT-224).2Choose one course from the following: International Business (BUSI-154), International Finance (BUSI-193), Principles of Marketing (MRKT-101), Introduction to Information Systems (CISY-122), Small BusinessManagement (BUSI-153), Financial Planning & Institution (BUSI-221).72 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Criminal JusticeAssociate of Arts DegreeThe Associate of Arts degree program in Criminal Justice is aliberal arts based transfer program, designed to introducestudents to the methods for dealing with unlawful behavior.Graduates have transferred to four-year degree programs ineither criminal justice or a related field at such colleges asRutgers, Rowan <strong>College</strong> of NJ, New Jersey City University orJohn Jay <strong>College</strong> of Criminal Justice. Graduates of the programhave secured positions in parole and probation, private security,corrections and federal, state and local police agencies.Students have access to computer laboratories and develop theirskills in law enforcement computer programs. The cooperativeeducation component allows students to participate in a workexperience at any agency of the criminal justice system. Thisexperience gives students a means of making realisticapplications of theories learned in the classroom so they can bebetter equipped to select their career choices after graduation.Graduates are able to:• explain the functions, duties and roles of law enforcement atvarious levels in the criminal justice system• describe the various causal factors of crime• discuss the nature of crimes and offenses based on majortheories and current issues• compare and contrast contemporary perspectives on thelegal principles, theories and challenges inherent in thecriminal justice systemThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Mathematics 1,2 3-4SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems orCISY-102 Computer Literacy 3CRMJ-101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3ENGL-112 English II 3Science (lab) 2 4Communication 2 3HIST-201 US History: Beginnings to 1877 3CRMJ-211 Criminology orCRMJ-212 Juvenile Delinquency 3HIST-202 US History: 1877 to Present 3Mathematics or Science 1,2 3-4PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3CRMJ-232 Criminal Law orCRMJ-233 Criminal Procedure 3Humanities 2 3POLI-121 American Government & Politics 3PHIL-106 Current Moral and Social Issues orPHIL-114 Ethics 3Humanities 2 3Criminal Justice Elective 3 3SOCI-231 American Minority Relations 3Total Credits 61 - 631Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.3Choose any non-duplicated CRMJ course.Criminal Justice - A.A.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu73
Dance - A.F.A.The Visual and Performing Arts Department offers theAssociate of Fine Arts in Dance (A.F.A.), providingstudents with study in modern dance, ballet technique,jazz technique, performance of repertory, as well as inproduction, history, composition and improvisation. Inaddition to the major requirements of the A.F.A. in dance,students must take General Education Courses.Our philosophy of dance is to help students developdiscipline, independent thinking, creative problemsolving, collaborative and interpersonal skills, andconfidence. This is accomplished through the study oftechnique, the production and crafting of dances,performance opportunities, and a supportivecomplementary curriculum.The A.F.A. program best prepares students who desirestrong dance technique for transfer into a Bachelor ofFine Arts (B.F.A.) degree program at a four-yearinstitution or university setting. The curriculum alsofocuses on the skills and concepts of dance necessary fora career in the contemporary dance world. A.F.A.students develop a strong portfolio to support theirtransfer applications and auditions.The <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Dance Ensemble (RVDE) providesperformance and educational programs which foster theappreciation of dance as an art form. The Ensemble tourslocal schools and community groups and performs atcampus events. RVDE provides the <strong>College</strong> and greatercommunity with opportunities to experience andappreciate live dance performances and establishes abond between academia and community. RVDE dancersare selected by audition, and membership is open to allRVCC dance students and alumni, as well as communitymembers. RVDE enables the serious dancer to develop apersonal dance identity, both as an independent andcollaborative artist. A faculty dance concert, studentconcerts, master classes and workshops constitute themany other performance opportunities sponsored by theDance program.The faculty of professional artist-educators providesexpert instruction in all areas of our curriculum, offersdirection and guidance for students, and supports eachstudent's search for original expression. In addition to ourfaculty, guest artists offer master classes and Repertoryclasses.Graduates are able to:• understand the role of a dance artist• demonstrate technical proficiency and artisticapplication of anatomical and kinesthetic principlesin performance• craft dances with coherence, aesthetic unity andclarity of theme• display a critical understanding of the development ofdance based on historical significance, craftsmanship,cultural context and originality• analyze choreographic works through classificationof elements, principles and choreographic structure• investigate careers in performance, dance educationand movement artsNOTE: Before enrollment, it is mandatory that afreshman Dance major contact the Visual andPerforming Arts Department for an interview andplacement testing with a member of the Dance faculty.DanceAssociate of Fine Arts DegreeCurriculumA.F.A. DegreeCourseCreditsDANC-101 Modern Dance I 1 3DANC-107 Ballet I 1 2DANC-120 Laban Movement Analysis 3ENGL-111 English I 3DANC-121 World Dance History 3MUSC-102 Introduction to Music 3DANC-102 Modern Dance II 2DANC-108 Ballet II 2DANC-105 Jazz Dance I 2ENGL-112 English II 3Humanities 3 3DANC-122 Contemporary Dance History 3DANC-205 Dance Production I 1DANC-211 Modern Dance III 2DANC-212 Ballet III 2DANC-230 Student Dance Ensemble I 2DANC-252 Professional Development: Dance 1Mathematics Elective 2,3 3DANC-206 Dance Production II 1DANC-210 Dance Composition & Improvisation 3Dance Elective 4 2DANC-214 Modern Dance IV 2DANC-216 Ballet IV 2DANC-231 Dance Ensemble II 2Science (lab) 3,5 4Dance Elective 4 2Social Science Elective 3 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 1Total Credits 651Modern and Ballet technique by official placement audition. Students maynot take courses below placement level.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. Appreciation of the Arts is recommended for Humanities.4Dance Electives: choose from any non-required DANC course or anIndependent Study in Dance. Must total 4 credits.5Must be a laboratory science; Human Anatomy & Physiology I (BIOL-124) is recommended.74 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Dental AssistingCertificateJoint Certificate Program with the University of Medicine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey (UMDNJ)Candidates must complete all general education courses witha minimum grade of “C”.General Education requirements for admission to DentalEducation portion of the programCourseCreditsBIOL-124 Anatomy & Physiology I 4ENGL-111 English I 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Credits 10*These courses must be completed with a minimum GPA of2.0 for a student to be recommended to the Dental Educationportion of the program.Students who have completed these requirements are requiredto attend a meeting in June for information regarding therecommendation process for the Dental Education courseworkthat begins in January. Students will be advised about the alliedhealth entrance examination that will be administered to eachcandidate as part of the recommendation process.Students must bring proof of Hunterdon or Somerset Countyresidency to the meeting.CurriculumCertificate ProgramDental Education Program at UMDNJCourseCreditsSemester I - SpringDental Head & Neck Anatomy 3Introduction to the Dental Professions 4Dental Materials 3Medical Emergencies 1Dental Specialties 1Semester II - FallPractice Management 1Dental Science 2Dental Radiology 3Dental Health Education 1Clinical Assisting 3Internship 1Total Credits 33Dental Assisting - Certificate*In accordance with the RVCC Advanced Standing policy, a minimum of10 General Education credits must be completed at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu75
Dental Hygiene - A.A.S.Dental HygieneAssociate of Applied Science DegreeJoint Degree Program with the University of Medicine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey (UMDNJ)RVCC has only 2 seats each year for the DentalHygiene program. A student must be enrolled at RVCCand a resident of Hunterdon or Somerset County in orderto apply for the Dental Education portion of the program.General Education requirements for admission toDental Education portion of the programCourseCreditsBIOL-124 Anatomy & Physiology I 4BIOL-125 Anatomy & Physiology II 4ENGL-111 English I 3BIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology 4CHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry 4PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Credits 22*These courses must be completed with a minimumGPA of 2.75 for a student to be recommended to theDental Education portion of the program.Students who have completed these requirements willbe contacted to attend a meeting in the spring semesterfor information and applications for the DentalEducation clinical coursework that begins in January.Students will be advised of additional testingrequirements and the recommendation process at thismeeting.Students must bring proof of Hunterdon or SomersetCounty residency to the meeting.Additional General Education RequirementsCandidates must complete all additional generaleducation courses with a minimum of "C" prior to thestart of Dental Education clinical coursework in January.CourseCreditsCOMM-101 Speech 3Mathematics 1 3ENGL-112 English II 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeDental Education Program at UMDNJCourseCreditsSemester I - SpringADEC-111 Dental Head and Neck Anatomy 3ADEC-110 Introduction to the Dental Professions 4DENH-120 Introduction to Clinical Dental Hygiene 4ADEC-112 Dental Materials 3ADEC-113 Medical Emergencies 1Semester II - FallADEC-114 Dental Health Education I 1ADEC-115 Dental Radiology 3DENH-121 Clinical Dental Hygiene I 3DENH-122 Clinical Services I 3DENH-123 Oral Embryology and Histology 2Semester III - SpringDENH-124 Nutrition 2DENH-235 Oral Pathology 2DENH-234 Dental Health Ed. II/Comm. Dental Health 2DENH-236 Pharmacology and Oral Medicine 1DENH-233 Periodontology I 2DENH-231 Clinical Dental Hygiene II 2DENH-232 Clinical Services II 3ADEC-116 Dental Specialties I 1Semester IV - FallADEC-117 Practice Management 1DENH-246 Capstone Seminar 2DENH-243 Periodontology II 2DENH-242 Clinical Services III 3DENH-244 Dental Specialties II 1DENH-245 Pain Control 1Total Credits 86Credits 12*1Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Exceptions by permission of theDean of Instruction.* In accordance with the RVCC Advanced Standing Policy, aminimum of 22 General Education credits must be completed at<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.76 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Digital Media/Film StudiesAssociate of Science DegreeThe Digital Media/Film Studies A.S. program preparesstudents to transfer into the junior year at four-year colleges inmedia production and/or film studies. It also prepares studentsfor entry-level jobs in some communication fields, includingvideo and digital media production. The program includesrequired courses in media studies, film, and video production aswell as electives in specialized fields such as digital art,advanced video editing and theatre.Digital Media/Film Studies students will pursue anexperiential component in their studies by taking digitalportfolio development and will be encouraged to participate ina cooperative work experience.Graduates are able to:• discuss major video and film genres, styles and theirhistoric, cultural and social influences• describe the processes, techniques, and formats used in eachof the various media (video, film, audio, and interactivemedia)• employ a creative approach to all steps in the digital video,interactive video, and film production process: fromconcept and story-boards, to lighting, sound design,performance, and editing• use digital video- and sound-editing software to createoriginal productions• distinguish among various editing techniques and theirimpact on video and film communication• critique student, media industry and artistic videos and films• demonstrate technical and artistic expertise throughout astudent-developed video portfolio• investigate educational and career paths within the videoproduction and film professionsCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3COMM-120 Introduction to Mass Communication 3ARTS-105 Two-Dimensional Design 3ARTS-261 Lights, Optics and Sound 3FILM-101 Art of the Movies: Film Appreciation& Analysis 3COMM-251 Writing for the Media 3ARTS-110 Basic Drawing I 3CISY-114 Interactive Multimedia I 3ARTS-267 Introduction to Video Production 3Technological Competency 3 3ENGL-112 English II 3ARTS-268 Advanced Video Production:Narrative & Documentary 3Specialization Elective 2 3Social Science 1 3Mathematics 1 3Social Science 1 orHumanities 1 3COMM-252 Digital Portfolio Development 1Science (lab) 1 4Specialization Elective 2 3General Education Elective 1 3General Education Elective 1 3Total Credits 621Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Select a course from the following specialization electives:Introduction to Digital Photography (ARTS-112), DigitalArtmaking (ARTS-249), Advanced Video Editing (ARTS-278),Survey of American Film (FILM-122), Acting I: Fundamentals(THEA-105), Creative Writing I (ENGL-248), IndependentStudy/Cooperative Education Digital (COMM-291).3If a student passes the technological competency test (no credit),another course must be selected from Mathematics, Science orTechnological Competency from the General Education list.Digital Media/Film Studies - A.S.Students considering transfer to a four-year institution for a bachelor’s degree in technology should consult with a transfercounselor early in their program to determine requirements.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu77
Early Childhood Education: P-3Associate of Arts DegreeThe Early Childhood Education: P-3 program is designed forstudents interested in completing the first two-year sequence ofa Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education program atRVCC and subsequently transferring to a four-year college oruniversity program. This program allows students to move intoP-3 certification programs or to seek employment as a paraprofessionaleducator. The goals of the RVCC Early ChildhoodEducation program are to prepare reflective, thoughtful studentprofessionalswho, at the end of the program, are capable ofmaking positive contributions to their communities and theirown lives. We achieve this through rigorous coursework thatengages them in critical, creative thought and activities, alongwith experiences in various educational settings in ourcommunities.All students considering Early Childhood Education as amajor must meet with an advisor before or during their firstsemester and every other semester thereafter to ensureappropriate course selection based on the college or universityof transfer destination. All students entering an educationmajor in a bachelor's program will be required to declare asecond academic major. With advisement, some courses for thesecond major may be completed at RVCC and then transferred,allowing for more credits to be completed at RVCC.CurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3MATH-102 Problem Solving 2 3HIST-201 US History: Beginnings to 1877 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3ENGL-112 English II 3HIST-202 US History:1877 to Present 3PSYC-216 Child Psychology 3COMM-101 Speech 3Early Childhood Specialization Elective 1 3Social Science 4 3ECHD-255 Foundations of Early ChildhoodEducation 5 3Philosophy 4 orSPAN-103 Introduction to Spanish I 3 3BIOL-111 Principles of Biology 4Early Childhood Specialization Elective 1 2-3Appreciation of the Arts 4 3Humanities 4 orSPAN-104 Introduction to Spanish II 3 3Science 4 (non biology) 3-4ECHD-280 Field Experiences in Multicultural Settings 3English Literature 4 (GCA) 3Early Childhood Education: P-3 - A.A.Total Credits 60 - 621Choose 2 of the following courses: Children’s Literature (ECHD-213), Modern Dance I (DANC-101) or Jazz Dance I (DANC-105),Introduction to Special Education (HMNS-240), Current HealthIssues (FITN-131) or Number Systems (MATH-101).2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourse below placement level.3If the foreign language option is selected, a two-semestersequence in the foreign language is required. Placement exam isrequired if students have previously studied Spanish.4Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. Select an English Literature General Educationcourse marked with a GCA to meet the Global & CulturalAwareness requirement.5Students need to have completed any developmental Englishcourses prior to registering for this class. However, they do notneed to have completed English I (ENGL-111) to take this course.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu79
Early Childhood Education - A.A.S.Early Childhood EducationAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science degree program inEarly Childhood Education prepares students to beeducation assistants and teachers aides in schools, childcare centers and similar institutions. Individualscurrently holding paraprofessional positions in educationmay use this program to enhance classroom and relatedskills. Several graduates have become owners of theirown child care centers.Although not designed as a transfer program, graduatesof this program have transferred to four-year collegesand universities, including The <strong>College</strong> of New Jersey,The <strong>College</strong> of Saint Elizabeth, Kean University andRutgers University. Some loss of credit may occurdepending upon the transfer institution and the intendedprogram of baccalaureate study.Courses are based on theoretical and experimentalknowledge. Most courses provide field experienceswhere students prepare reports and perform specifictasks with children. Opportunities for learning aboutvarious program models and methodology are a part ofthe program.Students participate in Cooperative Education, aprogram which offers supervised off-campus jobs wherethey receive academic credit in most situations, a salary.Students may choose to satisfy this requirement byworking at the <strong>College</strong>'s Childcare Center or in acommunity-based program. Students gain hands-onexperience related to the theoretical applications learnedin the classroom.Graduates are able to:• identify and interpret child development principles inpreschool children• demonstrate a teaching style that incorporates a widerange of curricula activities and competence inteaching methods appropriate for preschool children• obtain the competencies required to meet stateregulationsThis curriculum does not lead to New Jersey State Teachercertification.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Mathematics 1,3 3ECHD-173 Early Childhood Curriculum 3ECHD-250 Methods of Teaching Young Children 3ECHD-195 Nutrition, Health & Safetyfor Preschool Children 3ENGL112 English II 3Visual & Performing Arts Elective 2 2-3ECHD-181 Child Growth & Development 3ECHD-213 Children’s Literature 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 6 1ECHD-184ECHD-194ECHD-183Teaching Language Artsto Young Children 3Music, Movement & Artfor the Young Child 3Science (lab) 3 4Math & Sciencefor Young Children 3Free Elective 5 3ECHD-185 Infant & Toddler Programs 3HMNS-240 Introduction to Special Education 3Humanities 3 3General Education 3 3ECHD-290 Early Childhood EducationCooperative Education 4 3Total Credits 64 - 651Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level.2May be Studio or Appreciation.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.4Cooperative Education: Students who have not had prior work experiencein a certified preschool setting and wish to receive State Certification as aGroup Teacher by the Department of Youth and Family Services will haveto complete one year (two semesters) of Cooperative work experience fora total of three credits. All other students must complete a minimum ofthree credits of Early Childhood Education Cooperative Education.5May be any course offered at the <strong>College</strong> not required within yourprogram of study.6Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology (FITN-146) may be substituted.80 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Early Childhood EducationCertificateThe Early Childhood Education Certificate programcombines the theoretical foundations in early growth andeducation along with the practical skills necessary for teachersto effectively work with young children. The program includescourses that cover fundamentals areas of development;developmentally appropriate curriculum planning andimplementation; information about creating and maintaining ahealthy and safe learning environment; teachingmethodologies; standards of professionalism; and one or two 3-credit fieldwork experiences focused on developing skills inobservation and recording of children's development andbehavior.Students completing the certificate program will meet theacademic requirements for the Child Development Associatecredential through the Council of Professional Recognition, aswell as the academic requirements for the Group TeacherApproval through the Division of Youth and Family Services(DYFS), although additional work experience may be requiredto meet the DYFS requirement. All courses successfullycompleted in the certificate program can be applied toward anA.A.S. in Early Childhood Education at RVCC. This programmay not transfer to a four-year institution.Graduates are able to:• identify child development principles in preschool children• think critically and communicate effectively orally and inwriting• observe in classroom settings and demonstrate selfreflectionwith regard to early childhood education• identify appropriate equipment and materials that are basicto preschool programs• identify basic nutritional needs and safety measuresnecessary in early childhood settingsCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3ECHD-255 Foundations of Early ChildhoodEducation 3ECHD-194 Music, Movement & Artfor the Young Child 3ECHD-183 Math and Science for Young Children 3ECHD-195 Nutrition, Health & Safetyfor Preschool Children 3ECHD-181 Child Growth and Development 3ECHD-173 Early Childhood Curriculum 3ECHD-250 Methods of Teaching Young Children 3ECHD-184 Teaching Language Arts to theYoung Child 3ECHD-213 Children's Literature 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3ECHD-290 Early Childhood EducationCooperative Education 3Total Credits 36Early Childhood Education - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu81
Education: K-12 - A.A.Requirements for education majors at four-yearcolleges, especially New Jersey state universities, arevery prescribed due in large part to New Jersey StateCertification requirements. This degree was developed toassist students, who intend to enter the field of education,in meeting the requirements of the first two years of abaccalaureate degree in either elementary or secondaryeducation.It is strongly recommended that students in theAssociate of Arts in Education: K-12 degree program(elementary (K-5), middle school (6-8) or secondaryschool (9-12)) meet with a counselor every semester toensure appropriate course selection and facilitate transferbased on the requirements of the college or university towhich they intend to transfer.Under current New Jersey teacher certificationregulations, students must maintain a minimumcumulative grade point average of 2.75. Note thatrequirements for certification vary by state and studentsare advised to research the teacher certificationrequirements for the state in which they plan to teach.Additionally, some teacher education programs require aGPA higher than 2.75 as an entrance requirement fortheir programs.Note: New Jersey Administrative Code allows only 6hours of Education course credit earned at a communitycollege toward a bachelor’s degree in teacher education.Additionally, in New Jersey a minimum cumulativegrade point average of 2.75 is required for acceptanceinto a baccalaureate teacher certification program.Course requirements vary by transfer college; it isstrongly recommended that students seek advisementeach semester from Advising and Counseling Services.For information about New Jersey teacher certificationrequirements, visit the Department of Education atwww.state.nj.us/education/.Graduates are able to:• demonstrate knowledge in a broad general educationbackground as well as a concentration in a specificcontent area as part of their overall teacher educationprogram• identify and discuss the historical and philosophicalfoundations of early childhood education• observe in classroom settings and demonstrate selfreflectionwith regard to early childhood educationtheory• think critically and communicate effectively orallyand in writing• demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation forthe diverse learning needs and preferences of youngchildrenEducation: K-12Associate of Arts DegreeCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Mathematics 5 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3Philosophy 5,7 3ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 5 3COMM-101 Speech 3History 5,7 3PSYC-213 Educational Psychology 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 6 1BIOL-111 Principles of Biology 1 4EDUC-212 Foundations of Education 8 3History 5,7 3Humanities 2 3Social Science 3 3Science 5 3-4Literature Survey Elective 4,7 3PSYC-216 Child Psychology orPSYC-229 Adolescent Psychology 3EDUC-230 Education Field Experience 3Free Elective 7 2-3Total Credits 61 - 631Exception made for students who intend to become science teachers. Seecounselor or advisor.2Choose from: Art Appreciation (ARTH-101), Art from Prehistory to theGothic Period (ARTH-110), Art from the Renaissance to the Modern Era(ARTH-111), or Introduction to Music (MUSC-102).3Choose from: Anthropology, Geography or Sociology.4Choose from: Masterpieces in Early World Literature (ENGL-211) (meetsGCA), World Literature Since the Renaissance (ENGL-212) (meets GCA),American Literature: Colonial through the Civil War (ENGL-221),American Literature: Post Civil War to the Present (ENGL-222), EnglishLiterature: Middle Ages through the 18th Century (ENGL-235), EnglishLiterature: Romantic Period (ENGL-236).5Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.6Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology (FITN-146).7One course must meet the Global & Cultural Awareness (GCA)requirement. This requirement can be met by selecting a Philosophy,History, Literature Survey, or Free Elective marked as GCA on the GeneralEducation list.8Students need to have completed any developmental English courses priorto registering for this class. However, they do not need to have completedEnglish I (ENGL-111) to take this course.82 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Electric Utility TechnologyAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science degree program in ElectricPower Utility Technology is offered in partnership with JerseyCentral Power & Light, a FirstEnergy Company. The programwill prepare graduates for long-term employment opportunitiesin a variety of electrical fields, with an emphasis in the lineworker/substation area. The curriculum prepares the studentsfor hands-on transmission support systeminstallation/maintenance and electrical substation maintenance.The program combines academic coursework to strengthenthe student's skills for the current business world, hands onskills necessary for employment in the field with an emphasisplaced on safe work practices and procedures in the electricalenvironment. Students will achieve first-aid and CPRcertifications. Students will be required to obtain a Class "A"Driver's License (CDL). An integral part of the program is apaid summer field experience assigned to a work crew withFirstEnergy for ten weeks between the two academic years.Prior to a student's first registration in the program, amandatory orientation, RVCC admission including placementtesting and an 80-hour Basic Wood Pole Climbing course arerequired. Final decision for enrolling in the program will bedetermined after the wood Pole Climbing course by aFirstEnergy instructor and the student once it is determined ifthe student has the basic skills and abilities required for electricpower utility work. Any developmental studies required basedon the placement testing results should be started in the summersessions before beginning the first fall semester.Students enrolled in the Electric Utility technology degreewill attend academic classes at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong> and the 2 ½ days a week laboratory courses will beconducted at a FirstEnergy facility located near the <strong>College</strong>.Graduates are able to:• demonstrate knowledge of the Electric Utility Technologyfield• succeed in employment in the electric utility industry• interact with people from diverse backgrounds• demonstrate a high level of written and oral communicationskills• earn the Associate of Applied Science DegreeCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCredits1st SemesterENGL-111 English I 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3BUSI-161 Business Mathematics 3OLST-101 Overhead Line/Substation Technology I 1 42nd SemesterECON-101 Macroeconomics 3ENGL-250 Technical Writing & Communication 3ELEC-101 Electrical Fundamentals 3FITN-129 First Aid & CPR 3OLST-102 Overhead Line/Substation Technology II 1 4Summer Field ExperienceELEC-290 Summer Field Experience 1 63rd SemesterBIOL-181 Science & Society 3COMM-110 Interpersonal Communications 3OLST-201 Overhead Line/Substation Technology III 1 44th SemesterPHIL-114 Ethics 3ENVI-101 Introduction to Environmental Studies 3COMM-101 Speech 3OLST-202 Overhead Line/Substation Technology IV 1 4Free Elective 3Total Credits 611Courses taken at FirstEnergy facility.NOTE: Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisiterequirement. Students must complete all developmentalcoursework prior to fall admission.Electric Utility Technology - A.A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu83
Emergency Services - A.A.S.This degree is intended for students who are interestedin serving the public in emergency services relatedoccupations. While emergency services personnel whogain employment in full time positions will be givensome type of training, the competition for these positionsis very competitive. An applicant who comes to thehiring process with an Emergency Services degree willhave a competitive advantage when it comes toplacement testing and interviewing.Graduates are able to:• describe the role of national, state and local supportorganizations in fire and emergency services• compare effective management concepts for variousemergency situations• analyze the steps necessary to establish andimplement a contingency plan for various emergencysituationsEmergency ServicesAssociate of Applied Science DegreeCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Mathematics 3 3CRMJ-120 Introduction to HomelandSecurity/Emergency Management 3CHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry orPHYS-112 Concepts of Physics 3 4FIRE-101 Introduction to Emergency Services 4 3ENGL-112 English II 3COMM-101 Speech orCOMM-110 Interpersonal Communication 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3CRMJ-221 Leadership, Influence & Decision Making 3CRMJ-121 Crisis Communications for EmergencyResponse Personnel 2 3PHIL-106 Current Moral and Social Issues orPHIL-114 Ethics 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3CRMJ-206 Terrorism, Intelligence & Security Studies 3CRMJ-222 Disaster & CatastropheEmergency Operations 3HLTH-104 EMT - B 5 orFIRE-204 Occupational Safety & Healthfor Emergency Services 4 andFIRE-202 Crisis Management Planning in Business 4 6CRMJ-220 Incident Command Systems 2 3CRMJ-251 Emergency Exercise and Design 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy orCISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3CRMJ-122 Domestic Preparedness 3Emergency Services Elective 1 3Total Credits 641Students may choose from the following: Intercultural Communication(COMM-201), Risk and Financial Management (BUSI-156) or any FIRE orCRMJ course.2Students who have passed Firefighter I and received their certificate fromthe NJ Department of <strong>Community</strong> Affairs, Division of Fire Safety cansubstitute this course for Incident Command Systems (CRMJ-220). Studentswho have passed Firefighter II and received their certificate from the NJDepartment of <strong>Community</strong> Affairs, Division of Fire Safety can substitute thiscourse for Crisis Communications for Emergency Response Personnel(CRMJ-121). The student must present the original certificate to the StudentEnrollment Center to receive credit for the courses.3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Quantitative Literacy (MATH-103C) isrecommended. PHYS-112 requires Math-030 as a prerequisite.4This course will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency ServicesTraining Academy.5Students who have passed their EMT-B class and have received certificationfrom the NJ Department of Health can substitute this certification for theclass. The student must present the original certificate to the StudentEnrollment Center to receive credit for the courses.84 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Emergency Services - Fire Science OptionAssociate of Applied Science DegreeAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, every year, firesand other emergencies take thousands of lives and destroyproperty worth billions of dollars. Fire fighters help protect thepublic against these dangers by responding to fires and a varietyof other emergencies. In addition to putting out fires, they arefrequently the first emergency personnel at a traffic accident ormedical emergency and may be called upon to treat injuries orperform other vital functions.This degree is intended for students who are interested inserving the public as emergency services personnel, includingfire fighters, fire inspectors, fire investigators and otheremergency services related occupations that are important toincreasing the safety of everyone in society. While emergencyservices personnel who gain employment in full time positionswill be given some type of training, the competition for thesepositions is very competitive. An applicant who comes to thehiring process with an Emergency Services degree with anoption in Fire Science will have a competitive advantage whenit comes to placement testing and interviewing.Graduates are able to:• describe the role of national, state and local supportorganizations in fire and emergency services• compare effective management concepts for variousemergency situations• analyze the steps necessary to establish and implement acontingency plan for various emergency situationsCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English 1 3Mathematics 3 3CRMJ-120 Introduction to HomelandSecurity/Emergency Management 3CHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry orPHYS-112 Concepts of Physics 3 4FIRE-101 Introduction to Emergency Services 4 3ENGL-112 English II 3COMM-101 Speech orCOMM-110 Interpersonal Communication 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3FIRE-102 Principles of Fire Prevention 2,4 3FIRE-201 Building Construction 4 3PHIL-106 Current Moral and Social Issues orPHIL-114 Ethics 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3FIRE-103 Principles of Fire Chemistry 2,4 3FIRE-104 Fire Officer I 4 3HLTH-104 EMT - B 5 orFIRE-204 Occupational Safety & Healthfor Emergency Services 4 andFIRE-202 Crisis Management Planningin Business 4 6FIRE-105 Fire Officer II 4 3CRMJ-125 Introduction to Arson Investigation 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy orCISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3Emergency Services Elective 1 3Emergency Services Elective 1 3Total Credits 641Students may choose from the following: InterculturalCommunication (COMM-201), Risk and Financial Management(BUSI-156) or any CRMJ course.2Students who have passed Firefighter I and received theircertificate from the NJ Department of <strong>Community</strong> Affairs,Division of Fire Safety can substitute this course for Principle ofFire Chemistry (FIRE-103). Students who have passed FirefighterII and received their certificate from the NJ Department of<strong>Community</strong> Affairs, Division of Fire Safety can substitute thiscourse for Principle of Fire Prevention (FIRE-102). The studentmust present the original certificate to the Student EnrollmentCenter to receive credit for the courses.3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Quantitative Literacy (MATH-103C) is recommended. Concepts of Physics (PHYS-112) requiresIntermediate Algebra (Math-030) as a prerequisite.4This course will be taught at the Somerset County EmergencyServices Training Academy.5Students who have passed their EMT-B class and have receivedcertification from the NJ Department of Health can substitute thiscertification for the class. The student must present the originalcertificate to the Student Enrollment Center to receive credit for thecourses.Emergency Services: Fire Science Option - A.A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu85
Engineering Science - A.S.The Associate of Science degree program inEngineering Science prepares students for transfer intobachelor degree programs in engineering at four-yearcolleges and universities. Due to the diversity ofengineering curricula offered at four-year institutions, itis necessary for transferring students to take one or twoadditional courses before attaining junior status at thetransfer institution. Many institutions provide summersessions for this purpose. <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong> has formal transfer agreements with New JerseyInstitute of Technology, The <strong>College</strong> of New Jersey andRutgers University. Graduates of the program have alsotransferred successfully to other leading engineeringcolleges throughout the country.Graduates are able to:• use calculus and differential equations to assist insolving engineering problems• apply the fundamental principles of physics to thesolution of engineering problems• use the computer as a tool to aid in the solution ofengineering problems and engineering graphics anddesign• apply the principles of statics, dynamics and circuitanalysis to establish a strong foundation for upperlevel courses in engineering• present information in graphical and written formcoherently• understand the role of engineering and technology insolving today’s societal problemsEngineering ScienceAssociate of Science DegreeCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3PHYS-150 Engineering Physics I 4 4CHEM-103 General Chemistry I 4MATH-151 Calculus I 4ENGR-105 Introduction to Engineering 1ENGL-112 English II 3MATH-152 Calculus II 4CHEM-104 General Chemistry II 4PHYS-151 Engineering Physics II 2,4,5 4ENGR-108 Introduction to Computing forEngineers & Scientists 2,4 3MATH-251 Calculus III 4ENGR-107 Engineering Graphics 2ENGR-132 Engineering Mechanics I 3PHYS-250 Engineering Physics III 3,4,5 4Social Science 1,6 3MATH-254 Differential Equations 4ENGR-133 Engineering Mechanics II 3ENGR-111 Introduction to Circuit Analysis 4 4Humanities 1 3Humanities 1 or Social Science 1,6 3Total Credits 671Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Offered during spring semesters.3Offered during fall semesters.4Offered also as Honor Option.5Engineering Physics II (PHYS-151) and Engineering Physics III (PHYS-250) can be taken in any sequence after completing Engineering Physics I(PHYS-150).6Students planning to transfer to Rutgers should be aware thatMacroeconomics (ECON-101) and Microeconomics (ECON-102)together would transfer as equivalent to Economics Principle and Problems(01:220:200) at Rutgers.NOTE: Students are encouraged to take Introduction to Materials Science& Engineering (ENGR-201) as an extra elective.NOTE: Make sure to check with your transfer institution about summercourses to take to gain full junior status.86RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
The English degree program is designed for studentsinterested in focusing on literature and writing in an interrelatedacademic environment. The program features a broad range ofcourses in English language, literature, and composition,including introduction to literature and literary theory,linguistics, survey courses, genre courses, diversity-based andinterdisciplinary courses, and writing-intensive courses. Theprogram will enable interested students to begin their major inEnglish at RVCC and to transfer to a four-year institution tocontinue their academic advancement on the baccalaureatelevel.Graduates are able to:• write clearly, grammatically and fluently with focus andcontinuity in standard American English• demonstrate clarity, analytical skill, and organization topresent and support ideas in take-home papers and in-classwritings• articulate their evolving point of view about literature,authors, diverse cultures and periods, and or aboutcompositional artistry, creativity, and style• write research papers that explore critical inquiry on worksand authors studied in a given course; employ, whenpracticable, technological tools; and responsibly use anddocument sources• appreciate, discuss and write about major writers,movements, cultures, and works covered in a given coursein ways that demonstrate analytical competency andcompositional skill• appreciate the interrelatedness of literature, literary theory,language, and composition1Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.EnglishAssociate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts2Mathematics by official Placement Test. Students may not take courses belowplacement level. Exceptions by permission of department chair.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.For the Math, Science and Technological Competency General Educationrequirements, students must take a minimum of 12 credits. This must includeat least one lab science course, one math course and satisfaction of thetechnological competency requirement by either passing the technologicalcompetency test (no credit) or taking a technological competency generaleducation course. If a student passes the technological competency test, anothercourse must be selected from Math, Science or Technological CompetencyGeneral Education, so that the student has earned at least 12 credits in thosecategories.4A two semester sequence is required. Placement by examination is requiredfor students who wish to continue studying a language previously studied.Students may not take courses below their placement level. For moreinformation, see Foreign Language Placement Testing & Degree Requirementsin the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.5Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology (FITN-146 -pre-req Human Biology) may be substituted.CurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Social Science 1 3Mathematics 2,3 3-4Appreciation of the Arts 1 3Foreign Language 4 3ENGL-112 English II 3Social Science 1 3Technological Competency 3 3-4Communication 1 3Foreign Language 4 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 5 1Science (lab) 3 4History 1 3Free Elective 8 3English Elective 6 3English Elective 6 3Mathematics or Science 3,9 0-4History 1 3Global & Cultural Awareness 7 3English Elective 6 3English Elective 6 3Total Credits 61 - 656English ElectivesMust take one course from Category A: Introduction to Literature(ENGL-201); Introduction to Literary Theory & Criticism (ENGL-202); or Language, Mind & Society (ENGL-205).Choose one course each from three of the four categories B-E, fora total of 12 credits as follows:Category B: Survey Courses (one) from among the following:American Literature: Colonial Period through the Civil War (ENGL-221); American Literature: Post-Civil War to the Present (ENGL-222);Masterpieces of Early World Literature (ENGL-211); World LiteratureSince the Renaissance (ENGL-212), English Literature: Middle Agesthrough the Eighteenth Century (ENGL-235); English Literature:Romantic Period to the Present (ENGL-236).Category C: Genre-based Courses (one) from among the following:The Short Story (ENGL-224), Introduction to Poetry (ENGL-226),Drama (ENGL-262), Shakespeare (ENGL-233), Science Fiction(ENGL-227), The Modern Novel (ENGL-281), The Victorian Novel(ENGL-282), Autobiography (ENGL-213), Literature of Comedy(ENGL-234).Category D: Diversity-based or Interdisciplinary Courses (one) fromamong the following: History & Literature of the Vietnam War(ENGL-259), Psychology & Literature (ENGL-228), Masculinity inLiterature (ENGL-291), African- American Literature (ENGL-231),Women in Literature (ENGL-290), Global Patterns of Racism (ENGL-207), Shakespeare on the Page & On the Screen (ENGL-237), EthnicWriters in America (ENGL-223), Law & Literature (ENGL-206), Racein American Literature & Popular Culture (ENGL-214).Category E: Writing Intensive Courses (one) from among thefollowing: Creative Writing I (ENGL-248), Creative Writing II(ENGL-249), Business Writing & Management Communication(ENGL-263), Technical Writing (ENGL-250) and Rhetoric & WritingStudies (ENGL-247).7Any General Education course that is listed as a Global & CulturalAwareness (GCA) course. If a course satisfies both the Global &Cultural Awareness Requirement and another General Educationrequirement in Social Science, Humanities or Communication, thestudent may select any course from the General Education list.8Any college-level course.9If the student has already completed 12 credits in the Math, Scienceand Technological Competency categories, the student does not need totake a course here.English - A.A.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu87
Environmental Science - A.S.Environmental ScienceAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsEnvironmental Science, an option of the Associate ofScience degree program in Science and Mathematics,prepares students for transfer into a Bachelor of Sciencedegree program in Environmental Science.The program provides a comprehensive understandingof the functions of local and global ecosystems andexamines how they are affected by human activities.Students consider scientific evidence demonstrating howhuman activities threaten many ecosystems, and theycritically study alternatives to present practices.The Environmental Science program trains students toexamine the impact of man on the environment fromsociological, political and economic viewpoints.Graduates are able to:• apply concepts and implement the skills learned in thesciences, mathematics and humanities to real-worldenvironmental issues• demonstrate skills in literature research, debate anddiscussion, oral presentation and scientific techniquesand methodology• demonstrate awareness of local environmentalproblems and efforts• demonstrate awareness of specialization, career andemployment opportunities in the field ofenvironmental scienceGraduates of the program are prepared for entry into afour-year degree program in environmental science,which leads to a wide range of careers in environmentaltesting and research, consulting, private industry andenvironmental agencies.CurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsBIOL-101 General Biology I 4ENVI-101 Introduction to Environmental Studies 3ENGL-111 English I 3Technological Competency 1,3 3-4Mathematics 1,2 3-4BIOL-102 General Biology II 4ENGL-112 English II 3CHEM-101 General Chemistry I 4Social Science 1 3Mathematics 1,2 3-4BIOL-231 General Ecology 5 4CHEM-102 General Chemistry II 4GEOG-101 Introduction to Physical Geography 3MATH-110 Statistics I 3Science (lab) Elective 4 3-5ENVI-201 Environmental Field Studies 3Free Elective 3Science (lab) Elective 4 3-5Humanities 1 3Total Credits 62 - 691Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students must complete maththrough Precalculus II (MATH-113).3Students who pass the technological competency test (no credit) may takeany General Education course.4Select a course from among the following: Wildflowers, Trees and Fernsof NJ (BIOL-145), Field Ornithology (BIOL-149), Plants, Humans and theEnvironment (BIOL-150), Human Anatomy and Physiology I (BIOL-124),Human Anatomy & Physiology II (BIOL-125), Microbiology (BIOL-221),Genetics (BIOL-242), Cellular & Molecular Biology (BIOL-245),Introduction to Bioinformatics (BIOL-246), Organic Chemistry I (CHEM-211), Organic Chemistry II (CHEM-212), Introduction to Geology(GEOL-157), General Physics I (PHYS-101), General Physics II (PHYS-102). Students are encouraged to seek advisement.5Offered in the fall semester only.88RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Event Planning/Meeting ManagementCertificateThe Event Planning/Meeting Management Certificate is a 30-credit certificate program that combines necessary business,marketing, communication, computer, and public relationsskills for people who wish to learn the principles and practicesof event planning and meeting management. The purpose ofthe certificate program is to help students prepare for or enhanceemployment opportunities with trade or professionalassociations, non-profit organizations and corporations, or workas independent consultants in the field of event planning andmeeting management.The certificate program includes one three-credit course toaddress specific competencies that effective events planners andmeeting managers need to master, such as program planning,budgeting and finance management, site selection,communication with clients and vendors, legal considerations,negotiation techniques, promotion and marketing. The EventPlanning/Meeting Management Certificate program alsoincludes a three-credit event production course where studentsproduce an event and manage budgets, timelines, menus,advertising, and all tasks associated with event production.Alternatively, students may enroll in a three-credit cooperativeeducation that provides students with actual field experience inevents planning and meeting management.Graduates are able to:• determine and state event or meeting objectives• prepare and manage a budget for an event or meeting• discuss legal issues pertaining to event planning andmeeting management, such as liability, insurance andconfirmation letters• recognize basic components of a facility or vendor contract• select and prepare a site for an event or meeting that willsuit the needs of the group and the event or meetingobjectives• promote and market an event or meeting• select appropriate food and beverage options that will suitthe needs of the group and the event or meeting objectives• communicate effectively with clients, vendors and supportservices to plan and manage an event or meetingCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3COMM-110 Interpersonal Communication 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3MRKT-101 Principles of Marketing 3COMM-130 Events Planning/Meeting Management 3COMM-101 Speech 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3COMM-210 Introduction to Public Relations 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3COMM-135 Event Production orCOMM-292 Communications Cooperative Education 3Total Credits 30Event Planning/Meeting Management - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu89
Exercise Science - A.S.The Associate of Science degree in Exercise Scienceprepares students for jobs in the fitness industry,including health clubs, corporate fitness centers andpersonal training. At the same time, the program preparesthe student for transfer into a four-year degree program asa junior in majors such as Exercise Physiology,Kinesiology, Athletic Training, Sports Management,Exercise Science, Sports Marketing, Pre-Medical andrelated programs.The fitness industry has a wide variety of jobs availableand is projected to be a growth industry throughout thenext decade.Graduates are able to:• gain practical, hands-on experience from both outsidecompanies and within the <strong>College</strong>’s fitness center• possess a broad knowledge of exercise, including itsbenefits and risks, influence on overall health and itslimitations with special populations• administer and interpret fitness/exercise tests andprescribe exercise programs for a variety ofpopulations• demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the muscles,bones, connective tissue, energy systems and how totrain them; common injuries and basic first aid; andthe effects of exercise in relation to many diseases,including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity• have the knowledge and practical experience neededto sit for a nationally recognized personal fitnesstrainer certificationExercise ScienceAssociate of Science DegreeCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3BIOL-124 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4CISY-102 Computer Literacy 1 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3FITN-131 Current Health Issues 3ENGL-112 English II 3BIOL-125 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4Humanities 2 3Mathematics 3 3-4FITN-129 First Aid & CPR orFITN-148 Lifeguarding 4 3FITN-146 Exercise Physiology & Body Mechanics 3BIOL-142 Introduction to Nutrition 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3FITN-132 Concepts of Aerobic Conditioning 1General Education 2 3FITN-203 Exercise Measurement and Prescription 3FITN-123 Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries 3FITN-290 Fitness Cooperative Education 3FITN-201 Kinesiology 3FITN-207 Sports Management 3Fitness & Wellness Elective 5 3Total Credits 63-641May select another course from the Technological Competency categoryof the General Education list.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Recommended courses are Quantitative Literacy(MATH-103c), Statistics (MATH-110) or Calculus I (MATH-151).4Students must pass the Red Cross Lifesaving minimum skills test the firstweek of class for Lifeguarding (FITN-148). Students do not receive creditfor both Lifeguarding and First Aid & CPR (FITN-129).5Students may select three courses from the following Fitness and WellnessElectives:Pilates (DANC-109)Swimming for Fitness (FITN-133)Volleyball (FITN-108)Concepts of Aerobic Conditioning (FITN-132)Golf (FITN-103)Yoga (FITN-143)90 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Financial ServicesAssociate of Applied Science Degree in Business ManagementThe Financial Services Option degree program in BusinessManagement provides students with knowledge of the bankingindustry, brokerage and mortgage firms and other financialorganizations.Students who complete the Financial Services Option willhave the knowledge for entry-level positions as creditadministrators, credit analysts, operational officers, assistantbranch managers, and customer service representatives.Customer service representatives and loan officers will be ingreat demand, and advancement opportunities will acceleratefor those who continue their education and demonstrateknowledge, interpersonal skills, and professional commitment.Graduates are able to:• analyze financial information in support of corporatedecision-making• devise courses of action to mitigate financial risk factors• assess the financial implications of proposed corporatestrategiesThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challenging,career-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four-year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3BUSI-161 Business Mathematics 3ENGL-111 English I 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3ENGL-112 English II 3BUSI-156 Risk & Financial Management 3Social Science 1 3BUSI-250 Business Simulation Seminar 3BUSI-192 Introduction to Financial Management 3ECON-210 Money & Banking 3BUSI-112 Principles of Management 3Humanities 1,2 3-4BUSI-131 Business Law I 3Science 1 3-4BUSI-221 Financial Planning & Institutions 3General Education 1 3BUSI-193 International Finance 3Financial Services - A.A.S.Total Credits 62 - 641Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Ethics (PHIL-114) is recommended.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 91
Financial Services - Certificate of CompletionThis one-year program prepares students foremployment in the banking industry, brokerage andmortgage firms and other financial organizations.Students who complete the Financial Services Certificateof Completion will have the knowledge for entry-levelpositions as credit administrators, credit analysts,operational officers, assistant branch managers, andcustomer service representatives. Customer servicerepresentatives and loan officers will be in great demand,and advancement opportunities will accelerate for thosewho continue their education and demonstrateknowledge, interpersonal skills, and professionalcommitment. The credits earned in this certificateprogram can be used toward the A.A.S. BusinessManagement - Financial Services option program.Note: This program is intended for students alreadypossessing a degree in business who are interested inspecializing in or changing their career track to Finance.Students not already possessing the appropriateprerequisites for courses in this program will be requiredto complete the pre-requisite coursework.Graduates are able to:• analyze financial information in support of corporatedecision-making• devise courses of action to mitigate financial riskfactors• assess the financial implications of proposedcorporate strategiesThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to providechallenging, career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour-year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.NOTE: Students in this program may not be eligiblefor Financial Aid; students should meet with anAcademic Advisor or Financial Aid staff to discussoptions for Financial Aid eligibility.Financial ServicesCertificate of CompletionCurriculumCertificate of Completion ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-192 Introduction to Financial Mgmt 3BUSI-156 Risk and Financial Mgmt 3BUSI-221 Financial Planning & Institutions 3ECON-210 Money and Banking 3BUSI-193 International Finance 3Total Credits 1892 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Fitness SpecialistCertificate of CompletionThe Fitness Specialist Certificate of Completion prepares thestudent for entry-level employment as a personal fitness trainer.The student will possess the skills to work as a trainer in aprivate health club, corporate and commercial fitness facilities,or in his or her own business.The program combines in-class learning with practical,hands-on experience in the field. Students will take academicclasses along with a nationally recognized personal trainercertification to prepare them for the workplace. Cooperativeexperience combined with 15 hours of hands-on training givethe student the experience and confidence to work with thegeneral population and successfully interview for positions inthe field.Graduates are able to:• assess a client's level of fitness using recommendedguidelines of the American <strong>College</strong> of Sports Medicine• design and customize exercise programs for individualsbased on their current fitness level, future needs andfitness goals• demonstrate and teach proper execution of aerobic,resistance (including several types of weight trainingsystems), and flexibility exercises• practice personal fitness training professionallyNote: Students in this program may not be eligible forFinancial Aid; students should meet with an Academic Advisoror Financial Aid staff to discuss options for Financial Aid eligibility.CurriculumCertificate of Completion ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3FITN-129 First Aid & C.P.R. orFITN-148 Lifeguarding 1 3FITN-132 Concepts of Aerobic Conditioning 1FITN-142 Elements of Physical Fitness 3FITN-203 Exercise Measurement and Prescription 3FITN-211 Introduction to Personal Training 2 3FITN-290 Fitness Cooperative Education I 2-3Total Credits 18 - 191Students must pass the Red Cross Lifesaving minimum skills testthe first week of class for Lifeguarding (FITN-148). Students donot receive credit for both Lifeguarding and First Aid and C.P.R.(FITN-129).2Students taking Introduction to Personal Training (FITN-211)must take and pass ACSM Personal Trainer Certification.Fitness Specialist - Certificate of CompletionRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 93
Food and Beverage Management - A.A.S.Food and Beverage ManagementAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science degree program inFood and Beverage Management is offered jointly withthe Hunterdon County Polytech Career Academy. Thisprogram prepares students for entry level managementpositions in lodging, food service or institutionaloperations in a variety of service fields, such as golf andcountry club management, tourism, casinos, conventionmanagement and lodging and restaurant operations.Certain academic courses will be offered at thePolytech's Hunterdon Central Campus, which houses afull-sized, fully equipped commercial productionkitchen.Instructional topics include a wide variety of specialtycourses in areas such as food preparation and catering,purchasing, sanitation and cost control. Students alsotake part in a cooperative field experience, which offersthem supervised off-campus work in the food andbeverage field of their choice. Core business and generaleducation courses round out this career degree.Graduates are able to:• communicate in a professional manner, handlingclient needs and staff issues and training• demonstrate the skills necessary to prepare andhandle food service, catering and commercial foodoperations• develop menu and catering selections• control food and beverage purchasing and handleinventory• exhibit proficiency in restaurant computerapplicationsThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to providechallenging career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-161 Business Mathematics 3FMTC-101 Intro to Food and Beverage Management 1 3FMTC-110 Food Preparation I 1 3FMTC-132 Applied Food Service Sanitation 1 3MRKT-101 Principles of Marketing 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3FMTC-210 Food Preparation II 1 3Communication 2 3FMTC-211 Food, Beverage and Labor Cost Controls 1 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3Social Science 2 3BIOL-111 Principles of Biology orBIOL-142 Introduction to Nutrition 3-4FMTC-111 Baking and Pastry Arts 1 3FMTC-230 Hospitality Purchasing 1 3Humanities 2 3FMTC-232 Catering Management 1 3FMTC-233 Beverage Management 1 3FMTC-290 Cooperative Experience 1 3FMTC-242 Commercial Food Service Operations 1 4ECON-101 Macroeconomics orPHIL-114 Ethics 3Total Credits 64 - 651Courses taken at Hunterdon County Polytech Career Academy2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.94 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Game DevelopmentAssociate of Applied Science DegreeGame development is both a multi-billion dollar industry aswell as one of the fastest growing segments of theentertainment industry. According to the EntertainmentSoftware Association, 60 percent of all Americans age six andolder play computer and video games and 35 percent of allAmericans identified computer and video games as the mostenjoyable entertainment activity, easily surpassing television(18 percent) and movies (11 percent).Since creating a successful game requires a large number ofindividuals with varying skills, one must typically acquire skillsin programming, project management, and game design. Atypical game development team consists of a designer, severalprogrammers, a sound engineer, a multimedia specialist, aproducer to manage schedules and budgets, and ten or moreartists and animators. Often towards the end of a project,additional artists and programmers are added, as well as testerswho play the game repeatedly to discover and track softwarebugs.A degree in Game Development will prepare students forentry-level positions in programming, testing and game design.During the final semester of the degree program, game artistsand developers will work in conjunction to create and managea complete, usable game.Graduates are able to:• design a single level game using storyboarding techniques• compare and contrast game requirements based on genre• analyze player control, manual and visual interface design,and usability• identify phases in the game development cycle, as well asbe skilled in project management and game documentation• produce a character identity using character developmentelements• create a rudimentary game using the Torque Game Engine• merge complex artwork and code to create a working videogame• create a project report• identify several approaches for maximizing a job search• describe computer video post-production techniques used inthe game industry• describe the relationship between character developmentand audio• set a mood using sound effects, ambient and environmentalsounds and music• demonstrate knowledge of the legal and ethical issuesrelated to sound and video sampling and the currentcopyright laws pertaining to music, video and audiorecordingsCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-106 Fundamentals of Game Design 3PHIL-103 Introduction to Logic 3CISY-114 Interactive Multimedia I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts & Programming 4ENGL-112 English II 3PHYS-112 Concepts of Physics 4CISY-208 Interactive Multimedia II 3MATH-112 Precalculus I 1 3CISY-242 Object-Oriented Programming 3COMM-101 Speech 3CISY-267 Programming for Game Developers 3ENGL-248 Creative Writing 3CISY-254 Data Structures 4FILM-101 Art of the Movies:Film Appreciation & Analysis 3COMM-120 Intro to Mass Communication 3CISY-132 Systems Analysis and Design 3CISY-290 Advanced Game Design& Development 3ARTS-277 Game Audio and Video 3CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3Total Credits 631Students placing above Precalculus I (MATH-112) may takeeither Precalculus II (MATH-113), Applied Calculus (MATH-150)or Statistics I (MATH-110).Game Development - A.A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu95
General Science/Pre-Health Professional - A.S.General Science/Pre-Health ProfessionalAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsGeneral Science/Pre-Health Professional, an option ofthe Associate of Science degree program in Science andMathematics, permits students to tailor a program to suittheir individual goals. Students who have not decided ona field of specialization, such as chemistry or biology,can explore the various sciences. Others who havespecific long-term goals and intend to transfer intospecialized programs can design a program which meetsthe requirements of the transfer institution. Students arecautioned to select their courses in consultation with acounselor and with the prospective transfer institution.Graduates are able to:• exhibit an understanding of the scientific method:observe, make inferences, classify and organizeinformation, analyze and synthesize information,draw conclusions from the data and communicatethose conclusions in writing• demonstrate proficiency in the laboratory; collect andanalyze data using laboratory equipment; and usethat data to test scientific hypotheses• apply fundamental scientific principles to the analysisand solution of scientific problems• apply the conceptual and computationalmathematical skills necessary to interpret themathematics of equilibrium and the dynamics ofchange• read contemporary scientific material withunderstanding and appropriate skepticismCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Humanities 1 orSocial Science 1 3CHEM-103 General Chemistry I 4Mathematics 2 3BIOL-101 General Biology I 4ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 2 3CHEM-104 General Chemistry II 4Humanities 1 3BIOL-102 General Biology II 4Laboratory Science Elective 4 4-5PHYS-101 General Physics I 4MATH-110 Statistics ITechnological Competency 1,3 33-4Laboratory Science Elective 4 4-5PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3PHYS-102 General Physics II 4General Education Elective 1 3Total Credits 62 - 651Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students must complete throughPrecalculus II (MATH-113). If students place above Precalculus II(MATH-113), it is recommended that they take Calculus I (MATH-151).Once minimum math requirement is met, free electives may be used inplace of mathematics credit, if applicable.3Students who pass the technological competency test (no credit) may takeany General Education course.4Students may choose BIOL-124 & BIOL-125, any two 200 level BIOLcourses, or CHEM-211 & 212. Please check with transfer institutions forpossible requirements.96RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Graphic Design Transfer ProgramAssociate of Fine Arts Degree in Visual ArtsThe Associate of Fine Arts in Visual Arts-Graphic DesignOption prepares students who intend to transfer to Bachelor ofFine Arts (B.F.A.) programs at four-year institutions andprofessional schools of art. In this A.F.A. program, studentspursue rigorous training and art education in the graphic arts.There are well equipped studios and computer systems tosupport this major.This program focuses on concepts of design, drawing anddesign skills and the use of the computer as a graphic art tool.It is intended for students who wish to pursue careers as graphicdesigners, commercial artists and computer artists.Graduates are able to:• outline key aspects of the graphic designer profession• experiment with concept development and visual planningstrategies toward creative solutions to design problems• use bitmap, vector and layout software applications incompleting finished design projects• identify major design movements and influences fromhistoric, cultural and social perspectives• analyze and critique student, professional and historicaldesign products• demonstrate technical and artistic development throughouta design portfolio• investigate careers in the graphic design professionCurriculumA.F.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3ARTS-105 Two Dimensional Design 3ARTS-110 Basic Drawing I 3ARTS-132 Color Theory 3ARTH-110 Art from Prehistory to the Gothic Period 3ENGL-112 English II 3ARTS-108 Three Dimensional Design 3ARTS-111 Basic Drawing II 3ARTS-246 Graphic Design I 3ARTH-111 Art from the Renaissance tothe Modern Era 3ARTS-247 Graphic Design II 3ARTS-271 Illustration orARTS-276 Typography 3Graphic Design Elective 3 3Social Science 1 3Mathematics or Science 2,1 3-4ARTS-252 Portfolio Development 2Graphic Design Elective 3 3Studio Art Elective 4 3Graphic Design Elective 3 3Humanities 1 3Art History Elective 5 3Graphic Design - A.F.A.Total Credits 62 - 631Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. Humanities courses may not have a designation of ARTS or ARTH.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level.3Graphic Design Electives:Two-Dimensional Animation (ARTS-248)Introduction to Digital Photography (ARTS-112)Still Photography I (ARTS-212)Advanced Digital Photography (ARTS-266)Web Page Design for Graphic Artist (ARTS-274)Introduction to Video Production (ARTS-267)Illustration (ARTS-271)Typography (ARTS-276)News Production for the Web (ARTS-284)4Studio Art Electives:(ARTS-104 cannot be used to fulfill requirement)Acrylic & Oil Painting I (ARTS-210)Ceramics I (ARTS-215)Figure Drawing I (ARTS-242)Sculpture I (ARTS-218)Intro to Contemporary Printmaking (ARTS-253)5Art History Electives:Modern & Contemporary Art (ARTH-203)Impressionism & Post-Impressionism (ARTH-206)Art Beyond the Western World (ARTH-208)History of Photography (ARTH-223)NOTE: Mathematics Proficiency - This degree requires aminimum math proficiency through Elementary Algebra (MATH-020).RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu97
Health Information Technology - A.A.S.Health Information TechnologyAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science Degree program inHealth Information Technology (HIT) prepares studentsfor careers in health information management. The HITAssociate degree program is accredited by theCommission on Accreditation for Health Informatics andInformation Management Education (CAHIIM). HealthInformation Technicians are employed in hospitals; longtermcare facilities, such as nursing homes; largeoutpatient and ambulatory care centers; along withphysician offices, health insurance companies and local,state and federal health agencies. The program includesgeneral education courses and courses in the major thatteach basic health care information, specific medicalcoding procedures, and health data management andoffers students experience in varied health care settings.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employmentof medical records and health information technicians isexpected to grow 47 percent through 2012 because ofrapid increasing scrutiny by health insurance companies,regulators, courts, and growth in the number of medicaltests, treatments, and procedures.Graduates are able to:• function as part of the health informationmanagement team• collect, analyze, process and evaluate health data• control the use and release of health information• supervise staffSuccessful completion of all degree requirementsenables students to sit for the Registered HealthInformation Technician (RHIT) credentialingexamination through the American Health InformationManagement Association (AHIMA).CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCredits1st SemesterENGL-111 English I 3BIOL-120 Human Biology 1 4HLTH-101 Healthcare Delivery Systems 2 2HITC-105 Intro to Health Information Technology 2 3HLTH-150 Medical Terminology 3 32nd SemesterENGL-112 English II 3HLTH-107 Pathophysiology 2 3HLTH-109 Pharmacology 2 2HITC-152 Basic ICD9CM Coding 3 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3SummerHITC-111 Professional Practicum I 23rd SemesterMATH-110 Statistics I 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3HITC-154 Basic CPT4 Coding 2 3HLTH-103 Health Law & Ethics 3 3HITC-155 Reimbursement Methodologies 3 34th SemesterHITC-210 Health Data Reporting & Analysis 2 3HITC-220 Organizational Resource Management 2 3HITC-200 Health Info Systems & Technologies 3 3HITC-156 Advanced ICD9CM & CPT Coding 3 3Humanities 4 3SummerHITC-230 Professional Practicum II 2Total Credits 631Anatomy & Physiology I & II (BIOL-124 & 125) may be substituted.2First seven weeks.3Second seven weeks.4Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.NOTE: Due to course sequencing, it is recommended that anydevelopmental math requirements are completed prior to the start of thefirst fall semester.98 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Health Information Technology -Medical CodingCertificateThe Health Information Technology - Medical CodingCertificate prepares students to determine appropriate medicalcodes, process coding information and maximize medicalreimbursement. As the health care system grows in complexityand advances in medicine and technology continue, hospitalsand physicians who want to remain in the competitive healthcare arena will become increasingly pressed to ensure that theyare in compliance with medical coding guidelines andinsurance and billing procedures. To this end, qualified medicalcoders will continue to be significant professionals in a widerange of health care settings.The certificate can be completed within one calendar year andgraduates will be eligible to sit for the American HealthInformation Management Association (AHIMA) nationalcertification exam to become a Certified Coding Associate(CCA). Students completing the certificate program can easilycontinue on to complete the Associate of Applied ScienceDegree in Health Information Technology, since the majority ofthe certificate courses are also included in the Associate Degree.Medical coders are employed in the following settings: nonprofitand private hospitals and nursing homes, physicians'offices, federal and state hospitals, community health clinics,health maintenance organizations, and regulatory agencies suchas state health departments and departments of mental health.Graduates are able to:• select proper coding choices and maintain effective officemanagement practices within medical office practiceenvironments• understand billing procedures and guidelines related tohealth insurance, claims processing, and third-partyreimbursement• describe ethical and legal considerations, includingconfidentiality, insurance fraud and abuse, as well as the roleof the coding and reimbursement specialist• acquire the skills to function as an entry-level medical coderCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCredits1st SemesterBIOL-120 Human Biology 1,6 4HLTH-101 Health Care Delivery Systems 2 2HITC-105 Introduction to Health Info Technology 2 3HLTH-150 Medical Terminology 3 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 32nd SemesterHLTH-107 Pathophysiology 2 3HLTH-109 Pharmacology 2 2HITC-152 Basic ICD9CM Coding 3 3HITC-154 Basic CPT-4 3 3HITC-155 Reimbursement Methodologies 3 3SummerHITC-156 Advanced ICD9CM & CPT Coding 4 3HITC-290 Medical Coding Internship 5 2Total Credits 341Anatomy & Physiology I & II (BIOL-124 & 125) may besubstituted.2First seven weeks3Second seven weeks4Summer I session5Summer II session6Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite forthis course.NOTE: All students must show evidence of completion of EnglishI or equivalent.NOTE: Due to course sequencing, it is recommended that anydevelopmental math requirements are completed in the summersession prior to the start of the first fall semester.Health Information Technology: Medical Coding - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu99
Health Science - A.S.The Health Science Degree program is designed togive graduates or candidates of accredited postsecondaryprograms who hold current certification orlicensure or life experience in a health science relateddiscipline (e.g. Medical Coder, Physical TherapyAssistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, PharmacyTechnician, Surgical Technician, Respiratory Therapist,etc.) an opportunity to earn an Associate of Science inHealth Science degree. This program will enablestudents to advance their current employmentopportunities and will promote academic advancementinto the baccalaureate level programs in Allied Health orHealth Education.Graduates are able to:• enhance educational and career opportunitiesthrough the general and liberal arts educationcomponent of the program• develop a foundation in the natural sciences• acquire competencies in organizational management,computer application, medical terminology andother areas relevant to the profession• communicate effectively, think critically andproblem solve across disciplines with consumers,providers, employees and other health careprofessionals with diverse cultural and/or educationalbackgroundsRequirement for Admission: Post-secondaryCertificate/License in a health related profession isrecommended prior to enrollment and required tograduate. Please contact the Health Science Educationdepartment for more information on acceptablecertificates/licensures.Health ScienceAssociate of Science DegreeCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3BIOL-124 Anatomy & Physiology I 4CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3ENGL-112 English II 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3BIOL-125 Anatomy & Physiology II 4HLTH-150 Medical Terminology 3Humanities 1 3COMM-201 Intercultural Communication 3HMNS-220 Introduction to Gerontology 3PHIL-106 Current Moral & Social Issues 3CHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry orPHYS-112 Concepts of Physics 4Health Science Elective 2 3MATH-110 Statistics I 3Social Science 3 3Humanities 1 3Science or Mathematics 4 3-4Science or Mathematics 4 3-4Total Credits 60 - 621Choose from Art Appreciation (ARTH-101), Art from Prehistory to theGothic Period (ARTH-110) or Art from the Renaissance to the Modern Era(ARTH-111) .2Choose from Health Law & Ethics (HLTH-103), Health Data Content &Structure (HITC-105), Reimbursement Methodologies (HITC-155) orHuman Sexuality (NURS-291).3Choose from Marriage & Family (SOCI-202), Social Psychology(PSYC-201), <strong>Community</strong> Psychology (PSYC-222) or AbnormalPsychology (PSYC-211).4Choose from Finite Math (MATH-100), Principles of Microbiology(BIOL-133), Introduction to Nutrition (BIOL-142) or Principles of Biology(BIOL-111).100 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Homeland Security & EmergencyManagementCertificate of CompletionThe Certificate of Completion in Homeland Security andEmergency Management equips students with the necessaryskills to effectively respond to homeland security incidents.Modeled from federal guidelines, this unique certificate offersthe dual benefit of earning college credits while preparingstudents to take the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) certification examination.This certificate is not a substitute for an academic degree andwill not qualify a person for a position which requires a degree.However, all courses in the certificate may be applied to theAssociate of Arts degree in Criminal Justice.Graduates are able to:• describe the various components of the emergencymanagement system• write clearly and coherently• possess a working knowledge, both practical andtheoretical, of the administrative operation of federal, stateand local emergency management systems• describe new developments in the roles of local officials inemergency management and disaster response• use various strategies to promote interpersonalcommunication in the workplaceNOTE: Students in this program may not be eligible forFinancial Aid; students should meet with an Academic Advisoror Financial Aid staff to discuss options for Financial Aideligibility.CourseCRMJ-120CurriculumCertificate of Completion ProgramCreditsIntroduction to Homeland Security& Emergency Management 3Criminal Justice Electives 1 12Total Credits 151Choose four courses from the following: Leadership, Influence &Decision Making for Emergency Operations (CRMJ-221); CrisisCommunications for Emergency Response Personnel (CRMJ-121); Terrorism, Intelligence and Security Studies (CRMJ-206);Disaster and Catastrophic Emergency Operations (CRMJ-222);Incident Command Systems (CRMJ-220); Domestic Preparedness- Best Practices for Local Communities (CRMJ-122).NOTE: All students must show evidence of completion of EnglishI or equivalent.Homeland Security & Emergency Management - Certificate of CompletionRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu101
Human Services - Certificate of CompletionThe Certificate of Completion is designed forindividuals currently working in a human service setting,but who do not have college experience or hold a collegedegree in this area. As such, non-traditional students areencouraged to enroll. The course sequence is intended toprovide a broad overview of the field of human services,social welfare systems, and specific populations andgroups engaged in social services. Students can tailor theprogram to their career needs through the selection of aspecialized elective in human services, as well as anelective consistent with a broader liberal arts education.Through the selection of a specialized elective,students can customize their education to meet theirimmediate career needs in the fields of disability,gerontology, child welfare or other social servicesettings. Course content addresses the skills andknowledge necessary to function more effectively andefficiently within any human service setting. Graduateswill be able to apply a set of professional values andcritical thinking skills to the day-to-day judgmentscommon to direct support positions, as well as gain anunderstanding of the programs, benefits and rules thatcomprise the broader social welfare system and impacttheir daily work.Upon earning the Certificate of Completion, studentswill be prepared to advance beyond entry-level humanservice positions while they continue to pursue furthereducation toward the Certificate in Human Services oran Associate of Arts degree. The Certificate ofCompletion is envisioned as a first step on the careerladder in human services. See the Certificate in HumanServices for additional information.Graduates are able to:• identify social welfare programs serving vulnerablepopulations• apply social work values and the Code of Ethics tocontroversial topics and case scenarios• access community resources for specific targetpopulations with whom they work• describe a strengths-based approach to clientassessment and intervention• define and promote self-determination andempowerment among individuals with whom theywork• communicate effectively with individuals andfamilies regarding social service needs and resources• demonstrate basic interviewing and supportivecounseling skillsNOTE: Students in this program may not be eligiblefor Financial Aid; students should meet with anAcademic Advisor or Financial Aid staff to discussoptions for Financial Aid eligibility.Human ServicesCertificate of CompletionCurriculumCertificate of Completion ProgramCourseCreditsHMNS-102 Introduction to Social Work& Social Welfare Systems 3HMNS-201 Human Behavior & the Social Environment 3HMNS-205 Interviewing & Counseling Skills 3Human Services Specialization Elective 1 3Elective 2 3Total Credits 151In consultation with their sponsoring agency (if applicable), select acourse from among the following specialized electives: Introduction toDisabilities (HMNS-110), Introduction to Gerontology (HMNS-220),Introduction to Women & Gender (WGST-110), Juvenile Delinquency(CRMJ-212), Introduction to Special Education (HMNS-240),Perspectives in Death and Dying (NURS-221) or successful completion ofthe Child Welfare Certificate Program (evaluation pending).2In consultation with the Certificate Program Coordinator and sponsoringagency, if applicable, select a course from among English I (ENGL-111),Computer Literacy (CISY-102), Intercultural Communications (COMM-201), Number Systems (MATH-101), Introduction to Psychology (PSYC-103), Introduction to Sociology (SOCI-101), or Introduction to Nutrition(BIOL-142).NOTE: English I (ENGL-111) is recommended prior to registering forother academic courses to establish English proficiency. Placement testingis required prior to registering for ENGL-111.102 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Human ServicesCertificateThe Certificate in Human Services is designed for directsupport professionals in a wide variety of social servicesettings. It builds on the content focused curriculum of theCertificate of Completion in Human Services, while exposingstudents to the broader general education curriculum of a liberalarts education. The Certificate is envisioned as a second tier inthe career ladder for direct support professionals currentlyworking in a human service setting, as well as those intendingto move directly into human services without pursuingadditional education.Students will develop the knowledge and skills necessary towork effectively in a wide variety of direct services roles. TheCertificate will also provide an academic foundation, includingEnglish and math proficiencies, that will enable them toadvance beyond entry-level positions and assume moreleadership roles.Students completing the Certificate in Human Services maychoose to continue their education by enrolling in the Associateof Arts degree in Human Services/Pre-Social Work. Pursuit ofa degree in social work is also possible by transferring to a fouryearcollege with an accredited B.S.W. program with juniorstatus upon completion of the A.A. degree.Graduates are able to:• use a comprehensive ecological model to assess clientsituations prior to intervening• demonstrate English proficiency in written and verbalcommunication• model and explain self-determination and empowerment inhuman service settings• access community resources for target populationsreceiving social services• employ a strengths-based approach to assessment• identify and apply interdisciplinary theories in situationalassessment• access social science data to support intervention strategies,needs assessment, and program developmentCourseHMNS-102HMNS-201CurriculumCertificate ProgramCreditsIntroduction to Social Work& Social Welfare Systems 3Human Behavior &the Social Environment 3HMNS-205 Interviewing & Counseling Skills 3Human Services Specialization Elective 1 3ENGL-111 English I 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3COMM-101 Speech orCOMM-110 Interpersonal Communication 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3BIOL-142 Introduction to Nutrition 3Mathematics 2,3,4 3Total Credits 331In consultation with their sponsoring agency (if applicable), selecta course from among the following specialized electives:Introduction to Disabilities (HMNS-110), Introduction toGerontology (HMNS-220), Introduction to Women & Gender(WGST-110), Juvenile Delinquency (CRMJ-212), Introduction toSpecial Education (HMNS-240), Perspectives in Death and Dying(NURS-221) or successful completion of the Child WelfareCertificate Program (evaluation pending).2Statistics I (MATH-110) is recommended for students intending totransfer to a four-year institution.3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.4Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.Human Services - CertificateNOTE: Math and English placement testing required prior to enrollment.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu103
Human Services - A.A.S.The A.A.S. degree is specifically designed forindividuals currently employed in a human servicesetting and is particularly appropriate for direct supportprofessionals (DSPs) working with individuals withdisabilities, older adults, in social service agencies orstate run programs such as DYFS, and in stateinstitutions for persons with mental illness ordevelopmental disabilities.The course sequence is intended to expand students’understanding of the broader social service system inwhich they function and ground their daily practiceswithin a social systems framework and code ofprofessional conduct. Students can tailor the program totheir career needs through the selection of a specializedelective in human services and an assortment of socialscience electives. <strong>College</strong> credit may also be awarded forpreviously completed training through the Department ofHuman Services or the <strong>College</strong> of Direct Support. Thestudent should present the original certification to theStudent Enrollment Center to receive credit.Through the designation of a specialized elective andon-the-job experience, students customize theireducation to meet their immediate career needs in thefields of disability, gerontology, child welfare or othersocial service settings. The curriculum is designed toprovide students with the skills and knowledge necessaryto function more effectively and efficiently within anyhuman service setting.Graduates are able to:• apply a set of professional values and critical thinkingskills to the day-to-day judgments common to directsupport positions• interpret, explain and navigate the complex system ofprograms, benefits and rules that comprise thebroader social welfare system• advocate for change within their organizations andpolitical processStudents interested in transferring into a Bachelordegree program upon completion of their Associatedegree should enroll in the A.A. degree in HumanServices/Pre-Social Work in order to meet the transferrequirements of the 4-year institutions. The A.A.S.degree is primarily designed for current DHS orcommunity provider agency employees wishing toadvance within their current setting.Human ServicesAssociate of Applied Science DegreeCourseCareer ElectivesHMNS-102CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCreditsIntroduction to Social Work& Social Welfare 5 3HMNS-201 Human Behavior &the Social Environment 3HMNS-205 Interviewing & Counseling Skills 3HMNS-207 Social Policy & Politics 3HMNS-290 Internship in Human Services I 5 3HMNS-291 Internship in Human Services II 5 3Specialized Human Service Elective 1,5 3SOCI-201 Contemporary Social Issues 3Social Science 2 6Credits 30General EducationENGL-111 English I 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Communication 3 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3PHIL-106 Current Moral & Social Issues 3Mathematics 3 3Humanities 3 3SOCI-231 American Minority Relations orANTH-202 Global Patterns of Racism 3General Education 3,4 3Credits 30Total Credits 601 Specialized Human Service electives include: Introduction to Disabilities(HMNS-110); Introduction to Gerontology (HMNS-220), Introduction toSpecial Education (HMNS-240), Abnormal Psychology (PSYC-211),Marriage & Family (SOCI-202).2Any course from ANTH, ECON, GEOG, POLI, PSYC, or SOCI.3Select an appropriate course from the General Education list.4English II is recommended.5Upon presentation of original certificates to the Student EnrollmentCenter, academic credit may be awarded for (1) "Certificate of Competencyin Child Protective Services," (2) "Certificate of Competency in MentalHealth Services" or (3) "Certificate of Competency in Disability Services"signed by the Commissioner of Human Services and the President of theteaching community college OR "Certificate of Completion - New JerseyCareer Path in Developmental Disabilities Direct Support ProfessionalLevels 1 & 2" issued by The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on DevelopmentalDisabilities - UCEDD UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.104 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Human Services/Pre-Social WorkOption in Liberal ArtsAssociate of Arts DegreeHuman Services is comprised of those fields involved in theprevention and remediation of social and personal problems of adiverse clientele. Human service professionals perform in a wide rangeof occupations and in a variety of settings including community healthcenters, community mental health centers, group homes and halfwayhouses, nursing homes and substance rehabilitation centers. They helpindividuals, families, or groups cope with problems such ashomelessness, inadequate housing, serious illness, disabilities,unemployment, lack of job skills, financial mismanagement, unwantedpregnancy, or family disruptions.The demand for skilled human service workers is expected toincrease as the population ages, as mandated alternatives to costlyhospitalization increase and as the concern for the developmentallychallenged also increases. State and local governments, as well asnational, state and local organizations and agencies, continue to bemajor employers. The Human Services/Pre-Social Work optionprovides students with an interdisciplinary knowledge base thatincludes theories of individual, group and societal development. Thesetheories are applied toward the examination of social work practice,development and implementation of social welfare programs, publicpolicy development and evaluation of intervention strategies. Thisassociate degree option serves to meet the prerequisites of Bachelor'sof Social Work programs in New Jersey. While the program isdesigned for transfer, it is anticipated that students completing thedegree will possess the requisite knowledge and skills for employmentin a human services agency.Students enrolled in Associate of Arts degree programs who intendto transfer to four-year colleges or universities are strongly advised todiscuss the General Education Foundation of Courses with acounselor. Selection of these courses will facilitate full transfer ofgeneral education credits completed toward the degree.Graduates are able to:• write clearly, grammatically and fluently in standard AmericanEnglish• analyze social science data related to human services• demonstrate a competent knowledge and informational base inthe behavioral and social sciences from which appropriate andspecific skills can evolve• demonstrate the application of interdisciplinary theories ofindividual, group and societal development• conduct multi-dimensional assessments of individual’s needsand resources• articulate an understanding of their own culture and the cultureof others so as to increase their abilities to work in anincreasingly diverse world with diverse populations• demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills• apply ethical guidelines when working with clienteleCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Technological Competency 1 3-4History 2 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3HMNS-102 Introduction to Social Work& Social Welfare 3ENGL-112 English II 3MATH-112 Precalculus I orMATH-110 Statistics I 3 3History 2 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3HMNS-201 Human Behavior & Social Environment 3Science (lab) 1 4Communication 2 3Humanities 4 3SOCI-231 American Minority Relations 3HMNS-205 Interviewing and Counseling Skills 3Mathematics 1,3 orScience 1,3 3-4Humanities 4 3Philosophy 6 3HMNS-207 Social Policy & Politics 3Human ServicesSpecialization Elective 5 3Total Credits 61 - 631 Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. For the Math, Science and Technological CompetencyGeneral Education requirements, students must take a minimum of12 credits. This must include one lab science course, Precalculus I(MATH-112) or Statistics I (MATH-110), and satisfaction of thetechnological competency requirement by either passing thetechnological competency test (no credit) or taking a technologicalcompetency general education course. If a student passes thetechnological competency test, another course must be selected fromMath, Science or Technological Competency General Education, sothat the student has earned at least 12 credits in those categories.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.3Mathematics by official placement test.4Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. A two semester sequence of Foreign Language isrecommended. Placement by examination is required for studentswho wish to continue studying a language previously studied.Students may not take courses below their placement level. For moreinformation, see Foreign Language Placement Testing & DegreeRequirements in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.5Select a Human Services Specialization Elective: Introduction toGerontology (HMNS-220); Introduction to Disabilities (HMNS-110), Internship in Human Services (HMNS-290), <strong>Community</strong>Psychology (PSYC-222), Marriage and Family (SOCI-202),Abnormal Psychology (PSYC-211), Contemporary Social Problems(SOCI-201), Women & Minorities in the Criminal Justice System(HMNS-204), Introduction to Women & Gender Studies (WGST-110), Psychology of Women & Gender (PSYC-203).6Choose from Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL-101), Major WorldReligions (PHIL-105) or Current Moral & Social Issues (PHIL-106).Human Services/Pre-Social Work Option in Liberal Arts - A.A.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu105
Information Systems & Technology - A.S.Information Systems & TechnologyAssociate of Science DegreeInformation Systems & Technology prepares studentsfor transfer into bachelor's degree programs at four-yearcolleges and universities. The area of informationsystems, under the headings of Information Systems (IS)and Information Technology (IT), has become critical tothe operation of many organizations. The field hasevolved from a cost center to one where IS and IToperations are providing strategic value to corporations.The knowledge required to be effective in this field hasalso grown. IS and IT staff must understand not onlyhow computers operate but also how they can beeffectively networked together. The use of Internettechnologies has become pervasive and databasemanagement has also become an integral function. TheInformation Systems & Technology Associate ofScience degree is designed to provide students whointend to transfer to four-year institutions a strong andbroad background in the area of IS and IT. Key coursesare provided in the area of Web development,Networking, and Database development. In addition,the program develops strong programming skills in aprogramming language of the student's choice.Graduates are able to:• solve IS and IT problems within the context ofbusiness systems• communicate effectively within an organization• work productively in team and individual settings• demonstrate professionalism and ethical behavior• adapt to emerging technologies and newenvironmentsCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Computing & ProgrammingFundamentals Track 3 4Mathematics 1 3-5Social Science 2 3Free Elective 3CISY-113 Desktop Computer Hardware & Software 3Computing & ProgrammingFundamentals Track 3 4Mathematics 1 3-4Science (lab) 2 4Computing & ProgrammingFundamentals Track 3 3-4CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3Science (lab) 2 4ENGL-112 English II 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3CISY-285 Data Base Development & Design 3Social Science 2 3Humanities 2 3Free Elective 3Total Credits 61 - 651Students must select two courses from the following list: Precalculus I(MATH-112) and Precalculus II (MATH-113) or Precalculus Honors(MATH-114H); Calculus I (MATH-151); Calculus II (MATH-152); LinearAlgebra (MATH-256); Discrete Mathematics (MATH-255); or Statistics I(MATH-110). Some four-year colleges require two semesters of calculusand a statistics course. Since there are only two mathematics coursesrequired in the A.S. program, it is suggested that students use the FreeElective in the fourth semester to satisfy the third math course for transfer.Students should check with a transfer counselor about their requirementsand the transferability of the math courses and other electives.2Select a course or courses from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. Students should check with a transfer counselor about theirrequirements and the transferability of the electives. For the Sciencecourses, many four-year institutions require a two semester sequence of aLab-Science (e.g. PHYS-101 and 102 for Physics or CHEM-102 and 103for Chemistry).3Students with no prior course in computing concepts or programming areencouraged to take Track 1. Students may choose either Track 1 or TrackII as listed below:Track I: 1st Semester: Computer Concepts & Programming (CISY-103)2nd Semester: Foundations of Computer Science (CISY-105)3rd Semester: Data Structures (CISY-254)Track II: 1st Semester: Foundations of Computer Science (CISY-105)2nd Semester: Data Structures (CISY-254)3rd Semester: Select one from: Java (CISY-249), CProgramming (CISY-238), Object Oriented Programming(CISY-242), Introduction to Visual Basic.NET (CISY-224).106 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Information Systems & TechnologyAssociate of Applied Science DegreeInformation Systems and Technology prepares students toenter various paraprofessional and professional careers upongraduation. The area of information systems, under theheadings of Information Systems (IS) and InformationTechnology (IT), has become critical to the operation of manyorganizations. The field has evolved from a cost center to onewhere the IS and IT operations are providing strategic value tocorporations. The knowledge required to be effective in thisfield has also grown. IS and IT staff must understand not onlyhow computers operate but how they can be effectivelynetworked together. The use of Internet technologies hasbecome pervasive and database management has become anintegral function.Graduates are able to:• solve IS and IT problems within the context of businesssystems• communicate effectively within an organization• work productively in team and individual settings• demonstrate professionalism and ethical behavior• adapt to emerging technologies and new environmentsCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts & Programming orCISY-105 Foundations of Computer Science 4CISY-113 Desktop ComputerHardware & Software 3Mathematics 1,2 3-5General Education 2 3ENGL-112 English II 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3CISY Programming course 3 3Mathematics 1,2 orPHIL-103 Introduction to Logic 3-4BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3CISY Programming course 3 3CISY-219 Networking Essentials 3CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3Science (lab) 2 4Social Science 2 3CISY-285 Data Base Development & Design 3CISY-229 Information Security Fundamentals orCISY Elective 4 3CISY Elective 4 orCISY-292 Computer Science CooperativeEducation I 3CISY Elective 4 3Humanities 2 3Information Systems & Technology - A.A.S.Total Credits 62-651Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.3Students must take two programming courses. Students have theoption of learning one language in-depth or learning twolanguages. The courses taken must be one of the following: Java(CISY-249), Advanced Java (CISY-257), Data Structures (CISY-254), C Programming (CISY-238), Object Oriented Programming(CISY-242), Introduction to Visual Basic.NET (CISY-224), anyother NET course.4Any CISY-200 level course.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu107
Interior Design - A.A.S.Interior Design involves the understanding of a createdenvironment and its relationship to people. In short, it'sthe creation of space in which people work, live andplay. The goal of the program is to encourage the studentto conceptualize and create successful design solutionsfor a wide range of clients and design problems.The Interior Design program, which includes coursesoffered at RVCC’s instructional site in Bridgewater(RVCC@Bridgewater), covers both the residential andcommercial facets of interior design. Graduates will beable to draft floor plans and select color schemes,fabrics, wall/floor treatments and lighting modes.Students can also continue with advanced courseworktoward a bachelor's degree.Graduates are able to:• function as members of the interior designcommunity• display a professional manner and image• assist with important design decisions on aresidential or commercial project• recognize and respect culture diversity• make meaningful connections between disciplines• serve as design assistants, stylists, drafters or spaceplanners within the professionInterior DesignAssociate of Applied Science DegreeCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3ARTH-110 Art from Prehistory to the Gothic Period 3IDTC-100 Design Studio I 3 3ARTS-132 Color Theory orVCTC-103 Color Theory 3 3VCTC-100 Drawing and Perspective 3 orARTS-110 Basic Drawing I 3CNTC-100 Construction Blueprint Reading 3 orCNTC-101 Construction Materials & Procedures I 3 2-3ENGL-112 English II orCOMM-101 Speech 3ARTH-111 Art from the Renaissance to theModern Era 3IDTC-200 Design Studio II 3 3IDTC-101 History of Furniture I 3 3Social Science 1 3ESTC-110 Computer Aided Drafting I 3 3IDTC-230 Design Studio III 3 3IDTC-202 Textiles, Finishes and Materials 3 3VCTC-211 Marker Rendering/Presentation Tech 3 3Mathematics 1,2 3IDTC-201 History of Furniture II 3 3CNTC-104 Architectural CAD Drawing 3 3IDTC-240 Design Studio IV 3 3IDTC-205 Trade Codes and Business Practices 3 3IDTC-204 Lighting for Interiors 3 3BIOL-181 Science and Society orENVI-101 Introduction to Environmental Studies 3Total Credits 65 - 661Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Number Systems (MATH-101) is recommended.3Course taken at RVCC@Bridgewater.108 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
International Business ProgramAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe International Business degree program in BusinessManagement provides students with knowledge of the globaleconomy, international trade issues, worldwide financial andbusiness trends and marketing challenges in a globalenvironment.Students who complete the International Business Optionhave knowledge in international trade, foreign exchange,management styles and diverse corporate cultures; the basicprinciples of international accounting, comparative accountingstandards and systems; the International Monetary Fund,budgets in comparative economies, trade deficits and worldmarket economies; legal and technical aspects of business startupsand continuance, import/export strategies; andcommunication skills for a multicultural environment.Graduates are able to:• analyze international financial markets and their importanceto nations and corporations• compare methods of communication used in differentcultures• analyze the practical aspects of import-export activities ofglobal business• examine the management and organizational issuesconfronting global business• analyze the international trade issues confronting nationaleconomiesThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4BUSI-161 Business Mathematics 1 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3ENGL-111 English I 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4BUSI-154 International Business 3ENGL-112 English II 3MRKT-101 Principles of Marketing 3ECON-102 Microeconomics 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3ECON-202 International Economics 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3BUSI-110 Globalization and Business 3Humanities 2,3 3Science (lab or non-lab) 2 3-4CISY-261 Microcomputer Applications 3BUSI-193 International Finance 3BUSI-250 Business Simulation Seminar 3COMM-201 Intercultural Communication 3Total Credits 62 - 631A Mathematics course, Precalculus I (MATH-112) or Statistics I(MATH-110), may be substituted through placement testing.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.3A foreign language is recommended.International Business Program - A.A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu109
International Business - CertificateInternational trade will be a significant source ofmarket expansion for most United States businesses aswe move through the 21st century. Because of thisexpansion, it has become increasingly important forbusinesses to employ individuals who are sufficientlyknowledgeable about the unique circumstances ofconducting international business. The Certificate inInternational Business provides students with theknowledge and skills necessary to position businesses inthe global marketplace.The curriculum introduces students to culturaldifferences which will be the foundation for theirinternational business experience and interactions.Further, the curriculum provides them with the technicalknowledge of management theories as they apply tointernational business; covers documentation,regulations and licensing necessary for internationaltrade; explores the relationships of national economicsand their simultaneous need both to encourage free tradeand protect their domestic markets; and surveys theconnection between the international businessenvironment and international financial institutions.The Certificate in International Business wasdeveloped in response to educational needs identified bymembers of the International Business AdvisoryCommittee and by respondents to a recent survey oflocal businesses. The program is designed forindividuals who have some business experience and areinterested in earning a credential validating that theyhave learned international business theory andprocedures. All courses in the certificate articulate withthe Associate in Applied Science in BusinessManagement.Graduates are able to:• analyze international financial markets and theirimportance to nations and corporations• compare methods of communication used indifferent cultures• analyze the practical aspects of import-exportactivities of global businesses• examine the management and organizational issuesconfronting global business• analyze the international trade issues confrontingnational economiesThis certificate is offered through the Business andPublic Service Department, whose mission is to providechallenging career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.NOTE: Students in this program may not be eligiblefor Financial Aid; students should meet with anAcademic Advisor or Financial Aid staff to discussoptions for Financial Aid eligibility.International BusinessCertificateCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3COMM-201 Intercultural Communication 3BUSI-154 International Business 3ECON-202 International Economics 3BUSI-110 Globalization and Business 3BUSI-193 International Finance 3Total Credits 18110 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Law EnforcementAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThis program is designed for students interested in seekingemployment as a police officer in a department requiring anassociate degree or 60 credits. It will also satisfy therequirements for students who seek to apply as AlternativeRoute candidates to New Jersey Police Academies.Graduates are able to:• explain the functions, duties and roles of law enforcementat various levels in the criminal justice system• describe the various causal factors of crime• discuss the nature of crimes and offenses based on majortheories and current issues• describe the role of the police officer in the communityThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Mathematics 3 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3CRMJ-131 Police and <strong>Community</strong> 3CRMJ-101 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3ENGL-112 English II 3Science (lab) 1 3-4COMM-101 Speech orCOMM-201 Intercultural Communication 3CRMJ-234 Criminal Investigations 3CRMJ-211 Criminology orCRMJ-212 Juvenile Delinquency 3Criminal Justice Elective 2 3PHIL-106 Current Moral and Social Issues orPHIL-114 Ethics 3CRMJ-232 Criminal Law orCRMJ-233 Criminal Procedure 3FITN-129 First Aid & CPR 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Law Enforcement - A.A.S.POLI-121 American Government & Politics 3SOCI-231 American Minority Relations 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy orCISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3Criminal Justice Elective 2 3Criminal Justice Elective 2 3Total Credits 60 - 611Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Students may choose any non-duplicated CRMJ course orCriminal Justice Cooperative Education (one semester only).3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Quantitative Literacy (MATH-103C) is recommended.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu111
Liberal Arts - A.A.The Liberal Arts degree program offers students a widevariety of courses to choose from and, at the same time,prepares the student to transfer into the junior year ofstudy at a four-year college. The program is similar toother general Liberal Arts programs in the first two yearsat such colleges.Liberal Arts is the study of basic knowledge and thedevelopment of one’s ability to think clearly. Thus,Liberal Arts students take courses in English, their ownand foreign cultures, mathematics and science, the arts,the study of society, past and present, the study of ideasand a foreign language. Students who want to studyLiberal Arts but also know they want to concentrate inSocial Science, Music, Studio Arts, Theatre, orCommunication may select one of the Liberal Artsoptions.Although Liberal Arts is not career training in a directway, many employers in corporations, government andin such professions as law and medicine believe that thebest preparation for work in their fields is a Liberal Artseducation. Liberal Arts teaches the student how to useand think about information, no matter what the job is orhow jobs change.Graduates are able to:• think critically and interpret complex ideas andphenomena both orally and in writing• analyze and synthesize ideas in writing and speech• demonstrate the ability to forge a practical linkagebetween learning in the classroom and applying thatlearning to real-world problems• demonstrate the highest level possible of skills in oraland written communication• demonstrate the skills of textual explanation, analysisand interpretationStudents enrolled in Associate of Arts degree programswho intend to transfer to four-year colleges oruniversities are strongly advised to discuss the GeneralEducation Foundation Courses with a counselor.Selection of these courses will facilitate full transfer ofgeneral education credits completed toward the degree.1Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Exceptions by permission ofdepartment chairperson.Liberal ArtsAssociate of Arts DegreeCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Social Science 1 3Mathematics 2,3 3-4Appreciation of the Arts 1 3Foreign Language 4 3ENGL-112 English II 3Social Science 1 3Technological Competency 3 3-4Communication 1 3Foreign Language 4 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 5 1Science (lab) 3 4History 6 3English Literature 1 3Global & Cultural Awareness 7 3Free Elective 8 3Mathematics or Science 3,9 0-4History 6 3English Literature 1 3Free Elective 8 3Free Elective 8 3Total Credits 61 - 653Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.For the Math, Science and Technological Competency General Educationrequirements, students must take a minimum of 12 credits. This must includeone lab science course, one math course, and satisfaction of the technologicalcompetency requirement by either passing the technological competency test(no credit) or taking a technological competency general education course. Ifa student passes the technological competency test, another course must beselected from Math, Science or Technological Competency GeneralEducation, so that the student has earned at least 12 credits in those categories.4A two semester sequence is required. Placement by examination isrequired for students who wish to continue studying a language previouslystudied. Students may not take courses below their placement level. Formore information, see Foreign Language Placement Testing and DegreeRequirements in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.5Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology (FITN-146) may be substituted.6Choose from the following History Courses: World Civilization I (HIST-101), World Civilization II (HIST-102), US History: Beginnings to 1877(HIST-201), US History: 1877 to Present (HIST-202).7Any General Education course that is listed as a Global and CulturalAwareness (GCA) course. If a course satisfies both the Global and CulturalAwareness Requirement and another General Education requirement inSocial Science, Humanities or Communication, the student may select anycourse from the General Education list.8Any college-level course.9If the student has already completed 12 credits in the Math, Science andTechnological Competency categories, the student does not need to take acourse here.112 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Liberal Arts - Environmental Studies OptionAssociate of Arts DegreeEnvironmental Studies, an option of the Associate of Artsdegree program, is an interdisciplinary major offered by theDepartment of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, incooperation with the Department of Science and Engineering,and other Departments at RVCC with environmental interestsand applications. This option prepares students for transfer intoeither Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree programsin Environmental Studies and related fields, which leads to awide range of career opportunities in environmental policy andlaw, journalism, activism, business and education.Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary major designedto teach students to examine environmental issues from a broadrange of perspectives and analytical methods. Approximatelyhalf of the coursework will consist of classes in the biologicaland physical sciences, to learn about the basic patterns andprocesses that govern the natural world, and the effects ofhuman actions on it. The other half of classes will consist ofcourses in the humanities and social sciences (e.g., sociology,anthropology, philosophy, history, economics) in order to betterunderstand the complexities of these human dimensions ofcontemporary environmental issues. With this broad range oftools and perspectives, students will learn to analyze the humanand other causes of modern environmental problems, as well asto devise strategies and solutions to address them. Students willalso be encouraged to focus on a particular subject area of hisor her interest (e.g., social sciences, humanities,communications and languages, education, fine arts,economics, etc.).Graduates are able to:• demonstrate awareness of local and global environmentalproblems and efforts taken to address them• apply concepts and skills learned in the sciences, liberal arts,and other fields of study to real-world environmental issues• demonstrate skills in literature research, debate anddiscussion, oral presentation and scientific techniques andmethodologies• demonstrate awareness of specialization, career andemployment opportunities in the field of environmentalstudiesCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Humanities 1 3Mathematics 3 3ENVI-101 Introduction to Environmental Studies 3BIOL-101 General Biology I 4ENGL-112 English II 3History 2 3Humanities 1 3BIOL-102 General Biology II 4Technological Competency 1 3-4BIOL-231 General Ecology 4History 2 3Communications 1 3Free Elective 3GEOG-101 Introduction to Physical Geography 3Environmental Science Elective 4 3-4PHIL-106 Current Moral and Social Issues 3ANTH-201 North American Indians orGEOG-102 Introduction to Cultural Geography 3Social Science 1 3Free Elective 3Total Credits 63 - 651Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Choose two of the following History courses: World CivilizationI (HIST-101), World Civilization II (HIST-102), U.S. History:Beginnings to 1877 (HIST-201), U.S. History: 1877 to Present(HIST-202).3Mathematics by official placement test. Students must be proficientthrough Precalculus I (MATH-112). If students are proficientabove Precalculus I, it is recommended they take Statistics I(MATH -110).4Select one of the following courses: Field Ornithology (BIOL-149), Wildflowers, Trees, and Ferns of NJ (BIOL-145),Introduction to Geology (GEOL-157), Plants, Humans and theEnvironment (BIOL-150).Liberal Arts: Environmental Studies Option - A.A.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu113
Liberal Arts: Social Science Option - A.A.Liberal Arts - Social Science OptionAssociate of Arts DegreeSocial Science, an option of the Associate of Artsdegree program in Liberal Arts, is primarily designed toprepare students to transfer into the junior year of abaccalaureate degree program in anthropology,criminology, political science, psychology or sociology.In addition, students seeking admission into pre-law,social work, or public administration programs wouldreceive a solid academic foundation on which to build.The social sciences faculty is strongly committed toproviding students with an introduction to a variety ofdisciplines within the social sciences. This broaderperspective is desirable because it provides students witha better understanding of human behavior and socialgroups than can be provided by simply focusing on oneacademic discipline. Students who wish to major in aparticular discipline (e.g. psychology) after transferringcan still graduate with a total of 12 credits in thatdiscipline; however, transfer institutions which grant thebachelor of arts degree prefer students to take most of thecoursework in the major at their institution. Studentsseeking employment immediately after graduation alsobenefit from the program, in view of the increasingemphasis many employers place on a liberal artseducation.Students enrolled in associate of arts degree programswho intend to transfer to four-year colleges oruniversities are strongly advised to discuss the GeneralEducation Foundation of Courses with a counselor.Selection of these courses will facilitate full transfer ofgeneral education credits completed toward the degree.Graduates are able to:• demonstrate with various social science subjectfields and individual analytical approaches andmethods• communicate clearly and correctly in written andspoken English• identify ethical issues within various social sciencedisciplines• analyze social science data within the various fields• identify and discuss relations among various fields inthe social sciencesCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3History 1 3Foreign Language 2 3Mathematics 3,4 3-4SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3ENGL-112 English II 3History 1 3Foreign Language 2 3Technological Competency 4 3-4PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Humanities 9 3Social Science 6 3Science (lab) 4 4Appreciation of the Arts 9 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 5 1POLI-101 Introduction to Political Science 3Communication 9 3Mathematics orScience 4,8 0-4Social Science 6 3Global & Cultural Awareness 7 3ANTH-101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology orANTH-102 Human Origins 3Total Credits 61 - 653Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Exceptions by permission of department chair.4Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. For the Math, Science and Technological Competency GeneralEducation requirements, students must take a minimum of 12 credits. Thismust include at least one lab science course, one math course andsatisfaction of the technological competency requirement by either passingthe technological competency test (no credit) or taking a technologicalcompetency general education course. If a student passes the technologicalcompetency test, another course must be selected from Math, Science orTechnological Competency General Education, so that the student hasearned at least 12 credits in those categories.5Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology (FITN-146) may be substituted.6Any course from ANTH, ECON, GEOG, POLI, PSYC, or SOCI.1Choose from the following History Courses: World Civilization I(HIST-101), World Civilization II (HIST-102), US History:Beginnings to 1877 (HIST-201), US History: 1877 to Present (HIST-202).2A two semester sequence is required. Placement by examination isrequired for students who wish to continue studying a languagepreviously studied. Students may not take courses below theirplacement level. For more information, see Foreign LanguagePlacement Testing and Degree Requirements in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.7Any General Education course that is listed as a Global and CulturalAwareness (GCA) course. If a course satisfies both the Global and CulturalAwareness Requirement and another General Education requirement inSocial Science, Humanities or Communication, the student may select anycourse from the General Education list.8If the student has already completed 12 credits in the Math, Science andTechnological Competency categories, the student does not need to take acourse here.9Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.114RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Liberal Arts - Women & GenderStudies OptionAssociate of Arts DegreeThe Women and Gender Studies Option within the LiberalArts major analyzes the category of gender and explores howgender shapes the lives of both women and men. Students inthis option will become better equipped to analyze and respondto messages about masculinity and femininity, and perhapseven create new ones. Students will explore how women andmen learn their gender roles, how they rebel against these roles,and how these roles intersect globally with race, ethnicity, class,sexual orientation, and religion. Interdisciplinary in nature, thisprogram will foster students' analysis of gender by weavingtogether the tools of history, philosophy, psychology, sociology,cultural studies, and literary studies. Graduates of this Optioncan go on to major in Women and/or Gender Studies at fouryearinstitutions, they can major in a variety of other fields(Psychology, Sociology, English, Communications, etc.), orthey can go directly into the workplace.Graduates are able to:• understand the relationship between gender and society,making them more competitive in a workplace• think critically and communicate effectively, orally and inwriting• examine how gender impacts all aspects of our culture• understand gender as it relates to race, class, and sexualorientation1Mathematics by official Placement Test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Exceptions by permission of departmentchairperson.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.For the Math, Science and Technological Competency General Educationrequirements, students must take a minimum of 12 credits. This must includeone lab science course, one math course, and satisfaction of the technologicalcompetency requirement by either passing the technological competency test(no credit) or taking a technological competency general education course. Ifa student passes the technological competency test, another course must beselected from Math, Science or Technological Competency GeneralEducation, so that the student has earned at least 12 credits in thosecategories.CurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Mathematics 1,2 3-4Foreign Language 3 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3WGST-110 Introduction to Women& Gender Studies 3ENGL-112 English II 3Technological Competency 2 3-4Foreign Language 3 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 4 1SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology 3Option Elective 5 3COMM-110 Interpersonal Communication 3Science (lab) 2 4History 6 3Option Elective 5 3Free Elective 8 3Mathematics orScience 2,9 0-4History 6 3Appreciation of the Arts 7 3Option Elective 5 3Free Elective 8 3Total Credits 61 - 653A two semester sequence is required. Placement by examination isrequired for students who wish to continue studying a languagepreviously studied. Students may not take courses below theirplacement level. For more information, see Foreign LanguagePlacement Testing & Degree Requirements in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.4Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology(FITN-146) may be substituted.5Option electives include: Women in Literature (ENGL-290),Masculinity in Literature (ENGL-291), Psychology of Women andGender (PSYC-203), Feminist Philosophy (PHIL-210), Marriageand Family (SOCI-202), and Women and Minorities in the CriminalJustice System (CRMJ-204).6Choose from the following History Courses: World Civilization I(HIST-101), World Civilization II (HIST-102), US History:Beginnings to 1877 (HIST-201), US History: 1877 to Present (HIST-202).7Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.8Any college level course.9If the student has already completed 12 credits in the Math, Scienceand Technological Competency categories, no course is needed here.Liberal Arts: Women & Gender Studies Option - A.A.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu115
Management Information Systems - A.S.Management Information SystemsAssociate of Science Degree in Business AdministrationManagement Information Systems, an option of theAssociate of Science degree program in BusinessAdministration, prepares students to transfer to four-yearcolleges and universities to study computer informationsystems. Direct transfer options with many four-yearinstitutions are available. Graduates have transferred tosuch colleges and universities as Rutgers University,Seton Hall University, Rider University, The <strong>College</strong> ofNew Jersey, Kean University and Monmouth University.This program adds various computer language studiesand courses in systems analysis to the basic businesstransfer program.Graduates are able to:• construct systems requirements that address userbusiness needs• produce well-structured applications programs• examine financial statements as a basis for economicdecision makingThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to providechallenging career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.CurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 4Mathematics 1,3 3ENGL-112 English II 3Programming Elective 2 3-4ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4Social Science 3 3Mathematics 1,3 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3Science (lab) 3 4Humanities 3 3CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3MRKT-101 Principles of Marketing 3ECON-102 Microeconomics 3Humanities 3 or Social Science 3 3Science 3 3-4CIS Elective 2 3Total Credits 64 - 661Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Exceptions by permission of Department Chair.Number Systems (MATH-101) and Problem Solving Strategies (MATH-102) may not be used to satisfy the math requirement.2See Computer Science (CISY) Programming Electives list in the <strong>College</strong>Catalog. Select one course from the Programming Elective list and onecourse from the CIS Elective list.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.116RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
MarketingAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe degree program in Marketing prepares graduates forentry into the job market in advertising, marketing, retailing orsales immediately upon graduation. Even though this is not atransfer program, a recent study indicated that 75% of graduatescontinued their education at four-year colleges and universities.The Associate of Applied Science degree program in Marketingalso provides a core group of business courses in management,accounting and computer science that facilitates transfer tofour-year colleges.Graduates are able to:• apply basic marketing principles to business decisions• explain company-wide strategic planning and its four steps• identify the psychological and social factors that influenceconsumers in making purchase decisions and how thesefactors relate to the formation of effective marketingstrategy• construct a marketing plan for a product or service• formulate market segmentation, target marketing andproduct positioning strategiesThis degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four-year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4BUSI-111 Introduction to Business Administration 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3MRKT-101 Principles of Marketing 3ENGL-112 English II 3ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting 4MRKT-120 Consumer Behavior 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3COMM-101 Speech orCOMM-110 Interpersonal Communication orCOMM-201 Intercultural Communication 3MRKT-221 Selling & Sales Management orMRKT-211 Retailing 3BUSI-161 Business Mathematics orMATH-100 Finite Math orMATH-110 Statistics I 2 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3Science (lab or non-lab) 1 3-4Social Science 1 3MRKT-231 Advertising orMRKT-202 E-Commerce orMRKT-205 Direct & Interactive Marketing 3ECON-101 Macroeconomics 3Humanities 1,3 3BUSI-250 Business Simulation Seminar orMRKT-292 Capstone Internship 3Free Elective 4 3Marketing - A.A.S.Total Credits 62 - 631Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2A mathematics course may be substituted through placementtesting. Students may not take courses below placement level.3Ethics (PHIL-114) is recommended.4Any course offered at the <strong>College</strong> not required within yourprogram.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 117
Mathematics - A.S.MathematicsAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsThe Associate of Science degree program in Scienceand Mathematics prepares students for transfer intothe junior year of a baccalaureate degree program inmathematics or related areas such as statistical oractuarial fields. This program is also recommended forthose students interested in pursuing higher studies inphysics and allied fields. Graduates have transferred tocolleges in New Jersey and across the nation.Graduates are able to:• understand and use the language and symbols ofmathematics• apply the fundamental processes of differentiationand integration to phenomena involving change• utilize the concepts of mathematical modeling• employ logical reasoning in mathematical proof andproblem solving• understand the appropriate use of technology forproblem-solving in such areas as calculus,differential equations, linear algebra, and discretemath• synthesize mathematical concepts, theories andapplications so as to solve mathematical problemsindependentlyCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Mathematics 2 3-5Science Sequence 3 4Science Elective 1 orForeign Language 4 3ENGL-112 English II 3Humanities 1 3Mathematics 2 4Science Sequence 3 4Science Elective 1 orForeign Language 4 3Mathematics 2 4Communication 1 3Computer Programming Elective 5 3-4Social Science 1 3Free Elective 3Mathematics 2 4Mathematics 2 4Science Elective 1 orComputer Programming Elective 5 3-4Humanities 1 3Social Science 1 3Total Credits 63 - 671Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Mathematics by official placement. Select five of the following:Precalculus II (MATH-113) or Precalculus Honors (MATH-114H),Calculus I, II & III (MATH-151, 152 & 251 Required), DifferentialEquations (MATH-254), Discrete Mathematics (MATH-255) and LinearAlgebra (MATH-256).3Take one eight (8) credit sequence from either Biology, Chemistry orPhysics. Engineering Physics is recommended.4If foreign language is chosen, a two semester sequence is required.Placement by examination is required for students who wish to continuestudying a language previously studied. For more information, see ForeignLanguage Placement Testing & Degree Requirements in the <strong>College</strong>Catalog.5Choose a course from the Computer Science (CISY) ProgrammingElectives list in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog or choose Introduction to Computingfor Engineers & Scientists (ENGR-108). Students should check thetransferability of ENGR-108.118RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Medical AssistantCertificateThe Medical Assistant Certificate program prepares a studentfor a career in the field of medical assisting. Medical Assistantsperform routine administrative and clinical tasks under thesupervision of a physician, other health practitioner, or officemanager. Clinical skills for a Medical Assistant include takingmedical histories and recording vital signs, assisting with theprimary physical exam and other specialty exams, preparingpatients for minor surgical procedures, providing patienteducation and nutritional information, cleaning and sterilizinginstruments, and assisting in the collection and analysis oflaboratory specimens. Administrative skills includecoordinating and scheduling patient appointments, receivingand processing patients in the office, preparing and maintainingpatient records, coding and filing health insurance claims, andperforming bookkeeping tasks.In addition to academic requirements, a Medical Assistantshould possess certain personal characteristics to successfullywork in the people-centered environment of the medical carefacility. These qualifications include dependability, flexibility,good communication skills, positive attitude, and a genuineconcern for others.Basic classroom study and labs are followed by a six-week,unpaid professional practicum in a healthcare facility at the endof the second semester. The professional practicum willprovide students with an opportunity to put the skills they havelearned in the classroom setting to the real life environment,which will include patients, doctors, and office staff members.The Medical Assistant Certificate program is accredited bythe Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health EducationPrograms (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of theMedical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). It isalso accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of AlliedHealth Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL33756, (727) 210-2350.Graduates will be able to sit for the Certified MedicalAssistant (CMA) exam offered by the American Association ofMedical Assistants (AAMA).Graduates are able to:• function as members of the healthcare team• perform clinical and administrative tasks under asupervising physician, other health practitioner or officemanager• communicate professionally, accurately, and withinlegal/ethical boundaries• display a professional manner and image• demonstrate standard safety and emergency practices andprocedures while performing assigned dutiesNote: Applicants convicted of a felony are not eligible to sitfor the CMA national certification examination unless thecertifying board grants a waiver based on one or more of themitigating circumstances listed in the disciplinary standards.Background checks are required prior to admission.Note: BLS Certification by the American Heart Association,a physical examination, and proof of immunizations arerequired.CurriculumCertificate ProgramPrerequisite CoursesMathematics Proficiency 1Technological Competency 2CreditsFirst SemesterENGL-111 English I 3MATC-111 Administrative MedicalAssistant Principles 7BIOL-120 Human Biology 3 4HLTH-150 Medical Terminology 3Second SemesterMATC-121 Clinical Medical Assistant Principles 7MATC-116 Phlebotomy Theory & Lab 1HLTH-109 Pharmacology 4 2HLTH-107 Pathophysiology 4 3SummerMATC-128Medical AssistantProfessional Practicum 5 6Total Credits 361This certificate requires minimum math proficiency throughElementary Algebra (MATH-020).2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. Technological Competency may also be met bypassing the Technological Competency Test (no credit).3Anatomy & Physiology I & II (BIOL-124 & 125) may besubstituted.4Online seven week class.5Must provide BLS Certification by the American HeartAssociation to faculty on first day of class.Medical Assistant - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu119
Multimedia Communications - A.A.S.Multimedia CommunicationsAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science degree inMultimedia Communications prepares students forcareers in the fields of multimedia design andproduction. The program is interdisciplinary in nature,integrating specialized knowledge and skills from threeacademic areas at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>:computer information systems, communications andcommercial art.Graduates are able to:• define multimedia and relate its components totraditional presentation techniques• identify hardware and software used in multimedia• discuss the features of well designed multimediapresentations• discuss the use of text, graphics, sound, video, andanimation in multimedia• create and present multimedia presentations inmultiple mediums using appropriate text, graphics,sound, video and animation software• identify the system resources required for varioustypes of multimedia presentations• interpret current copyright laws concerningmultimedia• locate resources on the Internet that are used increating multimedia presentations• open, convert, and transfer electronically computerfiles with various file extensions and sizes• demonstrate proficiency in using the computer tocollect, prepare and present documents thatsummarize and synthesize information used inmaking decisions• apply knowledge of other disciplines to problemsolving and decision making• recognize the ethical issues surrounding the use ofcomputers in creating multimedia presentations• analyze data and create presentations and otherdocuments that communicate ideas effectively• recognize the commonalities and differences invalues, perspectives and behaviors of diverse peoplein the development of multimedia presentationsCurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-114 Interactive Multimedia I 3ARTS-105 Two-Dimensional Design 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 4 orCISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 3-4Humanities 1,3 3ENGL-112 English II 3Communication 1 3ARTS-246 Graphics Design I 3CISY-208 Interactive Multimedia II 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3General Education 1 3CISY-268 Web Page Development II 3Mathematics 1 3-4ARTS-267 Introduction to Video Production 3Social Science 1 3ARTS-247 Graphics Design II 3CISY-291 Interactive Multimedia Programming 3ARTS-268 Advanced Video Production: Narrative& Documentary (recommended) orSpecialization Elective 2 3Science (lab) 1 3General Education 1 3Total Credits 60 - 611Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Choose from the following: Color Theory (ARTS-132), Two-DimensionalAnimation (ARTS-248), Digital Artmaking (ARTS-249), Web PageDesign for the Graphic Artist (ARTS-274), Introduction to DigitalPhotography (ARTS-112), News Production for the Web (ARTS-284),Fundamentals of Game Design (CISY-106), Extensible Markup Language(XML) (CISY-227), JavaScript (CISY-244), Computer ScienceCooperative Education (CISY-292), Speech (COMM-101), Writing for theMedia (COMM-251) or Introduction to Mass Communication (COMM-120).3Art of the Movies: Film Appreciation and Analysis (FILM-101) isrecommended.4Students who are focusing on an art emphasis are recommended to takeComputer Literacy (CISY-102).120RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Multimedia CommunicationsCertificateThis certificate program prepares students for employment inthe fields of computers, arts, and education. The program isinterdisciplinary in nature, integrating specialized knowledgeand skills from three academic areas at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>: computer information systems,communications and commercial art.Graduates are able to:• define multimedia and relate its components to traditionalpresentation techniques• identify hardware and software used in multimedia• discuss the features of well designed multimediapresentations• discuss the use of text, graphics, sound, video, andanimation in multimedia• create and present multimedia presentations in multiplemediums using appropriate text, graphics, sound, video andanimation software• identify the system resources required for various types ofmultimedia presentations• interpret current copyright laws concerning multimedia• locate resources on the Internet that are used in creatingmultimedia presentations• open, convert, and transfer electronically computer fileswith various file extensions and sizes• demonstrate proficiency in using the computer to collect,prepare and present documents that summarize andsynthesize information used in making decisions• apply knowledge of other disciplines to problem solvingand decision making• recognize the ethical issues surrounding the use ofcomputers in creating multimedia presentations• analyze data and create presentations and other documentsthat communicate ideas effectively• recognize the commonalities and differences in values,perspectives and behaviors of diverse people in thedevelopment of multimedia presentationsCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3COMM-102 Intro to Communication Theory 3ARTS-105 Two Dimensional Design 3CISY-114 Interactive Multimedia I 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3ARTS-246 Graphics Design I 3CISY-208 Interactive Multimedia II 3ARTS-267 Introduction to Video Production orSpecialization Elective 2 3CISY-268 Web Page Development II 3General Education 1 3Total Credits 301Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Select a specialization elective from the following: Color Theory(ARTS-132), Two-Dimensional Animation (ARTS-248), DigitalArtMaking (ARTS-249), Advanced Video Production: Narrative &Documentary (ARTS-268), Web Page Design for the GraphicArtist (ARTS-274), Introduction to Digital Photography (ARTS-112), News Production for the Web (ARTS-284), Fundamentals ofGame Design (CISY-106), Extensible Markup Language (XML)(CISY-227), JavaScript (CISY-244), Programming for GameDevelopers (CISY-267), Computer Science Cooperative Education(CISY-292), Introduction to Mass Communication (COMM-120)or Writing for the Media (COMM-251).Multimedia Communications - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu121
Music - A.A.Music Transfer ProgramAssociate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts - Music OptionMusic, an option of the Associate of Arts degree programin Liberal Arts, provides a full complement of GeneralEducation requirements for a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)transfer as a generalist liberal arts major to certain four-yearliberal arts colleges and universities, such as RutgersUniversity, Rowan University and Montclair University.This curriculum also provides a basic foundation in musicwith two semesters each of Theory and Musicianship,Keyboard Proficiency, Applied Music Lessons andPerformance Ensembles. Possible career paths may includeintegration of the music concentration with studies in mediaand communications, advertising, music therapy,sociological studies, or business in the music industry.It is recommended that the music major, who anticipatesa professional career in performance, jazz, theory andcomposition and/or music education and who hopes totransfer to a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.), Bachelor of FineArts in Music (B.F.A.), a Bachelor of Music Education(B.M.E.) or a Bachelor of Arts: Music (B.A.Music) degreeprogram, consider our Associate of Fine Arts in Musicdegree, which offers a significantly more comprehensiveconcentration of specialized music requirements.For both of our Associate degrees, it is mandatory that amusic major applicant contact the Visual and PerformingArts Department for an interview, placement testing andadvisement with a member of the music faculty. It isrecommended that this be done before May if a student isrequesting September enrollment as an approved major ineither degree program. Students without adequate precollegebackground in music and who are not adequatelyprepared for the theory/musicianship sequence may berequired to enroll in Fundamentals of Music as aprerequisite in a Summer Session.The primary Music Rehearsal Studio is used forperforming ensemble rehearsals, music classes and smallrecitals. A second Classroom-Studio is equipped withelectronic pianos for keyboard proficiency and theory study.A third Electronic Music Lab is equipped withcomputer/keyboard stations with MIDI-equippedsynthesizers and selected music technologies and softwareprograms for notation and ear-training skills.On-campus ensemble experiences include the RVCCChorale, the RVCC Jazz Ensemble and EnsembleCollaborations. Arrangements may be made forparticipation off-campus with the <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>Symphonic Band or with the Central Jersey SymphonyOrchestra.The Department's concerts, faculty and student recitalsand musical theatre productions are held in the <strong>College</strong>'sEdward Nash or Welpe Theatre.Graduates are able to:• understand the role of a musician as a creative,disciplined and performing artist• display general musicianship skills• analyze and apply certain theoretical concepts in music• display a fundamental level of solo and ensembleperformance skills• apply basic computer skills and selected musictechnologies and software to practical and educationalmusical applicationsCurriculumA A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3MUSC-102 Introduction to Music 3MUSC-111 Music Theory I 3MUSC-113 Musicianship I 1Mathematics 1,3 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3MUSC-121 Keyboard Skills I 2 0-2ENGL-112 English II 3Social Science 1 3Humanities 1 3MUSC-165 Music Technology 3MUSC-112 Music Theory II 3MUSC-114 Musicianship II 1MUSC-122 Keyboard Skills II 2 0-2History 1 3Social Science 1 3Science (lab) 1 4Humanities 4 3Performance Ensemble 5 1MUSC-131 Applied Music I 1Mathematics/Science 1 3History 1 3Global & Cultural Awareness 1 3Communication 1 3Performance Ensemble 5 1MUSC-132 Applied Music II 1Total Credits 61 - 651Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2Keyboard skills by official placement. Students demonstratingproficiency may be exempt from one or more keyboard courses.3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take coursesbelow placement level. Exceptions by permission of Department Chair.4Recommended: Rock & Roll History & Culture (MUSC-103), or Surveyof Jazz Music (MUSC-105).5Ensembles eligible are RVCC Chorale I & II (MUSC-151 & 152) orRVCC Jazz Ensemble I &II (MUSC-157 & 158). Arrangements may bemade to perform off campus in Concert Band I & II (MUSC-153 & 154) orOrchestra I & II (MUSC-155 & 156). Students not meeting auditionrequirements in the above instrumental ensembles should enroll in RVCCChorale I & II (MUSC-151 & 152) or Ensemble Collaborations I & II(MUSC-159 & 160).122 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Music Transfer ProgramAssociate of Fine Arts Degree in MusicThe Associate of Fine Arts in Music degree program preparesstudents for transfer into bachelor's degree programs inmusic—whether B.M., B.A., B.F.A. or B.M.E.—at four-yearcolleges and universities such as Rutgers University, WilliamPaterson University, Kean University, Montclair University,The <strong>College</strong> of New Jersey, Rowan University, andWestminster Choir <strong>College</strong> of Rider University.Students develop their performance skills by four semestersof private lessons (Applied Music) and by participating eachsemester in at least one major performing ensemble. Oncampus ensemble experiences include the RVCC Chorale andthe RVCC Jazz Ensemble. Arrangements may be made forparticipation off-campus in ensembles such as the <strong>Raritan</strong><strong>Valley</strong> Symphonic Band or the Central Jersey SymphonyOrchestra. Students who do not qualify for any of these fourensembles may enroll in Ensemble Collaborations. Auditionsare required for all ensembles.All students who do not have piano as their primaryinstrument must take four semesters of Keyboard Skills or passa proficiency examination. Students without adequate precollegebackground in music and who are not adequatelyprepared to begin the four-semester music theory andmusicianship sequence must enroll in Fundamentals of Music.Before enrollment, it is mandatory that a freshman Music majorcontact the Visual and Performing Arts Department for aninterview and placement testing with a member of the Musicfaculty.Students considering transfer to a four-year institution for abachelor's degree should consult with a counselor early in theirprogram to determine requirements.Graduates are able to:• understand the role of a musician as a performing artist• display general musicianship skills• demonstrate the theoretical basis of music• illustrate a historical perspective and knowledge of musicliterature• identify composers and analyze compositions from thehistorical style periods• display solo and ensemble performance skills appropriate toa vocal or instrumental concentration• apply basic computer skills and selected music technologiesand software to music applications1Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.2All students must complete a keyboard proficiency placement test.Students without prior proficiency must complete four semesters ofKeyboard Skills (MUSC-121, MUSC-122, MUSC-221, and MUSC-222).CurriculumA.F.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Social Science 1 3MUSC-102 Introduction to Music 3MUSC-111 Music Theory I 3MUSC-113 Musicianship I 1Performance Ensemble 5 1MUSC-131 Applied Music I 1MUSC-121 Keyboard Skills I 2 0-2ENGL-112 English II 3MUSC-165 Music Technology 3Humanities (non-VAPA) 1 3MUSC-112 Music Theory II 3MUSC-114 Musicianship II 1Performance Ensemble 5 1MUSC-132 Applied Music II 1MUSC-122 Keyboard Skills II 2 0-2Global & Cultural Awareness 1 3Mathematics 1, 3 3MUSC-201 Music History & Literature I 3MUSC-211 Music Theory III 3MUSC-213 Musicianship III 1Performance Ensemble 5 1MUSC-231 Applied Music III 1MUSC-265 Professional Development: Music 1MUSC-221 Keyboard Skills III 2 0-2Science (lab) 1 4MUSC-202 Music History & Literature II 3MUSC-212 Music Theory IV 3MUSC-214 Musicianship IV 1`Performance Ensemble 5 1MUSC-232 Applied Music IV 1Visual & Performing Arts Elective 4 3MUSC-222 Keyboard Skills IV 2 0-2Total Credits 62(plus 8 credits of keyboard skills, if required)3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.4A total of 3 credits from Visual or Performing Arts (Studio orAppreciation)5Ensembles sponsored by the department include: RVCC ChoraleI, II, III, & IV (MUSC-151, 152, 251, & 252) and RVCC JazzEnsemble I, II, III, & IV (MUSC-157, 158, 257, & 258).Arrangements may be made to perform off campus in ConcertBand I, II, III & IV (MUSC-153, 154, 253, & 254) (<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>Symphonic Band) or Orchestra I, II, III & IV (MUSC-155,156,255, & 256) (Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra). Students notmeeting audition requirements in above instrumental ensemblesshould enroll in RVCC Chorale (MUSC 151, 152, 251, & 252) orEnsemble Collaborations I, II, III, & IV (MUSC-159, 160, 259, &260).Music - A.F.A.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 123
Nursing/RN - A.A.S.The Associate of Applied Science Degree program inNursing prepares students for entry-level positions in nursingand to take the National Council Licensure Examination forRegistered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The program is licensed bythe New Jersey Board of Nursing and accredited by theNational League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Thecourse of study is designed as a career program, althoughgraduates may wish to continue studies for a baccalaureatedegree in nursing at a four-year institution. Credits earned areapplied in whole or in part to the upper division programdepending on the policies of the institution to which applicationis made. Articulation agreements which enhance this processare in effect with numerous colleges and universities.The nursing program includes nursing courses, generaleducation courses and clinical experiences. These experiencesare in variety of health care settings in acute, sub-acute, andlong term care with community based experiences under thesupervision of nursing faculty. In addition, students practicenursing intervention skills in the fully equipped collegelaboratory. Evening and day sections are available.Students may enter the program in one of three ways:Generic Program, Advanced Standing for Foundations ofNursing or Practical Nurse/Associate Degree Option.All prerequisites must be completed before submitting anapplication into the clinical program. Eligible applicants willbe evaluated based on selective criteria and ranked according toperformance. Admission to clinical nursing courses is grantedto the highest ranked applicants. All nursing clinical coursesmust be taken in an unbroken sequence. If there is a break insequence, the student must request re-admission into theprogram with re-entry on a space available basis.Since this is a rigorous program, students with weak basicskills or no previous college-level experience may require alonger period of time to complete the program. In order toprogress through the program, a grade of 75 percent or better inall nursing courses, a grade of "C" or better in all sciencecourses, and satisfactory clinical evaluations are required.Nursing policy states that two grades of D, F, or W in anyrequired science courses or Nursing courses will make astudent ineligible to continue in the Nursing program. An exitexam to identify readiness for licensure is required in the finalsemester. Students must attain a successful level ofachievement on this exit exam to become eligible to register forNCLEX-RN. In addition, students must take an NCLEXreview course until the testing standard in the exit exam isreached.All students enrolled in clinical nursing courses must have ayearly health maintenance survey by their health carepractitioner and maintain current liability insurance and BLS-CCPR certification while in the program.Licensure for the practice of professional nursing is regulatedby the New Jersey Board of Nursing. Limitations to NCLEX-RN testing, licensure and professional practice may occur foractions or pending actions against any licenses currently heldor surrendering of any license, arrest, indictment or convictionfor violation of any law or regulation within the last ten years,including motor vehicle offenses, such as driving whileimpaired or intoxicated.Graduates are able to:• provide client-centered holistic nursing care across thelifespan by responding to evidenced wellness states• manage and coordinate care for individuals, groups andfamilies experiencing disruptions in wellness states• practice as a member within the profession of nursingNursing/RNAssociate of Applied Science DegreeCurriculumGeneric ProgramCourseCreditsPrerequisite CoursesBIOL-124 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 1 4BIOL-125 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 1 4Mathematics Proficiency 7Technological Competency 8ATI TEAS (Entrance Test) 9Overall college GPA of 2.75 or higherFirst Year - First Semester - FallENGL-111 English I 3NURS-101 Foundations of Nursing 1,6 9NURS-016 Pharmacology Calculations Lab 2,6 2NCFITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 5 1Second Semester - SpringENGL-112 English II 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3NURS-111 Nursing of Adults I 1,6 9Second Year - First Semester - FallNURS-122 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 1,6 4NURS-123 Nursing of Adults II 1,6 4Humanities 3 3BIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology 1 4SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3Second Semester - SpringNURS-124 Nursing of Families with Children 1,6 4NURS-125 Nursing of the Childbearing Family 1,6 4NURS-211 Trends in Nursing 1,6 3Free Elective 4 3Total Credits 681A grade of “C” or better is required in all Science and Clinical Nursingcourses.2Students who pass the Pharmacology Calculations Lab Placement Test areexempt from this course.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. Current Moral and Social Issues (PHIL-106) is the preferredHumanities course.4Any course offered at the <strong>College</strong> not required within your program.5Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology (FITN-146 - pre-req Human Biology) may be substituted.6Enrollment in these courses is restricted to students formally admitted tothe Nursing Clinical Courses. All other courses are open and should betaken by students waiting for admission to the Nursing Clinical Courses.7Mathematics Proficiency - This degree requires a minimum mathproficiency through Elementary Algebra (MATH-020).8Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. Technological Competency may also be met by passing theTechnological Competency test (no credit).9The ATI Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) is required of allapplicants. Scores will be used to determine admission.(www.atitesting.com)Admission requirement(s): Complete RVCC application including proof of high school completion or GED, transcripts from all collegesattended, and signed Acknowledgement Form from the Nursing packet. Applicants must have completed all prerequisites and the requirednursing entrance test (ATI TEAS), and submit proof of residency for Somerset or Hunterdon County before applying to the clinical courses.All applicants will be evaluated and given a ranking score based on their overall GPA, A&P grades, and ATI TEAS scores. The highest scoringstudents will be offered admission first.124RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Nursing (PN/AD)Associate of Applied Science Degree Option in NursingThe Associate of Applied Science Degree program in Nursing(PN/AD Option) prepares graduates of Practical Nursing programswho want to advance their educational preparation to take the NationalCouncil Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).Graduates are prepared for an entry-level position as a registerednurse. The program is licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursingand accredited by the National League for Nursing AccreditingCommission. The course of study is designed as a career program,although graduates may wish to continue their studies for abaccalaureate degree in nursing at a four-year institution. Creditsearned are applied in whole or in part to the upper division programdepending on the policies of the institution to which application ismade. Articulation agreements which enhance this process are ineffect with numerous colleges and universities.The nursing program includes nursing courses, general educationcourses and clinical experiences. These experiences are in variedhealth care settings in acute care, subacute and long term care andcommunity based care under the supervision of nursing faculty. Inaddition, students practice nursing intervention skills in the fullyequipped college laboratory.The program requires one summer session (Nursing Transition) andone year of study. All developmental courses and Anatomy andPhysiology I and II must be completed with a grade of "C" or betterand an overall 2.75 GPA is required for admission into NursingTransition. Due to its concentrated and rigorous design, it isrecommended that students devote themselves full-time for study andpreparation. In order to progress through the program, a grade of "C"or better in all nursing and science courses and satisfactory clinicalevaluations must be achieved. Nursing policy states that two grades ofD, F, or W in any required science courses or Nursing courses willmake a student ineligible to continue in the Nursing program. Nursingclinical courses must be taken in an unbroken sequence. If there is abreak in sequence, the student must request re-admission into theprogram with re-entry on a space available basis. This is a rigorousprogram. Students with weak basic skills or no previous college-levelexperience may require a longer period of time to complete theprogram. All students must have a yearly health maintenance surveyby their health care practitioner and maintain current liability insurancewhile in the program.Licensure for the practice of professional nursing is regulated by theNew Jersey Board of Nursing. Limitations to NCLEX-RN testing,licensure and professional practice may occur for substance/alcoholabuse or violation and conviction of any federal or state law involvingmoral turpitude or relating adversely to the nursing profession.Graduates are able to:• provide client-centered holistic nursing care across the lifespan byresponding to evidenced wellness states• manage and coordinate care for individuals, groups and familiesexperiencing disruptions in wellness states• practice as a member within the profession of nursingCurriculumPN/AD OptionCreditsTransfer credits from LPN education 15Prerequisite Courses85 average (3.25 GPA) from LPN programBIOL-124 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 1 4BIOL-125 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 1 4Mathematics Proficiency 4Technological Competency 5Overall college GPA of 2.75 or higherCourseSummer Transition Session (6 weeks) 3NURS-130 Nursing Transition 1,3 6ENGL-111 English I 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Fall SemesterNURS-123 Nursing of Adults II 1,3 4NURS-122 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 1,3 4ENGL-112 English II 3BIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology 4FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 1Spring SemesterNURS-125 Nursing of the Childbearing Family 1,3 4NURS-124 Nursing of Families with Children 1,3 4Humanities 2 3NURS-211 Trends in Nursing 3 3SOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3Total Credits 681A grade of “C” or better is required in all Science and ClinicalNursing courses.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. Current Moral and Social Issues (PHIL-106) is thepreferred Humanities course.3Enrollment in these courses is restricted to students formallyadmitted to the Nursing Clinical courses. All other courses are openand should be taken by students waiting for admission to theNursing Clinical courses.4Mathematics Proficiency - This degree requires a minimum mathproficiency through Elementary Algebra (MATH-020).5Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. Technological Competency may also be met bypassing the Technological Competency test (no credit).Nursing (PN/AD) - A.A.S.Requirement(s): Complete RVCC application including proof of high school completion or GED, transcripts from all colleges attended,transcript from LPN school verifying 85% average or 3.25 GPA, and signed Acknowledgement Form, Work History Form, and LPNProgram Recommendation Form from the PNAD packet. Applicants must have completed all prerequisites before applying to the clinicalcourses. Entrance testing may be required. Graduation from a practical nursing program within five years of application with at least sixmonths full time work experience as an LPN or, if graduated more than five years ago, the applicant must have worked at least three outof the last five years as an LPN, and provide a recommendation from the current or most recent employer. Students who submit proofof residency for Somerset or Hunterdon County are given priority placement.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 125
Ophthalmic Science (Opticianry) - A.A.S.Ophthalmic Science (Opticianry)Associate of Applied Science Degree in OphthalmicsAccredited by the Commission on OpticianryAccreditation, the Associate of Applied Science degreeprogram in Ophthalmic Science is designed to preparestudents for employment in retail optical stores,ophthalmologist and optometrist offices, hospital clinicsand private practice. Students learn to interpretprescriptions, fabricate and grind lenses, fit, adjust anddispense eyewear and contact lenses.Students gain hands-on experience in the <strong>College</strong>’sophthalmic laboratory and on-campus clinic. Thecurriculum provides a solid foundation in contemporarybusiness practice and teaches students the professionalskills needed to address clients’ needs.Graduates of the program are prepared to take theNew Jersey State licensing examination for ophthalmictechnician and ophthalmic dispenser. The program isapproved by the New Jersey State Board of Examiners ofOphthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians andaccredited nationally by the Commission on OpticianryAccreditation (COA).Commission on Opticianry AccreditationPO Box 142Florence, Indiana 47020director@COAccreditation.com(703) 468-0566(999) 306-9036 - faxGraduates are able to:• discuss prescription eyewear and other client relatedinformation, verbal and written, with the eye doctor• analyze and interpret prescriptions• communicate effectively with clients• demonstrate knowledge of the normal eye structure,function and pathology• assist the client in selection of proper frames andlenses• adapt and fit corrective eyewear• fit contact lensesNOTE: Students who are registered with the StateBoard as apprentices must successfully complete thefollowing courses during their first year to qualify for theState Board Qualifying Technician exam:Ophthalmic Materials I & II - LectureOphthalmic Materials I & II - LabApprentices must complete the following courses to beeligible for the State Board Ophthalmic Dispensersexam:Ophthalmic Dispensing I & II - LectureOphthalmic Dispensing I & II - LabPrinciples of OpticsAnatomy & Physiology of the EyeContact Lenses ICurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3OPTH-100 Ophthalmic Materials I Lecture 1 3OPTH-105 Ophthalmic Materials I Lab 1 3Mathematics 2 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3ENGL-112 English II 3OPTH-101 Ophthalmic Materials II Lecture 1 3OPTH-106 Ophthalmic Materials II Lab 1 3PHYS-112 Concepts of Physics 4OPTH-121 Anatomy & Physiology of the Eye 1 3Mathematics 2 3OPTH-111 Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lecture 1 3OPTH-115 Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lab 1 2OPTH-120 Principles of Optics 1 3OPTH-200 Contact Lenses I 1 3BUSI-153 Small Business Management 3FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness 5 1OPTH-112 Ophthalmic Dispensing II Lecture 1 3OPTH-116 Ophthalmic Dispensing II Lab 1 2OPTH-201 Contact Lenses II 3Humanities 3 3Free Elective 4 3OPTH-290 Internship in Ophthalmic Science 3Total Credits 661Apprenticeship requirements. Apprenticeship program is open to onlythose students who are employed in the field and currently registered withthe State Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students must complete throughPrecalculus II (MATH-113).3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist.4Any course offered at the <strong>College</strong> not required in your curriculum.Recommended courses are Computer Literacy (CISY-102) andMicrocomputer Applications (CISY-261).5Elements of Physical Fitness (FITN-142) or Exercise Physiology (FITN-146 - pre-req Human Biology) may be substituted.126RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Ophthalmic Science (Opticianry)Certificate - Apprenticeship OptionThe Ophthalmic Science (Opticianry) Certificate program isan alternate route to licensure in New Jersey as an optician. Thecertificate works concurrently with the New Jersey State Boardof Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians'sponsored three year apprenticeship program. This certificate isa 37 credit program that incorporates the 31 credits that the StateBoard of Ophthalmic Dispensers requires for board licensureeligibility. Upon completion of the registered three yearapprenticeship and the 37 credits, the student is eligible for thelicensure examinations to become an optician as well as forgraduation with the certificate. This program is ideal forstudents who want to have an income while they are pursuingtheir higher education for their new profession.The 37 credit program includes courses in anatomy andphysiology of the eye, contact lenses, eyeglass fabrication,geometric optics and the fitting and adjusting of eyewear. Inaddition, the certificate requires an introductory course inEnglish and a general education elective. Graduates of theprogram are qualified to work for private and corporate opticalchains, optometrists, and ophthalmologists.There are also opportunities for graduates in companies thatmanufacture lenses, eyeglass frames and optical equipment.Students may also seamlessly incorporate the entire 37 creditprogram into the Ophthalmic Science (Opticianry) Associate ofApplied Science (A.A.S.) degree. The A.A.S. degree may offermore career opportunities in today's era of large corporateoptical organizations.Graduates are able to:• discuss prescription eyewear and other client relatedinformation, verbal and written, with the eye doctor• analyze and interpret prescriptions in order to meet patients’visual needs• communicate effectively with patients and other eyecarepractitioners• demonstrate knowledge of the normal eye structure,function and pathology• assist the patient in the proper selection of appropriatelyfitting frames and lenses• adapt and fit eyewear to the patient• understand the principles of contact lensesCurriculumCertificate - Apprenticeship ProgramCourseCreditsOPTH -100 Ophthalmic Materials I Lecture 3OPTH- 105 Ophthalmic Materials I Laboratory 3ENGL - 111 English I 3OPTH - 101 Ophthalmic Materials II Lecture 3OPTH - 106 Ophthalmic Materials II Laboratory 3OPTH - 121 Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye 3OPTH - 111 Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lecture 3OPTH - 115 Ophthalmic Dispensing I Laboratory 2General Education Elective 3OPTH - 112 Ophthalmic Dispensing II Lecture 3OPTH - 116 Ophthalmic Dispensing II Laboratory 2OPTH - 120 Principles of Optics 3OPTH - 200 Contact Lenses I 3Total Credits 37NOTE: Mathematics Proficiency - This certificate requires aminimum math proficiency through Arithmetic 2: ProportionalReasoning (MATH-014).Ophthalmic Science (Opticianry) - Certificate: Apprenticeship OptionRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu127
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician - Certificate of Completion: Apprenticeship OptionOphthalmic Laboratory TechnicianCertificate of Completion - Apprenticeship OptionThe Optical Laboratory Technician Certificate ofCompletion is offered as an introduction to the field ofopticianry. This program is a 15 credit sequence that alsoworks in conjunction with a one year apprenticeshipsponsored by the New Jersey State Board of OphthalmicDispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians. At thecompletion of the one year registered apprenticeship andthe 15 credits, the student is eligible for the licensureexamination to become a licensed ophthalmictechnician. This program prepares the student to performthe technical functions of opticianry. These studentswork primarily in optical laboratories preparingprescription eyewear for opticians, optometrists andophthalmologists or they could be self-employed as anoptical technician.The 15 credit certificate of completion includescoursework in lens design, prescription analysis, basiceye anatomy, and spectacle fabrication as well as theinstrumentation of the profession. In addition, theprogram requires an introductory course in college levelEnglish. The Optical Laboratory Technician certificate ofcompletion fits seamlessly into the Ophthalmic Science(Opticianry) certificate which fits seamlessly into theOphthalmic Science (Opticianry) Associate of AppliedScience (A.A.S.) degree. The latter two programs aredesigned to provide the students with the knowledge,skills and values to become licensed opticians in NewJersey.Graduates are able to:• discuss prescription eyewear and other client relatedinformation, verbal and written, with other eyecarepractitioners• analyze and interpret prescriptions in order tofabricate spectacles properly• utilize the instrumentation of the profession in orderto fabricate any prescription into any style frame ormounting• learn the proper maintenance and calibration ofoptical equipmentCurriculumCertificate of Completion - Apprenticeship ProgramCourseCreditsOPTH-100 Ophthalmic Materials I Lecture 3OPTH-105 Ophthalmic Materials I Laboratory 3ENGL-111 English I 3OPTH-101 Ophthalmic Materials II Lecture 3OPTH-106 Ophthalmic Materials II Laboratory 3128 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.eduTotal Credits 15NOTE: Mathematics Proficiency - This certificate requires a minimummath proficiency through Arithmetic 2: Proportional Reasoning (MATH-014).
Paralegal StudiesAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Paralegal Studies degree program is approved by theAmerican Bar Association and prepares students for a career asa paraprofessional in private law offices, corporate legaldepartments or public sector settings. The program provides thestudent with a varied and balanced background in legalfundamentals as well as the skills and practical field experiencenecessary to work as a legal assistant. The U.S. Bureau ofLabor reports that a 75 percent growth is expected in theparalegal field in the next ten years.Graduates, who must work under the supervision of anattorney, are able to:• understand the proper role of the paralegal in the context ofthe larger legal profession, including application of theethical rules which govern the conduct of the paralegal andthe legal profession• analyze and assess legal problems, identify legal issues andconduct both standard and computerized legal research• draft and interpret legal documents such as deeds,mortgages, wills, pleadings, probate forms and contracts• acquire necessary computer skills in various legal softwareapplications specific to the law office• demonstrate substantive knowledge and practical skills inareas such as litigation, torts, real estate, dispute resolution,wills and estates, law office management and intellectualproperty.This degree is offered through the Business and PublicService Department, whose mission is to provide challengingcareer-oriented undergraduate programs to business and publicservice students, educating them to the level of competencyneeded for successful transfer to four year institutions orimmediate career path entry into the global market.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsLEGL-101 Role of the Paralegal 3LEGL-110 Torts 3BUSI-131 Business Law I 3ENGL-111 English I 3BUSI-161 Business Math 1 3LEGL-120 Basic Litigation Procedure 3LEGL-121 Legal Research & Writing 3BUSI-132 Business Law II 3ENGL-112 English II 3CISY-122 Introduction to Information Systems 3ACCT-101 Financial Accounting 4Paralegal Studies Elective 3 3Paralegal Studies Elective 3 3Humanities 2 3Social Science 2 3LEGL-290Paralegal Studies Elective 3 3Business Cooperative Education orParalegal Studies Elective 3 3Humanities 2 3Science (lab or non-lab) 2 3-4General Education 2 3Total Credits 61 - 621A credit math course (i.e. Statistics I (MATH-110) or PrecalculusI (MATH-112) may be substituted through placement testing.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.3Choose any non-duplicated LEGL course.Paralegal Studies - A.A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 129
Paralegal Studies - CertificateThe Paralegal Studies Certificate Program is designedfor those students who have already obtained, or are inthe process of obtaining, an associate degree or abaccalaureate degree in a field of study other thanparalegal studies. For those students in the process ofobtaining their degree, the Paralegal Studies Certificatewill not be awarded until completion of the Associate orBaccalaureate degree. It allows students to obtain aparalegal education in a timely and cost-effectivemanner. In addition, this twenty-four credit certificatewill help students to meet the requirements of potentialemployers, a large number of whom require both acollege degree and a paralegal certificate as hiringstandards.RVCC's paralegal studies program is approved by theAmerican Bar Association and includes courses in allareas of the legal profession, with specialized courses inresearch and writing, litigation, real estate, family lawand others. Members of the faculty are practicingattorneys or paralegals, each teaching in his or her areaof expertise.Graduates, who must work under the supervision of anattorney, will be able to:• understand the proper role of the paralegal in thecontext of the larger legal profession, includingapplication of the ethical rules which govern theconduct of the paralegal and the legal professions• analyze and assess legal problems, identify legalissues and conduct both standard and computerizedlegal research• draft and interpret legal documents, such as deeds,mortgages, wills, pleadings, probate forms andcontracts• acquire necessary computer skills in various legalsoftware applications specific to the law office• demonstrate substantive knowledge and practicalskills in areas such as litigation, torts, family law, realestate, dispute resolution, wills and estates, law officemanagement and intellectual propertyThis certificate is offered through the Business andPublic Service Department, whose mission is to providechallenging career-oriented undergraduate programs tobusiness and public service students, educating them tothe level of competency needed for successful transfer tofour year institutions or immediate career path entry intothe global market.Paralegal StudiesCertificateCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsLEGL-101 Role of the Paralegal 3LEGL-110 Torts 3LEGL-120 Basic Litigation Procedure 3LEGL-121 Legal Research and Writing 3Paralegal Electives 1 121Choose any four non-duplicated LEGL courses.Total Credits 24Admission requirement(s): Associate Degree or Baccalaureate Degree in a field of study other than Paralegal Studies,or evidence of enrollment in an Associate or Baccalaureate degree program. The completed Associate or BaccalaureateDegree must document successful completion of 18 credits in General Education courses in at least three of the followingareas: English Composition and Literature; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Foreign Language; Mathematics; NaturalScience; Fine Arts (not performing). All students admitted to this program must demonstrate basic skills in English andMathematics. They may do so by providing documentation of associate or baccalaureate degree completion, by priorsatisfaction of basic skills requirements or through successful completion of required basic skills testing. For those studentsin the process of obtaining their degree, the Paralegal Studies Certificate will not be awarded until completion of the Associateor Baccalaureate degree.130RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Pre-Medical ProfessionalAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsStudents who aspire to enter medicine, dentistry, or veterinarymedicine are advised to enroll in the Pre-Medical Professionaldegree. Preparation for the study of medicine, dentistry, orveterinary medicine requires a good general educationfoundation with as many courses as possible in biology,chemistry, and physics.This two-year degree meets the prerequisites of a Bachelor ofScience degree designed to prepare students for entry intomedical, dental, or veterinary school. Students who completethe program are able to transfer as juniors to institutions thatoffer a four-year degree in these programs.Careers in the medical, dental, and veterinary professionscontinue to have better than average employment projections.Educational requirements, particularly in the sciences, arerigorous and precise and admission to baccalaureate premedical,pre-dental, and pre-veterinary programs andeventually to medical, dental, and veterinary schools is verycompetitive. Students are encouraged, therefore, to seek theassistance of the <strong>College</strong>'s Advising & Counseling Servicesstaff to identify transfer institutions offering appropriateBachelor of Science programs.Graduates are able to:• exhibit an understanding of scientific methods• use the theories and concepts of modern chemistry, biologyand physics to analyze and solve scientific problems• perform laboratory experiments using modern equipmentand techniques• communicate the results of their analyses, laboratoryinvestigations and literature searches in an appropriateprofessional writing style• understand both the historical perspective of the chemicaland biological sciences, and their relationship to the modernworldCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Social Science 1 orHumanities 1 3CHEM-103 General Chemistry I 4Mathematics 2 3BIOL-101 General Biology I 4ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 2 3CHEM-104 General Chemistry II 4Technological Competency 1,3 3-4BIOL-102 General Biology II 4Mathematics 2 3-4CHEM-211 Organic Chemistry I 5PHYS-101 General Physics I orPHYS-150 Engineering Physics I 4PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Mathematics 2 3-4CHEM-212 Organic Chemistry II 5PHYS-102 General Physics II orPHYS-151 Engineering Physics II orPHYS-250 Engineering Physics III 4Humanities 1 3Total Credits 64 - 671Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students must completemath through Calculus II (MATH-152). Students who havecompleted 8 credits of math, at least through Calculus II (MATH-152), are not required to take a third or fourth course in math, butmay substitute science electives.3Students who pass the technological competency test (no credit)may take any General Education course.Pre-Medical Professional - A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu131
Pre-Pharmacy - A.S.Pre-PharmacyAssociate of Science Degree in Science and MathematicsA Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) is the minimumeducational level required of anyone who wishes topractice as a pharmacist. Usually, this degree is obtainedafter five or (commonly more) six years of study beyondhigh school. Preparation for a program in pharmacyincludes study in chemistry, biology, mathematics andphysics.This two-year degree gives students the prerequisitesusually necessary for transfer into a PharmD program asa junior. Check the websites of the colleges you areconsidering, as prerequisites may vary slightly and otherrequirements may be needed for admission, such asPharmacy <strong>College</strong> Admission Test (PCAT).Careers in the health professions continue to havebetter than average employment projections. Educationalrequirements, particularly in the sciences, are rigorousand precise and admission to programs in Pharmacy isvery competitive. Although RVCC students havesuccessfully transferred into a number of PharmDprograms, many students apply for a relatively smallnumber of transfer admissions, particularly in theimmediate area. Students are therefore encouraged toseek the assistance of the <strong>College</strong>’s transfer counselors toidentify transfer institutions offering appropriatePharmD programs. Also, for more information, pleaserefer to the American Association of <strong>College</strong>s ofPharmacy (AACP) website athttp://www.aacp.org/about/Pages/Vitalstats.aspx.Graduates are able to:• exhibit an understanding of scientific methods• use the theories and concepts of modern chemistry,biology and physics to analyze and solve scientificproblems• perform laboratory experiments using modernequipment and techniques• communicate the results of their analyses, laboratoryinvestigations and literature searches in anappropriate professional writing style• understand both the historical perspective of thechemical and biological sciences, and theirrelationship to the modern worldCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Social Science 3 3CHEM-103 General Chemistry I 4Mathematics 2 3BIOL-101 General Biology I 4ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 2 3CHEM-104 General Chemistry II 4Technological Competency 1,3 0-4BIOL-102 General Biology II 4Humanities 3 3BIOL-124 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4CHEM-211 Organic Chemistry I 5PHYS-101 General Physics I 4Social Science 3 orHumanities 3 3BIOL-125 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4CHEM-212 Organic Chemistry II 5PHYS-102 General Physics II 4MATH-110 Statistics I 3Total Credits 66 - 701Students may take the technological competency test (no credit) to meetthis requirement.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students must complete throughPrecalculus II (MATH-113). If students place above Precalculus II(MATH-113), it is recommended that they take Calculus I (MATH-151).Once minimum math requirement is met, free electives may be used inplace of mathematics credit if applicable.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. For transfer to the Rutgers School of Pharmacy, Microeconomics(ECON-102) is a recommended Social Science. Students wishing tocontinue a foreign language previously studied to satisfy a Humanitiesrequirement must take a foreign language placement test. For moreinformation, see Foreign Language Placement Testing & DegreeRequirements in the <strong>College</strong> Catalog.132RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Respiratory Care *Associate of Science DegreeThe Associate of Science degree program in Respiratory Careprepares students to become therapists in the field of respiratorycare. Students apply scientific knowledge to practical problemsof respiratory care and are qualified to assume primaryresponsibility for all respiratory care modalities, includingsupervision of respiratory therapy technicians.Students can find employment in a variety of clinical settings.Students are qualified to work in the various specialty areas,such as pediatrics and neonatal, management and education. Inaddition, opportunities for advancement in areas such assupervision, education and equipment sales and marketing areavailable to the experienced, credentialed practitioner. Studentsare also qualified to provide care in patients’ homes,rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and other health carefacilities.Students enrolled in this joint health care program attendclasses at both <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> and theUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey followinga prepared curriculum approved by the two institutions.* Upon completion of the first year with a minimum GPA,students must apply for selective admission to the clinicalportion of the program.CurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsFall - Year 1ENGL-111 English I 3MATH-101 Number Systems orMATH-110 Statistics I orMATH-111 Statistics II 3BIOL-124 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4CHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry 4Humanities 2 3Spring - Year 1ENGL-112 English II 3CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3BIOL-125 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4BIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology 4PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology 3Humanities orSocial Science 2 3Summer - Year 2RESC-102 Core Concepts of Respiratory Care 1 1RESC-101 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 1 4RESC-121 Applied CardiopulmonaryPathophysiology I 1 2RESC-110 Clinical Practice I 1 1Respiratory Care - A.S.Fall - Year 2RESC-250 Principles of Ventilatory Support 1 4RESC-211 Applied CardiopulmonaryPathophysiology II 1 2RESC-213 Cardio Pharmacology 1 2RESC-230 Cardiopulmonary Evaluation 1 2RESC-120 Clinical Practice II 1 1Spring - Year 2RESC-221 Pediatric and NeonatalRespiratory Care 1 3RESC-212 Patient Management/Critical Care 1 3RESC-510 Long-Term, Home andRehabilitative Care 1 2RESC-130 Clinical Practice III 1 3Total Credits 671Indicates courses taken through the University of Medicine andDentistry of New Jersey.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.Admission requirement(s): High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Certificate (not through correspondence) AlgebraI, Lab Biology and Lab Chemistry. Completion of Basic Skills requirements and Intermediate Algebra. Please refer to theAdmissions section of this catalog.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 133
Studio Arts - A.A.Studio Arts, an option of the Associate of Arts degreeprogram in Liberal Arts, offers students the core programfor studio art. Students take core studio art requirements,art history and general education courses. This degreewill transfer to four-year colleges for students interestedin studying art education or receiving a Bachelor of Arts.Throughout the year, art lectures, workshops, seminarsand bus trips to New York museums and galleriessupplement the program. Studio art majors mayparticipate in a first year review. RVCC’s Visual andPerforming Arts Department offers six spacious, wellequippedstudios, which include the sculpture andpainting studio, drawing studio, ceramics studio,photography studio and darkroom, printmaking studioand a computer arts studio. The annual Student ArtExhibition in the <strong>College</strong> Gallery highlights thesuccesses of the art students in all media.This program is intended for students who desire abeginning level experience in the visual arts. Studentswishing to pursue a more intense undergraduateeducation in visual art or graphic design leading to aBachelor of Fine Arts are advised to major in theAssociate of Fine Arts Degree offered at RVCC.Graduates are able to:• understand the role of a visual artist• apply basic formal and conceptual skills in thecreation of two- and three-dimensional art work• identify major artists and art movements in anhistoric, cultural and social perspective• analyze visual art concepts and theories on abeginner level• demonstrate basic technical and artistic developmentthrough a portfolio of Foundation Core coursework• transfer into Bachelor of Arts visual art programsStudio ArtsAssociate of Arts Degree in Liberal ArtsCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3ARTH-110 Art from Prehistory to the Gothic Period 3Technological Competency 2 3-4Social Science 2 3ARTS-105 Two-Dimensional Design 3ENGL-112 English II 3ARTS-110 Basic Drawing I 3Mathematics 1,2 3Science 2 orMathematics 1 3ARTH-111 Art from the Renaissance to the Modern Era 3ARTS-111 Basic Drawing II 3Science (lab) 2 4Communication 2 3History 2 3Humanities 2 3ARTS-108 Three-Dimensional Design 3Social Science 2 3ARTH-208 Art Beyond the Western World 3History 2 3Free Elective 3 3Total Credits 61 - 621Mathematics by official placement. Students may not take courses belowplacement level. Exceptions by permission of Department Chair.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Educationlist. Humanities may not have the designations of ARTS or ARTH.3Color Theory (ARTS-132) is recommended.134RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Technical StudiesAssociate of Applied Science DegreeThe Associate of Applied Science Degree in TechnicalStudies is designed to further the education of students whohave completed specific apprenticeships or corporate,industrial, or military programs.Acceptable apprenticeships are:• Carpenters• Department of Corrections• Electrical Works (IBEW)• Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers• Iron Workers• Plumbers/Pipefitters• Sheet Metal WorkersUp to 25 college credits can be applied to this program uponpresentation of official proof of completion of anapprenticeship training program, and/or evaluation of othercorporate, industrial, or military technical programs inaccordance with RVCC Advanced Standing Policy. Ifadditional credits are needed following the evaluation, technicalelectives may be selected from high-technology curricula,physics, mathematics, or computer information systems andprogrammingThe program includes some traditional general educationcourses and career electives in a concentration that advancesstudents' business or technical skills.CurriculumA.A.S. DegreeCourseCreditsGeneral EducationENGL-111 English I 3ENGL-112 English II 3Mathematics 1,2 3-4Science (lab) 1 4CISY-102 Computer Literacy 3Humanities 1 3PSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology orSOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology 3Credits 22 - 23Technical Studies Core Credits 25Career ElectivesComplete 15 credits from one of the followingconcentrations, in consultation with a Faculty Advisor:Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Heating TechnologyAutomotive TechnologyBusiness ManagementComputer ScienceEngineering ScienceCredits 15Technical Studies - A.A.S.Total Credits 62 - 631Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu135
Theatre Arts - A.A.The Associate of Arts degree in Theatre is ideal forstudents interested in all aspects of Theatre includingacting, directing, playwriting and technical theatre. Thisdegree offers a broad-based liberal arts curriculum withample studio courses. Majors will graduate with a strongfoundation in Theatre Arts that can be further developedat a four-year institution. Since the A.A. Theatre degreecomplies with the Statewide Transfer Agreement,graduates of the program can seamlessly transfer withjunior status to a four-year public university in NewJersey. Recent graduates of the program havetransferred to Montclair State, Ramapo, Rutgers, Drew,UCLA, NYU, University of the Arts, and MarymountManhattan <strong>College</strong>.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> stages four studentproductions a year, similar to what students will find atfour-year institutions. The majority of the productionsare presented in the Welpe Theatre. The Welpe is a BlackBox Theatre that can seat up to 300 patrons and theintimacy it provides is ideal for students learning thecraft of acting on stage. The Theatre Department worksat finding a balance to the production season that willgive the students the opportunity to work on modernplays as well as the classics. Scene nights are alsopresented at the end of the year, with students performingwork that has been prepared throughout the spring andfall semesters in their studio classes. It's also commonfor student-run groups to stage shows at least once a year.Regardless of whether a Theatre major plans onpursuing a B.F.A. or B.A. degree after RVCC, most ofthe well-known Theatre practitioners have emphasizedthe importance of a liberal arts education. It is consideredcritical for the actor, director, or playwright to have sucha foundation. Furthermore, the A.A. Theatre degreeprovides room for other educational opportunities. Asidefrom working on stage or film, graduates of Theatreprograms have gone on to careers as casting directors,agents, artistic directors at Regional Theatres, and K-12teachers. Many four-year Theatre graduates alsoconsider post-graduate studies.Graduates are able to:• understand the role of the actor/director/playwright• demonstrate technical proficiency and artisticsynthesis in vocal, physical and emotionaldevelopment in performance• identify in an historical, cultural and societalperspective the genres of theatre with exemplaryauthors and works• analyze stylistic elements of theatre pieces andsignificant authors, including structural parameters,language, aesthetic factors and interdisciplinaryrequirements• investigate careers in the theatre artsTheatre ArtsAssociate of Arts Degree in Liberal ArtsCurriculumA.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3Mathematics 1,2 3-4THEA-105 Acting I: Fundamentals 3Social Science 3 3THEA-103 Introduction to the Theatre 3THEA-111 Theatre Production Workshop I 1ENGL-112 English II 3Communication 3 3Science (lab) 2 4History 3 3THEA-106 Acting II: Scene Study orTHEA-113 or 114 Stagecraft 3THEA-112 Theatre Production Workshop II 1Technological Competency 2 3-4THEA-107 History of the Theatre: Classical 3Global & Cultural Awareness 5 3Free Elective 6 3THEA-117 Theatre Production Workshop III 1THEA-252 Professional Development: Theatre 1THEA-108 History of the Theatre: Modern 3Mathematics or Science 2,7 0-4Social Science 3 3History 3 3Theatre Arts Elective 4 3THEA-118 Theatre Production Workshop IV 1Total Credits 60 - 661Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take courses belowplacement level. Exceptions by permission of Department Chair.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.For the Math, Science and Technological Competency General Education,students must take a minimum of 12 credits. This must include one lab sciencecourse, one math course and satisfaction of the technological competencyrequirement by either passing the technological competency test (no credit) ortaking a technological competency general education course. If a studentpasses the technological competency test, another course must be selectedfrom Math, Science or Technological Competency General Education, so thatthe student has earned at least 12 credits in those categories.3Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education list.4Choose any 3 credit Theatre course.5Any General Education course that is listed as a Global and CulturalAwareness (GCA) course. If a course satisfies both the Global and CulturalAwareness requirement and another area requirement such as Social Science,Humanities, or Communication, the student may select any course from theGeneral Education list.6Any college level course. A Visual and Performing Arts Studio course isrecommended.7If the student has already completed 12 credits in the Math, Science, andTechnological Competency categories, the student does not need to take acourse here.136RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Veterinary TechnologyAn Articulated Agreement Leading to theA.S. Degree in Veterinary Technology fromSt. Petersburg <strong>College</strong> (Florida)This specialized agreement is in partnership with St.Petersburg <strong>College</strong>. Students will enroll and complete theirgeneral education courses at RVCC. They will then apply andbe approved for the selective program at St. Petersburg, afterwhich they will enroll in distance learning (online) courses tocomplete the degree. Full or part time employment with aVeterinarian is required as part of this program. For moreinformation about the selection process or the online courses,please contact St. Petersburg at (727) 341-3653 or visit the website at www.spcollege.edu.NOTE: Financial Aid will not be awarded by RVCC for thisprogram. Students may be eligible for Financial Aid from St.Petersburg.CurriculumArticulated Agreement ProgramThe following general education courses are required tobe completed at RVCC prior to admission at St.Petersburg. 1CourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3COMM-101 Speech 3Social Science 2 3Mathematics 3 3BIOL-111 Principles of Biology 4PHIL-114 Ethics 3Humanities 2 3Total Credits 221The program requires significant computer experience. RVCCstudents without such background should also take ComputerLiteracy (CISY-102) or Introduction to Information Systems(CISY-122) in preparation for their online courses. A placementtest in English and Mathematics is required to meet prerequisites.2Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. World Civilization I (HIST-101) is recommendedfor a Humanities course and American Government & Politics(POLI-121) is recommended as a Social Science course.3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level. Choose either Number Systems(MATH-101), Precalculus I (MATH-112), or Statistics I (MATH-110).Veterinary Technology - Articulated Agreement Leading to A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu137
Visual Arts - A.F.A.Visual Arts Transfer ProgramAssociate of Fine Arts DegreeThe Associate of Fine Arts Degree in Visual Artsprepares students for transfer into Bachelor of Fine Arts(B.F.A.) programs at four-year institutions andprofessional schools of art. In an A.F.A. program,students pursue rigorous training and art education toprepare them to continue their studies through thebaccalaureate level. Throughout the year, art lectures,workshops, seminars and bus trips to New Yorkmuseums and galleries supplement the program. Visualart majors participate in a First-Year review and aregiven individual help with preparing their portfolios fortransferring to a four-year art program in the PortfolioDevelopment course.There are eight spacious, well-equipped studios, whichinclude studios in sculpture, painting, drawing, ceramics,photography, printmaking, design and digital graphicdesign. There are two student art exhibitions held in the<strong>College</strong> Art Gallery during the year: a Juried ArtExhibition in the fall semester and a Student ArtExhibition curated by the faculty in the spring semester.This degree is intended for students who desire careersas professional studio artists or college teachers. It isalso recommended for students planning a career in K-12 art education who obtain certification after graduatingwith a B.F.A. or B.A. in Art.Graduates are able to:• understand the role of the visual artist• apply basic formal and conceptual artistic skills in thecreation of two- and three-dimensional artwork• identify major artists and art movements from ahistoric, cultural, and social perspective• analyze visual art concepts and theories• demonstrate technical and artistic developmentthrough a portfolio of artwork• investigate careers in the visual arts1Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list. ARTH courses cannot count as Humanities in thisdegree.2Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.3Beginning Studio Electives:ARTS-104 cannot be used to fulfill requirementIntroduction to Digital Photography (ARTS-112)Watercolor I (ARTS-121)Acrylic & Oil Painting I (ARTS-210)Still Photography I (ARTS-212)Ceramics I (ARTS-215)Sculpture I (ARTS-218)Monoprint and Relief (ARTS-229)Graphic Design I (ARTS-246)Digital Artmaking (ARTS-249)Introduction to Contemporary Printmaking (ARTS-253)Introduction to Video Production (ARTS-267)CurriculumA.F.A. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3ARTS-105 Two Dimensional Design 3ARTS-110 Basic Drawing I 3ARTS-132 Color Theory 3ARTH-110 Art from Prehistory to the Gothic Period 3ENGL-112 English II 3ARTS-108 Three Dimensional Design 3ARTS-111 Basic Drawing II 3Beginning Studio Elective 3 3ARTH-111 Art from the Renaissance tothe Modern Era 3ARTS-242 Figure Drawing I 3Beginning Studio Elective 3 3Beginning Studio Elective 3 or 3Advanced Studio Elective 4Social Science 1 3Mathematics orScience 1,2 3-4ARTS-252 Portfolio Development 2Advanced Studio Elective 4 3Advanced Studio Elective 4 3Free Elective 3Humanities 1 3Art History Elective 5 3Total Credits 62 - 634Advanced Studio Electives:Watercolor II (ARTS-131)Drawing III (ARTS-205)Issues of Contemporary Art (ARTS-207)Acrylic & Oil Painting II, III, & IV (ARTS-211, 235 & 236)Ceramics II, III, & IV (ARTS-216, 222 & 234)Sculpture II (ARTS-219)Still Photography II (ARTS-221)Advanced Glazing for the Studio Potter (ARTS-223)Raku (ARTS-225)Color Photography (ARTS-226)Alternative Photo Processes (ARTS-227)Contemporary Landscape Painting (ARTS-228)Figure Drawing II (ARTS-243)Ceramic Handbuilding (ARTS-244)Graphic Design II (ARTS-247)Two-Dimensional Animation (ARTS-248)Art of the Book (ARTS-254)Advanced Digital Photography (ARTS-266)Advanced Video Production: Narrative & Documentary (ARTS-268)Illustration (ARTS-271)Commercial Photography (ARTS-273)Web Design for the Graphic Artist (ARTS-274)Typography (ARTS-276)Advanced Video Production: Video Art (ARTS-279)News Production for the Web (ARTS-284)5Art History Electives:Modern & Contemporary Art (ARTH-203)Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (ARTH-206)Art Beyond the Western World (ARTH-208)History of Photography (ARTH-223)NOTE: Mathematics Proficiency - This degree requires a minimum mathproficiency through Elementary Algebra (MATH-020).138RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Web DeveloperAssociate of Science DegreeThis program prepares students who are interested intransferring to a four-year institution. It is designed to presentstudents with the various aspects of web development and givethem both an academic and professional perspective. Studentslearn the theoretical principles of web page and web sitedevelopment, providing them a conceptual foundation whileusing the industry standard tools for their development. It alsoprepares students for employment as web page designers, webdevelopers, and web analysts.A web developer designs interactive web pages andapplications for the World Wide Web and also integratesexisting applications as new architectures come online. TheWeb Developer must have a comprehensive understanding ofhow the web operates; know how to incorporate the latesttechnologies into effective presentation; be able to manage aproject and analyze and design systems; and have the skillsneeded to integrate graphic design components onto the webpage. He or she must have knowledge of Internet protocols,HTML editors, interactive design, hardware platforms andoperating systems.Graduates are able to:• discuss the features of well designed web sites• describe how storyboards are used in the development ofweb sites• design and publish web pages featuring hypertext links,lists, tables, and compressed files (video, audio andgraphics)• develop web pages using appropriate HTML syntax• connect to remote ftp sites and download files• link web pages to other pages on the Internet• interpret current copyright laws concerning multimediaCurriculumA.S. DegreeCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts and Programming 4CISY-114 Interactive Multimedia I 3Mathematics 1,3 3-4FILM-101 Art of the Movies:Film Appreciation & Analysis 3ENGL-112 English II 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3CISY-208 Interactive Multimedia II 3CISY-274 Privacy, Ethics, Computer Forensics 3Social Science 1 3Communication 1 3CISY-268 Web Page Development II 3CISY-291 Interactive Multimedia Programming 3CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design 3Science (lab) 1 4CISY-233 Relational Database withWeb Applications 3CISY-232 Internet & Web Architecture 3Specialization Elective 2 3Social Science 1 3Humanities 1 3Total Credits 62 - 631Select a course from the appropriate category of the GeneralEducation list.2Choose from the following: Networking Essentials (CISY-219),Extensible Markup Language (XML) (CISY-227), JavaScript(CISY-244), Wireless Internet (CISY-228), Visual Basic.Net(CISY-224), Active Server Pages.Net (CISY-260), Microsoft SQLserver (CISY-289), Database Development and Design (CISY-285), Introduction to Oracle: SQL & PL/SQL (CISY-286),Computer Science Cooperative Education (CISY-292),Introduction to Video Production (ARTS-267), Two DimensionalDesign (ARTS-105), Introduction to Digital Photography (ARTS-112), Graphics Design I (ARTS-246), Fundamentals of GameDesign (CISY-106).3Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not takecourses below placement level.Web Developer - A.S.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu139
Web Developer - CertificateThis certificate program prepares students foremployment as web programmers, systems integrators,software developers and network managersprofessionals sometimes labeled as web developers.A web developer designs interactive web pages andapplications for the World Wide Web and also integratesexisting applications as new architectures come online.The web developer must have a comprehensiveunderstanding of how the web operates; know how toincorporate the latest technologies into effectivepresentation; be able to manage a project and analyzeand design systems; and have the skills needed tointegrate graphic design components onto the web page.He or she must have knowledge of Internet protocols,HTML editors, interactive design, hardware platformsand operating systems.Graduates are able to:• use hypertext mark-up language (HTML) to createeffective web pages including graphics• maintain currency of web pages using updatingprograms• create a web site capable of links, data-gathering,simple transactions, e-mail and database access• prepare a formal proposal to an internal or externalclient who wants to set up a commercial web site oran Internet. Outline the hardware issues, softwareand development tools, security (hardware andsoftware systems), staffing and costsWeb DeveloperCertificateCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3CISY-114 Interactive Multimedia I 3CISY-274 Privacy, Ethics, Computer Forensics 2 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts & Programming 2 4CISY-233 Relational Database with Web Applications 3CISY-268 Web Page Development II 3CISY-208 Interactive Multimedia II 3CISY-232 Internet & Web Architecture 3Specialization Elective 1 3Total Credits 311Choose from the following: Networking Essentials (CISY-219),Extensible Markup Language (XML) (CISY-227), JavaScript (CISY-244),Interactive Multimedia Programming (CISY-291), Wireless Internet (CISY-228), Visual Basic.Net (CISY-224), Active Server Pages.Net (CISY-260),Microsoft SQL server (CISY-289), Database Development and Design(CISY-285), Introduction to Oracle: SQL & PL/SQL (CISY-286),Computer Science Cooperative Education I (CISY-292), Introduction toVideo Production (ARTS-267), Two Dimensional Design (ARTS-105),Introduction to Digital Photography (ARTS-112), Graphic Design I(ARTS-246), and Fundamentals of Game Design (CISY-106).2Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite/corequisite for thiscourse.140RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Web ProgrammingCertificateThe certificate program will prepare students for careers inweb programming.Graduates are able to:• use e-mail programs• search the World Wide Web• connect to remote ftp sites and download files• participate in listservs, chat lines and news groups• describe the ethical and privacy issues of the Internet• design static and dynamic web pages• install a web page on a website• design the solution to a problem using tools such aspseudocode, structure charts and flowcharts• design, write and test computer programs usinglanguages such as C, C++, Java, Visual BASIC, ASP,JavaScript and XML• interact with Oracle Database Software for datastorage and retrieval• interact with MS SQL Server Database Software for datastorage and retrieval• describe e-commerce infrastructure• identify and explain the technical challenges to the adoptionof e-commerce• build XML applications• maximize the power of a website with XMLCurriculumCertificate ProgramCourseCreditsENGL-111 English I 3CISY-225 Web Page Development I 3CISY-103 Computer Concepts & Programming 1 4CISY-162 Introduction to E-commerce Technology 3CISY-238 C Programming orCISY-242 Object Oriented Programming orCISY-265 Introduction to C#.net 3CISY-244 JavaScript 3CISY-249 Java 3CISY-227 Extensible Markup Language (XML) 3CISY-289 MS SQL Server orCISY-286 Introduction to Oracle: SQL & PL/SQL 3CISY-224 Introduction to Visual Basic.NET 3CISY-260 Active Server Pages.NET 3Total Credits 341Elementary Algebra (MATH-020) is a prerequisite for this course.Web Programming - CertificateRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu141
Course DescriptionsCourse descriptions are listed on the following pages,alphabetically and by course prefix. The four letter prefixidentifies subject area and the three numbers that follow identifythe particular course. The numbers in parenthesis indicate thenumber of lecture and lab hours per week, assuming a typical15-week semester.The description of each course indicates its credit valuewhich determines the tuition charge and the number of creditsavailable toward the requirements for a degree.ACCOUNTINGACCT-101 Financial Accounting (4,0) 4 CreditsThis course explores the basic structure and concepts ofaccounting. Accounting processes for both service andmerchandising enterprise, including the entire accounting cycle,are studied in depth. Emphasis is placed on preparation ofworksheets, adjusting and closing entries and financial statements.Additional topics covered in detail are evaluation of inventories,deferrals and accruals, methods of depreciation, bankreconciliations, shareholder equity, bonds and payroll accounting.ACCT-103 Accounting for Small Business (4,0) 4 CreditsThis course focuses on accounting as applied in the smallbusiness setting. Emphasis is placed on small business recordkeeping from basic journalizing to year-end closing and financialstatement preparation. Use of computerized general ledger andother software will be employed to accomplish the abovementioned tasks. Additionally, the course will cover managerialissues and demonstrate use of basic analytical tools for problemsolving at the small business level. This course is not recommendedfor Accounting majors.ACCT-104 Managerial Accounting (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 101 - Financial Accounting.The topics covered in this course will enable students to analyzeand interpret both historical and estimated data used bymanagement to conduct daily operations, plan future operations,and develop overall business strategies. Statement of Cash Flows,Job Orders, Process Costing, Budgeting, Standard Costs,Differential Analysis, and Product Pricing are some of the topicsstudied.ACCT-105 Taxes for Small Business (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course focuses on taxes as applied in the small businesssetting. Emphasis is placed on understanding taxes impacting smallbusiness such as income taxes - federal, state and local, payrolltaxes, property taxes, sales/use taxes and miscellaneous businesstaxes. Additionally the course will cover managerial issues, taxcompliance and effective tax planning for small businesses. Briefsummary of issues relating to company structure: SoleProprietorship vs. General Partnerships, Limited LiabilityCompanies and S Corporations. This course is not an accountingelective in the AAS Accounting or CPA Education RequirementCertificate programs.ACCT-203 Intermediate Accounting I (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course further develops accounting principles as they applyto classification and presentation of financial statements. Topicscovered are income statements, balance sheets, capital statements,cash flow statements, time value of money, receivables, currentliabilities, inventory (including estimating techniques), plant andequipment, intangible assets.KEY:ACCT-101 Financial Accounting (4,0) 4 creditscourse course lecture, creditsnumber name lab hoursACCT-204 Intermediate Accounting II (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 203 - Intermediate Accounting I.This course further develops accounting principles as they applyto classification and presentation of financial statements. Topicsstudied include contributed corporate capital, stock rights, earningsper share, retained earnings, treasury stock, leases, bonds payable,income taxes, pension funds and investments.ACCT-210 International Accounting (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ACCT 101 - Financial Accounting and ACCT 104- Managerial Accounting or permission of the instructor.This course investigates accounting theory of an internationalnature, including international consolidations, financial statements,and problems dealing with exchange and other accounting matters.ACCT-211 Cost Accounting (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course covers accounting for manufacturing enterprises. Itprovides a detailed explanation of the cost components ofmanufacturing operations: direct materials, direct labor andindirect manufacturing expenses (Factory overhead). The full cycleof the manufacturing entity is illustrated for both job order andprocess cost systems. The various techniques used for theapplication of factory overhead are studied. Process costingincludes both the weighted average and FIFO methods anddifferences in direct material input. Standard costs and varianceanalysis are also covered.ACCT-212 Cost Analysis & Budgeting (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course focuses on the managerial uses of accounting data.Topics covered include cost behavior analysis, cost-volume-profitanalysis, budgeting, responsibility accounting, profit performanceevaluation, distribution cost analysis, capital expenditure planningand decision making using cost analysis. In addition, there will bean introduction to some of the simpler mathematical and statisticaltechniques used in planning and control; correlation analysis;performance and evaluation review technique (PERT), andqueuing theory.ACCT-221 Tax Accounting I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course is a study of current federal income tax law practicewith primary emphasis on application to the individual taxpayer.Familiarization with tax forms and their preparation is emphasized.This course also briefly summarizes partnership and corporatetaxation.ACCT-222 Auditing (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course provides an introduction to the concepts andmethods of auditing. Topics covered include the responsibilitiesand standards of the auditor, the procedures and techniques forexamining internal control, assets, liabilities, equity, income andexpenses, auditor's work papers and reports.142 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
ACCT-223 Tax Accounting II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 221 - Tax Accounting I.This course continues the study of Tax Accounting I with theprimary emphasis on Federal Income Tax Laws and Regulationsrelating to Corporations, S Corporations and Partnerships. Inaddition, the course will cover various federal tax issuesconcerning Trusts, Estates, Gifts, Generation-Skipping TransferTax and Retirement Planning. The course will specifically focus ontax research, planning and familiarization with tax forms and theirpreparation.ACCT-224 Government & Not-For-ProfitAccounting(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course provides an in-depth analysis of accounting forgovernmental and not-for-profit entities. The course presents thefoundation on which all accounting for governmental and not-forprofitentities is based. Offered in the fall semester.ACCT-225 Accounting UsingMicrocomputer(1,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 101 - Financial Accounting.In this hands-on course, students will learn to use theQuickBooks software to track the transactions of a service businessand a merchandiser on a personal computer. Topics coveredinclude customer- and vendor-related transactions, end-of-periodtransactions, payroll, and converting a manual accounting systemto QuickBooks. Familiarity with the use of a personal computer isrequired.ACCT-290 Accounting CooperativeEducation I(3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. Seedepartment Co-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.ACCT-291 Accounting CooperativeEducation II(3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.AIR CONDITIONING,REFRIGERATION & HEATINGTECHNOLOGYARTC-101 Refrigeration I (4,5) 6 CreditsThis is an entry-level course for students in the HVAC/R field. Itspurpose is to provide the student with a practical blend of technicaltheory and laboratory skill- building activities. The course contentaims at developing in the student a solid foundation in the basics ofthermodynamic theory as applicable to refrigeration, and in theoperation of the most modern tools, instruments and equipment incurrent use by field service professionals during installation,troubleshooting, maintenance and service procedures on presentdayrefrigeration and air conditioning systems.ARTC-102 Air Conditioning Systems Design(4,6) 6 CreditsThis course deals primarily with the application of thefundamentals of engineering to the practical design of airconditioning systems. The course begins with the concepts ofhuman comfort and their dependence on the proper conditioning ofair, continues with cooling load estimating, psychometric analysis,indoor air quality issues, the design of the air distribution system,and the selection of the air conditioning unit and peripheralcomponents. Throughout the semester the student is also trained inthe use of engineering design software and computer-aided draftingsoftware.ARTC-201 Refrigeration II (4,6) 6 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTC 101 - Refrigeration I.An advanced refrigeration course, requiring a basic knowledge ofrefrigeration systems and components. The student is introduced tooperation, maintenance and design procedures for largecommercial and industrial refrigeration equipment and associatedinstrumentation and control systems.Classroom training isenhanced by means of field trips to commercial buildings for thepurpose of viewing actual equipment at work and receivingadditional on-site training through the sponsorship of plantengineering personnel.ARTC-202 Heating Systems Design (4,6) 6 CreditsThis is a course which deals primarily with the application of thefundamental facts of engineering to the practical design of centralheating systems. Previous knowledge of heat transfer processes asapplicable to air conditioning design (cooling) is required.Classroom instruction consists of engineering design and analysisof hot air (ducted), hot water (baseboards), steam (radiators),radiant (warm floors) and geothermal heating systems. Throughoutthe semester the student is also trained in the selection of equipmentand peripheral components, and in the use of engineering-designand computer aided drafting software.ARTC-206 Residential HVAC Controls& Instrumentation(2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ESTC 102 - Electricity II.An advanced course in electrical control systems for HVAC,requiring that students have had either previous training or fieldexperience in the areas of control and instrumentation for HVAC.This course focuses on residential applications beginning withconcepts of automation and feedback for control loops, continuingwith a presentation of operating principles of gas, oil and electricheating/cooling control systems and associated equipment, andfinally exploring indoor air quality (I.A.Q.) issues. Training isprovided in the operation, troubleshooting, diagnosis and repairprocedures of mechanical and electrical malfunctions on boilers,furnaces, heat pumps, central cooling systems, humidifying &dehumidifying equipment and peripheral devices, and in theoperation, calibration and testing of such systems.ARTC-207 Commercial HVAC Controls& Instrumentation(3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTC 206 - Residential HVAC Controls &Instrumentation.This is an advanced course in instrumentation and controls forCommercial HVAC. The student is introduced to pneumatic controlsystems and components commonly used in buildings to operateheating and air conditioning equipment. An introduction toelectronic and to microprocessor-based controllers currently in usein commercial buildings, often known as DDC (Direct DigitalControllers), is provided. The student is expected to have hadprevious education (or training) in heating and air conditioningdesign, be familiar with basic conceptual knowledge of airconditioning processes and with electricity for HVAC/R.ANTHROPOLOGYANTH-101 Introduction to CulturalAnthropology(3,0) 3 CreditsThe course examines cultures around the world so as to providea better understanding of their similarities and differences.Different world cultures are examined in detail so as to gain acontextual analysis of their world views and adaptations. Emphasisis also placed on the different ways in which anthropologists workto gain their information and interpret the data. There may be anoptional field trip to a local museum.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu143
ANTH-102 Human Origins (3,0) 3 CreditsThe course examines the evolution of humans and other primatesfrom their early beginnings some 70 million years ago to thepresent. Through the use of the fossil record, archeological data,molecular evidence, comparative anatomy and observations ofnon-human primates such as apes and monkeys, the story ofhuman evolution is presented. There may be optional field trips toa local museum and/ or zoo.ANTH-120 Introduction to Archaeology (2,3) 3 CreditsThe course introduces the basic principles, theories andmethodologies used by archaeologists to reconstruct cultures,largely prehistoric, through the analysis of material culture. Specialemphasis placed upon using archeology as a means to testhypotheses about prehistoric cultures and their development.Students will need to be available on at least two Saturdays orSundays a month so that trips can be made to visit nearbyarcheological excavations.ANTH-201 North American Indians (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines Native North American adaptations totheir physical and social environment. The course traces the socialevolution of Native Americans beginning with their entry into theNew World through the contact period and then up to the presenttime. Special attention is placed upon the culture area approach.There may be optional field trips to local museums. Offered in thespring semester.ANTH-202 Global Patterns of Racism (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This team-taught course draws on texts in the social sciences, inhistory, and literature to survey the causes and manifestations ofracism in diverse cultures, as well as proactive responses to it. Thecourse will focus on racism in western and nonwestern cultures.Case studies will include - but not be limited to - Europeancolonialism, slavery, social Darwinism and eugenics, apartheid andsegregation, anti-Semitism, and contemporary conflicts likeRwanda and the former Yugoslavia. This course satisfies generaleducation requirements in humanities, literature, or social sciences.It cannot be used as the sole social science course in a degreeprogram that has only one social science course.ART HISTORYARTH-101 Art Appreciation (3,0) 3 CreditsArt appreciation is a survey of art throughout history, whichfocuses on the analysis of art forms, technical procedures, subjectmatter, composition and cultural and social influences. Two andthree-dimensional arts will be discussed. Museum visits will bearranged during the semester.ARTH-110 Art from Prehistoryto the Gothic Period (3,0) 3 CreditsA survey of western art history (including early Islamic art) withstrong emphasis on its relationship to civilization and its culturalcontext from Prehistory through the Gothic period. Students willacquire a visual vocabulary of historical art styles. Museum visitswill be arranged during the semester. Students will also learn toanalyze artworks which identify stylistic characteristics.ARTH-111 Art from the Renaissance to the Modern Era(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTH 110 - Art from Prehistory to the GothicPeriod.A survey of western art history with emphasis on its relationshipto civilization and its cultural context from Renaissance to the mid-20th century in Europe and America. Students will acquire a visualvocabulary of historical art styles. Museum visits will be arrangedduring the semester. Students will also learn to analyze artworkswhich identify stylistic characteristics.ARTH-115 Photography: A Cultural History (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will explore the impact and influence of photographyas technology and an art form on contemporary culture. The coursewill survey the history of photography and look at how it impactsmedia, science and art. Students will have experiences with the pinholecamera and simple printing processes as well as thetransformation of the photograph to digital form.ARTH-203 Modern & Contemporary Art (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is a survey of modern art from the late 19th centuryto the present. Major artists in painting, sculpture, architecture andnew media will be studied in the context of developments inWestern art. Parallels will be drawn to nonwestern art. Studentswill learn about the major artistic and historical developments ofthis time period through lectures, readings, class discussions andmuseum and gallery visits. Offered every other year in the springsemester.ARTH-205 American Art (3,0) 3 CreditsA survey of American painting, sculpture and architecture fromcolonial times to the present. Major artists and styles will be studiedin the context of American culture and will be examined against thebackground of European sources and parallels. Students will learnabout the major artistic and historical developments of this timeperiod through lectures, readings, class discussions and museumand gallery visits. Offered every other year in even numbered years.ARTH-206 Impressionism andPost-Impressionism(3,0) 3 CreditsThe study of paintings and sculpture by major European andAmerican artists of the late 19th and early 20th century with anemphasis on the development of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism as artistic movements. Students will learn about themajor artistic and historical developments of this time periodthrough lectures, readings, class discussions and museum andgallery visits. Offered every other year in odd numbered years.ARTH-208 Art Beyond the Western World (3,0) 3 CreditsA survey of non-Western art, to include painting, sculpture andarchitecture, from the establishment of the various societies to becovered up to the 20th century. The art of China, Japan, Korea,India, Africa, Islam, Oceania and Mesoamerica will be studied incontext of each culture. Parallels will be drawn to to Western art.Students will learn about the major artistic & historicaldevelopments of the different cultures through lectures, classdiscussions and museum visits. Offered in the fall semester.ARTH-223 History of Photography (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will survey the history of photography and look athow it is used as an art form and how it has impacted media andscience. Students will explore the aesthetic qualities of thephotographic image along with its value as a historical documentand scientific tool. Offered in the spring semester.ART STUDIOARTS-104 Visual Communication (2,2) 3 CreditsVisual Communication is an on-line studio art for non-majorsthat fulfills the studio art requirement for <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>Communication <strong>College</strong>'s Liberal Arts degree. The course engagesstudents in understanding the elements, principles and methods ofvisual communication through on-line lectures, readings, researchand discussions, as well as the making of art projects withtraditional and digital media. Students must purchase their own artmaterials, and have basic image-editing software. High-speedinternet access recommended.ARTS-105 Two-Dimensional Design (2,2) 3 CreditsAn introduction to the various aspects of design. Using acombination of traditional and digital media, students explore thebasic elements used in art-making and the design principles thatguide visual form. No previous computer experience is needed.Students will purchase some art supplies.144 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
ARTS-108 Three-Dimensional Design (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course emphasizes basic design vocabulary as well as theconcepts and history specific to three-dimensional design.Coursework includes classroom exercises, readings, discussionsand critiques. Students will work in a variety of materials andemploy a variety of processes. Some art supplies will need to bepurchased.ARTS-110 Basic Drawing I (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to visual expression through theexploration of various black and white media. Still life, landscape,portrait, the human figure, and other subjects will be drawn.Formal concepts such as line, texture, value, perspective will beexplored through representational and abstract means. Students willbe required to purchase art supplies.ARTS-110H Basic Drawing I Honors (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Approval by portfolio.Like Basic Drawing I, this course applies visual expressionthrough the exploration of various black and white media. Still life,landscape, portrait and human figure, and other subjects will bedrawn. Unlike the regular course, however, this Honors section willrequire more complex drawing assignments that involve a higherlevel of content development, as well as formal drawing skillsbeyond the rudimentary level. Representational and abstractdrawing will be encouraged. There will also be required readingassignments, two guided field trips to New York City galleries andmuseums, and a class with a visiting artist. Students will be requiredto purchase art supplies. Offered every other year in the fallsemester.ARTS-111 Basic Drawing II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 110 - Basic Drawing I.This course further develops the student's concepts acquired inDrawing I by applying creative assignments using color media,such as: pastel, color pencil, oil bar, gouache, crayon and mixmediawith more intense focus on personal context, and theintroduction of color theory. Some subjects will be still-life,portrait, landscape, and drawing from a model. Both realism andabstraction are encouraged. Students must purchase art supplies asneeded.ARTS-112 Introduction to DigitalPhotography(2,2) 3 CreditsIntroduction to Digital Photography will explore electronicimaging through the use of digital cameras and scanning. Thiscourse will cover basic technical information relating to theappropriate hardware and software used in electronic imaging,basic photographic concepts and terminology. This course will alsoexplore creative uses of digital photography as an art form. Studentsmust have their own 35mm camera or digital camera. Studentsmust purchase some art supplies.ARTS-113 Audio Production (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course introduces students to the fundamentals of multitrackaudio production. Students will explore recording techniques,including the choice of microphones and their placement, as well asmixing multi-track audio utilizing equalization, compression,reverb, and panning. With an emphasis on acoustics and the physicsof sound, class projects will focus on producing audio for musicdistribution, radio, computer gaming, and film.ARTS-121 Watercolor I (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 110 - Basic Drawing I.This course is an introduction to the techniques and aesthetics ofwatercolor. Gouache will be introduced as a minor element. Selfexpressionwill be encouraged through creative problems. Colortheory and methods of applying paint will be explored. Studentswill work from both indoors and outdoors from still life, nature, thefigure model, self-portraits, and from their imaginations. Studentswill purchase their own art supplies. Offered in the spring semester.ARTS-131 Watercolor II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 121 - Watercolor I.Continuation of Watercolor I. Through emphasis on creativeproblem solving and self-expression the student will furthersharpen traditional watercolor skills as well as investigate largescale and watercolor with mixed media. Students will often workthematically on projects with encouraged self-direction. Furtherinvestigation into traditional subject matter such as the figuremodel, still life and landscape will be used. Students will purchasetheir own art supplies. Offered in the spring semester.ARTS-132 Color Theory (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to the characteristics of color andits interaction. Major color theorists will be presented such as Ittenand Albers. Assignments will include the creative application ofcolor theory in various media including computers. Students willpurchase their own art supplies.ARTS-205 Drawing III (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 111 - Basic Drawing II.The course will concentrate on black and white and color drawingwith an emphasis on creative problem solving on an advancedlevel. Traditional and nontraditional use of the media will beencouraged with the objective of focusing on drawing as a personalexpressive medium. Contemporary concepts in drawing will beexplored. The figure model will be a drawing subject for a coupleof sessions. Students will purchase their own art supplies. Offeredin the fall semester.ARTS-210 Acrylic & Oil Painting I (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 110 - Basic Drawing I.This course is an introduction to the techniques of acrylic and oilpainting. Aesthetics, color theory and methods of applying paintwill be explored through creative problems. Self-expression will beencouraged. Assignments will cover various subject matter,including still life, figure model, landscape, and abstraction.Students may choose to focus on oil or acrylic as their dominantmedium for assignments. Students will purchase most of their ownart supplies.ARTS-211 Acrylic & Oil Painting II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 210 - Acrylic and Oil Painting I.This course is a continuation of Acrylic and Oil Painting I withemphasis upon individual creative expression. Traditionaltechniques such as glazing and impasto will be further investigatedas well as more experimental approaches to painting such as mixmedia,multi-panel, and painting installations. Traditional subjectmatter such as the landscape and the figure model will be painted,as well as subjects chosen by the student. Students may choose tofocus on oil or acrylic as their dominant medium for assignments.Students will purchase most of their own art supplies.ARTS-212 Still Photography I (2,2) 3 CreditsAn introduction to black and white photography. This coursecovers basic camera operation, film processing and darkroomprinting. Students will be exposed to aesthetic and critical issuesrelated to the medium of photography. Purchase of additionalsupplies required. Students must have their own 35mm manuallyoperational camera.ARTS-215 Ceramics I (2,2) 3 CreditsCeramics I introduces students to the basic theory and practiceinvolved in the forming and processing of clay from its raw state tothe finished art object. Handbuilding processes will be emphasizedas well as basic glaze application, glaze making and ceramic firingtechniques. Students will learn the handbuilding techniques ofpinch, coil and slab. Vessels and clay sculpture will be explored.Students will purchase some art supplies such as a ceramic tool kitand glaze brushes.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu145
ARTS-216 Ceramics II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 215 - Ceramics I.Ceramics II introduces students to the basic theory and practiceinvolved in making forms on the potter's wheel. Students will learnbasic wheel thrown forms that can be used in functional pottery andceramic sculpture. Students will also learn glaze and firingtechniques using glazes for the gas kiln. Students will purchasesome art supplies such as clay, a ceramic tool kit and glaze brushes.ARTS-218 Sculpture I (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 108 - Three-Dimensional Design.Sculpture I is an investigation of sculptural concepts, techniques,media, tools and vocabulary in order to further develop students'sculptural skills and visual perception. The course involvesexposure to contemporary sculptural concepts as well as traditionalmaterials, technical information and personal expression. Studentsmust purchase some art supplies.ARTS-219 Sculpture II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 218 - Sculpture I.This course offers an advanced sculpture student the opportunityto further investigate material processes and modes of presentationthat reflect their specialized personal interests. An emphasis isplaced on the development of personal language and concept.Students must purchase some art supplies.ARTS-221 Still Photography II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 212 - Still Photography I or permission ofinstructor.This course is designed for students who have had StillPhotography I and are interested in pursuing a more indepthexperience in black and white photography techniques. This coursewill include an introduction to the Zone System with more precisefilm exposure, processing and printing controls. Students willexplore a variety of darkroom techniques and focus on developinga cohesive portfolio. This course covers basic camera operation,film processing and darkroom printing. Purchase of additionalsupplies required. Students must have their own 35mm manuallyoperational camera. Offered in the fall semester.ARTS-222 Ceramics III (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 216 - Ceramics II.Ceramics III is an advanced wheelthrowing course withemphasis on making large forms. Students will also explore alteredforms and combining wheel thrown forms with handbuilding.Students will purchase some art supplies such as clay, a ceramictool kit and glaze brushes.ARTS-223 Advanced Glazing forthe Studio Potter(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 222 - Ceramics III.This course instructs the student in the theory and practice ofglaze chemistry and glaze formulation. Students will learn how toformulate their own glazes from glaze materials. Instruction willcover stoneware and porcelain glazes as well as low-fire and Rakuglazes. Special glaze effects such as lusters, ceramic decals,underglazes and overglazes will also be discussed and used.Students will purchase some art supplies such as clay, ceramictools, glaze brushes and glaze containers. Offered in the fallsemester.ARTS-225 Raku (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 216 - Ceramics II.An indepth study of the ceramic process of Raku, a 16th centuryceramic process originating in Japan. Students will learn thehistorical meanings of Japanese Raku and its adaptation byWestern potters. Students will learn the process of making Rakuclay and glaze. They will also learn how to fire a Raku kiln.Students will work on individual and group projects. Students mustpurchase some art supplies such as clay and ceramic tools. Offeredin the summer I semester.ARTS-226 Color Photography (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 212 - Still Photography I.This course will present an exploration of photographic colortheory, the use of color negative film, color slide film, and colorbalance. Students will learn basic color including film and printprocessing. darkroom techniques including slide print processingand negative print processing. Students must purchase someadditional photo supplies. Offered every other year in oddnumbered years.ARTS-227 Alternative PhotographicProcesses(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 212 - Still Photography I or ARTS 112 -Introduction to Digital Photography.This course will explore techniques that go beyond the traditionalphotographic darkroom practices. Some of the techniques coveredin this course may include non-silver processes such as cyanotypeand gum printing, hand-coloring, image lifts and transfers, handmadepin hole cameras and other experimental manipulation ofimages. This course will also look at the historical significance ofthese techniques to the development of photography as an art form.Students will purchase additional art supplies. Offered in the springsemester.ARTS-228 Contemporary LandscapePainting(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 210 - Acrylic and Oil Painting I or ARTS121 - Watercolor I or ARTS 111 - Basic Drawing II.The landscape will be explored as a means of expressing ourcontemporary world via realism, metaphor and abstraction.Students will work outdoors at various sites on and off campus,including the rural landscape, cityscape, industrial sites and otheroutdoor locations. They will also develop ideas using sourcematerial such as sketches, props, and memory. Students will workin the color medium/media with which he/she has prior experience,including oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor. Collage andexperimental use of media will be encouraged. Contemporary,post-modern and historical concepts about landscape painting willbe discussed. Students will purchase their own art supplies.Offered every other Summer II .ARTS-229 Printmaking: Monoprintand Relief(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 105 - Two-Dimensional Design or ARTS 110- Basic Drawing I or permission of the instructor.This course will explore one of the oldest techniques inprintmaking: the relief print, in which the surface of a wood blockor linoleum is cut away and the surface inked to form the image. Amuch more modern method of surface printing will also beexplored: the monoprint, is a very direct, painterly method ofmaking prints that results in a unique image. This studio experienceis supplemented with slide lectures, reading assignments, andvideotapes to put the process/prints in a formal design context andan art historical perspective. Students must purchase some artsupplies. Offered in the fall semester.ARTS-234 Ceramics IV (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 222 - Ceramics III and ARTS 223 - AdvancedGlazing for the Studio Potter.This course offers the advanced ceramics student an opportunityto work on specialized projects in a classroom studio setting.Students will do advanced group and individual projects inwheelthrowing and/or handbuilding. Emphasis is on refinement ofindividual student skills and creative abilities. Students willpurchase clay and supplies through RVCC. Offered in the springsemester.ARTS-235 Acrylic & Oil Painting III (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 211 - Acrylic and Oil Painting II.This course is a continuation of Acrylic and Oil Painting II. Thedevelopment of individual style, originality of expression, and146 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
portfolio preparation will be the focus, along with intermediate toadvanced application of painting techniques and contemporarymovements in painting. The figure model will be a painting subjectfor several sessions. Students may choose oil or acrylic as theirdominant medium. Students will purchase most of their own artsupplies.ARTS-236 Acrylic & Oil Painting IV (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 235 - Acrylic and Oil Painting III.This course is a continuation of Acrylic and Oil Painting III usingadvanced concepts and techniques in painting with emphasis on thedevelopment of a strong individual style and originality ofexpression, independent projects, portfolio preparation,museum/gallery visits, and contemporary movements in painting.The figure model will be a painting subject for several sessions.Students may choose to paint with oil or acrylic as their dominantmedium. Students will purchase most of their own art supplies.ARTS-242 Figure Drawing I (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 110 - Basic Drawing I.This course will cover pictorial concepts motivated by the studyof anatomy and the human figure. A live model will be drawnweekly. Students will use black and white media, such as charcoal,graphite, oil bar and ink. Students will purchase their own artsupplies.ARTS-243 Figure Drawing II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 242 - Figure Drawing I.This course covers pictorial concepts motivated by the study ofanatomy and the human figure. A live model will be drawn weekly.Students will use color media such as pastels, oil bar, and waterbasepaint. A personal drawing style will be emphasized. Studentswill purchase their own art supplies.ARTS-244 Ceramic Handbuilding (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 216 - Ceramics II.A ceramics course with emphasis on advanced approaches tohandbuilding processes. Students will work with advancedhandbuilding techniques and be introduced to advanced textural,glaze and firing techniques. They will also refine individualtechnical and creative skills. Students must purchase some artsupplies such as clay and ceramic tools. Offered every other yearin odd numbered years.ARTS-246 Graphic Design I (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 105 - Two-Dimensional Design.This course is an introduction to the concepts and processes ofgraphic design. Students learn about the field of graphic design andwork with computers in bitmap, vector graphic, and page layoutsoftware, as well as with traditional art and design media. Projectsinvolve digital imaging, typography, identity design and pagelayout. The designer's creative process and problem-solving skillsare emphasized throughout the course. Students will purchasesome art supplies.ARTS-247 Graphic Design II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 246 - Graphic Design I.This course covers advanced concepts and processes of graphicdesign and portfolio preparation. Students explore the creativeprocess by combining bitmap, vector graphic, and page layoutsoftware, as well as traditional art and design media, towardoriginal design solutions. Projects involve advanced digitalimaging and typography, packaging and multi-page documents,pre-press and internet preparation Emphasis is placed on therelationship between individual creative and critical thinking skillsand the designer's role within professional, cultural and historicalcontexts. Students will purchase some art supplies.ARTS-248 Two-Dimensional Animation (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 246 - Graphic Design I.This course helps students develop basic creative skills in twodimensionalanimation. Historical perspective includes eras, styles,techniques, as well as exploration of future possibilities such asgame design, Web design, entertainment, education, and art.Students use 2-D imaging and animation software to create shortcomputer animations involving typography, graphics and originalcharacters, with some interactivity. Emphasis is on the wholecreation process: from concept and story-boards to visualproduction with sound. Students will purchase some art supplies.Offered in the fall semester.ARTS-249 Digital Artmaking (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 105 - Two-Dimensional Design & ARTS 110- Basic Drawing I.Students will explore creative expression in art beyond thetraditional media of painting, drawing, photography and sculptureby using digital technology. Students will combine traditionalartmaking with the use of digital imaging software applications andprinting techniques. Emphasis is on creative thinking and problemsolving.Students will also explore theory, history and ethicsinvolved with the computer as an art tool. Students must purchasesome art supplies. Offered every other year in even numberedyears.ARTS-250 Printmaking: Silkscreen (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS-105 - Two-Dimensional Design or ARTS 110- Basic Drawing I or permission of the instructor.This course is an introduction to the printmaking process ofsilkscreen. The techniques covered in the course will include photoprocesses and drawing. Students will create with single andmultiple color images using water base inks. They will be able toincorporate other techniques such as collage and painting. Studentsmust purchase some art supplies. Offered in the fall semester.ARTS-252 Portfolio Development (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 108 - Three-Dimensional Design, ARTS 111 -Basic Drawing II and ARTS 132 - Color Theory.This course is designed to help prepare students majoring inVisual Arts, Studio Art or Graphic Design to successfully transferto a B.F.A. or B.A. in Art program. The course will cover topicssuch as critical thinking in art, writing artist's statement, careeroptions, resume and portfolio preparation for transfer andexhibitions, and identification of appropriate transfer colleges.Students will purchase some art supplies.ARTS-253 Introduction to ContemporaryPrintmaking(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 105 - Two-Dimensional Design or ARTS 110 -Basic Drawing I.This course is an introduction to recent developments in nontoxic/less toxic techniques and materials for printmaking such aspolyester plates for lithography and Image On film for intaglio.Students will also explore new ways to synthesize digital processeswith traditional printmaking techniques to facilitate the process ofprintmaking. Students must purchase some art supplies.ARTS-254 Art of the Book (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 105 - Two-Dimensional Design or ARTS 110 -Basic Drawing I or permission of the instructor.This course will introduce students to the design and constructionof traditional and non-traditional paper based book formats.Conceptual thought will be applied to the book form by studyingthe narrative, alternative and sculptural quality of the book as auniversal medium for the visual artist. Alternative media will beencouraged. Students will be required to purchase some artmaterials. Offered in the spring semester.ARTS-261 Light Optics & Sound (2,2) 3 CreditsIn this course, students will explore the science and technologythat produce visual images, specifically the nature of light and lensoptics. A clear understanding of image reproduction (chemical,RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu147
analog & digital) will be gained. Classic lighting styles, themethodology of sound reproduction and the mechanics ofmicrophones and their impact on the artistic process will beexamined. Offered in the fall semester.ARTS-266 Advanced Digital Photography (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 112 - Introduction to Digital Photography orpermission of the instructor.Advanced Digital Photography will explore the use of advanceddigital camera controls and software editing techniques. In-depthtechnical and software information will be covered relating tocamera RAW exposure and software manipulation.This course willalso focus on the creative development of a personal body of work.Students must have their own SLR style digital camera capable ofexposing in RAW format. Students must purchase some artsupplies.ARTS-267 Introduction to Video Production (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course introduces students to the fundamentals of digitalvideo production. Students will learn how to produce short videos,including story-boarding, directing, lighting and shooting, and willfinish productions using current video-and sound-editing software.The course examines the application of video in contemporary art,documentation, and television production.ARTS-268 Advanced Video Production:Narrative & Documentary (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 267 - Introduction to Video Production.This course covers advanced techniques for digital video,including scripting, directing, lighting, shooting, editing andoverall production. Students will use advanced applications ofcurrent video-and sound-editing software. Final project is a videoseries or single production of substantial length within the field ofnarrative and/or documentary video. The course examinesadvanced application of film language and production techniquesin the fields of Hollywood film, documentary production, and newmedia. Students will crew on college productions when available.ARTS-271 Illustration (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 246 - Graphic Design I.This course introduces students to various illustration techniquesand professional applications. Projects involve both traditional anddigital media. Accuracy of rendering is emphasized. Students willpurchase some art supplies. Offered in the fall semester.ARTS-273 Commercial Photography (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 212 - Still Photography I or ARTS 112 -Introduction to Digital Photography.This course covers the basic aspects of commercial photographyincluding studio and location lighting, business and marketingskills and large format camera operation. Students will be requiredto furnish a 35mm film or digital camera that can be manuallycontrolled and to purchase additional supplies. Offered in the fallsemester.ARTS-274 Web Page Design forthe Graphic Artist(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 246 - Graphic Design I.This course covers the concepts and application of graphic designfor the World Wide Web. Students will create original web siteswith attention to design fundamentals such as color, typography,imagery and composition. Web publishing software, simpleanimation, and basic XHTML are covered. Students must purchaseart supplies. Offered in the fall semester.ARTS-276 Typography (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 246 Graphic Design I.This course helps graphic design students gain an understandingof the effects produced by various fonts and typographictechniques. It provides a historical overview and in-depthexplanations of the formal qualities of characters and typefaces. Arange of theoretical and applied projects are used to investigatetypography as a fundamental communication tool. Students willpurchase some art supplies. Offered in the spring semester.ARTS-277 Game Audio and Video (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 106 - Fundamentals of Game Design.This course will cover the theory, as well as practicalapplications, of audio and computer video techniques as used in thegame industry. Emphasis will be placed on methods of soundintegration and video effects and how they impact characterdevelopment and enhance the game-playing experience.Additional audio topics covered include: sound perception,waveform editing, sound effects and an introduction to MIDI,music composition and voiceovers. Computer video topics include:image composition, virtual cameras, motion capture and videocompression. Offered every other year in even numbered years.ARTS-278 Advanced Video Editing (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 267 - Introduction to Video ProductionIn this course, students will explore the historical development offilm/video editing theory and apply the various editing styles tovideo footage generated in the class. A complete understanding ofthe impact that editing has on the subtle manipulation of anaudience will be gained. At the same time, students will continueto explore the depth of the current digital editing programs that arecommonly found in the workplace.ARTS-279 Advanced Video Production:Video Art(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 267 - Introduction to Video Production.This course explores the medium of video for expressive artisticpractice. Utilizing current video-and sound-editing software,students will create a series of videos or a single production ofsubstantial length examining the creative possibilities of themedium. The history of video art will be examined and its relationto performance art, commercial television, and documentary work.Various means of presentation, such as single channel video, multichannelinstallations, and web video will also be considered.ARTS-284 News Production for the Web (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ONE of the following: COMM 254 - NewsReporting, COMM 251 - Writing for the Media, COMM 255 -Feature Writing for Print & Broadcast Media, ARTS 246 -Graphic Design I, ARTS 212 - Photography I, ARTS 267 -Introduction to Video Production, ARTS 274 - Web Design, orBUSI 111 - Introduction to Business Administration.Students from various disciplines collaborate to produce thecollege's student news website, The Record. Students can registerfor this course to receive Communication,Art, or Business credit.Students gain practical experience in the responsibilities of realworld website creation and maintenance. Many assignments reflecta student's chosen discipline, but students in all areas also study thefundamentals of new production as a whole. Areas to be coveredinclude news, features, sports and opinion writing, interviewing,photography, art/illustration, graphic design/layout, webdevelopment, video production and streaming, business/advertising management, promotion, and basic principles of medialaw and ethics. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how thevarious components work together, on the roles and responsibilitiesof news media in community, and on collaboration to publish themultimedia website.ARTS-288 Studio Art CooperativeEducation I(3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. SeeDepartment Co-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.148 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGYAUTC-101 Automotive Theory,Service and Engines (2,5) 4 CreditsCorequisite: AUTC 102 - Automotive Brake SystemsUpon completion of this course, the student will be familiar withthe tools, service procedures, and safety customary to theautomotive field. Training is provided in general and specificmaintenance areas.AUTC-102 Automotive Break Systems (2,3) 3 CreditsCorequisite: AUTC 101 Automotive Theory, Service & EnginesThis course is an overview of the brake system. Training willcover the entire brake system and complete brake servicing.Inspection diagnosis, adjustment, and repair of drum, disc, andanti- lock brake systems will be performed.AUTC-104 Electrical Systems (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: AUTC 101 - Automotive Theory, Service & Engines.Principles of electricity, circuitry and service are included in thiscourse. It will cover ignition, charging, lighting and warningsystems. Skills in trouble-shooting the automotive electrical systemwill be developed with the use of modern testing and serviceequipment.AUTC-106 Clutches & ManualTransmissions(2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: AUTC 101 - Automotive Theory, Service & Engines.In this course fundamental principles and types of clutches andmanual transmissions and their component parts are covered.Students will experience the installation and adjustment ofclutches, manual transmissions, universal parts and othercomponents such as drive shafts. Diagnosis and service of standardtransmissions are included.AUTC-201 Fuel Systems& Emission Control (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: AUTC 101 - Automotive Theory, Service andEngines.This course will cover theories and practices of variousautomotive fuel systems with respect to injection, carburetion,fuels, manifolding and pumps. Training is provided in diagnosing,repairing and adjusting fuel and exhaust systems with emphasis onemission control systems.AUTC-202 Engine Diagnosis (2,6) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: 22 credit hours in Automotive Technology.This course will cover theory and lab practices in methods oflocating automotive malfunctions. The use of up-to-date testingequipment, including the chassis dynamometer, is used in checkingthe electrical system, carburetion, emissions and general engineconditions.AUTC-203 Steering & Suspension Systems (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: AUTC 101 - Automotive Theory, Service & Engines.This course will cover the principles involved in front and rearsuspension, weight distribution, wheel balancing and alignment.Practice is provided in diagnosing and servicing these systems ofan automobile.AUTC-205 Cooling & ClimateControl System(2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: AUTC 101 - Automotive Theory, Service & Engines.In this course cooling, heating, defrosting and air conditioningsystems are studied. Maintenance, diagnosis and repair of thesystems are covered using lecture and lab experiences. Electricaland/or vacuum circuits and controls are emphasized.AUTC-206 Automatic TransmissionService & Repair Principles (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: AUTC 106 - Clutches & Manual Transmissions.In this course the student will develop theoretical understandingof hydraulic principles coupled with maintenance and simpleadjustments required by today's automatic transmissions.BIOLOGYBIOL-101 General Biology I (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Two years of college preparatory laboratory scienceor equivalent.Corequisite: MATH 112 - Precalculus I.This course is an in-depth study of the fundamental concepts ofbiology, utilizing a molecular approach to the structure and functionof living organisms. Emphasis is placed upon the biochemical andcellular base of life, metabolism, reproduction and genetics.BIOL-102 General Biology II (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: BIOL 101 - General Biology I and MATH 112 -Precalculus I.The second semester of biology. Considers the diversity of livingthings, the biology of plants and animals, evolution and ecology.BIOL-111 Principles of Biology (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra.This course emphasizes common processes and structures amongliving things, from energy transfer to natural selection, fromchemical structure to organism structure. Included are principlesgoverning energetics, reproduction and development, inheritanceand evolution. Credits will not be given for both Principles ofBiology and General Biology I (BIOL-101).BIOL-120 Human Biology (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra.This course is an introductory study of the human body. Emphasiswill be placed on the basic anatomy and physiology of the humansystems and their interactions. The course is designed to givestudents a general understanding of their bodies in health anddisease. Three-hour lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week.BIOL-124 Human Anatomy& Physiology I(3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Two years of college preparatory laboratory scienceor equivalent.This course is an in-depth study of the structure and function ofthe human body. The course content highlights the chemical,cellular, and tissue levels of organization, and the anatomy andphysiology of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular and nervoussystems. In the laboratory, students will examine anatomicalmodels and preserved specimens, and conduct physiological aswell as computer-simulated experiments. Completion of HumanAnatomy and Physiology II (BIOL 125) may be required fortransfer of credits. The Honors Option is available for this course.BIOL-125 Human Anatomy& Physiology II(3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: BIOL 124 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I.This course is an in-depth study of the structures and functions ofthe general and special senses, and the endocrine, cardiovascular,lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductivesystems. In the laboratory, students will examine anatomicalmodels and preserved specimens, and conduct physiological aswell as computer simulated experiments. The Honors Option isavailable for this course.BIOL-133 Principles of Microbiology (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra and one of thefollowing: BIOL 124 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I, BIOL101 - General Biology I, or BIOL 111 - Principles of Biology.This course focuses on the interrelationships between the hostand microorganisms. Emphasis is placed on the causative agents ofdisease and their identification, pathogenesis, transmission, andcontrol. 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immunology, protozoology, and mycology. Biohazard safetymeasures for working with potential pathogens will be stressedthroughout the course. (Biology majors should take MicrobiologyBIOL 221. Credit will not be granted for both courses.) Three hoursof lecture and a two hour laboratory session per week.BIOL-139 Introduction to Marine Biology(3,0) 3 CreditsIntroduction to Marine Biology is designed to introduce studentsto the various marine environments of the world and the organismsfound in them. Emphasis will be placed on the biological featuresof the oceans, organism-habitat relationships, and generalecological concepts of influencing marine populations andcommunities. Topics will include learning the ecologicalrelationship between flora and fauna, recognizing influences thataffect marine organisms, and the classification and identification ofmarine species.BIOL-142 Introduction to Nutrition (3,0) 3 CreditsThis is an introductory course in nutrition. It is designed toprovide the non-Science major with chemistry and function of allessential nutrients. It will also discuss current ideas and thinking innutrition as well as an introduction to methods of research innutrition. Diseases associated with nutrients as well as anintroduction to methods of research in nutrition. Diseasesassociated with nutrients as well as those prevented by nutrientswill be discussed.BIOL-145 Wildflowers, Trees andFerns of New Jersey (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is a study of trees and shrubs, herbaceous floweringplants and ferns of New Jersey, emphasizing methods ofidentification, taxonomic classification, and characteristics ofmajor representative plant families. Related study includes theecology and economic value of species studied. Three Saturdayfield trips will be required. One hour lecture and three hours oflaboratory per week.BIOL-149 Field Ornithology (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: 1 semester of Biology-related course (e.g.BIOL101, BIOL 102, BIOL 111, BIOL 124, BIOL 125, BIOL 133, BIOL150, BIOL 120).This course is a field study of birds, focusing on theidentification, biology and conservation of resident and migrantspecies of New Jersey. Students will be introduced to basicconcepts in the taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecologyand conservation of bird species in New Jersey and around theworld. Field trips will cover a broad range of habitats and naturalareas in the state. Offered in the spring semester.BIOL-150 Plants, Humans& the Environment(3,2) 4 CreditsThis course explores the relationship between plants, people andthe environment. Lectures cover the cultural, economic andpolitical significance of plants to human societies, and the effectsof human activities on plants and the environment. Labs provide afirst-hand introduction to the current and historical human uses ofplants (e.g., food, fuel, shelter, fiber, dyes) in New Jersey andaround the world. Students will go on field trips to local naturalareas, farms and winery. One weekend field trip is required.BIOL-181 Science and Society (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course explores the nature, philosophy and tools of science;the relationship between science and technology; and relevantsocial aspects of various scientific fields, such as environmentalscience, medical science, biotechnology, and astronomy.BIOL-221 MICROBIOLOGY (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: BIOL 102 - General Biology II, Math 222 -Statistics I.Corequisite: CHEM 103 - General Chemistry I (It isrecommended that the General Chemistry sequence be completedprior to taking this course).The biology of microorganisms including morphology,physiology and classification will be covered. Emphasis is placedon fundamental concepts of microbiology such as, nutrition,physiology, genetics and the evolution of microbes; the role ofmicroorganisms in ecology, health and medicine, andbiotechnology. Laboratory techniques include the culturing andidentification of microorganisms. Three hours of lecture and threehours of laboratory per week. Offered in the fall semester.BIOL-231 General Ecology (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: BIOL 102 - General Biology II.This course is the study of the interactions between organismsand the environment. Students will investigate and develop anunderstanding of the effects of physical and biological factors onthe distribution and abundance of species. Major areas of focusinclude biogeography, population ecology, community ecology,energy flow and nutrient cycles, and applications to modernenvironmental problems. Lab consists of hands-on field research inlocal natural areas and a survey of important New Jerseyecosystems, patterns and processes. Two weekend field trips arerequired.BIOL-242 Genetics (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: BIOL 102 - General Biology II, CHEM 104 -General Chemistry II, MATH 110 - Statistics I.This course is a study of the major concepts in genetics, from theclassical Mendelian Laws to current topics in molecular genetics,which will include the application of these concepts to a widevariety of organisms. Three hours of lecture and three hours oflaboratory work per week. Offered in the spring semester.BIOL-244 Introduction to Forensic Science (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Laboratory Science.This course is an introduction to the applications of physical andbiological sciences in analyzing and evaluating physical evidenceas related to crime and the law. The role of forensic science incriminal and civil investigations where questions regardinginterpretation of physical evidence are crucial will also beexamined. Offered in the fall semester.BIOL-245 Cellular & Molecular Biology (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: BIOL 101 - General Biology I and CHEM 103 -General Chemistry I.This course serves as a second year course in the BiotechnologyProgram. This lecture and laboratory course provides an overviewof the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.Topics include DNA replication, transcription, translation,mutation, gene regulation, membrane function, cellularcommunication and secretion. Laboratory stresses molecular andrecombinant DNA techniques, protein purification andcharacterization and cell culture techniques. Offered in the fallsemester.BIOL-246 Introduction to Bioinformatics (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: BIOL 102 - General Biology II or BIOL 133 -Principles of Microbiology.This course is designed to provide an introduction to theemerging technology of Bioinformatics for students in thefollowing programs: Biotechnology, Biology, Chemistry, healthsciences and computer science. This course will examine the majorissues concerning representation and analysis of biological,molecular and biochemical information. Offered in the fallsemester.BIOTECHNOLOGYBTCP-100 Introduction to Biotechnology (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course serves as the introductory course to the ASBiotechnology Program and the Certificate of Completion inBiotechnology Program. Topics include the history andapplications of DNA technology, biopharmaceuticals, genomics,150 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
therapeutics and bioethics. Current events are used as a context forstudy. Format of class includes lectures, class discussions, andstudent presentations. This course will also include seminars ofspeakers from the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, andpharmaceutical industries and may include field trips to researchlaboratories.BTCP-102 Biotechnology Methodsand Procedures I(3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: BTCP 100 - Introduction to Biotechnology.This course provides an opportunity for students to learnlaboratory skills that are fundamental to successful, efficient andsafe practices in a biotechnology research, quality control orproduction laboratory setting. Students will be introduced tomethods of measurement, data collection and analysis, solution andmedia preparation, safe laboratory practices, and the practicalapplication of mathematics to the aforementioned processes. Inaddition, students will be introduced to Good Laboratory Practices(GLP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and related topicsthat emphasize the significance of maintaining quality in biologicalresearch or production setting.BTCP-105 Good Manufacturing Practicesand Quality Issues(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Good Manufacturing Practices and Quality Issues is a course thatwill expose students to the regulations and guidelines thatPharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Medical Device companies arerequired to follow and comply. The students will get first handexperience in reviewing and writing Standard OperatingProcedures, Work Instructions, and Batch Records. The studentswill be exposed to the significance of Validation Protocols forequipment, processes and test methods. Proper DocumentationPractices required in a GMP regulated company and widely usedterminology in the workforce will be covered and exercisedthroughout the entire course. This course will also emphasizeaseptic processing and related aspects of product quality.BTCP-107 Cellular Biology for Technicians (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to introduce basic biological principleswhile specifically examining life processes at the cellular level.Topics include cell chemistry, the relationship between cellstructure and function, metabolism, molecular genetics and cellularcommunication. Contemporary cell-related technology, its impactand significance will be emphasized.BTCP-202 BiotechnologyStudent Symposium (2,0) 2 CreditsPrerequisites: Any 200 level Biology course.This course is designed to advance students' reading, writing andoral presentation skills through research and presentation ofprimary research articles. In each symposium, four to six paperswill be presented focusing on the theme of biotechnology fromprimary research articles.BTCP-203 Biotechnology Methodsand Procedures II(2,4) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: BTCP 102 - Biotechnology Methods and ProceduresI.This course serves as a second year course in the BiotechnologyProgram. This course will provide a foundation to the theory andtechniques of cell culture and immunochemistry. This course willprovide an introduction to the manufacturing process, including asurvey of proteins currently in production by biotechnologycompanies. It will provide information about the regulatoryenvironment in which these proteins are produced, including aninvestigation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and currentGood Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Laboratory stressesmolecular and recombinant DNA techniques, protein purificationand characterization and cell culture techniques.BTCP-290 Biotechnology Internship (1,4) 3 to 5 CreditsPrerequisite: Permission and Placement by Program Coordinator.The internship allows students to gain real job experience in thebiotechnology related industry before their graduation. The internwill be placed in industries involved in biotechnology,pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, chemicals, foods, cosmetics ormedical devices. Students can do their internship engaged in workranging from research and development, clinical studies,marketing, quality assurance/quality control or manufacturing.Companies that wish to sponsor an intern will be asked to identifya mentor within the company to whom the intern will report andwho will provide a description of the training activities in which theintern will be involved. The intern's activities will be under thedirection of the workplace mentor and the Biotechnology Program.BUSINESSBUSI-110 Globalization and Business (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides an understanding of contemporary issuesand challenges caused by the worldwide interconnections that aredefined as globalization. Through the examination ofglobalization's diverse nature, students will explore its integrationwith business and it effects on the social, cultural, political,economic and technical environments. Offered in the fall semester.BUSI-111 Introduction to BusinessAdministration(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the fundamental aspects of the businesscommunity and functional services. Emphasis is placed on businessfunctions as they apply to current business practices. Current eventscomprise the framework for topic development and classassignments.BUSI-112 Principles of Management (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: BUSI 111 - Introduction to Business Administration.This course is a study of the basic concepts of the managementfunctions in diverse business environments. Emphasis is placed onthe functional approach including planning, organizing, staffing,coordinating, directing and controlling.BUSI-113 Principles of Leadership (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the critical success factors and threats toeffective team leadership. It is designed to help students learn andpractice the principles and qualities that promote team success anddynamic leadership in the contemporary workplace. The contentand coursework are geared to create a result-oriented team ethic.BUSI-120 Small Business Planning& Marketing(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is designed for the small business/entrepreneur ormanager looking to improve their marketing skills in today'sdomestic, global and international business environments. Througha case study and market simulation format, the student will come tofully understand all activities and processes involved in the flow ofgoods, services, ideas and events from producer and/ormanufacturer to consumers. The small business/entrepreneur ormanager will be able to incorporate a systems approach to fullyunderstand the marketing and sales conditions being affected andanalyze the problems as well as the strategies used to solve theseproblems. Students will be able to describe the components; typesof information required and develop their own comprehensivesmall business marketing plan.BUSI-131 Business Law I (3,0) 3 CreditsAn introduction to the study of law as it relates to society withspecial emphasis on business applications. General areas coveredinclude an overview of law, court system and procedure,introduction to legal research, torts, contracts, and agency. Thiscourse is also based on a broader premise that the law is worthy ofthe study and respect of all educated persons irrespective ofdiscipline.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu151
BUSI-132 Business Law II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: BUSI 130 - Business Law I.Business Law II continues the study of Business Law I, and dealswith employment, real estate, wills and estates, commercial paper,personal property, bailments, sales, and introduction to partnershipsand corporations.BUSI-153 Small Business Management (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to acquaint the enterprising individualwith the education and tools necessary to operate and manage asmall business. The course material will include such topics asmanagement functions with emphasis on the control function.Methodologies in such areas as finance, marketing andmanagement will be discussed and will constitute the parameters ofthe course.BUSI-154 International Business (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will concentrate on the issues that confrontinternational businesses. Using a business perspective, issues suchas the reasons for trade, managing international businesses,controlling international businesses, organizational design andoperations management are investigated. Offered in the springsemester.BUSI-156 Risk & Financial Management (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course introduces the fundamental principles of risk andfinancial management. Content focuses on insurance, consumerand trade credit, budgeting, banking, investing, loans, and otherfinancial considerations facing owners of small business. Offeredin the fall semester.BUSI-161 Business Mathematics (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course helps to enhance a student's analytical skills, whilereinforcing basic principles of arithmetic. In doing so, the studentwill develop a solid foundation and apply their knowledge toproblem solving techniques in disciplines most common to thebusiness environment. Areas of study include review of decimals,equations, percentages, discounts and pricing, simple andcompound interest, inventory, depreciation, installment buying andbusiness statistics.BUSI-191 Personal Finance (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will enable the student to develop strategies forimproving their own personal finances. Practical solutions toquestions of budgeting, insurance, banking, investing, loans, andother finances are considered. Offered in the spring semester.BUSI-192 Introduction to FinancialManagement(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course introduces the fundamental principles of finance,leading to a sound understanding of the practice and role offinancial management in contemporary business. It focuses on theconcepts of financial planning and control, with emphasis on theapplication of financial tools and analytical techniques such as ratioanalysis, funds flow management and capital budgeting processes.BUSI-193 International Finance (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 101 - Financial Accounting.International Finance surveys the relationship between theinternational business environment and international financialmarkets. Topics that will be discussed include internationalfinancial markets, capital markets, futures and options markets andglobal banking issues. Offered in the spring semester.BUSI-210 Corporate Treasury Management (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: BUSI 192 - Introduction to Financial Management.This course emphasizes the principles and tools for analysis anddecision making in working capital management. Topics coveredinclude: liquidity management, cash management, forecasting andplanning, and short-term investment and financing. Studentscompleting this course with a grade of A or B are eligible to takethe Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) or Certified TreasuryProfessional Associate (CTPA) exam after the semester ends.BUSI-221 Financial Planning & Institutions (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting.This course is designed to introduce students to various planningstrategies and financial institutions. Students will examine theworkings of different financial institutions and markets. The coursewill focus on the management of financial portfolios in a changingfinancial environment and the evaluation of different investmentopportunities. Offered in the fall semester.BUSI-225 Entrepreneurship and Beyond (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ACCT 101 - Financial Accounting and either BUSI111 - Introduction to Business Administration or BUSI 153 -Small Business Management.The course will enhance the working knowledge required tomanage a small business considering both domestic and globalimplications. The student will learn the difference betweenbusiness ownership and entrepreneurship. The course willemphasize the real-world financing of entrepreneurship, mergers,and acquisitions as they apply to current business practices.Students will go beyond the rudiments of "discovering a goodbusiness concept" to analyzing and developing a comprehensiveplan to test the profitability potential of the venture. Using thebusiness plan approach, students will conduct the research andinvestigation required to determine the viability of starting, buyingor selling an existing business. Case studies will include in-depthfinancial analyses of successful businesses.BUSI-250 Business Simulation Seminar (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ACCT 104 - Managerial Accounting, BUSI 111 -Introduction to Business Administration, BUSI 131 - BusinessLaw I, ECON 101 - Macroeconomics and Sophomore Standing.This course is designed to be a capstone course for the AASdegree programs in Accounting, Accounting Information Systems,Business Management, Financial Services, International Business,and Marketing. The course will give students a comprehensiveview of business strategies by integrating knowledge and skillsacquired from the various business disciplines into one class. Anonline business simulation program will be used as the basis of thecourse. Working in groups, students will manage a mock business,and compete against each other to run the most efficient businesspossible. This course is designed to enhance student awareness ofboth internal and external factors that influence strategic decisionmaking in organizations.BUSI-284 News Production for the Web (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ONE of the following: COMM 254 - Introduction toPrint, Broadcast and Electronic News Reporting, COMM 251 -Writing for the Media,COMM 255 - Feature Writing for Print &Broadcast Media, ARTS 246 - Graphic Design I, ARTS 212 -Photography I, ARTS 267 - Introduction to Video Production,ARTS 274 - Web Design or BUSI 111 - Introduction to BusinessAdministration.Students from various disciplines collaborate to produce thecollege's student news website, The Record. Students can registerfor this course to receive Communication, Arts, or Business credit.Students gain practical experience in the responsibilities of realworld website creation and maintenance. Many assignments reflecta student's chosen discipline, but students in all areas also study thefundamentals of news production as a whole. Areas to be coveredinclude news, features, sports and opinion writing, interviewing,photography, art/illustration, graphic design/layout, webdevelopment, video production and streaming,business/advertising management, promotion, and basic principlesof media law and ethics. Emphasis will be placed on understandinghow the various components work together, on the roles andresponsibilities of news media in community, and on collaboratingto publish the multimedia website.152 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
BUSI-290 Business CooperativeEducation I(3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.BUSI-292 Business Cooperative Education II (3,0) 3CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.CHEMISTRYCHEM-102 Introduction to Chemistry (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra.An introduction to the fundamental principles of chemistrydesigned for the Biotechnology A.A.S program and for students insome allied health fields. This course may be used as a preparationfor General Chemistry by students with no prior chemistry. Thecourse includes a study of selected basic principles of chemistryand an introduction to chemical laboratory techniques. Credit willnot be given for both Introduction to Chemistry and GeneralChemistry I.CHEM-103 General Chemistry I (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Two years of college preparatory laboratory scienceor equivalent.Corequisite: MATH 112 - Precalculus I.This course is an introduction to the fundamental theories andlaws of modern chemistry. Emphasis is placed on electronicstructure and its relationship to bonding and the periodic table, thephysical states of matter, stoichiometry, molecular geometry, gaslaws, solutions, and their chemistry.CHEM-104 General Chemistry II (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: CHEM 103 - General Chemistry I and MATH 112 -Precalculus I.This course is a continuation of General Chemistry I. Kinetics,equilibrium behavior, thermodynamics, acids and bases, solubilityequilibria, eletrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry are covered.Organic chemistry is briefly introduced.CHEM-116 Chemical Research at Rutgers (1,4) 3 CreditsCorequisite: CHEM 104 - General Chemistry II.This course will introduce students to the nature of laboratoryresearch in chemistry and closely allied fields, including howresearch questions are generated and how research is supported andmaintained. Students will perform chemically related laboratorypractice in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Marine and Coastal Sciences, orthe Biomedical Sciences, under the direct supervision of academicresearchers at the university level.CHEM-202 Principles of Organicand Biochemistry(3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: CHEM 102 - Introduction to Chemistry or CHEM104 - General Chemistry II.This course is an introduction to the fundamental principles oforganic and biochemistry designed for the Biotechnology A.A.S.program and for students in some allied health fields. The courseincludes a study of selected basic principles of organic chemistryand biochemistry, and further intensive training in organic andbiochemical laboratory techniques.CHEM-211 Organic Chemistry I (4,4) 5 CreditsPrerequisites: CHEM 104 - General Chemistry II.This course is an intensive survey of the modern chemistry ofcompounds of carbon. Emphasis is placed on the role of structure,reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, spectroscopy, syntheticmethods, and the applications of these principles in the laboratory.The chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, alcohols,nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions, and infraredand mass spectroscopy are examined.CHEM-212 Organic Chemistry II (4,4) 5 CreditsPrerequisite: CHEM 211 - Organic Chemistry I.This course is a continuation of Organic Chemistry I. Thechemistry of aromatic compounds, carbonyl compounds, amines,carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins, and some aspects ofbiochemistry are among the topics surveyed.COMMUNICATION/SPEECHCOMM-101 Speech(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Speech is a "hands-on" course in which students learn publicspeaking by preparing and delivering oral presentations in class.The course emphasizes two major components of effective publicspeaking: selecting and organizing good material for speeches, anddeveloping good delivery skills. It helps students enhance theirpresentation skills by using visual aids, such as flip charts andoverhead transparencies, effectively. The course also offersstrategies for dealing with fear and anxiety about public speaking.COMM-102 Introduction toCommunication Theory (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is an introductory survey of human communicationon many levels of interaction, from interpersonal to masscommunication. Through the study of theoretical communicationmodels; students will analyze the influence of language,perceptions, culture, and media on the communication process.Theoretical and practical skills will help students become morecompetent communicators with other individuals and groups.COMM-110 Interpersonal Communication (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is a survey of concepts, principles, theories, andpractices of Interpersonal Communication. Students will participatein small-group and large-group experimental learning simulationsthat reinforce theory and practice of effective InterpersonalCommunication. Emphasis is on self- awareness as the key toawareness of others. Topics covered include listening, self-esteem,self-disclosure, interpersonal dynamics, and assertiveness training.Students who complete this course will become more effective andconfident in their relationships with family, friends, colleagues,significant others, and strangers.COMM-120 Introduction to MassCommunication(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course surveys the development of the major masscommunication media: books, newspapers, magazines, radio,musical recordings, film, television, video games and the Internet,with a focus on their impact on society and contemporaryeconomic, technological and operational issues confronting eachmedium. Students will examine the complex relationship betweenmass media and society and develop analytical tools to understandcompeting mass communication theories. Students who completethis course will better appreciate the impact of mass media onsociety and will become more proficient observers, consumers, andpractitioners of mass media by becoming media literate.COMM-121 Presentation Skills for Business& the Professions(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: COMM 101 - Speech I or equivalent training orexperience.Presentation Skills for Business and the Professions providesstudents with the theory and practice of oral communication skillsRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu153
that are essential for entry level positions as well as advancementin today's business and professional careers. Content will includeinterviewing, leading and participating in meetings anddiscussions, and presenting material before a business orprofessional audience. Exercises and activities include speakingfrom prepared texts or notes, as well as extemporaneous speaking.Students will also work in groups to develop, research, organize,and deliver a business presentation to an invited audience.Students will work with a variety of audio/visual aids, includingflip charts, and computer graphics and video. Presentations will bevideo-recorded for reviewing and critiquing.COMM-130 Events Planning/MeetingManagement(3,0) 3 CreditsEvents Planning/Meeting Management is a survey course thatanchors the Event Planning/Meeting Management CertificateProgram. This course presents sound principles and practices forpublic relations practitioners who plan and organize events,meetings, conferences, or conventions and prepares students foremployment opportunities with trade and professionalassociations, consulting firms, non-profit organizations, andcorporations. It also enhances employment credentials forindependent consultants who manage conferences, conventions, ortrade shows. Offered in the fall semester.COMM-135 Event Production(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: COMM 130 - Events Planning/MeetingManagement.Event Production puts the theories taught in EventsPlanning/Meeting Management into practice. Students produce anevent and manage budgets, timelines,menus,advertising, and all thetasks related to event production. Course culminates with an eventproduced for the students and faculty of the college. EventsPlanning/Meeting Management is a survey course that anchors theEvents Planning/Meeting Management Certificate Program. Thiscourse presents sound principles and practices for public relationspractitioners who plan and organize events, meetings, conferences,or conventions and prepares students for employment opportunitieswith trade and professional associations, consulting firms, nonprofitorganizations, and corporations. It also enhancesemployment credentials for independent consultants who manageconferences, conventions, or trade shows.COMM-201 Intercultural Communication (3,0) 3 CreditsIntercultural Communication explores communication theoriesand skills within a cross-cultural context, particularly how differentcultures filter experience through their unique views of institutions,conventions, time and space, verbal and non-verbalcommunication. The course will also reinforce communicationskills needed today to participate effectively in the growing culturaldiversity of American society and the global community, especiallyin business, education, and health care.COMM-210 Introduction to Public Relations (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Introduction to Public Relations examines issues, tasks, andresponsibilities of public relations practitioners in a variety ofprofessional settings (e.g., corporate, academic, government, nonprofit,trade association and union). The course covers theories andfoundations of public relations as well as contemporary practices ofpublic relations in North America. It also explores legal and ethicalissues facing professionals in the field of public relations today.COMM-220 Introduction to NonverbalCommunication(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: One of the following: COMM 101 - Speech,COMM 110 - Interpersonal Communication or permission ofinstructor.Introduction to Nonverbal Communication is a course thatexplores theories and types of nonverbal behavior in relation to theoverall communication process. Knowledge and practical skillswill be gained through a diverse study of the different types ofnonverbal communication such as appearance, body movement,haptics (touch), proxemics (space), chronemics (time),paralanguage (voice), etc. Students will analyze the influence oflanguage, perceptions, social roles, physical environment, cultureand media on the nonverbal communication process. Content ofthe course will help students become more competentcommunicators with other individuals and groups.COMM-251 Writing for the Media (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Writing for the Media introduces students to the basics ofscreenwriting for film/video, copywriting for advertising, writingfor the web, and treatments for other interactive applications. Thecourse focuses on the development of scripts and storyboards inplanning effective Interactive Communication and Entertainment(ICE) packages. The course encourages creative writing intendedfor production. Areas covered will include beginning preparation,structure, script format, treatment, characterization and visualdynamics.COMM-252 Digital Portfolio Development (1,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisites: ARTS 261 - Light, Optics & Sound and ARTS 268 -Advanced Video Production: Narrative & Documentary.This course is designed to help prepare students majoring inDigital Media/Film Studies to successfully transfer to a B.A. orB.S. program in Television Production or Communication. Thecourse will cover topics such as critical thinking in digitalmedia/film, career options, resume and portfolio preparation fortransfer, and identification of appropriate transfer colleges.COMM-254 Introduction to Print, Broadcast andElectronic News Reporting (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: English 111 - English I.Introduction to Print, Broadcast, and Electronic News Reportingexamines how newspapers, magazines, television, and electronicmedia gather and deliver the news. It also explores factors thataffect news reporting and presentation, ethical issues related tonews reporting, and news value. Students learn interviewing skills,how to write in news style, and how to write various types of newsstories. These skills are essential in traditional print and broadcastmedia as well as in modes of electronic bulletin boards, and theInternet. Through lectures, discussions, videotapes, and guestspeakers, students learn about the role and responsibilities of newsreporters in major news media.COMM-255 Feature Writing for Print& Broadcast Media(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Feature Writing for Print & Broadcast Media examines featurearticles in newspapers, magazines, and television and Internet newspresentations in order to illustrate key principles and elements ofgood feature writing. Students will write and critique their ownfeature articles and sharpen interviewing and researching skillsnecessary for successful feature writing. Through lectures,discussions, videotapes, and guest speakers students will learnabout ways to have their articles published and to explore careeropportunities as feature writers.COMM-284 News Production for the Web (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite:ONE of the following: COMM 254 - Introduction toPrint, Broadcast, and Electronic New Reporting, COMM 251 -Writing for the Media, COMM 255 - Feature Writing for Print &Broadcast Media, ARTS 246 - Graphic Design I, ARTS 212 -Photography I, ARTS 267 - Introduction to Video Production,ARTS 274 - Web Design, BUSI 111 - Introduction to BusinessAdministration.Students from various disciplines collaborate to produce thecollege's student news website, The Record. Students can registerfor this course to receive Communication, Arts or Business credit.154 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Students gain practical experience in the responsibilities of realworld website creation and maintenance. Many assignments reflecta student's chosen discipline, but students in all areas also study thefundamentals of news production as a whole. Areas to be coveredinclude news, features, sports and opinion writing, interviewing,photography, art/illustration,graphic design/ layout, webdevelopment, video production and streaming,business/advertising management, promotion, and basic principlesof media law and ethics. Emphasis will be placed on understandinghow the various components work together, on the roles andresponsibilities of new media in community, and on collaboratingto publish the multimedia website.COMM-291 Independent Study/CooperativeDigital(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ARTS 267 - Introduction to Video Production.This course integrates classroom study with the preparation andsubmission of a final digital multimedia project (independentstudy) or practical work experience (internship) where the studentis employed as a production assistant or other applicable positionfor approximately 20 hours per week at a firm producing digitalcommunications or entertainment.COMM-292 Communication/SpeechCooperative Education I (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.COMM-293 Communication/SpeechCooperative Education II (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.COMM-294 Communication/SpeechCooperative Education III (1,0) 1 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.A cooperative work experience in which a student is employed inthe industry for approximately 20 hours a week. Each semester thata student is enrolled in a Cooperative Education Program, it isnecessary that the college help the student determine what new orexpanded responsibilities or learning opportunities are possible onhis/her job. These objectives enable the college to determine thevalue of the student's work experience. These objectives should bespecific and measureable. They will be reviewed with the FacultyCo-op Coordinator and the supervisor for validity and evaluated forrelative value. At the end of the semester the student and supervisorwill be asked to evaluate the level of attainment of each objective.COMPUTER INFORMATIONSYSTEMSCISY-102 Computer Literacy (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Recommend students know how to type.A computer literate person is referred to as one who understandshow computers work, uses them, and identifies the role ofcomputers in society. Students should have a basic understandingof computers and how to access information on the World WideWeb. Emphasis is placed on the application of microcomputers; theuse of productivity software (word processing, spreadsheetmanagement, presentation management, and data basemanagement, search tools, and multimedia) to gather, analyze, andpresent information; and the social, ethical, and privacy aspects ofthe impact of computers on society. Students may not enroll forcredit in this course if they have earned credit for a higher levelcomputer science course. Open lab time required.CISY-103 Computer Concepts& Programming(3,2) 4 CreditsCorequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra or proficiency asevidenced by placement test.This course is designed for students majoring in ComputerInformation Systems. An overview of information processingincluding computer applications, algorithms, documentation, andanalysis of problems for computer solutions is presented. Topicsinclude computer hardware and software, data representation andorganization, programming in JAVA, a survey of computerlanguages, and computer systems design concepts.CISY-105 Foundations of Computer Science (3,2) 4CreditsCorequisite: MATH 113 - Precalculus II or MATH 114H -Precalculus Honors.This is the first course in Computer Science for transfer students.The programming language Java will be taught in conjunction withproblem solving methods, algorithm development, and objectorienteddesign. Topics include data types, control structures,classes, objects, methods, file processing, recursion andintroduction to data structures.CISY-106 Fundamentals of Game Design (2,2) 3 CreditsDesigning a successful video game is a complex, mammothendeavor requiring creativity, organization, and managerial skills.Game design requires insight into how the human mind workswhen immersed in the world of play. Specific design rules must beconsidered to ensure the gaming experience is seamless andenjoyable for both the casual and serious gamer.CISY-113 Desktop ComputerHardware & Software (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course provides an introduction to the infrastructurecomponents of desktop computers and their application to businessproblems. A study of current hardware and operating environmentsis presented. The course also covers basic troubleshooting methodsand systems administration tasks. Offered in the fall semesterCISY-114 Interactive Multimedia I (2,2) 3 CreditsMultimedia teaches the principles and application of effectiveinteractive communication in a multimedia environment. Topicsinclude multimedia building blocks hardware, software, andemerging technologies. Students focus on the final assembly andoptimization of various media formats prepared for authoringconsumption and presenting that content in linear and hierarchicalnavigation systems. Media formats include text, graphics,animation, sound, and video. Students will study concepts related tothe design, development, management, usability, and distribution.CISY-122 Introduction to InformationSystems(2,2) 3 CreditsDesigned for non-computer science majors, this course focuseson the concept, design, and development of various InformationSystems. Emphasis is placed on understanding how InformationSystems help various disciplines as well as on the use ofproductivity software (word processing, spreadsheet management,presentation management, and data base management, search tools,and multimedia) to gather, analyze, organize, and presentinformation, and on the social, ethical, and privacy aspects of theimpact of computers on society.CISY-125 Programming forBusiness Majors(1,1) 1 CreditsCorequisite: CISY 122 -Introduction to Information Systems orequivalent experience.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu155
This course fulfills the computer-programming requirement forbusiness majors intending to transfer to Rutgers University. In thiscourse students learn concepts of programming using a high levelprogramming language such as Java or JavaScript. Topics coveredinclude algorithms, flowcharts, pseudocodes, control structures,loops, functions, subprograms, and arrays.CISY-132 Systems Analysis & Design (2,2) 3 CreditsCorequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming orCISY 122 - Introduction to Information Systems.The course is structured so that the student develops a basicunderstanding of today's business system's problems andexperience in using proven techniques to solve them. The coursestresses practical, goal-oriented systems analysis design anddocumentation while emphasizing human relations andcommunications skills critical to the success of the systemprofessional. Includes record design, form design, documentationand systems development and the preparation of a comprehensivesystems proposal.CISY-162 Introduction to E-CommerceTechnology(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming orpermission of instructor.This introductory course examines current developments inelectronic commerce from the perspective of informationtechnology. Topics such as networking concepts, network security,e-commerce infrastructure are studied. Upon successfulcompletion of this course, students will be able to understand thetechnology needed to implement a simple e-commerce system.CISY-208 Interactive Multimedia II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 114 - Interactive Multimedia I.Students learn the interactive authoring production process fordeveloping applications that are data driven and requiredynamically loaded external media content including text,animations, digital video, digital graphics, sound and data. Studentsbegin to work with authoring scripting languages by adaptingexisting template scripts. Projects are aimed to demonstrate typesof dynamic solutions more typically expected in the interactivemedia field versus standalone manually maintained applications.Students will learn to implement and discern the differencebetween progressive and streamed audio and video.CISY-210 Project Management (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 132 - Systems Analysis & Design.Corequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming orCISY 122 - Introduction to Information Systems.The course will provide students with the knowledge and skillsnecessary to plan, organize and control an information systemsproject. It will introduce the student to basic project managementconcepts and reinforce those concepts through the use of automatedproject management software.CISY-211 Systems Development& Implementation(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 132 - Systems Analysis and Design and aProgramming Language.Definition of Systems Design and Implementation process.State-of-the-art techniques and documentation are emphasized.Students produce a subset of a system on the college computers orother available computer systems. Design, development and testingof the system are included. Offered in the spring semester.CISY-217 Operating Systems (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming orequivalent experience or training.Operating Systems introduces the student to the fundamentalconcepts and facilities of the system software which manages allcomputers. Topics include: memory management, processmanagement, processor management, process synchronization andcoordination, device management, the user interface, security andadministration. Students will learn operating systems concepts andtheories and apply them to commercial operating systems.CISY-219 Networking Essentials (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite/Corequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts &Programming or CISY 125 - Programming for Business Majorsor equivalent experience (requires permission of the instructor).This course introduces the student to basic concepts andoperations of computer networks. The types of networks coveredare LANs, WANs, Internet, and Intranet. The methodologiescovered include Ethernet, Token Ring, ATM, FDDI, SONET, andFrame Relay. The various network protocols covered includeTCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP and PPP. Particular attention is paid to theOSI Model of Communications which is used throughout thecourse to relate all topics to interoperability and interconnection ofsystems in an Open Architecture. Major vendor hardware andsoftware in Networking are reviewed. The concepts of NetworkEthics are introduced.CISY-224 Introduction to VisualBasic.NET(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming.In this introductory course, students will learn how to createevent driven, Windows based applications using the VisualBasic.NET programming language. Hands on laboratory exercisesare emphasized.CISY-225 Web Page Development I (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course introduces the student to publishing on the Internetusing the Hypertext Markup Language HTML. Students will learnthe knowledge and skills necessary to design and develop Web sitesusing standard Web development tools. The course will cover thefundamentals of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) syntax andlayout, creating effective Web pages, designing the presentationand coherent organization of Web pages. The course will also coverframes, tables, forms, and an introduction to JavaScript. The coursewill also introduce students to Cascading Style Sheets used in Webauthoring tools necessary for successful web design.CISY-227 Extensible MarkupLanguage (XML)(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 225 - Web Page Development I.Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a user-friendly versionof Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). It givesdevelopers the ability to create and manipulate their own tags andworks smoothly with Cascading Style Sheets to allow developersto create pages that are as elegantly presented as they arestructured. The topics covered in the course include basic XML,Document Type Definition, XML objects, XML linking,processing XML, styling XML with CSS, rendering XML withXSL, event-driven programming, and programming withDocument Object Model.CISY-229 Information SecurityFundamentals(2,2) 3 CreditsCorequisite: CISY 253 - Advanced Computer Networking.This course introduces the student to fundamental computersecurity concepts. These concepts are presented using theframework of the CISSP (Certified Information Systems SecurityProfessional) ten domains of security which will help prepare thestudent for the CISSP certification examination. This courseintroduces students to the application of information securityprinciples in supporting IT architectures, management and dataprotection. The use of exercises based on real-world situationsreinforces what is learned in the classroom. Students learn toimplement security solutions which balance the demands oftechnology, processes, policies, budgets, and the workplaceenvironment. Offered in the fall semester.156 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
CISY-232 Internet & Web Architecture (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 225 - Web Page Development I.Students gain an appreciation for the architectural factors that aWeb Manager must consider when implementing Web servers andservices accessible on the Internet. This course discusses relevantaspects of the Internet architecture including the Domain NameSystem, how to obtain domain names IP addresses, accesstechnologies, and TCP/IP. Web Servers, including OperatingSystems, Server Software and Services, Security Services, andServer Performance are also covered in detail.CISY-233 Relational Database& Web Applications (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CISY 225 - Web Page Development I & CISProgramming Elective.This course is an introduction to the use of relational databaseson the World Wide Web. Topics covered will be relational databasedesign, database connectivity and manipulation. Students willwork with a server-side tool to build and query databases usingSQL. This course will add more power and functionality to Websites, add some database applications like a powerful shopping cartor a fun quiz game. A major emphasis of the course is SQL andhow to utilize it to build, manipulate and create output from adatabase. Toward the end of the course, students will have anopportunity to work with SQL to create output from a database toa web page.CISY-235 Microsoft.NET Framework (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 224 - Introduction to Visual Basic.NET orinstructor's permission.This course introduces students to the backbone of .NET, itscommon language runtime and class libraries. Students will learnhow to create reusable, extensible classes using Visual Basic.NET.Object oriented programming concepts will be emphasizedthroughout the course.CISY-237 UNIX AND Linux (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming orCISY 105 - Foundations of Computer Science or CISY 125 -Programming for Business Majors, or equivalent experience ortraining.This course introduces the student to concepts and features of theUNIX and Linux Operating Systems. Topics include directory andfile structures, file management, I/0 redirection, regularexpressions, and the shell command language. Emphasis is placedon the development of shell scripts to management data files andautomate administrative tasks. Students will write programs andprocedures using the shell.CISY-238 C Programming (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming, orequivalent experience or training.This course introduces the student to the concepts and features ofthe C programming language. The course emphasizes the creationof programs. Students will become familiar with the fundamentaldata types in C, program logic and flow statements, functions, andpointers. This course provides a good foundation for studentswishing to learn C++. Offered in the fall semester.CISY-242 Object Oriented Programming (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 105 - Foundations of Computer Science orCISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming and CISY 106 -Fundamentals of Game Design.Building on the ideas covered in both CISY 103 ComputerConcepts and Programming and CISY 105 Foundations ofComputer Science, this course introduces the student to theconcepts and features of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).Course topics include encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism,classes and objects, arrays, abstract classes and methods, messagepassing and unit testing. Students will write programs using one ofthe dominant object oriented languages in use such as, but notlimited to, Java, C# or C++. Offered in the spring semester.CISY-244 JavaScript (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CISY 225 - Web Page Development and CISY 238 -C Programming or CISY 242 - Object Oriented Programming.JavaScript is an easy-to-use object scripting language designedfor creating live online applications that link together objects andresources of both clients and servers. This course helps studentsacquire a solid foundation in JavaScript scripting skills. The topicscovered include JavaScript architecture, JavaScript language,client-side & server-side JavaScripting language, objects, methods,and properties. Offered in the fall semester.CISY-249 Java (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts & Programming,CISY 238 - C Programming or CISY 242 - Object OrientedProgramming.Java is a platform-neutral, object-oriented, and secureprogramming language for creating interactive content on theWorld Wide Web (WWW). This course covers Java "applets" intotheir Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) pages as well as writetheir own. Students also learn to write Java applets and standaloneapplications, native libraries, and content/protocol handlers forextending WWW browsers.CISY-253 Advanced Computer Networking (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 219 - Networking Essentials or equivalentexperience (requires permission of the Instructor).This course builds on the foundations of modern communicationnetworks covered in CISY 219 - Networking Essentials. Theprinciple focus of this course is on the TCP/IP family of networkprotocols as they apply to all types of networks including LANs,WANs, and the Internet. Particular attention is directed towards thefunctions of the TCP/IP Protocols, the makeup of networkdatagrams for each protocol and the inter-dependencies of allprotocols for successful communication. The topics of NetworkSecurity, IP Routing and Network Management are introduced.Offered in the spring semester.CISY-254 Data Structures (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 105 - Foundations of Computer Science orCISY 242 - Object Oriented Programming.This course introduces students to the fundamental data structuresused in Computer Science. The data structures covered includelinked lists, doubly linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs.Algorithms that manipulate these data structures are discussed andused in laboratory work. Students are introduced to the run-timeanalysis of algorithms and basic algorithms for searching andsorting. The Honors Option is available for this course.CISY-256 Computer Architecture& Assembly Language (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 254 - Data Structures & MATH 151 - CalculusI or equivalent.This course is the third in the sequence for students in ComputerScience planning to transfer to a four-year-college. It may also betaken as a free elective by interested students with sufficientbackground. This course focuses on the components of a computerthat describe it's architecture: storage, the central processing unit,the instruction set and addressing modes. The course also examinesthe way these components are interconnected and the nature of theinformation flow between them. Students will use Assemblylanguage to reinforce these concepts. Offered in the springsemester.CISY-257 Advanced Java (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 249 - Java.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu157
Advanced Java is a follow-up to the Java course. This courseexplores Java's Distributed Applications features. It covers a widerange of networking options, including Java-sockets, InterfaceDefinition Language (IDL), Remote Method Invocation (RMI),Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Event Mechanisms, JavaBeans, Java Jeeves (servlets).CISY-258 Network Planningand Administration(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 219 - Networking Essentials with a grade of Cor better.This course provides instructions on (1) top down networkingdesign and (2) Network Server Administration. Students learn asystematic approach to network design, implementation, testingand documentation. Students also learn and gain hands onexperience in network server management principles through theuse of the current Windows Server Operating System.CISY-260 Active Server Pages.NET (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CISY 224 - Introduction to Visual Basic.NET andCISY 225 - Web Page Development. Prerequisites can be waivedthrough instructor permission if student has sufficient .NET andWeb design experience.Active Server Pages.NET (ASP.NET) allows students to buildWeb pages dynamically, access databases easily, and build securecommercial applications for use over the Internet. The topicscovered in the course include ASP.NET basic concepts, formprocessing, and database access. Visual Basic.NET is theprogramming language that will be used throughout the course.CISY-261 Microcomputer Applications (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 122 - Introduction to Information Systems.Applications of microcomputer software to solving problems.The software packages studied are text processing, spreadsheet,database and graphics. Students will acquire "hands on" experiencein the use and application of the packages using the state-of-the artmicrocomputers.CISY-262 Advanced ActiveServer Pages.NET(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 260 - Active Server Pages.NET or permissionof the Instructor.This course explores advanced topics in Active ServerPages.NET. Students will learn how to incorporate caching andperformance tuning into ASP.NET applications, consume Webservices, and design custom controls.CISY-263 Microsoft.NET Security (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 260 - Active Server Pages.NET. Prerequisitecan be waived through instructor permission if student hassufficient .NET Web programming experience.Microsoft has addressed the issue of security by includingrelevant classes into the .NET Framework. Students completingthis course will learn how to create programs that take fulladvantage of the new built-in security measures.CISY-265 Introduction to C #.NET (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 103 - Computer Concepts and Programmingor Instructor's permission.In this introductory course, students learn the syntax of the C#programming language, its similarities and differences to VisualBasic.NET, and its object oriented features. Hands on laboratoryexercises are emphasized.CISY-266 Microsoft.NET Databases (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CISY 224 - Introduction to Visual Basic.NET, CISY260 - Active Server Pages. NET, or permission of instructor.This course will instruct students on how to create databasedriven, Windows and Web based applications using the VisualBasic.NET programming language. The applications willcommunicate with both Access and SQL Server databases usingADO.NET, Microsoft's latest data access technology.CISY-267 Programming forGame Developers(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CISY 106 - Fundamentals of Game Design, CISY242 - Object Oriented Programming.This course focuses on game development using the Torquegame engine and TorqueScript. Once students are comfortableusing Torque, direct calls to OpenGl classes will be utilized tocreate more complex games. Object Oriented Programming will beused in this course. Offered in the fall semester.CISY-268 Web Page Development II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 225 - Web Page Development I.This course expands the horizons of the web page to fully utilizeall functionality provided by the browser. The student will developand implement complex page designs. Students will learn how todesign a site to meet the communication need of the client.Covering design for usability and esthetics and advance HTML.This course will introduce Cascading Style Sheets, forms, CGI,DHTML, SHTML, and more advanced JavaScript to allowstudents to fully understand the separation of design, structure andcontent in web page development. Students will learn theknowledge and skills necessary to design and develop Web sitesusing standard Web development tools, and will learn to design formobile communication devices. Offered in the fall semester.CISY-270 Introduction to Cisco Networking (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is the first of four 7 1/2 week courses in a programcalled the Cisco Networking Academy, which is a partnershipbetween RVCC and the Cisco Corporation. This first course coversthe basics of modern data communication networks including theOSI Model and TCP/IP open protocols. Students will have handson experience including, but not limited to, Network OperatingSystem Installation and Configuration, Cable construction andTesting, Basic LAN design and implementation in a laboratoryenvironment. Offered in the fall semester.CISY-271 Intermediate Cisco Networking (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 270 - Introduction to Cisco Networking.This course is the second of four 7 1/2 week courses in a programcalled the Cisco Networking Academy, which is a partnershipbetween RVCC and the Cisco Corporation. This second coursecovers Networking Protocols, especially Routing and RouterProtocols and the basics of Cisco Router Configuration andOperating System. Students will have hands on experienceincluding basic WAN design and implementation in a Laboratoryenvironment including the configuration of several routers intandem which simulate a T1 WAN. Offered in the fall semester.CISY-272 Advanced Cisco Networking I (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 271 - Intermediate Cisco Networking .This course is the third of four semesters in a program called theCisco Academy, which is a partnership between RVCC and theCisco Corporation. This third course covers Classless RoutingProtocols, OSPF and EIGRP Routing Protocols, SwitchConfiguration, LAN switching, Virtual LAN's and VLANtrunking. Students will have hands on experience including BasicRouter and Switch Configuration in a standalone Laboratoryenvironment. Offered in the spring semester.CISY-273 Advanced Cisco Networking II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 272 - Advanced Cisco Networking I.This course is the fourth and final semester in a program calledthe Cisco Academy, which is a partnership between RVCC and theCisco Corporation. This fourth course covers Wide Area NetworkDesign considerations in-depth, PPP, ISDN, Frame Relay, and afinal review of all four courses in preparation for studentsconsidering the CCNA exam. Students will have hands-onexperience including Basic Router and Switch Configuration in astandalone Laboratory environment. Offered in the springsemester.158 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
CISY-274 Privacy, Ethics andComputer Forensics (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra or satisfactoryscore on placement test.This course provides the student with an understanding ofsecurity issues pertaining to privacy and ethics, as well asinstruction and practice of forensics skills. Students perform handsonexercises using the UNIX, Linux, and Windows operatingsystem, including evidence collection and forensics activities atvarious levels including technical and process-oriented exercises.Students learn how to collect, catalog, sort, analyze and organizeevidence. In addition, students learn how to package and presenttheir findings to legal and law enforcement agencies with specialconsideration given to privacy issues and ethics. Offered in thespring semester.CISY-275 UNIX & LinuxSecurity Management (2,2) 3 CreditsCorequisites: CISY 253 - Advanced Computer Networking andCISY 229 - Information Security Fundamentals.This course provides the student with an understanding of thesecurity issues pertaining to the UNIX and Linux operatingsystems. Hands-on exercises performing actual operating systemmanagement reinforces what is learned in the classroom. Studentslearn how to implement a secure UNIX environment and tomonitor and maintain the network to protect from internal andexternal threats.CISY-276 Windows Security Management(2,2) 3 CreditsCorequisites: CISY 229 - Information Security Fundamentals andCISY 253 - Advanced Computer Networking.This course provides the student with an understanding of thesecurity issues pertaining to the Windows operating system.Hands-on exercises performing actual operating systemmanagement reinforce what is learned in the classroom. Studentslearn how to implement a secure Windows environment and tomonitor and maintain the network to protect from internal andexternal threats.CISY-285 Database Development & Design (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 132 - Systems Analysis and Design.This course will provide the student with an overview of basictypes of commercially offered data base systems. It will cover theobjectives associated with good database design. The student willhave the opportunity to implement a functioning data base systemusing a relational data base. This course will stress the practicalaspects of data base design, implementation and maintenance.CISY-286 Introduction to Oracle:SQL & PL/SQL(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 285 - Database Development & Design orpermission of instructor.In this introductory Oracle course, students will be introduced toSQL and PL/SQL functions. They will learn how to create andmaintain database objects and how to store, retrieve, andmanipulate data. In addition, students will also learn how to createPL/SQL blocks of application code that can be shared by multipleforms, reports, and data management applications. Offered in thefall semester.CISY-288 Oracle: Advanced PL/SQL (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 286 - Introduction to Oracle: PL/SQL orpermission of instructor.In this course students learn to use the advanced features ofPL/SQL to design and interface with the database and otherapplications. Using advanced features of packages, cursors,extended interface methods, Oracle-supplied packages, tuningconsiderations and advanced object types, students learn thebenefits of PL/SQL's powerful extended functionality. Offered inthe spring semester.CISY-289 Microsoft SQL Server (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Any Programming Course.SQL Server 2005 is Microsoft's enterprise database server. In thishands-on course, students acquire an overview of SQL server 2005and learn how to exploit its capabilities. Students learn the basics ofhow a relational database works and how to manage SQL server2005 with graphical tools and wizards.CISY-290 Advanced Game Designand Development(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CISY 267 - Programming for Game Developers orARTS 277 - Game Audio and Video.It takes a variety of talented artists/programmers to create asuccessful video game. However, an experienced, capable projectmanager is required to ensure that quality is not sacrificed and theproject stays on schedule. In this course, students will act as bothdesigner/developer as well as project manager to become familiarwith the variety of jobs available in the gaming profession. Offeredin the spring semester.CISY-291 Interactive MultimediaProgramming(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 208 - Interactive Multimedia II or any CISProgramming Elective or permission of instructor.Students master the Flash scripting language and User Interface(UI) library for the course's authoring software. The focus is oncreating data driven UI applications where data comes into theapplications and media elements such as animations, text, userinterfaces are created dynamically from the scripting. Standard UIcomponents such as buttons, menus, lists and drop downs areexplored. Additionally, interactive programming skills needed tobuild applications such as games, product simulations,advertisements and more are covered.CISY-292 Computer ScienceCooperative Education I (1,2) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.A cooperative work experience in which the student is employedin the industry for approximately 20 hours a week. Theresponsibilities of the work increase as the student advances inrelated college studies during the sophomore year.CISY-293 Computer ScienceCooperative Education II (1,2) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See Faculty CoopCoordinator.A cooperative work experience in which the student is employedin the industry for approximately 20 hours a week. Each semesterthat a student is enrolled in a Cooperative Education Program, it isnecessary that the college help the student determine what new orexpanded responsibilities or learning opportunities are possible onhis/her job. These objectives enable the college to determine thelearning value of the student's work experience. These objectivesmust be specific and measurable. They will be reviewed with theFaculty Co-op Coordinator and the supervisor for validity andevaluated for relative value. At the end of the semester, the studentand supervisor will be asked to evaluate the level of attainment ofeach objective.CISY-294 Oracle: Database AdministrationFundamentals I(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 286 - Introduction to Oracle: SQL & PL/SQL.This course is designed to give future Oracle databaseadministrators (DBAs) a firm foundation in basic databaseadministrative tasks. Students will gain a conceptual understandingof the Oracle database architecture and how the architecturalstructures work and interact with one another. Students will alsolearn how to create an operational database and properly managethe various structures in an effective and efficient manner in orderto have a well-designed and operational database. Offered in thespring semester.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu159
CISY-295 Computer ScienceCooperative Education III (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.A cooperative work experience in which the student is employedin the industry for approximately 20 hours a week. Theresponsibilities of the work increase as the student advances inrelated college studies during the sophomore year.CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGYCNTC-100 Construction Blueprint Reading (3,0) 2 CreditsThis course is designed to familiarize the student with theinterpretation of drawings used in the construction industry. Thecourse content will cover residential, commercial, and heavyconstruction. Fundamentals of construction materials andprocedures, essential construction mathematics, the use ofarchitectural & engineering scales, and basic material quantitydeterminations will be presented.CNTC-101 Construction Materials& Procedures I(3,0) 3 CreditsThis is primarily a residential construction course. Siteinvestigations, plot plans, permitting requirements and grading, aswell as foundations through roofing details of conventionalframing and finishing systems are studied.CNTC-102 Design, Placement &Testing of Concrete(2,2) 3 CreditsThis course covers the principles of mix design, placement andtesting of portland cement concrete. Field and laboratory testing ofconcrete and aggregates are performed by the students followingcurrent industry standards. A field trip to a concrete batch plant isplanned.CNTC-104 Architectural CAD Drawing (1,4) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ESTC 110 - Computer Aided Drafting I.Construction related applications of computer aided drafting arepresented and practiced in detail with emphasis on preparing acomplete set of residential drawings.CNTC-106 Surveying I (1,3) 2 CreditsIntroduction to surveying and the theory of measurements anderrors. Lecture and laboratory stresses preparation of field notes,care and use of equipment, linear measurements, leveling, anglemeasurements, topographic and construction surveys and deeddescriptions.CNTC-205 Construction Materials& Procedures II(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to explore the basic principles of heavyconstruction. Site investigation, use of heavy equipment,foundations, structural frames, and industrial roof systems aretypical of the topics investigated.CNTC-207 Surveying II (1,3) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: CNTC 106 - Surveying I.This course covers the more advanced surveying operationsincluding traverses, electronics distance measuring,photogrammetry, horizontal and vertical curves, earthworkcalculations, plane coordinate systems and legal aspects ofsurveying.CNTC-212 Soils & Foundations (2,2) 3 CreditsThe study of soil as a construction material. Identification andclassification, geologic origins, physical properties, bearingcapacity, and settlement are studied. Common field and laboratorysoil tests are performed by the students.CNTC-213 Construction QuantityEstimating(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CNTC 205 - Construction Materials & ProceduresII and MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra.This course prepares the student to perform detailed and accuratequantity estimates of the materials used in the construction oftypical residential and light construction projects. Computerestimating methods are used to prepare final presentations.CNTC-215 Construction Planning& Scheduling(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CNTC 213 - Construction Quantity Estimating.Fundamentals of construction management, and contractadministration. Bar chart, Critical Path Method, and computerscheduling techniques are presented and practiced.CNTC-216 Civil Engineering Drawing (2,4) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: CNTC 104 - Architectural CAD Drawing andCNTC 205 - Construction Materials & Procedures II.Corequisite: CNTC 106 - Surveying I.This course covers the understanding and preparation ofCivil/Site Engineering drawing using computer aided draftingtechniques. Topics include boundary and topographic maps, utilityplans and profiles, zoning regulations and site plans.CNTC-217 Construction Technology ProjectCooperative Education (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Approval of Instructor/Coordinator.Each student is required to design an approved constructionrelatedproject. A full set of drawings, specifications, productliterature, cost estimate, contract, and projected schedule aretypical requirements for the completed project. CooperativeEducation or work study may be accepted to meet the requirementsof the Construction Technology Project course. Arrangements mustbe made with the cooperative education faculty coordinator prior toregistration.CRIMINAL JUSTICECRMJ-101 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course surveys the adjudication process through anexamination of the police, courts, and corrections. Explores indepththe mechanics of the criminal justice system and its inherentproblems. Current efforts to improve the justice process are alsoreviewed.CRMJ-120 Introduction to Homeland Security& Emergency Management (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines emergency management laws anddirectives, the integrated emergency management system, and therole of the emergency management coordinator. The coursefocuses primarily on the politics, policies and programs relating tohow we manage environmental and technological hazards, and thedisasters they cause, through examination of actual case studiesthroughout the United States. Students who successfully completethis course will be prepared to take the final examination for IS-1certification from the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA).CRMJ-121 Crisis Communication for EmergencyResponse Personnel(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the need for emergency managers toconvey information to a broad audience that includes public andprivate sector organizations, the media, co-responders, and disastervictims. Even during non-emergency situations, emergencymanagers need to rely on strong communication and interpersonalskills to coordinate with staff and to promote safety awareness.Specific emphasis is placed on the ability to effectivelycommunicate during emergency/crisis situations. Students whosuccessfully complete this course will be prepared to take the finalexamination for IS-242 certification from the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA).CRMJ-122 Domestic Preparedness (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course offers a basic understanding of the environment ofdomestic preparedness. It focuses on the operations, organizationand management concepts of public safety for communities, and160 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
surveys the functions and roles of public safety services thatsafeguard a community. It evaluates the methods and strategies foridentifying needs, planning for emergency events, and reducingrisk associated with potential hazards. It explores tactical planningfor emergency events, coordination of emergency services anddeployment and utilization of resources. The course examines therange of techniques for improving the level of domesticpreparedness of a community. Actual events and case studies ofcurrent issues in the public safety sector regarding domesticpreparedness will be analyzed. Offered in the fall semester.CRMJ-125 Introduction to ArsonInvestigation(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines theories of fire investigation and the role ofthe fire investigator. The methodology of fire investigation,motives of arsonists, fuels, incendiary fires explosions and autofires, will be discussed, as will the formulation and testing of ahypothesis with regard to the origin and methodology utilized byfire. Students will develop the basic knowledge of the methodologyutilized by fire investigators. Offered in the spring semester.CRMJ-131 Police and the <strong>Community</strong> (3,0) 3 CreditsStudents will analyze aspects of law and police customs thataffect the law enforcement profession. This course examines policesubculture with emphasis on minority relations, civil unrest andcommunity relations.CRMJ-140 Introduction to Private Security (3,0) 3 CreditsStudents will obtain an understanding of how private security isan integral part of criminal justice. Students will learn how todesign and implement a successful security program that includesaffective loss prevention. Emphasis will be placed in creatingrelations with other organizations and private security's place in thecorporate structure. Offered in the spring semester.CRMJ-201 Criminal JusticeCooperative Education I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice andCooperative Education Approval Form required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Introductory experience in a component of the Criminal JusticeSystem for pre-service students. Participating organizationsinclude municipal police departments, county law enforcementagencies and corrections facilities.CRMJ-202 Criminal JusticeCooperative Education II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice andCooperative Education Approval Form required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Continued experience in an agency of the criminal justicesystem.CRMJ-203 Criminal JusticeCooperative Education III (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice andCooperative Education Approval Form required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Continued experience in an agency of the criminal justicesystem.CRMJ-204 Women and Minorities in theCriminal Justice System (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: SOCI 101 - Intro to Sociology or CRMJ 101 -Introduction to Criminal Justice.This course provides in-depth examination of changing socialvalues about gender and race, an analysis of crime, inequality andjustice, a survey of women and minorities in law enforcement, anassessment of women and minorities as criminals and as victims,and an investigation of the impact of race and gender inadjudication and sentencing. Special topics such as hate crimes,sexual crimes and domestic violence will be examined.CRMJ-206 Terrorism, Intelligenceand Security Studies (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines terrorism and its threat to worldwidesecurity. Analysis will include the origins and ideology of terrorism,religious extremism, international and domestic terrorist groups aswell as the political issues which motivate nation states to sponsorand support terrorist groups. National strategies to combat anddefeat terrorism will be explored. Offered in the fall semester.CRMJ-210 Police Organizationand Management(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice.This course examines the organizational framework, authoritystructure and major functions of representative police agencies.Analysis is made of the administrative problems of allocatingresponsibility and support functions. The basics of administering apolice organization such as recruitment and selection of personnel,career advancement, training, fiscal and planning operations andauxiliary and staff functions are areas of special comment. Thiscourse also explores the impact of socioeconomic, political andtechnological realities on police organizations. Offered in the fallsemester.CRMJ-211 Criminology (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the nature and causes of crime and criminalbehavior, and characteristics of offenders. It studies specificcategories of crime to include white collar crime, organized crime,victimless crime, and violent personal crime. Additional topicsinclude development of the criminal law and methods formeasuring crime.CRMJ-212 Juvenile Delinquency (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the juvenile system highlighting NewJersey Law. It reviews the issues causing delinquency includingsocio-economic factors, the family, the school, and otherinstitutions. This course will also contrast treatment of juvenileoffenders with those in the adult criminal justice system.CRMJ-220 Incident Command System (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 120 - Introduction to EmergencyManagement.This course examines the concepts and principles of the IncidentCommand System (ICS), which is recognized as an effectivesystem for managing emergencies. The CIS has been adopted byseveral states throughout the country as their standard foremergency management. As the ICS gains wider use among lawenforcement, fire, and emergency medical services personnel, itsapplication is being studied by anyone who may be called upon tofunction in an ICS environment. This course includes a largenumber of scenarios, examples, and opportunities for students toapply what they have learned. The National Incident ManagementSystems (NIMS), which is a comprehensive, national approach toincident management at all jurisdictional levels and acrossfunctional disciplines, will also be examined. Students whosuccessfully complete this course will be prepared to take the finalexaminations for IS-195 and IS-700 certification from the FederalEmergency Management Agency (FEMA).CRMJ-221 Leadership, Influence & Decision Makingfor Emergency Operations (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 120 - Introduction to EmergencyManagement.This course examines the leadership, influence, decision-makingand problem solving skills that are required of individuals involvedin emergency response situations. Specific emphasis is placed onthe ability to lead and motivate others, while making timelydecisions, during emergency/crisis situations. Students whosuccessfully complete this course will be prepared to take the finalexaminations for IS-240 and IS-241 certification from the FederalEmergency Management Agency (FEMA). Offered in the springsemester.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu161
CRMJ-222 Disaster and CatastrophicEmergency Operations (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ-120 - Introduction to EmergencyManagementThis course examines emergency operations when dealing withdisasters. Based on current concepts of emergency managementthat follow an all hazards approach, it will focus on managementof natural, accidental and intentional disasters. Emphasis is placedon an organized and unified response of public safety, private andvolunteer agencies. It explores the principles and strategies ofcrises and consequence management. It offers a basicunderstanding of Federal, State, and local public safety services,their functions, and responsibilities during disasters. Disaster scenemanagement will follow the structure of the Incident CommandSystem and the National Incident Management system.Examination of realistic events and case studies will addresscurrent and future trends directed to improve the effectiveness ofdisaster response. Offered in the spring semester.CRMJ-232 Criminal Law (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is an in-depth analysis of the history and evolutionof criminal law and the complex adjudication process. Issuesrelative to Supreme Court decisions involving search and seizure,arrest and other methods that are utilized to secure evidence bothin the course of criminal investigations and incidental to an arrestare examined. This course will also examine court procedures androles of the prosecutor and defense counsel. General criminal lawprinciples will be compared to the New Jersey Criminal Code,Title 2C.CRMJ-233 Criminal Procedure (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is a study of the structure, process and constitutionalprovisions of both the law and practice of criminal procedure. Thelaw of criminal procedure concerns the balancing of the power ofthe government to enforce the criminal laws without undulyinvading the liberty and privacy rights of individuals. The practiceof criminal procedure involves the application of abstract legalprinciples to everyday police practices in handling real problems.CRMJ-234 Criminal Investigation (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice.The course examines the entire process of a criminalinvestigation from preliminary investigation to arrest and trial. Thefundamentals of criminal investigation, including investigationresponsibilities, identification of physical evidence, marking,packaging and tagging of evidence, and preserving evidence areexamined. This course provides a sound method for reconstructinga past event relative to crime based on three major sources ofinformation: people, physical evidence, and records.CRMJ-242 Theory and Practiceof Corrections(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course covers the history and philosophy of correctionalinstitutions and their operation. It examines how contemporarysociety handles criminal offenders as well as methods of reducingcrime.CRMJ-250 Probation and Parole (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will introduce the student to the emerging disciplineof community corrections. This alternative has become an integralresource to the American criminal justice system. Viablealternatives to incarceration such as probation, parole, electronicmonitoring, house arrest, halfway houses, boot camp and othercommunity based programs are examined. Offered in the springsemester.CRMJ-251 Emergency Exercise and Design (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CRMJ 120 - Introduction to Homeland Security andEmergency Management.The course addresses a range of strategies and skills that arerequired of planners to achieve a successful emergency responseplanning process. The student learns the basics of genericprotective actions and the planning concepts supporting effectiveprotective action recommendations. The course covers themilestones a planner must address when dealing with disasters infuture time and those that one should consider when planning forimplementing the emergency plan at the time of disaster impact.CRMJ-260 Seminar in Law Enforcement (3,0) 3 CreditsStudents will explore the complex world of serial killings byproviding a detailed account of cases; the myths surrounding serialmurderers and the reasons why they continue to kill; majorproblems of investigating a serial murder and an analysis of variouslaw enforcement agencies who respond to a serial murder.DANCEDANC-101 Modern Dance I (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course provides a basis for students to understand anddevelop a sense of body awareness and alignment, and helpsstudents release habitual and tension-producing patterns. Throughactive participation students explore fundamental movementprinciples and modern dance techniques. Structured improvisationand choreography allow the students to manipulate abstract ideas,and develop their creativity. Incorporated into this course are thestudy of anatomy and the study of modern dance history. Noprevious dance experience required. Students will be required toprovide appropriate dance attire.DANC-102 Modern Dance II (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC - 101 Modern Dance I.Modern Dance II is an intermediate level modern dancetechnique class. Longer movement combinations and moredetailed spatial designs will be implemented in the center work andacross-the-floor phases. Structured improvisation andchoreography allow the student to manipulate abstract ideas, anddevelop their creativity. Students will be required to provideappropriate dance attire.DANC-105 Jazz Dance I (1,2) 2 CreditsThis course will focus on the fundamentals of jazz dance,encompassing theatre dance, music video and other contemporarydance styles. Through active participation in jazz technique,students will learn the universal vocabulary of movement.Emphasis will be placed on rhythmical movement patterns,coordination and performance. No previous dance experiencerequired. Students will be required to provide appropriate danceattire and shoes.DANC-106 Jazz Dance II (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC - 105 Jazz Dance I.Jazz Dance II is an intermediate level jazz technique class.Longer combinations using more intricate and stylized movementwill be implemented in the center work and across- the-floorphrases. Through active participation in jazz technique, studentswill learn the universal vocabulary of jazz movement. Emphasiswill be placed on furthering the technical level of students in thevarious forms of jazz dance; theatre dance, music video and othercontemporary dance styles. Students will be involved in creating ajazz dance. Students will be required to provide appropriate danceattire and shoes.DANC-107 Ballet I (1,2) 2 CreditsThis course will focus on the fundamentals of ballet. Throughactive participation in ballet technique classes, students will learnthe universal vocabulary of movement. Class will open with atraditional ballet barre then proceed to center and across-the-floorwork. No previous dance experience required. Students will berequired to provide appropriate dance attire and shoes.162 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
DANC-108 Ballet II (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 107 - Ballet I.Ballet II is an intermediate level ballet technique class. Longermovement combinations and more intricate spatial designs will beimplemented in the center work and across-the-floor phases.Students will be required to provide appropriate dance attire andshoes.DANC-109 Pilates (0,2) 1 CreditsThis course is designed to introduce the student to the basic andintermediate mat Pilates' method of body conditioning. Pilates matwork emphasizes core musculature as it applies to everydaymovement. The course will introduce a series of low impactresistance-based conditioning exercises designed to develop corestrength, posture, breath control, body alignment and flexibility.Benefits include balance, body awareness, relaxation, injuryprevention, stress reduction and increased self-confidence. Noprevious movement experience required. Students should wearcomfortable clothing that gives a full range of motion, and mustprovide their own mat.DANC-110 Dance Appreciation(3,0) 3 CreditsDance Appreciation enables students to develop an awareness ofmovement as an artistic medium and provides a frame of referencefrom which to view and appreciate dance and dance performances.The course asks the question, "What is Dance?" and "What do wesee when we view dance?" The course seeks answers which willhelp the student gain an understanding and enjoyment of dance.Students will be required to view a live dance performance.DANC-120 Introduction to LabanMovement Analysis(2,2) 3 CreditsThe focus of this course is to learn the basic theories andprinciples of human movement developed by Rudolf Laban thatincludes historical background, the theoretical frameworks ofBody, Shape, Effort, and Space, and Labanotation (a writtenlanguage for describing movement). This course will also includean introduction to the work of Irmgard Bartenieff that focuses onpsychophysical connectivity to facilitate efficiency andexpressivity in movement. Material will be introduced throughobservation, improvisation, exploration, composition, readings,group discussions, and movement assignments as both amethodology for observing/describing the structural andqualitative aspects of human movement and a means of identifyingpersonal movement preferences in order to introduce a greaterrange of functional and expressive movement. Students will berequired to provide appropriate dance attire. Offered in the fallsemester.DANC-121 World Dance History (3,0) 3 CreditsWorld Dance History introduces students to the dance practicesfrom the time of prehistoric peoples into the early part of the 20thcentury. Emphasis will be placed on the dance relationship tocivilization and its cultural context. Students will explore dancethrough a variety of media including lectures, slides, videos/DVDs,readings, and by dancing themselves. The course also enablesstudents to develop an awareness of movement as an artisticmedium and provides a frame of reference from which to view andappreciate dance and dance performances. Students will berequired to attend a live dance performance. Offered in the fallsemester.DANC-122 Contemporary Dance History (3,0) 3 CreditsContemporary Dance History will introduce the student to both abroad cross-section of 20th century modern dance and balletthrough both description and analysis and current theoriescontextualizing the study of those dance practices. The course willenable students to develop an awareness of movement as an artisticmedium and provides a frame of reference from which to view andappreciate dance and dance performances. Students will acquire avisual vocabulary of historical and contemporary dance stylesthrough a variety of media including lectures, slides, videos, and bydancing themselves. Students will be required to view a live danceperformance. Offered in the spring semester.DANC-205 Dance Production I (1,2) 1 CreditsCorequisite: Concurrent registration in a dance technique course.This course provides credit for dance performance in collegedance productions. Dances choreographed by students are to beperformed in concert each semester. Dance Production I, II, III andIV should be taken in sequence; different choreography will befeatured each semester. Students will be required to provideappropriate dance attire and shoes.DANC-206 Dance Production II (1,2) 1 CreditsCo-requisite: Concurrent registration in a dance techniquecourse.This course provides credit for dance performance in collegedance productions. Dances choreographed by students are to beperformed in concert each semester. Dance Production I, II, III andIV should be taken in sequence; different choreography will befeatured each semester. Students will be required to provideappropriate dance attire and shoes.DANC-207 Dance Production III (1,2) 1 CreditsCorequisite: Concurrent registration in a dance technique course.This course provides credit for dance performance in collegedance productions. Dances choreographed by students are to beperformed in concert each semester. Dance Production I, II, III andIV should be taken in sequence; different choreography will befeatured each semester. Students will be required to provideappropriate dance attire and shoes.DANC-208 Dance Production IV (1,2) 1 CreditsCorequisite: Concurrent registration in a dance technique course.This course provides credit for dance performance in collegedance productions. Dances choreographed by students are to beperformed in concert each semester. Dance Production I, II, III andIV should be taken in sequence; different choreography will befeatured each semester. Students will be required to provideappropriate dance attire and shoes.DANC-210 Dance CompositionImprovisation(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 101 - Modern Dance I.This course builds on the conceptual information introduced inModern Dance I. Improvisation is a process of spontaneousdecision-making based on knowledge of possibilities of movement,rhythm, and spatial patterns, and requires adaptability andcooperation with others. Improvisation studies will develop trustand movement awareness. Composition is the art of makingdances. the elements of time, space/shape, and energy/quality willbe studied through assignments that emphasize analysis andperformance. Students will be required to provide appropriatedance attire. Offered in the spring semester.DANC-211 Modern Dance III (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 102 - Modern Dance II or Permission ofInstructor.Modern Dance III is an advanced level modern dance techniqueclass. Through active participation students will continue toimprove their technical capabilities, master more advancedmovement patterns and develop their own personal movementstyles. Structured improvisation and choreography allow thestudent to manipulate abstract ideas, and develop their creativity.Students will be required to provide appropriate dance attire.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu163
DANC-212 Ballet III (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 108 - Ballet II.Ballet III is an advanced level ballet technique class. Advancedmovement combinations and variations will be incorporated intothe barre and center work. Students will be required to provideappropriate dance attire and shoes.DANC-213 Jazz Dance III (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 106 - Jazz Dance II.Jazz Dance III is an advanced level jazz technique class.Advanced movement combinations and variations will beincorporated into the center work and across-the-floor phases.Students will be required to provide appropriate dance attire andshoes. This course addresses the needs of the serious dancestudent, as well as the needs of lifelong learners who are interestedin furthering their own abilities in jazz dance. It is a standardcourse in many baccalaureate dance curricula.DANC-214 Modern Dance IV (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 211 - Modern Dance III or permission ofInstructor.Modern Dance IV is an advanced level modern dance techniqueclass. Through active participation students will refine theirtechnical skills and performance capabilities, develop highlyadvanced movement patterns and explore their own personalmovement styles. Structured improvisation and choreographyallow the student to manipulate abstract ideas, and develop theircreativity. Students will required to provide appropriate danceattire.DANC-215 Modern Dance V (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 214 - Modern Dance IV or permission ofinstructor.Modern Dance V is the final technique course in the moderndance technique series and focuses on the advanced technical skillsand performance capabilities needed to succeed in the danceworld. Particular emphasis will be placed on physiology andconditioning methodology for dance. Structured improvisation andchoreography allow the student to manipulate abstract ideas, anddevelop their creativity. Students will be required to provideappropriate dance attire.DANC-216 Ballet IV (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 212 - Ballet III or permission of instructor.Ballet IV is an advanced level ballet technique class. Throughactive participation students will refine their technical skills andperformance capabilities, develop highly advanced movementpatterns and explore their own personal movement styles.Advanced movement combinations and variations will beincorporated into barre and center work. Students will be requiredto provide appropriate dance attire and shoes.DANC-217 Ballet V (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 216 - Ballet IV or permission of theinstructor.Ballet V is the final technique course in the ballet techniqueseries and focuses on the advanced technical skills andperformance capabilities needed to succeed in the dance world.Particular emphasis will be placed on physiology and conditioningmethodology for dance. Advanced movement combinations andvariations will be incorporated into the barre and center work.Students will be required to provide appropriate dance attire andshoes.DANC-218 Jazz Dance IV (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 213 - Jazz Dance II or permission of theinstructor.Jazz Dance IV is an advanced level jazz technique class.Through active participation students will refine their technicalskills and performance capabilities, develop highly advancedmovement patterns and explore their own personal movementstyles. Advanced movement combinations and variations will beincorporated into the floor and center work. Students will berequired to provide dance attire and shoes.DANC-219 Jazz Dance V (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: DANC 218 - Jazz Dance IV or permission of theinstructor.Jazz Dance V is the final technique course in the jazz techniqueseries and focuses on the advanced technical skills andperformance capabilities needed to succeed in the dance world.Particular emphasis will be placed on physiology and conditioningmethodology for dance. Pick-up skills, performance skills, andstyles will also be developed through more complex center-floorcombinations. Students will be required to provide appropriatedance attire and shoes.DANC-220 Dance Repertory I(1,3) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition.In this course students will study a piece of choreography from aguest artist or faculty, rehearse the dance during the semester, andwill perform the piece in a formal concert at the end of thesemester. Each semester the guest artist/faculty will present adifferent piece of choreography. This course provides the seriousdance student with the additional opportunity to work at a higherlevel of the rehearsal/performance process. Students will berequired to provide appropriate dance attire. Dance Repertory I-IVmust be taken in sequence, and students must audition eachsemester.DANC-221 Dance Repertory II (1,3) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition and DANC 220 - Dance Repertory I.In this course students will study a piece of choreography from aguest artist or faculty, rehearse the dance during the semester, andwill perform the piece in a formal concert at the end of thesemester. Each semester the guest artist/faculty will present adifferent piece of choreography. This course provides the seriousdance student with the additional opportunity to work at a higherlevel of the rehearsal/performance process. Students will berequired to provide appropriate dance attire. Dance Repertory I-IVmust be taken in sequence, and students must audition eachsemester.DANC-222 Dance Repertory III (1,3) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition and DANC 221 - Dance Repertory II.In this course students will study a piece of choreography from aguest artist or faculty, rehearse the dance during the semester, andwill perform the piece in a formal concert at the end of thesemester. Each semester the guest artist/faculty will present adifferent piece of choreography. This course provides the seriousdance student with the additional opportunity to work at a higherlevel of the rehearsal/performance process. Students will berequired to provide appropriate dance attire. Dance Repertory I-IVmust be taken in sequence, and students must audition eachsemester.DANC-223 DANCE REPERTORY IV (1,3) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition and DANC 222 - Dance Repertory III.In this course students will study a piece of choreography from aguest artist or faculty, rehearse the dance during the semester, andwill perform the piece in a formal concert at the end of thesemester. Each semester the guest artist/faculty will present adifferent piece of choreography. This course provides the seriousdance student with the additional opportunity to work at a higherlevel of the rehearsal/performance process. Students will berequired to provide appropriate dance attire. Dance Repertory I-IVmust be taken in sequence and students must audition eachsemester.DANC-230 Student Dance Ensemble I (0,4) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition.164 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
This course offers the student an opportunity to work in aprofessional setting as part of a student dance company. It providesopportunities to participate in the practice and performance of avariety of dance techniques. Weekly rehearsals and publicperformances are required. Non-dance majors may participate in<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Dance Ensemble (RVDE) on a credit or non-creditbasis. Other interested community participants are welcome to joinRVDE on a non-credit, fee-paying basis through the Division ofCorporate and Continuing Education. RVDE members are selectedeach year by audition. Dance outfit to be purchased by student.DANC-231 Student Dance Ensemble II (0,4) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition.This course offers the student an opportunity to work in aprofessional setting as part of a student dance company. It providesopportunities to participate in the practice and performance of avariety of dance techniques. Weekly rehearsals and publicperformances are required. Non-dance majors may participate inRVDE on a credit or non- credit basis. Other interested communityparticipants are welcome to join RVDE on non-credit, fee-payingbasis through the Division of Corporate and Continuing Education.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Dance Ensemble (RVDE) members are selectedeach year by audition. Dance outfit to be purchased by student.DANC-232 Student Dance Ensemble III (0,4) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition.This course offers the student an opportunity to work in aprofessional setting as part of a student dance ensemble. It providesopportunities to participate in the practice and performance of avariety of dance techniques. Weekly rehearsals and publicperformances are required. Non-dance majors may participate inthe <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Dance Ensemble (RVDE) on a credit or noncreditbasis. Other interested community participants are welcometo join RVDE on a non-credit, fee-paying basis through theDivision of Corporate and Continuing Education. RVDE membersare selected each year by audition. Dance outfit to be purchased bystudent.DANC-233 Student Dance Ensemble IV (0,4) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition.This course offers the student an opportunity to work in aprofessional setting as part of a student dance ensemble. It providesopportunities to participate in the practice and performance of avariety of dance techniques. Weekly rehearsals and publicperformances are required. Non-dance majors may participate inthe <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Dance Ensemble (RVDE) on a credit or noncreditbasis. Other interested community participants are welcometo join RVDE on a non-credit, fee-paying basis through theDivision of Corporate and Continuing Education. RVDE membersare selected each year by audition. Dance outfit to be purchased bystudent. Offered in the fall semester.DANC-252 Professional Development: Dance (1,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisites: DANC 102 - Modern Dance II or permission ofInstructor. Should be taken in 3rd or 4th semester of A.F.A.This course is designed to help prepare students majoring in theAssociate of Fine Arts Theater Arts, Dance Option Degree tosuccessfully transfer to a B.F.A. or B.A. program in dance. Thecourse will cover topics such as critical thinking in the performingarts, writing an artist's statement, career options, resume, video anddemonstration reel preparation for transfer and employment, the artof the audition and identification of appropriate transfer colleges.DANC-291 Dance Cooperative Education I (1,2) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.DIESEL TECHNOLOGYDSTC-101 Principles of Diesel Engines (2,3) 3 CreditsA study of construction nomenclature, the purpose of parts andprinciples of diesel engines. Laboratory work will encompass thedisassembling, inspecting, assembling and testing of diesel engines.Emphasis will be placed on inspection of parts and failure analysis.DSTC-103 Diesel Theory, Service& Maintenance(2,3) 3 CreditsA study of diesel theory linked with a general coverage ofmaintenance procedures and practices develops a generalunderstanding of the diesel engine. This course leads to thedevelopment of a proper periodic service procedure, including testand repairs. An emphasis will be placed on lube, cooling, intake andexhaust systems.DSTC-104 Diesel Brake Systems (2,3) 3 CreditsAir brake systems are covered, including the 121 system and airdisc brakes. Laboratory practice develops the knowledge andunderstanding required to maintain or replace most brakingsystems.DSTC-201 Diesel Starting& Electrical Systems (2,3) 3 CreditsProvides instruction in basic electricity. The student learns how touse a voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter. Students study batteriesand battery testing, diesel starters, starter switches and seriesparallel switches. This course also covers charging, lighting andengine safety control circuits. Skills in trouble-shooting theelectrical system are developed with the use of modern testingequipment.DSTC-202 Diesel Diagnosis (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: 22 credit hours in Diesel Technology.Provides instruction and practice in diesel engine tune-up andtroubleshooting and procedures. Inspection of diesel engine partsand failure analysis. The student learns how to diagnose problemsin the cooling, oil, exhaust, air brake and drive train systems.DSTC-207 Transmissions & Clutches (2,3) 3 CreditsStudents receive classroom instruction and practical experiencein servicing and replacing clutches, truck transmissions, DetroitAllison Automatics, drive shafts, power dividers and rearassemblies.DSTC-208 Diesel Fuel Systems & PowerAccessories I(3,4) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: DSTS 101 - Principles of Diesel Engines, DSTS 103- Diesel Theory, Service and Maintenance.Theories and repair of diesel fuel systems. The student receivestraining in testing, rebuilding and calibration of injectors, pumpsand governors used in the following fuel systems: Cummins,American Bosch and Robert Bosch.DSTC-209 Diesel Fuel Systems & PowerAccessories II(2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: DSTC 208 - Diesel Fuel Systems and PowerAccessories I.The student receives training in testing, rebuilding and calibrationof injectors, pumps and governors used in Detroit Diesel,Stanadyne and Caterpiller fuel systems. Included in the course isthe theory of operation and repair of blowers and turbochargers.DSTC-210 Hydraulics (2,3) 3 CreditsThe study of basic hydraulics terms, symbols and circuits,including hydraulic pumps, valves, cylinders, oils, filters andaccumulators. Students also become familiar with testing thehydraulic system.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu165
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONECHD-173 Early Childhood Curriculum (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course focuses on the development of curriculum based onthe needs of children 2-6 years old. Emphasis is placed on selectingand organizing equipment and materials that are basic to preschoolprograms. The process of planning in response to developmentallevels of children will develop a personal file of teaching ideas,activities and resource aids. Opportunities will be provided forstudents to explore and construct materials, which will be used intheir work with children.ECHD-181 Child Growth and Development (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course studies human growth and development fromconception through age 10, examining major theories as they relateto physical, cognitive, social and emotional growth. emphasizingparenting. The influence of family, school, peer groups and otherinstitutions on development are also examined.ECHD-183 Math & Science forYoung Children(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course identifies and classifies the major Mathematical andScience concepts and topics considered in teaching the youngchild. Emphasis is placed on planning Math and Science activitiesthat encourage thinking, exploring, discovering and problemsolving. Each concept is exemplified by hands-on experiences.ECHD-184 Teaching Language Artsto Young Children(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course explores the development of language and ways inwhich parents and teachers can stimulate and encourage languagedevelopment. Emphasis is placed on the young child's expressionsand the creation and use of materials and activities to stimulatelistening, speaking, reading and writing skills in young children.This course addresses language arts issues from birth through age10. This course is not intended for transfer. Offered in the fallsemester.ECHD-185 Infant and Toddler Programs (3,0) 3 CreditsThere are no prerequisites required for this course. This coursepresents an overview of the various theories of development frompre-birth through 36 months of age. Guidelines for developmentalgroup care of children from infancy to thirty-six months of age willbe explored in relation to appropriate care of young children incenter or family-based childcare settings. Issues involving health,safety and nutrition, education and advocacy will be covered Thiscourse will provide perspective or current caregivers andadministrators with practical applications for enhancing all areas ofdevelopment in infants and toddlers. Offered in the springsemester.ECHD-194 Music, Movement and Artfor the Young Child(3,0) 3 CreditsDefines the stages of development in children's creative abilities.Students will participate in and develop a collection of music,movement, and art activities appropriate for young children.Various teaching methods and techniques will be presented.ECHD-195 Nutrition, Health & Safetyfor Young Children(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course focuses on those aspects of nutrition, health andsafety that are most important to people who work with youngchildren as professional caregivers and teachers. Basic informationon nutritional needs, food patterns, nutrients and guidelines forhealthful eating are studied. Issues of health and safety areaddressed, including policies and procedures, infectious diseases,on lesson planning and ways to involve parents in the nutrition,health and safety program will be studied. certified in child CPR.Offered in the spring semester.ECHD-213 Children’s Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to provide students with a foundation inchildren's literature and literacy processes and to develop anddeepen students' appreciation of children's literature as a legitimateliterary form by surveying the multifaceted world of children'sbooks. Throughout the course, concepts and strategies will behighlighted that help to cultivate children's love of and response toliterature. Children's literature will be presented within the contextof developing literacy and encouraging the integration of literatureacross the curriculum. The course addresses children's literatureissues from birth through age 10.ECHD-250 Methods of TeachingYoung Children(3,0) 3 CreditsExplores the history, programs and methodology in the field ofEarly Childhood Education, including the exceptional child.ECHD-255 Foundations of EarlyChildhood Education (3,1) 3 CreditsThis course examines the historical and philosophicalfoundations of Early Childhood Education, pre-school throughthird grade. Current trends in primary education will be reviewedand evaluated with a focus on the public school system. Issuesaffecting the role of the early childhood teacher, including anoverview of the profession, classroom management, teachingstrategies related to the growth and development of the primaryaged child, planning and assessment will be explored.ECHD-280 Field Experience inMulticultural ECE Settings (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ECHD 255 - Foundations of EC Education.This course provides opportunities for observation, analysis, andguided interaction within varied educational settings. Students areassigned to observe and perform specific teaching dutiesdetermined by the cooperating teacher in varied educationalsettings, elementary through high school. Psychological,philosophical and historic educational theories are analyzed in thelight of current practices that students will observe, research orapply. Connections are made between the field experiences and 1)historical educational practices, 2) philosophically-basededucational theories, and 3) psychologically-based educationalpractices. 30 hours of assigned field observation will be requiredover the course of the semester. Students must be available at leastone morning per week.ECHD-290 Early Childhood EducationCooperative Education (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. SeeDepartment Co-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.ECONOMICSECON-101 Macroeconomics (3,0) 3 CreditsMacroeconomics examines how all of the players in a market fittogether into a complete economy. Students investigate thefoundations of economic theory to determine ways to correctvarious economic problems. Issues such as unemployment,economic growth and resource allocation are also examined.ECON-101H Macroeconomics - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.This course introduces students to the foundations of economictheory and will cover issues such as unemployment, economicgrowth, and inflation. This Honors course, however, will alsoexamine such topics as the macroeconomic effects of internationaltrade in more detail than the regular course. Moreover, it will lookinto the cutting edge idea that continual economic growth mightnot only be unfeasible, but also intrinsically undesirable; that is, theclass will examine the possibilities for stopping economic growthand at the same time improving material well-being even byconventional standards.166 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
ECON-102 Microeconomics (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ECON 101 - Macroeconomics.Microeconomics investigates the economy from the perspectiveof individual players in the market. Individual consumer behavioris examined to determine how individual demand decisions aremade. Business behavior is examined to determine how individualdecisions are made under various market structures. The coursealso explores the issues of marginal analysis, elasticity of demand,profit maximization and cost analysis. Extensive use of graphs toanalyze various issues should be expected.ECON-202 International Economics (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ECON 101 - Macroeconomics and ECON 102 -Microeconomics.This course introduces the student to the basic concepts ofinternational finance, international trade and economicdevelopment through the exploration of the interrelationship ofnational economies. The course provides an opportunity forstudents to apply theoretical knowledge to specific trade situations.Offered in the fall semester.ECON-210 Money and Banking (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ECON 101 - Macroeconomics.This course explores the practical aspects of money and bankingwithin the economy. Emphasis is given to the changing role offinancial institutions as well as new financial instruments. Topicswill include money creation, the Federal Reserve, economicstabilization using monetary and fiscal policy as well as thecreation of different international monetary systems and theirimpact on the global economy. Offered in the fall semester.EDUCATIONEDUC-112 Classroom Management (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will present an array of decision-making options thatguide educators in thinking about how to approach particularclassroom management situations and choose from a range ofoptions designed to prevent, cope with, and solve a variety ofproblems. Attention will be provided to management issues in thethree central areas of: 1)room and materials, 2) curriculum, and 3)student behavior. A variety of theoretical perspectives, eachsupported with cases taken from actual classrooms, give studentsmany choices in how to handle issues that may arise in their ownclassrooms.EDUC-212 Foundations of Education (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Grade of B or higher in ENGL 050 - Introduction to<strong>College</strong> Reading & Composition I or Grade of B or higher inENGL 060 - Introduction to <strong>College</strong> Reading & Composition orappropriate score on placement test.This course examines the historical and philosophicalfoundations of the American educational system. Current trends ineducation will be reviewed and evaluated. Issues affecting the roleof the teacher, including school governance and finance, legalfoundations, social influences, and educational reform will beexplored.EDUC-230 Education Field Experience (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: EDUC 212 - Foundations of Education.This course provides opportunities for the observation, analysis,and guided interaction of the teaching/learning experience withinelementary and secondary educational settings. Students areassigned to observe and perform specific teaching duties within avariety of public school settings. Psychological, philosophical andhistoric educational theories are analyzed in light of current bestpractices as they occur in contemporary classrooms. Students arerequired to complete 30 hours of assigned field observation overthe course of the semester.ELECTRIC UTILITY TECHNOLOGYELEC-101 Electrical Fundamentals (3,0) 3 CreditsDirect Current and Alternating current Analysis. Topics includeVoltage, current, resistance, Ohm's Laws, network analysismethods, network theorems, capacitors, inductors, transients, sinewave characteristics.ELEC-290 Summer Field ExperienceCooperative Education (3,3) 6 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.OLST-101 Overhead Line/SubstationTechnology I(3,3) 4 CreditsThis course provides the knowledge and skill to perform work onsecondary voltage circuits, understanding of the techniques used toinstall transmission support systems, transformers and installanchors safely and efficiently with concentration on the installationof services, street lighting and secondary circuits. Included areadvanced training pertaining to the various transmission supportsystems framing techniques and guying methods. An overview oftransmission and distribution of electrical systems, OccupationalSafety and Health Administration (OSHA) and rigging safetyawareness requirements will be included in this course.OLST-102 Overhead Line/SubstationTechnology II(3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: OLST 101 - Overhead Line/Substation TechnologyI.This course provides the knowledge to safely and properly installthree-phase primary conductors, as well as safely inspect andoperate a bucket truck. The safe installation and operation of linefuses, reclosers, transformers power banks, capacitors, and linevoltage regulators, as well as the identification, installation, andmaintenance of underground residential distribution secondaryequipment will be learned. The safe and proper methods ofinstalling box pads, single-phase transformers, primary elbows andterminators, and safety requirements will be included throughoutthe course of instruction.OLST-201 Overhead Line/SubstationTechnology III(2,4) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: OLST 102 - Overhead Line/Substation TechnologyII.This course provides the knowledge and skill to identify, installand maintain primary underground residential distribution (URD)equipment; knowledge pertaining to the different styles of subtransmissionsupport structures, with instruction on the techniquesand proper use of hot-line tools to work sub-transmission anddistribution structures when laying out conductors and changingvarious insulators, knowledge and skill to safely perform rubbergloving assignments using the insulate and isolate techniques.Various methods of troubleshooting URD primary and secondarycircuits are discussed and demonstrated. Students will performvarious tasks, while working on an energized three-phase circuitunder controlled conditions. Applicable safety requirements will betaught and stressed throughout the course instruction.OLST-202 Overhead Line/SubstationTechnology IV(2,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: OLST 201 - Overhead Line/Substation TechnologyIII.This course provides the skills to safely climb transmissionsupport towers and H-structures to achieve the qualified status.Upon qualification, the student will obtain basic skills to performRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu167
intermediate tasks while aloft on these pertinent structures. Thestudent will gain an understanding of substation equipment andone-line drawing. Emphasis will be placed on recognizingenergized equipment, minimum approach distances, and substationsafety. At the conclusion of the course, the student will be qualifiedto enter a substation. Included in this course of instruction are:lockout/tagout, powered industrial truck certification(s), and acomprehensive skills review.ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGYESTC-101 Electricity I (1,2) 2 CreditsAn entry-level course designed to provide the student with theessentials of DC and AC electricity, as well as the necessaryelectrical background to pursue the more advancedinstrumentation and control courses. Instruction will also includeinstructor-directed bench work using the latest in electricalinstrumentation to introduce the student to basic electrical testingand troubleshooting procedures.ESTC-102 Electricity II (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: ESTC 101 - Electricity I.This course exposes the student to a variety of controls whichare part of refrigeration and air-conditioning schematics and wiringdiagrams. (cooling) units, and aims at integrating such controls intofully-operational electrical circuits. This course develops aworking knowledge of refrigeration and air-conditioning circuitsby assembling groups of controls in simulators and actualequipment. The student will get to see first-hand the actualoperation of motor starters, refrigerating equipment and airconditioningequipment ranging in size from the small windowmounted unit to the more complex home and office central airconditioningsystems.ESTC-110 Computer Aided Drafting I (1,4) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to basic CAD (computer aideddrafting) techniques using AutoCAD software. Fundamentals ofdrawing and editing are presented and practiced.ESTC-111 Computer Aided Drafting II (1,4) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ESTC 110 - Computer Aided Drafting I.This is a continuation of ESTC 110 - CAD I. Emphasis will beadvanced functions including 3D and menu customization.ESTC-208 Metallurgy (2,3) 3 CreditsThis course covers the behavior of metals and their alloys,polymers, ceramics, and composite materials. The effects of metalworking and heat treating methods are studied to enable the studentto select metals and specify their treatments effectively.Laboratory experiments are performed to demonstrate theproperties and structures of various engineering materials.ESTC-211 Fundamentals ofStructural Designs(4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra.Fundamentals of Structural Design covers the fundamentals ofstatics, strength of materials and basic design considerationsapplicable to beams, columns, and retaining walls utilizingstructural steel, reinforced concrete, and timber.EMERGENCY SERVICESFIRE-101 Introduction to EmergencyServices(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides an overview to fire protection andemergency services; career opportunities in fire protection andrelated fields; culture and history of emergency services; fire lossanalysis; organization and function of public and private fireprotection services; fire departments as part of local government;laws and regulations affecting the fire service; fire servicenomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic firechemistry and physics; introduction to fire protection systems;introduction to fire strategy and tactics; life safety initiatives. Thiscourse will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency ServicesTraining Academy.FIRE-102 Principles of Fire Prevention (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides fundamental information regarding thehistory and philosophy of fire prevention, organization andoperation of a fire prevention bureau, use of fire codes,identification and correction of fire hazards, and the relationshipsof fire prevention with built-in fire protection systems, fireinvestigation, and fire and life-safety education. This course will betaught at the Somerset County Emergency Services TrainingAcademy.FIRE-103 Principles of Fire Chemistry (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CHEM 102 - Introduction to Chemistry or PHYS112 - Concepts of Physics.This course explores the theories and fundamentals of how andwhy fires start, spread, and how they are controlled. This course istaught at the Somerset County Emergency Services TrainingAcademy.FIRE-104 Fire Officer I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services.The Fire Officer Series is designed to build the skills necessaryto be an effective fire service leader. The Fire Officer I course is thefirst course in the series and is designed for firefighters who aspireto the position of company officer. The course is designed to meetthe educational and time requirements of NFPA 1021, Standard forFire Officer Professional Qualifications, 2003 Edition, for FireOfficer I and N.J.A.C. 5:73-8.2. Qualifications for Fire Officer I.Students who successfully complete the course may be eligible totake the NJ State Fire Officer I certification test. This course willbe taught at the Somerset County Emergency Services TrainingAcademy.FIRE-105 Fire Officer II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FIRE 104 - Fire Officer I.The Fire Officer Series is designed to build the skills necessaryto be an effective fire service leader. The Fire Officer II programbuilds upon the concepts presented in the Fire Officer I program.The Fire Officer II program is designed to build the leadershipskills of the company officer involved in administrative andoperational issues at the company and/or organizational level. Thecourse is designed to meet the educational and time requirementsof NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer ProfessionalQualifications, 2003 Edition, for Fire Officer II and N.J. A.C. 5:73-8.2 for Fire Officer II. Students who successfully complete thecourse may be eligible to take the NJ State Fire Officer IIcertification test. This course will be taught at the Somerset CountyEmergency Services Training Academy.FIRE-201 Building Constructionfor Fire Prevention(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services.This course provides the components of building constructionthat relate to fire and life safety. The focus of this course is onfirefighter safety. The elements of construction and design ofstructures are shown to be key factors when inspecting buildings,preplanning fire operations, and operating at emergencies. Thiscourse will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency ServicesTraining Academy.FIRE-202 Crisis ManagementPlanning in Business (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services.This course provides an analysis of crisis management from thebusiness perspective. The course will focus on legal requirements,168 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
employee disaster awareness and preparedness as well as disastermitigation and resumption considerations. This course will betaught at the Somerset County Emergency Services TrainingAcademy.FIRE-203 Strategies and Tactics (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services.This course provides an indepth analysis of the principles of firecontrol through utilization of personnel, equipment, andextinguishing agents on the fire ground. This course will be taughtat the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy.FIRE-204 Occupation Safety and Healthfor Emergency Services (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services.This course introduces the basic concepts of occupational healthand safety as it relates to emergency service organizations. Topicsinclude risk and hazard evaluation and control procedures foremergency service organizations. This course will be taught at theSomerset County Emergency Services Training Academy.ENGINEERINGENGR-105 Introduction to Engineering (2,0) 1 CreditsThis course is designed to help students to develop skills as:communication, time management, group work. Lectures aresupported by films and guest speakers to expose students todifferent engineering disciplines and functions. Students will beintroduced to all campus resources and services.ENGR-107 Engineering Graphics (1,3) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra and High SchoolGeometry.This course is a basic introduction to the techniques ofengineering graphics designed to develop an ability to visualize,analyze, and understand engineering drawings and designs, and todevelop skill and accuracy in producing drawings. The applicationof computer graphics using AutoCAD will be an integrated part ofthe course.ENGR-108 Introduction to Computingfor Engineers and Scientists (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 112 - Precalculus I, or equivalent.This is a one semester course intended to introduce engineeringand science majors to the main features of MATLAB and itsapplication to engineering and scientific problem-solving. Topicsinclude an introduction to programming in MATLAB, includingmatrix operations, functions, arrays, loops and structures, workingwith data files and plotting. Students can apply this knowledge tolearning other programming languages, such as C, Object-OrientedProgramming, Fortran, BASIC and Pascal. The Honors Option isavailable for this course. Offered in the spring semester.ENGR-111 Introduction to Circuit Analysis (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: PHYS 151 - Engineering Physics II and MATH 152- Calculus II.This is an introductory course in circuit theory for engineeringmajors. It includes introduction to DC and AC electrical principleswith stress on different circuit analysis methods. Use of Ohm's law,Kirchoff's laws, network theorems for resistive, capacitive andinductive networks - Phasors and Phasor diagrams for AC circuitsintroduced with real and reactive power and maximum powertransfer studies with application to Single and Three Phase circuitsand Ideal transformers. Appropriate experiments are runconcurrently with lectures. Offered in the spring semester.ENGR-132 Engineering Mechanics I - Statics (4,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PHYS 150 - Engineering Physics I and MATH 152- Calculus II.This course covers the statics of particles and rigid bodies. Topicsinclude vector description of forces and moments, two and threedimensional equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, centroids andcenter of gravity, analysis of structures, friction, and moments ofinertia.ENGR-133 Engineering Mechanics II -Dynamics(4,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGR 132 - Engineering Mechanics I - Statics.This course covers Kinematics and kinetics. Topics includerectilinear motion, curvilinear motion of particles and rigid bodies,Newton's Law for particles and rigid bodies; principle of impulseand momentum; plane motion of rigid bodies; mechanicalvibrations. Free body diagrams and vector analysis methods areused.ENGR-201 Introduction to MaterialsScience and Engineering (3,0) 3 CreditsCo/Prerequisite: CHEM 104 - General Chemistry II.This course introduces the student to theory and application ofengineering materials. Topics explore the relations between theproperties, microstructure, and behavior during use of metals,polymers, ceramics, and composite materials. Useful applicationsand limitations of those materials are presented, and means ofmodifying their properties are discussed.ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYENTC-110 Electricity and Robotics (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra.Corequisite: CISY 102 - Computer Literacy.This course teaches the fundamentals of electricity, electriccontrol, and introduces the student to robot operations andprogramming. Topics in electricity include AC and DC, basiccircuit analysis, inductance and capacitance, Ohm's Law, Kirchoff'sLaws, power, ideal transformers, basic control logic and ladderdiagrams. A laboratory scale industrial robot is used to teach robotoperations, robot programming and the design of roboticapplications. Subject matter is presented in both a lecture andlaboratory environment.ENTC-111 CAD/CAM Processes (3,3) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra.Corequisite: CISY 102 - Computer Literacy.This course covers fundamentals of computer aided drafting(CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM). Subjects tocovered will be technical drawing, multi-views, electrical andpneumatic schematics, sections, isometrics, introduction to 3D, andfacilities layout (architectural plans). AutoCAD 2000 or higher willbe used. The student will progress from CAD to CAM-Millprocessing. Fabrication techniques will be demonstrated on alaboratory CNC milling machine. This course will provide thestudent with an understanding of the manufacturing process fromconcept through design, to the end product.ENGLISHENGL-050 Introduction to <strong>College</strong>Reading and Composition I (3,3) 6 CreditsPrerequisite: Score on Placement Test.Introduction to <strong>College</strong> Reading and Composition I is anintensive developmental course designed to provide students withthe foundations needed for academic reading and writing. In thisintegrated reading and writing course students develop a range ofstrategies for reading different kinds of texts and will practice thestages of the writing process with special attention given toparagraph organization and sentence structure. This six-credit classmeets for six hours each week: three hours in a traditionalclassroom and three hours in a computer lab.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu169
ENGL-060 Introduction to <strong>College</strong>Reading and Composition II (2,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Grade of C in ENGL 050 - Introduction to <strong>College</strong>Reading and Composition I or appropriate score on placementtest.Introduction to <strong>College</strong> Reading and Composition II is anintensive developmental course designed to provide students withthe foundations needed for academic reading and writing. In thisintegrated reading and writing course students continue to developa range of more advanced strategies for reading different kinds oftexts and will practice the stages of the writing process with specialattention given to essay organization and sentence structure. Thisfour credit class meets for four hours each week: two hours in atraditional classroom and two hours in a computer lab.ENGL-070 English I Workshop (0,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Grade of B in ENGL 050 - Introduction to <strong>College</strong>Reading and Composition I or Minimum grade of C in ENGL060 - Introduction to <strong>College</strong> Reading and Composition II orappropriate score on placement test.Corequisite: Each section of this course is linked to a singlesection of English 111 - English I.English I Workshop is linked to English I and is designed toenhance that course for students who need support inreading/writing. It takes place in a word processing lab wherestudents are coached in structured ways to use the computer as atool to improve reading and writing skills with an emphasis onprocess. The combined English I and English I Workshop sectionsallow students to work on English I reading and writingassignments in a way that is paced, encourages full comprehensionof the reading, and provides guidance during revision.ENGL-111 English I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Grade of A in ENGL 050 - Introduction to <strong>College</strong>Reading and Composition I or Grade of A in ENGL 060 -Introduction to <strong>College</strong> Reading and Composition II orappropriate score on placement test.The central purposes of English I are greater fluency and greatercontrol of language and the conventions of grammar andmechanics. Some essays may be drawn from personal experience,but the emphasis is on expository types such as comparisoncontrastessays, argumentative essays, critical analysis, andanalytical integration of readings. A research paper is required.Non-graded but required writing, such as journal, may be assigned.Student critiques of each other's papers are important componentsof some sections of this course.ENGL-111H English I Honors: Composition& Controversy(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Minimum grade-point average of 3.5 from highschool or previous college, or permission of the instructor.Like all sections of English I, English I Honors focuses on thedevelopment of greater fluency and greater control of language andconventions of grammar and mechanics. The emphasis is onargumentative essays, critical analysis, and analytical integrationof readings. A research paper is required. This honors level coursealso emphasizes complex and controversial issues as vehicles forwriting argumentatively and persuasively. The course focuses onan understanding of opposing points of view, the critical analysisof those views, and the development of persuasive responses tothem.ENGL-112 English II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.English II is a second-semester composition course thatcontinues to refine the writing skills learned in English I, includingfluency, coherence, organization, and control of grammar andmechanics. The course focuses on analysis and synthesis of texts,finer points of writing style, and responsible researching skills.Students write a series of documented essays in comparative,analytical, and persuasive modes. A variety of texts serve as thespringboard for written and oral analysis as students continue tostrengthen and refine their analytical skills through carefulexamination of readings.ENGL-112H English II Honors:Text & Analysis(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: A grade of A in ENGL 111 - English I with aminimum GPA of 3.5 or permission of the instructor.English II Honors is a second-semester composition course thatcontinues to refine the writing skills learned in English I, includingfluency, coherence, organization, and control of grammar andmechanics. The course focuses on analysis and synthesis of texts,finer points of writing style, and responsible researching skills.Students write a series of documented essays in comparative,analytical, and persuasive modes. A variety of texts serves as thespringboard for written and oral analysis as students continue tostrengthen and refine their analytical skills through carefulexamination of readings.ENGL-201 Introduction to Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Introduction to Literature examines selected essays and works ofpoetry, fiction, and drama in ways that encourage more in-depthanalytical and critical reading skills. Open to majors and nonmajors,the course is designed for students who desire anintroduction to literary study. The course encourages students toutilize careful textual analysis, to explore thematic connectionsamong and between texts, and to recognize and apply literaryterminology in class discussions, papers and examinations.ENGL-202 Introduction to LiteraryTheory and Criticism (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course introduces students to the theoretical foundation formuch of contemporary literary and cultural studies. Throughout thecourse students will apply literary theory to a wide variety ofliterary texts. In order to understand the ways that literary theory isinformed by the disciplines of history, psychology, and philosophy,students will study major critical approaches such as Structuralism,Postmodernism, Ethnic and Race Studies, Psychological Criticism,New Historicism, and Gender Studies. The course is recommendedfor students who are considering becoming English majors and forall students who want to know more about literary interpretation.ENGL-205 Language, Mind and Society (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Language, Mind, and Society introduces students to the field oflinguistics, which is the study of language and how people use it.The course is organized around four topics: spoken language(conversations, gender differences in speech habits, children's talk),written language (the history of writing and our alphabet, how weread), the varieties of English (the history of English, Englishdialects, language and prejudice), and language theory (thestructure of language, the nature of meaning). Students record andanalyze examples of everyday language.ENGL-206 Law & Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course will examine attitudes towards the law, legalauthority, and legal representatives in selected works of poetry,fiction, and drama from various cultures. The course highlightsliterary depictions of legal themes and legal personae, examininghow various authors employ literature to validate, question,censure and/or criticize aspects of the law and the role of legalfigures. The course promotes a thoughtful examination of whyauthors use legal themes as a vehicle for expression.ENGL-207 Global Patterns of Racism (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.170 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
This team-taught course draws on texts in the social sciences, inhistory, and literature to survey the causes and manifestations ofracism in diverse cultures, as well as proactive responses to it. Thecourse will focus on racism in western and nonwestern cultures.Case studies will include - but not be limited to - Europeancolonialism, slavery, social Darwinism and eugenics, apartheid andsegregation, anti-Semitism, and contemporary conflicts likeRwanda and the former Yugoslavia. This course satisfies generaleducation requirements in humanities, literature, or social sciences.It cannot be used as the sole social science course in a degreeprogram that has only one social science course requirement.ENGL-211 Masterpieces of EarlyWorld Literature(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.In this literature course the class reads early works from EastAsia, India, the ancient Near East, and classical Greece. Theemphasis is on understanding the philosophical and culturalcontext in which the literary works are embedded. Studentsencounter and examine world views and values quite differentfrom those commonly held in the United States today. Among thetopics discussed are mythology, religion, and the nature of thehero.ENGL-212 World Literature Sincethe Renaissance(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Students in World Literature Since the Renaissance readrepresentative works of great literature from the Romantic periodto the present in the forms of novels, poems, and plays from aroundthe world. Authors come from Europe, the Americas, India, Russia,and Africa. The class may confront such questions as thefollowing: What is the relationship between literature and history?What is the role of the individual in a world with shifting beliefs inGod or the gods? In addition, the class may examine the possiblebiases that make us unable (or less able) to appreciate literaturefrom cultures not our own.ENGL-213 Autobiography (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course will define a genre of writing known asautobiography and highlight the ways in which writers haveinfused their work with an autobiographical perspective, bothacknowledged or less directly stated. The approach will beinterdisciplinary, uniting literary study with historical and culturalperspectives that will foster an appreciation for the ways in whichan author's life, time period, and culture are integrated with her orhis writing. Authors as diverse as Yukio Mishima, CharlottePerkins Gilman, Maxine Hong Kingston and James Baldwin willbe examined. The course will feature readings from fiction, nonfiction,poetry and drama.ENGL-214 Race in American Literatureand Popular Culture (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course examines the social construction of race in the U.S.through the lens of American literature and popular culture. Itfocuses on key moments in American history, from pre-colonialAmerica to the present, to explore how racial categories have beencreated and re-created. Students will analyze the evolution of theseracial categories, like white, black, Asian, Latino, and NativeAmerican, while exploring how racial groups are pitted againsteach other and how categories like gender, class, and sexualityintersect with race. Readings from a range of disciplines willprovide students with the historical and social context necessary toanalyze cultural texts, like novels, short stories, advertisements,films, political cartoons, TV shows, songs, and speeches.ENGL-221 American Literature: Colonialthrough the Civil War (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course examines the diverse literature of early America, suchas Native American literature, the literature of exploration andsettlement, slave narratives, abolitionist and suffrage literature,Enlightenment writing, Transcendentalist writing, and Gothicliterature. Authors may include Anne Bradstreet, WashingtonIrving, Mary Rowlandson, Jonathan Edwards, NathanielHawthorne, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Edgar AllanPoe, Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Jacobs, Ralph Waldo Emerson,Henry Thoreau, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and EmilyDickinson. Students consider such issues as class, race, religion,and gender through the texts. The Honors Option is available forthis course.ENGL-221H American Literature: Colonial throughthe Civil War - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.The influence of the earliest American writers evident in modernattitudes toward everything from the environment to Medicare.This course draws lines from the first days of our country to thepages of today's newspaper. The approach is interdisciplinary, withreadings in history and culture augmenting more traditionalliterature and criticism. Students read classic American writers suchas Emerson, Douglass and Dickinson, as well as explorers, soldiers,homemakers, slaves, and politicians. Students examine Puritancommentaries on the Salem witch trials, then look at the trials fromthe perspectives of history and psychology. Hawthorne's "ScarletLetter" is examined through the lens of contemporary criticalapproaches, including feminist criticism, reader-response criticism,and deconstruction.ENGL-222 American Literature: Post CivilWar to the Present(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.American Literature: Post Civil War to the Present begins withthe writers of the late 19th century and ends with contemporaryliterature. Writers may include Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson,Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, W.E.B. DuBois, Charlotte PerkinsGillman, Kate Chopin, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, ZoraNeale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Arthur Miller, Robert Frost, WilliamFaulkner, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg,Raymond Carver, and Toni Morrison. Students study contemporaryAmerican issues as they read about social rebellion and socialconformity, about the dilemmas that women have faced and thosethat men have experienced, about the struggles of AfricanAmericans against racism, and about changes over the last centuryin private relationships and the family.ENGL-222H American Literature: Post CivilWar to the Present - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I and a minimum GPA of 3.5 orpermission of the instructor.Like the regular section of the course, American Literature: PostCivil War to the Present Honors begins with the writers of the late19th century and ends with contemporary literature. Students studycontemporary American issues as they read about social rebellionand social conformity, about the dilemmas that women have facedand those that men have experienced, about the struggles of AfricanAmericans against racism, and about changes over the last centuryin private relationships and the family. In contrast to the regularsection of the course, Honors students construct their own crossdisciplinaryresearch projects drawing on a variety of textsincluding, but not limited to, literature, the print media, music, art,architecture, and film.ENGL-223 Ethnic Writers in America (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course explores the connections between ethnic identity,literature, and culture in the United States. Focus will berepresentation of life stories and cultural experiences by writersfrom selected and differing ethnic communities and pasts, includingliterature by members of "old" and "new" ethnic groups in theRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu171
United States: African Americans, Asian Americans, NativeAmericans, Latinos/as, white ethnics and others. Students will bedefining this genre of writing, looking at themes such as thefollowing: ethnic and racial stereotypes; ethnicity and gender;assimilation versus cultural heritage and memory; "translating"experiences into a new culture and language; responses to mythsabout immigration and other national narratives such as theAmerican Dream.ENGL-224 The Short Story (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.The course traces the evolution of the short story, from ancientroots in oral narratives, myths, legends, folk and fairy tales, butfocuses primarily on its modern form, as expressed by writers ofdiverse cultures. Writers such as Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekov,Katherine Mansfield, James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway,Raymond Carver, Bobbie Ann Mason, Yukio Mishima, andBernard Malamud may be featured. Students analyze and writeabout the works and explore the basic components of the genre.ENGL-226 Introduction to Poetry (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course will help students to understand both the craft andthe art of poetry; how poems are made and why they are valuable.Texts will range from ancient Eastern scriptures to the newest workof young American poets, from limericks to epics, from song lyricsto verse drama. The focus, however, will always be on language,form, and meaning. Students can expect, therefore, to gain notonly a knowledge of the nature, history, and variety of poetry butalso greater skill, insight, and pleasure as readers, writers andthinkers.ENGL-227 Science Fiction (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course is a survey of the science fiction genre from literaryand theoretical points of view. The course will draw on stories,novels and films that call special attention to science fiction'sconcern with such social phenomena as overpopulation, pollution,increased technology, and mind control.ENGL-228 Psychology & Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ENGl 111 - English I and PSYC 103 - Introductionto Psychology or permission of instructors.Psychology and Literature is a team-taught course that examinesnovels, plays, short stories, fairy tales and poems through the lensof psychology. Works by authors such as William Shakespeare,Arthur Miller, Fyodor Dostoevsky and J.D. Salinger may bestudied from the perspectives of psychologists such as SigmundFreud, B.F.Skinner, Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers and Carol Gilligan.This course is taught by two instructors (one from Psychology andone from English) and may be taken for either Psychology orEnglish credit, but not both.ENGL-231 African-American Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.African American Literature surveys the literature of AfricanAmericans from Colonial times through the present including theColonial Period, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Aesthetics,and the Neo-Realism movement. In order to understand the oraland written traditions, students read a variety of types of texts suchas folktales, spirituals, short stories and novels. Students also readcontemporary literary criticism by African American and non-African American theorists.ENGL-233 Shakespeare (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course is a study of the works of Shakespeare throughreading in a selection of history, comedy, tragedy and problemplays as well as selected minor works. In addition to the literaryaspects of the plays, students study the staging conventions ofElizabethan England and explore the social and historical contextin which the plays were written and first performed.ENGL-233H Shakespeare - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.In spite of the unprecedented degree and rate of change in ourtimes, Shakespeare provides modern readers across the globe auniversal touchstone of constancy. We recognize his models ofhuman contrariness; we identify with the power of pathos andmagic and madness of characters both centuries old andcontemporary. The unifying focus of the course is on thecharacteristics that make Shakespeare's language such an effectiveand enduring medium of meaning. Students use diverse criticalperspectives as they read a variety of Shakespeare's texts, includingselected sonnets; representative tragic, comic, and historical plays;and the often-neglected "problem plays"- "Measure for Measure",and "Troilus and Cressida". Students may also view one or moreperformances of plays and do an in-depth study of any additionalplay using online research.ENGL-234 The Literature of Comedy (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.A study of the nature and value of comic forms and traditions,from basic elements such as puns and jokes to significant works ofcomic vision in literature, the arts, and popular culture. The coursewill consider, for example, the differences between verbal andvisual comedy, such as Groucho and Harpo. The course willnourish a broader, deeper, subtler awareness of the ways in whichcomedy expresses and sustains the human spirit.ENGL-235 English Literature: Middle Agesthrough the 18th Century (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGl 111 - English I.A chronological study of English literature through the 18thcentury including authors such as Chaucer, Kempe, More,Shakespeare, Donne, Montagu, Swift and Behn. Students willexamine the authors' ideas and the development of literary forms ina historical context. Religion, politics, gender roles, science andphilosophy are discussed in terms of their impact on these writers.The Honors Option is available for this course.ENGL-236 English Literature: RomanticPeriod to the Present (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.A chronological study of English literature since the 18th centuryincluding authors such as Keats, Austen, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, andLessing. Students will examine the authors' ideas and thedevelopment of literary forms in a historical context involvingDarwinism, Industrialism, women's issues, and World Wars I andII.ENGL-237 Shakespeare on Page and Screen (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Shakespeare on the Page and on the Screen is aninterdisciplinary, team-taught course that studies plays of WilliamShakespeare from both literary and cinematic perspectives.Students will read selected comedies, tragedies, and histories byShakespeare in conjunction with exemplary film versions of theseplays, both classic (by directors like Laurence Olivier and OrsonWelles) and recent (by directors like Kenneth Branagh and TrevorNunn). The themes explored in this course include: poetic languageand cinematic language, Shakespearean imagery on the page andon the screen, and Shakespeare in a modern, multicultural context.Students who complete this course will have a fuller understandingand appreciation of Shakespeare's plays and the medium that mostfrequently delivers him to audiences today. Students may take thiscourse for credit in English or Film Studies. Students who take thiscourse for credit in English cannot also get credit for ENGL-233.ENGL-247 Rhetoric and Writing Studies (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.The course looks at the way language works in different contexts,for different purposes, and from diverse disciplinary perspectives.Historically, rhetoric was considered to be the foundation on which172 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
critical thinking, effective communication, and self-knowledge wasbuilt. In contemporary rhetoric, culture and media are part of thisfoundation. This course will explore primary texts in the form ofliterature, film, scientific discourse, journalism, politicalpropaganda as well as secondary sources within the disciplines ofrhetoric and writing studies. The course serves students interestedin English, education, journalism, communications, film studies,and other liberal arts and social science programs of study.ENGL-248 Creative Writing I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.A workshop course designed to encourage and develop astudent's creative talents principally in the sketch and short story.Class discussions will analyze and criticize manuscripts submittedby students.ENGL-248H Creative Writing I - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.Designed for students who have a genuine interest in developingtheir imaginative writing abilities in both fiction and poetry, thiscourse will be conducted as a workshop whose primary purpose isto evaluate student manuscripts. Class time will, in addition, bespent discussing the techniques and sensibilities of variouscontemporary poets and fiction writers. Students will be expectedto distinguish between sentiment and sentimentality, betweenpopular and "literary" fiction, between poetry and light verse,between "raw" experience and experience which has beenartistically transformed. Thirty pages of fiction, 15 full pages ofpoetry (or some combination of the two) and a 3-5 page analyticalpaper will comprise the minimum writing requirements for thecourse.ENGL-249 Creative Writing II (3,0) 3 creditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I and ENGL 248 - CreativeWriting I or permission of instructor.This course consists of advanced work in creative writing withemphasis on revision and completion of extended pieces.ENGL-250 Technical Writingand Communication (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Technical Writing and Communication is designed for studentsmajoring in science, engineering, or other technical fields. Thecourse will provide students with an overview of the technicalwriting and communication field and students will completeassignments that reflect the kinds of writing tasks they will beexpected to perform in their fields.ENGL-259 History and Literatureof the Vietnam War(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This interdisciplinary course will examine both the history andthe literature of the Vietnam War. It explores both the antecedentsof the war, in terms of European colonialism, Vietnamesenationalism, and American foreign policy, as well as pivotalmoments such as the gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 and the TetOffensive of 1968. It will study the history of the war, the literatureborn out of this war and the relationships between this literature andthis conflict. Finally, it will consider the war's legacy: itsconsequences and lessons, and the relevance of this legacy today.Students may take this course for credit in English or History.ENGL-262 Drama (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.A study of forms and types of dramatic expression throughreading plays, viewing films, and listening to recorded plays, thecourse encourages students to explore types of dramatic expressionfrom works performed in ancient Greece through those performedin modern New York City. In addition to the literary aspects ofplays, students also learn about the historical development of thetheatre.ENGL-263 Business Writing andManagement Communications (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Business Writing and Management Communication skills arevital to career success. This course provides Business Writinginstruction with a public speaking component. Students work inteams to prepare formal consulting reports on globalcommunication solutions for multi-national corporations. Thecourse features lessons in professional writing, such as resumes,business letters, memos, proposals and short and long reports;career development exercises; oral presentations; andinternational/cross-cultural business communication activities.ENGL-281 The Modern Novel (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGl 111 - English I.The course traces the evolution of the novel from the latenineteenth century to the present focusing on its response tomodernity, especially in terms of changing social conditions causedby modern technology and new notions of the mind, time andlanguage. Writers such as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, VirginiaWoolf, William Faulkner, and Toni Morrison may be featured.Students analyze and write about the works and explore the basiccomponents of the genre.ENGL-282 The Victorian Novel (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course will examine the evolution and scope of the Victoriannovel, from its literary antecedents in the late eighteenth/earlynineteenth centuries, to its successors in the modern era. It willprogress from a study of what makes a novel quintessentially"Victorian" into an examination of the ways in which variousauthors utilize Victorian attitudes and sensibilities to enhance aparticular theme or ideology, criticize a prevailing belief or precept,and/or convey a cautionary warning.ENGL-290 Women in Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course explores how women's roles have been traditionallydefined in literature and how writers have questioned, resisted,and/or subverted these traditional notions of gender and sexuality.Assigned texts may include novels, memoirs, poetry, and film, froma variety of cultural and historical contexts. The course will analyzethemes such as voice, identity, empowerment, family, violence, thebody, and the intersections between gender, race, class, and sexualorientation.ENGL-291 Masculinity in Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGl 111 - English I.This course explores literature that has questioned, resisted,and/or subverted traditional notions of masculinity. Assigned textsmay include novels, memoirs, poetry, film, and studies ofhistorical/cultural contexts. The course will analyze themes such asidentity, independence, competition, violence, and the intersectionsbetween gender, race, class, and sexual orientation.ENGL-299 Special Topics in Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.The course provides an opportunity for specialized literary studyof different topics from semester to semester. Special Topics inLiterature may be a certain literary theme, a time period, a genre, asingle author or group of authors, specific regional or nationalliterature, or other topics defined by the current instructor. Thecourse is a literature elective. Students should refer to the EnglishDepartment's Elective Course Description each semester todetermine that semester's special topic.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu173
ENGLISH AS A SECONDLANGUAGE STUDIES (ESLS)ESLS-001 Preparation for EnglishLanguage Studies (6,0) 6 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Pre-level 1 score on the placement test.This course is an introduction to English language studies andpresents rudimentary English grammar, its structures and rules ofuse, as well as basic English speaking, listening, reading andwriting skills. Students will practice English language in a varietyof contexts through controlled and communicative activitiesleading to increased fluency. This course is intended for studentswho are not native speakers of English and who have little or noformal experience with English language and who receive a "pre-Level I" score on the ACT/Compass ESL Placement Test. Forbilling purposes, this course is considered 6 credits. Credit for thiscourse does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average,or graduation requirements.ESLS-021 Introduction to ESLS I (6,0) 6 Non-CreditsIntroduction to English Language Studies is the first in a two-partseries of ESL courses designed to prepare students with limitedexperience for further study of the English language at the collegelevel. Grammar, reading, writing, speaking and listening are taughtas integrated skills of equal importance. Basic pronunciation andvocabulary are introduced. Students study basic grammarstructures and learn to write basic sentences and simple narrativeparagraphs. Computer software technology and Internetassignments are required for this course. Exit from the course willbe determined by departmental exam.ESLS-022 Introduction to ESLS II (6,0) 6 Non-CreditsIntroduction to English Language Studies is the second in a twopartseries of ESL courses designed to prepare students withlimited experience for further study of the English language at thecollege level. Grammar, reading, writing, speaking and listeningare taught as integrated skills of equal importance. Basicpronunciation and vocabulary are expanded. Students continuestudy of basic grammar structures, write simple narrative and nonnarrativedescriptive paragraphs. Computer software technologyand Internet assignments are required for this course. Exit from thecourse will be determined by departmental exam.ESLS-023 Academic EnglishReading and Writing I (6,0) 6 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range orsuccessful completion of ESLS 022 - Introduction to ESLS II.Academic English Reading and Writing Level I is the first of afive-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students forreading and writing at the college level. The course emphasizes theuse of academic vocabulary use in writing and the development ofacademic reading skills such as learning vocabulary in context andcritical thinking, dictionary use and basic information technology.Students at Level I write simple descriptive, expository, andargumentative paragraphs with focus on sentence level accuracy,parts of speech, the development of topic sentences, and standardpunctuation. Level I students practice reading both intensively foranalysis and extensively at a high beginning level. Credit for thiscourse does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average,or graduation requirements.ESLS-024 Academic EnglishReading and Writing II (6,0) 6 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated rangefor this course or successful completion of ESLS 023 - AcademicEnglish Reading and Writing I.Academic English Reading and Writing Level II is the second ina five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students froreading and writing at the college level. Reading and writing aretaught as related processes, and the course emphasizes vocabularydevelopment, dictionary use, critical thinking, and informationtechnology. Students at Level II read both intensively for analysisto develop vocabulary and other focused reading skills andextensively for comprehension and analysis. Credit for this coursedoes not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, orgraduation requirements.ESLS-025 Academic EnglishReading and Writing III (6,0) 6 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range forthis course or successful completion of ESLS 024 - AcademicEnglish Reading and Writing II.Academic English Reading and Writing Level III is the third in afive-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students forreading and writing at the college level. Reading and writing aretaught as related processes, and the course emphasizes vocabularydevelopment, dictionary use, critical thinking, and informationtechnology. Students at Level III write essays of three paragraphsin various genres. In addition, students at Level III read bothintensively for comprehension and analysis. Credit for this coursedoes not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, orgraduation requirements.ESLS-026 Academic EnglishReading and Writing IV (6,0) 6 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range forthis course or successful completion of ESLS 025 - AcademicEnglish Reading and Writing III.Academic English Reading and Writing Level IV is the fourth ina five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students forreading and writing at the college level. Reading and writing aretaught as related processes, and the course emphasizes vocabularydevelopment, dictionary use, critical thinking, and informationtechnology. Students at Level IV write essays of four paragraphs invarious genres. In addition, students at Level IV read bothintensively for analysis to develop vocabulary and other focusedreading skills and extensively for comprehension and analysis.Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, gradepoint average, or graduation requirements.ESLS-033 Academic EnglishGrammar I(3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range orsuccessful completion of ESLS 022 - Introduction to ESLS II.This course presents intermediate-level English grammar, itsstructure and rules of use. Students will practice English grammarin a variety of academic contexts through controlled,communicative activities and short writings that oblige students touse the desired structures. Credit for this course does not apply tocredit hours earned, grade point average, or graduationrequirements.ESLS-034 Academic EnglishGrammar II(3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range orsuccessful completion of ESLS 033 - Academic English GrammarI.This course is an expansion of structures studied in ESLS 033.Students will practice English grammar in a variety of academiccontexts through controlled and communicative activities andwritings that require use of the grammatical structures covered inthe course. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hoursearned, grade point average or graduation requirements.ESLS-035 Academic EnglishGrammar III(3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range orsuccessful completion of ESLS 034 - Academic English GrammarII.This course presents intermediate-level English grammar, itsstructure and rules of use. 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in a variety of daily life as well as academic contexts throughcontrolled, communicative activities and short writings that obligestudents to use the desired structures. Credit for this course doesnot apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduationrequirements.ESLS-036 Academic EnglishGrammar IV(3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range orsuccessful completion of ESLS 035 - Academic English GrammarIII.This course is an expansion of structures studied in ESLS 035with an emphasis on formal English for an academic context.Students will practice English in a variety of contexts andespecially as it applies to speaking and writing for an academicaudience. Writings will continue to be an important part of thecourse to ensure the transfer of grammar skills from memorizationto actual real production and use of the structures. Credit for thiscourse does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average,or graduation requirements.ESLS-037 Academic EnglishGrammar V(3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range orsuccessful completion of ESLS 036 - Academic English GrammarIV.This course is the final grammar course in the ESL series andfocuses on the advanced grammar structures needed to succeed inacademic content courses in college with a particular emphasis onthe skills needed for clear academic writing. As in ESLS 036, therewill be an emphasis in the completion of real academic tasks witheffective grammar. Credit for this course does not apply to credithours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.ESLS-043 Academic English Speakingand Listening I (3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement Test Score within the designated rangefor this course or successful completion of ESLS 022 -Introduction to ESLS II.This is the first in a five-part series of ESL courses designed toprepare students for listening and speaking at the college level.This is a low intermediate-level course in academic Englishspeaking and listening skills for students whose first language isnot English. Students will learn introductory academic languageskills such as how to express opinions and use persuasion. Creditfor this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade pointaverage, or graduation requirements.ESLS-047 Accent Reductionand Pronunciation I (3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: ESL Placement Test Score with in the designatedrange for this course or permission of the instructor.This course is an extensive course in American English accentreduction and pronunciation. Students will study and becomeaware of the individual sounds, stress conventions, and intonationof American English. Students will learn the elements of thespeech mechanism and the International Phonetic Alphabet as aidsin understanding phonemes and considerable attention will begiven to awareness of word and sentence level patterns. Studentswill listen to recordings and use computer software for practice inreproducing sounds. This course is intended for students who arenot native speakers of English with an intermediate or higher levelof experience with spoken American English. Credit for this coursedoes not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, orgraduation requirements.ESLS-051 Academic English Speakingand Listening II (3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement Test Score within the designated rangefor this course or successful completion of ESLS 043 - AcademicEnglish Speaking and Listening I.This is the second in a five-part series of ESL courses designed toprepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. Thisis an intermediate course in academic English speaking andlistening skills for students whose first language is not English.Students will learn academic language skills such as taking notesand summarizing information. Credit for this course does not applyto credit hours earned, grade point average or graduationrequirements.ESLS-052 Academic English Speakingand Listening III (3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement Test Score within the designated rangefor this course or successful completion of ESLS 051 - AcademicEnglish Speaking and Listening II.This is the third in a five-part series of ESL courses designed toprepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. Thisis a high-intermediate level course in academic English speakingand listening skills for students whose first language is not English.Students will learn high-intermediate academic language skills,such as analyzing new information and using pictures and charts tounderstand words. Credit earned for this course does not apply tocredit hours earned, grade point average, or graduationrequirements.ESLS-053 Academic English Speakingand Listening IV (3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement Test Score within the designated rangefor this course or successful completion of ESLS 052 - AcademicEnglish Speaking and Listening III.This is the fourth in a five-part series of ESL courses designed toprepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. Thisis a low-advanced level course in academic English speaking andlistening skills for students whose first language is not English.Students will learn low-advanced academic language skills, such asexpressing disagreement and paraphrasing. Credit for this coursedoes not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, orgraduation requirements.ESLS-054 Academic English Speakingand Listening V (3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement Test Score within the designated rangefor this course or successful completion of ESLS 053 - AcademicEnglish Speaking and Listening IV.This is the last in a five-part series of ESL courses designed toprepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. Thisis an advanced-level course in academic English speaking andlistening skills for students whose first language is not English.Students will learn advanced academic language skills, such as howto challenge an argument and respond to complex or controversialquestions. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hoursearned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.ESLS-061 American Readingand Conversation I (3,0) 3 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement Test score within designated range.American Readings & Conversation I is a two-semestercompanion course designed to provide reading, speaking, listening,and writing practice for non-native speakers of English who are notintending to enter a degree or certificate program at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Non-fiction articles, fiction stories was well asreadings and listening activities on current events will be used toincrease students' vocabularies and provide them the opportunity toengage in discussions and presentations that will strengthen oralfluency in and comprehension of English. Students will also engagein informal writing assignments which will allow them to broadlydevelop their English language abilities. In American Readings andConversation I, students will discuss such topics as: dating andmarriage, raising children, customs and traditions, careers, andcrime and punishment. For billing purposes, this course isconsidered 3 credits. Credit for this course does not apply to credithours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu175
ESLS-062 American Readingand Conversation II (3,0) Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Placement Test score within designated range.American Readings and Conversation II is a two-semestercompanion course designed to provide reading, speaking,listening, and writing practice for non-native speakers of Englishwho are not intending to enter a degree or certificate program at<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Non-fiction articles, fictionstories as well as readings and listening activities on current eventswill be used to increase students' vocabularies and provide themthe opportunity to engage in discussions and presentations that willstrengthen oral fluency in and comprehension of English. Studentswill also engage in informal writing assignments which will allowthem to broadly develop their English language abilities. InAmerican Readings and Conversation II, students will discuss suchtopics as: gender roles, sports and leisure activities, popularculture, and cultural values and morals. Credit for this course doesnot apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduationrequirements.ESLS-201 Advanced Reading and Writingfor Non-Native Speakers (6,0) 6 CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test score within the designated rangefor this course and an acceptable writing sample or successfulcompletion of ESLS 026 - Academic English Reading and WritingIV.This course satisfies six credits of free elective and may satisfythe foreign language requirement for RVCC graduation only.Advanced Reading and Writing for Non-Native Speakersaddresses the most advanced aspects of academic literacy andchallenges students with the rigors of college-level discourse.Reading and writing are taught as related processes. This courseemphasizes higher-order proficiency with the English lexicon,written expression, textual analysis, critical thinking, andinformation technology. Students in this course read college-leveltexts, both intensively for analysis and extensively for fluency, andwrite five- paragraphs essays of various types.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCEENVI-101 Introduction toEnvironmental Studies (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is a basic introduction to environmental studies.Students will learn to apply various concepts in the biological,physical, social sciences and humanities in order to understand thecauses and consequences of environmental problems facing theworld today, and what can be done to address them. Students willalso be encouraged to explore how these concepts and issues relateto their own lives, from both global and local perspectives. Oneweekend field trip is required.ENVI-201 Environmental Field Studies (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ENVI 101 - Introduction to Environmental Studiesand BIOL 231 - General Ecology.An independent study course in environmental science, ecologyor related fields. Students will conduct original field research onthe subject of their choice, with the guidance of the instructor.Studies will include all aspects of the scientific research process,i.e., literature review, study design, data collection, analysis andinterpretation, report preparation and presentation.FIBER OPTICSFBTC-101 Fiber Optics I (2,4) 4 CreditsIntroduces the student to the language and physical properties ofthe fiber optic transmission line and its applications. Opticalsources and detectors and their interaction with the transmissionline are discussed and fundamentals of optical transmitters andreceivers introduced. Fiber cables, fiber installation, and fibersplicing and connectorization are studied. Safe handling andviewing of optical fibers are emphasized.FBTC-102 Fiber Optics II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FBTC 101 - Fiber Optics I.This course builds on general concepts introduced in FiberOptics I by expanding on fiber propagation, introducing the N-terminal network, its components and its analysis and providingadditional test and measurement methods. These are thencombined to provide a systematic base for fault analysis anddesign. National and international standards for fiber optic systemsare introduced.FBTC-103 Fiber Optics Design Theory (2,2) 3 CreditsCorequisite: FBTC 102 - Fiber Optics II.This course expands the general concepts from Fiber Optics I andFiber Optics II to integrate all test and measurement methodologyand theory to produce a coherent strategy; first, in the context oftrouble shooting faulted systems; second, in the analysis of systemrequirements; and finally, in system level design to specification.FILMFILM-101 Art of the Movies: FilmAppreciation and Analysis (3,0) 3 CreditsArt of the Movies: Film Appreciation and Analysis is anintroduction to film as a contemporary art form. It emphasizesclose observation and analysis of essential film language,specifically mise en scene, camera and editing techniques, lighting,and the cinematic use of sound. Screenings for this course includea broad range of films and film excerpts representing different timeperiods, cultures, and cinematic traditions. Students record theirreactions to films in weekly journal entries or short responsepapers. Students who complete this course will have a deeperunderstanding and appreciation of movies.FILM-122 Survey of American Film (3,0) 3 CreditsSurvey of American Film explores mainstream American cinemawithin a cultural and historical context. It focuses on thecharacteristics of Hollywood storytelling and visual style in filmgenres (such as romantic comedies, Westerns, and film noir) whichnot only entertain audiences but also mirror American attitudes andvalues. The screening list includes classic and contemporaryAmerican films and film excerpts. Students record their reactionsto these screenings in weekly journal entries or short responsepapers. Students who complete this course will have a deeperunderstanding of how American movies both shape and reflectAmerican culture.FILM-237 Shakespeare on Page and Screen (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.Shakespeare on the Page and on the Screen is aninterdisciplinary, team-taught course that studies plays of WilliamShakespeare from both literary and cinematic perspectives.Students will read selected comedies, tragedies, and histories byShakespeare in conjunction with exemplary film versions of theseplays, both classic (by directors like Laurence Olivier and OrsonWelles) and recent (by directors like Kenneth Branagh and TrevorNunn). The themes explored in this course include: poetic languageand cinematic language, Shakespearean imagery on the page andon the screen, and Shakespeare in a modern, multicultural context.Students who complete this course will have a fuller understandingand appreciation of Shakespeare's plays and the medium that mostfrequently delivers him to audiences today. Students may take thiscourse for credit in English or Film Studies. Students who take thiscourse for credit in English cannot earn credit for ENGL 233.FILM-250H Hollywood Renaissance: Film and AmericanSociety, 1967-1983 - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: A or B+ in a Film Studies course or permission ofthe instructor.Hollywood Renaissance: Film and American Society, 1967-1983 is an Honors course in Film Studies. The HollywoodRenaissance in the 1970's was an explosion of creativity in adecade of turmoil. In the shadow of Vietnam and Watergate, the176 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
directors and films of this period offered conflicting visions aboutthe nature and prospects of American society. In a seminar settingthis course will explore themes such as the Vietnam War, the sexualrevolution, the status of teenagers, African-American culture, andthe women's movement. Students will research and analyze keyfilms and directors of the 1970's, such as Kubrick, Coppola, Penn,Altman, etc.FITNESS AND WELLNESSFITN-103 Beginning Golf (1,.5) 1 CreditsBeginning Golf covers the techniques and the practice of theswing. Also included are the rules, values, etiquette, equipment,play and history of golf.FITN-108 Volleyball (0,1.5) 1 CreditsThis course is designed to teach the fundamental skills andstrategies required to participate in organized volleyball as arecreational activity. Volleyball requires development of thefollowing individual skills: forearm pass, set, attack, block, andserve. In addition, students will gain an understanding ofelementary team strategies. Students will learn to practice effectivecommunication about the game of volleyball with their teammates.FITN-115 Dynamics of Fitness & Wellness (1,.5) 1 CreditsThis course is designed to assist students in the development andmaintenance of a healthy lifestyle. A wellness approach will beincorporated involving: adequate physical fitness, proper nutritionand weight control, stress management, and disease prevention.FITN-123 Prevention & Careof Athletic Injuries(2,2) 3 CreditsAthletic conditioning and first aid are designed to acquaint thestudent with specific training techniques such as ankle, shoulder,knee and elbow strapping and taping. Included will be a study ofthe bone and muscle movements as well as measures to protectathletic injuries. Artificial pulmonary resuscitation, heart attack,heat stroke, heat exhaustion and various other topics will bediscussed.FITN-129 First Aid & CPR (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course acquaints the individual with emergency first aidprocedures and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Included in thetopics will be wounds, splinting, burns, rescue breathing, diabetes,epilepsy, heart failure and stroke. Each student will have theopportunity to acquire his/her certificate in <strong>Community</strong> First Aidand Safety, <strong>Community</strong> C.P.R. and C.P.R. for the ProfessionalRescuer. This course is conducted by a certified American RedCross instructor.FITN-131 Current Health Issues (3,0) 3 CreditsA comprehensive study of personal, school and communityhealth problems, this course will devote special attention to chronicand degenerative diseases, communicable diseases, air and waterpollution, accidents and mental illness. Other topics coveredinclude nutrition and weight control and the effects of alcohol andnarcotics.FITN-132 Concepts of AerobicConditioning(0,1.5) 1 CreditsAerobic exercise is highly recommended for its health benefits.This course will explore several type of aerobic exercise, teachingthe student proper form and execution as well as the recommendedfrequency, intensity and duration for each mode. Proper warm upand cool down, intensity monitoring, and fitness testing andevaluation will be included.FITN-133 Swimming for Fitness (0,1.5) 1 CreditsStudents will develop aquatic skill proficiency and anunderstanding of techniques and principles for the purpose ofutilizing swimming as an exercise/fitness medium. Students willlearn the principles of aerobic training in the water medium andlearn the properties of buoyancy.FITN-142 Elements of Physical Fitness (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course explores the basic concepts of physical fitness toprovide the student with a means for self-evaluation, throughvarious testing situations such as flexibility and, balance tests,cardiovascular tests, and isotonic strength for the development andmaintenance of physical fitness. Topics include such major issuesas weight control, cardiovascular endurance and other benefitsderived from exercise.FITN-143 Yoga (0,1.5) 1 CreditsStudents will be introduced to the basic yoga positions as well asbreath control and a lowering of body activities. Each student willlearn relaxation methods through passive exercise as a means forreleasing tension and developing a feeling of well-being.FITN-146 Exercise Physiology& Body Mechanics(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: BIOL 120 - Human Biology or BIOL 124 - HumanAnatomy and Physiology or permission of instructor.This course is designed for those interested in exploring acomprehensive overview of the physiological effects of exerciseand nutrition on the health and wellness of each body system.Training principles, posture, and body mechanics will be describedin detail. The effects of aerobic and anaerobic physical exercise onthe energy continuum, fatigue, and recovery will be discussed.FITN-148 Lifeguarding (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to lifeguarding taught by aninstructor who is certified by the American Red Cross in WaterSafety, <strong>Community</strong> First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation andAutomated External Defibrillation (AED). Upon successfulcompletion of the course the student will receive certification inLifeguarding, First Aid, CPR for the Professional Rescuer andAED. In order to enroll in this course each student mustdemonstrate an ability to: swim 500 yards continuously utilizingcrawl, breast and side strokes; perform a surface dive to a minimumdepth of 7 feet; swim 20 yards, submerge to a minimum depth of 7feet, retrieve a 10 pound object from the bottom, return with it tothe surface, and bring it back to the startingFITN-149 HIV/AIDS Education (3,0) 3 CreditsHIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is among the most challengingand life-threatening health problems facing young people in thiscentury and it continues to spread with time. In order to strengthenthe connection between campus and community to improve health,students will participate as peer educators in a service learningexperience.FITN-201 Kinesiology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: BIOL 124 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I.Kinesiology is the study of human movement, including the studyof muscles, bones and joints as they are involved in the science ofmovement. The physiological and mechanical principles areaddressed to enhance the understanding of the structures discussed.Emphasis will be placed on learning how movement is analyzedalong with the underlying principles so that the student can see howimprovements can be made in human performance.FITN-203 Exercise Measurementand Prescription(2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to teach the knowledge and practicalapplication of the protocols used for exercise assessment andprescription for the general population, those with medicalconsiderations and the athletic population.FITN-207 Sports Management (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to introduce the student to a practicalknowledge of the managerial and administrative components of thesport industry. Students will acquire a basic understanding of thefundamental skills required to plan, organize, supervise, andevaluate a sporting event. 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will include the principles of budgeting, marketing, strategicplanning, legal aspects and ethics, as well as techniques ofpersonnel, facility and sport event management. Students willstudy trends in the industry, learn about job opportunities in theindustry and the requirements to achieve those positions.FITN-211 Introduction to Personal Training (3,0) 3 CreditsThe course content will cover subject area needed to become apersonal trainer and prepare the student to sit for a nationallyrecognized personal trainer certification. The material coveredincludes: initial interview and testing procedures;setting up anindividualized personal training program;current guidelines forexercise prescriptions; basic biomechanics and exercisephysiology; demonstrating and teaching basic exercisemovements; cueing and motivating clients; administration andrecord keeping.FITN-290 Fitness Cooperative Education I (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.FITN-291 Fitness Cooperative Education II(3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom study withspecific planned periods of learning through employment to gainpractical experience. The course utilizes a seminar approach withperformance based activities and individual student objectiveswhich are job related and employer evaluated.FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGEMENTFMTC-101 Introduction to Food andBeverage Management (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course gives an overview and introduction to food andbeverage management. Starting from an historical perspective ofthe traditional components of this industry, the course willhighlight the dynamic nature of past and present events thatinfluence the conduct of the industry. This course is the foundationin preparing graduates or management in the fast paced andchallenging field of the food service industry. Offered in the fallsemester.FMTC-110 Food Preparation I (2,2) 3 CreditsFood Preparation is a course that provides an introduction to thecommercial preparation of food for students who are interested inthe culinary arts. Students have the opportunity to practice the useof hand tools, utensils, and powered food preparation equipment.Food preparation technology and managerial perspectives of thefood preparation industry are essential elements of the coursecontent. This course serves as a foundation for further study in theculinary arts. Offered in the fall semester.FMTC-111 Baking and Pastry Arts (2,2) 3 CreditsThe Baking and Pastry Arts course provides students theopportunity to develop the skills and knowledge needed foremployment in the baking and pastry field. Students will have theopportunity to apply their skills by operating an on-site restaurantwith a "made-to-order" bakery service. Baking and pastry skills areessential elements in being prepared for the food and beveragemanagement field. Students will need to purchase chef's jacket,hat, and apron by second class. It is recommended that studentspurchase their own knives.FMTC-132 Applied Food Service Sanitation (3,0) 3 CreditsThis certification course will provide students with theknowledge to apply basic sanitation principles, to practicalsituations. Students will learn methods for training and motivatingemployees to follow sanitation procedures in all food handlingfunctions. In addition, the course prepares foodservice managersor supervisors with the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary toensure that the health of the consumer is safeguarded fromcontamination.FMTC-210 Food Preparation II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FMTC 110 - Food Preparation I.This is a course in commercial food preparation where studentsactively manage others and prepare meals according to principlesof quantity food production. Students will learn the aspects ofpricing, productivity, controlling and directing of personnel, andthe planning of menus. Economic feasibility, productivity andmaintenance of quality standards are emphasized. Offered in thespring semester.FMTC-211 Food, Beverage andLabor Cost Control(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to provide students with the basicframework on which to build a solid understanding of controllingfood, beverages, and labor costs. Emphasis is placed on budgeting,sales analysis, pricing, portion control, cost analysis, menu scoringand guideline percentage tests for all major expense componentsintegral to food and beverage operations. These "control" aspectsof the food and beverage industry are areas that dictate profit andloss. The course is taught assuming no accounting background.However, accounting courses will be helpful for those studentsseeking to operate their own business.FMTC-230 Hospitality Purchasing (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines principles related to the procurement offood, beverages, services, furniture, fixtures and equipment forhospitality operations. Topics include product knowledge,selection criteria, evaluation techniques, quality standards, productsafety, writing and understanding product specifications, vendorrelations and government regulations. Ordering, receiving andinventory management will also be emphasized.FMTC-231 Convention Management (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course provides the student with the fundamentals of groupservices management in the hospitality industry. The courseprepares the student to take an active role in planning andconducting events for large groups of people and the wide range oflevels of services that are available.FMTC-232 Catering Management (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to catering management in thehotel/restaurant industry. It provides an overview of therequirements in developing a successful catering program in hotels,restaurants, and private concerns. Students will recognize thefactors involved in preparation and service which determine theacceptability of food (quality, quantity, appearance, palatability,and price). Offered in the fall semester.FMTC-233 Beverage Management (3,0) 3 CreditsAlcoholic beverages are a complex product category with legaland social issues that require special attention from management.The wide range of products, their high costs, and legal concernsassociated with serving alcohol call for unique procurement,inventory and issuing systems. This course examines these issuesalong with an in-depth study of wine, beer, distilled spirits and nonalcoholicbeverages. Other topics related to profitable beveragemanagement that will be discussed include marketing, developingwine lists, staff training and inventory control. Strong emphasiswill be placed on pairing food and alcoholic beverages in restaurantestablishments. Students are required to take the Serve SafeCertification as part of this class. The cost of the Serve SaveCertification is an additional $30.00. Offered in the springsemester.178 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
FMTC-242 Commercial FoodService Operations(2,4) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: FMTC 110 - Food Preparation I.This course provides students hands-on experience in planningand operating a food service operation. The course will develop andrefine food preparation and production skills through the operationof a restaurant located on the campus of Hunterdon CountyPolytech. Students will also be able to apply all theoreticaleducation and skills acquired thus far in their studies at RVCC.Offered in the spring semester.FMTC-290 Food and BeverageCooperative Experience (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See Faculty CoopCoordinator.A cooperative work experience in which a student is employed inthe Culinary Arts industry for approximately 20 hours a week. Eachsemester that a student is enrolled in a Cooperative EducationProgram, it is necessary that the college help the student determinewhat new or expanded responsibilities or learning opportunities arepossible on his/her job. These objectives enable the college todetermine the value of the student's work experience. Theseobjectives should be specific and measureable. They will bereviewed with the Faculty Co-op Coordinator and the supervisorfor validity and evaluated for relative value. At the end of thesemester the student and supervisor will be asked to evaluate thelevel of attainment of each objective.FRENCHFREN-103 Introduction to French I (3,1) 3 CreditsEmphasizes each of the four modes of expression (speaking/writing) and comprehension (listening/reading). The course isdesigned for students with no French experience. Native Frenchspeakers and students with successful completion of two or moreyears of French (within the past 5 years) cannot receive credit forthis course. Course is multi-media within the classroom, andincludes a laboratory component.FREN-104 Introduction to French II (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FREN 103 - Introduction to French I or appropriateplacement test.This course is a continuation of Introduction to French I and isdesigned for students with one college semester of French or twoyears in high school. The primary goal of the course is to expandbasic listening and speaking abilities, to build up vocabulary, and tohelp students to develop effective reading and writing strategies.Students will expand and deepen their knowledge gained in classactivities through various exercises given as homework. In-classexercises are supplemented by work in the laboratory.FREN-201 Intermediate French I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FREN 104 - Introduction to French II orappropriate placement test score.Emphasizes each of the four modes of expression (speaking/writing) and comprehension (listening/reading). The course isdesigned for students with one year of college-level French.Course is multi-media within the classroom, and a language lab isavailable to supplement individual/group learning.FREN-202 Intermediate French II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FREN 201 - Intermediate French I or appropriateplacement test score.This course emphasizes each of the four modes of expression(speaking/writing) and comprehension (listening/reading). Thiscourse is designed for students with three semesters of college levelFrench. Native speakers and students with successful completion oftwo or more years of French (within past 5 years) cannot receivecredit for this course. This course is multi-media within theclassroom, and a language lab is available to supplementindividual/group learning.FREN-211 Survey of French Culture (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite or Corequisite: FREN 202 - Intermediate French II orappropriate placement test score.French attitudes and behavior today will be related to the structureof French history. French attitudes toward the physical environment,time, their country, work, and human nature will be discussed. Inaddition to studying literary and historical sources, students willexamine textbooks used by French children, French comic strips,magazines, and films.FREN-215 Modern French Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite or Corequisite: FREN 202 - Intermediate French II orappropriate placement test score.This course acquaints students with modern French literature andthought through reading and discussing such writers as Baudelaire,Colette, Weil, Camus, Beauvoir, Senghor, and Sartre. Examines theimpact of World Wars I and II on French thought. Trends in art,philosophy, and politics are also discussed.FREN-224 French Conversation& Composition I(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FREN 202 - Intermediate French II or appropriateplacement test score.Students will refine their speaking, listening and writing skills inFrench for use in practical, everyday situations. This courseintroduces students to such topics as physical appearance, characterand personality, schools and universities, clothing, housing andpolitics.FREN-225 French Conversation& Composition II(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: FREN 202 - Intermediate French II or appropriateplacement test score.Students will refine their speaking, listening and writing skills inFrench for use in practical, everyday situations. This courseintroduces students to such topics as travel, food, current events,financial affairs, health care and literature.GEOGRAPHYGEOG-101 Introduction to PhysicalGeography(3,0) 3 CreditsThe course examines the processes which shape the physical andbiological landscape with which humans interact. Also, specialemphasis is placed upon the role in which humans affect thislandscape. Offered in the spring semester.GEOG-102 Introduction to CulturalGeography(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the relationship between humans and thephysical and biological landscape with which they interact. Specialemphasis is placed on the ways in which humans' cultural featuresare distributed across the globe including their patterns of adaptationto their physical and social environments. Offered in the fallsemester.GEOG-150 Global Visions: The CulturalGeography of Tanzania (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the cultural geography of East Africa usingTanzania as a case study. The course allows students to study thephysical geography, cultural landscape, pre-history and modernhistory of the area. Tanzania, like all countries has its own uniquehistory, however it illustrates many features shared by most EastAfrican nations. The course concludes with a two-week trip toTanzania where students will be able to observe directly the featuresdiscussed in class.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu179
GEOLOGYGEOL-157 Introduction to Geology (3,2) 4 CreditsThis course is a study of the earth's structure, composition andhistory; processes which shape the earth's surface, such asglaciations, crustal movements and tectonics, erosion, andsedimentation; fossil study; classification and characterization ofrocks; applied geology or mineral, energy, water and oceanresources; and of natural hazards. Laboratory activities includerock classification, air photo and topographic map interpretation,practical problems in environmental geology, and trips to fieldlocations in New Jersey. One field trip is required.GERMAN STUDIESGRMN-103 Introduction to German I (3,1) 3 CreditsThis course is designed for students beginning German or withfewer than two years of German in high school. The primary goalof the course is to develop basic listening and speaking abilities, tobuild up basic vocabulary, and to develop effective reading andwriting strategies. Students will expand and deepen theirknowledge gained in class activities through various exercisesgiven as homework. In-class exercises are supplemented activitiesin the laboratory.GRMN-104 Introduction to German II (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GRMN 103 - Introduction to German I orappropriate placement test score.This course is a continuation of Introduction to German I and isdesigned for students with one college semester of German or twoyears in high school. The primary goal of the course is to expandbasic listening and speaking abilities, to build up vocabulary, andto help students to develop effective reading and writing strategies.Students will expand and deepen their knowledge gained in classactivities through various exercises given as homework. In-classexercises are supplemented by work in the laboratory.GRMN-201 Intermediate German I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GRMN 104 - Introduction to German II orappropriate placement test score.This course is a continuation of Introduction to German II(GRMN 104) and is designed for students with two semesters ofGerman in college or three to four years in high school. Studentswill expand and deepen their knowledge of German in classactivities and through various exercises given as homework. Inclassexercises are supplemented by independent work on theInternet and the CD accompanying the textbook. The course servesas preparation for Intermediate German II (GRMN 202).Instruction emphasizes each of the four modes of expression(speaking/writing) and comprehension (listening/reading).GRMN-202 Intermediate German II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GRMN 201 - Intermediate German I or appropriateplacement test score.This course is a continuation of content presented in German201. It is designed for students with three semesters of German incollege or four or more years in high school. Students will expandand deepen their knowledge of German in class activities andthrough various exercises given as homework. In-class exercisesare supplemented by independent work on the Internet and otheraudio-visual sources, such as films. Instruction emphasizes each ofthe four modes of expression (speaking/writing) andcomprehension (listening/reading).GRMN-203 Introduction to GermanLiterature I(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GRMN 202 - Intermediate German II orappropriate placement test score.Students will be introduced to the works of the earlier literaryperiods of German-speaking countries through a reading anddiscussion of representative works from the medieval periodthrough the Eighteenth Century. Through this the students will alsogain a better understanding of the cultures of German-speakingcountries.GRMN-204 Introduction to GermanLiterature II(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GRMN 202 - Intermediate German II orappropriate placement test score.Students will be introduced to the works of the later literaryperiods of German-speaking countries through a reading anddiscussion of representative works from the Nineteenth andTwentieth Centuries. Through this the student will gain a betterunderstanding of the cultures of German-speaking countries.GRMN-224 German Conversation& Composition I(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GRMN 202 - Intermediate German II orappropriate placement test score.This course is a continuation of content presented in GRMN 202.It is designed for students with four semesters of German in collegeor four or more years in high school. Students will expand anddeepen their knowledge of German in class activities and throughvarious exercises given as homework. In-class exercises aresupplemented by independent work on the internet and other audiovisual sources, such as films. Instruction emphasizes each of thefour modes of expression (speaking/writing) and comprehension(listening/reading).GRMN-225 German Conversation& Composition II(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GRMN 202 - Intermediate German II orappropriate placement test score.This course is a continuation of content presented in GRMN 224.It is designed for students with five semesters of German in collegeor five or more years in high school. Students will expand anddeepen their knowledge of German in class activities and throughvarious exercises given as homework. In-class exercises aresupplemented by independent work on the internet and other audiovisual sources, such as films. Instruction emphasizes each of thefour modes of expression (speaking/writing) and comprehension(listening/reading).HEALTHHLTH-101 Healthcare Delivery Systems (2,0) 2 CreditsThis course provides an overview of the health care deliverysystem at the national, state and local level including theorganizations that provide health care, applicable regulations andstandards, reimbursement methods used, professionals that providethe services, as well as resources. Current trends in health caredelivery are presented including health facilities, medical stafforganization and functions, the changing roles of health careprofessionals, and patterns of financing health care.HLTH-103 Health Law & Ethics (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is an in-depth study of federal, state and local lawsthat govern the preparation and use of health records and healthinformation in the health care delivery system. The course coversthe impact of legal issues on health information management andprovides an overview of the judicial system and legislative process.Topics include confidentiality, release of information, retentionguidelines, authentication, informed consent, advance directives,subpoenaed information, security of computerized healthinformation, liability, and legislative trends.HLTH-104 Emergency MedicalTechnician - Basic(4,2) 6 CreditsPrerequisite/Corequisite: Basic Life Support (BLS-C): CPR forHealthcare Providers completion card provided by the AmericanHeart Association.180 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
This course prepares candidates for certification as anEmergency Medical Technician-Basic according to the regulationsset forth by the State of New Jersey in accordance with the UnitedStates Department of Transportation (DOT) National StandardEMT-Basic Curriculum. Current Basic Life Support (BLS-C):CPR for Healthcare Providers completion card provided by theAmerican Heart Association must be presented to the StudentEnrollment Center in order to register for the course, and presentedto the instructor on the first day of class. Total scheduled class timeis approximately 140 hours and may vary by student. A structuredhospital clinical experience in a emergency department is alsorequired as well as an optional observational experience with aparamedic unit. Eligible students who successfully complete thiscourse will be offered endorsement to take the New Jersey StateEMT-Basic written examination in order to obtain certification.HLTH-107 Pathophysiology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: HLTH 150 - Medical Terminology; BIOL 120 -Human Biology or BIOL 124 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I& BIOL 125 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II.This course covers disease etiology and organ systeminvolvement, including physical signs and symptoms, prognoses,and common complications and their management. The diseaseprocess, basic concepts and terminology are presented. This coursealso includes an examination of the most common diseases of eachbody system, with normal anatomy and physiology compared topathologic anatomy and physiologic malfunctioning due to diseaseprocess. Diagnostic methods, management, treatment modalitiesand prognosis are discussed.HLTH-109 Pharmacology (2,0) 2 CreditsPrerequisites: HLTH 150 - Medical Terminology, BIOL 120 -Human Biology or BIOL 124 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I& BIOL 125 Human Anatomy & Physiology II and HLTH 107 -Pathophysiology.This course is an introduction to pharmacology, includingterminology, drug category, use, side effects, contraindications, andinteractions. Common dosage ranges and routes of administrationwill also be examined. A general understanding of the actions andreasons for use of various groups of pharmacologic agents isintroduced. Medications are discussed according to major drugclassifications and body systems.HLTH-150 Medical Terminology (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course introduces the student to medical terminologythrough the study of word structures such as common medicalprefixes & suffixes and the origins of terminology used in medicalpractice today. Also includes basic anatomy and physiology,appropriate medical terminology, and procedures and diagnostictesting for each body system.HEALTH INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYHITC-105 Introduction to HealthInformation Technology (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to the health informationprofession, the health information department, and the healthrecord. This course covers basic concepts and techniques formanaging and maintaining health record systems. Topics includehealth record content, assembly, qualitative analysis, format, recordcontrol, storage, retention, forms design/control, indices andregisters, and numbering and filing systems. This course providesin-depth presentation of the origin, uses, standards, content, format,access and retention of data across the healthcare continuumincluding both paper and electronic health records. Documentationrequirements for complete and accurate health records as requiredby licensing, certifying, and accrediting agencies is also presented.HITC-111 Professional Practicum I (0,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisites: HLTH 101 - Healthcare Delivery Systems, HLTH150 - Medical Terminology, HITC 105 - Introduction to HealthInformation Technology.This course will provide students with a supervised experience ina Health Information Management department. Emphasis will beplaced on the primary functions of record content, assembly andanalysis, filing and retention of records. This practicum is designedto allow students to apply technical knowledge and skills learned inclass to procedures performed in a health information managementdepartment. Assignments are crafted to allow students to gainexposure to today's health information practices.HITC-152 Basic Coding ICD-9-CM (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: HLTH 107 - Pathophysiology, HLTH 109 -Pharmacology.Diagnostic coding is used to accurately identify the reason for thephysician service and support the medical necessity of servicesrendered. This course earmarks the various tables and volumesused, indicates the usage of ICD-9 for statistical and trackingpurposes, and identifies the unique skill sets specific to theprofessional coding setting. Emphasis is placed on the principals ofcoding and classification systems used in the assignment of validdiagnostic and/or procedure codes.HITC-154 Basic CPT-4 Coding (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: HLTH 107 - Pathophysiology, HLTH 109 -Pharmacology.CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) is a set of codes anddescriptions developed by the American Medical Association tostandardize the identification of services commonly provided byphysicians. This course introduces students to the basic conceptsand methodology associated with CPT coding, including:terminology formatting, basic guidelines, and surgical packageconcepts. Additionally, the role of CPT in HCPCS (Health CareFinancing Administration Common Procedural Coding System)coding and the use of codes in reimbursement management will beintroduced.HITC-155 Reimbursement Methodologies (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: HITC 152 - Basic Coding ICD 9 CM, HITC 154 -Basic CPT 4 Coding.This course provides students the opportunity to learn the history,rationale, and methodology of the systems used by third-partypayers to determine the reimbursement that health care providerswill receive. Reimbursement concepts include fee-for-service,managed care, capitation systems, Diagnosis-Related Groups(DRGs), Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS),Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs), and related concepts.The use of the charge description master (chargemaster) inreimbursement will be discussed. The importance of compliancewith regulations and the related issues of fraud and abuse will alsobe addressed.HITC-156 Advanced Coding ICD-9-CM& CPT-4(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: HITC 152 - Basic Coding ICD-9-CM, HITC 154 -Basic Coding CPT-4.This advanced course will cover medical necessity, coding issuesfor specific body systems, and for general conditions. Studentsshould already possess a fundamental understanding of the CPT,ICD-CM, and HCPCS coding principles at the start of this course.Intensive coding application will be achieved through the use ofreal medical records, case studies, and scenarios. Application willinclude the use of an encoder. DRGs, APC's, RUGs, RBRVs, andthe Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) will also be covered in thisclass. This coding class requires hands-on coding skills, knowledgeof the basic use of applicable codebooks are essential.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu181
HITC-200 Health InformationSystems & Technology (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: CISY 122 - Introduction to Information Systems,HITC 111 - Professional Practicum I.This course covers basic computer system architecture, filestructure, and design for health care settings. Topics include systemanalysis, design, security, and selection for a variety of hardwareenvironments. This course provides students with a review ofcomputer fundamentals and the fundamentals of the electronichealth record and an introduction to the information systems lifecycle with software application. Security and confidentialityissues, concerns and implications in relation to the electronichealth record will be addressed.HITC-210 Health Data Reporting& Analysis(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MATH 110 - Statistics I, HITC 111 - ProfessionalPracticum I.Corequisite: HITC 220 - Organizational Resource Management.This course covers maintenance, compilation, analysis, andpresentation of health care statistics. Discussion is focused on theuse, collection, presentation, and verification of health care dataincluding fundamental concepts of descriptive statistics; datavalidity and reliability; data presentation techniques; and vitalstatistics. Students will be introduced to topics such as basicstatistical principles, morbidity and mortality, commonlycomputed hospital rates, uniform reporting requirements, andselection and construction of data displays. This course alsointroduces principles of quality improvement philosophy,including tools, data analysis/application, and related committeefunctions; utilization management and risk management; andcredentialing, accreditation and regulation.HITC-220 Organizational ResourceManagement(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: HITC 111 - Professional Practicum I, ENGL 111 -English I.Corequisite: HITC 210 - Health Data Reporting & Analysis.This course provides an overview of management andsupervision principles as applied to health care settings. Inparticular, this course presents basic principles of managementservices. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving andcommunication skills related to planning, organization, directing,controlling, and budgeting. Work simplification, in-serviceeducation, writing of job descriptions and procedures, formsrevision and control, justification for and selection of supplies andequipment are reviewed as well.HITC-230 Professional Practicum II (0,4) 2 CreditsPrerequisites: HITC 152 - Basic Coding ICD-9-CM, HITC 154 -Basic CPT-4 Coding, HITC 200 - Health Information Systemsand Technologies, HITC 210 - Health Data Reporting &Analysis, HITC 220 - Organizational Resource Management.This course is the capstone course in Health InformationTechnology. The second of two supervised practicum's designed toallow students to apply technical knowledge and skills learned inclass to procedures performed in a health information managementdepartment. Assignments focus on various types of health carefacilities to gain exposure to health information practices.Emphasis will be placed on advanced functions of qualityimprovement, legal aspects, coding and reimbursement, anddepartment management.HITC-290 Medical Coding Internship (0,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisites: HITC 156 - Advanced Coding ICD-9CM & CPT-4.Students in this course will gain professional practice experienceapplying advanced ICD-9-CM and CPT coding skills. Studentswill code a variety of medical records from hospitals, physicians'offices, and/or other health care settings as they complete assignedprojects outlined in their Internship manual. The training providedin this course integrates coding and classification systems, healthcare functions, medical disease and treatment, and health carereimbursement at an advanced level to prepare the student foremployment in the health information management industry as aprofessional coder.HISTORYHIST-101 World Civilization I (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to world history from before theNeolithic Revolution until about 1500, with emphasis on theancient, classical, and medieval worlds. Among the themes whichreceive special focus are men and women, cities and civilization,religion and society, and war and peace.HIST-101H World Civilization I - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.A study of world history before 1500 with special attention tosuch topics as: men and women, cities and civilization, religionand society, and war and peace. The Honors course, as a smallerclass than the regular course, calls for greater student participationat a more challenging level of discussion. Students do additionalreadings besides the course textbooks. These normally includehistorical fiction. In written assignments, students may be asked tointegrate sources from film and museum visits in addition to thereadings as they think about historical questions. Offered in the fallsemester.HIST-102 World Civilization II (3,0) 3 CreditsThe course is an introduction to world history from about 1500 tothe present. Among the themes which receive special focus arePolitics and Religion, Economics and Ecology, Nationalism andInternationalism, and Identity and Globalization.HIST-102H World Civilization II - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.A study of world history since 1500, with special attention tosuch topics as: economy and ecology, racism and nationalism, andindividuality and globalization. The Honors course, as a smallerclass than the regular course, calls for greater student participationat a more challenging level of discussion. Additional readings mayinclude historical fiction. In written assignments, students may beasked to integrate sources from film and museum visits in additionto the readings as they think about historical questions. Offered inthe spring semester.HIST-191 African-American History (3,0) 3 CreditsThis survey course examines the history of African and AfricanAmerican ancestry. This course explores Africa pre-Colonialismand concentrates on major themes in the history including the roleof slavery in the genesis of African American society, theconsequences of emancipation and industrialization, the effect ofmigration, the development of African nationalism, the CivicRights movement, the effects of racism, and contemporary AfricanAmerican culture. This course provides students withunderstanding the significant role African Americans played in theshaping of America and beyond. Students will be able tounderstand how the past impacts on the present and the future.HIST-201 US History: Beginnings to 1877 (3,0) 3 CreditsThis class surveys American history beginning with its Pre-Columbian origins. It extends to the colonial period and then to theAtlantic World forces that created revolution. The course continueswith the tensions inherent in a nation divided by region and visionfor the future. It ends with the climax of conflict that was the CivilWar, and the Reconstruction in its wake that left unsettled the issueof civil rights. This course places US history in the context ofglobal events. In doing so, it examines the complex ways in whichthe contours of the American experience have been both shaped byglobal forces and conversely how the United States has influencedthe world. Moreover, the course investigates the expansion andcontraction of democracy as part of the longer-term process ofglobal revolutionary movements demanding freedom that began,but not fully realized, with its own revolution.182 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
HIST-201H US History: Beginningsto 1877 - Honors(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA 3.5 or permission of instructor.This class surveys American history beginning with its Pre-Columbian origins. It extends to the colonial period and then to theAtlantic World forces that created revolution. The course continueswith the tensions inherent in a nation divided by region and visionfor the future. It ends with the climax of conflict that was the CivilWar, and the Reconstruction in its wake that left unsettled the issueof civil rights. This course places US history in the context ofglobal events. In doing so, it examines the complex ways in whichthe contours of the American experience have been both shaped byglobal forces and conversely how the United States has influencedthe world. Moreover, the course investigates the expansion andcontraction of democracy as part of the longer-term process ofglobal revolutionary movements demanding freedom that began,but not fully realized with its own revolution.HIST-202 US History: 1877 to Present (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course surveys American history from the end ofReconstruction through the present. It places US history in thecontext of global events. In doing so, it examines the complex waysin which the contours of the American experience have beenshaped by global forces and conversely how the United States hasinfluenced the world. Moreover, the course investigates theexpansion and contraction of democracy as part of the longer-termprocess of global revolutionary movements demanding freedombegun with the American Revolution of 1776.HIST-202H US History: 1877to Present - Honors(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.This class surveys American history from the end ofReconstruction through the present. It places US history in thecontext of global events. In doing so, it examines the complex waysin which the contours of the American experience have been bothshaped by global forces and conversely how the United States hasinfluenced the world. Moreover, the course investigates theexpansion and contraction of democracy as part of the longer-termprocess of global revolutionary movements demanding freedombegun with the American Revolution of 1776.HIST-204 Global Patterns of Racism (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This team-taught course draws on texts in the social sciences,history, and literature to survey the causes and manifestations ofracism in diverse cultures, as well as proactive responses to it. Thecourse will focus on racism in western and nonwestern cultures.Case studies will include - but not be limited to - Europeancolonialism, slavery, social Darwinism and eugenics, apartheid andsegregation, anti-Semitism, and contemporary conflicts likeRwanda and the former Yugoslavia. This course satisfies generaleducation requirements in humanities, literature, or social sciences.It cannot be used as the sole social science course in a degreeprogram that has only one social science course requirement.HIST-212 Asian Civilization (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: HIST 102 - World Civilization II.A study of the history, philosophy, literature and art of Japan,India and Southeast Asia from 2000 BC to the present.HIST-259 History and Literatureof the Vietnam War(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This interdisciplinary, team-taught course will examine thehistory and the literature of the Vietnam War. It explores both theantecedents of the war, in terms of European colonialism,Vietnamese nationalism, and American foreign policy, as well aspivotal moments such as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964and the Tet Offensive of 1968. It will study the history of the war,the literature born out of this war and the relationships between thisliterature and this conflict. Finally, it will consider the war's legacy:its consequences and lessons, and the relevance of this legacytoday. Students may take this course for credit in English orHistory.HUMAN SERVICESHMNS-102 Introduction to Social Work& Social Welfare(3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will examine the profession of social work and thedevelopment and implementation of social welfare programs. Thecourse will seek to identify the common trends, which tie togethersocial workers although they practice in a wide variety of settingsusing multiple methodologies, and serve a highly varied clientele.In addition, material on important subjects such as racism, culturalpluralism, culture diversity, sexism, and the perception of theclientele will be discussed in a relation to the development of socialwelfare programs.HMNS-110 Introduction to Disabilities (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides an overview of physical and developmentaldisabilities with a social diversity practice model. It will examinehistorical perspectives, assessment, accommodations, social andemotional aspects, and relevant legislation impacting the lives ofchildren and adults with disabilities. The role of direct supportprofessionals in assisting individuals with disabilities and theirfamilies across the lifespan will be addressed, with an emphasis onschools and other community based settings. Offered in the fallsemester.HMNS-201 Human Behavior andthe Social Environment (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology or HMNS102 - Introduction to Social Work & Social Welfare.The course will examine individual, group, organizational andsocietal theories of human development and their relevancy forsocial work practice. Each semester students will use the theoreticalparadigms to analyze a selected social work or social welfareproblem using these perspectives. Fifteen hours of fieldwork/community service will be required. Offered in the springsemester.HMNS-204 Women and Minorities in theCriminal Justice System (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology or CRMJ 101- Introduction to Criminal Justice.This course provides in-depth examination of changing socialvalues about gender and race, an analysis of crime, inequality andjustice, a survey of women and minorities in law enforcement, anassessment of women and minorities as criminals and as victims,and an investigation of the impact of race and gender inadjudication and sentencing. Special topics such as hate crimes,sexual crimes and domestic violence will be examined.HMNS-205 Interview and Counseling Skills (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology or HMNS102 - Introduction to Social Work & Social Welfare.The course is designed to provide an opportunity to develop andpractice social work competencies and counseling techniquesinterventions through role playing and community exploration.Specific emphasis will be given to assessment instruments andprocesses, professional documentation requirements, interviewingtechniques and preliminary counseling skills necessary in theconduct of field practicum. In class and independent exercises willfocus on the development of effective verbal and writtencommunication skills necessary in human service settings. Offeredin the fall semester.HMNS-207 Social Policy and Politics (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: HMNS 102 - Introduction to Social Work & SocialWelfare or CRMJ 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu183
How does the government decide who gets what, if anything?This course examines social policies in the U.S., past and present,using a social justice frame work that asks: who bears the costs,who receives the benefits, does everyone affected by this policyhave an equal voice, what are the rules, and ultimately, is thispolicy fair? Topics covered include theories of poverty, theredistribution of wealth, political philosophies, social security,public assistance, human rights and other timely social policyissues. Students will develop the skills and knowledge necessary tointerpret and evaluate the impact of social policies at the local, stateand federal level. Of particular emphasis for pre- social workstudents will be a foundation for playing an active role in macrolevel social work as advocates, educators and initiators of socialchange. Offered in the spring semester.HMNS-220 Introduction to Gerontology (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will provide an overview of the field of gerontology,focusing on the physiological, psychological, and socioeconomicaspects of aging. Among topics to be covered are health care andcosts, Alzheimer's disease, retirement policies, Social Security,pensions, and intergenerational conflict. Students will becomefamiliar with the community resources available to assist olderadults, as well as the role of social work in supporting seniorcitizens and their families in a variety of settings.HMNS-240 Introduction to Special Education (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite or Corequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course examines the causes, the teacher's role in theidentification process, curricular approaches and appropriatelegislation with regard to special education issues for children andyoung adults with disabilities. Various types of disabilities,including mental retardation, learning disabilities, attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder, communication disorders, hearingand visual impairments, physical disabilities and giftedness areintroduced. The changing field of special education is examinedwith particular emphasis on the early childhood and elementaryeducation years. The impact of these changes toward greaterdiversity and inclusion on children, families, educators, and thecommunity are also considered. The course addresses the varioustransitions and support needs of families and students withdisabilities as they move from early intervention, to preschool,elementary, secondary and transition to post-secondary educationand adult life. Special emphasis is placed on person centeredplanning, strategies that promote inclusion and linkages with adultservice providers. Offered in the spring semester.HMNS-290 Internship in Human Services I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: HMNS 201 - Human Behavior and the SocialEnvironment and HMNS 205 - Interviewing and Counseling;permission of instructor.An internship provides the opportunity for experiential learningthrough student involvement in a local social service agency. Thiscourse is designed to provide a bridge between the conceptslearned in previous Human Services courses and the practicalapplication of these concepts in a direct practice human servicesetting. A variety of field experiences are available to meet areas ofstudent interest including work with the homeless population, atriskyouth, the elderly, individuals with traumatic brain injuries andother disabilities, and other non-profit sectors. Students will spenda minimum of 80 hours in a field setting and assume an active rolein the delivery of services of that organization. A job descriptionand individualized learning outcomes are established at the outsetbetween the student, instructor and field site supervisor to ensure aclear understanding of the student's role and the competencies to bedeveloped through the field experience.HMNS-291 Internship in Human Services II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: HMNS 290 - Internship in Human Services I or permissionof instructor.This internship would provide the opportunity to develop moresophisticated clinical skills or the exploration of an additional areaof interest through student involvement in a local social serviceagency following the completion of HMNS 290. A variety of fieldexperiences are available to meet areas of student interest includingwork with the homeless population, at-risk youth, the elderly,individuals with traumatic brain injuries and other disabilities, andother non-profit sectors. Students will spend a minimum of 80hours in a field setting and assume an active role in the delivery ofservices of the organization. A job description and individualizedlearning outcomes are established at the outset between the student,instructor and field site supervisor to ensure a clear understandingof the student's role and the competencies to be developed throughthe field experience.HUMANITIESHUMN-103 Introduction to Folklore (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines folklore from around the world. The courseis a survey of folklore from verbal forms such as Christmas rituals.The course will touch on folklore globally and within the studentsown lives, including variation among groups. Emphasis is placedon the different ways in which folklorists gather and interpret data.HUMN-240 Special Topics in the Humanities (3,0) 3 CreditsSpecial Topics in the Humanities provides an opportunity for indepthexploration and analysis of selected topics and a specifictheme from semester to semester. The course exposes the studentto a special topic in the humanities using original text materials ina small class environment where they will be actively engaged intheir learning. Special topics may include: Islamic Culture andLiterature, Area Studies, International Relations, History, etc.INTERDISCIPLINARYINTD-101 Social Change, Technology& Internet(2,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.An exploration of technology's impact on modern societydesigned to stimulate, and provoke awareness of current issues inhuman communication and interaction as well as the ethical andlegal dynamics of using the internet and other current technologies.INTD-245 Introduction to Special Education: Elementaryand Secondary Years(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course examines the causes, the teacher's role in theidentification process, curricular approaches, and appropriatelegislation with regard to special education issues in grades K-12.Various types of exceptionalities, including mental retardation,learning disabilities, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder,communication disorders, hearing and visual impairments,physical disabilities and giftedness, and transitions into adulthoodare introduced. The changing field of special education and theimpact on children, families, educators, and the community arealso explored. Additionally, the course encompasses aspects ofbiology, physiology, genetics, and social development as related toexceptionality. Students who earn credit for INTD 245 will not begiven credit for INTD 240.INTERIOR DESIGNIDTC-100 Design Studio I (2,2 ) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to residential design. Projectanalysis, programming, conceptual design, space planning, designdevelopment and interior elements that apply to residential roomdesign will be stressed.184 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
IDTC-101 History of Furnitureand Interiors I(2,2) 3 CreditsThis course focuses on interiors, architecture and art from theearly Renaissance, 1500 to 1600, through the Regency Period,1810 to 1837. Emphasis is placed on the history of church interiorswith an introduction of Italian Renaissance form.IDTC-200 Design Studio II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: IDTC 100 - Design Studio I.This course is a continuation of the study of interior design.More complex residential design problems will be addressed. Theclient/designer relationship is introduced and emphasis is based onthe needs of the client.IDTC-201 History of Furnitureand Interiors II(2,2) 3 CreditsThis course focuses on American furniture, interiors andarchitecture form the late 1700's to the present. Emphasis is placedon Modernism, Post-Modernism, Arts and Crafts and historicalinfluences on modern design.IDTC-202 Textiles, Finishes and Materials (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course examines architectural and interior finish materialsand furnishings, their application and performance. Safety andother code requirements for commercial and residential applicationare surveyed. Students will learn to identify materials and finishes.IDTC-204 Lighting for Interiors (2,2) 3 CreditsLighting for Interiors is an introduction into the exciting world oflighting, where science and art are blended together in one form.Color theory, lamps (light bulbs), the behavior of light and ourbehavior toward light will be introduced with the goal of a workingvocabulary and understanding of light as a medium.IDTC-205 Trade Codes andBusiness Practices(2,2) 3 CreditsStudents will study the International Residential Code provisionsapplicable to interior design in one-and-two family dwellings.Topics to be covered include permits, inspections, foundationrequirements, wood construction, exits, fire-resistive construction,glazing, interior finishes, ventilation, and natural light provisions.Other codes will also be reviewed such as The National ElectricCode, The International Fire Code and NFPA standards, the NJRehab code and the Fair Housing Design standards.IDTC-230 Design Studio III (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: IDTC 200 - Design Studio II.This studio course will provide a general overview of the contract(commercial) field of interior design. The course will emphasizekey elements of non-residential spaces. It will exhibit the interplayof site location, programming, furniture, lighting and materials.IDTC-240 Design Studio IV (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: IDTC 230 - Design Studio III.This studio course will concentrate on larger commercial spaces,providing additional detail information regarding space planningand programming codes in commercial spaces. It will explore therelationships between architect, contracts, and designers, budgetsand scheduling.VCTC-100 Drawing & Perspective (2,2) 3 CreditsStudents will learn basic shading, rendering, lighting, perspectiveand composition to make objects come to life. Interiors, still lifeand figures will be covered along with a wide variety of media.VCTC-103 Color Theory (2,2) 3 CreditsStudents will learn the practical approach to color. They willlearn practical approaches to color including consonance,dissonance and discord. Color mixing, harmonies and various colortheories will be stressed. Students will be able to approach color ina practical manner.VCTC-211 Marker Rendering/Presentation (2,2) 3 CreditsA practical and modern approach in the use of markers as arendering medium. Students will render architecturally basedsubjects, objects, interiors, figures and create effectively renderedpresentations.ITALIAN STUDIESITAL-101 Introduction to Italian I (3,1) 3 CreditsThe course will introduce students to the fundamental structuresof the Italian language and will develop the four language skills oflistening, speaking, reading and writing. The course is designed forstudents with no knowledge of Italian. Native speakers and studentswith successful completion of two or more years of Italian (withinthe past five years) cannot receive credit for this course. Classesinclude three hours of instruction and one hour of laboratoryactivities per week.ITAL-102 Introduction to Italian II (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ITAL 101 - Introduction to Italian I or appropriateplacement test score.This course is the continuation of Italian 101 (Introduction toItalian I) and is designed for students with one college semester ofItalian or two years in high school. The primary goal of the courseis to develop effective reading and writing strategies. Students willexpand and deepen their knowledge gained in class activitiesthrough various exercises given as homework. In-class exercisesare supplemented by work in the laboratory.ITAL-201 Intermediate Italian I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ITAL 102 - Introduction to Italian II or permission ofinstructor.Designed for the student with some knowledge of the Italianlanguage. Writing and reading will be given additional emphasis.ITAL-202 Intermediate Italian II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I or permission ofinstructor.A continuation of Intermediate Italian I. The student will do morereading and writing.MARKETING/RETAILMRKT-101 Principles of Marketing (3,0) 3 CreditsPrinciples of Marketing explores the entire marketing processincluding internal and external variables which affect the marketingof a product and/or service. The components of an organization'sstrategic marketing program, including how to plan, price, promote,and distribute goods and services, will be explored. This courseprovides the foundation necessary for the more advanced marketingcourses; the course will cover a range of topics including marketingresearch, consumer behavior and global marketing.MRKT-120 Consumer Behavior (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MRKT 101 - Principles of Marketing or permissionof instructor.Consumer Behavior provides a study of the behavior consumersdisplay in searching for, purchasing and evaluating products,services and ideas which satisfy their needs. The study of consumerbehavior focuses on how individuals make decisions to spend theiravailable resources (time and money) on consumption relatedproducts. The course will examine how various disciplines such as:psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, and economics,influences consumer behavior. Offered in the fall semester.MRKT-202 E-Commerce (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MRKT 101 - Principles of Marketing or permissionof instructor.To succeed in today's dynamic business environment, amarketing manager must understand how electronic businesssystems can enhance a business's relationship with its customers.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu185
This course explores the complexities of electronic commerce.Business opportunities, challenges, and management strategies forsuccess will be examined. Offered in the spring semester.MRKT-205 Direct and Interactive Marketing (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MRKT 101 - Principles of Marketing or permissionof instructor.This course introduces students to the basic principles andpractices of direct and interactive marketing. Topics includecustomer databases, direct mail, list management, business-tobusinessmarketing and lead generation as well as marketingresearch for direct marketers. Emphasis will be placed on thecentral role of the business-to- business and consumer markets interms of the firm's marketing strategy and the development of thestudent's critical thinking skills and abilities to focus on such toolsfor a successful marketing outcome.MRKT-211 Retailing (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MRKT 101 - Principles of Marketing or permissionof instructor.Retailing examines the operations and management of varioustypes of retailing entities. The course covers basic retailmanagement strategies, merchandise planning, sales promotion,customer service, and control practices. The course will also focuson social and technological issues pertaining to retailing.MRKT-221 Selling & Sales Management (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MRKT 101 - Principles of Marketing or permissionof instructor.This course examines the fundamental elements of the salesfunction. It integrates the development of skills associated with thejob of professional selling with an examination of the role of thesales manager. Topics include: techniques of selling andpersuasion, building and maintaining relationships with clients,ethical and legal issues, sales forecasting, territory management,selection of sales personnel, and training, motivating, evaluatingand rewarding the sales force. Offered in the fall semester.MRKT-231 Advertising (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MRKT 101 - Principles of Marketing or permissionof instructor.This course provides a basic understanding of the field ofAdvertising. Topics to be covered include: procedures and policiesfor planning and preparation of advertising, selection of media,coordination of advertising, sales promotion and display. Offeredin the spring semester.MRKT-292 Capstone Internship (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: BUSI 111 - Introduction to BusinessAdministration, 9 credits in Marketing including MRKT 101 -Principles of Marketing and MRKT 120 - Consumer Behaviorand either MRKT 221 - Selling & Sales Management or MRKT211 - Retailing or MRKT 231 - Advertising or MRKT 202 - E-Commerce or MRKT 205 - Direct & Interactive Marketing.This course is designed to be a capstone course for the AASdegree program in Marketing. This course consists of an internshipwith an off-campus organization (profit, not-for-profit, orgovernment agency) to enable the student the opportunity tosynthesize the theoretical learning of the classroom with a practicalwork situation. The course requires an optimum of 20 hours perweek supervised and coordinated by a faculty member. Studentsmust submit the required course documents as well as be evaluatedby their employer on their job performance.MATHEMATICSMATH-002 Math Study Skills (1,0) 1 Non-CreditsThis is a seven-week course designed to help students learn thenecessary study skills needed to succeed in mathematics. Thetopics include reducing math test anxiety, improving note-takingskills, improving study techniques and improving math test-takingskills. This is a pass/fail course.MATH-013 Arithmetic I: Computation(1,1) 2 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: Appropriate score on the placement test.This is the first in a sequence of two courses designed tostrengthen computational skills without the aid of a calculator andto review arithmetic concepts in preparation for the study ofalgebra. The course meets for seven weeks and includes a weekly2-hour lab component. Students move through the course in alecture-lab environment. Topics include addition, subtraction,multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions anddecimals, with an emphasis on order of operations. Exponent andsquare root notations are also included.MATH-014 Arithmetic II: ProportionalReasoning(1,1) 2 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 013 - Arithmetic I: Computation orappropriate score on the placement test.This is the second in a sequence of two courses designed tostrengthen computational skills and to review arithmetic conceptsin preparation for college work. The course meets for seven weeksand includes a weekly 2-hour lab component. Students movethrough the course in a lecture-lab environment. Topics includeratios, proportions, percents, systems of measurement, geometryformulas and introduction to signed numbers. Students are alsointroduced to the use of the calculator when working withmeasurement and geometry.MATH-020 Elementary Algebra (4,0) 4 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 014 - Arithmetic II: Proportional Reasoningor appropriate score on placement test.This course is designed to provide an introduction to anddevelopment of elementary algebra concepts. Topics includeexponents, polynomials, factoring, solving first degree equationsand inequalities, rational and radical expressions, quadraticequations, techniques of graphing, systems of equations andapplications.MATH-020W Elementary Algebrawith Workshop(6,0) 6 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 014 - Arithmetic II: Proportional Reasoningor appropriate score on placement test.This course is designed to provide an introduction to anddevelopment of elementary Algebra. Topics include exponents,polynomials, factoring, solving first degree equations andinequalities, rational and radical expressions, quadratic equations,techniques of graphing, systems of equations and applications.MATH-030 Intermediate Algebra (4,0) 4 Non-CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra or appropriatescore on placement test.This course is for the student whose high school preparation inAlgebra or placement score indicates insufficient knowledge orskill for success in college courses in statistics or precalculus. Thecourse meets four hours each week;three hours in a lecture settingand one hour in guided study sessions. The topics include solvinglinear and quadratic equations and inequalities, graphing linear andquadratic equations, rational and radical expressions, integer andrational exponents, absolute value equations, introduction tofunctions and their graphs and systems of linear equations.MATH-100 Finite Math (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra or satisfactoryscore on placement test. MATH 025 - Algebra Mod 4, MATH 026- Algebra Transition Course, or MATH 030 - IntermediateAlgebra may also serve as a prerequisite.This course presents simplified but realistic versions ofapplications to real-world models, especially in business situations.Emphasis is placed on computational skills, ideas, and problemsolving rather than on mathematical theory. Topics include systemsof equations, matrices, linear programming, probability, statistics,and finance.186 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
MATH-101 Number Systems (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra or satisfactoryscore on placement test. MATH 025 - Algebra Mod 4, MATH 026- Algebra Transition Course, or MATH 030 - IntermediateAlgebra may also serve as a prerequisite.A survey course designed to serve the needs of liberal arts majors.Topics include systems of enumeration, sets and set operations,logic, problem solving strategies, modular arithmetic, Euclideangeometry, and number theory. This course will not satisfy themathematics requirements for students in science, mathematics,and business administration programs.MATH-102 Problem Solving Strategies (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra or satisfactoryscore on a placement test. MATH 025 - Algebra Mod 4, MATH026 - Algebra Transition Course, or MATH 030 - IntermediateAlgebra may also serve as a prerequisite.This course is designed as a transfer course for students seekingdegrees in Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education.Emphasis is placed on computational skills, problem solving andteaching via a hands-on approach. Topics include number theory,probability, statistics, functions, geometry, and measurement.MATH-103C Quantitative Literacy (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MATH 020 - Elementary Algebra, MATH 023 -Algebra MOD II or an equivalent score on the placement test.This course builds upon algebra to cover mathematical conceptssuch as functions, logarithms, personal finance, statistics,probability, and their applications. It develops students' ability toreason with quantitative information. Topics include using data,functions, and graphs as they relate to fiscal, environmental, andhealth applications, quantitative reasoning and statistical thinking.MATH-110 Statistics I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra, or MATH 025 -Algebra Mod 4 Rational & Radical Behavior, or appropriatescore on math placement test.This is a first course in statistics that introduces the student to themethods and uses of statistical research. Topics include descriptivedisplays and analysis, classical probability, the normal distribution,the sampling distribution of the mean, and inferences concerningmeans p-values.MATH-111 Statistics II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 110 - Statistics I.This course is a continuation of Statistics I. Topics includedescription and analysis of bivariate data, regression andcorrelation, inferences in regression, chi-square procedures,inferences in two means and proportions, simple experimentaldesign, analysis of variance, and optional non-parametric tests.MATH-112 Precalculus I (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra, or MATH 025 -Algebra Mod 4: Rational and Radical Behavior, or appropriatescore on the math placement test.This course is designed as the first semester of a two semestersequence for students preparing to study calculus. This courseconsists of a weekly 1-hour lab. Topics include the study ofpolynomial, rational, logarithmic, and exponential functions andother topics from algebra.MATH-113 Precalculus II (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 112 - Precalculus I.This course is designed as the second semester of a two semestersequence for students preparing to study calculus. This courseconsists of a weekly 1-hour lab. Topics include the study oftrigonometric functions and other topics from trigonometry andanalytic geometry.MATH-114H Precalculus - Honors (5,1) 5 CreditsPrerequisites: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor. MATH 030 -Intermediate Algebra or MATH 025 - Algebra Mod 4: Rational &Radical Behavior, or appropriate score on math placement test.This is an honors course designed for students preparing to studycalculus. This course consists of a weekly 1-hour lab. The materialcovered in this course combines the material in BOTH MATH 112Precalculus I and MATH 113 Precalculus II. Topics include thestudy of polynomial, rational, logarithmic, exponential, andtrigonometric functions and other topics from algebra,trigonometry and analytic geometry. Students who successfullycomplete Precalculus Honors can proceed into the study ofcalculus.MATH-115H Summations, Sequence,Series - Honors(1,0) 1 CreditsCorequisites: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor. MATH 112 -Precalculus I, or MATH 113 - Precalculus II, or MATH 114H -Precalculus Honors.This course is designed as an honors component to supplementexisting courses at the precalculus level. This course is intended toprovide students with exposure to relevant ideas for future coursesin Calculus. Topics include arithmetic and geometric sequences andsums, infinite series, the binomial theorem, mathematicalinduction, permutations, combinations and probability. Offered inthe fall semester.MATH-116H Introduction to Limits - Honors (1,0) 1 CreditsCorequisites: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor. MATH 112 -Precalculus I, or MATH 113 - Precalculus II, or MATH 114H -Precalculus Honors.This course is designed as an honors component to supplementexisting courses at the precalculus level. The course is intended toprovide students with exposure to relevant ideas for future coursesin Calculus. Topics include intuitive concept of the limit of afunction, introduction to the delta epsilon definition, limits atinfinity, continuity, and the Intermediate Value Theorem. Offered inthe spring semester.MATH-117H Statistics - Honors(5,1) 5 CreditsPrerequisites: GPA of 3.5 or permission of the instructor. MATH030 - Intermediate algebra, or MATH 025 - Algebra Mod 4, orappropriate score on math placement test.This is an honors course designed for students requiring twosemesters of Statistics. The material covered in this coursecombines the material in BOTH MATH 110 Statistics I and MATH111 Statistics II. This course introduces the student to the methodsand uses of statistical research. Topics include descriptive displaysand analysis, classical probability, the normal distribution, thesampling distribution of the mean, inferences concerning means,critical values, and p-values (Statistics I). Other topics includedescription and analysis of vivariate data, regression andcorrelation, inferences in regression, chi-square procedures,inferences in two means and proportions, simple experimentaldesign, analysis of variance, and optional non-parametric tests(Statistics II).MATH-118H Introduction toExperimental Design (1,0) 1 CreditsPrerequisite or Corequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of theinstructor. MATH 111 - Statistics II, or MATH 117H - StatisticsHonors.This is an honors component to supplement the existing MATH117H Statistics Honors or MATH 111 Statistics II courses. Studentswill become familiar with the concepts and techniques ofexperimental design within the context of a research situation.Students will learn to incorporate statistical software to interpretmore complicated designs.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu187
MATH-124H Mathematical Thinking - Honors (1,0) 1 CreditsPrerequisite or Corequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission ofinstructor. MATH 150 - Applied Calculus or MATH 151 -Calculus I.This course is designed to introduce students to the techniques ofunderstanding and writing mathematical proof. Emphasis is onanalyzing and writing proofs. Problems from a variety ofmathematical areas are considered. Topics include set notation andoperations, proof techniques, and induction.MATH-150 Applied Calculus (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 113 - Precalculus II, MATH 114H -Precalculus Honors or a satisfactory score on a placement test.A one-semester course in Calculus as applied to business,economics, the behavioral sciences, the social sciences, andbiology. Topics include the basic principles of limits, continuity,derivatives of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential andlogarithmic functions; the study of antiderivatives; the integral ofalgebraic, trigonometric, and exponential functions; andapplications of the integral. Credit will not be given for bothApplied Calculus and Calculus I.MATH-151 Calculus I (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Three-and-one-half years of college preparatorymathematics including Trigonometry and a satisfactory score ona placement test, or MATH 113 - Precalculus II or MATH 114H -Precalculus Honors.Introductory calculus with a technology-based computerlaboratory component. Topics include limits, differentiation,applications of derivatives, integration, the Fundamental Theoremof Calculus, and logarithmic, exponential, and other transcendentalfunctions. The Honors Option is available for this course.MATH-152 Calculus II (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 151 - Calculus I.The second semester of a three-semester sequence ofintroductory calculus with a technology-based computerlaboratory. Topics include integration techniques, integrationapplications in various coordinate systems, indeterminate forms,improper integrals, and infinite series. The Honors Option isavailable for this course.MATH-251 Calculus III (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 152 - Calculus II.Third semester of calculus with a technology-based computerlaboratory. Topics include vectors, vector-valued functions, curvesin space, functions of two or more variables, partial differentiation,multiple integrals, line integrals, Green's Theorem, DivergenceTheorem, and Stokes' Theorem. The Honors Option is available forthis course.MATH-254 Differential Equations (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 152 - Calculus II.A course in methods for solving ordinary differential equationsincluding use of Laplace transforms, series and numericalprocedures.MATH-255 Discrete Mathematics (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 152 - Calculus II.This course introduces the fundamental concepts of algebra andlogic that are needed for computer science. It includes sets,relations, functions and proofs by induction along with theirapplications to problems in computer science. Offered in the springsemester.MATH-256 Linear Algebra (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 152 - Calculus II.Includes systems of linear equations, real and complex matrixalgebra, determinants, vector spaces, inner product spaces, lineartransformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors and theirapplications to engineering, management and social science.Offered in the fall semester.MATH-299 Special Topics in Mathematics (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Permission of the instructor and one of thefollowing: MATH 110 - Statistics I or MATH 112 - Precalculus Ior appropriate math placement score. Additional prerequisitesthat are topic specific may apply.The course provides an opportunity for students to study selectedmathematical topics that are not covered in any other math coursesoffered at RVCC. The special topics in mathematics are defined bythe instructor and vary from semester to semester. Since the specialtopics vary per semester and the description of the special topic isnot in the course catalog, students can obtain the course descriptionof the special topic from the course schedule per semester.MEDICAL ASSISTINGMATC-111 Administrative MedicalAssistant Principles(5,4) 7 CreditsCorequisites: BIOL 120 - Human Biology, HLTH 150 -Terminology, ENGL 111 - English I.Mathematics Proficiency - Math proficiency through MATH 020.Technology Competency - Select a course from the appropriatecategory of the General Education list. This requirement may alsobe met by passing of the Technology Competency Exam (noCredit).This course is designed to offer the student the necessaryadministrative theory and lab practice to become a competentmedical assistant in an entry-level position. In addition to basicadministrative skills, areas covered will include an overview of thehealthcare industry, professional behavior in the workplace,interpersonal relationships, verbal and non-verbal communicationskills, legal and ethical issues, and emergency telephone triageprocedures.MATC-116 Phlebotomy Theory and Lab (1,0) 1 CreditsPrerequisites: MATC 111 - Administrative Medical AssistantPrinciples, BIOL 120 - Human Biology, HLTH 150 - MedicalTerminology, ENGL 111 - English I.Corequisites: HLTH 107 - Pathophysiology, HLTH 109 -Pharmacology, MATC 121 - Clinical Medical AssistantPrinciples.This course is designed to provide the student with the necessarytheory and instruction in phlebotomy techniques. Upon completionof this course, the student will possess an orientation to basicphlebotomy procedures including equipment and techniques usedfor capillary puncture, venipuncture, and bleeding times. Othertopics covered include infectious diseases and their prevention;professionalism and total quality in phlebotomy services; andmedicolegal issues and health law procedures.MATC-121 Clinical MedicalAssistant Principles(5,4) 7 CreditsPrerequisites: MATC 111 - Administrative Medical AssistantPrinciples, BIOL 120 - Human Biology, HLTH 150 - MedicalTerminology, ENGL 111 - English I.Corequisites: MATC 116 - Phlebotomy Theory & Lab, HLTH 109- Pharmacology, HLTH 107 - Pathophysiology.This course is designed to offer the student the necessary clinicaltheory and lab practice to become a competent medical assistant inan entry-level position. Basic clinical skills covered in this courseinclude vital signs and patient assessment; nutrition; patienteducation and health promotion; infection control; surgical asepsis;surgical supplies, instruments and assisting with surgicalprocedures; assisting with a primary physical exam and specialtyexams; and assisting in the clinical laboratory and with the analysisof urine and blood.188 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
MATC-128 Medical Assistant ProfessionalPracticum(6,0) 6 CreditsPrerequisites: MATC 121 - Clinical Medical Assistant PrinciplesMATC 116 - Phlebotomy Theory & Lab, HLTH 107 -Pathophysiology, HLTH 109 - Pharmacology.The Professional Practicum course is designed to provide themedical assistant student with administrative and clinicalexperience in the medical assisting field. The practicum site willprovide the student with a broad base of "hands on" experiences.Emphasis is placed on preparing the student to perform safely andcompetently in an administrative and clinical environment.Students are to maintain a consistent level of professionalism,appearance, and attendance throughout the entire practicum.Students will sign a statement at the beginning of the practicumadvising them that they will not be paid for practicum services andthat they must provide their own transportation to the practicumsite.MUSICMUSC-101 Fundamentals of Music (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides preparation for vocal or instrumentalperformance, further study of music theory, and for elementary orearly childhood education. It is designed for students with little orno prior understanding of music fundamentals, who wish to learnto read, write and comprehend music notation. Topics include pitchand rhythmic notation, scales, intervals, key and meter signatures,music symbols, basic aspects of melodic and harmonicconstruction, examination of the elements of music, and anintroduction to ear training, sight-singing and the piano keyboard.MUSC-102 Introduction to Music (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is recommended as an introductory course designedto increase the student's enjoyment and understanding of music.Introduction to Music is for students with little or no previousmusical background as well as for beginning music majors.Students will learn enhanced listening skills with which toexperience both recorded and live performances; they will learn toapproach music's historical, sociological, cultural, and biographicalcontexts; and they will gain knowledge of the many traditions ofmusic: art and folk music, Western (European classical) and non-Western (World) music, and American (classical, jazz, and popular)music. Attendance at live performances is required.MUSC-103 Rock N’ RollHistory and Culture (3,0) 3 CreditsThis is an introductory course which traces the history of Rock N'Roll music from its rise as a blending of White and African-American music traditions amidst the youth-oriented culture ofpost-World War II America to its subsequent diversification andinternationalization. This history will be viewed in the context ofthe political, historical, demographic, cultural and technologicalforces at work in the modern and post-modern world. The coursewill also encourage the development of qualitative and quantitativelistening skills and will incorporate extensive use of recordedmusical examples. Students will be expected to complete listeningand research assignments. Offered in the fall semester.MUSC-105 Survey of Jazz Music (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is a survey of Jazz music which gives an overview ofits development and repertory. Students will gain an understandingof Jazz as an art form, from its roots in Dixieland to Swing, Bebop,Cool Jazz, Hard Bob, Fusion and current trends. Major innovatorsand cultural contexts will also be explored. Students will berequired to attend and critique off-campus Jazz performances.Offered in the spring semester.MUSC-111 Music Theory I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 101 - Fundamentals of Music or equivalenttraining.Corequisite: MUSC 113 - Musicianship I.This course is designed primarily for music majors and for otherswith adequate background. Interested students are advised tointerview with the music faculty before enrolling. Theory I, II, IIIand IV must be taken in sequence. Music Theory I contains areview of fundamentals: notation, scales, modes, intervals, keysand tonality; study of basic melody and harmony; melodicorganization, cadences, non-harmonic tones; instruments andvoices; species counterpoint; 4-part writing and harmonicprogressions.MUSC-112 Music Theory II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 111 - Music Theory I and MUSC 113 -Musicianship I.Corequisite: MUSC 114 - Musicianship II.This course is for music majors and others with adequatebackground. Theory I, II, III, and IV and Musicianship I, II, III, andIV (co-requisites) must be taken in sequence. This course is acontinuation of Theory I. Students will study four-part harmony,modulation, 7th chords of all types, appropriate elements ofanalysis for various musical styles, basic species counterpoint,voice leading and two- and three-part forms. Offered in the springand summer semesters.MUSC-113 Musicianship I (1,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC-101 Fundamentals of Music.Corequisite: MUSC-111 Music Theory I.Music Theory I, II, III and IV and Musicianship I, II, III, and IVmust be taken in sequence and are designed for music majors andothers with adequate background. Musicianship I will developskills in music reading, sight singing, ear training, and keyboardharmony.MUSC-114 Musicianship II (1,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 111 - Music Theory I and MUSC 113 -Musicianship I.Corequisite: MUSC 112 - Music Theory II.This course must be taken in conjunction with Music Theory II(MUSC 112). Music Theory I, II, III, and IV and Musicianship I, II,III, and IV must be taken in sequence and are designed for musicmajors and others with adequate background. Musicianship II willcontinue the development of skills in music reading, sight singing,ear training and keyboard harmony, singing, dictation and keyboardharmony. Offered in the spring and summer semesters.MUSC-121 Keyboard Skills I (1,2) 2 CreditsThis course will develop the basic skills of keyboard playing,music reading, and keyboard techniques such as scales, chords,hand position and fingering. Beginning exercises and introductorypiano literature will be assigned. The course is designed for thestudent with little or no prior keyboard experience.MUSC-122 Keyboard Skills II (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 121 - Keyboard Skills I or equivalenttraining.This course is a continuation of Keyboard Skills I, advancing theskills of keyboard playing, music reading and theory, keyboardtechniques, and appropriate repertory.MUSC-123 Voice Class I (1,2) 2 CreditsThis is an introductory level course designed to begin thedevelopment of vocal potential and to lay a foundation for propervocal production. Materials studied may include vocal exercises,folk songs, English and Italian art songs, popular standards andmusical theatre selections. Repertory will be assigned according tothe student's needs, abilities and preferences. This course isdesigned primarily for persons with little or no singing experience(music majors with voice as their primary instrument should enrollin Applied Music/private instruction). The ability to read music ishelpful but not required. Voice I is the first of a four semestersequence.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu189
MUSC-124 Voice Class II (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 123 - Voice Class I or equivalent training.This course is a continuation of Voice Class I and is intended tobe the second of a four-semester sequence. It is designed to furtherdevelop vocal production. Materials studied may include vocalexercises, English, Italian and German or French art songs, popularstandards, and musical theatre selections. Repertory will beassigned according to the student's needs, abilities and preferences.MUSC-125 Guitar Class I (1,2) 2 CreditsGuitar Class I teaches the basic skills of guitar playing includingmusic theory, technique exercises, chord forms and rhythms.Level I reading etudes and songs will be assigned for classroomperformance. This class is designed for students with little or noprevious guitar background. Music majors whose primaryinstrument is guitar should enroll in Applied Music/private lessons.Students must provide their own guitars (acoustic or electric withamplifiers).MUSC-126 Guitar Class II (1,1) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 125 - Guitar Class I or permission of theinstructor.This course is a continuation of Guitar Class I. Guitar level 2reading, theory and performance will be taught. Students will beable to perform scales, chords, etudes, chordal accompanimentsand other assigned repertoire. Students must provide their ownguitars (acoustic or electric with amplifier). Music majors, whoseprimary instrument is guitar, should enroll in Applied Music/private instruction. Offered in the spring semester.MUSC-131 Applied Music: PrimaryInstrument I(1,0) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with private instructor. All students interestedin these courses must interview with the music departmentfaculty before enrolling.This course provides credit for individual performance study onan instrument or voice with a member of the music faculty or witha private teacher (off-campus) approved by the music faculty. Anaudition with this teacher will be mandatory. It is designedprimarily for the music major for advanced study on their primaryinstrument or for those with adequate background. The instructionmay be in piano, harpsichord, organ, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello,string bass, harp, guitar, bass guitar, percussion or voice. Studentswill arrange with the applied instructor for a minimum of twelveweekly lessons during the semester. The performance study isintended to prepare the music option student for a transfer programentrance audition and for advanced applied music study.Repertory studied will vary according to the student's instrument orvoice and performance level. Students are required to perform fora faculty jury each semester and to perform in at least one studentrecital a year. Attendance at student recitals is required. Fees for theweekly lessons will be paid directly to the private instructor.MUSC-132 Applied Music: PrimaryInstrument II(1,0) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with private instructor. All students interestedin these courses must interview with the music departmentfaculty before enrolling.This course provides credit for individual performance study onan instrument or voice with a member of the music faculty or witha private teacher (off-campus) approved by the music faculty. Anaudition with this teacher will be mandatory. It is designedprimarily for the music major for advanced study on their primaryinstrument or for those with adequate background. The instructionmay be in piano, harpsichord, organ, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello,string bass, harp, guitar, bass guitar, percussion or voice. Studentswill arrange with the applied instructor for a minimum of twelveweekly lessons during the semester. The performance study isintended to prepare the music option student for a transfer programentrance audition and for advanced applied music study. Repertorystudied will vary according to the student's instrument or voice andperformance level. Students are required to perform for faculty juryeach semester and to perform in at least one student recital a year.Attendance at student recitals is required. Fees for the weeklylessons will be paid directly to the private instructor.MUSC-133 Applied Music: SecondaryInstrument I(0,1) 1 CreditsConsultation with and approval by the RVCC music faculty isrequired for official private study of a secondary instrument. Anaudition for the intended private instructor will likely be required.This course is for music majors with adequate background. Thiscourse provides credit for individual performance study on aninstrument or voice with a member of the music faculty or a privateteacher (off-campus) approved by the music faculty. It is essentialthat music majors focus their expertise on their primary instrumentin preparation for college audition, but it may be appropriate forsome to maintain private lessons on a secondary instrument aswell. Students will arrange with a private instructor for a minimumof twelve weekly lessons during the semester. Repertory studiedwill vary according to the student's instrument or voice andperformance level and be recommended by the private teacher.Students will arrange with a private instructor for a minimum oftwelve weekly lessons during the semester. Repertory studied willvary according to the student's instrument or voice andperformance level and be recommended by the private teacher.Students are required to perform for a faculty jury each semesterand to perform in at least one student recital a year. Fees for theweekly lessons will be paid directly to the private instructor.Further information on course procedures and a list of approvedteachers are available from the Visual and Performing Arts musicfaculty.MUSC-134 Applied Music: SecondaryInstrument II(1,0) 1 CreditsConsultation with and approval by the RVCC music faculty isrequired for official private study of a secondary instrument. Anaudition for the intended private instructor will likely be required.This course is for music majors with adequate background. Thiscourse provides credit for individual performance study on aninstrument or voice with a member of the music faculty or a privateteacher (off-campus) approved by the music faculty. It is essentialthat music majors focus their expertise on their primary instrumentin preparation for college audition, but it may be appropriate forsome to maintain private lessons on a secondary instrument aswell. Students will arrange with a private instructor for a minimumof twelve weekly lessons during the semester. Repertory studiedwill vary according to the student's instrument or voice andperformance level and be recommended by the private teacher.Students are required to perform for a faculty jury each semesterand to perform in at least on student recital a year. Fees for theweekly lessons will be paid directly to the private instructor.Further information on course procedures and a list of approvedteachers are available from the Visual and Performing Arts musicfaculty.MUSC-151 RVCC Chorale I (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition/approval is required for RVCC Chorale Ionly. Each consecutive course becomes the prerequisite for thenext level.This large ensemble course provides opportunity for the studyand performance of choral literature in a wide variety of styles.Weekly rehearsals and one or more public performances arerequired. For the music major, RVCC Choral I, II, III, and IVshould be taken in sequence, and different repertory will befeatured each semester. Students will improve their ensemble skillsand their music reading ability. Other students (not music majors)190 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
may take Chorale on a credit or non-credit basis. Other interestedcommunity participants are welcome to join the RVCC Chorale ona non-credit, fee-paying basis through the Division of Corporateand Continuing Education.MUSC-152 RVCC Chorale II (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 151 -RVCC Chorale I.This large ensemble course provides opportunity for the studyand performance of choral literature in a wide variety of styles.Weekly rehearsals and one or more public performances arerequired. For the music major, RVCC Chorale I, II, III, an IVshould be taken in sequence, and different repertory will be featuredeach semester. Other students (not music majors) may take Choraleon a credit or non-credit basis. Other interested communityparticipants are welcome to join RVCC Chorale on a non-credit, feepaying basis through the Division of Corporate and ContinuingEducation.MUSC-153 Concert Band I (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with Director.This large ensemble course provides opportunity for the studyand performance of standard concert band repertory in a widevariety of styles. Weekly rehearsals and one or more publicperformances are required. In lieu of such an organizationsponsored by RVCC, students may play in an approved concertband off campus.MUSC-154 Concert Band II (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with Director.A continuation of Concert Band I. This large ensemble courseprovides opportunity for the continued study and performance ofstandard concert band repertory in a wide variety of styles. Weeklyrehearsals and one or more public performances are required.During the second semester of enrollment, students will continue toimprove in their ensemble skills and their music reading ability. Inlieu of such an organization sponsored by RVCC, students mayplay in an approved concert band off campus.MUSC-155 Orchestra I (1,2) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with conductor. Enrollment may be limitedto required instrumentation.Study and performance of orchestral literature, publicappearances, training in style and interpretation of standardsymphonic repertory.MUSC-156 Orchestra II (1,2) 1 CreditsContinuation of MUSC 155 - Orchestra I.MUSC-157 RVCC Jazz Ensemble I (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition/approval required for RVCC Jazz EnsembleI only. Each consecutive course becomes the prerequisite for thenext level. Enrollment may be limited by the needs of theensemble.This performance ensemble class pursues the study andperformance of jazz repertoire in an ensemble format, through theexploration and development of interpretation and improvisation ofjazz compositions and arrangements in various jazz styles. Publicperformances on or off-campus are required. Auditions are open toqualified students and community participants.MUSC-158 RVCC Jazz Ensemble II (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 157 - RVCC Jazz Ensemble I. Enrollmentmay be limited by the needs of the ensemble.This performance ensemble class pursues the study andperformance of jazz repertoire in an ensemble format, through theexploration and development of interpretation and improvisation ofjazz compositions and arrangements in various jazz styles. Publicperformances on or off-campus are required. Auditions are open toqualified students and community participants.MUSC-159 Ensemble Collaborations I (1,2) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test/audition/interview required byinstructor. Enrollment may be limited due to ensemble and/orinstrumentation requirements.Students will engage in the rehearsal, coaching and study ofmusic ensembles for small groups, which may involveinstrumentalists and vocalists. Repertoire will be selected toaccommodate the skills and instruments of those enrolled. Classwill include the study of musical styles and ensemble performance,a researched overview of ensemble repertoire for each instrument,and written critiques. Participation will include recitalperformance.MUSC-160 Ensemble Collaborations II (1,2) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test/audition/interview required byinstructor. Enrollment may be limited due to ensemble and/orinstrumentation requirements.Students will engage in the rehearsal, coaching, and study ofmusic ensembles for small groups, which may involveinstrumentalists and vocalists. Repertoire will be selected toaccommodate the skills and instruments of those enrolled. Classeswill include the study of musical styles and ensemble performance,a researched overview of ensemble repertoire for each instrument,and written critiques. Participation will include recitalperformance.MUSC-165 Music Technology: Fundamentalsand Applications(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 101 - Fundamentals of Music and MUSC121 - Keyboard Skills or permission of instructor.This course is an introduction to the fundamental techniques,equipment, and applications of contemporary music technologies.Computer and internet basics, music- related software, and otherelectronic instruments will be studied in their applications andpotential as tools for education, composition, and performance.Introductory aspects of MIDI (Musical Instrument DigitalInterface), acoustic and digital audio and acoustics, music notation,and multimedia applications will be examined. Students will berequired to supply their own headphones - 1/4” jack.MUSC-190 Digital Music Composition I (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 101 - Fundamentals of Music and/orMUSC 121 - Keyboard Skills I or permission of instructor.This course is an introduction to the use of computers and MIDI(Musical Instrument Digital Interface), using software sequencingand software synthesizers to compose, record, edit, and performmusic. Aspects of MIDI, digital audio and acoustics will bestudied, as well as the fundamentals of synthesizer programming.Students will be required to supply their own headphones - 1/4"jack.MUSC-191 Digital Music Composition II (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 190 - Digital Music Composition I orequivalent.This course provides upper-level training in the use of computers,MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), and digital audio,using software sequencing, software synthesizers, and softwaresamplers to compose, record, edit, and perform music. Furtheraspects of MIDI and digital audio will be discussed, as well assampling and signal processing. Students will be required to supplytheir own headphones - 1/4” jack.MUSC-201 Music History and Literature I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 112 - Music Theory II and MUSC 114 -Musicianship II.Recommended corequisites: concurrent enrollment in MUSC 211- Music Theory III and MUSC 213 - Musicianship III.This course is for music majors and others with adequatebackground. It is the first of a two-semester survey of Western artmusic from ancient times to 1750. The course traces styles andRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu191
techniques of vocal and instrumental music, the major composers,and the musical forms of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroqueperiods. The course emphasizes analyzing and listening torepresentative compositions as well as gaining an historical andsocio- cultural perspective. Note: Music History & Literature IImay be taken before Music History and Literature I. Offered in thefall semester.MUSC-202 Music History and Literature II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 112 - Music Theory II and MUSC 114 -Musicianship II.Recommended corequisites: concurrent enrollment in MUSC 212- Music Theory IV and MUSC 214 - Musicianship IV.This course is for music majors and others with adequatebackground. It is the second of a two-semester survey of Westernart music, covering from 1750 to the present. The course tracesstyles and techniques of music composition, the major composersand musical forms from the mid- eighteenth century through theClassical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods. The courseemphasizes listening to and the analysis of representativecompositions, as well as gaining an historical and socio-culturalperspective. Note: Music History & Literature II may be takenbefore Music History & Literature I. Offered in the springsemester.MUSC-211 Music Theory III (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 111 - Music Theory I & MUSC 112 -Music Theory II and MUSC 113 - Musicianship I & MUSC 114 -Musicianship II.Corequisite: MUSC 213 - Musicianship III.This course is for music majors and others with adequatebackground. Theory I, II, III, and IV and Musicianship I, II, III,and IV (co-requisites) must be taken in sequence. This course is acontinuation of Theory II. Students will study Renaissance and18th century polyphony (including the fugue), chromatic harmony(including borrowed chords, Neapolitan 6th, and augments 6thchords), Classical period techniques (including variation techniqueand sonata and rondo forms), and extended and chromaticharmony (including 9th, 11th, and 13th chords, altered dominants,and chormatic mediants). Course work will include extensivemusic writing in these subjects and attendance at liveperformances. Offered in the fall semester.MUSC-212 Music Theory IV (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 211 - Music Theory III and MUSC 213 -Musicianship III.Corequisite: MUSC 214 - Musicianship IV.This course is for music majors and others with adequatebackground. Theory I, II, III, and IV and Musicianship I, II, III,and IV (co-requisites) must be taken in sequence. This course is acontinuation of Theory III. Students will study theories andcompositional techniques from the nineteenth and twentiethcenturies, including techniques from the Romantic Period (1825-1900), the Post-Romantic and Impressionistic Periods, and theContemporary Period (1910- 1945). Included will be twelve-tonetechnique and Music since 1945. Attendance at live performancesis required. Offered in the spring semester.MUSC-213 Musicianship III (1,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 111 - Music Theory I and MUSC 112 -Music Theory II and MUSC 113 - Musicianship I and MUSC 114- Musicianship II.Corequisite: This course must be taken in conjunction withMUSC-211 - Music Theory III. Music Theory I, II, III and IV andMusicianship I, II, III, and IV must be taken in sequence and aredesigned for music majors and others with adequate background.Musicianship III will continue the development of skills in musicreading, sight singing, ear training, and keyboard harmony.Offered in the fall semester.MUSC-214 Musicianship IV (1,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 211 - Music Theory III and MUSC 213 -Musicianship III.Corequisite: MUSC 212 - Music Theory IV. Music Theory I, II,III, and IV and Musicianship I, II, III and IV must be taken insequence and are designed for music majors and others withadequate background.Musicianship IV will continue the development of skills in musicreading, sight singing, ear training, dictation, and keyboardharmony. Offered in the spring semester.MUSC-221 Keyboard Skills III (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 122 - Keyboard Skills II or equivalenttraining.This course is a continuation of keyboard playing, music reading,and keyboard techniques. Level 3 piano exercises and repertorywill be assigned.MUSC-222 Keyboard Skills IV (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 221 - Keyboard Skills III or equivalenttraining.This course is a continuation of keyboard playing, music reading,and keyboard techniques. Level 4 piano repertory will be assigned.MUSC-223 Voice Class III (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 124 - Voice Class II or equivalent training.This course is a continuation of Voice Class II and is intended tobe the third of a four-semester sequence. It is designed to furtherdevelop vocal production and performance abilities. Materialsstudied may include vocal exercises, English, Italian and Germanart songs, popular standards, and musical theatre selections.Repertory assigned will be based on the student's abilities andpreferences.MUSC-224 Voice Class IV (1,2) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 223 - Voice Class III or equivalent training.This course is a continuation of Voice Class III and is intended tobe the last of a four-semester sequence. It is designed to furtherdevelop vocal production and performance abilities. Materialsstudied may include vocal exercises, English, Italian, German orFrench art songs, popular standards, and musical theatre selections.Repertory assigned will be based on the student's abilities andpreferences.MUSC-231 Applied Music: PrimaryInstrument III(1,0) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with private instructor. All students interestedin these courses must interview with the music departmentfaculty before enrolling.This course provides credit for individual performance study onan instrument or voice with a member of the music faculty or witha private teacher (off-campus) approved by the music faculty. Anaudition with this teacher will be mandatory. It is designedprimarily for the music major for advanced study on their primaryinstrument or for those with adequate background. The instructionmay be in piano, harpsichord, organ, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello,clarinet, viola, cello, string bass, harp, guitar, bass guitar,percussion or voice. Students will arrange with the appliedinstructor for a minimum of twelve weekly lessons during thesemester. The performance study is intended to prepare the musicoption student for a transfer program entrance audition and foradvanced applied music study. Repertory studied will varyaccording to the student's instrument or voice and performancelevel. Students are required to perform for a faculty jury eachsemester and to perform in at least one student recital a year.Attendance at student recitals is required. Fees for the weeklylessons will be paid directly to the private instructor.192 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
MUSC-232 Applied Music: PrimaryInstrument IV(1,0) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with private instructor. All students interestedin these courses must interview with the music departmentfaculty before enrolling.This course provides credit for individual performance study onan instrument or voice with a member of the music faculty or witha private teacher (off-campus) approved by the music faculty. Anaudition with this teacher will be mandatory. It is designedprimarily for the music major for advanced study on their primaryinstrument or for those with adequate background. This instructionmay be in piano, harpsichord, organ, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello,string bass, harp, guitar, bass guitar, percussion or voice. Studentswill arrange with the applied instructor for a minimum of twelveweekly lessons during the semester. The performance study isintended to prepare the music option student for a transfer programentrance audition and for advanced applied music study. Repertorystudied will vary according to the student's instrument or voice andperformance level. Students are required to perform for a facultyjury each semester and to perform in at least one student recital ayear. Attendance at student recitals is required. Fees for the weeklylessons will be paid directly to the private instructor.MUSC-251 RVCC Chorale III (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 152 - RVCC Chorale II.This large ensemble course provides opportunity for the studyand performance of choral literature in a wide variety of styles.Weekly rehearsals and one or more public performances arerequired. For the music major, RVCC Chorale I, II, III, and IVshould be taken in sequence, and different repertory will be featuredeach semester. Students will improve their ensemble skills and theirmusic reading ability. Other students (not music majors) may takeChorale on a credit or non-credit basis. Other interested communityparticipants are welcome to join RVCC Chorale on a non-credit,fee-paying basis through the Division of Corporate and ContinuingEducation.MUSC-252 RVCC Chorale IV (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 251- RVCC Chorale III.This large ensemble course provides opportunity for the studyand performance of choral literature in a wide variety of styles.Weekly rehearsals and one or more public performances arerequired. For the music major, RVCC Chorale I, II, III, and IVshould be taken in sequence, and different repertory will be featuredeach semester. Students will improve their ensemble skills and theirmusic reading ability. Other students (not music majors) may takeChorale on a credit or non-credit basis. Other interested communityparticipants are welcome to join RVCC Chorale on a non-credit,fee-paying basis through the Division of Corporate and ContinuingEducation.MUSC-253 Concert Band III (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with Director.A continuation of Concert Band II. This large ensemble courseprovides opportunity for the continued study and performance ofstandard concert band repertory in a wide variety of styles. Weeklyrehearsals and one or more public performances are required.During the third semester of enrollment, students will continue toimprove in their ensemble skills and their music reading ability. Inlieu of such an organization sponsored by RVCC, students mayplay in an approved concert band off campus.MUSC-254 Concert Band IV (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Audition with Director.A continuation of Concert Band III. This large ensemble courseprovides opportunity for the continued study and performance ofstandard concert band repertory in a wide variety of styles. Weeklyrehearsals and one or more public performances are required.During the fourth semester of enrollment, students will continue toimprove in their ensemble skills and their music reading ability. Inlieu of such an organization sponsored by RVCC, students mayplay in an approved concert band off campus.MUSC-255 Orchestra III (1,2) 1 CreditsContinuation of <strong>College</strong> Orchestra II.MUSC-256 Orchestra IV (1,2) 1 CreditsContinuation of <strong>College</strong> Orchestra III.MUSC-257 RVCC Jazz Ensemble III (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 158 - RVCC Jazz Ensemble II. Enrollmentmay be limited by the needs of the ensemble.This performance ensemble class pursues the study andperformance of jazz repertoire in an ensemble format, through theexploration and development of interpretation and improvisation ofjazz compositions and arrangements in various jazz styles. Publicperformances on or off-campus are required. Auditions are open toqualified students and community participants.MUSC-258 RVCC Jazz Ensemble IV (0,3) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 257 - RVCC Jazz Ensemble III.This performance ensemble class pursues the study andperformance of jazz repertoire in an ensemble format, through theexploration and development of interpretation and improvisation ofjazz compositions and arrangements in various jazz styles. Publicperformances on or off-campus are required. Auditions are open toqualified students and community participants.MUSC-259 Ensemble Collaborations III (1,2) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: Placement test/audition/interview required byinstructor. Enrollment may be limited due to ensemble and/orinstrumentation requirements.Students will engage in the rehearsal, coaching, and study ofmusic ensembles for small groups which may involveinstrumentalists and vocalists. Repertoire will be selected toaccommodate the skills and instruments of those enrolled. Classeswill include the study of musical styles and ensemble performance,a researched overview of ensemble repertoire for each instrument,and written critiques. Participation will include recitalperformance.MUSC-260 Ensemble Collaborations IV (1,2) 1 CreditsPrerequisites: Placement test/audition/interview required byinstructor. Enrollment may be limited due to ensemble and/orinstrumentation requirements.Students will engage in the rehearsal, coaching, and study ofmusic ensembles for small groups which may involveinstrumentalists and vocalists. Repertoire will be selected toaccommodate the skills and instruments of those enrolled. Classeswill include the study of musical styles and ensemble performance,a researched overview of ensemble repertoire for each instrument,and written critiques. Participation will include recitalperformance.MUSC-265 Professional Development:Music(1,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: MUSC 112 - Music Theory II and MUSC 114 -Musicianship II.Should be taken in the third or fourth semester of the A.F.A.Music degree. This course is designed for music majors in theirthird or fourth semester of their A.F.A. program who seek degreetransfer or professional employment in the field. The course willpresent topics that include critical thinking in the performing arts,music career options, audition preparation and planning, resumeand professional documents, promotion and self-development, andthe identification of appropriate transfer colleges. This course isdesigned for music majors in their third or fourth semester of theirA.F.A. program who seek degree transfer or professionalemployment in the field. Offered in the fall semester.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu193
MUSC-270 Composition and Song Writing (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: MUSC 112 - Music Theory II or instructorpermission and ability on any instrument and/or voice.This course will offer an introduction to music composition.Through the analysis of previously existing works, the completionof directed composition exercises and coached work onindependent composition projects the student will develop anunderstanding of how the elements of music - form, texture,timbre, melody, harmony and rhythm - are coordinated by thecomposer to generate expressive content.NURSINGNURS-005 Nursing Orientation (1,0) 0 CreditsPrerequisites: Acceptance to the Nursing program as a GenericStudent or PNAD student.This program is specifically designed to orient nursing students,who are about to begin their first clinical nursing course, to theacademic structure and clinical component of the Nursingprogram.NURS-015 Nursing Seminar (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: NURS 101 - Foundations of Nursing and Failureto achieve a passing grade in NURS 111 - Nursing Care of AdultsI; or Success on placement test for NURS 101 - Foundations ofNursing.Nursing Seminar is a three credit course which combinesindependent study, selected clinical simulation and seminardiscussions to enhance critical thinking in the nursing process.Nursing Seminar is a full semester course taught in the fallsemester. The course reviews basic concepts from Foundation ofNursing, care of the adult patient, test taking skills, and the nursingprocess. The three-dimensional matrix of clinical practicecompetencies, critical thinking skills and caring is exploredthrough continuing themes of growth and development, alterationin pathophysiology, multicultural sensitivity, therapeuticcommunication, client advocacy, teaching, legal and ethicalstandards, nutrition, pharmacotherapeutics, psychomotor skillcompetencies and self assessment. Client responses to disruptionin wellness states are included. Offered in the fall semester.NURS-016 Pharmacology ClinicalCalculations(0,3) 2 CreditsPrerequisites: Failure to achieve a grade of 90% or higher on thepharmacology placement test for Generic and PNAD students.Corequisites: Current enrollment in NURS 101 - Foundations ofNursing or NURS 130 - Nursing Transitions.Pharmacology Clinical Calculations is designed to assist nursingstudents unsuccessful on the Pharmacology Placement test tosafely calculate, prepare, and administer medications. There willbe a review of basic math concepts and an introduction to theformulas and skills necessary to solve drug dosage problems thatoccur in the practice of nursing.NURS-101 Foundations of Nursing (4,3) 9 CreditsPrerequisites: BIOL 125 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II,2.75 Cumulative GPA, MATH 023, NURS 005 - NursingOrientation.Corequisites: Pharmacology Clinical Calculations PlacementTest or NURS 016 - Pharmacology Clinical Calculations, ENGL111 - English I, FITN 115 - Dynamics of Fitness and Wellness,NURS L01, NURS C01 and NURS T01.This first clinical nursing course focuses on providing safe basicnursing care utilizing techniques based on scientific rationale.Concepts related to wellness states, growth and development in theadult client, principles of communication, cultural diversity, legaland ethical standards of health care, nutrition for healthmaintenance, safe and comfortable environment,pharmacotherapeutics, the nursing process, and fluid andelectrolyte balance are introduced. The student is guided indeveloping critical thinking skills for problem solving to be used inthe classroom, college lab and clinical lab settings. The student willbegin to explore wellness states associated with variousdevelopmental levels, and alterations in wellness states associatedwith surgical clients, clients with fluid and electrolyte imbalancesand clients with cancer. The college laboratory, the clinicallaboratory and community experiences provide settings for thestudent to develop basic care skills. This course acquaints thestudent with the role of the nurse as a provider of care, a managerof care and as a member of the profession of nursing. This isaccomplished through competencies reflective of holistic humanneeds within a practice philosophy which incorporates criticalthinking, collaboration, therapeutic interventions, growth anddevelopment, teaching and learning principles, clinical practicestandards, community based care, health care systems, currenttrends, communication, ethical behaviors, caring, self growth andaccountability. Students are responsible for 3 independent hours oflab skill preparation each week. A satisfactory clinical evaluation,a satisfactory college learning lab evaluation and a minimumtheory grade of 75% are required for progression in the program.Offered in the fall semester.NURS-111 Nursing of Adults I (4,3) 9 CreditsPrerequisites: NURS 101 - Foundations of Nursing, ENGL 111 -English I, and current BSL-C Certification.Corequisites: ENGL 112 - English II, and PSYC 103 -Introduction to Psychology. Students must also register for NURSL11, NURS C11 and NURS T11.Nursing of Adults I is taught in the second semester of the firstyear of the nursing program, spring offering only. This coursebuilds upon previous learning, requiring the student to carry outincreasingly skillful assessments and interventions with adult clienthaving complex needs. This is accomplished through aninterdependent relationship with theoretical and clinical faculty andstaff. The course extends and refines the cognitive, psychomotorand affective skills acquired in Foundations of Nursing. It focuseson the development of plans of care that require increasinglycomprehensive assessment skills, development of appropriatenursing diagnoses, goals, outcome criteria, interventions andevaluations. The course objectives assist the student to integrate theroles of the nurse as provider of care, manager of care and memberof the profession of nursing. This is accomplished throughcompetencies reflective of holistic human needs, critical thinking,collaboration, therapeutic interventions, growth and development,teaching and learning principles, clinical practice standards,community based care, health care systems, current trends,communication, ethical behaviors, caring self growth andaccountability. Satisfactory clinical evaluation, satisfactory skillslab testing and a theoretical grade minimum of 75% are requiredfor progression in the program. Note: All clinical nursing coursesand science courses must be completed with a minimum of a "C"grade. Offered in the spring semester.NURS-122 Psychiatric MentalHealth Nursing(4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: NURS 111 - Nursing of Adults I or NURS 130 -Nursing Transitions.Corequisite: BIOL 133 - Principles of Microbiology and SOCI101 - Introduction to Sociology and elective in Humanities. Mustalso register for NURS C22.Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing is one of two module coursestaught in the third semester of the four semester nursing clinicalcourses. Students are expected to show evidence of retention ofprevious learning, carrying out increasingly skilled assessment andinterventions with clients with complex needs, through an interdependentrelationship with clinical faculty and staff. It is designedto introduce students to basic concepts of Psychiatric-MentalHealth Nursing. The course is based on a holistic and humanisticframework, emphasizing critical thinking, caring and nursing194 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
practice competencies. It progresses from the study of individualsand groups experiencing high-level wellness to variations inwellness experiences. Continuing themes of growth anddevelopment across the life span, therapeutic communications,nutrition, social, cultural, racial and ethnic dimensions,pharmacotherapeutics, client advocacy, teaching, and legal andethical standards are explored. Emphasis is placed on counselingand personal self-awareness and self-growth. Traditionalpsychotherapeutic and integrative health therapies are addressed.Students have the opportunity to carry out the nursing process anddevelop beginning level clinical skills in individual and groupcounseling at a variety of mental health agencies and with a diversegroup of psychiatric clients. The course includes four lecture hours(4 credit hours), twelve clinical hours and independent lab perweek. Satisfactory clinical evaluation and a minimum theory gradeof "C" (75) are required for progression in the program. Offered inthe fall semester.NURS-123 Nursing of Adults II (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: NURS 111 - Nursing of Adults I or NURS 130 -Nursing Transition.Corequisites: BIOL 133 - Principles of Microbiology, SOCI 101 -Introduction to Sociology and Humanities Elective. Students mustalso register for NURS C23.Nursing of Adults II is one of two modules taught in the thirdsemester of the four semester nursing clinical course sequence. Themodule builds upon previous learning, requiring the student tocarry out increasingly skillful assessment and intervention withclients with complex needs through an inter-dependent relationshipwith clinical faculty and staff. In this module the student willexplore the theoretical content and carry out the nursing processwith adults and frail elderly with chronic, catastrophic and criticalillness and injury. Focus will be on clients experiencing actual orpotential disruptions in wellness states such as: failure inneurologic, sensory and renal integration, and multi-system failure.Students will also learn and utilize management principles andtechniques necessary for managing the care of groups of clients.Four hours of class and two days (12 hours total) of clinical practiceper week for both any day and evening students. A 12 hour servicelearning experience is required. An Honors Option is available. Asatisfactory clinical evaluation and a minimum theory grade of "C"is required for progression in the program. Offered in the fallsemester.NURS-124 Nursing of Families with Children(4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: NURS 123 - Nursing of Adults II, NURS 122 -Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.Corequisites: NURS 211 - Trends in Nursing.Nursing of Families with Children is one of two 7 1/2 weekmodules taught in the final semester of the four semesters nursingclinical course sequence. This course focuses on the nursingprocess for families with well and sick children. A family centered,holistic approach provides the organization for the course, withinthe frame-work of critical thinking, caring and nursing practicecompetencies. Commonly occurring deviations from wellnessexperienced by children, family responses and appropriate nursinginterventions are discussed as well as the growth and developmentof well children. Clinical study is provided on pediatric units, nursepractitioner caregiver settings, physicians' offices, well-baby clinicsand in selected schools. A Service Learning Project is required.There is an optional honors section available. A satisfactory clinicalevaluation and a minimum theory grade of 75% are required forprogression in the program. Students must register for NURS C34(clinical). Upon completion of the course, the successful learnerwill be able to demonstrate understanding of basic principles ofgrowth and development, primary pediatric diseases, dynamics offamilies with sick children and basic pediatric nursing skills.NURS-125 Nursing Care for theChildbearing Family (4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: NURS 123 - Nursing of Adults II and NURS 122 -Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.Corequisites: NURS 211 - Trends in Nursing.Nursing of the Childbearing Family is one of two 7-1/2 weekmodules taught in the final semester of the four semesters nursingclinical course sequence. The course focuses on nursing careduring the childbearing experience and considers the health needsof mothers, newborns, and supportive networks in the local andglobal community. The course addresses normal events ofchildbearing, common problems of mothers and infants, andcommon complications that occur to mothers and infants duringthe childbearing cycle. Students develop clinical skills in labor anddelivery and postpartum units, newborn nurseries, and prenatalclinics. The nursing process is the vehicle for responding to humanneeds and evidenced wellness states. A service learning experienceand/or honors section is optional. Four lecture hours and twelveclinical hours for both day and evening students. A satisfactoryclinical evaluation and a theory grade of "C" are required forprogression in the program. Students must also register for NURSC124 (clinical) Offered in the spring semester.NURS-130 Nursing Transition (3,3) 6 CreditsPrerequisites: BIOL 125 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II,NURS 016 - Pharmacology Clinical Calculations or PlacementTest, current BLS-C certification, NURS 005 - NursingOrientation (fee applied at the time of registration).Corequisite: ENGL 111 - English I, PSYC 103 - Introduction toPsychology.This program is specifically designed for persons who arecurrently Licensed Practical nurses in the state of New Jersey andhave graduated from an NLN, Middlestates, or Council onOccupational Education accredited school of Practical Nursing. Aminimum GPA of 85 from the practical nursing program isrequired. if the LPN graduation was more than 5 years ago, acompleted work history form is required documenting LPNemployment for three (3) of the past five (5) years. NursingTransition is designed for students admitted to the PNAD option ofthe nursing program. It provides for transition from practical nursepractice to professional nurse practice by evaluating, extending andrefining the scope and depth of cognitive, psychomotor andaffective skills acquired in the practical nursing program. The focusis on assessment skills, development of nursing diagnoses,outcome criteria, nursing interventions and evaluation of the plansof care. The course objectives will assist the practical nurse tointegrate the expanded roles of the nurse as provider of care,manager of care and member of the profession. This isaccomplished through course objectives and competencies whichinclude the themes of holistic human needs, critical thinking,collaboration, therapeutic interventions, growth and development,teaching/learning principles, clinical practice standards,community based care, health care delivery systems, currenttrends, communication, ethical behaviors, caring behaviors, selfgrowth and accountability. Learning is accomplished throughlecture/discussion, audio visuals, and psychomotor skilldemonstration. Summer offering; 105 hours (75 lecture hours, 15clinical laboratory hours, 15 college laboratory hours). Satisfactoryclinical evaluation, completion of lab skills and theoretical grademinimum of 75% required for progression in the program. Allnursing clinical courses and science courses must be completedwith a minimum of a "C" grade. Offered in the summer semester.NURS-211 Trends in Nursing (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: NURS 122 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursingand NURS 123 - Nursing of Adults II.Corequisites: NURS 125 - Nursing of Childbearing Family andNURS 124 - Nursing of Families with Children.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu195
Trends in Nursing is designed to examine historical,philosophical, ethical and legal aspects of nursing practice andhealth care delivery system. These major areas are consideredwithin the context of the global community and the macro andmicro society. Learning and Service are closely intertwined at<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> in a program called ServiceLearning. By successfully creating a required, Trends in Nursing,Service Learning Project students develop their academic skills,sense of civic responsibility and commitment to the community.Offered in the spring semester.NURS-221 Perspectives in Death and Dying (3,0) 3 CreditsA general course open to all students. Designed to explore thebroad scope of dying and grieving from the psycho-social,philosophical, religious, medical and legal viewpoints. Throughthis approach students are assisted in examining personal feelingsand values concerning life and mortality in order to more fullyunderstand, face and cope with death, dying and bereavement.NURS-291 Human Sexuality (3,0) 3 CreditsThe course Human Sexuality is a combination of discussions,debates and research regarding sexuality from a physiological,psychological and sociological perspective. Topics include socialand biological foundations of human sexuality, humanreproduction, contraception, cross-cultural perspectives on sexualbehavior and contemporary society, gender roles and stereotyping,current and controversial issues in sex education, and the effects ofeconomics, class, public policy, and the political climate onexpression of human sexuality. Students develop expertise andteaching competency in human sexuality.NURS-292 Nursing CooperativeEducation I(0,1 to 3) 3 CreditsA work experience in which the student is employed in a Nursingexternship program conforming to the New Jersey State Board ofNursing Guidelines. Each semester that a student is enrolled in aCooperative Education Program, it is necessary that the collegehelp the student determine what new or expanded responsibilitiesor learning opportunities are possible on his/her job. Theseobjectives enable the college to determine the value of the student'swork experience. These objectives should be specific andmeasureable. They will be reviewed with the Faculty Co-opCoordinator and the supervisor for validity and evaluated forrelative value. At the end of the semester the student and supervisorwill be asked to evaluate the level of attainment of each objective.OFFICE ADMINISTRATIONOFFC-125 Keyboarding I: BasicWord Processing(0,1) 1 CreditsThis one-credit course is delivered in an open lab environmentand focuses on touch keyboarding and basic features of MS Word.An instructor will be available in the lab to facilitate. Students arerequired to attend a mandatory orientation session.OFFC-126 Keyboarding II: IntermediateWord Processing(0,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: OFFC 125 - Keyboarding I or equivalentexperience.This one-credit course is delivered in an open lab environmentand focuses on the enhancement of touch typing skills and theintermediate features of MS Word. An instructor will be availablein the lab to facilitate. Students are required to attend a mandatoryorientation session.OFFC-127 Keyboarding III: WordProcessing & E-Mail (0,1) 1 CreditsPrerequisite: OFFC 126 - Keyboarding II or equivalent typingand word processing experience.This one-credit course is delivered in an open lab environmentand focuses on the enhancement of touch typing skills and theintermediate features of MS Word with Lion's Den email function.The students will learn the use of "attachments" for the classassignments. An instructor will be available in the lab to facilitate.Students are required to attend a mandatory orientation session.OPHTHALMICSOPTH-100 Ophthalmic Materials I Lecture (3,0) 3 CreditsAn introduction to the basic principles of ophthalmic lenses.Topics include a history of development, definition of terminology,the geometry of lens designs, physical characteristics of lensmaterials, optical characteristics, and mathematical formulas usedin lens computation. If the student is registered with the StateBoard as an apprentice, Ophthalmic Materials I must besuccessfully completed to be eligible for the State BoardQualifying Technician Exam.OPTH-101 Ophthalmic Materials II Lecture(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 100 - Ophthalmic Material I Lecture.This course builds upon the basic principles of prerequisitecourses needed to understand ophthalmic lens development. Topicsinclude prism, gross anatomy and physiology of the eye, historyand function of bifocals and trifocals, bicentric grinding, vertexdistance compensation, sagitta, surfacing, and mathematicalformulas used in lens computation. The course terminates incomplete study of ophthalmic lens design. If the student isregistered with the State Board as an apprentice, OphthalmicMaterials II must be completed to be eligible for the State BoardQualifying Technician Exam.OPTH-105 Ophthalmic Materials I Lab (0,6) 3 CreditsThis course will cover computations and theories concerningbasic lens formulas;preparation of prescription lab orders;operation of the lensometer/vertometer and the neutralizationprocess;and operation of lens fabrication equipment including theautomatic lens edger, blocking, marking and hand level edgers.Fabrication of eyeglass prescriptions involving spherical andcompound lenses in plastic and metal frames;interpretation,computation and creation of prismatic prescriptions throughdecentration will also be addressed. The course will include lecturetime on appropriate optical principles. Students will be required tosupply their own tools. If the student is registered with the StateBoard as an apprentice, Ophthalmic Materials I must besuccessfully completed to be eligible for the State BoardQualifying Technician Exam.OPTH-106 Ophthalmic Materials II Lab (0,6) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 105 - Ophthalmic Materials I Lab.A Continuation of Ophthalmic Materials I Laboratory. Emphasiswill be on the finishing aspects of prescription eyewear. Topicsinclude neutralization, mark-up, layout, edging, insertion, and finalinspection. Additional topics include frame and instrument repairs,rimless mountings and faceting. The student will be expected tolearn the complete fabrication of prescription eyewear utilizing theinstrumentation of the optical profession. The course will alsoinclude lecture on appropriate optical principles. Students will berequired to supply their own tools. If the student is registered withthe State Board as an apprentice, Ophthalmic Materials II must besuccessfully completed to be eligible for the State BoardQualifying Technician Exam.OPTH-111 Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lecture (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 101 - Ophthalmic Materials II Lecture.Ethics, practices, and responsibilities of the OphthalmicDispenser. Includes determination of patient's needs, prescriptionanalysis and interpretation of single vision, multifocal, and prismlenses, considerations in making glasses for occupational use, lensaberrations, the effect of tilt, and tinted lenses and their uses.196 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
OPTH-112 Ophthalmic Dispensing IILecture(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 105 - Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lecture.A continuation of Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lecture. A furtherstudy of prescription analysis including visual problems of theaphakie patient, crossed cylinders, consideration of illuminationand its effect on visual performance, the psychology of dispensing,the near addition, and iseikonic lens design.OPTH-115 Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lab (0,4) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 106 - Ophthalmic Materials II Lab.This lab covers the theory and application of ocularmeasurements and the use of the corneal reflection pupilometer andother instruments. Attention is also given to frame materials andparts; cosmetic and anatomical consideration of the fitting triangle;fitting and adjustment techniques for various frames andmountings; neutralization and verifiction of ophthalmicprescriptions in single vision and bifocals through use of thevertometer/lensometer; use and application of various hand tools,pliers and gauges, and minor frame and temple repairs. A portionof the student's laboratory time will be spent with direct patientcontact in the on-campus optical clinic. (Students will be requiredto supply their own tools and instruments.)OPTH-116 Ophthalmic Dispensing II Lab (0,4) 2 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 116 - Ophthalmic Dispensing I Lab.A continuation of Ophthalmic Dispensing Lab I. Topics includeneutralization and verification of bifocal, trifocal and progressivemultifocal prescriptions; usage and theory of the vision screen unit;discussion of therapeutic appliances; discussion of the visual needof the aphakic and subnormal acuity patient; occupational andvocational frame and lens designing; interpretation of theophthalmic patient's written prescription and the determination oftheir visual needs. The fitting, adjusting and measuring ofophthalmic frames and mounting, as well as the ethics, laws andregulations of the profession of opticianry will be discussed.Students will be expected to demonstrate these skills through directpatient contact in the on-campus optical clinic. A portion of thestudents laboratory time will be spent meeting patient needs in theoptical clinic. (Students will be required to supply their own toolsand instruments.)OPTH-120 Principles of Optics (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: OPTH 100 - Ophthalmic Materials I and OPTH101 - Ophthalmic Materials II.Corequisite: OPTH 111 - Dispensing I Lecture.This course includes the study of the concepts of geometricoptics, and the principles and nature of light. These principles areapplied in the study of how light behaves in practical opticalsystems including lenses, spherical and plane mirrors, Galilean andastronomical telescopes, prisms and the human eye.OPTH-121 Anatomy & Physiologyof the Eye(3,0) 3 CreditsStudy of the anatomy of the eye and its related structures,refractive errors, eye diseases, and eye muscle imbalances. Classtime includes a dissection of a cow's eye and the study of eyeemergencies, first aid and ocular prosthetics.OPTH-200 Contact Lenses I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 100 - Ophthalmic Materials I Lecture andOPTH 101 - Ophthalmic Material II Lecture and OPTH 121 -Anatomy & Physiology of the Eye.Includes a historical review as well as theory; design and opticalprinciples of contact lenses; indications and contraindications forcontact lens wear; patient evaluation; discussion of lens types andavailability; fundamental techniques and fitting proceduresincluding the biomicroscope and keratometer; evaluation of fit; andpatient education on care, cleaning, insertion and removal ofcontact lenses.OPTH-201 Contact Lenses II (2,2)3 CreditsPrerequisite: OPTH 200 - Contact Lenses I.This course includes clinical application of cornealmeasurements; lens/cornea evaluation criteria; lens selectionparameters; theory of over-refraction; lens verification techniquesand tolerances; patient education and principles of practicemanagement.OPTH-290 Internship in Ophthalmic Science (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Permission and placement by the ProgramCoordinator and completion of OPTH 111 - OphthalmicDispensing I Lecture and OPTH 115 - Ophthalmic Dispensing ILab.A clinical experience in which the student is placed in anoptician's practice. Specific evaluations of student objectives areconducted in a weekly consultation with the Program coordinator.In addition, biweekly lecture topics will include refraction,business concepts and current technology.PARALEGAL STUDIESLEGL-101 Role of the Paralegal (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will introduce students to the paralegal professionand the basic ethical principles which control those working in thelaw. An examination of the legal system, with emphasis on NewJersey court structure is included. Students will be introduced to thelaw library, become familiar with sources of legal authority, legalanalysis and writing as well as the specific functions and duties ofthe paralegal within the law office.LEGL-110 Torts (3,0) 3 CreditsCorequisite: LEGL 101 - Role of the Paralegal. This corequisiteis for A.A.S. students only; no corequisite for Certificate students.This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of tortlaw and liability. Students will become familiar with the varioustypes of tort actions encountered in legal practice, as well as setoffsand defenses for same. Offered in the fall semester.LEGL-120 Basic Litigation Procedure (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: LEGL 101 - Role of the Paralegal. This prerequisiteis for A.A.S. students only; no prerequisite for Certificatestudents.This course is an overview of the civil trial process covering thelitigation of cases from initial fact-gathering stage throughpreparation for trial, with emphasis on the drafting of variouspleadings, the mastery of litigation discovery techniques, thehandling of pretrial motions and the preparation of a case for trial.Offered in the spring semester.LEGL-121 Legal Research and Writing (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: LEGL 101 - Role of the Paralegal and ENGL 111 -English I. These prerequisites are for A.A.S. students only; noprerequisites for Certificate students.This course involves the in-depth study of legal research andwriting, stressing the acquisition of those skills required in a lawoffice engaged in the general practice of law. The course willinclude intensive utilization of the law library as well as theintroduction and use of computer-based research through LEXISand other legal web sources.LEGL-122 Real Estate Transactions (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: LEGL 101 - Role of the Paralegal. This prerequisiteis for A.A.S. students only; no prerequisite for Certificatestudents.This course surveys the basic legal principles of real estatetransactions, including purchasing and selling, mortgaging, andleasing. Practical aspects of basic real estate transactions will beemphasized, including document preparation, with specialemphasis on law and procedure in New Jersey. 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deeds, mortgages, and related documents; title insurance; closingprocedures; leases and landlord-tenant issues; mortgageforeclosures; and land use regulation issues related to propertytransfers. The course covers aspects of residential and commercialproperty transactions. Offered in the fall semester.LEGL-123 Advanced Litigation Procedure (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: LEGL 120 - Basic Litigation Procedures.This course builds on the skills and concepts taught in BasicLitigation Procedures for students enrolled in the Paralegal StudiesProgram. It is designed to prepare students to assist attorneys whospecialize in or regularly handle civil litigation cases. It includes anoverview of the litigation procedures necessary to take a casethrough trial, judgment and appeal. Offered in the fall semester.LEGL-124 Family Law (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: LEGL 101 - Role of the Paralegal. This prerequisiteis for A.A.S. students only; no prerequisite for Certificatestudents.This course is an introduction to the substantive and proceduralaspects of family law in such areas as divorce, adoption, supportand separation agreements. Interview techniques and the reviewand drafting of various family law pleadings and other documentswill be addressed. Offered in the fall semester.LEGL-125 Intellectual Property (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will provide students with an overview and practicalunderstanding of the various Intellectual Property disciplinesincluding copyright, trade secret, trademark and patent laws.Students will develop an understanding of the terminologyassociated with, and the searching approaches to trademarks,patents and copyrights. Practical assignments will familiarizestudents with researching, applying for, acquiring and protectingIntellectual Property rights. Offered in the spring semester.LEGL-126 Wills, Trusts & EstateAdministration(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: LEGL 101 - Role of the Paralegal. This prerequisiteis for A.A.S. students only; no prerequisite for Certificatestudents.This course is a survey of basic wills, trusts and probate practice.Students will become familiar with the various methods oftestamentary distribution and the format of probate administration.NJ probate law will be reviewed with emphasis on the initialpreparation and drafting of basic documents in the field, includingsimple and living wills, formal and informal probate, and federaland state tax forms. Offered in the spring semester.LEGL-127 Law Office Management (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: LEGL 101 - Role of the Paralegal. This prerequisiteis for A.A.S. students only; no prerequisite for Certificatestudents.This course is an introduction to and exploration of the law officeas a business and as a profession. The functional aspects of lawoffice management such as fees, billing, timekeeping, ethicalrequirements, accounting, budgeting, and facilities managementwill be discussed. Administrative skills such as leadership,communication, delegation and personnel issues will also beaddressed. Specific software and related skills in the essentialoperating systems that comprise the modern law office will bereviewed, including docket control, records management, filemanagement, and library management. Offered in the fall semester.LEGL-128 Alternate Dispute Resolution (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will provide students with an in-depth understandingof alternate forms of dispute resolution outside courtroomlitigation, such as mediation, negotiation, and arbitration throughlecture, readings, role play and media presentations. In addition,the course incorporates a community service experience inmediation of approximately ten hours during the course of thesemester. This community service aspect will allow students aunique opportunity to apply theories, concepts and skills learned inthe classroom to practical experiences in serving others in thecommunity. Offered in the spring semester.LEGL-130 Computer Applicationsin the Law Office(2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: CISY 122 - Introduction to Information Systems orCISY 261 - Microcomputer Applications or Passing Score onComputer Literacy Test.This course provides essential background about computers inthe law office; uses state-of the-art legal software, as well as themost popular windows and application tools for file managing,legal document preparation, and courtroom presentations. Thestudent will perform legal research on specific fact patterns usingLEXIS, the Internet, and CD-ROM. The instruction issupplemented with software demonstrations by in-the-fieldexperts. Offered in the spring semester.LEGL-132 Legal Ethics & ProfessionalResponsibility(3,0) 3 CreditsThis legal specialty course introduces the student to the types ofethical situations and dilemmas they may encounter in the legalworkforce. Students will learn applicable disciplinary rules for boththe lawyer and the paralegal, in order to understand how to functionresponsibly as a legal professional. The content and course work isgeared not only to the paralegal student, but also to the practicingparalegal and other legal professionals.LEGL-290 Paralegal Studies CooperativeEducation(3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See DepartmentCo-op Coordinator.A work experience whereby students are employed in lawrelatedpositions to gain the practical experience necessary forsuccess as paralegals. Students will be supervised by practicingattorneys and graded on their ability to apply classroom acquiredskills to the legal workplace. Enrolled students will attend ascheduled seminar in addition to working 15-20 hours per week(255-300 hours per semester). Eligibility will be determined by theCoordinator of the Paralegal Studies Program and generally will belimited to those students in their second year of study.PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIONPHIL-101 Introduction to Philosophy (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is an historical and thematic introduction toPhilosophy emphasizing the historical development of thediscipline and related issues in logic, ethics, metaphysics, theory ofknowledge, and philosophy of religion. It addresses such questionsas, What is the difference between good and evil? What are thelimits of intellectual knowledge? Does God exist? Am I essentiallya free agent or a machine? Where am I ultimately headed?PHIL-102 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will be devoted to the thought of the pre-SocraticGreeks, the Sophists, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and laterschools of thought, such as the Stoics and Epicureans, and to thatof such medieval figures as Anselm and Thomas Aquinas.PHIL-103 Introduction to Formal Logic (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course examines the structure of deductive reasoning, andthe rules of valid inference that underlie our thinking in bothpractical and theoretical activity. It provides an introduction tocontemporary formal logic, with attention to two principal systems.Emphasis will be given to both proof construction and translationfrom natural language to symbolic form. Time permitting, someattention may be given to "meta-logic" and the properties of formalsystems.198 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
PHIL-105 World Religions (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides a historical and conceptual survey of theworld's major religious traditions, with attention typically given toVedic, Buddhist, Zen Buddhist, Taoist, Judaic, Christian, andIslamic religious beliefs. Time permitting, certain other forms ofreligion, such as those of primal cultures and new and emergingfaith communities, will be noted.PHIL-106 Current Moral and Social Issues (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is an examination of both practical and theoreticalissues in the area of moral philosophy: Reading will includehistorical sources and recent and contemporary material on suchtopics as euthanasia, assisted suicide, abortion, reproductivetechnology, warfare and terrorism, wealth distribution, capitalpunishment, and matters concerning the environment.PHIL-113 Critical Thinking (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is an introduction to both deductive and inductivereasoning, primarily in natural (English) language. It is designed toimprove the student's ability to read analytical and argumentativematerial with comprehension, and to write with an eye toargumentative material with comprehension, and to write with aneye to argumentative flow and structure. It concerns such conceptsas premise, conclusion, evidence, and hypothesis as they enter intothe logical process.PHIL-114 Ethics (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course is a study of the basic theories, methods, andproblems of ethics. Topics may include the study of the moraltheories of Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, and Rawls; thenature and meaning of moral terms; moral absolutism andrelativism; the nature of moral reasoning; conceptions of the goodlife; free will, determinism, and moral responsibility. Students willapply ethical principles and problem solving models to examplestaken from everyday life as well as the workplace.PHIL-201 Problems in Philosophy (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy or PHIL 103- Introduction to Formal Logic.This is a variable content course, available as offered for repeatedcredit, and focusing on historical themes, individual philosophers,and specific problems in a given area of the discipline. Coursethemes may include such topics as the free will problem, theproblem of evil, and the phenomenon of mysticism in the world'smajor religious traditions.PHIL-210 Feminist Philosophy (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I.This course examines philosophical ideas concerning politics,economics, psychology, and multi-cultural relations that haveserved to occasion feminist theories. Such theory types as liberal,Marxist, radical, socialist, and globalist feminism are used toexplore things like family, work, gender development,discrimination, subordination, and sexuality. Offered in the springsemester.PHIL-240 Science as a Way of Knowing (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy or PHIL103 - Introduction to Logic.This course examines the history, nature, and method of science,and the relationship between science and philosophy. Among thetopics covered are (1) the Greek revolution in thought; (2) the riseof modern science; (3) the nature of reasoning and scientificmethod; and (4) the relationship of science to philosophy and tohuman values.PHYSICSPHYS-101 General Physics I (4,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Two years of college preparatory science or theequivalent and MATH 113 - Precalculus II or MATH 114H -Precalculus Honors.This is the first semester of a two-semester sequence inintroductory algebra-based physics, which is required for studentsmajoring in many of the sciences and a variety of other disciplines.Topics include measurement and estimation, kinematics anddynamics of particles and rigid bodies, Newton's Laws, work,energy and momentum, rotational motion, gravitation, equilibriumand elasticity, fluids, temperature and kinetic theory, heat and thelaws of thermodynamics.PHYS-102 General Physics II (4,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: PHYS 101 - General Physics I or the equivalent.This is the second semester of a two semester sequence inintroductory algebra-based physics, which is required for studentsmajoring in many of the sciences and a variety of other disciplines.Topics include vibrations and waves, sound, electric and magneticforces and fields, electric potential, direct current circuits andcomponents, electromagnetic waves, geometric and physical opticsand topics in modern physics.PHYS-112 Concepts of Physics (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra.This course is an introduction to the concepts of physics and theirapplications to real world phenomena. Emphasis will be onunderstanding the phenomena through experience and experimentsin physics and not through mathematical manipulations. Thiscourse may be used as a science elective by non-science majors; itis required for Physics credit in the Ophthalmic program, and isrecommended for those taking General Physics without a stronghigh school science background. Credit toward graduation will notbe given for both this course nor General or Engineering Physics.PHYS-120 Introduction to Astronomy (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 023 - Algebra Mod 2: Linear Behavior.This course is a study of periodic changes in the night sky,astronomical instrumentation, the solar system, stars, nebulae,galaxies and cosmology. May be used to fulfill one semester of ascience requirement for non-science majors or as an elective forscience majors.PHYS-130 Astronomy (3,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: MATH 023 - Algebra Mod 2: Linear Behavior.This course studies periodic changes in the night sky,astronomical instrumentation, the solar system, stars, nebulae andgalaxies, and cosmology. Laboratory exercises will utilizesimulations and night-sky observations. May be used to fulfill onesemester of a laboratory science requirement for non-sciencemajors, or as an elective for science majors.PHYS-150 Engineering Physics I (4,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Two years of college preparatory laboratoryscience, including a course in physics, and one semester ofsingle-variable calculus, or equivalents.Corequisites: MATH 151 - Calculus I or its equivalent.This course is the first semester of a three-semester sequence inintroductory calculus-based physics, which is required for studentsmajoring in the engineering sciences. It is also highlyrecommended for transfer students majoring in the physicalsciences. Topics include kinematics and dynamics of particles andrigid bodies, Newton's Laws, energy and momentum, rotationalmotion, equilibrium and elasticity and gravitation. The HonorsOption is available for this course.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu199
PHYS-151 Engineering Physics II (4,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: PHYS 150 - Engineering Physics I and MATH 151 -Calculus I, or their equivalents.Corequisites: MATH 152 - Calculus II or its equivalent.This is the second semester of a three- semester sequence inintroductory calculus-based physics, which is required for studentsmajoring in the engineering sciences. Topics include electric andmagnetic forces and fields, direct and alternating current circuitsand components, and Maxwell's equations. The Honors Option isavailable for this course. Offered in the spring semester.PHYS-250 Engineering Physics III (4,2) 4 CreditsPrerequisites: PHYS 150 - Engineering Physics I and MATH 151- Calculus I or their equivalents.Corequisite: MATH 152 - Calculus II or its equivalent.This course is the third semester of a three-semester sequence inintroductory calculus-based physics, which is required for studentsmajoring in the engineering sciences. It is also highlyrecommended for transfer students majoring in the physicalsciences. Topics include oscilliations and waves, geometric andphysical optics, heat and thermodynamics, and fluids. The HonorsOption is available for this course. Offered in the fall semester.POLITICAL SCIENCEPOLI-101 Introduction to Political Science (3,0) 3 CreditsAs a general introduction to the study of government andpolitics, the course will first consider the ideas of four majorpolitical thinkers and their different views of the nature andpurpose of government. Additional topics to be examined includethe basic institutions of government, political culture, nationalismand revolution, and the practice of government in Britain, Franceand Russia.POLI-121 American Governmentand Politics(3,0) 3 CreditsExamines the American constitutional system in its historicaldevelopment and contemporary applications. The course will focuson basic institutions such as the President, Congress and the federaljudicial system, followed by elections, campaigns, political partiesand the Bill of Rights.POLI-231 International Relations (3,0) 3 CreditsExamines the field of international relations from both thegeneral and particular levels of analysis. Subject areas to beconsidered include the historical and philosophical development ofinternational relations, the various methodological and theoreticalperspectives most commonly used in the field presently, as well asforeign policy, national interest, causes of conflict, internationallaw, arms control and international organization.PSYCHOLOGYPSYC-103 Introduction to Psychology (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides an introduction to the major areas of studywithin the field of psychology. Human behavior and itsdeterminants will be examined from various viewpoints. Topicscovered include research methods, development, neuroscience,perception, learning, memory, states of consciousness, motivation,emotion, intelligence, personality theories, psychopathology,therapy, and social behavior.PSYC-103H Introduction toPsychology - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or higher.This honors course provides an introduction to the major areas ofstudy within the field of psychology. Human behavior and itsdeterminants will be examined from various viewpoints, with anemphasis on scientific inquiry. Students will be required to readoriginal works by famous figures in psychology. Topics coveredinclude research methods, development, neuroscience, perception,learning, memory, intelligence, personality theories,psychopathology, therapy, and social behavior.PSYC-201 Social Psychology(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.This course is a general introduction to the field of human socialbehavior. Its levels of analysis range from intra-individual to largegroup phenomena. Topics to be covered include methodology andresearch, attitude formation and change, social perception,affiliation and attraction, prosocial behavior, conformity andobedience, aggression, conflict and competition, group formation,structure and dynamics and collective behavior.PSYC-203 Psychology of Womenand Gender(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.This course focuses on the research that expands currentpsychological theory concerning the lives of women, includingsuch topics as theories of women's personality development,individual and societal factors affecting women's achievement andcareer choices, work and family experiences, and mental healthstatus. Feminist psychologists' criticism of traditional psychologywill be examined along with an analysis of psychology'sconstruction of the female. The processes by which both girls andboys develop a sense of gender within our culture will be integratedthroughout.PSYC-211 Abnormal Psychology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.This course examines psychological dysfunction within thecontext of psychological, biological and sociocultural influences.In addition, different therapeutic approaches used to improveindividual functioning will be studied.PSYC-212 Theories of Personality (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.This course is designed to explore the various ways psychologistshave attempted to answer the questions of why people think, feel,and behave the way they do. To this end, major theories ofpersonality and their applications will be critically examinedthrough an analysis of history and an evaluation of the research thatsupports theories.PSYC-213 Educational Psychology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.Educational Psychology focuses on how psychological theoryand concepts can be understood and inform effective classroompractices. Topics include cognitive and social development,theories of motivation and learning, classroom management,individual and group differences and student assessment. Thiscourse is required for those pursuing an education degree but it isnot necessary that one be in that degree program.PSYC-215 Developmental Psychology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.This course is focused on normal psychological developmentthroughout the lifespan including the biological, interpersonal andcultural factors which affect it.PSYC-216 Child Psychology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.The focus of this course is on development from conceptionthrough the middle years of childhood. The developmental aspectsof the child's cognitive, personality, social, and physical growth arepresented. The impact of psychological and biological factors onthe child is investigated. Additionally, cross-cultural comparisonsof child development will be integrated throughout the course.PSYC-222 <strong>Community</strong> Psychology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology orpermission of the instructor.200 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
<strong>Community</strong> Psychology focuses on understanding and helpingindividuals by working to improve the environments and socialsystems that affect their lives. Topics include community-basedtreatment approaches, the role of self-help and nonprofessionalhelp, the nature of organizational change and preventativeapproaches to mental health. This seminar course has a requiredservice learning component to complement the course's academicmaterial. Students will work 3 hours per week either at acommunity mental health facility or with individuals living in thecommunity under the guidance of a social service organization.Offered in the spring semester.PSYC-228 Psychology and Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: ENGL 111 - English I and PSYC 103 -Introductions to Psychology or permission of instructors.Psychology and Literature is a team-taught course that examinesnovels, plays, short stories, fairy tales and poems through the lensof psychology. Works by authors such as Williams Shakespeare,Arthur Miller, Fyodor Dostoevsky and J.D. Salinger may bestudied from the perspectives of psychologists such as SigmundFreud, B. F. Skinner, Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers, and Carol Gilligan.This course is taught by two instructors (one from Psychology andone from English) and may be taken for either Psychology orEnglish credit, but not both.PSYC-229 Adolescent Psychology (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology.Adolescent Psychology focuses on the adolescent (ages 10-20) incontemporary society, with an emphasis on examining the widerange of normal adolescent development in light of the changesexperienced during the transition from childhood to adulthood.Topics include, but are not limited to, identity, autonomy, intimacy,sexuality, family, peer relationships, and work and leisure.RESPIRATORY CARERESC-101 Fundamentals ofRespiratory Care(4,3) 4 CreditsAn introduction to basic therapeutic modalities employed incontemporary respiratory care, including medical gas therapy,humidity and aerosol therapy, drug administration, lung expansiontherapy, and bronchial hygiene methods. (Lecture hours 60;Laboratory hours 45)RESC-102 Core Concepts inRespiratory Care(1,0) 1 CreditsAn orientation to general patient assessment and examination, toinclude: infection control, patient safety, interviewing andcommunication, record keeping, and clinical laboratory studies.Didactic and practical demonstrations provide the basis forproficiencies practiced in the laboratory and then performed duringclinical practice. (Lecture hours 8; Laboratory hours 24)RESC-110 Clinical Practice I (0,6) 1 CreditsAn orientation to the hospital environment and to basicrespiratory care procedures covered in Fundamentals and CoreConcepts in Respiratory Care. Clinical observation, instruction andsupervised practice are provided in the areas of medical recordkeeping, basic patient assessment techniques, oxygenadministration, humidity and aerosol therapy, drug administration,lung expansion therapy and bronchial hygiene.(Clinical hours 105)RESC-120 Clinical Practice II (0,12) 1 CreditsThis course provides practice and mastery of basic respiratorycare procedures introduced in Clinical Practice I. It includesinstruction and supervised practice in arterial puncture and bloodgas analysis, airway management and an introduction to respiratorycare of the critically ill, including patient assessment and basicventilator monitoring. (Clinical hours 210).RESC-121 Applied CardiopulmonaryPathophysiology I(2,0) 2 CreditsThis course is a study of the anatomy and physiology of thecardiopulmonary system as it relates to respiratory care. Includesbasic anatomy of the pulmonary and cardiac systems, physiologyof circulation, gas exchange, control of respiration and an overviewof the pathophysiology and treatment of common disorders of thecardiopulmonary system. (Lecture hours 30).RESC-122 Respiratory Pharmacology (1,0) 1 CreditsAn introduction to the basic principles of drug therapy, with anemphasis on the pharmacology of drugs affecting the respiratorysystem, including mucolytics, bronchodilators, anti-asthmatics, anddrugs affecting respiration. The safe and effective administration ofthese drugs in clinical practice is emphasized.RESC-130 Clinical Practice III (0,12) 3 CreditsClinical Practice III provides supervised experience in both acutecare and alternative settings, with an emphasis on developing theskills necessary to function independently. Experiences includecardiopulmonary diagnostics; critical care of the adult, infant andchild; and long-term, home and rehabilitative care. (Clinical hours210).RESC-131 Special Topics inRespiratory Care(2,0) 2 CreditsAn overview of specialty respiratory care areas includingpulmonary function testing, pediatric/neonatal respiratory care,home care and pulmonary rehabilitation.RESC-210 Clinical Practice IV (0,6) 1 CreditsProvides for minimally supervised experience in the respiratorymanagement of the critically ill patient, including the developmentand implementation of patient care plans with an emphasis oninteraction with other members of the health care team.RESC-211 Applied CardiopulmonaryPathophysiology II(2,0) 2 CreditsA case-based study of the pathophysiology of common disordersaffecting the cardiopulmonary system, with an emphasis ondiagnosis and treatment in the clinical setting. (Lecture hours 30).RESC-212 Patient ManagementCritical Care(2,3) 3 CreditsAn in-depth study of the clinical management of the critically illcardiopulmonary patient with emphasis on specialized respiratoryassessment, advanced ventilatory management, hemodynamicmonitoring and ACLS treatment algorithms. Also covers the effectsof cardiopulmonary disorders on other major body systems.(Lecture hours 30; Laboratory hours 45).RESC-214 Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology (1,0) 1 CreditsAn overview of systemic drugs affecting the cardiopulmonarysystem, including steroids, antibiotics, skeletal muscle relaxants,central nervous system depressants, respiratory stimulants,diuretics and cardiovascular agents.RESC-220 Clinical Practice V (0,12) 2 CreditsProvides experience in the respiratory management of theneonatal and pediatric patient, with an emphasis on the applicationof basic and critical care therapeutics and the development andimplementation of patient care plans. Also provides for experiencein the management of a respiratory care department, in providingclinical instruction and in- service, and clinical specialties such asin endotracheal intubation, and participation in cardiopulmonaryrehabilitation and home care.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu201
RESC-221 Pediatric /NeonatalRespiratory Care(2,1) 3 CreditsThis course provides an in-depth analysis of pediatric andneonatal disorders requiring respiratory care intervention,including assessment techniques and applicable therapies andprotocols. Includes PALS and neonatal resuscitation core content.(Lecture hours 30; Laboratory hours 15).RESC-230 Cardiopulmonary Evaluation (1,3) 2 CreditsA lecture and laboratory course on invasive and non-invasivediagnostic and monitoring procedures including roentgenography,electrocardiography, pulmonary function testing, hemodynamicmonitoring, arterial blood gas analysis, patient interviewing andphysical assessment. (Lecture hours 15; Laboratory hours 45).RESC-250 Principles of Ventilatory Support (3,3) 4 CreditsAn introduction to the physiologic principles and techniques ofventilatory support, including indications for mechanicalventilation, invasive and noninvasive airway management,functional operation of mechanical ventilators, initiating andadjusting ventilatory support parameters, basic monitoring andmanagement of the patient in respiratory failure, and discontinuingventilatory support. (Lecture hours 45; Laboratory hours 45).RESC-510 Long-Term Home& Rehabilitation Care (2,0) 2 CreditsThis course explores respiratory care delivery in alternative,non-acute care settings. Discussion includes patient assessment andselection, patient/family education, diagnostic and therapeuticprocedures and documentation/reimbursement. Costreimbursement and ethical issues are covered. (Lecture hours 30).SCIENCE (INTERDISCIPLINARY)SCIE-128H Science Seminar - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.This is an interdisciplinary course based on the Science andEngineering Department's Science Seminar series. By attendingthe seminars, students will be exposed to current research, breakingscience news, and historical backgrounds in a variety of fields.Each student will present a short seminar on a topic of his or herchoice.SCIE-210H Independent Research in Scienceand Engineering - Honors (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or better and project approval by theInstructor.Independent research provides students with an opportunity toengage in scientific research with the guidance of a facultymember. In consultation with and approval of the faculty member,students select a research topic, perform a literature search, designand complete appropriate research. Students will be required tocomplete a formal paper detailing the research; including thepurpose, methods, results and conclusions. Additional culminatingexperiences, as directed by the instructor in Science andEngineering, may include an oral presentation, a poster display at alocal or regional conference, or submission of a research paper to ajournal.SCIE-290 Science/EngineeringCooperative Education I (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See FacultyCo-op Coordinator.A cooperative work experience in which the student is employedin the industry for approximately 20 hours a week. Each semesterthat a student is enrolled in a Cooperative Education Program, it isnecessary that the college help the student determine what new orexpanded responsibilities or learning opportunities are possible onhis/her job. These objectives enable the college to determine thevalue of the student's work experience. These objectives should bespecific and measureable. They will be reviewed with the FacultyCo-op Coordinator and the supervisor for validity and evaluated forrelative value. At the end of the semester the student andsupervisor will be asked to evaluate the level of attainment of eachobjective.SCIE-291 Science/EngineeringCooperative Education II (3,0) 3 CreditsCooperative Education Approval Form Required. See FacultyCo-op Coordinator.A cooperative work experience in which the student is employedin the industry for approximately 20 hours a week. Each semesterthat a student is enrolled in a Cooperative Education Program, it isnecessary that the college help the student determine what new orexpanded responsibilities or learning opportunities are possible onhis/her job. These objectives enable the college to determine thevalue of the student's work experience. These objectives should bespecific and measureable. They will be reviewed with the FacultyCo-op Coordinator and the supervisor for validity and evaluated forrelative value. At the end of the semester the student and supervisorwill be asked to evaluate the level of attainment of each objective.SOCIOLOGYSOCI-101 Introduction to Sociology (3,0) 3 CreditsA systematic investigation of the basic concepts and principles ofsociology with emphasis on culture, social relationships, groups,institutions and social structure.SOCI-201 Contemporary Social Problems (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology.This course will examine major American social problems. Someof the topics examined include family disorganization, urbanproblems, economic inequality, sex roles, crime, violence and drugabuse.SOCI-202 Marriage and Family (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology.Marriage and Family examines the background of marriage andfamily systems throughout the world. Attention is given to topicssuch as love, gender roles, sexuality, family violence,communication and conflict, separation and divorce, andremarriage and step-families.SOCI-205 Deviance (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will examine the major forms of social deviance.Topics covered will include alcoholism and drug abuse, criminalbehavior, White Collar crime, mental illness, and sexualmisconduct.SOCI-206 Society and the Environment (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology.Society and the Environment is an examination of theinteractions between people and the environment. The courseexamines the concepts, actors, and processes of environment andsociety, an assessment of environmental and political philosophies,models for action, social movements, and the problems andprospects of creating sustainable societies. Each semester selectedcase studies will be examined.SOCI-208 Introduction to Global Studies (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course will introduce students to global studies byexamining a number of global issues, which include (1)nationalsecurity, nuclear proliferation and interventionism, (2)war, politicalviolence, and militarism, (3)trade and natural resources,(4)democracy and democratization, (5)global stratification and(6)sustainable development and scarce resources. An underlyingtheme in the course is the concept of globalization since the end ofWorld War II. Theories and concepts will form a framework foranalyzing the transformations of institutional systems, socialstructures and environmental contexts at global, national and locallevels. Offered in the fall semester.202 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
SOCI-220 Film & Popular Culture:Image & Reality(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SOCI 101 - Intro to Sociology (if taking for SocialScience credit).Explores the myths and realities of American popular culturethrough the screening of films and informed reading. The coursewill examine how images reflect and distort American socialbehavior. Topics covered include crime, violence, sexuality, class,race, and consumerism. Students will select to earn credit for eitherSOCI 220 or FILM 220.SOCI-231 American Minority Relations (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology.Examines racial, ethnic, sexual, religious, and other minoritygroups in American society, with particular emphasis on oppressionof these minorities.SOCI-233 Sociology of Sport (3,0) 3 CreditsAn examination of sport as a significant aspect of modern cultureand a major institution of modern society. Among the topics thatwill be analyzed include: gender and sports, sports as an economicenterprise, sports in high school and college and the issues of socialclass and race in sports.SPANISH STUDIESSPAN-103 Introduction to Spanish I (3,1) 3 CreditsThis course emphasizes each of the four modes of expression(speaking/writing) and comprehension (listening/reading). Thecourse is designed for students with no Spanish experience. Nativespeakers and students with successful completion of two or moreyears of Spanish (within past 5 years) cannot receive credit for thiscourse. Course is multi-media within the classroom, and a languagelab component is included for individual practice.SPAN-104 Introduction to Spanish II (3,1) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 103 - Introduction to Spanish I or appropriateplacement test score.Continuation of Spanish 103 emphasizing each of the four modesof expression (speaking/writing) and comprehension(listening/reading). This course utilizes the same text, workbook,and multi-media components as Spanish 103 and includes alanguage lab component.SPAN-104H Introduction to Spanish II -Honors(4,0) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Student must have earned an A in SPAN 103 -Introduction to Spanish I and a current overall GPA of at least3.5, or obtain permission of the instructor.Like Spanish 104, the honors course is a continuation of Spanish103 with emphasis on both modes of expression (speaking/writing)and comprehension (listening/reading). This course utilizes thesame text, workbook, and multi-media components as the nonhonorsversion. The honors course, however, engages students inusing their grammar skills for exploring a variety of cultural topicsand issues such as history, politics, and popular culture. Theassignments may include reflection papers, supplemental readings,student-led discussions, and a collaborative project in a Spanishspeaking community.SPAN-105 Introduction to Spanish IIwith Review(4,1) 4 CreditsPrerequisite: Appropriate placement test score.This course is designed for the student who has studied Spanishfor two years or more in high school and is not ready forIntroduction to Spanish II. The first 1/4 of the course is a reviewof SPAN 103 content leaving the final 3/4 of the course to coverSPAN 104 content. This course emphasizes each of the fourmodes of expression (speaking/writing) and comprehension(listening/reading). A laboratory component is included.SPAN-201 Intermediate Spanish I (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: SPAN 104 - Introduction to Spanish II, SPAN 105 -Introduction to Spanish II with Review or appropriate placementtest score.This course is a continuation of content presented in SPAN 103,SPAN 104, SPAN 105. Instruction emphasizes each of the fourmodes of expression (speaking/writing) and comprehension(listening/reading). This course is multi-media: video, CDROM,and CD with access to language lab.SPAN-202 Intermediate Spanish II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I or appropriateplacement test score.This course is a continuation of content presented in SPAN 201.Instruction emphasizes each of the four modes of expression(speaking/writing) and comprehension (listening/reading). Thiscourse is multi-media: video, CDROM, and CD with access tolanguage lab.SPAN-210 Spanish for Native andHeritage Speakers I(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisites: Student must be a native or heritage speaker ofSpanish or have permission of the instructor.This course is designed for students for whom Spanish is theirnative or heritage language. It provides those students withopportunity to expand their existing proficiency and to develop theirreading and writing skills. Spelling and vocabulary developmentare stressed. Emphasis will be placed on usage appropriate toacademic and professional settings.SPAN-211 Survey of Spanish Culture (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II or appropriateplacement test score.This course consists of readings and discussion in Spanish on theculture of Spain. Topics to be discussed include the history,literature, music, art and current social, political and economicsituation in the country.SPAN-213 Spanish for Native andHeritage Speakers II (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: Student must be a native or heritage speaker ofSpanish or have permission of the instructor.Special emphasis is placed on grammar and composition. Thiscourse provides students with the opportunity to expand theirexisting proficiency and to develop their reading and writing skills.Emphasis will be placed on usage appropriate to academic andprofessional setting.SPAN-215 Spanish Literature (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II or appropriateplacement test score.Students read and discuss, in Spanish, selections from theliterature of Spain and Spanish America.SPAN-223 Spanish American Civilization (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II or equivalent.Readings and discussion, in Spanish, of the civilization ofSpanish American countries. The course will look at pre-Columbian civilizations, the arrival of the Spanish, the colonialperiod, the Wars of Independence, and the modern period. Indiscussing the modern period, a representative country from each ofthe following regions will be examined in some detail: Rio de laPlata, Los Andes, Mexico y Centroamerica, y Las Antillas.SPAN-224 Spanish Conversationand Composition I(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II or appropriateplacement test score.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu203
Students will refine their speaking, listening, reading and writingskills in Spanish for use in everyday situations. Various aspects ofSpanish life will be discussed. Students will be encouraged toexpress their opinions orally and in writing.SPAN-225 Spanish Conversationand Composition II(3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II or appropriateplacement test score.Class meeting will consist of conversation in Spanish on varioustopics: formal and informal, cultural and linguistic. Discussionsand compositions will be based on newspaper and magazinearticles, internet sources, and television and video material.SPAN-241 Special Topics in Spanish: Issues in theSpanish Speaking World Today (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II or appropriatescore on Spanish Placement Test.This course addresses, in Spanish, current issues in Spanishspeakingcountries. Those issues may include, but not be limited to:Mexico-U.S. relations, the condition of indigenous peoples invarious countries, nationalist movements in countries like Boliviaand Venezuela, Cuba after Castro, Spain and its Muslim citizens.STUDENT DEVELOPMENTSTDV-013 Student Success Seminar(1.5,0) 1 Non-CreditsThe Student Success Seminar is a course specifically designedfor students whose appeal of academic suspension has beenaccepted by the Academic Appeals Committee. In this course,students are offered support and in depth knowledge on how tosucceed in college. Topics covered will include self-assessment,accepting personal responsibility, motivation, study skills, timemanagement, learning styles, communicating effectively, goalsetting and developing a support network. For billing purposes,this course is considered 1 credit. Credit for this course does notapply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduationrequirements.STDV-100 The <strong>College</strong> Experience (2,0) 2 CreditsThis course examines ways in which students can build theacademic and social skills necessary for a successful collegeexperience. This course utilizes individual and group exercises toenhance study skill techniques, critical thinking processes, researchand evaluation of career pathways, exploration of values andeffective use of college resources. Students will apply the coursematerial directly to their other courses and other aspects of theircollege life. The course will help students become engaged in thecollege experience as intentional learners who are empowered,informed and responsible.STDV-101 Career Planning for Today (3,0) 3 CreditsThis course provides total career assessment. Consideration isgiven to planning and implementing a quality life, career, and entryor re-entry into the job market. A variety of evaluation systems areused to assist participants in assessing abilities, interests, andvalues. Assessment is based on these results, and career goals andobjectives are evaluated. Additional emphasis is placed on thenature of career decisions individuals face throughout theirlifetime. It examines the process of personal career choice andassists students in setting career goals.STDV-102 Leadership Development (1,0) 1 CreditsThis course is designed for students who have joined, or havebeen elected or appointed to college organizations or student clubs.Students who anticipate such participation will also find the courseuseful. The course covers the basic concept of communitydevelopment as it relates to student leadership components,exploring and understanding personal value systems and those ofothers, developing effective group process skills, and assessing thedynamics of change systems. Students will be given an opportunityto learn and practice the techniques of programming collegeevents.THEATRE ARTSTHEA-103 Introduction to Theatre (3,0 ) 3 CreditsThis course introduces students to the collaborative nature ofWestern theatre. Students will examine how the roles andcontributions of the playwright, actor, director, designer, andaudience integrate to form the complete theatre experience.THEA-105 Acting I: Fundamentals (2,2) 3 CreditsStudents will learn the theory and practice of the art of acting.The course will focus on the primary elements of acting, such asrelaxation, concentration, emotional truth, imagination, and themaintaining of objectives. The course will be augmented by studentperformance, both improvised and scripted.THEA-106 Acting II: Scene Study (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: THEA 105 - Acting I: Fundamentals.Acting II will delve deeper into the art of acting focusingspecifically on characterization and styles. Students will performscenes from a variety of playwrights and genres.THEA-107 History of Theatre: Classical (3,0) 3 CreditsA survey of world theatre, beginning with pre-Greek ritual andextending through the seventeenth century. The course will addressthe Western tradition in theatre and the history and development oftheatre as a means of communicating ideas, emotions, andexperiences. Students may be required to attend a live performance.Offered in the fall semester.THEA-108 History of Theatre: Modern (3,0) 3 CreditsStudents will gain an understanding of the development of worldtheatre from the beginning of the eighteenth century throughcontemporary times. The course will emphasize the Westerntradition and its most vital eras. Emphasis will be on the history anddevelopment of the modern theatre. Students may be required toattend a live performance. Offered in the spring semester.THEA-109 Voice and Diction (3,0) 3 CreditsStudents will develop skills in vocal execution and presentationfor the performance. Basic course material will include theories andtechniques of breath control, voice projection and tonal variation.Breathing and relaxation exercises plus methods of allayingtensions and fears will be stressed. Student performances includerecitation of prose, poetry and dramatic literature. Offered everyother year in odd numbered years in the spring semester.THEA-111 Theatre Production I (0,3) 1 CreditsTheatre Production is a hands-on experience for students workingon student theatre productions, either on or off stage: acting, stagedesign, lighting, sound, costumes, makeup, stage management,house management, assistant directing, understudying, etc. Thecourse is meant for students who wish to gain valuable practicaltheatre experience.THEA-112 Theatre Production II (0,3) 1 CreditsTheatre Production is a hands-on experience for students workingon student theatre productions, either on or off stage: acting, stagedesign, lighting, sound, costumes, makeup, stage management,house management, assistant directing, understudying, etc. Thecourse is meant for students who wish to gain valuable practicaltheatre experience.THEA-113 Stagecraft: Sets and Props (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course will provide the student with a theoretical andpractical introduction to theater technology. The course will coverthe theater plant, theater personnel, scene construction, and scenepainting. Students will apply the theory and techniques in alaboratory situation, providing the technical support forproductions sponsored by the department. Offered in the springsemester.204 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
THEA-114 Stagecraft: Lights and Sound (2,2) 3 CreditsThis course will provide the student with a theoretical andpractical introduction to theatre technology. The course will coverthe theatre plant, theatre personnel, electrical theory, stage lighting,and sound. Students will apply the theory and techniques in alaboratory situation, providing the technical support forproductions sponsored by the department. Offered in the fallsemester.THEA-117 Theatre Production III (0,3) 1 CreditsTheatre Production is a hands-on experience for students workingon student theatre productions, either on or off stage: acting, stagedesign, lighting, sound, costumes, makeup, stage management,house management, assistant directing, understudying, etc. Thecourse is meant for students who wish to gain valuable practicaltheatre experience.THEA-118 Theatre Production IV (0,3) 1 CreditsTheatre Production is a hands-on experience for students workingon student theatre productions, either on or off stage: acting, stagedesign, lighting, sound, costumes, makeup, stage management,house management, assistant directing, understudying, etc. Thiscourse is meant for students who wish to gain valuable practicaltheatre experience.THEA-203 Acting III: Styles of Acting (2,2) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: THEA 106 - Acting II: Scene Study.Styles of Acting is a scene study course in which studentsperform scenes from different historical eras and styles: ancientGreek tragedy, Commedia dell'Arte, Shakespearean comedy andFrench classical. Offered in spring semester.THEA-205 American Musical Theatre (3,0) 3 CreditsAmerican Musical Theater is a lecture/discussion course thatcovers the life of the American musical from its 19th centurybeginnings, through the emergence of the musical comedy ofJerome Kern, to the classical works of Rodgers and Hammersteinand Cole Porter, up to Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, andthe contemporary scene. The works will be presented in theirhistorical and social context, as well as their musical and dramaticdevelopment. Students will be required to see and critically analyzeat least one musical play during the semester. Offered in the springsemester.THEA-207 Introduction to Playwriting (3,0) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: THEA 103 - Introduction to Theatre or permissionfrom the instructor.This course focuses on the process of writing a one-act play, fromthe conception of a dramatic idea to the completion of a final draft.Exercises in dialogue, character development, conflict andstructure will be an essential part of the course. Class meetings willfocus on the reading and discussion of student work as well asselected published plays. Offered in the spring semester.THEA-252 Professional Development:Theatre(1,1) 1 CreditsThis course is designed to help prepare students majoring inTheatre (A.A.) and Technical Theatre (A.F.A) transfer successfullyinto B.A. or B.F.A. programs. The course will cover topics such ascritical thinking in the performing arts, career options, resume,portfolio and audition preparation for transfer and employment,audition technique, and the identification of appropriate transfercolleges. This course is intended for students in the third or fourthsemester of their program and who are planning to transfer or seekprofessional employment in the field. Offered in the fall semester.WELDING TECHNOLOGYWTTC-108 Basic Welding (2,3) 3 CreditsThis course is designed to combine classroom theory and handsonshop experience. Students will practice oxyacetylene cutting,brazing, electric arc, MIG, and TIG welding techniques which areused in industrial, automotive, truck and construction settings.Selections of electrodes, safety procedures, welding terms, andAmerican Welding Society (AWS) welding symbols will becovered.WTTC-109 Advanced Welding (2,3) 3 CreditsPrerequisite: WTTC 108 - Basic Welding.The student will learn the following through hands-on experienceand classroom theory: SMAW F1,2,3,4 and G1,2,3,4,5,6 setup andwelding procedures on aluminum and stainless steel; how to selectgasses for welding ferrous and nonferrous metals, weldingdissimilar metals, welding hard surfacing, cast iron, cast steel andcopper/copper alloys.WOMEN & GENDER STUDIESWGST-110 Introduction to Womenand Gender Studies(3,0) 3 CreditsThis interdisciplinary course introduces students to the study ofwomen and gender. Students will explore the meaning of genderand gender inequality, how gender relates to sexuality, and howgender is constructed and mediated by historical, social, global, andpolitical influences. The course draws on the methodologies ofsociology, philosophy, history, psychology, cultural studies, andliterary studies. Readings will explore the impact of gender onwomen and men and its relationship to race, ethnicity, class, sexualorientation, and religion.RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu205
CORPORATE &CONTINUINGEDUCATIONCorporate & Continuing Education (CCE) provides noncrediteducational enrichment for workforce advancement andprofessional credentialing.CCE is committed to providing quality educationalexperiences to help individuals reach their highest potential,enhancing personal enrichment and professional growththrough lifelong education and workforce development.CCE understands the pressures and challenges businesses facein their pursuit of growth and success. The goal is to helporganizations be more competitive by developing a competentand committed workforce. Through various services ofcustomized contract training, open enrollment, workforcedevelopment and small business counseling, CCE providesorganizations with the assistance they need to achieve success.Allied HealthAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, thedemand for health care professionals has rapidly increased inrecent years. As a result, Allied Health disciplines are amongthe fastest-growing occupations. The Allied Health programprovides quality, comprehensive, and innovative educationalprograms for health care workers. Classes are offered yearround,days and evenings. Classes can also be delivered onsiteto your organization/company.Continuing & Professional EducationProfessional Development programs help individuals remaincurrent and marketable in today's business environment.Individuals may enroll in non-credit courses and certificateprograms to enhance credentials, update skills and retrain fornew occupations. Courses and certificate programs are availablein business management, career development, customer service,communication/writing skills, computer technology, digitalphotography, exam preparation, human resources, insurance,leadership, project management, and many other areas. For acomplete listing, visit www.raritanval.edu/cce.New Pathways to TeachingRVCC, in collaboration with New Jersey City University(NJCU), provides an alternate route to teacher certification forgrades K-12. New Pathways to Teaching provides a structuredprogram to obtain a teacher certification for individuals whohave not taken a traditional teacher education curriculum. Thosewho qualify and enter the program may choose to work towardtheir certification only or may opt to receive 15 graduate creditstoward their Master’s degree from NJCU.Customized TrainingCCE's Business & Industry Training Services offersresponsive performance consulting and training solutions thatare designed to enhance human capital and performance leadingto higher levels of productivity and profitability for today’sdiverse, fast-paced, global business environments. Our expertperformance consultants and trainers, world-class businesstraining partners, customization of training curriculum and 24/7training delivery options allow us to meet the educational needsof today's businesses.Public Safety InstituteThe Somerset County Police Academy is a division of thePublic Safety Institute. Located on the RVCC campus, theAcademy enjoys the reputation of being one of the finesttraining facilities in the State. The Academy has been certifiedby the New Jersey Police Training Commission (P.T.C.) since itsinception in 1987. The Police Academy is operated by the staffof the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office in conjunction withthe Somerset County Sheriff's Office and Chiefs or Directors ofPolice of all municipal police departments within SomersetCounty.The Academy conducts two basic courses for police officerseach year. The Basic Course, which lasts 24 weeks, is one of thelongest and most comprehensive of its kind in the state and isbest described as a blend of military training and collegeacademics. Graduates of the basic police recruit program arecertified as <strong>Community</strong> Policing Officers by the U.S.Department of Justice and the program is administered by theNew Jersey Regional <strong>Community</strong> Policing Institute.The Academy conducts basic training courses annually forcounty corrections officers, as enrollment dictates. The 11-weekprogram prepares personnel entering the corrections field for asuccessful and safe career.In 2008 the Academy also began conducting a 24-week basictraining course for NJ State Parole Officers.In addition, the Academy conducts more than 125 continuingeducation courses each year for uniform patrol officers,corrections officers, detectives and assistant prosecutors.Small Business Development CenterThe Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers smallbusiness owners the assistance they need to plan and developsuccessful and profitable ventures. The purpose of the SBDC isto help aspiring small business owners, and those alreadyoperating a business, define or redefine their business objectivesand assist them in moving forward. The SBDC providesservices to small businesses in all industries, includingtechnology, manufacturing, retail, service, wholesale, as well asinternational trade.Services offered include:Free Counseling – free, confidential one-on-one counselingoffered at various locations throughout Somerset and Hunterdoncounties.Free Resource Materials – extensive business library offeringa variety of small business publications and Internet access forbusiness research.Free and Low-cost Workshops – conducted by experiencedprofessionals, successful business owners, consultants andfederal and state government specialists.Visit the SBDC website at www.SBDCRVCC.com.SCORE Chapter 14Free counseling services to new and growing businesses areprovided by the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE),a voluntary group of active and retired business executives. Thelocal chapter, Chapter 14, has been meeting at <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> to serve Central Jersey since 1977.Individuals interested in using this service can make anappointment through the Institute by calling (908) 526-1200,extension 8235.206 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
GOVERNANCE<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> is sponsored by the Somerset and Hunterdon County Boards of ChosenFreeholders through the <strong>College</strong> Board of Trustees. The <strong>College</strong> comes under the general regulatory supervisionof the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. Known as Somerset County <strong>College</strong> for 18 years, the<strong>College</strong> officially changed its name to <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> (RVCC) on July 24, 1987, to reflectthe significant change in the administrative structure of the <strong>College</strong>. RVCC became the first bi-county college inthe State, when Hunterdon County joined in support of the <strong>College</strong> with Somerset County.As part of the merger, Hunterdon gained four seats on the <strong>College</strong> Board of Trustees. The 15-membergoverning body includes seven members appointed by the Somerset Board of Chosen Freeholders, threemembers appointed by the Hunterdon Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Executive County Superintendents fromboth Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, two members appointed by the New Jersey State Board of HigherEducation and an alumni representative. The <strong>College</strong> President serves as an ex-officio member of the Board ofTrustees.<strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>Board of TrusteesPaul J. Hirsch, ChairmanEvelyn S. Field, Vice ChairCatherine McVicker, Vice ChairFrank T. ArapsRaymond H. BatemanJoetta Clark DiggsTrudy DoyleJohn Graf, Jr.John L. McGuirePeter G. SchoberlFrederic C. SterrittGerald J. VernoticaKate R. WhitmanRobert P. WiseLindsay Troyer, Alumni RepresentativeSomerset CountyBoard of Chosen FreeholdersJack M. Ciattarelli, DirectorRobert Zaborowski, Deputy DirectorPeter S. PalmerPatricia L. WalshPatrick ScaglioneHunterdon CountyBoard of Chosen FreeholdersWilliam G. Mennen, DirectorJ. Matthew Holt, Deputy DirectorGeorge B. Melick, FreeholderRonald M. Sworen, FreeholderRobert G. Walton, FreeholderCasey Crabill, PresidentRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu207
THE ADMINISTRATIONCasey Crabill, President. B.A., Skidmore <strong>College</strong>; M.S., Ed.D, StateUniversity of New York at AlbanySenior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Under search.John Trojan, Vice President of Finance and Facilities. B.S., St.Peter’s <strong>College</strong>; M.B.A., Wharton Graduate Business SchoolCharles E. Chulvick, Vice President for Technology, Assessment andPlanning. B.A., Kings <strong>College</strong>; M.Sc., University of WalesJacki Belin, Dean of <strong>College</strong> Advancement. B.S., BinghamtonUniversity, State University of New York; M.B.A., New YorkUniversity Leonard N. Stern School of BusinessNancy Moore, Vice President for Human Resources and LaborRelations. B.A., M.P.A., Rutgers UniversityJanet Luton Perantoni, Dean of Corporate and ContinuingEducation. B.S., University of Nebraska; M.A., Rutgers UniversityDiane Lemcoe, Dean of Student Services. M.P.A., University ofMissouriJill Accomando, Assistant Director - Infant & Toddler Coordinator -Teacher, Children’s Campus. B.S., East Straudsberg UniversityJacinthia Alexander, Theatre Manager. B.A., Florida StateUniversityMargaret Amorosa, Project Coordinator, Facilities and GroundsAmy Anderson, Web Developer. B.A., Lafayette <strong>College</strong>Tarana Baldwin, Director of Academic Program Outreach. B.A.,Hampton UniversityLonny W. Buinis, Instructional Designer. B.S., Stevens Institute ofTechnology; M.S., Stevens Institute of TechnologyRebecca Case, Academic Recruiter. A.A., <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong>; B.A., B.A., Drew University; M.A., Montclair StateUniversityRichard Celeste, Director of Public Service. B.A., St. Francis<strong>College</strong>; M.A.Ed., Seton Hall University; Ed.D., Nova SoutheasternUniversityDonyea Collins, Director, EOF. B.S., Barber-Scotia <strong>College</strong>Kristen David, Academic Advisor. B.S., M.S., University of RhodeIslandMichael DePinto, Purchasing Coordinator. B.S., University ofDelawareGreg DeSanctis, Academic Advisor. B.S., Pennsylvania StateUniversityJoseph Dipietro, Assistant Director of Facilities for Energy andProject Management.Jacqueline Drummer, Director of Laboratory Services. B.S.,Thomas A. Edison State <strong>College</strong>; M.A., Centenary <strong>College</strong>Ralph Dunhamn, Program Director, Youth Programs. B.S., SetonHall UniversityElizabeth Enz Lewis, Staff Accountant. A.A.S., <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>; B.S., Thomas Edison State <strong>College</strong>Valerie Fania, Payroll Manager. A.S., <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong>Brenda Fisher, Assistant Dean, Workforce Development/CCE. B.A.,Rutgers UniversityM. Christine Foster-Cates, Academic Advisor. M.Ed., SeattleUniversityAmie Gallagher, Planetarium Associate. M.S., Fordham UniversityJeanne A. Giordano, Executive Director of Management,Conference and Communication Services. A.A., Somerset County<strong>College</strong>; B.A., Thomas A. Edison State <strong>College</strong>John Gouldey, Manager of the Bookstore.Cathy Griffin, Director of Children’s Campus. M.S., Bank Street<strong>College</strong> of EducationKeith J. Guerin, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment.B.A., Gettysburg <strong>College</strong>; M.S.W., West Virginia University; Ph.D.,University of Georgia AthensWilliam Harnden, Assistant Director of Small BusinessDevelopment Center. B.S., Ramapo <strong>College</strong>Anne Hickey, Child Care Teacher. B.A., Kean University; GroupTeacher Certification, State of New JerseyJudith Impell, Coordinator of Disabilities Services. M.A., MontclairState <strong>College</strong>Larry Jenkins, Regional Director, Small Business DevelopmentCenter. B.A., B.A., Rutgers UniversityJulia West Johnson, Associate Dean, Workforce BusinessDevelopment. B.A., Kansas Wesleyan University; M.S., NJITNancy Jordan, Dean of Academic Program Development &Partnerships. B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., ColumbiaUniversityMaureen Kennedy, Assistant Director of the Foundation. B.A.,Rowan <strong>College</strong>David Kring, Director, Testing Center. Ed.M., Rutgers UniversityLinda Laba, Financial Analyst. M.B.A., Seton Hall UniversityPhebe Lacay, Assistant Director of Institutional Research. M.S.Ed.,Baruch <strong>College</strong>Cristina Lankay, Theatre Associate. B.A., Richard Stockton <strong>College</strong>Nancy Lestrange, Director of Information Systems. B.S., RutgersUniversity; M.S., New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAlan C. Liddell, Director of Theatre. B.A., University of DaytonKelly Lindstrom, Business Systems Analyst. A.A.S., A.S., <strong>Raritan</strong><strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>; B.S., Thomas Edison State <strong>College</strong>Audrey Loera, Assistant Dean of Academic Programs &Partnerships. B.A., Villanova University; M.P.A., Andrew JacksonUniversityMichael E. Machnik, Executive Director of Instructional Computingand Technology. A.S., Massachusetts Bay <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>; B.S.,Worcester State <strong>College</strong>; M.S., Emerson <strong>College</strong>Pearl Margolis, Director of Cultural Outreach. M.A., Seton HallUniversityTodd Markewicz, Manager of the Print Shop. A.A.S., <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>Lisa Markov, Print & Web Design Coordinator. B.F.A., RutgersUniversity; B.S., Central Michigan UniversityWayne Martin, Athletic Director. M.S., Long Island UniversityTheresa McAllister, Assistant Controller. B.S., <strong>College</strong> of St.ElizabethMartha McNulty, Director of Career and Technical EducationPartnership. M.S., NJITLeonard Mesonas, Director, Financial Aid. B.A., Rutgers UniversityPaul T. Michaud, Director of Transfer and Career Services. B.S.,Lyndon State <strong>College</strong>; M.Ed., James Madison UniversityLester Miller, Executive Director of Business Services. M.S., <strong>College</strong>of New JerseyTheresa Moody, Program Manager, NJACE. M.A., Ball StateUniversityLori Moog, Director, Service Learning & <strong>Community</strong> Outreach.B.A., City University of New York; M.A., University of PhoenixBirte Nebeker, Director of the Library. M.A., University ofCopenhagen; M.L.S., Rutgers UniversityJose Olivares, Director of <strong>Community</strong> Outreach. B.A., B.A., RutgersUniversityKelly Oliver, Multi Media Specialist/Web Editor. M.A., The NewSchool University208 RVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
Mary O’Malley, Executive Director of Enrollment Services. M.Ed.,University of South Carolina - ColumbiaBrian O’Rourke, Executive Director of Facilities and Grounds.B.S.E., Villanova UniversityDaniel Palubniak, Registrar. M.Ed., Rutgers UniversityChad Peters, Public Services Coordinator.Darlene Pickerell, Academic Program Coordinator. B.S., ThomasEdison State <strong>College</strong>Phyllis Pitts, Academic Recruiter. B.A., Florida A&M UniversityPatricia Richmond, Assistant Registrar. B.S., Centenary <strong>College</strong>;M.P.A., Centenary <strong>College</strong>Wendy Rizzolo, Child Care Teacher. B.A., Leeds University, UnitedKingdom; Post Graduate Certificate in Elementary Education,Manchester Polytechnic, United KingdomDavid J. Ross, Director, First Year Experience. B.A., M.A.,Montclair State UniversityLenore Schuller, Benefits Manager. B.S., Montclair State University;M.S., Upsala <strong>College</strong>Melinda Sherwood, Outreach & Communication Specialist. M.A.,Johns Hopkins UniversityHolly Smythe, Instructional Designer. B.S., Indiana University;M.Ed., Indiana University; M.S., Bloomsburg UniversityLisa Spencer, Project Manager, HOPE. B.A., Mount Holyoke<strong>College</strong>Maxwell M. Stevens, Dean of Instruction. B.S., St. Augustine<strong>College</strong>; M.B.A., Atlanta University; Ed.D., Rutgers UniversityDonna Stolzer, Director of Media Relations. B.A., BrandeisUniversity; M.A., Hunter <strong>College</strong>Elizabeth Sullivan, International Academic Advisor. B.S., EastStroudsburg UniversityMary Sullivan, Executive Director of Student Life and CivicEngagement. B.S., <strong>College</strong> Misericordia; M.B.A., CaliforniaLutheran UniversityMyra D. Swanson, Associate Dean of Instruction. B.A., Spelman<strong>College</strong>; M.A., Columbia UniversityRobert Szkodny, Security Site Supervisor. M.A.S., FairleighDickinson UniversityJanet Thompson, Executive Director of Marketing. B.A., Seton HallUniversityLaura Sue Thornley, Student/<strong>Community</strong> Service Specialist. M.A.,The <strong>College</strong> of New JerseyJoanne Travaglini, Academic Advisor & Outreach Coordinator.B.A., University of DelawareThomas Valasek, Interim Dean of Faculty. B.A., St. Vincent<strong>College</strong>; M.A., Ohio University; M.A., New York UniversityWil van der Veen, Director, NJACE. Ph.D., University of LeidenLisa Villanueva, Academic Advisor. B.A., Queens <strong>College</strong>Jerome M. Vinski, Director of the Planetarium. B.S., ClarionUniversity of Pennsylvania; M.S., Clarion University of PennsylvaniaAlaysha Walker, Student Activities Coordinator. B.S., University ofPhoenixCheryl Wallace, Human Resources Manager. B.S., North CarolinaCentral UniversityAnne Walters, Academic Advisor. A.S., <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Community</strong><strong>College</strong>; B.A., Drew University; M.S., Kansas State UniversityDebra Weiner, Director, Tutoring Services. B.S., State University ofNew York at BuffaloJohn Wheeler, Academic Advisor. B.A., George WashingtonUniversity; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.S., S.U.N.Y.John Wiedemann, Production Coordinator, Theatre.Violet Willensky, Controller and Executive Director of Finance.B.S., Montclair State UniversityJaché Williams, Admissions Advisor. B.A., B.A., Duke UniversityReinhold Woykowski, Safety & Facilities Manager, 2nd Shift.FACULTYSiham A. Alfred, Professor, Mathematics. B.A., Beirut <strong>College</strong> forWomen; M.S., American University of Beirut; Ph.D., RutgersUniversityAnne Marie Anderson, Instructor, Accounting. B.S., M.S., SetonHall UniversityDaniel Aronson, Associate Professor, Economics. B.A., S.U.N.Y.;M.A., Rutgers UniversityLori Ann Austin, Instructor, Mathematics. M.A., Rowan UniversityMaryann Balut, Assistant Professor, Nursing. M.S., Mercy <strong>College</strong>Sarah Banfield, Instructor, Speech. Ed.D., West Virginia UniversityMarianne Baricevic, Instructor, Anatomy. Ph.D., Rutgers UniversityRola Bekdash, Assistant Professor, Anatomy. M.S., AmericanUniversity of BeirutCheryl Bell, Assistant Professor, ESL. M.A., University of FindleyBoualem Bendjilahi, Instructor, Mathematics. Ph.D., University ofCincinnatiMark Bezanson, Associate Professor, Communications. B.A.,Rutgers University; M.A., New York UniversityWilliam Black, Associate Professor, Accounting. B.S., LehighUniversity; M.S., Pace University; Ph.D., New York UniversityAngela Bodino, Professor, English. B.A., Barnard <strong>College</strong>; M.A.,Rutgers University; Ed.D., Rutgers UniversityBarbara Bretcko, Professor, English. B.A., Indiana University ofPennsylvania; M.A., Washington UniversityStephen Brower, Assistant Professor, Computer InformationSystems. B.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology; M.S., New JerseyInstitute of TechnologyJanice Buttler, Associate Professor, Nursing. A.A.S., <strong>Raritan</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>; B.S., Seton Hall University; M.S., RutgersUniversityEdward Carr, Assistant Professor, Microbiology. Ph.D., RutgersUniversityPatrice Case, Assistant Professor, Nursing. M.S., Hunter <strong>College</strong>David Chase, Instructor, English. Ph.D., University of CaliforniaYoungjun Choi, Assistant Professor, Mathematics. B.S., NorthDakota State University; M.S., New Jersey Institute of TechnologyDeborah Corbett, Professor, Psychology. B.A., Montclair State<strong>College</strong>; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., New York UniversityMark Cozin, Professor, Sociology. B.A., Lafayette <strong>College</strong>; M.Phil.,University of LondonWilliam Crosbie, Instructor, Gaming. Ed.M., Columbia UniversityMargaret Czerw, Associate Professor, Chemistry. Ph.D., RutgersUniversityPatricia Davis, Associate Professor, Accounting. B.S., Long IslandUniversity; M.A., S.U.N.Y.; M.B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityLynne DeCicco, Professor, English. B.A., Rutgers University; M.A.,Columbia University; M.Phil., Columbia University; Ph.D.,Columbia UniversityMaria M. DeFilippis, Esq., Professor, Paralegal Studies. B.A.,Douglass <strong>College</strong>; J.D., Rutgers UniversityMegan Dempsey, Instructor, Librarian. M.S.LIS, Long IslandUniversityMiriam Dumville, Professor, Psychology. B.A., MarymountManhattan <strong>College</strong>; M.A., Fordham UniversityThomas Edmunds, Assistant Professor, Computer InformationSystems. B.A., Penn State University; M.S., Penn State University;Ph.D., Penn State UniversityRobert Egan, Professor/Technical Services Librarian. B.A., WilliamPaterson <strong>College</strong>; M.L.S., Pratt Institute; M.A., Rutgers UniversityW. Michael Fagan, Assistant Professor, Finance. B.S., University ofVirginia; M.B.A., Indiana University; M.S., Stevens Institute ofTechnologyRVCC 2010-2011 Catalog • For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu209
Justin Felix, Instructor, English. B.A., Kent State University; M.A.,Kent State UniversityWilliam Flynn, Assistant Professor, Business & Public Service.M.A., John Jay <strong>College</strong>Loretta Fois, Assistant Professor, Dance. M.F.A., Ohio StateUniversityMira Franke, Assistant Professor, Physics. M.S.E., Ph.D., Univ