Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

CHEmISTry • COmmUNICaTION • COmpUTEr-aIDED DESIGNreacton mechansms of alphatc and aromatc compounds. Thelaboratory conssts of the technques used n the preparaton,purification, and classification of typical compounds. Study ofthe chemstry of carbon compounds and ther smple dervatves;ncludng structure, propertes, preparaton, and typcal reactonmechansms; emphaszng alphatc and aromatc functonalgroups. Laboratory work ncludes general technques n organcchemstry, synthess of representatve organc compounds, anduses of modern methods of analyss. Three hours lecture, threehours laboratory per week.[ALTERNATE YEARS - FALL ODD]4 creditsPREREQUISITE: CHM 122.CHM 222 Organic Chemistry IIContnued study of carbon compounds, ncludng reacton mechansmsand syntheses of carboxylc acd dervatves, aldehydes,ketones, amnes, and phenols. Lfe process compounds are ntroduced.Laboratory work covers modern methods of analyss,ncludng gas chromatography and nfrared and nuclear magnetcresonance spectroscopy. Three hours lecture, three hourslaboratory per week.[ALTERNATE YEARS - SPRING EVEN]4 creditsPREREQUISITE: CHM 221.COMMUNICATIONg.ed.COM 101 Fundamentals of Oral CommunicationFoundatons of communcaton theory and practce relevant tondvdual, small group, and publc settngs. Major unts ncludetheores of communcaton, nterpersonal communcaton, groupdscusson (teamwork), ntervewng, and publc-speakng.Three hours lecture per week.[FALL/SPRING]3 creditsCOM 104 Introduction to American Sign LanguageThs s an ntroductory course to Amercan Sgn Language (ASL).Students wll receve nstructon n the grammatcal features ofASL, vocabulary development, and conversatonal sklls. Alsocovered will be aspects of deaf culture, finger-spelling, and nonverbalcommuncaton. Upon completon of the course, studentswll have studed approxmately 500 lexcal sgn tems and areable to communcate n a rudmentary manner wth hearng-mparedndvduals. Three hours lecture per week.[AS NEEDED]3 creditsCOM 150Fundamentals of OrganizationalCommunicationBasc concepts and applcatons of busness and professonalcommuncaton. Unts covered nclude organzatonal culture,workplace diversity, listening, conflict management, interview-ng, teamwork, meetng management, busness presentatons,vsual ads (ncludng computer-aded graphcs), and voce mal.Three hours lecture per week.[FALL/SPRING]g.ed.3 creditsCOM 160 Interpersonal CommunicationIndvdual communcaton styles and ther effects on relatonshpsn personal and work envronments. Focus of the coursewll be on developng awareness of communcaton technquesand more accurate percepton of self and others. The course ncludesboth theory and applcaton of communcaton strategesn daly nteractons. The effects of medated communcaton onnterpersonal communcaton wll also be explored. Three hourslecture per week.[AS NEEDED]3 creditsCOM 170 Introduction to Journalism and News MediaAn ntroducton to the journalsm professon ncludng wrtng,edtng, and producton sklls requred n prnt, broadcast, onlneand emergng news meda formats. Key unts also ncludethe hstory of journalsm, the Frst Amendment, legal and ethcalissues, the media’s influence on culture, developing journalismand publc relatons practces. Three hours lecture per week.[AS NEEDED]3 creditsCOM 180 Introduction to Mass MediaAn ntroducton to theory, hstory, structure, and functons ofmass media (print, film, recording, radio, television, and multimeda).Ths course s desgned to ntroduce the students to thehstorcal, cultural, and socal mplcatons of modern meda.Through case studies, reflection/viewing exercises, and otherprojects, students are encouraged to engage n crtcal analyss ofthe socetal, cultural, and technologcal mplcatons of the massmeda ndustry. Three hours lecture per week.[AS NEEDED]3 creditsCOM 201 Theories of Human CommunicationAn ntroductory survey of theores concernng ntrapersonal,nterpersonal, group, organzatonal, publc, mass meda, andntercultural communcaton to provde the theoretcal bases forfurther study n communcaton. Ths course emphaszes boththeory and applcaton to mprove sklls n crtcal thnkng, observaton,and oral and wrtten communcaton. Course nstructonncludes lecture, dscusson, actvtes, group work, studentpresentatons, and case studes. Three hours lecture per week.[AS NEEDED]3 creditsCOMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNCAD 100 Introduction to CADA study of the fundamentals of computer-aded draftng throughthe operaton of a personal computer usng computer-aded desgnsoftware. Course concepts wll nclude draftng and desgn,systems storage and retreval of programs from a dsk-operatedsystem, constructng mult-vew drawngs, and accessng thosefiles to printers and plotters. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratoryper week.[SPRING]3 creditsPREREQUISITE: DFT 101.CAD 110 Intermediate CADA contnuaton of CAD 100 coverng such topcs as usng lbrar-es of pre-drawn materals, producng 3-D drawngs, assgnngdata to graphc symbols, customzng AutoCAD software bycreatng specal screen menus and graphcs tablet overlays, and173