2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

7 Course DescriptionsIntermediate AccountingACCT 2050 4 CreditsThis course provides an in-depth presentationof accounting for balance sheet accounts,financial statement preparation and analysis.This course expands on financial accountingtopics such as inventory and financialstatement analysis.Prerequisite: ACCT 1010 or ACCT 2020.Professional Issues in AccountingACCT 2060 3 CreditsThis course requires students to applyfinancial accounting concepts and examinecurrent issues in the accounting profession.Topics covered include the development ofwork papers, writing of accounting reports,understanding accounting documents, and theaccountant-client relationship.Prerequisite: ACCT 1010 or ACCT 2020 andENGL 1021. Recommendation: CAPL 1025 orCSCI 1021.Accounting Cases and ApplicationsACCT 2070 3 CreditsA course that examines the accountingprofession through case studies and theapplication of accounting principles. Thiscourse includes group projects, an examinationof professional ethics, and the writing aspectsof the profession.Prerequisite: ACCT 2060 or consent ofinstructor.AnthropologyIntroduction to the Social and BehavioralSciences: ANTH, PSYC and SOCANTH 1000 3 CreditsThis course serves as a broad introduction tothree of the social and behavioral sciences:Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology. Thecourse provides an overview of the history,theories, research methods, and researchpublications of each discipline. The courseis designed to help students to acquire theknowledge and skills that will enable them tosucceed in the introductory courses in thesethree disciplines.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 0090, or completion of RDNG 0080with a grade of “C” or higher or consent of theinstructor. Restriction: May not be taken forcredit if credit has been earned in PSYC 1000or SOC 1000.Introduction to Physical Anthropology:Human OriginsANTH 1022 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 03 & 10This course is an introduction to physicalanthropology through the study of humanorigins. This includes a detailed introduction toevolutionary theory and related topics, such asMendelian and population genetics, taxonomy,and primate behavior and ecology. Centralto the course is the human and non-humanprimate fossil evidence, and the evolutionaryorigins of modern Homo sapiens. This courseis intended for new students in anthropology.Prerequisite: Assessment score placement inRDNG 1000 or completion of RDNG 0090 witha grade of “C” or higher.Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyANTH 1023 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 05 & 08This course examines the fundamental socialprocesses that universally bind humanstogether and tear them apart: subsistence,language, kinship, reproduction, alliances, foodproduction, economics, competition, warfareand death. The anthropological approach tothese topics is to study human societies fromaround the world using the guiding conceptsof culture and evolution.Introduction to ArchaeologyANTH 1025 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 05 & 07Archaeology is the study of past humanbehaviors. Using excavation and othermethods, archaeologists study the materialremains of people from the past. Studentswill study specific archaeological discoveriesfrom all over the world and at different timeperiods, and learn about the methods andtheories that archaeologists employ in theirinvestigation of the past. Students will havehands-on experience with methods likemapping and excavation documentation andopportunities to discuss ethical issues inarchaeology.Prerequisite: Assessment score placement inRDNG 1000 or completion of RDNG 0090 witha grade of “C” or higher.Sex and GenderANTH 2031 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 05 & 08This course will examine sex and gender froman anthropological perspective. Anthropologyrecognizes that human behavior and socialsystems arise as a result of the interactionof our biology and our environment. Thisclass will begin by studying sex from anevolutionary perspective. Later, the classwill turn to the topic of gender, which is thebehavior associated with each sex as definedvaryingly by different cultures. Students willstudy gender across many different culturesaround the world and look for patterns to seeka better understanding of our species andourselves.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin ENGL 1021 or completion of ENGL 0090with a grade of “C” or higher, and assessmentscore placement in RDNG 1000 or completionof RDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Word processingproficiency.Anthropology of Human NatureANTH 2061 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 05 & 10This class introduces the broad anthropologicalstudy of behavior from a Darwinianperspective. Students explore the evidenceconcerning the evolution of primate behaviorand the past several million years of humanevolution with a strong emphasis on thebehavior of our ancestors. Initial topics includea detailed introduction to natural selectionand a brief survey of human evolution. Thisis followed by readings and lectures on theevolution of primate and human tool use,meat-eating, cooperation, food-sharing, mateselection, sex, child-rearing, and conflict. Oncethe students are familiar with evolutionarytheory and the evolutionary history of humanbehavior the focus turns to universal patternsin modern human behavior.Prerequisite: Assessment score placement inENGL 1021 or completion of ENGL 0090 with agrade of “C” or higher, and assessment scoreplacement in RDNG 1000 or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.106 Century College 2010-2011