2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

Advanced Metal Inert Gas Welding IIWLDG 1015 2 CreditsRequires students to identify shop, machine,and personal safety rules, focuses ondeveloping welding skills in the vertical downand overhead position with the metal inert gaswelding process.Prerequisite: WLDG 1011.Flux Cored Arc WeldingWLDG 1019 3 CreditsThis course is designed for students todevelop welding skills using flux cored arcwelding. Topics include shop, machine, andpersonal safety rules. Course emphasis is onthe flat, vertical, horizontal, and overheadpositions with the flux cored arc weldingprocess. Students must be able to performphysical tasks in order to complete courserequirements.Prerequisite: WLDG 1011.Introduction to ARC WeldingWLDG 1021 1 CreditThis course covers shielded metal arc safetyand basic shielded metal arc procedures.Students will weld various joints in the flatposition with 6013 and 6011 rod using the ARCwelding process.Advanced ARC Welding IWLDG 1022 2 CreditsThis course focuses on developing weldingskills in the horizontal and vertical downpositions with 6011 and 6013 rod using theARC welding process.Prerequisite: WLDG 1021.Advanced ARC Welding IIWLDG 1025 2 CreditsThis course focuses on developing weldingskills in the vertical down and overheadpositions with 6011 and 6013 rod using theARC welding process.Prerequisite: WLDG 1021.Women andGender StudiesFoundations of Women’s StudiesWGST 1061 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 05 & 09Foundations of Women’s Studies is aninterdisciplinary course in which we examinethe diversity of women’s experiencesthroughout history and across cultures, races,ethnic groups and religions. The courseintroduces the theories and methodologiesof the field of Women’s Studies with a focuson factors such as gender, sexuality, sexualorientation, age, and life course. This courseis required for the Women and Gender StudiesCertificate.Recommendation: Assessment scoreplacement into ENGL 1021, or completionof ENGL 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Assessment score placement into RDNG 1000,or completion of RDNG 0090 with a grade of“C” or higher.Introduction to GLBT StudiesWGST 1071 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 05 & 07This course familiarizes students with thedebates and history surrounding sexualorientation, identity, and experience,particularly recent court decisions on theGLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender)community. Students will learn the factors thatframe social, cultural, and political discourseson GLBT topics and develop a deeperunderstanding of how the GLBT community isportrayed in the popular media. Students of allgenders and sexual orientations are welcome.Recommendation: Assessment scoreplacement into RDNG 1000 or above, orcompletion of RDNG 0090 with a grade of“C” or higher; assessment score placement inENGL 1021 or completion of ENGL 0090 with agrade of “C” or higher.7 Course DescriptionsWomen in Global PerspectiveWGST 2061 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 05 & 08The major focus of this course is contemporarywomen’s activism in the world. The coursetakes a global perspective, looking forinterconnections between different regionsand cultures, and combining a comparativeinvestigation of specific issues with a casestudy approach. Students will use currenttheories of Globalization and Development toanalyze cross-cultural social, economic, andpolitical aspects of women’s lives and themultiple ways diverse groups of women takeaction to improve their condition.Recommendation: Assessment scoreplacement in RDNG 1000 or above, orcompletion of RDNG 0090 with a grade of“C” or higher; assessment score placement inENGL 1021 or completion of ENGL 0090 with agrade of “C” or higher.Special Topics in Womenand Gender StudiesWGST 2790 1 - 3 CreditsTopics of special interest which may vary.Recommendation: Assessment scoreplacement in RDNG 1000 or above, orcompletion of RDNG 0090 with a grade of“C” or higher; assessment score placement inENGL 1021 or above, or completion of ENGL0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.651.779.3300 201