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History
	HIST 3515 - Modern Latin America (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of Area A English requirements and Area E History requirements, with a Grade of “C” or better. This course focuses on the history of Latin America from the independence movements in the early 19th century to the present. Themes will include independence, the end of African slavery in Latin America, industrialization, 20th century political and cultural movements, and current issues in the region.
	HIST 3520 - History of Middle East and India (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum The Middle East and India from the earliest times to the present. Special attention will be given to the origins of civilizations and major world religions in ancient period; the rise and development of Islam up to the early modern period; and the political, cultural, social and economic history of the Middle East and India in modern times, including imperialism, nationalism, independence and religious revival.
	HIST 3525 - Europe and the Islamicate World 6000-1800 (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102 and the History requirement in Area “E.” This course will trace the dynamic relationship between “Europe” and the “Middle East” from the rise of Islam to the Enlightenment. Through philosophical works and travel accounts from the Mediterranean region, students will examine how European and Middle Eastern views of the “other” evolved over time as the domination of the Mediterranean shifted from East to West. We will investigate this dynamic within the context of the major components of culture and assess the points of contact that led to moments of intolerance and conflict and periods of amicable and co-beneficial associations
	HIST 3535 - History of Modern India and South Asia (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and completion of the Area E History requirement The history of India/South Asia from the period of British colonialism, through independence, partition and to the current period. The themes explored in the course includes the British colonial encounter, social reform movements, communalism and economic development.
	HIST 3540 - History of China and Japan (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and completion of history requirements in Area E Examines the history of China and Japan from the appearance of agriculture around the Yellow River to modern times.
	HIST 3545 - The Byzantine Empire (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and completion of the Area E History requirement Lecture based course focusing on the Byzantine Empire, from its birth starting with the division of the Roman Empire to its final demise in 1453, when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople. Course traces the scientific, artistic, political, military, and cultural achievements of this long-lived empire, and follows it evolution for antiquity to a medieval society, sowing the seeds of a number of developments during the Renaissance.
	HIST 3710 - Comparative Business History (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1102 and Area E History requirements This course traces the evolution of the business enterprise in America, Britain and Japan from 1600 to the modern era. Specific focus will be on the historic factors for business growth, the relationship between business and labor, the rise of regulation and the impact of business on society.
	HIST 3721 - History of Ancient and Medieval Science (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1102 and Area E History requirements Examines the interactions of science and technology with the social and cultural development of world civilization, the importance of scientific inquiry as compared with other kinds of inquiry and the key contributions made by significant investigators, inventions and events. Emphasizes the period from earliest times to the Scientific Revolution of the Sixteenth Century.
	HIST 3722 - History of Modern Science and Technology (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and completion of history requirements in Area E Examines the interactions of science and technology with the social and cultural development of world civilization, the importance of scientific inquiry as compared with other kinds of inquiry and the key contributions made by significant investigators, inventions and events. Emphasizes the period from just before the Scientific Revolution of the Sixteenth Century to modern times.
	HIST 3740 - Ancient and Medieval Military History (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History requirement and ENGL 1102 Examines the history of warfare in the ancient and medieval worlds. Close attention will be paid to the goals of warfare both personal and political and the structural means for declaring and fighting wars. It will also focus extensively on the composition and organization of military forces and the tactics and equipment of war, and how these change over time.
	HIST 3760 - History of Politics and Culture, from Antiquity to the Enlightenment (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum This course investigates the history of the interaction between political culture and ideas and how these mutually shape each other from antiquity to the Enlightenment. While the course is historical in nature, a final unit focuses on critiquing the entire tradition of culture, politics and ideas. It culminates by requiring students to construct their own ideal state.
	HIST 3775 - Medieval Life, Religion and Thought (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum A study of the history, culture and religious life of the medieval world, the class examines documents, texts and archaeological data from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages (300-1500). Topics include the transformation of late Roman society and politics, kingship, chivalry and romance, religion, Icelandic sagas, philosophy and mysticism, historically understanding medieval texts, encounters with non-European cultures, crusade, plague and the life of the “3 orders.”
	HIST 3850 - Introduction to Public History (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102 and the History Sequence in Area “E.” An introduction to the principles, techniques and basic approaches used in the professional practice of public history. The course is a survey of different disciples which comprise public history, including (but not limited to) historic preservation, historic and cultural site management, heritage tourism, museum administration, and archives and record management.
	HIST 4145 - Sixties America (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102 and the History Requirement in Area “E” A study of America in the 1960s, a crisis period in U.S. history out of which emerged major cultural change and new political arrangements. Students will examine a variety of secondary and primary sources – novels, “underground” newspapers, photographs, music, documentaries and government documents - to develop an understanding of the racial, ethnic and social movements that dominated the era.
	HIST 4250 - Intellectual and Cultural History of Colonial America (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and completion of the Area E history requirement This course surveys the intellectual and cultural history of the British colonial origins of the United States up to 1763. We’ll study the ideas, philosophies, religious beliefs, art, literature, popular culture, entertainment, artifacts, and everyday habits of Americans who lived during this early period. Several interrelated themes structure this course; the changing relationship between “high” and “low” culture; the evolution of thinking about representative democracy and government; the recurrent national quest for distinctly “American” forms of intellectual and cultural expression; and the role of religion, schools, and science in shaping American thought.
	HIST 4388 - World War II (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102 and the History Requirement in Area “E.” A study of the origins, course and consequences of the Second World War, focusing equal attention on the Pacific and European theaters from the early 1930s up to 1945. This course emphasizes diplomacy and military history, but also examines the impact of total war on the civilian populations, governments, soldiers and nations that fought the conflict.
	HIST 4527 - Jews and Christians in the Muslim World to 1800 (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History Requirement and ENGL 1102 The course focuses on Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communal relationships from the seventh century to the end of the eighteenth century in Southwest Asia, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula. Topics include intra- and inter-communal cultural, political, and commercial developments, as well as the status of minorities within these religious groups. This course does not emphasize the specific doctrines of these religions, but rather investigates how people of different faiths lived together.
	HIST 4575 - The Atlantic Slave Trade (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1102 and the History requirement in Area “E.” This course traces the development of the Atlantic slave trade from its fifteenth-century infancy to its abolition in the nineteenth century. Among the topics to be covered: the African cultural context and understanding of slavery; the mechanics of the slave trade; the demographics of the slave trade; the experience of the slave trade for the enslaved and for slavers; comparative European slavery systems; the evolution of western racial thought; the transformative impact of Atlantic slavery on Africa, the Americas and Europe; and the emergence of an international abolitionist movement.
	HIST 4670 - Social Revolutions in Modern Latin America (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of the Area E history requirement and ENGL 1102 The course examines the role of social revolutions in Latin America’s history since the early twentieth century. Emphasis may be placed on various revolutions of the modern era including Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Bolivia and Chile. The course will explore the complex origins, processes, and experiences of revolution and analyze the diverse impacts of social revolutions both nationally and internationally.
	HIST 4780 - Cultural and Intellectual History of the Ancient Mediterranean World (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1102 with a grade of C or higher, sophomore status or higher, and completion of Area E History Requirements An historical investigation into the cultures and ideas of the Mediterranean world and of the historical role of these in the synthesis of cultures. Politics, ideas, and the human view of the world from 800 BCE to 600 CE. It will culminate with the ways that the contributions of the ancient world were preserved in Late Antiquity.
	HIST 4900 - History Capstone (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of 33 credit hours in history. The culminating experience for all history majors not specializing in teacher education in which students will produce a senior project that draws upon the skills and competencies learned while majoring in history. Students will work with the instructor and in consultation with other history faculty to design, research and write a significant thesis, historiographical essay, or other project on a historical topic.
	HIST 4990 - Special Topics in History (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of Area E history requirement and ENGL 1102 Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Honors
	HNRS 1000 - Working Title (1) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the First Year Honors Experience HNRS 1000 introduces First Year Honors Experience students to the concepts, expectations, and requirements of the GGC Honors Program through discussion, reflection, and analysis of a theme, text, or topic of the instructor’s choosing integrative of GGC’s four core values of Scholarship, Creativity, Leadership, and Service. It familiarizes FYHE students with the honors program - the design of the program, the level of commitment expected of honor students, the experiences honor students can expect, and the requirements they will need to fulfill in order to graduate from GGC with honors - and acclimates them to the rigor and depth of honors study.
	HNRS 3000 - Honors Special Topics (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the GGC Honors Program, hold sophomore status or higher, and have completed Area A of the core curriculum HNRS 3000 guides students through intensive interdisciplinary inquiry on course topics which vary by semester. HNRS 3000 places special emphasis on how interdisciplinary study fosters civic engagement and sustainable partnerships across disciplines and communities, through experiential learning and service. The course offers students exposure to faculty and/or staff expertise from diverse disciplines, with an emphasis on experiencing GGC’s four core values of scholarship, leadership, service and creativity.
Human Development Aging Services
	HDAS 2000 - Introduction to Human Development and Aging Services (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1101 and (SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1160 ) both with a grade of “C” or better Introduction to the field of Human Development and Aging services is concerned with how individuals develop and interact throughout the life course/span. Human development will address birth through death using a systems approach for understanding development; physical, intellectual, emotional, and social. Students will study patterns and themes that allow us to comprehend the diversity of human development. We will spend time studying reciprocal relationships between individuals, groups, families, and other social institutions (social, economic, and political organizations).
	HDAS 3000 - Aging and Cultural Diversity (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and HDAS 2000 with a grade of “C” or better or Permission of Instructor This course illuminates cultural, biological, physiological, emotional, cognitive, economic, and social aspects of aging and how these concepts vary across many dimensions, including social class, race/ethnicity, gender, religion, and others. It examines local, national, and global polices to open a consideration of and sensitivity to issues of aging and a recognition that policies often fail to reflect the realities of those at the bottom of social hierarchies.
	HDAS 4000 - Work, Aging and Retirement (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and HDAS 3000 both with a grade of “C” or better or Permission of Instructor This course provides an examination of aging in the workforce and retirement from a sociological life course perspective. Attitudes, ageism, demographics, diversity, health, and economics are considered. This course will be useful to anyone pursuing a career working with, or effective policy that impacts, older workers or retirees.
	HDAS 4010 - Death, Grief and Dying (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and HDAS 3000 both with a grade of “C” or better or Permission of Instructor This course is designed to help students understand the sociological aspects of thanatology, the scientific study of death and associated practices including work with the terminally ill and their families. Themes to be explored include cross cultural perspectives on death, grief, funeral practices and rituals, medical and legal ethics, euthanasia, and suicide.
	HDAS 4020 - Birth and Parenthood (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 and HDAS 3000 both with a grade of “C” or better or Permission of Instructor Students will analyze experiences of birth and parenthood both nationally and globally. Students will address the experiences of procreation and parenting historically, culturally, using a constructionist perspectives. Students will look at state and federal policies and the way regulation and surveillance have shaped procreation and parenting issues. Other course topics will include: procreative politics, medical and non-medical constructions of pregnancy, care giving, birth control, adoption, and parenthood. We will primarily intersectional, and feminist perspectives.
	HDAS 4500 - HDAS Senior Capstone (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: HDAS 4000 or HDAS 4010 or Permission of Instructor This course is designed to help students integrate content from the Human Development and Aging Services degree from a theoretical, methodological, and practical orientation. Students are expected to demonstrate competences in applied research and the role of leadership.
Information Technology
	ITEC 1001 - Introduction to Computing (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: HSGPA >=3.2 or ACT MATH >=17 or SAT MATH >=400 or ACCM >=67 or COMM>=37 or MATH 1111* concurrently AND ACT ENGL>=17 or SAT CR READ >=430 or (ACCR >=61 and ACCW >=4) or (COMR>=74 and SEGX >= 8) or ENGL 1101 with a C or higher Introduction to computers and applications software. Upon completion of this course students will: (1) understand the evolution of information technology and future trends; (2) describe the ethical issues surrounding the uses of digital information; (3) demonstrate proficiency in the use of various personal productivity software; (4) understand the functionality and interaction among the main hardware components of a computer and appropriate terminology; (5) acquire basic knowledge of computer security, protection mechanisms and privacy threats on Internet; (6) understand the role of computing tools in supporting collaborative projects; (7) understand the principles of computer networking; (8) understand different types of systems and application software.
	ITEC 1001H - Introduction to Computing Honors (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: HSGPA >=3.2 or ACT MATH >=17 or SAT MATH >=400 or ACCM >=67 or COMM>=37 or MATH 1111* concurrently AND ACT ENGL>=17 or SAT CR READ >=430 or (ACCR >=61 and ACCW >=4) or (COMR>=74 and SEGX >= 8) or ENGL 1101 with a C or higher Co-requisite: Enrollment in the GGC First Year Honors Experience or Honors Program; or, permission of the Dean of the School of Science and Technology and the Director of the GGC Honors Programs. This 4-credit hour course provides an introduction to computers and applications software. Areas of study include: hardware; system software; application software; problem solving; networking and security; and application packages such as word processing, spread sheets, presentation software, and database. This course also offers an integrated educational experience providing you with opportunities where applicable to explore the meanings of and develop abilities related to the four core values espoused by the college and our Honors Programs: leadership, creativity, service, and scholarship. In part, this means that ITEC 1001-H consistently will challenge you and offer you learning opportunities that fully support the College’s Vision and Mission via the promotion of a dynamic learning community.
	ITEC 2110 - Digital Media (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 ; A course that takes students through the development of all forms of digital media. Upon completion of this course students will: (1) understand various forms of digital media in the Internet environment; (2) build digital media documents as a communication tool in the Internet environment; (3) publish digital media documents in the Internet; (4) apply multimedia in digital media publication; (5) evaluate digital media; (6) understand legal issues on digital media.
	ITEC 2110-H - Digital Media (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 The Digital Media Honors course is being offered to provide students in GGC’s Honors Program with an enhanced learning experience. The course will offer an integrated educational experience providing opportunities where applicable to explore the meanings of and develop abilities related to the four core values espoused by the college and our Honors Programs: leadership, creativity, service, and scholarship. In part, this means that Digital Medial 2110-H consistently will challenge you and offer you learning opportunities that fully support the College’s Vision and Mission via the promotion of a dynamic learning community. Students also will increase their conceptual knowledge of emerging digital technologies while gaining hand-on experience with interdisciplinary projects that extend beyond the walls of the classroom to the GGC campus and larger community.
	ITEC 2120 - Introduction to Programming (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 ; ENGL 0999 ; MATH 1111 or MATH 1001 An introduction to concepts, principles and skills of programming. Upon completion of this course students will: (1) Demonstrate algorithmic thinking and its function in building solutions; (2) design and implement programming solutions to solve problems; (3) apply basic programming concepts including: variables, arrays, conditional expressions, control structures, and functions; (4) implement programming solutions that interact with external data sources; (5) describe the major facets of the professional practice of software development.
	ITEC 2130 - Web Technologies (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1.) Design, create and deploy a website; 2.) Design and create web animations; 3.) Describe the social and economic implications of social networking; 4.) Discuss current and emerging web technologies; and 5.) Utilize web technologies for an international environment.
	ITEC 2140 - Programming Fundamentals (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 ; ENGL 0999 ; MATH 1111 This course is recommended for ITEC Majors and Minors only. An introduction to concepts, principles and skills of programming. Upon completion of this course students will: 1) understand the evolution of computer languages (from machine code to object-oriented); 2) understand the concept of the coding process and code manipulation; 3) analyze real world problems and design algorithmic and programming solutions; 4) understand the general ideas of classes and objects as elements of a programming environment; 5) know general ideas about conditional expressions, functions and control structures; 6) prepare, execute and debug program code within an interactive programming environment; 7) demonstrate a consistent and readable programming style.
	ITEC 2150 - Intermediate Programming (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2140 ; MATH 2300 or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2300 More advanced programming concepts, principles and skills. Upon completion of this course students will: (1) understand and apply the concepts of inheritance, polymorphism and generic classes in OOP to design a programming solution; 2. Demonstrate an understanding of exception handling to write robust programming solutions; 3. Understand and apply reusability in OOP through classes, inheritance and genericity in the implementation of programming solutions; 4. Understand and use Input/Output mechanisms; 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the basics of recursion and have the ability to apply recursion to solve problems that are recursive in nature; 6. Demonstrate an understanding of basic data structures (stacks, queues, lists) and be able to choose the most adequate data structure to solve a problem; 7. Explain the representation of primitive data types and objects in memory; 8. Prepare, execute and debug program code within an interactive programming environment; 9. Demonstrate a consistent and readable programming style.
	ITEC 2201 - Introduction to Information Systems (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 (ITEC 2110 & ITEC 2120 recommended for IT Majors); A study of the fundamentals of information systems, including what they are and how they affect organizations. Upon completion of this course students will: (1) understand the key concepts of information systems (IS) and information technology (IT); (2) understand how IS and IT can be applied to gain competitive advantage in business; (3) understand the role and impact of IS/IT on globalization; (4) understand the role of application software in organizing data and demonstrate an ability to use such software; (5) demonstrate knowledge web site development using application software; (6) understand the different information systems used to support business functions at an organization; (7) understand the system development life cycle and its role in developing/supporting information systems; (8) understand the importance of project management and demonstrate an ability to use project management software; (9) understand the security, ethics and privacy issues involved along with future emerging trends in technology.
	ITEC 3100 - Introduction to Networks (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 ; ITEC 2140 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) A top-down exploration of networking. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) understand the basics of data communications and networking; (2) describe the overall network architectures, especially the Internet concepts and terminologies; (3) explain how network hardware and software work together; (4) understand major network protocols (TCP/IP and related protocols); (5) recognize network infrastructure hardware (hub, switch, router, gateway, wireless access and so on); (6) understand network design and operation essentials; (7) acquire basic knowledge of security issues in computer networks.
	ITEC 3150 - Advanced Programming (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) A conceptual and practical introduction to advanced programming. After completing the course students will be able to: (1) demonstrate an ability to code, debug and test event driven programs; (2) understand the basic principles of multithreading and demonstrate an ability to code, debug and test simple multi-threaded programs ; (3) understand the basic concepts of memory allocation and management; (4) demonstrate the ability to choose from fundamental data structures, their algorithms and implementations; (5) know the different algorithmic strategies and demonstrate an ability to analyze them; (6) demonstrate a consistent and readable programming style.
	ITEC 3200 - Introduction to Databases (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2140 or ITEC 2120 and (ITEC 2201 or BUSA 3100 ) Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Introduction to fundamental concepts of database management. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) understand data, metadata and database systems core concepts; (2) understand logical/physical data organization and transaction management fundamental concepts; (3) understand the relational database model; (4) understand and use entity relationship (ER) modeling for conceptual design; (5) understand and use normalization of database tables technique to reduce data redundancy; (6) understand and use the core portion of structured query language (SQL) for data manipulation; (7) design, test and use databases within the course scope and in framework of Microsoft Access database application environment
	ITEC 3300 - Information Security (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2201 or BUSA 3100 and (ITEC 2120 or ITEC 2140 ) Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) This course is intended to introduce students to the basics of information security. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: 1) Define and analyze the key concepts of information security, including confidentiality, integrity, authentication and availability, and identify the salient issues, viewpoints, and trade-offs of information security; 2) Describe and apply the basic concepts and primitives of cryptography, including private-key and public-key encryption, message authentication and digital signature; 3) Describe and apply basic mechanisms of system security, including access control and confinement; 4) Explain attacks against the internet and web applications; 5) Describe protocols that secure the internet and web, including secure email protocols, defense against Structure Query Language (SQL) injection, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), and intrusion detection of malware; and 6) identify and examine basic human and ethical issues in information security and apply appropriate security controls to systems.
	ITEC 3350 - Digital Commerce (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2201 or BUSA 3100 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) This course covers basic business practices using electronic commerce. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) understand the key concepts of e-commerce; (2) demonstrate knowledge of various e-commerce business models; (3) identify and discuss current business issues in e-commerce; (4) demonstrate an understanding of the technology infrastructure for e-commerce; (5) demonstrate a working knowledge of security issues related to e-commerce; (6) evaluate different types of payment systems used in ecommerce; (7) demonstrate an understanding of the online marketing communications in e-commerce; (8) demonstrate proficiency in developing a business report on the Web using HTML; (9) analyze and evaluate an e-commerce business; (10) plan an e-commerce business.
	ITEC 3450 - Computer Graphics and Multimedia (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1113 and ITEC 2110 and ITEC 2140 or (ITEC 2120 if taken before Fall 2014) Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) This course introduces the many facets of interactive multimedia design and production. Upon completion of this course, students will: 1) Describe the foundations of computer graphics; hardware systems, math basis, light, and color. 2) Identify applications of computer graphics. 3) Construct transformations, rotations, and scaling using transformation matrices, 4) Compose graphics programs using a graphics library such as Graphic Design Interface (GDI). 5) Explain key components of the rendering pipeline, especially visibility, rasterization, viewing, and shading. 6) Explain the complexities of modeling realistic objects.
	ITEC 3550 - User Centered Design (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2110 ; ITEC 2150 ; ITEC 2201 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) This course develops an understanding of the user-centered design process. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) discussing a variety of user interfaces including websites, graphical user interfaces and embedded systems; (2) using industrial applications illustrating how UI design issues have been addressed within different organizations; (3) exercises using different media.
	ITEC 3600 - Operating Systems (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2201 and ITEC 2150 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) This course examines operating system design concepts, data structures and algorithms and systems programming basics. Upon completion of this course students will be able to 1) describe the structures and components of an operating system; 2) explain basic operating system concepts and functions, advantages and issues associated with virtualization; 3) implement short and long term CPU scheduling to control multitask programs; 4) illustrate operations of UI and able to implement simple interrupt handling in a context of UI; 5) implement multi-process and concurrent process programs utilizing process synchronization; 6) describe how file systems are organized and how files are managed in OS; 7) describe memory management strategies and how those strategies are implemented in OS.
	ITEC 3700 - Systems Analysis and Design (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2201 , ITEC 2150 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Students become familiar with various concepts, principles and stages of computer-based information systems analysis and design Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) apply a variety of techniques to analyze business problems and discover system requirements; (2) effectively communicate system requirements to both technical and non-technical audiences business and other areas; (3) identify candidate technical solutions, analyze those candidate solutions and recommend a target system that meets requirements and major topics in AI; (4) prepare technical design specifications for building systems that meet a given set of system requirements with an emphasis on the interface and program levels; (5) describe general design principles from within and outside of the systems development field and evaluate extent to which existing systems conform to such principles.
	ITEC 3860 - Software Development I (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 ; ITEC 2201 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) First course in a sequence that teaches students to use the software development life cycle including problem definition, systems analysis, requirements gathering, designing systems, development of systems, testing and implementation. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) Demonstrate skills needed to gather software requirements from the client and analyze them to create software specifications; (2) Choose appropriate software development model based on software requirements; (3) Create a software design by applying sound design principles and using modeling tools; (4) Demonstrate the knowledge and proper usage of design patterns to create reusable designs; (5) Develop and implement automated and manual unit tests; (6) Develop project plans and utilize them to track project development; (7) Collaboratively develop a simple system using object-oriented approach.
	ITEC 3870 - Software Development II (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3860 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Second course in a sequence that teaches students to use the software development life cycle including problem definition, systems analysis, requirements gathering, designing systems, development of systems, testing and implementation. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) apply project management concepts to the software development process; (2) effectively measure the software process using various metrics; (3) identify and describe various software systems; (4) describe the differences in developing various software systems; (5) develop a software system of medium complexity using a software development process appropriate for it; (6) develop and implement a test plan for the software system developed; (7) design and implement user interfaces.
	ITEC 3900 - Professional Practice and Ethics (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2201 or BUSA 3100 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Familiarizes students with professional practice in the information technology profession. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) learn about the common practice in information technology profession; (2) identify the best practice and practical it collaboration skills; (3) understand societal context and it technology’s impact on social matters; (4) learn about it ethical issues and professional responsibilities; (5) explain how to use the web and internet properly; (6) learn to respect intellectual property rights; (7) understand privacy and security issues; (8) familiar with the open source movement; (9) understand software code of ethics.
	ITEC 4100 - Advanced Networks (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3100 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) More advanced networking concepts, principles and skills. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) learn advanced network protocols including ipv6; (2) learn next generation wire line network architecture; (3) learn next generation infrastructure for wireless networks; (4) learn advanced network applications including VoIP, video on demand, multimedia conference and so on.
	ITEC 4110 - Digital Media Capstone Project (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Two (2) courses from the following: ITEC 4450 , ITEC 4550 , ITEC 4650 ITEC 4130 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) More advanced digital media concepts, principles and skills. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) propose a project in the digital media realm. the project will result in the production of some form of digital media or address some novel use or implementation; (2) orally defend the proposal providing preliminary timelines and milestones; (3) generate a detail plan for the execution of the chosen project that includes timelines and milestones; (4) demonstrate consistent forward progress along that timeline; (5) collect documents and notes in a portfolio that documents the process, progress and setbacks encountered during this project (which must include dated project notes kept in a bound project notebook); (6) produce, publicize and present the project and final result in a formal public forum; (7) apply multimedia in digital media publication; (8) evaluate digital media; (9) understand legal issues on digital media.
	ITEC 4130 - Human Computer Interaction (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2110 ; ITEC 2150 ; ITEC 2201 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Introduction to human-computer interaction and the design of systems that work for people and their organizations. Upon completion of this course students will be able to understand the manner in which humans interact with and use, their computers for productive work.
	ITEC 4150 - Enterprise Process Integration (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 , ITEC 3200 , ITEC 3700 The course addresses how processes in an organization can be improved, innovated, and enables by information technology. The course examines the methods and techniques to analyze, design, implement, automate, and integrate enterprise processes using information technology and systems. Course Outcome Goals: 1. Understand how to describe and analyze processes in an organization 2. Understand enterprise process modeling concepts and techniques 3. Be able to model enterprise processes in an organization 4. Be able to identify weaknesses in a given enterprise process design and suggest improvements 5. Understand the basic steps and different approaches to process redesign 6. Be able to redesign a given process with improvement patterns and best practices 7. Be able to develop an implementation and integration strategy for IT-enabled enterprise processes.
	ITEC 4170 - International Studies in Information Technology (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2201 and approval by the instructor The course covers a variety of information technology topics with an emphasis on the impact of global issues on design, development and adoption of IT systems. The course involves traveling to a foreign country (or countries) to examine differences and similarities of IT systems between the U.S. and other countries. Specific content and instructions will vary by the instructor. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: 1) Compare and contrast IT systems between the U.S. and other countries; 2) Analyze differences in IT resources and infrastructure in different countries; 3) Understand the impact of cultural differences on development and implementation of IT systems; (4) Evaluate the impact of globalization of IT industry.
	ITEC 4200 - Advanced Databases (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3200 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) More advanced database concepts, principles and skills. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: 1) Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of database concepts and capabilities within the database management framework; 2) Demonstrate use of database manipulations techniques in a database management system; 3) Demonstrate understanding of database structures in the creation and management of database objects; 4) Implement goals 1 through 3 in one or more of the following: database programming, database design/modeling and/or database administration/architecture.
	ITEC 4210 - Information Analytics (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 and ITEC 3200 This course enables students to gain an appreciation and understanding of enterprise data, the benefits that can accrue from mining that data, and the kinds of technologies and systems needed to implement and mine enterprise-wide data warehouses. Course Outcome Goals: 1) Define data warehouses and data mining and their role in supporting organizational operations. 2) Demonstrate proficiency in the key techniques, tools and processes for data mining within enterprises and organizations. 3) Interpret the fundamentals of the core building blocks of data mining system. 4) Identify emerging technologies in the context of data warehousing ad data mining. 5) Describe different methods of data mining as a problem-solving technique. 6) Explain how information analytics and data mining can be used to support the decision making process.
	ITEC 4220 - Advanced Data Analytics (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 2450 , MATH 2000 , ITEC 4210 Cover data analytics topics from data sources, to machine learning algorithms, and information retrieval techniques. Provide applied programming experience with hands-on projects involving real data. Explore and use popular data analysis platforms and tools. Completion of the course will be primarily assessed with graded practice exercises showing the student’s ability to: (1) Identify the data analytics life cycle and issues surrounding large scale data stores; (2) Identify the preprocessing needs of different data sources and analyze them by using various tools such as command line and novel data formats; (3) Apply data mapping and reduction methods in distributed computing platforms; (4) Develop and modify programs in data-oriented computing languages for dimensionality reduction, association rule mining, time series analysis, clustering, and classification; (5) Design and apply information retrieval methods for text and image analysis and retrieval.
	ITEC 4250 - Embedded Systems (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3870 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) More advanced database concepts, principles and skills. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of database concepts and capabilities within the database management framework; (2) Demonstrate use of database manipulation techniques in a database management system; (3) Demonstrate understanding of database structures in the creation and management of database objects; (4) Implement goals 1 through 3 in one or more of the following: database programming, database design/modeling and/or database administration/architecture.
	ITEC 4260 - Software Testing and QA (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3860 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Concepts and techniques for testing software and assuring its quality. Topics cover software testing at the unit, module, subsystem and system levels; automatic and manual techniques for generating and validating test data; the testing process; static vs. dynamic analysis; functional testing; inspections; and reliability assessment. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) learn about theory of software testing; (2) gain skills in various testing environments; (3) develop test cases; (4) practice QA and software testing via projects.
	ITEC 4310 - Operating Systems Security (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3300 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) This course teaches security principles for OS security. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) learn security principles for Unix and Windows systems; (2) implement account security; (3) implement file system security; (4) assess security risks; (5) reduce security risks.
	ITEC 4320 - Internet Security (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 , ITEC 3100 ITEC 3300 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Topics in cryptography and network security. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) understand the constructions of basic cryptographic primitives and protocols (e.g. private-key and public-key cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party protocols, etc.), learn to reason their security/insecurity and apply them to secure the internet; (2) learn how to construct secure authentication protocols; (3) learn the principles of designing secure protocols for the internet and its applications; (4) understand the constructions, strengths and weakness of the standard protocols deployed to secure the internet and its applications (e.g. IPsec, ieee 802.11i, Kerberos, pki, ssl/tls, set); (5) learn the techniques for defense against malware; (6) learn the techniques for defense against denial of service attacks; (7) learn the principles of designing secure protocols for e-commerce and other applications (e.g. secure payment, auction and voting).
	ITEC 4330 - System Administration (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3100 and ITEC 3600 ITEC 4330 System Administration teaches students the fundamentals of system administration using modern operating systems. Upon the completion of the course, students are able to: 1) install and configure a multi-user serve OS and computer programs in a server computer; 2) manage (add, remove and/or restrict) user accounts in the system with access privileges; 3) monitor system resource (such as CPU, memory and I/O) usages and utilize the monitored results for effective administration; 4)operate master consoles using command line interfaces to install/configure/monitor computer systems; 5) use scripting language to automate common administration tasks; 6) describe basic issues (including user access privileges, file system permissions) in security as system administrator.
	ITEC 4400 - Special Topics in Information Technology (1-4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of Area F and approval by instructor Focused study of a specialized topic, problem, issue, or technology of interest to faculty and students. No more than 6 credit hours may be applied toward the major. Upon completion of the course, students will: 1) Demonstrate knowledge of emerging IT concepts or technologies that are related to the special topic. 2) Demonstrate knowledge of applicable literature, as is relevant to the special topic 3) Demonstrate proficiency in solving IT problems. May be repeated if topics are different.
	ITEC 4450 - Web Development (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2130 , ITEC 2150 and ITEC 3200 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Fundamental programming concepts and techniques in web development. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: 1)Understand the basic concepts of web clients and servers, as well as how they enable the operation of web-based applications; 2) Choose appropriate technologies and development tools to address a given web development task; 3) Develop web site front-ends using client side programming; 4) Develop web site back-ends using server side programming; 5) Develop web sites that integrate with local or remote databases; and 6: Understand the development life cycle for web-based applications and services.
	ITEC 4550 - Mobile Application Development (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2110 , ITEC 2150 This course covers fundamental programming concepts and techniques used in mobile applications development. Upon completion of this course students will be able to design, simulate, construct, debug, test, deploy and document a substantial mobile application project. After completing the course students will be able to: 1) Describe the various platforms and frameworks used to develop mobile applications. 2) Describe the mobile application life cycle. 3) Design, simulate, construct, debug, test and deploy mobile applications. 4) Create applications for a variety of devices. 5) Create user interfaces appropriate for mobile applications. 6) Interface with other co-resident applications, such as location-based services, browsers, and multimedia applications. 7) Interface with mobile platform peripheral interfaces, such as: cameras, near field communication sensors, Bluetooth, accelerometers, Accuplacer, gyroscopes, and phone hardware. 8) Publish applications in the mobile app ecosystem such as Google Play Store, Apple App Store, Windows App Store, etc.
	ITEC 4650 - Game Development (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 and ITEC 3450 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Fundamental programming concepts and techniques in computer gaming. Upon completion of this course students will be able to learn those concepts and techniques in current state-of-the-art video games.
	ITEC 4700 - Artificial Intelligence (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in IT applications. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) understand the basics of AI from historical, philosophical perspective; (2) understand the impact of artificial intelligence in business and other areas; (3) develop a conceptual understanding of the basic issues and major topics in AI; (4) develop programming and designing skills that could be applied in building AI systems; (5) be able to select and implement a suitable AI method for a given problem.
	ITEC 4750 - Enterprise Architecture Design (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2201 , ITEC 4150 This course develops the competencies necessary to conceptualize, design, implement and, manage enterprise architecture. An enterprise architecture is a blueprint for organization change that describes how the organization operates today and how it intends to operate in the future. This course presents leading frameworks for developing and managing enterprise architecture; provide “hands on” experience with a variety of enterprise architecture modeling tools, techniques and methods; and, introduce students to leading commercially-available enterprise-wide applications - commonly referred to as Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP). Course Outcome Goals: 1. Understand enterprise architecture and how it relates to an organization’s overall structure at the operational, tactical and strategic levels. 2. Demonstrate proficiency in the key techniques, tools and processes for enterprise architecture design. 3. Develop and articulate an enterprise-architecture for an exemplar organization using one of the main enterprise-architecture frameworks. 4. Acquire a fundamental understanding of the leading enterprise architecture methodologies. 5. Acquire basic knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) and how these course serve as the basis for an organizations enterprise-architecture. 6. Understand emerging technologies in the context of enterprise architecture modeling. 7. Gain an appreciation of working on enterprise architecture modeling projects in a team environment and obtain experience with team-management. 8. Understand how enterprise architecture decisions impact the firm.
	ITEC 4810 - Information Technology Project I (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3100 , ITEC 3200 , ITEC 3300 , ITEC 3700 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Capstone project course for Information Technology majors. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) apply common project practice; (2) utilize ITEC knowledge and experience (in a synthesized way) in problem solving; (3) explore (in-depth) documentations; (4) understand the importance of system documentation; (5) deliver practical results following industry practice.
	ITEC 4820 - Information Technology Project II (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 4810 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Capstone project course for Information Technology majors. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) apply common project practice; (2) utilize ITEC knowledge and experience (in a synthesized way) in problem solving; (3) explore (in-depth) documentations; (4) understand the importance of system documentation; (5) deliver practical results following industry practice.
	ITEC 4860 - Software Development Project (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 3200 , ITEC 3150 and ITEC 3870 Co-requisite: ITEC 4260 Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Capstone project course for Information Technology majors. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) apply common software project practice; (2) develop software projects; (3) understand the importance of system documentation; (4) deliver practical software following industry practice.
	ITEC 4900 - Information Technology Internship (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: ITEC 2150 , ITEC 3100 , ITEC 3200 , ITEC 3900 and permission of Internship Coordinator Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop) Internships are supervised experiential experiences in an ITEC related field. Upon completion of the course, the student will (1) Acquire real world job experience by successfully completing an internship with a company or organization, (2) Utilize effective oral and written communication with customers, clients, supervisors, and other employees in the working environment, (3) Obtain skills to assist with the transition from academia to the organizational environment, and (4) Demonstrate critical thinking and problem analysis, utilizing various tools and technologies.
Integrated Science
	ISCI 2001 - Integrated Life/Earth Science (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of the Area D Science requirement with grade of C or better in each course This course is an integrated science course covering major concepts in the areas of life and earth science. The course will emphasize the nature and skills of science as well as the understanding of major science concepts and principles in these fields. The use of an inquiry based approach throughout the course will enhance the application of these concepts to the teaching of elementary and middle grades students. Upon completion of the course, students will: 1) Demonstrate scientific method and the process of scientific inquiry; 2) Describe the organization of life from the cellular level to the ecosystem; 3) Understand how organisms interact with their environment; 4) Understand the geological processes that shape the earth and their impact on the biosphere; 5) Demonstrate understanding of the components of the solar system; 6) Communicate effectively regarding scientific topics in oral and written form using appropriate scientific terminology; 7) Apply scientific concepts covered in the course to global issues and perspectives including newsworthy scientific stories.
	ISCI 2002 - Integrated Physical Science (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: Completion of the Area D Science requirement with grade of C or better in each course This course is intended for students planning a career in elementary education. It provides a conceptual understanding of important concepts of physical science and the application of pedagogical knowledge, grounded in research-based techniques, necessary to teach physical science concepts in order to meet the diverse needs of learners across P-5 grade environments. Topics will include matter, energy, motion, circuits, waves and optics. The level of mathematics required will be the level of one equation and one unknown. Use of technology is required. This course is aligned with state and national standards. Upon completing the course, students will: (1) Be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works; (2) Have the computational and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations; (3) Appropriately use tools and instruments for observing, measuring and manipulating objects in scientific activities; (4) Use the ideas of system, model, change and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters; (5) Communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly; (6) Apply the important features of the process of scientific inquiry. (7) Apply fundamental physical science concepts related to matter, energy, force and fields to real world systems.
	ISCI 2500 - Physics and Earth Sciences (2) Credit Hours Co-requisite: MATH 1113 This course is for secondary education majors and does not meet the requirements for other Biology tracks. This is an Interdisciplinary Science that course gives secondary education students a background in physics and earth sciences, as required by NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) and GPSC (Georgia Professional Standards Commission). Topics to be covered include: Physics (motion, gravity, energy transformation, waves, electromagnetism, nuclear, quantum and relativity), Astronomy (origin and structure of the universe and the solar system, observational tools and conditions for life), Geology (history and composition of Earth, plate tectonics, resources and weathering) and Climate (the atmosphere, forecasting and climate change). Elementary algebra and trigonometry are used. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) Apply the scientific methods; (2) Construct and interprets charts, graphs, and tables to draw conclusions; (3) Use computational and estimation skills to analyze data and compose scientific explanations; (4) Communicate scientific information effectively in oral and written form using appropriate terminology and media.
	ISCI 3800 - Broad Field Science and Chemistry (2) Credit Hours Prerequisite: CHEM 2211K , and (PHYS 1112K or PHYS 2212K ) In this course, students will learn how to set up, manage, and execute chemistry experiments appropriate for Grades 6 to 12 while covering major concepts in selected areas of life and earth science. The course focuses on conveying a specialized set of skills required to teach secondary school science, which include developing technical expertise in creating and preparing chemistry lab experiments, and using inquiry based approaches to emphasize the scientific skills, methods, concepts and principles applicable to chemistry and allied fields. Specifically, this course will prepare students to: 1) apply the scientific method, the process of scientific inquiry, ad effectively communicate in oral and written form scientific information, 2) safely plan, prepare, facilitate, and clean-up educational laboratory exercises centered around chemical applications to biological, earth, and materials science, and 3) apply scientific concepts to issues in society, business, industry, and health fields.
Leadership
	LEAD 3000 - Essentials of Leadership (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 This course introduces students to the foundations of leadership, necessary to be effective leaders in organizations. The course provides an overview of the major theories of leadership, as well as an understanding of basic leadership principles necessary to effectively lead organizations.
	LEAD 3100 - Leading Organization Change (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 This course investigates processes of planned organizational change with emphasis on organizational change theory, organizational diagnosis, change intervention strategies, overcoming resistance to change and the role of power and influence.
	LEAD 3500 - Leadership in Teams (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 This course introduces students to leadership in teams, emphasizing topics such as interpersonal dynamics, conflict management and negotiation, leadership in diverse organizations and managing diversity, and relevant ethical and social issues. Students will be exposed to discussion on questions including how to inspire others, how to mobilize people and harness difference, how to thrive in a team, how to lead change, how to overcome adversity and failure, etc. This course emphasizes the foundations of leadership necessary to be effective leaders in organizations and provides an overview of the major theories of leadership, as well as an understanding of basic leadership principles necessary to effectively lead organizations.
	LEAD 3700 - Decision Making and Creative Problem Solving (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 This course focuses on making decisions and developing creative solutions to difficult problems within an organizational context. Students will have the opportunity to learn about various decision making models, including the process of creative problem solving. To achieve this goal students will gain substantial hands on experience with creative problem solving and problem solving techniques that are applied to a number of domains (i.e. leadership, change, entrepreneurship, conflict management etc.) and will also be exposed to the concept of situational constraints on decision making. This course also introduces heuristics for the application of various decision making models to help students understand when various techniques are appropriate.
	LEAD 4100 - Global Leadership (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: LEAD 3000 ; BUSA 3200 ; or Consent of Instructor This course examines the traits, skills and behaviors needed to be an effective leader in a global context. Leadership theory, organizational building, social change and interdisciplinary approaches to complex global issues will be the main components of this course.
	LEAD 4750 - Leadership Practicum (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MGMT 4350 ; Senior standing or permission of the instructor This course gives students an opportunity to identify, plan, implement and evaluate a leadership project within the context of a community-based organization. Students will work as part of a team to identify a project, in collaboration with the organization’s leaders, that will benefit the organization and will allow the students to further develop their leadership skills. The project will be carried out under the guidance of the course faculty member and a designated member of the organization.
Mathematics
	MATH 0997A - Support to Quantitative Reasoning ACCESS (3) Credit Hours This course is designed as a co-requisite course and should only be taken with MATH 1001 ^: Quantitative Reasoning. Students enrolling in this co-requisite course must remain enrolled in both courses for the semester. Student will not be permitted to withdraw from one of the courses (either MATH 0997A or MATH 1001 ^) and not the other. Students who do not successfully complete this course will be expected to re-enroll in the co-requisite model (MATH 0997 and MATH 1001 ^) the following semester. This course is designed to support students taking MATH 1001 ^: Quantitative Reasoning with just in-time assistance. Topics will parallel topics studied in MATH 1001 ^ as well as essential quantitative skills needed to be successful in MATH 1001 ^. After completing this course, the student will be able to 1: Interpret and use mathematical language appropriately, including the areas of set theory, logic, probability, and statistics. 2: Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations. 3: Express and apply basic tools of logic. 4: Analysis and communicate quantitative and mathematical information presented in multiple ways (including graphical, numerical and verbal) 5: Demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking to create combinatorial arguments. 6: Learn appropriate study skills to enhance the possibilities of success in the quantitative aspects of future courses.
	MATH 0998A - Introduction to Mathematical Modeling Support (3) Credit Hours Co-requisite: MATH 1101* MATH 0998A: This 3 credit hour course is designed to support a student takingMATH 1101* with just in time assistance. Topics will be parallel topics being studied in MATH 1101* as well as the essential algebraic skills needed to be successful in MATH 1101* . Students who have successfully completed this course will: 1) Model situations from a variety of settings in mathematical forms by extracting quantitative data from a given situation, translating the data into information in various modes, evaluating the information , abstracting essential information, making logical deductions, and arriving at reasonable conclusions; 2) Manipulate mathematical information, concepts, and thoughts in verbal, numeric, graphical and symbolic form while solving a variety of problems; 3) Solve multiple-step problems through different (inductive, deductive and symbolic ) modes of reasoning; 4) Express mathematical information , concepts, and thoughts in verbal, numeric, graphical and symbolic form while solving a variety of problems; 5) Shift among the verbal, numeric, graphical and symbolic modes of considering relationships; 6) Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 1001 - Quantitative Skills and Reasoning (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: HSGPA >=3.2 or ACT MATH=17 or SAT MATH >=400 or ACCM >=67 or COMM >=37 AND ACT ENGL >=17 or SAT CR READ >=430 or (ACCR >=61 and ACCW >=4) or (COMR >=74 and SEGX >=8) or ENGL 1101, ENGL 1101H, ENGL 1101*, ENGL 1101^ concurrently This course emphasizes quantitative reasoning skills needed for informed citizens to understand the world around them. Topics include logic, basic probability, data analysis, and modeling from data. After successfully completing this course, students will be able to: 1. Interpret and use precise mathematical language appropriately, including (but not limited to) the areas of set theory, logic, probability and statistics. 2. Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations. 3. Use logical connectors appropriately to form compound statements and apply them to ap0plications such as searching databases. 4. Read, interpret, and present data in multiple representations, especially graphical and numerical. 5. Create and analyze combinatorial arguments using tools such as permutations and combinations. Note: This course is an alternative in Area A of the Core curriculum and is not intended to supply algebraic background for students who intend to take Pre-Calculus or the Calculus sequences for mathematics and science majors.
	MATH 1101* - Introduction to Mathematical Modeling (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: HSGPA < 3.0 or ACT MATH <17 or SAT MATH <400 or ACCM <67 or COMM <37 AND HSGPA 3.1 or ACT ENGL >=17 or SAT Cr. Reading >=430 or (ACCR >=61 and ACCW >=4) or (COMR >=74 and SEGX >=8) or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101* or ENGL 1101^ or ENGL 1101H Co-requisite: MATH 0998A This course is an introduction to mathematical modeling using graphical, numerical, symbolic, and verbal techniques to describe and explore real-world data and phenomena. Emphasis is on the use of elementary functions to investigate and analyze applied problems and questions, supported by the use of appropriate technology, and on effective communication of quantitative concepts and results. Students who have successfully completed this course will: 1) Model situations from a variety of settings in mathematical forms by extracting quantitative data from a given situation, translating the data into information in various modes, evaluating the information , abstracting essential information, making logical deductions, and arriving at reasonable conclusions; 2) Manipulate mathematical information, concepts, and thoughts in verbal, numeric, graphical and symbolic form while solving a variety of problems; 3) Solve multiple-step problems through different (inductive, deductive and symbolic ) modes of reasoning; 4) Express mathematical information , concepts, and thoughts in verbal, numeric, graphical and symbolic form while solving a variety of problems; 5) Shift among the verbal, numeric, graphical and symbolic modes of considering relationships; 6) Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 1111 - College Algebra (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: HSGPA>= 3.4 or ACT MATH >=20 or SAT MATH >=470 or ACCM >=79 or COMM>= 47 or MATH 1001, 1101, 1001 with a C or better AND ACT ENGL >=17 or SAT CR READ >=430 or (ACCR>=61 and ACCW >=4) or (COMR >=74 and SEGX >=8) or ENGL 1101, 1101*, 1101^, 1101H concurrently. This course provides an in-depth study of the properties of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions as needed for calculus. Emphasis is on using algebraic and graphical techniques for solving problems involving linear, quadratic, piece-wise defined, rational, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to: 1. Express and analyze relationships using functions in multiple ways (graphical, numerical, symbolic and verbal); 2. Model situations using appropriate functions (linear, quadratic, higher-degree polynomial, exponential and logarithmic); 3. Demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking by applying problem-solving strategies to solve multiple-step problems involving polynomial, exponential and logarithmic equations and inequalities and systems of linear equations; 4. Manipulate mathematical information and concepts to solve problems using multiple representations of polynomial, exponential and logarithmic functions; 5. Use mathematical language appropriately; 6. Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 1113 - Pre-calculus (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: SAT MATH ≥550, ACT MATH score ≥24, ACLM <=60 or MATH 1111 ; ENGL 0999 This course is designed to prepare students for calculus, physics and related technical subjects. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to: (1) express and analyze relationships using functions in multiple ways (graphical, numerical, symbolic and verbal); (2) model situations using appropriate functions (linear, quadratic, higher-degree polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, rational and trigonometric); (3) demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking in applying appropriate functions to solve a variety of mathematical problems; (4) manipulate mathematical information and concepts to solve problems using multiple representations of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, rational and trigonometric functions; (5) demonstrate advanced algebraic manipulation skills; (6) interpret and use precise mathematical language appropriately; (7) use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 1113H - Pre-Calculus Honors (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: SAT math ≥550, ACT math score ≥24 OR MATH 1111 ; ENGL 0999 Co-requisite: Enrollment in the GGC First Year Honors Experience or Honors Program; or, permission of the Dean of the School of Science and Technology and the Director of the GGC Honors Programs. This course is designed to prepare students for calculus, physics and related technical subjects. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to: (1) express and analyze relationships using functions in multiple ways (graphical, numerical, symbolic and verbal); (2) model situations using appropriate functions (linear, quadratic, higher-degree polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, rational and trigonometric); (3) demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking in applying appropriate functions to solve a variety of mathematical problems; (4) manipulate mathematical information and concepts to solve problems using multiple representations of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, rational and trigonometric functions; (5) demonstrate advanced algebraic manipulation skills; (6) interpret and use precise mathematical language appropriately; (7) use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations. The instructor will assign Honors projects as part of the course. This course offers an integrated educational experience providing you with opportunities where applicable to explore the meanings of and develop abilities related to the four core values espoused by the college and our Honors Programs: leadership, creativity, service, and scholarship. In part, this means that Math 1113-H consistently will challenge you and offer you learning opportunities that fully support the College’s Vision and Mission via the promotion of a dynamic learning community.
	MATH 2000 - Statistics (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1111 or MATH 1001 A non-calculus introduction to descriptive and inferential hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation, the normal distribution and estimation. Upon completion of the course students will be able to: (1) see statistical analysis as a practical and useful tool in today’s society; (2) understand that variability is natural, predictable and quantifiable; (3) know the parts of the process through which statistics works to answer questions; (4) choose the appropriate graph and analysis technique(s) to address research questions; (5) communicate the results of a statistical study in the context of the given scenario, including scope of inference and causality; (6) use statistical language appropriately; (7) use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 2008 - Foundations of Numbers and Operations (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1001 or MATH 1111 or MATH 1113 This course is an Area F introductory mathematics course for Elementary Education majors. This course will emphasize the understanding and use of the major concepts of numbers and operations. Additional topics may include geometry, data analysis and probability, problem solving, logic, statistics and measurement. As a general theme, strategies of problem solving will be used and discussed in the context of various topics. Upon completion of this course, elementary education students will be able to: (1) Solve problems using multiple strategies, manipulative and technological tools; interpret solutions; and determine the reasonableness of answers and efficiency of methods (IEE 2, IEE 3); (2) Communicate using precise mathematical terminology (IEE 1); (3) Construct and justify arguments as well as interpret solutions; and determine reasonableness of answers and efficiency of methods; (4) Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems; (5) Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another.
	MATH 2200 - Calculus I (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1113 or MATH 1113H An introduction to differential calculus. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to: (1) interpret and use precise mathematical language and be able to construct and follow mathematical proofs; (2) use a complete catalog of the tools of calculus (e.g., limits, continuity, differentiation and integration); (3) demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking by applying problem-solving strategies to solve multiple-step calculus problems; (4) demonstrate an understanding of the interconnectedness between the major topics in the course from various perspectives (i.e. graphical, numerical, symbolic and verbal); (5) Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 2200H - Calculus I Honors (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1113 or MATH 1113H Co-requisite: Enrollment in the GGC First Year Honors Experience or Honors Program; or, permission of the Dean of the School of Science and Technology and the Director of the GGC Honors Programs. An introduction to differential calculus. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to: (1) interpret and use precise mathematical language and be able to construct and follow mathematical proofs; (2) use a complete catalog of the tools of calculus (e.g., limits, continuity, differentiation and integration); (3) demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking by applying problem-solving strategies to solve multiple-step calculus problems; (4) demonstrate an understanding of the interconnectedness between the major topics in the course from various perspectives (i.e. graphical, numerical, symbolic and verbal); (5) Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations. The instructor will assign Honors projects as part of the course. This course offers an integrated educational experience providing you with opportunities where applicable to explore the meanings of and develop abilities related to the four core values espoused by the college and our Honors Programs: leadership, creativity, service, and scholarship. In part, this means that Math 2200-H consistently will challenge you and offer you learning opportunities that fully support the College’s Vision and Mission via the promotion of a dynamic learning community.
	MATH 2210 - Calculus II (4) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 2200 or MATH 2200H A continuation of Calculus I. Topics include application of definite integrals; derivatives and integrals with inverse trigonometric functions; indeterminate forms and l’Hopital’s rule; techniques of integration; polar coordinates; infinite sequences and series. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to: (1) interpret precise mathematical language and be able construct and follow mathematical proofs; (2) use a complete catalog of the tools of calculus (e.g., limits, continuity, differentiation and integration0; (3) demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking by applying problem-solving strategies to solve multiple-step calculus problems; (4) demonstrate an understanding of the interconnectedness between the major topics in the course from various perspectives (i.e. graphical, numerical, symbolic and verbal); (5) use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 2220 - Calculus III (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 2210 In this course, the concepts of single variable calculus are extended to functions of more than one variable and vector valued functions. Topics from vector analysis and multivariate calculus will include vector calculus, directional and partial differentiation, gradients, differential calculus of vector valued functions, multiple, iterated, line and surface integrals and applications of these concepts. Upon completion of this course a student will be able to: (1) interpret and use precise mathematical language and be able to construct and follow mathematical proofs involving the calculus of vector-valued functions and functions of several variables; (2) analyze functions of several independent variables using differential calculus, algebraically and geometrically in Cartesian or other coordinate systems: (3) use multivariate calculus to solve optimization problems involving functions of several variables, including constrained problems, and be able to identify and interpret critical points of such functions; (4) use integral calculus of multivariable functions to solve physical and geometrical problems in Cartesian cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems; (5) use a complete catalog of the tool of multivariable differential and integral calculus (e.g., limits multivariable functions, vector fields, derivatives and integrals of vector fields); (6) demonstrate mathematical creativity and critical thinking by applying problem-solving strategies to solve multiple-step problems involving the differential and integral calculus of vector fields and multivariable functions; (7) Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations involving the calculus of vector fields and multivariable functions.
	MATH 2300 - Discrete Math (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 1111 The study of objects and ideas that can be divided into separate or discontinuous parts. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) Reason mathematically and use mathematical language appropriately to demonstrate an understanding of comprehending and constructing mathematical arguments; (2) perform combinatorial analysis to solve counting problems and analyze algorithms; (3) demonstrate an understanding of discrete structures including sets, permutations, relations, graphs and trees; (4) demonstrate algorithmic thinking using mathematical creativity and critical thinking by specifying algorithms, verifying that algorithms work and analyzing the time required to perform specific algorithms; (5) use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations.
	MATH 2450 - Linear Algebra (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite: MATH 2200 Upon successful completion of the Linear Algebra I course, the students should be able to: (1) Perform computations involving vectors, matrices and systems of linear equations, both by-hand and using appropriate technology; (2) Identify real-world applications which can be modeled using systems of linear equations, and develop linear models for these problems (e.g., linear regression models for statistics problems); (3) Use appropriate technology to solve large-scale systems of linear equations; (4) State the rules (axioms) which vector spaces/subspaces must obey, and check whether a given nonempty set of objects is a vector space/subspace; (5) Recognize linear transformations from one vector space into another vector space and identify special sets of vectors including the kernel and the range; and (6) Determine eigenvector and eigenvalue pairs, and use them to analyze problems (e.g., the long-term behavior of a dynamical system).
	MATH 2500 - Foundations of Mathematics (3) Credit Hours Prerequisite/Co-Requisite: MATH 2210 An introduction to the language and tools used in upper level mathematics courses. After completing this course, students should be able to: (1) Construct a rigorous mathematical proof using a variety of techniques including induction, contradiction, and contrapositive; (2) Determine whether a mathematical argument is valid given the appropriate content background, and identify the flaws in an invalid mathematical argument; (3) Use the tools of naïve set theory;(4) Demonstrate a knowledge of and ability to use various foundational mathematical concepts such as functions, relations, ordering and cardinality.

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GGC Course Listing

HIST 3515 - Modern Latin America

HIST 3520 - History of Middle East and India

HIST 3525 - Europe and the Islamicate World 6000-1800

HIST 3535 - History of Modern India and South Asia

HIST 3540 - History of China and Japan

HIST 3545 - The Byzantine Empire

HIST 3710 - Comparative Business History

HIST 3721 - History of Ancient and Medieval Science

HIST 3722 - History of Modern Science and Technology

HIST 3740 - Ancient and Medieval Military History

HIST 3760 - History of Politics and Culture, from Antiquity to the Enlightenment

HIST 3775 - Medieval Life, Religion and Thought

HIST 3850 - Introduction to Public History

HIST 4145 - Sixties America

HIST 4250 - Intellectual and Cultural History of Colonial America

HIST 4388 - World War II

HIST 4527 - Jews and Christians in the Muslim World to 1800

HIST 4575 - The Atlantic Slave Trade

HIST 4670 - Social Revolutions in Modern Latin America

HIST 4780 - Cultural and Intellectual History of the Ancient Mediterranean World

HIST 4900 - History Capstone

HIST 4990 - Special Topics in History

HNRS 1000 - Working Title

HNRS 3000 - Honors Special Topics

HDAS 2000 - Introduction to Human Development and Aging Services

HDAS 3000 - Aging and Cultural Diversity

HDAS 4000 - Work, Aging and Retirement

HDAS 4010 - Death, Grief and Dying

HDAS 4020 - Birth and Parenthood

HDAS 4500 - HDAS Senior Capstone

ITEC 1001 - Introduction to Computing

ITEC 1001H - Introduction to Computing Honors

ITEC 2110 - Digital Media

ITEC 2110-H - Digital Media

ITEC 2120 - Introduction to Programming

ITEC 2130 - Web Technologies

ITEC 2140 - Programming Fundamentals

ITEC 2150 - Intermediate Programming

ITEC 2201 - Introduction to Information Systems

ITEC 3100 - Introduction to Networks

ITEC 3150 - Advanced Programming

ITEC 3200 - Introduction to Databases

ITEC 3300 - Information Security

ITEC 3350 - Digital Commerce

ITEC 3450 - Computer Graphics and Multimedia

ITEC 3550 - User Centered Design

ITEC 3600 - Operating Systems

ITEC 3700 - Systems Analysis and Design

ITEC 3860 - Software Development I

ITEC 3870 - Software Development II

ITEC 3900 - Professional Practice and Ethics

ITEC 4100 - Advanced Networks

ITEC 4110 - Digital Media Capstone Project

ITEC 4130 - Human Computer Interaction

ITEC 4150 - Enterprise Process Integration

ITEC 4170 - International Studies in Information Technology

ITEC 4200 - Advanced Databases

ITEC 4210 - Information Analytics

ITEC 4220 - Advanced Data Analytics

ITEC 4250 - Embedded Systems

ITEC 4260 - Software Testing and QA

ITEC 4310 - Operating Systems Security

ITEC 4320 - Internet Security

ITEC 4330 - System Administration

ITEC 4400 - Special Topics in Information Technology

ITEC 4450 - Web Development

ITEC 4550 - Mobile Application Development

ITEC 4650 - Game Development

ITEC 4700 - Artificial Intelligence

ITEC 4750 - Enterprise Architecture Design

ITEC 4810 - Information Technology Project I

ITEC 4820 - Information Technology Project II

ITEC 4860 - Software Development Project

ITEC 4900 - Information Technology Internship

ISCI 2001 - Integrated Life/Earth Science

ISCI 2002 - Integrated Physical Science

ISCI 2500 - Physics and Earth Sciences

ISCI 3800 - Broad Field Science and Chemistry

LEAD 3000 - Essentials of Leadership