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History
  

  • HIST 3135 - America Since 1945

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum
    This course examines cultural, political, economic and diplomatic developments in the United States since the end of the Second World War. Topics covered include the Cold War, the civil rights and women’s movements, mass immigration from Asia and Latin America and the “Reagan Revolution.”
  

  • HIST 3150 - US Economic History

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum
    A study of the macroeconomic elements in the historic growth of the United States from colonial to recent times, including the use of human and natural resources. An analysis is made of such evolutionary institutions as corporations and labor unions, as well as the changing role of government, technological innovations, competition, agrarian/industrial pioneering and other issues in the development of America.
  

  • HIST 3175 - History of the American South

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of Area A English requirements and Area E History requirements.
    Major themes and issues in Southern history since American independence.  Topics will include frontier expansion, antebellum economics including slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Populism, Jim Crow, the New South, the civil rights movement, Sunbelt development, globalization, and the Nuevo South.
  

  • HIST 3185 - American Military History

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum
    A study of the military history of the United States from colonial times to the present. This course emphasizes the relationship of the military establishment to American society, civil-military relations, the growth of military professionalism, the development and use of new military technologies, and the evolution of strategy, operations and tactics in U.S. military history.
  

  • HIST 3200 - African American History to 1877

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History requirement and ENGL 1102 
    This course is designed to explore the varied range of experiences of African Americans from the origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Topics include urban and rural enslavement throughout all regions of North America, resistance, free blacks, gender, property ownership and entrepreneurship, parenthood, citizenship, military service, education, leadership, and contributions to American culture, among others.
  

  • HIST 3203 - African American History since 1877

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1102  with a grade of “C” or better and of the Area E History requirement
    This course will explore the varied range of cultural contributions and challenges of African Americans since the end of the Civil War to the present. Major topics include examination of the Jim-Crow ear, the Harlem Renaissance, the modern Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Era.
  

  • HIST 3225 - U.S. Social and Cultural History

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area A English requirements and Area E History requirements with a grade of C or better
    An exploration of social currents in 19th and 20th Century United States with a focus on issues stemming from the analysis of race, ethnicity, class and gender.
  

  • HIST 3250 - American Environmental History

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History requirement and ENGL 1102 
    This course examines the relationship between Americans and their environment from the colonial period to the present. Topics include the effect of European settlement patterns on the environment, the role of technology in altering landscapes, the growth of the preservation and conservation movements, and the rise of state and federal environmental regulations.
  

  • HIST 3265 - History of Georgia

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum
    This course traces four centuries of Georgia history, from Native American habitation and Spanish exploration to modern times. Examining the dominant social and cultural themes in Georgia history, the course delves into the interactions of Georgians at various points in the state’s history, noting both common experience and diversity. The course will focus on certain themes and topics that have shaped not only Georgia’s history, but also that of the American South and greater United States. The course will also explore Georgia’s connection to the world at large and how the state’s history has influenced global events.
  

  • HIST 3275 - The American Immigrant Experience

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102   and the Area E History sequence
    This course examines what it means to be an American as the influx of millions of immigrants from diverse backgrounds changes the nation’s demographics.  We will study the cross cultural processes of adaptation and identity formation from the perspective of newcomers and native born Americans.  The course also introduces students to legal processes affecting immigration as well as the ways in which cultural institutions shape perceptions of immigrants and the value of immigration.
  

  • HIST 3310 - Greece and the Ancient Near East

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum
    This course examines the Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia and Egypt) before tracing conditions in Greece from the late Dark Ages and Homer to the death of Alexander the Great. The course will especially investigate the rise of various city states, the role of religion and myth in constructing meaning, the rise of centralized political structures and in Greece the rise of tyranny and democracy, the origins of such modern literary and spoken genres as history, drama and rhetoric, the rise of hoplite and phalanx styles of warfare and the origins of western science and philosophy. The course will also examine the clash of cultures in the centuries of conflict between Persia and Greece.
  

  • HIST 3315 - Rome and the Mediterranean

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum
    Examines the origins of the city of Rome, the process by which it built an empire enAccuplacering the Mediterranean basin, that empire’s interactions with other peoples and states which it encountered and the manner by which it absorbed, borrowed and adapted characteristics of these peoples which were fused into one culture disseminated throughout most of Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa. Emphasizes the period between the beginnings of the city and the collapse of the western part of the empire in the fifth century.
  

  • HIST 3325 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History requirement and ENGL 1102  with a grade of “C” or better
    This course analyzes the intellectual, political, and social developments of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. These same currents encouraged a florescence of artistic and scientific developments that challenged and modified forms of expression and thought, and led to violent challenges to Church authority. We will also consider European dynastic connections and tensions, developments in state craft, and innovations in military tactics and weaponry.
  

  • HIST 3330 - Early Modern Europe 1500-1789

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History requirement and ENGL 1102  with a grade of “C” or better
    This course covers the political, cultural, military and economic developments of Europe during a period of transition from the late medieval period to the modern era. It explores the military revolutions as well as the revolutionary movements in science, religion and politics that shaped the European continent and its extended empires.
  

  • HIST 3335 - Revolutionary Europe

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and completion of history requirements in Area E of the Core Curriculum.
    A survey of the major social, political, economic and cultural development in Europe between the French and Russian Revolutions, with an emphasis on political ideologies, social change, democratization, the growth of nationalism and the nation-state, industrialization, European global interactions and the spread of revolutionary ideas up through the early twentieth century.
  

  • HIST 3340 - Modern Europe

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area A English requirements and Area E History requirements with a grade of C or better
    A survey of the major social, political, economic and cultural trends of modern Europe, with emphasis on European social and political development in the late nineteenth century, the origins, course and impact of the two World Wars, the rise and fall of Communism and Fascism, the origins and course of the Cold War, decolonization and the wrong global influence of Europe in modern times.
  

  • HIST 3406 - History of Britain from its Origins to 1688

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1102  with a grade of “C” or better and of Area E History Requirements
    History of Britain from the earliest human communities through its Roman period, its Medieval experience including the beginnings of representative government, its crucial role in the Protestant Reformation, its early creation of a global empire, its cultural flourishing in the Elizabethan period, and its establishment of a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
  

  • HIST 3407 - Modern Britain and the Empire 1688 to Present

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of the Area E History requirement and ENGL 1102 
    This course will trace the development of Great Britain and its Empire as it shaped its national identity through the Protestant Reformation, the Establishment of the world’s largest global empire, the creation of a parliamentary democratic government, pioneering an industrial revolution, and through its people’s struggle for social justice. It will focus upon the political, social, economic, and cultural developments that made Britain a dominant world power and eventually brought Britain to its current global position.
  

  • HIST 3427 - Modern Germany

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History requirement and ENGL 1102 
    History 3427 is a survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Germany since 1848. Special emphasis will be given to German nationalism; the unification of Germany; society and politics in the Kaiserreich; German imperialism and the First World War; the crisis and collapse of the Weimar Republic; the Nazi dictatorship; the Second World War and the Holocaust; the Federal Republic of Germany; the German Democratic Republic; and the problems and prospects of reunification.
  

  • HIST 3507 - History of Modern Mexico

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History Requirement and ENGL 1102 
    The course examines the history of Mexico from the Independence wars to the recent past. Themes of the course will include Mexico’s struggles to unify and develop; its history of dictatorship under Porfírio Díaz in the nineteenth century, and under the PRI party in the twentieth century; its history of protest and revolution, and its interconnections with the United States and the world.
  

  • HIST 3510 - History of Colonial Latin America

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area E History and ENGL 1102  
    This course focuses on the history of Latin America from the eve of Spanish and Portuguese conquest in the late 15th century to the independence movements of the early 19th century. Themes will include the conquest of the Inca and Aztec Empires, the exploration and settlement of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the Bourbon and Pombaline Reforms, the African slave trade, 18th century uprisings, and the distinct origins of independence movements in Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico.
  

  • 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 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 3555 - History of the Ottoman Empire

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1101 , ENGL 1102 , and HIST 2520  
    The History of the Ottoman Empire is an intensive survey of the political, economic, and cultural history of an empire that grew from a small principality in the Byzantine and Seljuk marches to a powerful force in global political and economic affairs.  The course will evaluate Ottoman history from the Byzantine world and its contraction beginning with the rise of Islam, its imperialist expansion, and conclude with the weakening of the Empire and its final demise between 1914 and 1923.  One of the main themes of the course is to understand how the Ottoman authorities were able to govern and maintain a heterogeneous population of Eastern European Christians (Slavs, Greeks, etc), Anatolian Kurds and Turks, and Arab Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and foreign travelers.  The course includes a general overview of the intellectual and political contributions of women in the Empire.
  

  • 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 2010 - Writing in the Social Sciences

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 , HDAS 2000  or permisssion of instructor for non-HDAS majors.
    Prerequisite/Co-Requisite: HDAS 2000  
    This course will guide students in understanding and producing academic writing in the social sciences and will improve their writing skills to effectively communicate in upper division courses and careers.  The course covers four areas:  1) the social context of academic writing; 2) the structure of academic writing; 3) searching the social scientific literature; and 4) the production of original literature reviews.  Student will workshop the deconstruction of journal articles, and then based on a topic of their choosing, write a statement of interest, formal research proposal, annotated bibliography, and outline, all culminating in a complete literature review in APA format.
  

  • 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 3010 - Research Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HDAS 2000 , HDAS 2010  or PSYC 2010  , or Permission of Instructor
    This curse will focus on research methods for social scientists, as applied to Human Development and Aging Services, and will impart an empirical familiarity with the two major types of social science research - qualitative and quantitative.
  

  • HDAS 4000 - Work, Aging and Retirement

    (3) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and HDAS 2000  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 4100 - Selected Topics in HDAS

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HDAS 2000 , ENGL 1102 , or Permission of Instructor
    Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students in Human Development and Aging Services.  May be repeated as a different topic for credit for a maximum of 4 times.
  

  • 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.
  

  • HDAS 4510 - HDAS Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of Area F, 15 credits hours of 3000/4000 level HDAS courses Junior Standing or higher and permission of instructor
    The three-credit HDAS internship is designed for undergraduate students to gain applied experience in a human service setting of choice that will allow them to apply their academic learning meaningful ways.  Interns will go through the process of identifying potential internship sites, acquiring an internship, negotiating internship tasks and expectations, and designing an internship that is approved by the program. Several professional development skills such as business etiquette, ethical practices, diversity training, HIPAA and time management will be emphasized.  The field experience will provide opportunities to explore a career choice, develop a professional network, and gain advanced training opportunities.

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 ACCNGM>=258 or MATH 1111* concurrently AND ACT ENGL>=17 or SAT CR READ >=430 or (ACCR >=61 and ACCW >=4) or (ACCNGR>=237 and ACCW>=4)) 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 ACCNGM>=258 or MATH 1111* concurrently AND ACT ENGL>=17 or SAT CR READ >=430 or (ACCR >=61 and ACCW >=4) or (ACCNGR>=237 and ACCW>=4) 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 2135 - 3

    Engineering Graphics and Design Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1113   or MATH 2200  

    Additional Requirement:  Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Progream @www.ggc.edu/itlaptop)
    This course introduces standards and techniques for communicating engineering designs through graphics drawings and visualization. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: 1) describe the history and evolution of engineering drawing and its standards; 2. describe the basic concepts and principles of Engineering Drawing (components, sections, views, graphical representation, and etc.); 3. construct 2D/3D spatial visualization using industry standard CAD software such as Maya, AutoCAD etc.; 4. explain engineering designs to others through the language of technical drawing and sketching, and interpret engineering drawings created by others; 5. solve basic problems in engineering drawings.

  

  • ITEC 2140 - Programming Fundamentals

    (4) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITEC 1001 ;  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  and ENGL 0999  
    A study of the fundamentals of information systems, including what they are and how they affect organizations. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: 1- Describe and define fundamental terms, concepts and roles of information systems and associated technology.  2- Explain the strategic role of information systems in contemporary organizations. 3-  Describe the basic concepts of systems and systems thinking as they apply to the conceptualization, development, project management, evaluation, ethics and use of information systems. 4-  Describe concepts of and develop information systems applications commonly employed within an organizational setting to manage data and make decisions.

     

  

  • 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) describe relational database core concepts; 2) utilize SQL (Structured Query Language) to create database structures, manipulate and retrieve data from databases; 3) create a conceptual database design using entity relationship (E/R) modeling and normalization best practices; 4) utilize implementation techniques to create a relational database with multiple tables, relationships and cardinalities 5) discuss emerging trends in database technologies such as non-relational database technologies.
  

  • 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 4000 - Cloud Computing Technologies

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITEC 3100 , ITEC 3200  
    This course presents a top-down view of cloud computing from applications, administration and infrastructure.  Topics include: History and overview of cloud computing systems, cloud service models. distributed storage systems, Raid technology, virtualization, security in the cloud and a practical analysis of current industry cloud platforms.  Students who have successfully completed the course will be able to: 1) described the history and evolution of cloud computing 2) explain the underlying technologies of the cloud 3) identify various cloud deployment platforms 4) compare various cloud service models 5) identify security and privacy issues in the cloud 6) examine business impacts of cloud migration 7) design and create a cloud solution using industry platforms.
  

  • 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 or Linux 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 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

    (4) 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.
 

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