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Biol 101-
General Biology 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Arwyn Larson |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Studies scientific method, taxonomy,
cell organelles and
cell membrane, tissues and homeostasis, nervous system and brain, senses,
musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system
and heart, immunity and respiratory system.
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Biol 102- General Biology
4 Credits |
Instructor:
Arwyn Larson |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Studies digestive, endocrine,
renal and reproductive
systems, patterns of inheritance, genetics, DNA structure and synthesis,
genetic engineering and evolution.
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Biol 103- General Biology
4 Credits |
Instructor:
Arwyn Larson |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Studies photosynthesis, plant
tissue, nutrition, transport
and reproduction, community interactions, population ecology, social
interactions, ecosystems and human impact on the biosphere.
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Biol
101W- General Biology 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Arwyn Larson |
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A web delivered
course designed for non-science majors. Studies scientific method, taxonomy,
cell organelles and
cell membrane, tissues and homeostasis, nervous system and brain, senses,
musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system
and heart, immunity and respiratory system.
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Biol
102W- General Biology 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Arwyn Larson |
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A web delivered
course designed for non-science majors. Studies digestive, endocrine,
renal and reproductive
systems, patterns of inheritance, genetics, DNA structure and synthesis,
genetic engineering and evolution.
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Biol
103W- General Biology 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Arwyn Larson |
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A web delivered
course designed for non-science majors. Studies photosynthesis, plant
tissue, nutrition, transport
and reproduction, community interactions, population ecology, social
interactions, ecosystems and human impact on the biosphere.
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Biol
211- Biology 5 Credits |
Instructor:
Kerby Winters |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for science and related majors. Provides an introduction
to the basic concepts of
biology with special emphasis on molecular and cellular biology including
genetics and adaptation.
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Biol
212- Biology 5 Credits |
Instructor:
Kerby Winters |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for science and related majors. Surveys representative
animal phyla placing special
emphasis on vertebrate biology, especially human.
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Biol
213- Biology 5 Credits |
Instructor:
Kerby Winters |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for science and related majors. Surveys the world of
plants and provides an
introduction to the principles of ecology. Preparation of a plant collection
of herbarium quality is expected.
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Biol 231- Anatomy and
Physiology 4 Credits |
Instructors:
Arwyn Larson and Kerby
Winters |
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A sequential lecture
and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a
thorough study of human anatomy
and physiology. Details total body organization and function including
tissues, integumentary system, skeletal and muscular
systems, cell structure, metabolism, and basic chemistry. Prerequisite:
CHEM 104, 121, or 221 or concurrent enrollment
in chemistry. BIOL 101 strongly recommended.
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Biol 232- Anatomy and
Physiology 4 Credits |
Instructors:
Arwyn Larson and Kerby
Winters |
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A sequential lecture
and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a
thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function
including nervous endocrine, immune and
cardiovascular systems, and special senses. Prerequisite: BIOL 231 or
Instructor permission.
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Biol 233- Anatomy and
Physiology 4 Credits |
Instructors:
Arwyn Larson and Kerby
Winters |
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A sequential lecture
and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a
thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function
including respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune,
and reproductive systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 232 or Instructor permission.
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Biol
231W- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits |
Instructors:Kerby
Winters |
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A sequential web
delivered and laboratory course for students whose career objectives
require a thorough study of human anatomy
and physiology. Details total body organization and function including
tissues, integumentary system, skeletal and muscular
systems, cell structure, metabolism, and basic chemistry. Prerequisite:
CHEM 104, 121, or 221 or concurrent enrollment
in chemistry. BIOL 101 strongly recommended.Web student DO NOT
sign up for a lab section. All Web students are required
to attend one weekend on campus per quarter for the lab component.
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Biol
232W- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits |
Instructors:
Kerby Winters |
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A sequential web
delivered and laboratory course for students whose career objectives
require a thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function
including nervous endocrine, immune and
cardiovascular systems, and special senses. Prerequisite: BIOL 231 or
Instructor permission. Web student DO NOT sign up for a
lab section. All Web students are required to attend one weekend on
campus per quarter for the lab component.
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Biol
233W- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits |
Instructors:
Kerby Winters |
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A sequential web
delivered and laboratory course for students whose career objectives
require a thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function
including respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune,
and reproductive systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 232 or Instructor permission.
Web student DO NOT sign up for a lab section. All
Web students are required to attend one weekend on campus per quarter
for the lab component.
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Biol
234- Microbiology 4 Credits |
Instructors:
Arwyn Larson and Kerby
Winters |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for science and related majors. Studies the fundamental
principles and
techniques of microbial study. Emphasis is placed upon the structural,
functional, and disease causing properties of
bacteria and viruses. Prerequisite: CHEM 104 or concurrent enrollment
in CHEM 104. BIOL 101 or BIOL 231
strongly recommended.
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| Chemistry
Courses |
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Chem 104- Survey of
Chemistry (Health) 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A survey of chemistry
for students in nursing, allied health field, and liberal arts. This
lecture and lab course studies
the fundamental concepts of chemistry, including metric system, measurement,
atomic structure, chemical bonding,
chemical formulas, reactions, gas laws, and nuclear chemistry. Prerequisite:
MATH 060, concurrent enrollment in
MATH 060, or suitable placement score.
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Chem 105- Survey of
Chemistry (Health) 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A lecture and lab
course that studies the fundamental concepts of chemistry, including
solutions, acids, bases and
organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 104.
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Chem 106- Survey of
Chemistry (Health) 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A lecture and lab
course that studies the fundamental concepts of chemistry, including
organic chemistry, carbohydrates,
lipids, proteins, enzymes, heredity, bio-transformations, and biochemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM105.
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Chem 121- General Chemistry
4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen and Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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A general lecture
and lab course in chemistry intended for students majoring in agriculture,
natural resources and liberal
arts that includes chemical change, standards of measurement, matter,
atomic theory, nomenclature and mole concept.
Prerequisite: MATH 060 or suitable placement score.
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Chem 122- General Chemistry
4 Credit |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen and Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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A general lecture
and lab course in chemistry included for students majoring in agriculture,
natural resources and liberal
arts that includes chemical reactions, stoichiometry, periodic law,
chemical bonding, gases and solutions.
Prerequisite: CHEM 121.
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Chem 123- General Chemistry
4 Credit |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen and Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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A general lecture
and laboratory course in chemistry intended for students majoring in
agriculture, natural resources and
liberal arts that includes: acids and bases, chemical equilibrium, oxidation
and reduction, nuclear chemistry, and introduction
to organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 122.
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Chem 221- College Chemistry
5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A college chemistry
course with three hour lab designed for preprofessional students including:
the study of math,
measurement, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, atomic
structure, chemical bonding and gas laws.
Prerequisite: MATH 070.
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Chem 222- College Chemistry
5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A college chemistry
course with three hour lab designed for preprofessional students including:
solutions, chemical
kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases and chemical thermodynamics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 221.
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Chem 223- College Chemistry
5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A college chemistry
course with three hour lab designed for preprofessional students including:
oxidation and reduction,
electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, a survey of non metals and metals,
introduction to organic and bio chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM 222.
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Chem 227- Organic Chemistry
5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A college organic
chemistry course with three hour lab designed for pre-professional students
and chemistry majors
including: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers and alkylhalides.
Prerequisite: CHEM 223.
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Chem 228- Organic Chemistry
5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A college organic
chemistry course with three hour lab designed for pre-professional students
and chemistry majors
including: aromaticity, aromatic substitution, arenes, spectroscopy,
NMR, CMR, IR, aldehydes and ketones and
carboxylic acids. Prerequisite: CHEM 227.
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Chem 229- Organic Chemistry
5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A college organic
chemistry course with three hour lab designed for pre-professional students
and chemistry majors
including: amines, phenols, molecular orbital theory, heterocyclic compounds,
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and
nucleic acids. Prerequisite: CHEM 228.
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| Nutrition
Courses |
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FNUT 225- Nutrition
4 Credits |
Instructors:
Dr. Marie Theisen and Arwyn Larson |
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Introduces the
student to the chemistry of foodstuffs, their acquisition and utilization
in metabolism, and addresses
nutritional concerns for various human populations. A research report
on Therapeutic Nutrition is among the
course requirements.
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| Geology
Courses |
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Geol 201- Physical Geology |
Instructor:
Bill Strowd |
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This is the first
term in a three-term lecture and laboratory sequence in the study of
physical and historical geology.
The course will investigate the nature and distribution of minerals
and rocks; igneous, weathering, sedimentary, and
metamorphic processes; extraction of mineral resources; and the theory
of plate tectonics.
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Geol 201- Physical Geology |
Instructor:
Bill Strowd |
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This is the second
term in a three-term lecture and laboratory sequence in the study of
physical and historical geology.
The course will investigate the nature and distribution of landforms;
mass wasting, stream, groundwater, glacial, shoreline,
wind, and tectonic processes; and the effects of human interaction with
geological processes.
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Geol 201- Physical Geology |
Instructor:
Bill Strowd |
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This is the third
term in a three-term lecture and laboratory sequence in the study of
physical and historical geology.
This course in geology emphases the theories of formation and history
of the earth.
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| Physical
Science Courses |
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GSCI 104- Physical Science
Physics 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: The general
principles of physics, heat,
light, energy, nuclear energy and the applications of these.
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GSCI 105- Physical Science
Chemistry 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Marie Theisen |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: The general
principles of chemistry, the
chemistry of common household substances, nomenclature, the development
and use of the scientific method, radiation, gas
laws, environmental chemistry.
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GSCI 106- Physical Science
Geology 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Bill Strowd |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: A general survey
of the principles of
geology, erosion, plate tectonics and structure of the earth.
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GSCI 107- Physical Science
Astronomy 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Bill Strowd and Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: Solar and Galactic
astronomy, a study
of the sun and planets, stars and galaxies, and modern discoveries in
the field of astronomy.
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GSCI 108- Physical Science
Oceanography 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Bill Strowd |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: Study of the
ocean and its phenomena,
including the chemical, biological and physical structure. Oceanographic
instruments, shoreline and pollution.
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GSCI 110- Physical Science
Energy 4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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A lecture and laboratory
course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: Heat and thermodynamics,
solar energy,
geothermal energy, nuclear energy, fossil fuels and conservation of
energy.
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| Physics
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Phys 201- General Physics
4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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An introduction
to classical mechanics emphasizing problem solving, for students without
a calculus background.
Lab included. Prerequisite: MATH 112.
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Phys 202- General Physics
4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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An introduction
to electric and magnetic theory and problem solving, for students without
a calculus background.
Lab included. Prerequisite: PHYS 201.
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Phys 203- General Physics
4 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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Course covers various
topics, including fluids, waves, heat, optics, and modern physics, for
students without a calculus
background. Lab included. Prerequisite: PHYS 202.
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Phys 211- Classical
Physics 5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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An introduction
to classical mechanics emphasizing problem solving, for pre-professional
students. Lab included.
Prerequisite: MATH 112 or MATH 251. Co-requisite: MATH 251.
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Phys 212- Classical
Physics 5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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An introduction
to electric and magnetic theory and problem solving, for pre-professional
students. Lab included.
Prerequisite: PHYS 211 and MATH 252. Co-requisite: MATH 252
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Phys 213- Classical
Physics 5 Credits |
Instructor:
Dr. Rick Reynolds |
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Course covers various
topics, including fluids, waves, heat, optics, and modern physics, for
pre-professional students.
Lab included. Prerequisite: PHYS 212 and MATH 253. Co-requisite: MATH
253.
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