Jun 21, 2024  
Catalog 2022-2023 
    
Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


About these Course Descriptions

This list of course descriptions reflects the diversity and scope of the many credit courses Chemeketa currently offers. Some of our current courses may not be included here as the college may add classes after this catalog is published. The courses are listed alphabetically by prefix.

You will find prerequisites specified in many of these course descriptions. You must meet these conditions before you enroll in a course. It is your responsibility as a student to fulfill the prerequisite.

Some prerequisites indicate that you must complete certain preparatory courses or must have the consent of the course instructor. To gain consent, meet with the instructor. Consent is based on the instructor’s assessment of your readiness to enroll in the course.

Consult with Chemeketa’s Advising and First Year Programs department or a faculty program advisor for transfer information.

Note 1: The letters, F, W, Sp, and Su near the end of a course description indicate the term (fall, winter, spring, summer) the course is usually offered. For information on when and where classes meet, consult the Schedule of Classes available each term at chemeketa.edu/programs-classes/classes, or access through your MyChemeketa account if you are a registered student.

Note 2: Courses indicating “Offered as needed”—Contact Advising and First Year Programs department for assistance.

Note 3: The letters IL and CL at the end of a course description indicate courses which meet the AAOT requirements for information literacy and cultural literacy.

Course Textbook Information

Please check with the Bookstore to determine required textbooks and cost (information required for financial aid).

The online searchable schedule of classes designates classes with course materials that are low cost, $50 or less, or no cost. Low-cost or no-cost course material designations will be displayed in class search with a symbol in the next to last column.These designations will not appear in the printed schedule

How Courses are Listed

The following course prefixes describe the primary intent of the courses offered:

Developmental Courses

Developmental courses numbered less than 50 do not meet the requirements of the AA/OT, AAS, AS/OT-BUS, AS/OT-CS, or AGS degrees.

Career and Technical Courses (CTE)

Many career and technical courses are applicable to the baccalaureate degree. Please contact your school of choice for additional information.

Lower Division Collegiate Courses

A number below 100 indicates a support course, which is usually not transferable to a BA-granting institution.

Course Description Terms

Recommended/Suggested Requisite: Students are encouraged to complete the stated recommendation in order to be better prepared for the course.

Prerequisite: A requirement or course that must be successfully completed before taking the course.

Corequisite: A requirement or course that must be either successfully completed beforehand or taken in combination with another course.

Concurrent: A course that must be taken in combination with another course.

 

Automotive Technology

  
  • AUM 280H - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 8

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 8
  
  • AUM 280I - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 9

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 9
  
  • AUM 280J - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 10

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 10
  
  • AUM 280L - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 12

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 12
  
  • AUM 281 - Engine Performance 3


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 5

    Covers theory and diagnosis of electronically-controlled gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines and related emission control systems. Emphasizes use of diagnostic equipment and repair of computer controlled vehicles.

    Prerequisite: AUM 267 , AUM 277 , AUM 282 , and AUM 286 , each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 5
  
  • AUM 282 - Electronic Vehicle Controls 2


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 5
    Credit Hours: 5

    Provides advanced training in the operation and testing of automotive electronic control and alternative propulsion systems with emphasis on diagnostic approach and procedure.

    Prerequisite: AUM 262 , AUM 263 , AUM 266 , and AUM 277 , each with a grade C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 5
  
  • AUM 284 - Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Prepares students for future industry and environmental needs by providing advanced training in the operation and testing of RESS (rechargeable energy storage systems) and related sub systems currently used in the automotive industry and a variety of other green industries.

    Prerequisite: AUM 282  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • AUM 286 - Automotive Heating and Air Conditioning


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 5

    Presents the theory and operation of automotive heating and air-conditioning systems. Covers methods for service, repair, and troubleshooting heating and air-conditioning systems.

    Prerequisite: AUM 262 , AUM 263 , AUM 266 , and AUM 277 , each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 5

Business Administration (Accounting, Business Management, and Office Administration and Technology)

  
  • BA 100 - Business Career Exploration


    Lecture Hours: 2.863636364
    Credit Hours: 3

    First step in becoming a student of business. Provides a broad introduction to the many different business industries and job opportunities represented within Oregon. Examines the educational requirements, as well as the job experiences needed to enter and advance within the different industries. Covers the earning capacities of specific positions to establish clear expectations of future career goals. Through additional course readings students will be exposed to local business success examples.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 101 - Introduction to Business


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces the inter-relationships of business, government, and society. Examines the defined and/or established roles of the business community. Looks at various aspects of business including emphasis on ethics and social responsibility.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 .
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 104 - Business Applications Using Mathematics


Credit Hours:
  
  • BA 115 - Introduction to Accounting


Credit Hours:
  
  • BA 131 - Business Computing


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Covers computer concepts and the use of information technology in business organizations, including the use of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software. Includes introduction to hardware, software, databases, system development, and tools that businesses use for communication and collaboration. Includes appreciating the value of ethical conduct in a business/computer environment and the impact of technology on industry and society.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 177 - Payroll


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Provides a comprehensive overview to Federal and State payroll practices and procedures. Includes computing and recording gross wages, withholding amounts, and net wages. Introduces computerized and manual systems to create and maintain employee earnings records and payroll registers; compute employers taxes and other payroll-related costs; make payroll tax deposits; complete payroll reports and W-2s; and make general journal entries for all payroll transactions.

    Prerequisite: BA 115  or BA 211 , either with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 202 - Personal Effectiveness in Business


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Emphasizes individual and small group exercises to improve skills in self-awareness, communication, values clarification, individual/group problem-solving and strategies to assist the student in maintaining employment, and demonstrating a professional image and work behavior.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 .
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 204 - Diversity in the Workplace


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces an understanding of cultural differences and managing diversity as a competitive advantage in the work environment. Covers perspectives on race, national origin, gender, age, religion and spirituality, disabilities, and sexual orientation.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 .
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 206 - Business Management Principles


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Analyzes and synthesizes historical and current theories in leadership, group processes, organizational structures, personnel policies, motivation and training that allow an individual to plan, organize, control, staff and direct subordinates in an organization.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 209 - Introduction to Social Media


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces the impact and benefits of social media in businesses and organizations. Explores the components and trends of social media. Researches best practices of social networks across organizations. Examines social media marketing tools and strategies for implementation in business.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101  with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 211 - Financial Accounting


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Covers the complete accounting cycle for service and merchandising firms including recording transactions, adjustments, financial statements, worksheets, closing entries, cash and accounts receivable, notes receivable and interest, and accounting for inventories, long term assets, current and long term liabilities, and stockholders’ equity.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 213 - Managerial Accounting


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Covers managers use of accounting. Includes job order and process costing, activity-based costing, variable costing, cost-volume profit analyses, differential analysis and short-term decisions, capital investments, time-value-of-money concepts, master budgeting, and flexible budgets and standard costs, performance measurement in decentralized organization.

    Prerequisite: BA 211  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 214 - Business Communications


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Applies principles of written, oral, and non-verbal communication. Covers preparation of good news, bad news, and persuasive messages in applied situations using properly formatted letters, memoranda, and reports. Explores the job search process including resumes, cover letters, and interviews. Emphasizes written and oral assignments that may require individual and group work.

    Prerequisite: BT 210  or WR 121 , either with a grade of C or better; touch keyboarding at 30 wpm; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 216 - Small Business Financial Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Explores the financial processes necessary to manage a new or continuing small business. Includes tax, cash management, financial planning, funding, reporting, community resources, and financial responsibility.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 122 ; and completion of BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 218 - Personal Finance


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Examines the principles and concepts of personal finance. Reviews personal financial planning in the areas of money management, budgeting, career planning, taxes, consumer credit, housing decisions, legal protection, insurance, investments, retirement, and estate planning.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 222 - Financial Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Explores principles of planning, acquiring, and using funds in an organization. Includes investment analysis, budgeting, ratio analysis, capital investments (using present value and internal rate of return), cost of capital, cash and credit management.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 211  and MTH 070  or higher. (With a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 223 - Principles of Marketing


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Surveys all functions of marketing from research and product development to the sale of a product or service and feedback regarding consumer acceptance. Emphasizes marketing planning and strategy as dictated by the consumer through marketing research..

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101 , BA 211 , and CIS 125E  (with a grade of C or better).
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 224 - Human Resource Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Studies the principles and functions of the human resource department as it specifically relates to supervision. Includes policy formulation, employee selection and placement, interviewing and counseling, discipline, labor-management relations, wage and salary administration, human resource development, and employee health and safety.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 225 - Excel for Accounting


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Presents the use of basic and advanced functions of electronic spreadsheets as they relate to the accounting profession and to financial applications. Includes review of Excel formulas and formatting using templates and using spreadsheet applications to compute financial outcomes. Relates spreadsheet applications to financial accounting, managerial accounting, budgeting, and audit activities.

    Prerequisite: Placement into MTH 070  or higher; or completion of MTH 060  or higher; and BA 211 ; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 226 - Business Law 1


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces the nature and function of the law in society. Covers common law and basic legal requirements, and constitutional, tort, criminal, employment, and contract law.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 227 - Business Law 2


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers legal aspects of Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), property, business entities, agency and partnership law.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101  and BA 226 , each with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 228 - Computerized Accounting 1


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces computer-based accounting for small businesses and provides hands-on experience with business applications including general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory management processing, sales invoicing, check reconciliation, financial statements, budgeting, analysis, and reports.

    Prerequisite: BA 115  or BA 211 , either with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 231 - Fundamentals of Transportation and Logistics Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Examines logistics as a key part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between points of origin and points of consumption.

    Recommended: BA 234  and BA 236 , each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 234 - Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Provides the fundamentals of purchasing. Covers the purchasing function, purchasing policies, procedures and manuals, legal aspects of purchasing, public relations and purchasing ethics, supply quality and sources, storekeeping, and personnel.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 235 - Procurement for State and Local Governments


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Provides a basic understanding of pertinent topics and influences that shape the public procurement profession. Includes fundamentals of public procurement: competition, impartiality and openness, effective use of public funds, innovation, and flexibility.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 236 - Contract Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces administration and management of contracts developed and established through the procurement process. Covers administration of contract activities, ethics in contract administration, inspection and acceptance of goods and services, delays in contract process, contract disputes and appeals, and termination of contracts.

    Recommended: Placement in RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 237 - Financial Records Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Covers establishing policies and procedures for maintaining, archiving, and appropriate retention and disposal of financial records for accounting departments in accordance with industry and legal standards and guidelines. Includes proper document handling according to governing bodies and information confidentiality. Includes converting a traditional accounting document management system to an electronic paperless system.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 240 - Governmental/Non-Profit Accounting 1


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Considers budgets, accounting for general funds, special revenue funds, revenue accounting, expenditure accounting, capital projects funds, debt service funds, special assessment funds, enterprise funds, capital assets, and summary of funds and groups. Includes comprehensive study of accounting for state and local governmental and non-profit entities.

    Prerequisite: BA 211  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 250 - Small Business and Entrepreneurship


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Covers foundation of entrepreneurship and small business management. Explores challenges facing entrepreneurship and small business today, business management strategies, financing, various forms of business ownership, opportunity assessment, business plan, and feasibility analysis.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 251 - Office Management


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Presents the broad scope of responsibilities of the administrative office manager. Includes planning, organizing, and controlling of business services, systems, and procedures. Identifies and explains how issues of difference and power occur in the workplace and management process.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 256 - Income Tax 1


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Presents the first of two courses in preparing Federal and Oregon individual income tax returns. Completing BA 256 and BA 257  meets the educational requirements to take the Oregon Licensed Tax Preparer’s exam and the IRS Registered Tax Return Preparer exam.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 257 - Income Tax 2


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Presents the second of two courses in preparing Federal and Oregon individual income tax returns. Completing BA 256  and BA 257 meets the educational requirements to take the Oregon Licensed Tax Preparer’s exam.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 261 - Leadership in Organizations and Business


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Explores the principles and practices of effective leadership as applicable to organizations and business activities. Develops strategies for developing leadership skills relating to self, others, organizations and community. Discusses empowerment, integrity, responsibility and use of vision as leadership values.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101  with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 275 - Quantitative Business Methods


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Presents management decision processes utilizing statistical methods. Includes use and application of probability concepts, sampling procedures, statistical estimation, and regression.

    Prerequisite: MTH 095  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 276 - Advanced Payroll


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Expands student’s current knowledge of payroll to include advanced payroll accounting, internal controls, and ethics.

    Prerequisite: BA 177 ; and BA 228  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 277 - Business Ethics


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    A comparative study of ethical and economic systems designed to increase decision-making capabilities. Emphasizes issues and policy formation in varied business settings.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 279 - Computerized Accounting 2


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Continues computer-based accounting for small businesses using QuickBooks Online version. Includes start-up of a new company, building a chart of accounts, completing the accounting cycle, processing payroll, reconciling accounts, preparing financial statements, and preparing a financial analysis of a company using spreadsheet software.

    Prerequisite: BA 211  with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 280A - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 1

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 1
  
  • BA 280B - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 2

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 2
  
  • BA 280C - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 3

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BA 280D - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 4

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 280E - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 5

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 5
  
  • BA 280F - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 6

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 6
  
  • BA 280G - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 7

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 7
  
  • BA 280H - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 8

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 8
  
  • BA 280I - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 9

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 9
  
  • BA 280J - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 10

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 10
  
  • BA 280L - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 12

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 12
  
  • BA 282 - Applied Accounting Capstone


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Serves as a capstone assessment course for review and application of accounting skills previously studied in the Accounting program. Includes: completion of a year-end closing and analysis using accounting software, the preparation of a business tax return, and analyzing accounting best practices. Designed to prepare the student for the professional practice in an accounting career.

    Prerequisite: BA 177 ; BA 256 ; and BA 228 , and computer literacy; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 285 - Organizational Behavior


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Explores interpersonal relations in an organizational setting. Topics include: interpersonal communications, individual and group behavior, leadership, forms and sources of power, organizational politics, organizational culture, conflict management, and change management.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 286 - Negotiations


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces the fundamentals and phases of negotiations, tools to use during negotiations, and ways to find win-win solutions. Covers preparing for negotiations, developing a negotiation style, building trust and relationships, and bargaining strategies. Addresses use of power and persuasion; the role of ethics; and the dynamics of multiple parties, coalitions, and teams in negotiations. Introduces cross-cultural negotiations and use of technology.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and completion of BA 101  and COMM 115 , each with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 287 - Principles of Project Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Explores the various facets of project management. Covers the fundamentals, core concepts, techniques, and skills needed for success. Identifies the management skills needed for projects, goals, activities, resources, team development, risks, budgets, and controls from start to finish.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101 , and MTH 095  or higher. (All recommended courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 288 - Principles of Responsible Management


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduces the three areas of management: sustainability, responsibility, and ethics as they relate to business, government, and society as a whole. Provides an understanding of the triple bottom line (ecologic performance, social performance, and economic performance) utilizing the four functions (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) of management.

    Recommended: Placement into RD 090  and WR 121 ; and BA 101  with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 290 - Accounting Information Systems


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Prepares students to meet the needs of contemporary business professionals to identify and monitor enterprise risks and to provide quality assurance for a company’s information systems.

    Prerequisite: CIS 101  or CIS 120  (or concurrently enrolled); and BA 211  (or concurrently enrolled) both with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BA 291 - Data Analytics for Accounting


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Prepares students to successfully perform data analytics to provide data-driven insights and recommendations. Students will conduct data analysis using Excel, Access (including SQL), Tableau, and Power BI.

    Prerequisite: CIS 121 ; CIS 125A  (or concurrently enrolled); CIS 125E  or BA 225  (or concurrently enrolled); and BA 213 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 4

Building Inspection Technology

  
  • BLD 141 - International Residential Codes 1


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers the administrative, definitions, building planning, and foundation portions of the International Residential Specialty Code (Chapters 1 through 4 and 44) as it relates to residential construction and other applicable codes.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 142 - International Residential Codes 2


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers the floor, wall, roof, chimney, electrical, and energy conservation provisions of the International Residential Specialty Code (Chapters 5 through 11) as it relates to residential construction and other applicable codes. Emphasis placed on lateral bracing provisions and preparation to take the ICC Residential Building Inspector Certification Exam.

    Prerequisite: BLD 141  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 151 - Building Codes 1


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Studies the scope, meaning, and use of the Model International Residential Code including occupancy classifications, building area, height and location limitations, types of construction, exits, and fire resistive standards. Focuses on commercial structures.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 152 - Building Codes 2


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Studies the scope, meaning, and use of the Model International Building Code concerning areas that present hazards in building construction such as vertical shafts, treatment of exterior and interior surfaces, detailed exit requirements, fire protection systems, public property and weather protection.

    Prerequisite: BLD 151  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 153 - Building Codes 3


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Provides a comprehensive review of the International Building Code including pedestrian protection, permanent occupancy, prefabricated construction, fire systems, energy conservation, and architectural barriers.

    Prerequisite: BLD 152  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 155 - Building Department Administration 1


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Discusses purpose and procedures of building department administration. Explores building department organization and relationships with other departments, leadership of the building official, personnel management of staff, and public and customer relations.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BLD 158 - Construction Materials, Systems, and Drawings


    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 2
    Credit Hours: 2

    Provides instruction in the techniques of interpreting construction drawings, particularly those in the civil, architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing sections of blueprints. Covers basic terminology, abbreviations, and symbols, as well as the contents of construction notes, detail drawings, and schedules. Exercises students in determining linear dimensions using architect and engineer scales and viewing blueprints in plan, elevation, and section perspectives. Introduces the most common building materials and systems referenced in construction drawings. Familiarizes students with the building design and construction requirements for building design and construction.

Credit Hours: 2
  
  • BLD 165 - Residential Inspection


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Provides a comprehensive overview of residential construction inspection practices from site preparation through final inspection. Introduces inspection of foundations; framing (including floor, wall, and ceiling/roof assemblies); mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems; moisture and thermal protection; and building final. Identifies code violations, documenting (in writing) those violations, and citing applicable code provisions.

    Prerequisite: BLD 141  and BLD 151  each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 166 - Commercial Inspection


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Provides a comprehensive overview of commercial construction inspection practices from site preparation through final inspection. Introduces inspection of foundations; framing (including floor, wall, and ceiling/roof assemblies); mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems; fire-protection systems; moisture and thermal protection; building accessibility; and building final. Identifies code violations, documenting (in writing) those violations, and citing applicable code provisions.

    Prerequisite: BLD 152  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 170 - ADA Accessibility Code


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Provides a comprehensive review of the International Building Code related to ADA accessibility standards in new and remodeled facilities.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 181 - Mechanical Codes 1


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces the thermodynamics of heat and how it relates to the mechanical appliance. Examines the International Mechanical Codes general code requirements for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment. Studies the fuel gas piping system from the gas meter to the appliance, and the combustion air requirements for appliances that burn gas fuel. Stresses evaluation of appliances and equipment for its listing and installation instruction for residential applications and commercial applications.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 182 - Mechanical Codes 2


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Examines the mechanical code requirements for chimneys and vents serving fuel burning appliances and equipment; special solid fuel and fuel gas burning appliances and equipment; kitchen hoods, grease ducts, hazardous exhaust ducts, and product conveying ducts; refrigerants, refrigeration systems, and refrigeration mechanical rooms; boilers, hot water heaters, and pressure vessels; hydronic piping and solar heating systems; and fuel oil piping and storage tanks.

    Prerequisite: BLD 181  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 193A - Building Inspection Lab


    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 2

    Provides code standards and conditions typical of building inspection work for inspectors in the following areas: mechanical inspection, structural inspection, and one- and two-family dwelling codes. Stresses writing correction notices based upon field observations.

Credit Hours: 2
  
  • BLD 255 - Building Department Administration 2


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Discusses building department administration roles and responsibilities. Examines laws and principles that affect building department records management, budgeting, information technology, and legal aspects.

    Prerequisite: BLD 155  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BLD 260 - Fire Protection for Buildings


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Covers the installation, function, location, and purpose of sprinkler systems.

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BLD 266 - Plan Review 2


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 2
    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers the fundamentals of structural plan review. Includes analysis of beams, columns, and connections.

    Prerequisite: BLD 269  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 267 - Plan Review 1


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 2
    Credit Hours: 3

    Examines the techniques and processes of non-structural plans. Includes familiarization with plan and construction documents, specifications, and the application of fire, life and safety code requirements.

    Prerequisite: BLD 269  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 268 - Foundations, Excavation, and Grading


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers the fundamentals of and the code requirements for regulating excavations and fills for any building or structure, construction of foundation and retaining structures, and general grading. Presents code requirements and emphasizes application to plan review and inspection functions. Uses grading and building plans and soil reports to complement the codes.

    Prerequisite: MTH 052  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 269 - Engineering for Code Professionals 1


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Studies static forces and their effect upon rigid bodies at rest, including a study of stresses and strains that occur in these bodies when subjected to tensile, compressive, and shearing

Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BLD 270 - Engineering for Code Professionals 2


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Studies dynamic wind and seismic loads on structures and their reduction to simplified equivalent static forces used in the design of structures. Covers how to determine the required lateral load path elements: diaphragms, shear walls, and foundations used to resist lateral forces. Emphasizes code requirements of Chapter 16 Section 1609 for wind and Sections 1613 through 1623 of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code (2003 IBC). Uses the Western Woods Use Book related to lateral design. Also studies the design, fabrication, and erection of structural steel for buildings and structures. Emphasizes code requirements of Oregon Structural Specialty code Chapter 22 and the American Institute of Steel Construction Steel Manual.

    Prerequisite: BLD 269  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BLD 273 - International Fire Codes for Building Departments


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Relates the International Fire Code to plan review and inspections for building construction. Correlates the Fire Code with the fire provisions in the International Building Code.

    Prerequisite: BLD 153  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 280A - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 1

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 1
  
  • BLD 280B - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 2

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 2
  
  • BLD 280C - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 3

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BLD 280D - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 4

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 4
  
  • BLD 280E - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 5

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 5
  
  • BLD 280F - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 6

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 6
  
  • BLD 280G - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 7

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 7
  
  • BLD 280H - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 8

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 8
  
  • BLD 280I - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 9

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 9
  
  • BLD 280J - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 10

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 10
  
  • BLD 280L - Cooperative Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 12

    Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student’s curriculum.

    Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum’s CWE Instructor and Director.
Credit Hours: 12
  
  • BLD 290 - Building Inspection Technology Capstone


    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 2
    Credit Hours: 2

    Integrates all aspects of learning in the Building Inspection Technology program, with emphasis on building department organization and responsibilities, building code provisions, plan review, building inspection, and effective communication. Gives students exercises in analysis, evaluation, and creativity relating to the building-development process. Promotes professional growth by requiring students to demonstrate technical skills and encouraging their interaction with experienced mentors in the field of building inspection.

    Prerequisite: All Building Inspection Technology courses through the winter term of the second year; or consent of instructor. Concurrent: Second-year spring-term courses in the Building Inspection Technology program.
Credit Hours: 2

Business Technology (Office Administration and Technology)

  
  • BT 104 - Business English 1


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Emphasizes basic English skills, including parts of speech, sentence patterns, and terminal punctuation. Covers common mistakes with nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Applies these skills to writing and speaking in clear, concise sentences.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BT 105 - Business English 2


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Emphasizes effective business writing by focusing on proper grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Covers the writing of business-related paragraphs.

    Prerequisite: BT 104  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BT 116 - Office Procedures


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces administrative support activities. Includes discussion of human relation issues, telephone usage, development of effective listening skills, mailing and shipping services, preparation of financial records, plans for meetings and conferences, travel arrangements, scheduling appointments, office careers, and preparation of a job application and basic resume.

Credit Hours: 3
  
  • BT 123 - Minute-Taking, Level 1


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Credit Hours: 2

    Provides instruction for taking minutes at formal and semi-formal meetings. Includes preparation prior to a meeting, tasks involved during the meeting, and duties once the meeting is finished.

    Prerequisite: BT 105  with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 2
 

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