| |
Fire Protection Technology |
| |
-
FRP 259 - Major Emergency Strategy and Tactics
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Covers major emergencies and applies principles relating to incident priorities, resource management, and tactical operations to make judgments about the management of major emergencies.
Prerequisite: FRP 150 , FRP 151 , FRP 152 , FRP 153 , and FRP 170 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 260 - Fundamental of Fire Prevention
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the history and philosophy of fire protection through review of life and property loss statistics, case studies of fire protection agencies, current and future fire protection problems, and fire prevention laws and regulations. Develops an awareness of, and positive attitude toward, fire prevention as a method of accomplishing the fire department mission. Explores issues of difference, power, and responsibility in the workplace as it relates to early fire prevention efforts and workplace safety.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 261 - Fire Incident Related Experience 4
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces additional skills and provides a practicum to function safely and effectively as an integral member of a firefighting team and successfully pass testing for NFPA Firefighter I. Includes a practicum NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator and NFPA Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump certifications. Students completing the course will take written and task performance tests for NFPA Firefighter I and NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator.
Prerequisite: FRP 153 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 261H - Fire Incident Related Experience 4 Honors
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces additional skills and provides a practicum to function safely and effectively as an integral member of a firefighting team and successfully pass testing for NFPA Firefighter I. Includes a practicum for NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator and NFPA Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump certifications. Students completing the course will take written and task performance tests for NFPA Firefighter I and NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator. Provides a practicum for leadership, supervisory, and management skills.
Prerequisite: FRP 153 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 262 - Fire Incident Related Experience 5
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces new skills and provides a practicum for NFPA Firefighter II, NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator and NFPA Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump certifications. Assists with entering the job market and in becoming more successful in competitive fire service entry processes.
Prerequisite: FRP 261 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 262H - Fire Incident Related Experience 5 Honors
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces new skills and provides a practicum for NFPA Firefighter II, NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator, and NFPA Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump certifications. Assists with entering the job market and in becoming more successful in competitive fire service entry processes. Provides a practicum for leadership, supervisory, and management skills
Prerequisite: FRP 261 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 263 - Fire Incident Related Experience 6
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 3
Offers additional skills and provides a practicum for NFPA Firefighter II, NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator, and NFPA Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump certifications. Prepares students for entering the job market and assists them in becoming more successful in competitive fire service entry processes. Introduces contemporary issues regarding the furnishing of emergency services. Students completing the course will take written and task performance tests for NFPA Firefighter II.
Prerequisite: FRP 262 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 263H - Fire Incident Related Experience 6 Honors
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 3
Offers additional skills and provides a practicum for NFPA Firefighter II, NFPA Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator, and NFPA Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump certifications. Prepares students for entering the job market and assists them in becoming more successful in competitive fire service entry processes. Introduces contemporary issues regarding the furnishing of emergency services. Students completing the course will take written and task performance tests for NFPA Firefighter II. Provides a practicum for leadership, supervisory, and management skills.
Prerequisite: FRP 262 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 266 - Building Construction for Fire Suppression
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on fire problems inherent in structural elements of buildings. Includes inspection of various building types as a basis for applying effective extinguishment practices with adequate safeguards for personnel.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 272 - International Fire Codes 2
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Studies the International Fire Code, State Fire Marshal Fire Safety Regulations and related Oregon revised statutes, N.F.P.A., and other codes relating to fire prevention and life safety.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 277 - NFPA Fire Instructor 1
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Provides training to instructor candidates from multi-discipline activities found within Public Safety (fire, law enforcement, wildland, emergency medical services, etc.). Prepares the program participants for planning instruction, using a variety of instructional methods, teaching diverse learners, and evaluating course outcomes. Includes guidelines for addressing the critical issues of safety and the legal issues of training, and provides opportunities for participants to take part in application activities. This course meets the competency standards established by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1041 Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications, Instructor I.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 278 - NFPA Fire Instructor 2
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Provides training to instructor candidates from multi-discipline activities found within Public Safety (fire, law enforcement, wildland, emergency medical services, etc.). Uses an intensive instructional methodology program to prepare the participant for planning and developing all aspects of course curriculum. Includes needs analysis, task analysis, course goals and objectives, lesson plan development, instructional support materials and evaluation instruments. This course meets the competency standards established by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1041 Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications, Instructor II.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 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 |
| |
-
FRP 280B - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 1
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280C - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280D - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280E - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 4
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280F - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 5
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280G - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 6
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280H - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 7
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280I - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 8
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280J - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 9
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 |
| |
-
FRP 280L - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 11
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 |
| |
-
FRP 281 - Fire Prevention Inspection
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Covers methods of contemporary fire prevention inspection practices. Includes preparation, pre-approach information, written inspection notices, relations with owners and occupants, and compliances.
Prerequisite: FRP 172 , FRP 260 , and FRP 266 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be passed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 282 - Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Provides basic information regarding the purpose and scope of a juvenile fire setter intervention program and how it should be structured; legal aspects of dealing with juveniles; child development; the continuum of juvenile fire setting; effective communication, interviewing, and questioning techniques; screening juvenile fire setters; and education and referral intervention processes.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 284 - Public Information for the Fire Service
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Provides students with the ability to identify public and proprietary information to form media releases and develop and maintain positive relations with media representatives.
Prerequisite: FRP 173 and FRP 174 , each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 286 - Advanced Detection and Protection Systems
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Provides training in the design of fire protection systems and the evaluation of existing systems with regard to fire codes, building codes, and National Fire Protection Standards
Prerequisite: FRP 171 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
FRP 288 - Fire Prevention Education Programs
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Uses fire data to analyze the prevention needs in a community and to design a public fire education program directed to preventing or mitigating certain fires in that community.
Credit Hours: 3 |
Human Development and Family Studies |
| |
-
HDF 140 - Home Visiting in Early Childhood Programs
Lecture Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 1
Discusses home visitation program history, purpose, and practices. Explores a developmental approach to parenting, parent education, and parent support.
Credit Hours: 1 |
| |
-
HDF 141 - Science Experiences with Young Children
Lecture Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 1
Explores planning and implementing developmentally appropriate science activities with young children from 2½ to 6 years old. Focuses on hands on, child-centered activities with an emphasis on understanding how young children learn. Includes children of different ages, cultures, and abilities.
Credit Hours: 1 |
| |
-
HDF 143 - Introduction to Effective Parenting
Lecture Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 1
Provides an introduction to parenting skills for both parents and non-parents. Explores the roles and demands of parenting. Introduces parent self-care, stress management, child development and guidance principles and techniques using the evidence-based Make Parenting a Pleasure curriculum.
Credit Hours: 1 |
| |
-
HDF 222 - Family Relationships
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Examines communication patterns and relationships between adults, children and adults, and within intimate personal relations (marriage, families, and couples). Emphasizes understanding the role of the family and its consequent role in the development of the individual.
Prerequisite: Placement into RD 090 and WR 090 ; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 225 - Prenatal, Infant, and Toddler Development
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Studies the basic principles of development, prenatal through two years of age, for typically and atypically developing children. Emphasizes physical, intellectual, emotional, and social growth and development of young children.
Prerequisite: Placement into RD 090 and WR 090 ; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 227 - The Whole Child
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Gives students, parents, teachers, and professional child care providers the tools they need to foster the growth and well-being of children in their care. Features real child care givers, working and playing together with children in ways that facilitate learning and development. Locations used during the filming include a suburban preschool, an urban infant center and preschool, an in-home family child care program, two university child care centers and Head Start classrooms.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 229 - Middle Childhood Development
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the principles of development as they apply to children ages 6 through 12 years. Emphasizes typical and atypical development in the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional domains.
Prerequisite: Placement into RD 090 and WR 090 ; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 247 - Preschool Child Development
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the principles of development as they apply to the young child ages 2 ½ to 6 years. Emphasizes typical and atypical development in the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional domains.
Prerequisite: Placement into RD 090 and WR 090 ; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 248 - Learning Experiences for Young Children
Lecture Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4
Covers theories of intellectual development and includes development analysis, presentation, and evaluation of learning activities support development in all domains (physical, social, emotional, and intellectual). Emphasizes activities and materials which support open-ended, child-directed play and discovery in science (physics, chemistry, and biology) and language and literacy (representational and social knowledge), in an inclusive environment for children of all developmental levels.
Prerequisite: HDF 225 and HDF 247 , each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HDF 249 - Introduction to Working and Living with Infants and Toddlers
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on understanding, facilitating, and respecting the brain development of infants and toddlers. Prepares individuals to work with infants and toddlers in a variety of settings. Provides opportunities for discussion, demonstration, and practice in the areas of environmental and material planning, and interaction, curriculum, and observation skills development.
Prerequisite: Placement into RD 090 and WR 090 ; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 257 - Home, School, and Community
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes helping future teachers and child care workers recognize and understand their unique position as resource coordinators and facilitators for parents. Focuses on developing effective and appropriate communication skills. Analyzes issues involving children with disabilities; ethics and values; and parent, school, and community opportunities.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing in the Early Childhood Education program; and placement into RD 090 and WR 090 ; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 258 - Teaching in an Anti-Bias Classroom
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the development of practices for teaching young children in culturally relevant and inclusive ways. Covers identity development in relation to gender, race, and other biases that influence and affect children and families. Focuses on uncovering and naming biases. Examines the social context that contributes to biases that affect teaching attitudes and practices.
Prerequisite: Placement into RD 090 and WR 090 ; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 260 - Child Abuse and Neglect
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces problems of child abuse and neglect for professionals in situations where children are cared for, such as child care centers and schools. This course may also be useful to other professionals who come into contact with children and need to be aware of issues regarding child abuse and neglect. Includes examining the causes of abuse, the abused child, the abusive parent and adult, the role of the teacher, areas of treatment, and education.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HDF 286 - Professional Issues and Leadership Early Childhood Education
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Prepares early childhood educators to fill the many professional roles that require basic knowledge of ethics, conflict resolution, understanding of the special needs child, advocacy, governmental processes, leadership, and development of a professional attitude and point of view. Covers the development of the early childhood education field and profession.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing in the Early Childhood Education program; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
Health Information Management |
| |
-
HM 101 - Medical Law and Ethics
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the relationships between the law, ethics and bioethics and the health care professional. Introduces students to privacy, security, confidentiality, legal policies and procedures, and ethical issues. An interactive class using case studies, independent and group projects, and personal reflection to identify common legal and ethical problems.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HM 112 - Health record content
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 4
Provides entry-level skills for Health Information Management. Offers basic knowledge of health information systems and the skills necessary for medical and hospital administrative functions. Includes Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, the health information field, the content of a health record, health record processing of medical reports, documentation guidelines, and legal/ethical aspects of the health record. Includes introduction to patient registration.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HM 113 - Healthcare Financing
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 6
Provides the foundation skills required for understanding healthcare financing, medical insurance billing, and reimbursement. Covers local and national insurance programs and offers a practical approach to medical insurance billing and reimbursement procedures.
Credit Hours: 6 |
| |
-
HM 115 - ICD-10-CM Coding/Diagnosis
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 6
Introduces basic differences between nomenclature and classification systems: basic coding system, ICD-10-CM; basic abbreviations and description of format of coding manual; fundamental application of coding in basic forms.
Credit Hours: 6 |
| |
-
HM 117 - CPT and HCPCS Coding
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 6
Introduces the use of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system, HCPCS coding, insurance terminology and abbreviations, and basic health insurance systems.
Prerequisite: HM 115 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 6 |
| |
-
HM 120 - Medical Terminology 1
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes the terminology related to the healthcare professions and specialties, equipment, drugs, symbols and abbreviations. Includes the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, integumentary. and circulatory/blood/lymphatic system. Provides practical application in the workplace using case studies, operative, autopsy, diagnostic and laboratory reports.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HM 121 - Medical Terminology 2
Lecture Hours: 4
Credit Hours: 4
Focuses on the urinary, female and male reproductive, endocrine, and nervous systems; sensory organs; cancer medicine; radiology and nuclear medicine; and psychiatry. Explores the origin of terms and the use of anatomical, general, operative, and symptomatic terms using a variety of case-based and experiential learning techniques.
Prerequisite: HM 120 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HM 123 - Essentials of Pathophysiology
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Builds on understanding normal structure and function of the human body. Introduces basic processes of pathophysiology, including cell function; inflammation; infection; immunity; and neoplasia, fluid, and electrolytes; and acid-base balance. Relates genetics and aging processes to pathophysiology. Uses a body systems approach to apply pathophysiological concepts to major disorders.
Prerequisite: HM 120 and HM 121 , each with grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HM 150 - Professional Development and Communication for Health Information Management
Lecture Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Provides a comprehensive environment for students to become proficient in skills required of a healthcare office professional develop leadership qualities, enhance awareness of diversity in the healthcare workplace, develop interpersonal communication skills and provides a setting for self-improvement. Introduces social networking for healthcare professionals, resume development and gives practical experience for phone and in-person employment interviews. Presents information concerning employment rights, and provides a setting for self-improvement and continuing education.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HM 160 - ICD-10-PCS - Procedures
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 6
Introduces the use of the ICD-10-PCS procedural coding system, with emphasis on skill development in correct code assignment and groupings based on clinical information, documentation and coding guidelines. Introduces advanced coding topics.
Prerequisite: Completion of HM 115 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 6 |
| |
-
HM 170 - Healthcare Revenue Cycle 1
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 6
Offers the skills needed to understand the revenue cycle timeline, understand billing laws, solve insurance billing problems, and how to manually and electronically file claims in an intensive billing course.
Prerequisite: Completion of HM 113 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 6 |
| |
-
HM 210 - Introduction to Health Services
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the nation’s health system. Introduces use of health services, history of the health care system, hospitals and other health services providers and their relationship to the system as a whole. Explores the financial, legal, political and ethical aspects of the health care system in the United States.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HM 230 - Health Information Management Practicum
Lab Hours: 6
Credit Hours: 3
Provides workplace experience in a healthcare-related setting. Covers policies and procedures in tasks set forth by site, follow release of information guidelines, participate in quality assessment, develop skills using various software applications, and to help students perform as an entry-level coding professional.
Prerequisite: HM 113 , HM 115 , HM 117 , HM 150 ; or consent of instructor. (All courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HM 231 - Health Information Management Seminar
Lecture Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 1
Provides safe environment for students to share thoughts/concerns they might be experiencing at their concurrent practicum sights. Allows for instructors to alleviate any issues in a timely fashion. Provides space for completion of projects and/or simulations that will help students meet their entry-level competencies.
Prerequisite: HM 115 , HM 117 , and HM 160 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 1 |
| |
-
HM 232 - Prerequisite:Healthcare Billing Certificate Practicum
Lab Hours: 6
Credit Hours: 3
Provides workplace experience in a healthcare-related setting. Covers policies and procedures in tasks set forth by site, follow release of information guidelines, participate in quality assessment, develop skills using various software applications, and to help students perform as an entry-level coding professional.
Prerequisite: HM 113 , HM 150 , HM 170 , HM 210 , HM 270 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HM 233 - Billing Certification Prep Seminar
Lecture Hours: 1
Credit Hours: 1
Provides safe environment for students to share thoughts/concerns they might be experiencing at their concurrent practicum sights. Allows for instructors to alleviate any issues in a timely fashion. Provides space for completion of projects and/or simulations that will help students meet their entry-level competencies.
Prerequisite: HM 113 , HM 150 , HM 170 , HM 210 , HM 270 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 1 |
| |
-
HM 270 - Healthcare Revenue Cycle 2
Lecture Hours: 9
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 6
Builds on skills learned in HM 170 while learning how to trace delinquent claims, appeal denied claims and complete a CMS-1500 Claim Form to streamline billing procedures by completing case studies.
Prerequisite: HM 101 , HM 120 , HM 121 , HM 170 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 6 |
Horticulture |
| |
-
HOR 110 - Bees and Other Pollinators
Lecture Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Examines the contribution of pollinators and the impacts of pollinator loss to global agriculture. Provides basic biological and ecological information on important pollinators in Oregon. Emphasizes habitat requirements and conservation tactics for individual pollinator types. Covers principles and mechanics of beekeeping. Investigates threats to pollinators and potential solutions.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 111 - Introduction to Horticulture
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a broad view of the horticulture industry in Oregon. Introduces environmental factors important to plant growth. Covers basic principles of soils, media and plant nutrition. Discusses major components of horticulture industry including nursery and greenhouse, tree fruits, small fruits, vegetables and landscape. Presents scope of career opportunities in horticulture.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 112 - Pesticides and Safety
Lecture Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Focuses on safe use and handling of pesticides. Covers laws and regulations pertaining to pesticide use. Considers effects of pesticides on air, water, and wildlife. Emphasizes toxicity, safety equipment, and emergencies. Examines pesticide formulations and application equipment. Introduces mixing, loading and transporting pesticides and calibration of equipment.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 115 - Nursery and Greenhouse Equipment and Safety
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces equipment commonly used in nursery and greenhouse production, including operation, basic maintenance, and safety. Covers self-propelled equipment, mechanical attachments, pesticide application equipment, irrigation equipment, and tools. Emphasizes safety practices and regulations in use of all equipment.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 116 - Introduction to Phytotechnology
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Provides an overview of innovative technologies that use plants to clean water, soil, air, and build sustainable ecosystem services in managed (urban and rural) landscapes. Discusses conventional practices used to measure and treat quantity/quality of water, soil and air; the common pollutants found in each; and the impacts on environmental, social, and economic well-being. Explores environmental factors, horticultural practices, and physiological mechanisms that affect plant growth and response to pollution in phytotechnology applications. Introduces the range of career opportunities in this highly multi-disciplinary field.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 125 - Biological Control Agents
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 2
Focuses on the concepts of biological control in natural and managed systems using natural enemies to reduce pest densities as well as current applications within the horticulture industry to create an ecological and integrated approach to pest management. Creates a solid understanding of biological control to prepare students to develop effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs that reduce chemical usage.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 130 - Irrigation Principles and Practices
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on irrigation system characteristics, management, maintenance, and scheduling. Explores plant-soil-water relationships and how they relate to irrigation methods, system components and equipment, and efficiency.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 135 - Irrigation Controllers and Instrumentation
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3
Discusses irrigation controls, installation, sensors, programming for water efficiency and conservation, irrigation control systems, and troubleshooting. Includes residential, commercial, agricultural and nursery/greenhouse irrigation systems. Analyzes the types of control systems and procedures. Includes a practical, hands-on lab to demonstrate knowledge of industry-based practices and procedures. Focuses on the installation and troubleshooting of irrigation systems, valves, sprinklers, system piping, controls, and wiring.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 140 - Irrigation Pump Applications
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3
Explores pump types commonly used in irrigation applications and the operating characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of each pump type. Presents information needed to select a pump and the associated components including power and drive units. Presents information on installation practices.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 145 - Irrigation Design and Components
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3
Creates irrigation design, components, and installation for irrigation systems including agriculture, nursery and greenhouse, and commercial and residential. Applies site evaluation, valve and sprinkler selection, systems design, controllers and installation. Gains hands-on experience designing and installing different irrigation systems.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 150 - Irrigation Blueprint Reading and Sketching
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Introduces basic construction plan interpretation. Covers symbol usage, line types, dimensioning, section views, axillary views and integration of construction plans from various trades.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 201 - Growing Vegetables in the Willamette Valley
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Introduces important vegetable crop production in the Willamette Valley. Discusses history and current status of the Oregon vegetable industry. Presents essential cultural practices for vegetable production, including soil and fertility management, pest identification and control, and unique production aspects of individual vegetable crops.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 203 - Fall Horticulture Practicum
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 2
Applies practical horticultural skills and techniques used in the fall in the areas of nursery, greenhouse, and organic food production. Includes plant propagation, soil and media preparation, transplanting, irrigation, fertilization, pest management, and growth regulation. Provides skills and experience in crop scheduling, production, processing, marketing, and sales. Industry field trips and guest lectures included.
Prerequisite: HOR 111 , HOR 211 , and SOIL 205 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 204 - Winter Horticulture Practicum
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 2
Applies practical horticultural skills and techniques used in the winter in the areas of nursery, greenhouse, and organic food production. Includes plant propagation, soil and media preparation, transplanting, irrigation, fertilization, pest management, and growth regulation. Provides skills and experience in crop scheduling, production, processing, marketing, and sales. Industry field trips and guest lectures included.
Prerequisite: HOR 111 , HOR 211 , and SOIL 205 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses mus be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 205 - Spring Horticulture Practicum
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 2
Applies practical horticultural skills and techniques used in the spring in the areas of nursery, greenhouse, and organic food production. Includes plant propagation, soil and media preparation, transplanting, irrigation, fertilization, pest management, and growth regulation. Provides skills and experience in crop scheduling, production, processing, marketing, and sales. Industry field trips and guest lectures included.
Prerequisite: HOR 111 , HOR 211 , and SOIL 205 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 211 - Plant Propagation
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Presents principles and practices of plant propagation with emphasis on methods used for ornamental nursery stock. Discusses anatomy, physiology and genetics related to plant reproduction. Covers seed propagation, cuttings, grafting, budding, layering, division, specialized roots and stems, and micropropagation. Identifies equipment, tools, and structures required for propagation.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 212 - Advanced Plant Propagation
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Presents advanced principles and practices of plant propagation with emphasis on seed propagation and tissue culture. Emphasizes plant propagation techniques employed early in the growing season. Identifies equipment, tools, and structures required for advanced propagation techniques.
Prerequisite: HOR 211 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 215 - Developing an Integrated Pest Management Program
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 2
Identifies steps for setting up an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program by following reasonable and logical procedures for each pest management situation through gathering information, interpreting data, creating a flexible management plan, making timely decisions, and taking the proper action. Communicates pest management decision effectively with colleagues and clients.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 221 - Nursery Production and Management
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on production systems and management practices in container and field nurseries. Emphasizes irrigation, fertilization, pruning and other cultural practices that result in high quality plant material and healthy root systems. Covers harvesting, storing and shipping. Examines differences between container and field production. Explores current issues and trends in nursery production in Oregon.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 225 - Greenhouse Production and Management
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Covers structural and mechanical aspects of the greenhouse environment. Compares greenhouse systems with regard to styles, frames, covers, benches, mechanical controls, lighting, irrigation, and fertilization. Focuses on management practices in production greenhouses. Covers irrigation and fertilization practices that result in high quality plant material. Considers regulation of light and temperature to achieve desired plant growth. Emphasizes growth regulation, production scheduling, and shipping and handling. Examines the wholesale and retail nursery industry in Oregon.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 226 - Fall Plant Identification
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Identifies species and varieties of woody landscape plants that exhibit seasonal highlights of fruit and fall color. Stresses scientific naming of plants. Presents plant identification techniques that rely on recognition of form, structure, and visual details of leaves, fruit, and bark. Considers cultural requirements for individual species and varieties.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 227 - Winter Plant Identification
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Identifies species and varieties of woody landscape plants, focusing on conifers and broadleaf evergreens with ornamental value. Stresses scientific naming of plants. Presents plant identification techniques that rely on recognition of form, structure, and visual details of leaves, needles, cones, fruit, and bark. Considers cultural requirements for individual species and varieties.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 228 - Spring Plant Identification
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Identifies species and varieties of woody landscape plants that exhibit seasonal highlights in spring. Stresses scientific naming of plants. Presents plant identification techniques that rely on recognition of form, structure, and visual details of leaves and flowers. Considers cultural requirements for individual species and varieties.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 236 - Integrated Pest Management: Weeds
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Presents an integrated approach to weed management in the nursery and greenhouse. Reviews weed biology. Emphasizes identification, monitoring, and assessment of common weeds. Focuses on prevention, sanitation, and cultural practices to manage weed problems. Covers preemergent and post emergent application of herbicides.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 237 - Integrated Pest Management: Insects and Diseases
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Presents an integrated approach to disease and insect and mite management in the nursery and greenhouse. Covers identification of common insect and mite pests and their natural enemies, insect monitoring, and assessment. Focuses on cultural practices and biological control techniques to manage insect and mite problems. Includes use of insecticides and miticides to manage pest populations. Covers identification of common fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases in the nursery and greenhouse. Discusses monitoring and diagnosing diseases of greenhouse and nursery plants. Focuses on cultural, biological, physical, and chemical methods of disease management.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 238 - Plant Problem Diagnosis
Lecture Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Covers the basic principles of plant problem diagnosis in landscapes and gardens, based on available symptoms and signs. Focuses on distinguishing cultural and environmental problems from those caused by organisms, and mitigating those problems. Introduces the identification of specific biotic causes of plant problems, including fungal, bacterial, and viral plant diseases, insect pests, and vertebrate pest problems. Includes local examples. Identifies book and web-based resources for problem identification.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 240 - Sustainable Landscape Design
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Provides students with basic skills for designing residential and light commercial landscapes. Focuses on sustainable principles, including energy, soil, and water conservation applications. Introduces fundamental concepts for formulation of a landscape design. Identifies and describes the art and principles of design. Surveys various plants and hardscape materials. Establishes desired uses for public and private outdoor spaces. Explores issues of budget considerations and client needs, while minimizing negative impacts on the future environment.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 251 - Growing Fruit in the Willamette Valley
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces important fruit crop production in the Willamette Valley for both commercial and personal use. Presents management systems and cultural practices for fruit crops, including raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, strawberries, hazelnuts, apples, pears, and stone fruits. Covers pruning and training principles for each fruit crop, as well as nutritional requirements, fertilization practices, and pest identification and management.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 255 - Identification of Herbaceous Plants 1
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3
Identifies species and varieties of annuals, perennials, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, and bulbs grown in Oregon, focusing on spring flowering and greenhouse-produced plants. Stresses scientific naming of plants. Presents plant identification techniques that rely on recognition of visual details of form, texture, size, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Considers production and cultural requirements for individual species and varieties.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 256 - Identification of Herbaceous Plants 2
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Identifies species and varieties of annuals, tender and hardy perennials, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, bulbs, and herbs grown in Oregon, focusing on plants with seasonal interest in the summer. Stresses scientific naming of plants. Presents plant identification techniques that rely on recognition of visual details of form, texture, size, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Considers production and cultural requirements for individual species and varieties.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 257 - Horticultural Marketing
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the fundamentals of marketing ornamental plants, including market analysis and market strategies. Explores a variety of marketing communication tools and techniques and examines advantages and disadvantages of each. Examines current situations and future trends in national and international marketing. Focuses on development of a marketing plan for a nursery and greenhouse business.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 265 - Integrated Pest Management: Scouting and Monitoring
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 2
Monitors crops to prevent infestations to create an effective IPM program and to make good crop decisions. Covers how to identify the objectives of a monitoring program, sampling methods, tools, and techniques, the role of precision agriculture, and using monitoring records to develop a long-term monitoring plan.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 273 - Uban and Community Forestry
Lecture Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Introduces economic, ecological, social, and technical aspects of urban forest management. Focuses on current practices related to the planting, care and management of trees and vegetation in urban areas. Covers the relationship between plants and people in the urban forest.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 275 - Innovative Strategies Water Quality Management in Nurseries
Lecture Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Explores conventional and innovative water management systems that provide adequate quantity and quality of irrigation while protecting the environment and other local resources. Evaluates the benefits and challenges of using either recirculated water or reclaimed wastewater to grow plants. Examines phytotechnologies that can be applied on a nursery/greenhouse scale, such as vegetated filter strips, ‘living machines,’ hydroponic tanks, floating islands, or wetland ponds.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 276 - Organic Gardening
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 3
Provides the basic knowledge to care for gardens and landscapes without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Compares conventional, sustainable, organic, and permaculture gardening techniques. Emphasizes soil enrichment techniques and appropriate use of organic fertilizers. Covers organic management of garden and landscape pests. Stresses hands-on application of scientific principles to create sustainable food production systems.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 277 - Composting
Lecture Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 2
Focuses on the composting process, methods of composting, and uses of compost. Covers home and industrial composting with an emphasis on horticultural scale composting (farm and nursery). Reviews regulations and safety considerations. Identifies benefits and challenges of composting.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 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 |
| |
-
HOR 280B - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 2
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors.
Credit Hours: 2 |
| |
-
HOR 280C - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 6
Credit Hours: 3
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors.
Credit Hours: 3 |
| |
-
HOR 280D - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 9
Credit Hours: 4
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors.
Credit Hours: 4 |
| |
-
HOR 280E - Cooperative Work Experience
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 12
Credit Hours: 5
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors.
Credit Hours: 5 |
| |
Page: 1 <- 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
| 12
| 13
-> 17 |