2016-2017 College Catalog 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
2016-2017 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Information

Learning support prerequisites: Enrollment in most college-level courses requires qualifying test scores or completion of learning support coursework. To determine eligibility for college-level courses, students who have tested into learning support courses should check the advising chart on the Advising Resources webpage.

Tennessee Board of Regents designations: Courses denoted with the ♦ symbol are General Education courses transferable within the Tennessee Board of Regents system. Every TBR institution incorporates a common 41-hour General Education core into its degree requirements and accepts all courses designated with the ♦ symbol as meeting these requirements. A complete matrix of courses that satisfy General Education requirements at all TBR institutions is available on the TBR Web page, policies.tbr.edu/policies/general-education-requirements-and-degree-requirements.

University of Tennessee designations: Courses denoted with the ★ symbol are Pellissippi State courses that receive direct course equivalency at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Courses

 

Web Technology

  
  • WEB 1600 - Web Design I: Introduction to Web Technology

    Credit(s): 3
    An introduction to hypertext markup language (HTML), cascading style sheets (CSS) and the fundamentals of Web technology. The course includes writing HTML and CSS code that is standards-compliant in order to produce and publish basic websites.

  
  • WEB 2000 - Dreamweaver

    Credit(s): 3
    This course is designed to enhance skills and knowledge of the professional Web designer by using Adobe Dreamweaver to create and manage websites. Focus is on fundamentals of Dreamweaver as well as advanced tools and techniques to plan, design, create, modify, test and publish professional websites.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375  or WEB 1600  or equivalent

  
  • WEB 2010 - Web Design II: Design Fundamentals

    Credit(s): 3
    This course teaches hands-on skills and knowledge that Web design professionals are expected to understand. Students learn how to apply good design principles as they develop and publish websites. General topics include website development essentials (such as the development process, customer expectations, and ethical and legal issues), Web design elements (such as the site user’s experience, navigation, usability and accessibility, image files, graphical user interface site development software, and site publishing and maintenance), Web design principles and aesthetics, and advanced Web technologies (such as client-side and server-side technologies and Web databases).

    Prerequisite(s): WEB 1600  

  
  • WEB 2120 - Audio/Video for the Web

    Credit(s): 3
    This course is designed to familiarize students with the technologies associated with bringing photographic (film, video and still) images and audio to the internet environment and enable students to identify and use the tools which facilitate these media in Web sites. Appropriate media selection, software tools for encoding various media, delivery system attributes and limitations, associated file types, audio and video codecs and software players will be discussed. Students will learn to prepare aural and visual media for the Web by creating and encoding assigned projects.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375  or WEB 1600  or consent of program coordinator for WEB students; VPT 1030  for VPT students

  
  • WEB 2150 - HTML 5 Multimedia

    Credit(s): 3
    A fundamental Web course which examines and demonstrates how to ensure that audio or video will work in all browsers that support HTML 5 media elements. Topics include widely supported media file codecs and containers, customizing the appearance of media elements with CSS, and applying video subtitles and closed captioning with SRT and WebVTT. The emphasis of this course will be on creating high-quality Web pages using HTML 5 audio and video media elements.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375 
         or
    WEB 1600  and WEB 2010 
         or
    consent of program coordinator

  
  • WEB 2220 - E-Commerce

    Credit(s): 3
    This course teaches students how to conduct business online and how to manage the technological issues associated with constructing an electronic-commerce website. Students will study how implementing technology can engage cardholders, merchants, issuers, payment gateways and other parties in electronic transactions.

    Prerequisite(s): WEB 1600  and WEB 2010  

  
  • WEB 2300 - JavaScript & jQuery

    Credit(s): 3
    This course is designed to teach developers how to use the features of the JavaScript language to design client-side, platform-independent solutions. Instruction on how to write JavaScript programs, script for the JavaScript object model, control program flow, validate forms, animate images, target frames and create cookies, as well as work with JavaScript libraries such as jQuery are included.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375  or WEB 2010  or consent of program coordinator

  
  • WEB 2350 - XML

    Credit(s): 3
    XML document design teaches students how to create intelligent structured Web documents using the extensible markup language (XML). Students study the functions and relationships between XML and other members of the XML family of technologies, including the extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML) and extensible stylesheet language (XSL). They create and apply styling to XML documents in a series of hands-on labs that focus on the development of coding conventions and compliance with the rules for well-formed XML. This course provides a balance of training in theory, technology and hands-on development. The skills and concepts taught enable corporations to create consistent structured documents that can be published to a variety of output formats and media. The course covers XML document design as well as the basics of CSS, DHTML and XHTML.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375  or WEB 2010 

  
  • WEB 2400 - Web Project Management

    Credit(s): 3
    This course is designed to help students define the scope of projects; identify stakeholders, decision makers, and escalation procedures; develop detailed task lists; estimate time requirements; develop flow charts; identify required resources and budgets; evaluate project requirements; identify and evaluate risks; prepare contingency plans; identify interdependencies; identify and track critical milestones; participate in project phase review; secure needed resources; manage the control process and report project status.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375  or WEB 2010 
         and
    ENGL 1010 

  
  • WEB 2401 - Accessible Web Design & Compliance

    Credit(s): 3
    This advanced course teaches authoring and design of Web pages and sites that comply with various standards, guidelines, and regulations. It examines legal requirements and emphasizes best practices and techniques for industry and e-commerce solutions. Web sites are reviewed for accessibility and usability. Students learn to apply POUR principles and universal-design concepts to their own creations, with exercises and projects that accommodate individuals with assorted disabilities (e.g., visual, mobility, auditory, cognitive). Case studies will be reviewed, and online resources for creating and accessing Web content will be used. Site conformance, assessment, maintenance and testing will be addressed in the context of the W3C WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Section 508, Telecommunications Act, and the ADA.

    Prerequisite(s): WEB 1600  or WEB 2703  or consent of program coordinator

  
  • WEB 2501 - Web Special Topics

    Credit(s): 1-3
    A directed study and utilization of specific applications and software products within business and industry relevant to Web design. May be repeated, maximum 3 credits.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375  or WEB 1600  or consent of program coordinator

  
  • WEB 2603 - Server-side Web Development (PHP/ASP)

    Credit(s): 3
    This course covers the server-side scripting languages of PHP and ASP and how the languages interact with a database. PHP and ASP objects will be covered.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 1303  or WEB 2010 

  
  • WEB 2703 - Adobe Acrobat

    Credit(s): 1
    This course focuses on the Web authoring tool Adobe Acrobat. Students will learn to create and publish documents for electronic distribution that can be viewed by anyone on any computer. Features such as document security, the ability to create a searchable index of multiple PDF documents, the ability to capture scanned documents and make them editable, and searchable and forms creation will be covered.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375  or WEB 1600 

  
  • WEB 2710 - Web Design for Mobile Devices

    Credit(s): 3
    This hands-on course provides students with the skills to develop content for mobile devices (cell phones, PDAs, etc.) using wireless markup language (WML), XHTML and CSS. Particular emphasis is given to designing for small screens, including interface design, usability and aesthetic style. Students also are provided an overview of the wireless industry, including infrastructure, device platforms and operating systems, and emerging trends in mobile technologies.

    Corequisite(s): WEB 2300 

  
  • WEB 2811 - Advanced Computer Graphics

    Credit(s): 3
    This course is designed to enhance the computer skills that are used to prepare images for the Web or for print. Focus is on the use of  Photoshop to enhance and create digital images using basic and advanced techniques as well as how to fix common photography problems and manage digital assets.  Topics include working with layers, selections, color, type, styles, paint tools, masks and special layer functions and effects.

    Prerequisite(s): CITC 2375 
         or
    MDT 2100  and WEB 1600 
         or
    consent of program coordinator

  
  • WEB 2812 - Web Design III: Advanced Site Design

    Credit(s): 3
    This problems-oriented course teaches the use of dynamic graphics elements to enhance Web pages and sites. Advanced concepts in page layout and site optimization are studied, with emphasis on principles used to craft dynamic Web pages that get noticed. Exercises and projects allow students to apply the principles of Web design to their own sites, which are created in the course.

    Prerequisite(s):  CITC 2375 
         or
     MDT 2100  and WEB 1600  and  WEB 2010 
         or
    consent of program coordinator

  
  • WEB 2902 - Web Practicum

    Credit(s): 1
    A directed study focused on developing a professional portfolio of projects that utilize specific application and software products within business and industry relevant to Web design. May be repeated, maximum 3 credits.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010  and MDT 1950  and MDT 2100  and WEB 2000  and WEB 2150  and WEB 2220  and WEB 2300  and WEB 2603  

    Corequisite(s): WEB 2812  


Welding

  
  • WELD 1010 - Quality & Inspection

    Credit(s): 4
    Introduction to the concepts of quality control (QC), total quality management (TQM) and current methods used in industry to obtain accurate measurements of parts and components.

  
  • WELD 1030 - Pattern Development

    Credit(s): 2
    With an emphasis on the practical applications of pattern development, students construct basic forms using parallel line pattern development techniques.  The course also introduces students to tools of the trade, geometric construction and bend allowance computations. 

    Corequisite(s): MATH 1010  or MATH 1530  or MATH 1630  or MATH 1710  or MATH 1720  or MATH 1730  or MATH 1830  or MATH 1910  

  
  • WELD 1070 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)

    Credit(s): 3
    Course includes vertical and overhead positions using E6010 and E7018 welding electrodes and requirements for meeting American Welding Society structural steel and bridge code specifications.

    Prerequisite(s): MET 2111  

    Corequisite(s): WELD 2310  

  
  • WELD 1210 - Welding Blueprints

    Credit(s): 2
    The course is designed to enhance the student’s ability to visualize prints, understand geometric construction, sketch, compute tolerances and interpret the meanings of welding symbols.

    Corequisite(s): MATH 1010  or MATH 1530  or MATH 1630  or MATH 1710  or MATH 1720  or MATH 1730  or MATH 1830  or MATH 1910  

  
  • WELD 1410 - Metallurgy & Materials Testing

    Credit(s): 4
    An introduction to the mechanical testing of metals for strength, hardness and mechanical properties, students process and examine metallographic specimens and identify material microscopically; apply hardness and tensile tests and interpret results; demonstrate an understanding of metals and their crystalline structure; and recognize the effects of heat, rates of heating and cooling, as well as alloying elements on metals.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 1010  or MATH 1530  or MATH 1630  or MATH 1710  or MATH 1720  or MATH 1730  or MATH 1830  or MATH 1910  

  
  • WELD 2010 - Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW & FCAW)

    Credit(s): 3
    Course emphasizes the making of fillet and groove welds in all positions with the GMAW (MIG) and FCAW welding processes.

    Prerequisite(s): WELD 1070  and WELD 2310  

    Corequisite(s): WELD 2320  

  
  • WELD 2020 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)

    Credit(s): 3
    Course emphasizes the making of fillet and groove welds in all positions with the GTAW (TIG).

    Prerequisite(s): WELD 1070  and WELD 2310  

    Corequisite(s): WELD 2320  

  
  • WELD 2120 - Pipe Welding

    Credit(s): 3
    Course prepares students for pipe joint welding within the ASME, API, TRA and AWS specifications.  Students use E6010 and E7018 electrodes and pass the visual and guided bend test in the 2G, 5G and 6G positions. Evidence of advanced skill development in SMAW, GTAW, pipe-welding is expected.  Oxy-fuel cutting of ferrous metals is required.

    Prerequisite(s): WELD 2010  and WELD 2020  and WELD 2320  

    Corequisite(s): WELD 2330  

  
  • WELD 2310 - Welding Practicum I

    Credit(s): 4
    A projects-based course in which students and instructor identify a research design project to be pursued by the students.  Students work individually or collaboratively as a team member to plan, design, fabricate and weld metals, and to produce actual, realistic projects.

    Prerequisite(s): WELD 1010  and WELD 1030  

    Corequisite(s): WELD 1070  

  
  • WELD 2320 - Welding Practicum II

    Credit(s): 4
    A projects-based course in which students and instructor identify a research design project to be pursued by the students.  Students work individually or collaboratively as a team member to plan, design, fabricate and weld metals, and to produce actual, realistic projects.

    Prerequisite(s): WELD 1070  and WELD 2310  

    Corequisite(s): WELD 2010  and WELD 2020  

  
  • WELD 2330 - Welding Practicum III

    Credit(s): 4
    A projects-based course in which students and instructor identify a research design project to be pursued by the students.  Students work individually or collaboratively as a team member to plan, design, fabricate and weld metals, and to produce actual, realistic projects.

    Prerequisite(s): WELD 2010  and WELD 2020  and WELD 2320  

    Corequisite(s): WELD 2120  


Women’s Studies

  
  • WMN 2200 - Women in Society ♦ ★

    Credit(s): 3
    An interdisciplinary analysis of women’s roles and opportunities in the United States based on current research in the social sciences. Attention will also be given to the changes in women’s societal roles throughout history.

    ♦ This is a General Education  course transferable within the Tennessee Board of Regents system.
    ★ This course is directly equivalent to a course at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
 

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