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2022-2023 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Practical Nursing
  

  • PNE 164: Nursing in Health Changes IV

    Credits: (11 cr.)

    Continues the focus on nursing situations and procedures necessary to assist individuals in meeting special needs related to human functions.

    Prerequisite: Completion of PNE 162  and PNE 174 .
    Co-requisite: PNE 145  and PNE 158 .
    Lecture 5 hours per week.
    Laboratory 18 hours per week.
    Total 23 hours per week.
  

  • PNE 174: Applied Pharmacology for Practical Nurses

    Credits: (2 cr.)

    Applies problem solving skills in preparing and administering medications.

    Co- requisite: PNE 162 .
    Lecture 1 hour.
    Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total 4 hours per week.

Psychology
  

  • PSY 120: Human Relations

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Introduces the theory and practice of effective human relations. Increases understanding of self and others and interpersonal skills needed to be a competent and cooperative communicator.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • PSY 200: Principles of Psychology

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Surveys the basic concepts of psychology. Covers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, research methods, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, developmental psychology, learning, memory, thinking, intelligence, personality, social psychology, and psychological disorders and treatment. The assignments in the course require college-level reading fluency and coherent communication through written reports. This is a Passport Transfer course.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    NOTE: Students who take PSY 200 cannot receive credit for either PSY 201 or PSY 202. Students who take either PSY 201 or PSY 202 cannot receive credit for PSY 200.
  

  • PSY 215: Abnormal Psychology

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Explores historical views and current perspectives of abnormal behavior. Emphasizes major diagnostic categories and criteria, individual and social factors of maladaptive behavior, and types of therapy. Includes methods of clinical assessment and research strategies.

    Prerequisite: Completed PSY 200  
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • PSY 216: Social Psychology

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Examines individuals in social contexts, their social roles, group processes and intergroup relations. Acquaints students with a scientific understanding of how the presence of other people, interactions with other people, and other situational factors influence human thoughts and behaviors. Previous psychology study is recommended.  The assignments in the course require college-level reading, analysis of scholarly studies, and coherent communication through written reports (including the production of at least one APA-formatted individual writing assignment). 

    Prerequisite: Completed PSY 200  
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • PSY 225: Theories of Personality

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies the major personality theories and their applications. Includes psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and humanistic perspectives.

    Prerequisite: Completed PSY 200  or equivalent
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • PSY 226: Introduction to Counseling Relationships

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Introduces counseling theories and provides opportunity for their application through role- playing and supervised paraprofessional counseling experiences.

    Prerequisite: Completed a minimum of 9 credit hours in Psychology or instructor approval.
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Course offered in the Fall semester only.
  

  • PSY 230: Developmental Psychology

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies the development of the individual from conception to death. Follows a life-span perspective on the developmental of the person’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    NOTE: Students cannot receive credit for both PSY 235 and PSY 230.
  

  • PSY 240: Health Psychology

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies the psychology of healthy behavior. Applies psychological principles to preventive health care. Covers topics such as exercise, nutrition, stress, lifestyles, and habits.

    Prerequisite: Completed PSY 200  or have instructor approval.
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Course offered in the Summer semester only.
  

  • PSY 255: Psychological Aspects of Criminal Behavior

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies psychology of criminal behavior. Includes topics such as violent and non-violent crime, sexual offenses, insanity, addiction, white-collar crime, and other deviant behaviors. Provides a background for law enforcement occupations.

    Prerequisites: Completed PSY 200  
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • PSY 270: Psychology of Human Sexuality

    Credits: 3 Cr.

    Focuses on scientific investigation of human sexuality and psychological and social implications of such research. Considers socio-cultural influences, the physiology and psychology of sexual response patterns, sexual dysfunctions, and development of relationships.

    Prerequisite:  PSY 200
    Lecture Hours: 3
  

  • PSY 290: Coordinated Internship

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the College. Credit/practice ratio maximum 1:5 hours.

    Prerequisite: Completed PSY 226 . Open only to students in Paraprofessional Counseling Career Studies Certificate program.
    May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.

Religion
  

  • REL 100: Introduction to the Study of Religion

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Explores various religious perspectives and ways of thinking about religious themes and religious experience.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 200: Survey of the Old Testament

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Surveys books of the Old Testament, with emphasis on prophetic historical books. Examines the historical and geographical setting and place of the Israelites in the ancient Middle East as background to the writings.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 210: Survey of the New Testament

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Surveys books of the New Testament, with special attention upon placing the writings within their historical and geographical setting.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 215: New Testament and Early Christianity

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Surveys the history, literature, and theology of early Christianity in the light of the New Testament.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 216: Life and Teachings of Jesus

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies the major themes in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Gospels, and examines the events of his life in light of modern biblical and historical scholarship.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 217: Life and Letters of Paul

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies the journeys and religious thought of the apostle Paul.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 230: Religions of the World

    Credits: 3

    Introduces the major religions of the world: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism. Attention given to origins, history, basic beliefs, values and practices. May extend to exploring other religions or religious movements such as Sikhism, Religion in China, Indigenous Religions, New Religious Movements or others.

     

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Total Hours: 3
  

  • REL 233: Introduction to Islam

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies Islam in its historical, religious, and political dimensions and assists in the understanding of its contemporary vitality and attraction as a faith, a culture and a way of life.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 235: Major Religious Thinkers

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Examines the works of one or more important people in religious thought.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 237: Eastern Religions

    Credits: 3

    Studies major religious traditions originating in India and East Asia, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto. Attention given to origins, values, teachings, and practices.

    Lecture Hours: 3 hours per week.
    Total Hours: 3
  

  • REL 238: Religions of the West

    Credits: 3

    Studies major religious traditions originating in the Near East, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Attention given to origins, values, teachings, and practices. 

     

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Total Hours: 3
  

  • REL 240: Religions in America

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Surveys various manifestations of religion in the American experience. Emphasizes concepts, problems, and issues of religious pluralism and character of American religious life.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 246: Christianity

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Examines the origins and historical development of Christianity, its basic metaphysical and theological assumptions, its essential doctrines, and the present state of the church in the modern world.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • REL 247: History of Christianity

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Surveys the development of Christianity from its origins to the present.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.

Russian
  

  • RUS 101: Beginning Russian I

    Credits: (5 cr.)

    Develops the understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Russian, and emphasizes the structure of the language. May include oral drill and practice. Part I of II.

    Lecture 5 hours per week. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
  

  • RUS 102: Beginning Russian II

    Credits: (5 cr.)

    Develops the understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Russian, and emphasizes the structure of the language. May include oral drill and practice. Part II of II.

    Prerequisite: Completed RUS 101  or equivalent.
    Lecture 5 hours per week. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
  

  • RUS 201: Intermediate Russian I

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Continues the development of the skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Russian. Class conducted in Russian. Part I of II.

    Prerequisite: Completed RUS 102  or equivalent. May include oral drill and practice.
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • RUS 202: Intermediate Russian II

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Continues the development of the skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Russian. Class conducted in Russian. Part II of II

    Prerequisite: Completed RUS 201  or equivalent. May include oral drill and practice.
    Lecture 3 hours per week.

Safety
  

  • SAF 126: Principles of Industrial Safety

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Teaches principles and practices of accident prevention, analysis of accident causes, mechanical safeguards, fire prevention, housekeeping, occupational diseases, first aid, safety organization, protection equipment and general safety principles and promotion.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • SAF 127: Industrial Safety

    Credits: 2

    Provides basic understanding of safety and health in an industrial situation. Includes hazardous materials, substances, conditions, activities and habits as well as the prescribed methods and equipment needed for the apprentice to protect himself/herself and others.

     

    Lecture Hours: 2 hours
    Total Hours: 2 hours
  

  • SAF 130: OSHA 10

    Credits: (1 Cr.)

    Presents an introduction to occupational health and safety and its application in the workplace. Emphasizes safety standards and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), its rules and regulations (OSHA 10).

    Lecture 1 hour per week

Sociology
  

  • SOC 200: Introduction to Sociology

    Credits: 3

    Introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of sociology with attention to sociological theory and research methods.  In addition, substantive attention will be on a variety of topics including but not limited to, culture, race, social class, gender, and the role of institutions in contemporary society. Lecture: 3 hours per week. 

     

    Lecture Hours: 3 hours per week.
  

  • SOC 211: Cultural Anthropology

    Credits: 3

    Examines the origins, development, research, diversification and evolution of human cultures. Includes exposure to the variability of both Western and Non-Western aspects of culture.  Provides an introduction to the nature of culture and its relationship to various social institutions and societies.

     

    Lecture Hours: 3 hours per week.
  

  • SOC 215: Sociology of the Family

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Studies topics such as marriage and the family in social and cultural context. Addresses the single scene, dating and marriage styles, child-rearing, husband and wife interaction, single-parent families, alternative life-styles.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Course offered in Fall semester only.
  

  • SOC 225: Gender and Sex Roles

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Analyzes influence of major social institutions and socialization in shaping and changing sex roles in contemporary society. Examines differential access to positions of public power and authority for men and women.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • SOC 266: Race and Ethnicity

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Investigates minorities such as racial and ethnic groups. Addresses social and economic conditions promoting prejudice, racism, discrimination, and segregation.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • SOC 268: Social Problems

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Applies sociological concepts and methods to analysis of current social problems. Includes delinquency and crime, mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual behavior, population crisis, race relations, family and community disorganization, poverty, automation, wars, and disarmament.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Course offered in Spring semester only.

Spanish
  

  • SPA 101: Beginning Spanish I

    Credits: (4 cr.)

    Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic Spanish sentence structure. May include an additional hour of oral drill and practice per week.

    Lecture 4 hours per week.
  

  • SPA 102: Beginning Spanish II

    Credits: (4 cr.)

    Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic Spanish sentence structure. May include an additional hour of oral drill and practice per week.

    Prerequisite for SPA 102: Completed SPA 101  or minimum placement recommendation for SPA 102.
    Lecture 4 hours per week.
  

  • SPA 163: Spanish for Health Professionals I

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Introduces Spanish to those in the health sciences. Emphasizes oral communication and practical medical vocabulary. May include oral drill and practice.

    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • SPA 201: Intermediate Spanish I

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. May include oral drill and practice. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    Prerequisite for SPA 201: Completed SPA 102  or minimum placement recommendation for SPA 201
    Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • SPA 202: Intermediate Spanish II

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. May include oral drill and practice. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    Prerequisite for SPA 202: Completed SPA 201  or minimum placement recommendation for SPA 202.
    Lecture 3 hours per week.

Student Development
  

  • SDV 100: College Success Skills

    Credits: (1 cr.)

    Assists students in transition to college. Provides overviews of College policies, procedures, and curricular offerings. Encourages contacts with other students and staff. Assists students toward college success through information regarding effective study habits, career and academic planning, and other College resources available to students. May include English and math placement testing. Required for graduation and must be taken within first 16 credits at GCC.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.
  

  • SDV 101: Orientation to (Specific Discipline)

    Credits: (1 cr.)

    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college and to the discipline in which they are enrolled. Covers topics such as services at the college including the learning resources center; counseling, and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and topical areas which are applicable to the student’s particular discipline At GCC, the following topics are offered: Allied Health, Online Learning, Early Childhood Education, and for Military Veterans. Course may substitute for SDV 100  requirement.

    Lecture 1-3 hour per week.
  

  • SDV 104: Study Skills

    Credits: (1 cr.)

    Assists students in planning strategies to overcome nonproductive study habits and in implementing positive study behaviors. Includes management, memory improvement, note taking, and test taking.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.
  

  • SDV 106: Preparation for Employment

    Credits: (1 cr.)

    Provides experience in resume writing, preparation of applications, letters of application, and successfully preparing for and completing the job interview. Assists students in identifying their marketable skills and aptitudes. Develops strategies for successful employment search. Assists students in understanding effective human relations techniques and communication skills in job search.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.
  

  • SDV 107: Career Education

    Credits: (1 cr.)

    Surveys career options available to students. Stresses career development and assists in the understanding of self in the world of work. Assists students in applying decision-making to career choice.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.
  

  • SDV 108: College Survival Skills

    Credits: (1-3 cr.)

    Provides an orientation to the college. Introduces study skills, career and life planning. Offers an opportunity to engage in activities aimed at self-discovery. Emphasizes development of “coping skills”such as listening, interpersonal relations, competence, and improved self-concept.

    Lecture 1-3 hours per week.
    Recommended for students enrolled in developmental courses.
  

  • SDV 110: Orientation to Teaching as a Profession

    Credits: (3 cr.)

    Introduces students to a career in teaching and education by allowing students to experience the components of the learner, the school environment and the classroom-teaching environment. Utilizes the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow/ Teacher Cadet curriculum. Students participate in a 15-hour student teaching internship in a classroom at one of the levels between Kindergarten and grade 9

    Lecture 3 hours per week.

Welding
  

  • WEL 123: Shielded Metal Arc Welding

    Credits: (3 Cr.)

    Teaches operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.

    Lecture 2 hours per week
    Laboratory 3-6 hours
    Total 5-8 hours per week
 

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