JOU 242 - News Practicum III

1. Engage in the planning and producing of news at a news editor-level position.
   1. Define news.
   2. Identify news stories relevant to the campus.
   3. Determine best strategy to convey a news story.
   4. Complete the steps in producing a news story.
   5. Help assign and manage news stories written by reporters on staff.
2. Demonstrate how to assign, write, and verify the accuracy a news story at an advanced level.
   1. Analyze different methods of background research.
   2. Identify and interview sources.
   3. Write a lead.
   4. Write direct, indirect and partial quotes.
   5. Follow inverted pyramid style and alternative story structures.
   6. Check facts.
   7. Verify information thoroughly for accuracy.
   8. Take responsibility for the accuracy and objectivity of assigned newspaper    section(s).
   9. Maintain objectivity and fairness when writing a news story.
   10. Apply principles of media law.
3. Edit news stories.
   1. Follow AP Style.
   2. Provide training on AP style.
   3. Demonstrate proper news style.
   4. Provide training on news style.
   5. Check facts.
4. Use the digital tools of the newsroom.
   1. Take photographs with a DSLR camera.
   2. Provide training on taking digital photographs.
   3. Use InDesign to lay out news pages.
   4. Train others on using InDesign to lay out news pages.
   5. Apply Photoshop to edit photos.
   6. Conduct training on Photoshop to edit photos.
   7. Record audio during an interview.
   8. Provide training on the use of audio equipment and uploading content to a website.
   9. Upload news content to a website.
   10. Use Microsoft Word.
5. Promote content through social media.
   1. Manage social media content.
   2. Provide training on social media content production.
6. Be actively involved in all areas of campus newsroom operations.
   1. Manage staff meetings.
   2. Participate in additional hours as arranged by instructor.
   3. Lead additional activities sponsored by the news organization (i.e. open house, retreat, recruiting, First Amendment Day, fundraising).
   4. Identify and help assign additional tasks as needed (i.e. story and photo assignments).
7. Lead the editorial/staff team to create a quality news operation.
   1. Offer constructive criticism to other staff members.
   2. Apply suggestions to improve the paper.
   3. Listen to and respect the viewpoints of others.
   4. Be flexible with work assignments, article length, layout changes, etc.
   5. Check messages and e-mail regularly.
   6. Guide and mentor other staff members.
   7. Fulfill all commitments to the DMACC community and the public.

JOU 243 - News Practicum IV

1. Provide upper-level management of a campus news operation.
   1. Define news.
   2. Identify and assign news stories relevant to the campus.
   3. Determine the best strategy to convey news stories.
   4. Assist with the steps in producing news stories.
   5. Assign and manage news stories written by the news staff.
2. Evaluate all content published in the campus news operation.
   1. Analyze different methods of background research.
   2. Assist with identifying and interviewing sources.
   3. Write and edit leads.
   4. Write and edit direct, indirect and partial quotes.
   5. Follow inverted pyramid style and alternative story structures.
   6. Check facts.
   7. Take responsibility for the accuracy and objectivity of the newspaper.
   8. Maintain objectivity and fairness when writing a news story.
   9. Apply principles of media law.
3. Edit news stories.
   1. Follow AP Style.
   2. Edit stories using AP Style.
   3. Demonstrate newspaper style.
4. Use the digital tools of the newsroom.
   1. Take photographs with a DSLR camera.
   2. Manage the photography assignments of staff members.
   3. Supervise the layout of the news.
   4. Use InDesign to lay out news pages.
   5. Implement Photoshop to edit photos.
   6. Record audio and video during interviews.
   7. Upload news content to a website.
   8. Manage and supervise the promotion of content through social media.
   9. Use Microsoft Word.
5. Be actively involved in all areas of campus newsroom operations.
   1. Manage and supervise staff meetings.
   2.  Understand and effectively delegate all the tasks that need to be completed for the news organization.
   3. Participate in additional hours as needed.
   4. Manage and supervise additional activities sponsored by the news organization (i.e. open house, retreat, recruiting, First Amendment Day, fundraising).
   5. Identify and assign additional tasks as needed (i.e. story and photo assignments).
6. Lead the editorial/staff team to create a quality news operation.
   1. Offer constructive criticism to other staff members.
   2. Apply suggestions to improve the paper.
   3. Listen to and respect the viewpoints of others.
   4. Be flexible with work assignments, article length, layout changes, etc.
   5. Check messages and e-mail regularly.
   6. Guide and mentor other staff members.
   7. Fulfill all commitments to the DMACC community and the public.

SRV 110 - Survey Drafting

1. Demonstrate knowledge of mapping and basic drafting standards
   1. Discuss Maps in general, types of maps, map requirements, and Cartography
   2. Demonstrate basic drafting techniques in weights and types of lines
2. Review Surveying Fundamentals
   1. Discuss the shape and size of the Earth
   2. Illustrate types of surveys
   3. Demonstrate a measurement of distance
   4. Demonstrate elevation measurements
   5. Define traversing and demonstrate plotting a traverse
   6. Discuss Global Positioning System
3. Demonstrate the procedure of location and direction
   1. Apply surveying techniques to calculate location and direction
   2. Compute location and direction on a quadrangle map
   3. Discuss map geometry and plot property using latitudes and longitudes
4. Identify mapping scales
   1. Examine the numerical scale, graphical scale, verbal scale, scale conversion, engineer’s scale, metric scales, and CAD scales
   2. Identify Mapping symbols by types of symbols, special techniques, and drawing mapping symbols with CAD
5. Assemble legal descriptions and plot plans by metes and bounds, lot and block, and the rectangular system
   1. Draw plot plans
   2. Discuss methods of sewage disposal
6. Draw contour lines
   1. Distinguish contour line characteristics and types of contour lines
   2. Plot contour lines from field notes manually and with a CAD system
   3. Enlarge contour maps manually and digitizing contour maps with a CAD system
7. Create Profiles utilizing contour map
   1. Review profile leveling
   2. Draw plans and profile drawings manually and with CAD 
8. Examine highway layout
   1. Draw plan layout manually and with a CAD system
   2. Layout profile drawings manually and with a CAD system
9. Calculate earthwork
   1. Determine highway cut-and-fill manually and with a CAD system
   2. Draw cross sections manually and with a CAD system.
   3. Determine site plan cut-and-fill manually and with a CAD system
10. Discuss introductory Geographic Information System (GIS) concepts, components, data formats, and relate them to GIS applications in the survey field

SRV 120 - US Public Lands Survey System

1. Examine the various concepts involved in determining the length of a line.
   1. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of various units such as chains, feet and meters
   2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various measuring tools such as the chain, steel tape and stadia
   3. Demonstrate various measuring methods such as direct chaining, traversing and triangulation
   4. Discuss how the advent of GPS has affected the measurement of distance
2. Examine the various concepts involved in determining the direction of a line
   1. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of the magnetic needle and the solar compass
   2. Illustrate the difference between bearings and azimuths
   3. Discuss the effect of time when making solar or astronomic observations
   4. Demonstrate the use of the Ephemeris
   5. Demonstrate a Polaris observation
   6. Demonstrate a solar observation
   7. Discuss how the advent of GPS has affected the determination of direction
3. Illustrate the effects of curvature of the earth and convergency of meridians
4. Interpret the general scheme of the rectangular system of public land surveys
   1. Define components of the rectangular survey system such as initial point, base line, principal meridan, standard parallels and guide meridians
   2. Explain the process of laying out township exteriors
   3. Demonstrate subdivision of townships and sections
   4. Explain subdivision by protraction
   5. Differentiate between lotted sections and fractional sections
   6. Describe the purpose of closing corners
   7. Examine the effects of navigability of streams and lakes and how navigability is determined
   8. Demonstrate the process for determining limits of closure
5. Illustrate the importance of monumentation in the public land system.
   1. Demonstrate the system of marking monuments
   2. Explain the legal significance of monuments
   3. Discuss bearing trees, accessories and memorials
   4. Distinguish between a monument and a corner
6. Compare lost and obliterated corners
   1. Differentiate between lost and obliterated corners
   2. Demonstrate the procedure for restoration of lost corners.
   3. Explain single and double proportion
7. Interpret the information found in the original government field notes
   1. Assess the significance of original field notes
   2. Demonstrate how information from the original field notes can be used to analyze existing field evidence
   3. Identify potential sources from which original field notes may be obtained
8. Interpret the information found on the original government subdivision plat
   1. Assess the significance of original subdivision plat
   2. Demonstrate how information from the original subdivision plat can be used to analyze existing field evidence
   3. Identify potential sources from which original subdivision plats may be obtained
   4. Explain the concept of “protecting the plat”.
9. Analyze the process of performing Resurveys
   1. Explain the purpose of a resurvey
   2. Identify the entities exercising jurisdiction over public land and private land
   3. Differentiate between dependent and independent resurveys
   4. Differentiate between a resurvey and a retracement
   5. Explain the concept of “following in the footsteps”.
10. Evaluate the effects of conditions such as bad weather, rugged terrain, hostile native inhabitants and low pay on the quality of the original government surveys
    1. Analyze the original instructions governing Public Land Surveys of Iowa
    2. Outline the changes in each successive update of the original instructions
11. Analyze the special instructions to Deputy Surveyors
    1. Describe the types of information to be found in the letters of instruction of deputy surveyors
    2. Explain how the information in the various letter books relates to specific subdivision surveys within the State of Iowa
12. Analyze the process of establishing Iowa’s state boundaries
    1. Discuss the establishment of the Iowa-Minnesota boundary
    2. Discuss the establishment of the Iowa-Missouri boundary and how Sullivan’s line affected the location
    3. Explain how the Mississippi and Missouri rivers affected the location of the east and west boundaries of Iowa
13. Evaluate the effect that Indian Treaty Boundaries had on the original surveys

SRV 210 - Safety in the Work Environment

1. Develop positive safety attitudes and practices
   1. Discuss the benefits of following established safety procedures and the potential consequences of ignoring established safety procedures
   2. Explain the value of daily positive reinforcement of safety procedures
2. Demonstrate the ability to recognize and avoid various poisonous plants and animals
   1. Identify poisonous plants such as poison ivy, poison oak and wild parsnip
   2. Identify poisonous snakes such as rattlesnake, copperhead and cottonmouth
3. Discuss the numerous opportunities to come into contact with infectious diseases in the field, possible consequences of such infections and methods of prevention
   1. Describe potential sources of infectious diseases such as tetanus from barbed wire lacerations or stepping on a nail, lyme disease from deer ticks, encephalitis from mosquitoes or hepatitis from discarded drug paraphernalia, urine and blood products
   2. Explain the possible short and long-term effects of contracting diseases such as tetanus, hepatitis and lyme disease
   3. Review methods for preventing infection and proper procedures for treatment if infection occurs
4. Develop skills for working in and around vehicular traffic on public roadways
   1. Complete a DOT approved flagger course.
   2. Explain various procedures for avoiding the necessity to work on the traveled portion of the roadway
   3. Demonstrate techniques for ensuring that workers are protected when working in the traveled portion of a public roadway cannot be avoided
5. Examine techniques to avoid injuries from improper use of tools and equipment
   1. Demonstrate the proper method of lifting heavy loads without straining the back
   2. Explain the potential hazards inherent in the use of edged tools such as axes and machetes
   3. Show proper techniques for digging with hand tools such as spades and shovels
   4. Examine potential long-term effects of repetitive motion injuries
6. Demonstrate proficiency in first aid techniques by successfully completing a Red Cross First Aid course or equivalent

SRV 215 - Intro to Land Information Sys

1. Introduce and define Geographic Information Systems (GIS)/Land Information Systems (LIS
   1. Describe background of GIS/LIS
   2. Identify other sources of information on the GIS/LIS
2. Understand GIS/LIS requirement of basic cartography
   1. Describe basics of geographic information
   2. Describe map projections, coordinate systems and scale
   3. Convert a map into computer readable form
   4. Devise ways of encoding geographic features into numbers
   5. Examine the data structures and formats that GIS/LIS use to store and use geographic information
3. Explain how maps and their attributes are incorporated into GIS/LIS from existing data sources, from converting paper maps or images into digits, and from field measurement. How data capture takes place has a major impact on data structure, and therefore
4. Examine how graphic data is stored in the GIS/LIS using spatial data structures
5. Use GIS/LIS to do a spatial analysis in addition to basic statistical analysis
6. Illustrate how good maps made by GIS/LIS follow the accepted rules of cartographic representation and symbolization
   1. Describe map terminology
   2. Describe the different map types covered, and some of the design rules introduced

SRV 220 - Boundary Surveying

1. Define surveying
   1. Describe the activities of the property surveyor in society
   2. Identify the present and future needs for property surveyors
2. Review the historical development of property surveying
   1. Discuss property surveys in early history
   2. Identify survey systems of the east and south
   3. Explain the U.S. rectangular system
3. Discuss professional liability and seven principles relative to negligence
   1. Explain the discovery rule
   2. Define standard of care
   3. Discuss negligence versus breach of contract
   4. Describe expressed and implied guarantees
   5. Discuss avoiding liability
4. Discuss professional stature and nine principles involved in earning a professional standing
   1. Practice attaining professional stature
   2. Explain attributes of a profession
   3. Demonstrate ethics and obligations
   4. Discuss professional standing of surveyors
5. Explain original surveys and platting laws
   1. Describe the regulation of original surveys and boundaries
   2. Describe the objectives of platting laws and the certainty of land location.
   3. Identify considerations and guarantees of title
   4. List the requirements for monumentation
   5. Describe the use of coordinates in subdivision
   6. Explain the certification and recordation of surveys 
6. Explain original surveys and platting laws
   1. Describe the regulation of original surveys and boundaries
   2. Describe the objectives of platting laws and the certainty of land location
   3. Identify considerations and guarantees of title
   4. List the requirements for monumentation
   5. Describe the use of coordinates in subdivision
   6. Explain the certification and recordation of surveys
7. Practice procedures for locating written title boundaries
   1. Define the nature of location surveys
   2. Discuss contact with clients
   3. Explore the research of records and documents
   4. Demonstrate fieldwork
   5. Understand the compilation of evidence
   6. Discuss the presentation of results
8. Practice apportionment procedures for land and water boundaries
   1. Identify vacated streets
   2. Explain apportion of water boundaries
   3. Practice excess and deficiency of lots.
   4. Discuss division lines between fractional parts
   5. Discuss wills and proportional rights
9. Demonstrate writing descriptions
   1. Identify graphic and written descriptions
   2. Describe conveyances
   3. Explain objectives and sufficiency of descriptions
   4. Discuss loss of evidence, ambiguity and mathematical correctness.
   5. Practice technique of writing
   6. Use calls, lines and basis of bearings
   7. Discuss strip conveyances, stationing and abbreviations
   8. Define easements and exceptions
   9. Explain true metes and bounds descriptions
10. Explain the preservation of evidence
    1. Describe vanishing of evidence
    2. Review responsibility and authority to perpetuate evidence
    3. Discuss oaths and witnesses
    4. Review recording of documents
    5. Discuss the use of aerial and terrestrial photographs to preserve evidence
    6. Explain preservation by State Plan coordinates

SRV 225 - Surveying Ethics

1. Demonstrate knowledge of ethical behavior
   1. Discuss how each human being is operating under some sort of personal ethics system
   2. Discuss how our professional ethics are influenced, steered, and guided by our personal ethics system
   3. Discuss how ethics come into play in the day-to-day operation of the surveyor
   4. Discuss the danger of doing work for which you are not qualified
2. Review the problem of double monumentation
   1. Discuss the surveyor does with a found monument that they disagree with and should they set the ‘correct’ corner
   2. Demonstrate when a second monument should be set
   3. Discuss the difference between precision and accuracy
   4. Discuss the practice of surveying vs. mathematical computation
3. Understand Ethics in the courtroom
   1. Discuss being an expert witness
   2. Discuss presentation of the surveyor’s testimony
   3. Discuss different testimony cases and their outcomes
4. Identify the continuing education requirements of the professional license
   1. Demonstrate a knowledge of continuing education requirements in Iowa
   2. Discuss how continuing education is important in life-long learning during their professional career
5. Review conflicts of interest
   1. Discuss the meaning of moonlighting
   2. Discuss how moonlighting conflicts with the regular full-time job
   3. Discuss liability of moonlighting
6. Understand who the land surveyor works for
   1. Define who is the neighbor
   2. Discuss evidence and its meaning to the survey
   3. Discuss evidence destruction
   4. Discuss the image of the surveyor
   5. Discuss pricing, advertising and the low bid
7. Discuss the things that can go wrong with surveys
8. Discuss the different approaches of professions that are involved in the land transfer arena
9. Discuss the black and white, right or wrong in the judgment of surveying and the gray areas that are judgment calls
10. Review professional conduct (admitting you?re wrong) advertising
    1. Explain what the surveyor should do when they find out that a survey they have done is incorrect
    2. Discuss how to approach another surveyor about a problem with their survey and the information you have found
    3. Discuss advertising and what should be shown with the advertisements
11. Understand confidentiality
    1. Discuss confidentiality as a part of your professional work
    2. Discuss the ethical implications of changing jobs
    3. Discuss the ethical implications of computer security
    4. Discuss whistle-blowing
12. Examine peer review as required by the Board of Engineering and Land Surveying Examiners
    1. Discuss the type of work that should actually be reviewed by a Peer Review Committee
    2. Discuss peer review evidence gathering
    3. Discuss appearance before a Peer Review Committee by a surveyor who has been brought up on charges
    4. Discuss rubber-stamping of surveys or plans
13. Participate in a professional organizations (Student Chapter of Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa
    1. Discuss what responsibilities and the amount of time that is involved in serving on a Licensing Board or the Land Surveying Society
    2. Discuss how service to the Licensing Board or to the Land Surveying Society is a part of giving back to your profession

SRV 230 - Land Subdivision

1. Review site selection criteria
   1. Demonstrate the knowledge of two approaches to site election
   2. Discuss the three categories of site characteristics.
   3. Discuss the impact of the site history
   4. Define legal and political factors that may affect the project
   5. Discuss how subdivision ordinances, contiguous property, overlapping regulations, and political factors may affect the subdivision project
   6. Discuss environmental impact studies
   7. Create a storm water management plan
   8. Draw a decision matrix
   9. Discuss the items to be considered in a site selection and the target market
2. Create a preliminary plat for a selected area for the development of a single-family housing development
   1. Demonstrate knowledge of varying factors to be considered in site analysis
   2. Discuss project design and how that design will impact the project cost
   3. Demonstrate knowledge of site analysis tools and how they should be used
   4. Discuss regulatory requirements and how they impact the subdivision design
   5. Discuss utility extensions and how those considerations affect the design of the site
   6. Select a final concept and prepare a preliminary plat based on this concept
3. Examine the impact of site engineering and storm water management on subdivision
   1. Demonstrate understanding of the site engineering plan
   2. Discuss a storm water drainage plan and the impact on site drainage patterns
   3. Discuss an erosion and sediment control plan and the land surveyor’s role in the implementation of this plan
   4. Discuss design of sanitary sewers and water distribution 
4. Demonstrate knowledge of residential street design impacts on the subdivision
   1. Discuss street design and the new directions that street design has shown in the past few years
   2. Calculate street geometry including intersections, radius, cul-de-sac turnarounds, and vertical/horizontal alignment
   3. Review basic design considerations utilizing cross-sections and storm water runoff systems
5. Design a final plat based on a preliminary plat
   1. Discuss and evaluate local subdivision regulations
   2. Discuss state laws relating to subdivisions
   3. Calculate boundary and lot dimensions, bearings and areas
6. Examine current rules and regulations pertaining to land development
   1. Discuss & Evaluate local subdivision regulations
   2. Discuss State Laws relating to subdivisions

SRV 235 - Introduction to Geodesy

1. Examine history of Geodesy
   1. Explain Eratosthenes’ method for determining the size of the earth
   2. Define Cassinis’ ellipsoid; Huygen’s theoretical ellipsoid
2. Understand and explain how the Global Positioning System (GPS) work
   1. Examine the figure of the earth and its geometric and physical characteristics
   2. Examine satellite systems
3. Discuss the concepts of astronomy and how astronomy is applied to surveying
   1. Obtain a position by astronomic positioning
4. Examine astronomic coordinates
5. Define and explain the current technical terminology associated with GPS
6. Understand and use spatial location standards, methods, and United States national map accuracy standards
   1. Examine National Geodetic Survey, United States Geological Survey, and World Geodetic Survey maps
   2. Examine National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) datasets
   3. Identify fundamental geodetic networks
   4. Evaluate methods of elevation determination
7. Use GPS hardware and software to plan a GPS field survey
   1. Assess the needs in planning a GPS field survey.
   2. Utilize gathered data and GPS software to prepare for fieldwork
8. Demonstrate the effective use of GPS hardware and software to collect geographic data in the field
   1. Utilize GPS methods and equipment to perform a control and topographic survey
   2. Utilize GPS methods and equipment to collect data to utilize in survey layout
9. Operate GPS hardware and software to conduct real-time and post-processing differential GPS (DGPS
10. Integrate DGPS data in a GPS database framework

SRV 240 - Boundary Law

1. Review general evidence
   1. Explain the importance of evidence
   2. Identify the classification and types of evidence gathered by surveyors
   3. Define the law of evidence and burden of proof
   4. Discuss preponderance of evidence
   5. Describe admissibility, relevancy and conclusiveness of evidence
   6. Discuss when extrinsic evidence is used
   7. Explain the duties of surveyors in finding evidence
2. Recognize verbal evidence
   1. Discuss the value of writing as evidence
   2. Explain evidence to prove intent of conveyances
   3. Identify spoken verbal evidence
3. Examine other evidence
   1. Discuss retracements and evidence
   2. Explain the value of monuments as evidence
   3. Describe disturbed evidence
   4. Define evidence of witness objects
   5. Discuss chain of history of monuments
   6. Review witness evidence to prove monuments
   7. Define possession evidence
   8. Explain evidence of fences to prove boundaries
4. Recognize measurements as evidence
   1. Discuss types of measurements
   2. Explain standardization of measuring devices
   3. Describe direction and the methods of observing directions.
   4. Demonstrate computations and significant figures
   5. Identify errors in measurement
   6. Describe evidence of measurement
   7. Explain errors in position and traversing
   8. Discuss specifications and standards
   9. Practice closure, adjustments and computations
5. Investigate plats as evidence
   1. Describe types of plats and features
   2. Explain plats of survey results
   3. Discuss surveyors certificates
   4. Discuss original plats and laws regulating platting
6. Identify guarantees of title and location
   1. Describe registration of title versus ownership
   2. Explain title and possession guarantees
   3. Define abstract of title and attorney’s opinions
   4. Discuss title insurance
   5. Explain corrective instruments
   6. Discuss the Torrens principle of title registration
7. Identify unwritten transfers of land ownership
   1. Identify unwritten conveyances
   2. Discuss estoppel
   3. Define unwritten agreements and dedications
   4. Explain adverse possession
   5. Discuss claim of title
   6. Explain the difficulty of determining unwritten rights and the surveyor?s duties to unwritten title transfers
8. Examine the role of the surveyor in court
   1. Explain the pretrial discovery and initial court appearance
   2. Discuss the duties of a surveyor in court and conduct on the stand
   3. Discuss the jury, witnesses and the expert witness
   4. Define opinion evidence, hypothetical questions and cause and effect
   5. Explain discovery by interrogatories, depositions, admissions or production of documents
   6. Discuss preparation for testimony
9. Review the Iowa Administrative Code [193C] relating to land surveying in the state of Iowa
10. Discuss the Code of Iowa chapters that relate to land surveying in the state of Iowa

SRV 305 - Field Coop

1. Reconstruct duties completed through internship
   1. Use knowledge, skills and attitudes required for business careers
   2. use effective communications skills for employment
   3. Develop techniques of good listening
   4. Identify importance of ability to carry on a conversation
   5. Identify awareness of aids to good communication skills
   6. Describe importance of retraining and learning a new skills
2. Categorize techniques and skills learned in the course work
   1. List the required civil engineering technician skills involved in the coop
   2. Develop ability to work under pressure.
   3. Develop habits of neatness, thoroughness, a concern for accuracy techniques and the importance of good communication
3. Develop objective that measure directed activities and performance standards.
   1. List goals related to coop activities
   2. Select six of the most appropriate listed goals
   3. List the activities to achieve each listed goal
   4. Develop performance standards to determine when goals are achieved
4. Compose college and employer reports
   1. List required reports
   2. Identify recipients of reports
   3. Identify due date of each report
   4. Complete report forms as required
   5. Give reports to identified recipients
5. Comply to policies, procedures, and regulations
   1. Identify employer expectations for an intern
   2. List employer policies and procedures to be complied with
   3. Identify and observe all company regulations that are applicable to interns
6. Display a professional appearance
   1. Avoid tardiness.
   2. Develop abilities to show initiative
   3. Develop pride in doing a job well
   4. Complete tasks within acceptable standards of quantity and quality of work.

LIT 101 - Intro to Literature

1. Apply college-level reading skills to poetry, fiction, and drama
   1. Read a variety of poems, fiction, and plays
   2. Demonstrate understanding of genre distinctions
   3. Apply terminology appropriate to reading literary texts
   4. Use effective reading techniques such as rereading, annotating, close reading, paraphrasing, and summarizing
2. Analyze literature by focusing on textual, structural, and thematic elements
   1. Explain the relationship between literary form and content
   2. Discuss connections between authors and texts
   3. Examine the relationships between literary texts and historical contexts
   4. Analyze literature through the application of one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
3. Interpret poetry, fiction, and drama using elements of literary criticism
   1. Interpret poetry, fiction, and drama in context
   2. Discuss how multiple interpretations exist simultaneously
   3. Interpret literature using one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
4. Evaluate literature?s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Understand the role of diversity in the study of literature
   2. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   3. Reflect on how texts shape identities
5. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Demonstrate awareness of academic conventions for organization, audience, research, and language
   2. Generate writing as an active process, using planning, drafting, revising, and editing
   3. Produce written analyses or interpretations
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 105 - Children’s Literature

1. Summarize the history of children’s literature
   1. Review the history of childhood
   2. Identify key figures in the evolution of children’s literature such as John Newbery, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, and Randolph Caldecott
   3. Describe milestones of development of children’s literature such as the printing press and hornbooks
2. Apply theories of child development to texts
   1. Summarize basic cognitive, moral, and language development
   2. Determine appropriate age and reading levels for works
   3. Discuss varieties of children’s responses to literature
3. Analyze elements of fiction
   1. Identify the major theme(s)
   2. Describe the plot, including conflict and resolution, as well as the climax
   3. Explain the type of narration
   4. Discuss the author’s point of view
   5. Show the ordering of events (e.g., flashback, chronological)
   6. Determine setting and its relation to the characters and theme
   7. Compare and contrast round versus flat and dynamic versus static characters
   8. Analyze dialogue in the work
   9. Interpret symbolism in the work
4. Analyze elements of poetry
   1. Distinguish sounds in poetry
   2. Discuss types of figurative language such as similes, metaphors, and symbolism
   3. Classify forms of poetry
5. Assess the value of and need for diversity and inclusion in children’s literature
   1. Critique books related to ethnicity and culture
   2. Support books that focus positively on gender awareness, while avoiding stereotyping of roles and behavior
   3. Examine books about the challenges of life, such as death, divorce, violence, and war
   4. Explore texts about alternative family relationships
6. Evaluate picture books
   1. Interpret the collaboration of words and pictures
   2. Examine artistic elements such as line, shape, space, color, and texture
   3. Analyze the design, style, and artistic media used in picture books
7. Examine literary genres and identify children?s books for each genre
   1. Differentiate categories of children?s literature such as Mother Goose rhymes, alphabet and counting books, folk tales, fables, and fairy tales
   2. Identify varieties of adolescent and young adult fiction such as fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, mythology, and contemporary realistic fiction
   3. Review varieties of nonfiction such as biographies, autobiographies, memoirs; informational literature such as history, culture, science, nature, how-to’s and crafts; and sports and leisure
8. Design teaching or presentation strategies for a variety of children’s literature and adapt the projects to a variety of learning styles
   1. Use research techniques
   2. Construct and present a read aloud experience
   3. Create a reading journal/bibliography that demonstrates an understanding of a wide variety of children’s literature
   4. Report on one or more of the strategies in an oral/written format to classmates and instructor
9. Evaluate First Amendment issues in regards to children’s literature
   1. Distinguish between restricting, banning, and censoring
   2. Identify the importance of intellectual freedom
   3. Assess the merits of a challenged book according to the First Amendment

LIT 110 - Amer Literature to Mid 1800s

1. Apply college-level reading skills to prose, poetry, drama and fiction of literature from early American settlements up through 1865 
   1. Read a variety of prose (including non-fiction such as sermons and biographies), poems, plays and fiction
   2. Demonstrate understanding of genre distinction
   3. Apply terminology appropriate to reading literary texts
   4. Use effective reading techniques such as rereading, annotating, close reading, paraphrasing, and summarizing
2. Analyze literature by focusing on textual, structural, and thematic elements
   1. Explain the relationship between literary form and content
   2. Discuss connections between authors and texts
   3. Examine the relationships between literary texts and historical contexts 
   4. Analyze literature through the application of one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
3. Interpret poetry, fiction, and drama using elements of literary criticism
   1. Examine the context of prose, poetry, drama and fiction from early American exploration and settlement on through 1865
   2. Discuss how multiple interpretations exist simultaneously
   3. Interpret literature using one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
4. Evaluate literatures continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Review the role of diverse authors such as Native American, African American, women and other under-represented voices in the study of literature
   2. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   3. Reflect on how texts shape the identities of diverse groups of early Americans
5. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Demonstrate awareness of academic conventions for organization, audience, research, and language
   2. Generate writing as an active process, using planning, drafting, revising, and editing
   3. Produce written analyses or interpretations 
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 111 - Amer Lit Since Mid 1800’s

1. Apply college-level reading skills to poetry, prose, fiction, and drama
   1. Read a variety of poems, prose, fiction, and plays from 1865 to the present
   2. Demonstrate understanding of genre distinctions
   3. Apply terminology appropriate to reading literary texts
   4. Use effective reading techniques such as rereading, annotating, close reading, paraphrasing, and summarizing
2. Analyze literature by focusing on textual, structural, and thematic elements
   1. Explain the relationship between literary form and content
   2. Discuss connections between authors and texts
   3. Examine the relationships between literary texts and historical contexts
   4. Analyze literature through the application of one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
3. Interpret poetry, prose, fiction, and drama using elements of literary criticism
   1. Interpret poetry, prose, fiction, and drama in context
   2. Discuss how multiple interpretations exist simultaneously
   3. Interpret literature using one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
4. Evaluate literatures continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Review the role of diverse voices including Native American, African American, Asian, Caribbean, Latin, Spanish and other people of color from the mid-1800’s to contemporary literature
   2. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   3. Reflect on how texts shape identities
5. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Demonstrate awareness of academic conventions for organization, audience, research, and language
   2. Generate writing as an active process, using planning, drafting, revising, and editing
   3. Produce written analyses or interpretations
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 130 - African-American Literature

1. Apply college-level reading skills to literary texts written by African American authors
   1. Read a variety of forms, including slave narratives, folktales, music, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama
   2. Demonstrate understanding of genre distinctions
   3. Apply terminology appropriate to reading literary texts
   4. Use effective reading techniques such as rereading, annotating, close reading, paraphrasing, and summarizing
2. Analyze African American literature by focusing on textual, structural, cultural, and thematic elements
   1. Explain the relationship between literary form and content
   2. Discuss literary forms including vernacular traditions, slave narrative, folktales, call-and-response, spoken word, and canonical literary traditions
   3. Discuss connections between authors and texts
   4. Examine the relationships between literary texts, culture, and historical contexts from the centuries of slavery into the Reconstruction, Turn-of-the-Century, New Negro Renaissance, Harlem Renaissance, Black Arts Movement, and Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and other contemporary contexts
   5. Analyze literature through the application of one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
3. Interpret African American literature using elements of literary criticism
   1. Interpret literature in context
   2. Discuss how multiple interpretations exist simultaneously
   3. Interpret literature using one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
4. Evaluate literature’s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Review the contributions of African American writers in adding racial and culturally diverse voices to the study of literature
   2. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   3. Reflect on how texts shape identities
5. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Demonstrate awareness of academic conventions for organization, audience, research, and language
   2. Generate writing as an active process, using planning, drafting, revising, and editing
   3. Produce written analyses or interpretations
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 142 - Major British Writers

1. Identify the elements of poetry as they apply to British Literature
   1. Distinguish the elements of poetic form as they apply to British Literature
   2. Specify the elements of poetic content as they apply to British Literature
2. Identify the elements of fiction as they apply to British Literature
   1. Distinguish the elements of fictional form as they apply to British Literature
   2. Specify the elements of fictional content as they apply to British Literature
3. Identify the elements of drama as they apply to British Literature
   1. Distinguish the elements of dramatic form as they apply to British Literature
   2. Specify the elements of dramatic content as they apply to British Literature
4. Differentiate at least five critical approaches to literature such as Formalist (New Criticism), Marxist, Feminist, Psychoanalytic, Deconstructionist, Reader Response, New Historicist, Structuralist, Cultural Studies, New Eclecticist, and others
   1. Distinguish the elements of one or more critical approaches as they apply to British Literature
   2. Discuss the significance of one or more critical approaches as they apply to British Literature
5. Analyze a wide range of British literary works particularly from the post-Renaissance through the contemporary period
   1. Interpret poetry, fiction, drama, and other literary forms from British Literature using one or more of the critical approaches
   2. Evaluate poetry, fiction, drama, and other literary forms from British Literature
6. Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of literary works from British Literature
   1. Value a wide range of poetry, fiction and drama from British Literature
   2. Practice reading critically a wide range of poetry, fiction, and drama from British Literature
7. Develop an appreciation for the importance of British literature in culture
   1. Acknowledge the importance of British poetry
   2. Acknowledge the importance of British fiction
   3. Acknowledge the importance of British drama
   4. Acknowledge the importance of other literary forms in British literature

LIT 150 - World Literature I

1. Identify the elements of various literary genres from the origins of literature through 1650
   1. Distinguish the elements of form
   2. Specify the elements of content
2. Interpret literature using various critical approaches, such as New Criticism, Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Deconstructionism, Reader Response, New Historicism, or others
   1. Identify the elements of one or more critical approaches
   2. Use one or more critical approaches to interpret studied works from the origins of literature through 1650
3. Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of literary works from the origins of literature through 1650
   1. Value a wide range of poetry, fiction, drama and other literary forms from the origins of literature through 1650
   2. Practice reading critically a wide range of literary works from the origins of literature through 1650
4. Appreciate a wide range of literary works from the origins of literature through 1650
   1. Acknowledge the importance of poetry, fiction, drama, and other literary forms from the origins of literature through 1650
   2. Acknowledge the cultural contributions of authors from the origins of literature through 1650
5. Analyze a range of literary genres from the origins of literature through 1650
   1. Examine these literary works in their social, historical, and cultural contexts
   2. Interpret these literary works using one or more critical approaches
   3. Analyze these literary works
   4. Make connections among the studied literary works
6. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Produce analyses or interpretations through written assignments
   2. Use literary terminology appropriate to genres and/or theories
   3. Practice academic English and follow current MLA citation guidelines

LIT 151 - World Literature II

1. Identify the elements of various literary genres from 1650 to the present
   1. Distinguish the elements of form
   2. Specify the elements of content
2. Interpret literature using various critical approaches, such as New Criticism, Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Deconstructionism, Reader Response, New Historicism, or others
   1. Identify the elements of one or more critical approaches
   2. Use one or more critical approaches to interpret studied works from 1650 to the present
3. Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of literary works from 1650 to the present
   1. Value a wide range of poetry, fiction, drama and other literary forms from 1650 to the present
   2. Practice reading critically a wide range of literary works from 1650 to the present
4. Appreciate a wide range of literary works from 1650 to the present
   1. Acknowledge the importance of poetry, fiction, drama, and other literary forms from 1650 to the present
   2. Acknowledge the cultural contributions of authors from 1650 to the present
5. Analyze a range of literary genres from 1650 to the present
   1. Examine these literary works in their social, historical, and cultural contexts
   2. Interpret these literary works using one or more critical approaches
   3. Analyze these literary works
   4. Make connections among the studied literary works
6. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Produce analyses or interpretations through written assignments
   2. Use literary terminology appropriate to genres and/or theories
   3. Practice academic English and follow current MLA citation guidelines

LIT 166 - Science Fiction

1. Apply college-level reading skills to science fiction.
   1. Read a range of science fiction texts, including works by diverse authors, such as women and people of color, who are often underrepresented in the field of science fiction.
   2.  Demonstrate understanding of genre distinctions
   3.  Apply terminology appropriate to reading science fiction
2. Analyze literature by focusing on textual, structural, and thematic elements
   1. Explain the relationship between literary form and content
   2. Discuss connections between authors and texts
   3. Examine the relationships between literary texts and historical contexts
   4. Analyze literature through thematic approaches
3. Evaluate science fiction’s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   2. Reflect on how texts shape identities including gender, racial and cultural influences
   3. Apply assigned readings to film, television, and popular culture
4. Apply the writing process to course assignments
   1. Demonstrate awareness of academic conventions for organization, audience, and language
   2. Understand writing as an active process, using planning, drafting, revising, and editing
   3. Discuss strategies for seeking assistance with writing and editing
5. Evaluate written analyses or interpretations
   1. Generate writing in response to assigned texts
   2. Analyze literature through literary critical approaches
   3. Interpret science fiction by employing complex argumentation
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 180 - Mythology

1. Understand vocabulary, concepts, and content associated with world mythology
   1. Read myths from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia
   2. Define terms and concepts associated with the study of mythology
   3. Discuss historical context of myths
2. Assess assigned reading by focusing on underlying concepts from the study of mythology
   1. Examine the relationship between myths and historical contexts
   2. Apply academic theories and scholarship to the reading and understanding of mythology.
   3. Compare and contrast themes, motifs, and messages of myths across time and place
3. Interpret assigned reading with emphasis on implicit meaning and literary criticism
   1. Discuss how multiple interpretations can exist simultaneously
   2. Evaluate the cultural messages suggested by authors of myths
   3. Interpret myths by focusing on at least one critical approach, including formalism, psychoanalytic, feminism, historical, cultural studies, and archetypal, as well as others
4. Evaluate mythology’s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Examine multi-cultural and global perspectives
   2. Correlate assigned texts with contemporary culture and material from other disciplines
   3. Reflect on how mythology continues to shape identities
5. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Generate writing as an active process, using planning, researching, drafting, revising, and editing
   2. Apply standard rules of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling
   3. Produce analyses and interpretations through written assignments
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 185 - Contemporary Literature

1. Apply college-level reading skills to literary texts written by a diverse collection of contemporary authors
   1. Read a variety of forms, including poetry, micro-fiction, short stories, novels, and drama
   2. Understand vocabulary relevant to contemporary literature
   3. Apply terminology appropriate to reading contemporary literary texts
2. Interpret Contemporary literature by focusing on textual, structural, cultural, and thematic elements
   1. Apply analytical strategies to close readings of contemporary poetry, fiction and drama
   2. Discuss connections between authors, texts and historical contexts
   3. Analyze literature through thematic approaches
3. Analyze Contemporary literature using elements of literary criticism
   1. Discuss how multiple interpretations exist simultaneously
   2. Interpret literature using one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
4. Evaluate literature’s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   2. Reflect on how texts shape diverse identities in contemporary literature, including literature written by women, people of color, LGBT writers, and authors from other diverse contexts
5. Produce effective writing to demonstrate an understanding of course goals
   1. Generate writing as an active process in response to assigned texts
   2. Analyze literature through literary critical approaches
   3. Interpret Contemporary literature through complex argumentation
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 188 - Detective Fiction

1. Identify the elements of fiction
   1. Distinguish the elements of form
   2. Specify the elements of content
2. Identify the elements of drama
   1. Distinguish the elements of form
   2. Specify the elements of content
3. Differentiate at least five critical approaches to literature such as Formalist (New Criticism), Marxist, Feminist, Psychoanalytic, Deconstructionist, Reader Response, New Historicist, Structuralist, Cultural Studies, New Eclecticist, and others
   1. Distinguish the elements of one or more critical approaches
   2. Discuss the significance of one or more critical approaches
4. Analyze a wide range of literary works
   1. Interpret fiction, drama and other literary forms using one or more of the critical approaches
   2. Evaluate fiction, drama and other literary forms as they apply to Detective fiction
5. Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of detective fiction
   1. Value a wide range of fiction, drama and other literary forms as they apply to Detective fiction
   2. Practice reading critically a wide range of fiction, drama, and other literary forms
6. Develop an appreciation for the importance of Detective fiction in culture
   1. Acknowledge the importance of Detective fiction
   2. Acknowledge the importance of Detective drama
   3. Acknowledge the importance of other literary forms as they apply to Detective fiction
7. Demonstrate an understanding of major authors of Detective fiction
   1. Distinguish the respective styles of major authors of Detective fiction
   2. Distinguish the heroines and heroes of major authors of Detective fiction

LIT 190 - Women Writers

1. Apply college-level reading skills to literary works written by diverse women
   1. Read a variety of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama
   2. Demonstrate understanding of genre distinctions
   3. Apply terminology appropriate to reading literary texts
   4. Use effective reading techniques such as rereading, annotating, close reading, paraphrasing, and summarizing
2. Analyze literature by women, focusing on textual, structural, and thematic elements
   1. Explain the relationship between literary form and content
   2. Discuss connections between authors and texts
   3. Examine the relationships between literary texts and historical contexts
   4. Analyze literature through the application of one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
3. Interpret literature by women using elements of literary criticism
   1. Interpret poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama in context
   2. Discuss how multiple interpretations exist simultaneously
   3. Interpret literature using one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
4. Evaluate literature’s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Consider the role of racial, cultural, economic and educational diversity in women writers work
   2. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   3. Reflect on how texts shape identities
5. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals
   1. Demonstrate awareness of academic conventions for organization, audience, research, and language
   2. Generate writing as an active process, using planning, drafting, revising, and editing
   3. Produce written analyses or interpretations
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style

LIT 193 - Humor in Literature

1. Identify the elements of poetry
   1. Distinguish the elements of form
   2. Specify the elements of content
2. Identify the elements of fiction
   1. Distinguish the elements of form
   2. Specify the elements of content
3. Identify the elements of drama
   1. Distinguish the elements of form
   2. Specify the elements of content
4. Differentiate at least five critical approaches to literature such as Formalist (New Criticism), Marxist, Feminist, Psychoanalytic, Deconstructionist, Reader Response, New Historicist, Structuralist, Cultural Studies, New Eclecticist, and others
   1. Distinguish the elements of one or more critical approaches
   2. Discuss the significance of one or more critical approaches
5. Analyze a wide range of literary works
   1. Interpret poetry, fiction, and drama using one or more of the critical approaches
   2. Evaluate poetry, fiction, and drama
6. Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of literary works
   1. Value a wide range of poetry, fiction and drama
   2. Practice reading critically a wide range of poetry, fiction, and drama
7. Develop an appreciation for the importance of literature in culture
   1. Acknowledge the importance of poetry
   2. Acknowledge the importance of fiction
   3. Acknowledge the importance of drama
   4. Acknowledge the importance of other literary forms

LIT 209 - Literature Film Adaptation

1. Apply the elements of literature and film.
   1. Define narrative elements, such as characterization, setting, plot, and theme in literature and film.
   2. Identify elements of cinematic technique, such as mise en scene, cinematography, editing, and sound.
   3. Describe literary devices, such as metaphor, simile, motif, symbol, stylistic use of language, etc.
2. Differentiate between various approaches to literature and film such as Formalist (New Criticism), Marxist, Feminist, Psychoanalytic, Deconstructionist, Reader Response, New Historicist, Structuralist, Cultural Studies, Genre, Auteur, and others.
   1. Distinguish the elements of one or more critical approaches.
   2. Discuss the significance of one or more critical approaches.
3. Evaluate a range of literary and cinematic works.
   1. Interpret literature and film using one or more of the critical approaches.
   2. Evaluate literature and film, comparing and contrasting deployment of narrative elements, as well as literary and cinematic techniques.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of literary and cinematic works.
   1. Value a range of poetry, fiction, drama, and film.
   2. Practice reading critically a range of poetry, fiction, and drama, and critically viewing film.
5. Develop an appreciation for the importance of literature and film in culture.
   1. Acknowledge the importance of literary and film forms in culture.
6. Create effective writing to demonstrate understanding of course goals.
   1. Produce analyses or interpretations through written assignments.
   2. Use literary terminology appropriate to genres and/or theories.
   3. Practice academic English and current MLA citation guidelines.

LIT 210 - The Graphic Novel

1. Evaluate the elements of the graphic novel.
   1. Distinguish the elements of form, including but not limited to the cautionary tale, adventure story, and journey of self-discovery.
   2. Specify the elements of content, for example iconic images (human, non-human lifeforms and superheroes, biographies, alternative history lines and others).
2. Develop visual literacy skills and an appreciation for the importance of fully illustrated novels and non-fiction literature in culture.
   1. Discuss issues of race, gender, politics, violent content issues in comics and graphic novels.
   2. Establish the role of sequential art in storytelling within the graphic novel.
3. Interpret graphic novels using one or more of the critical approaches such as Formalist, Psychoanalytic, Feminist, Reader Response, New Historicist, Structuralist and others.
   1. Distinguish and discuss the significance of one or more critical approaches.
   2. Evaluate the graphic novel and compare the genre to traditional literature.
4. Analyze variations and styles of graphic novels and their counterparts, anime, comic books, and manga.
   1. Identify standard visual layouts and design including line, grid and frames.
   2. Recognize narrative, point of view, tone and characterization along with standard literary elements.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of literary works that employ the graphic approach.
   1. Value a range of graphic novels via comparison/contrast, analysis, synthesis and other modes.
   2. Apply critical reading skills to approach each graphic novel.
6. Utilize library resources both physical and web-based to broaden accessibility to additional graphic novels.
   1. Examine reviews, library recommendations, peer reviewed journals and other academic evaluations and analysis of graphic novels.
   2. Identify challenged themes and develop strategies to handle controversial topics.
7. Prioritize the historical development of the graphic novel.
   1. Review and research the history and development of comic books, graphic novels, manga and anime along with their sub-genres as literature for educational and recreational purposes.
   2. Gain an understanding of the internationalization and expansion of this genre.
8. Assess the importance of graphic novels in culture.
   1. Analyze the ways this genre permeates popular culture via the Internet, art forms and film adaptations.
   2. Examine the reading and literacy trends of youth and adult readership.
9. Appraise the seminal works of authors and artists in graphic novel writing.
   1. Distinguish trailblazing work in graphic novel writing by award-winning authors such as Harvey Pekar,Art Spiegelman and Max Block.
   2. Recognize leading illustrators in the field ranging from Alison Bechdel to Marjane Sarapti to Phil Foglio etc., via their varied artistic techniques.

MGT 101 - Principles of Management

1. Summarize the essential aspects of the nature of management.
   1. Describe the four management functions and type of management activity associated with each
   2. Explain the differences in management functions by hierarchial level.
   3. Discuss conceptual, human, and technical skills and their relevance
   4. Define ten roles that managers perform
   5. Outline issues managers must prepare for in the future
2. Trace the significant developments during the history of management.
   1. Explain how historical forces in society have influenced the practice of management
   2. Identify the major developments in the history of management thought.
   3. Outline the major components of classical management perspective and the human resource management perspective
   4. Describe the components of the quantitative management perspective, systems theory and contingency views
   5. Discuss how global competition has influenced management in the United States
3. Explain how the environment affects organizations and relates to corporate culture.
   1. Describe the task and general environments
   2. Explain how organizations relate to stable and unstable environments.
   3. Discuss corporate culture and how that impacts on an organization.
   4. Identify how corporate culture relates to the environment
   5. Relate how symbolic managers affect corporate culture.
4. Interpret how key factors of managerial ethics and corporate social responsibility relate to the management process
   1. Explain how ethical behavior relates to behavior governed by law and free choice
   2. Discuss utilitarian, individualism, moral-rights, and justice approaches for evaluating ethical behavior
   3. Relate corporate social responsibility to economic, legal, ethical and discretionary criteria
   4. Describe four corporate responses to social demands.
   5. Identify structures managers can use to improve their organizations’ ethics and social responsiveness.
5. Differentiate among characteristics of organizational goal setting and planning
   1. Explain the concept of organizational mission and how it influences goal setting and planning
   2. Describe the types of goals an organization should have and why they resemble a hierarchy
   3. Define characteristics of effective goals
   4. Identify how responsibility can be allocated to accomplish planning goal setting.
6. Examine important concepts of strategy formulation and implementation.
   1. Describe the strategic planning process and SWOT analysis
   2. Define corporate-level strategies and the portfolio approach.
   3. Discuss business-level strategies, competitive strategies and product life cycle.
   4. Identify the major considerations in formulating functional strategies.
   5. Enumerate organizational dimensions used for implementing strategy.
7. Assess the impact of management decision making
   1. State the difference between programmed and nonprogrammed decisions and decision characteristics of risk, uncertainty, and ambiguity
   2. Describe the classical and administrative models of decision making and their applications
   3. Name the six steps used in managerial decision making
   4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using groups to make decisions
   5. Outline guidelines for improving decision-making effectiveness in organizations.
8. Explain how several management science aids facilitate planning and decision making.
   1. Define management science and the types of management decision and problems to which these techniques apply.
   2. Identify three quantitative methods and three qualitative methods of forecasting future events
   3. Describe breakeven analysis and how it can be used for organizational decisions
   4. Explain the purpose and application of: linear programming, PERT and CPM, payoff matrix, and decision trees
   5. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using management science techniques for planning and decision making
9. Explain how the process of organizing affects management practices
   1. Explain the fundamental characteristics of organizing, including such concepts as work specialization, chain of command, line and staff, and task force
   2. Discuss when specific structural characteristics such as centralization, span of management, and formalization should be used within organizations
   3. Compare functional approaches with divisional approaches to organization.
   4. Outline relative advantages and disadvantages of matrix approaches, contemporary team, and network structures
10. Summarize how management can use structural design to achieve strategic objectives.
    1. Explain why organizations need coordination across departments and hierarchal levels
    2. Discuss mechanisms for achieving coordination and when they may be applied
    3. Describe how organization structure relates to environmental certainty and uncertainty
    4. Identify how organizational life cycle, production and service technologies influence organization structure
    5. Outline the types of departmental interdependence and how structure can be used to accommodate them
11. Explain how innovation and change impact an organization
    1. Describe the sequence of four change activities that must be performed in order for change to be successful
    2. Define sources of resistance to change
    3. Explain force field analysis and other implementation tactics that can be used to overcome resistance to change
    4. Identify the differences among technology, product, structure and culture/people changes
    5. Outline the change process – bottom up, top down, horizontal – associated with each type of change
12. Assess the role of human resource management in organizational strategic planning
    1. Describe federal legislation and societal trends that influence human resource management
    2. Explain how human resource professionals work with line managers to attract, develop and maintain human resources in the organization
    3. Summarize out how organizations determine future staffing needs through human resource planning
    4. Identify the tools managers use to recruit and select employees, train, and appraise performance
    5. Outline how organizations maintain a work force through the administration of wages and salaries, benefits and termination
13. Compare key characteristics of leadership and their importance for organizations.
    1. Identify personal characteristics associated with effective leaders.
    2. Outline the five sources of leader influence and how each causes different subordinate behavior
    3. Explain leader behaviors of initiating structure and consideration
    4. Examine situational theory and the path-goal model of leadership and their applications to subordinate participation
    5. State how leadership fits the organization situation and how organizational characteristics can substitute for leadership behaviors
14. Explain current approaches and traditional approaches to motivation.
    1. Describe content theories of motivation based on employee needs.
    2. Explain the process theories of motivation.
    3. Discuss the reinforcement theory and how it can be used to motivate employees
    4. Identify the major approaches to job design and how they influence motivation.
    5. Outline new management applications of motivation theories.
15. Analyze how communication relates to effective management.
    1. Identify the basic elements of the communication process, the concept of channel richness, and how communication channels influence quality of communication
    2. Describe how perception, nonverbal behavior, and listening affect communication
    3. Outline the differences between formal and informal organization communications and the importance of each
    4. Discuss team communications and how structure influences communication outcomes
    5. List barriers to organizational communications and suggest ways to avoid or overcome them
16. Determine how organizational teams affect organizations
    1. Identify the types of teams and applications which facilitate employee involvement
    2. List the general stages of team development
    3. Summarize the concepts of team cohesiveness and team norms and their relationship to team performance
    4. State the causes of conflict with and among teams and how to reduce conflict
    5. Describe the assets and liabilities of organizational teams.
17. Explain how organizational control relates to the process of management.
    1. Explain the four steps in the control process and the differences in control focus among feedforward, concurrent and feedback controls
    2. State how organizational control relates to strategic planning
    3. Describe bureaucratic and clan control approaches and the methods used with the organization to implement each
    4. Discuss the basic concepts of statistical process control, total quality control, and quality circles and the procedures to implement each
    5. Outline the trends in effective organizational control
18. Compare several types of core management control systems.
    1. Describe financial statements, financial analysis, and financial audits used for top management controls
    2. Discuss the concept of responsibility centers and their relationship to operating and financial budgets
    3. Define the four essential steps in the MBO process and the relative advantages and disadvantages of using MBO for management control
    4. List the advantages of top-down, bottom-up and zero-based budgeting
    5. Predict organizational indicators of inadequate control systems.
19. Assess the importance of information systems for management and the characteristics of useful information
    1. Explain how information systems are designed to meet the needs of managers at different levels in the organizational hierarchy
    2. Examine other new information technologies being used in organizations
    3. Outline the impact of information technology on operational efficiency and business strategy
20. Relate principles of international management to the management of domestic business operations
    1. Indicate how in the economic, sociocultural, and legal-political environments throughout the world can affect business operations
    2. Describe market entry strategies that business firms use to develop foreign markets
    3. Identify the characteristics of a multinational corporation and the generic strategies available to them
    4. Explain the steps in the strategic planning process for multinational corporations
    5. Outline the organization structures that multinationals use and factors that determine the appropriate structure

MGT 128 - Organizational Behavior

1. Describe factors that directly influence individual behavior.
   1. Describe the “big five” personality traits.
   2. Explain the Myers-Briggs type Indicator (MTBI) types.
   3. Discuss self-concept and explain how social identity theory relates to self-concept.
   4. Identify vlaues commonly studies across cultures and how they influence behavior.
   5. Describe factors that influence ethical behavior.
2. Explain perception and learning in organizations.
   1. Outline the perceptual process.
   2. Discuss the effects of stereotyping, attribution, self-fulling prophecy, halo, primacy, recent and false-consensus effects on the perceptual process.
   3. Discuss ways to improve social perception, with specific application to organizational situations.
   4. Describe three features of social learning theory.
3. Identify causes and effects of workplace emotions, attitudes and stress.
   1. Explain how emotions and cognition influence attitudes and behavior.
   2. Discuss emotional labor and the role of emotional intelligence in the workplace.
   3. Summarize the consequences of job dissatisfaction and strategies to increase organizational commitment.
   4. Describe three major stressors in the workplace and how stress can be managed.
4. Explain the elements of employee motivation.
   1. Apply needs based theories of motivation.
   2. Discuss the effects of expectancy, justice and goal setting on motivation.
   3. Apply elements of job design to employee motivation.
   4. Demonstrate how emplowerment supports motivation.
5. Apply elements of decision-making and creativity in the workplace.
   1. Demonsttrate the decision making process.
   2. Discuss the role of employee involvement in the decision process.
   3. Demonstrate elements of creativity in the workplace.
6. Discuss the elements of team and team dynamics.
   1. Explain the benefits and limitations of teams.
   2. Demonstrate elements of effective teams.
   3. Explain how to improve team processes and results.
   4. Explain the design of an information age organization
7. Demonstrate effective communication in teams and organizations.
   1. Explain the importance of effective communication in teams and organizations.
   2. Compare and contrast the advantages and problems with e-mail and other communication media.
   3. Discuss important factors to consider when selecting a communication channel.
   4. Demonstrate ability to build effective two way communication in teams and organizations
   5. Identify barriers to effective communication and describe strategies for communicating a message and engaging in active listening.
   6. Summarize communication strategies in teams and organizations including grapevie communication.
8. Explain the roles of power and influence in teams and organizations.
   1. Demonstrate the sources of power organizations and how they are used to influence action.
   2. Discuss the types of influence in organizations.
   3. Identify the organizational conditions and personal characteristics that support organizational politics as well as ways to minimize their influence.
9. Demonstrate strategies for managing conflice in teams and organizations.
   1. Debate the positive and negative consequences of conflict in the workplace.
   2. Distinguish constructive from relationship conflict and describe three strategies to minimize relationship conflict.
   3. Outline the five conflict handling styles and discuss the circumstances in which each would be the most appropriate.
10. Demonstrate the concepts of leadership and shared leadership in organizations.
    1. Describe the competency and behavioral perspectives of leadership.
    2. Discuss the key elements of path-goal theory, Fiedler’s contingency model, and leadership substitutes.
    3. Describe the four elements of transformational leadership and distinguish this theory from transactional and charismatic leadership.
    4. Discuss the similarities and differences in leadership across cultures and between genders.
11. Discuss the elements of organizational structure.
    1. Describe three types of coordination in organizational structures.
    2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of span of control, centralization and formalization and relate threse elements to organic and mechanistic organizational structures.
    3. Identify and evaluate six tipes of departmenalization.
    4. Explain how the external environmnent, organizational size, technology, and strategy are relevant when designing and organizational structure.
12. Demonstrate the ways to establish a strong organizational culture.
    1. Describe the elements of organizational culture and discuss the importance of organizational subcultures.
    2. List four categories of artifacts through wich corporate culture is deciphered.
    3. Discuss the importance of organizational culture and the conditions under which organizational culture strength improves organizational performance.
    4. Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures.
    5. Identify four strategies for changing or strengthening an organization’s culture, including the application of attraction-selection-attrition theory.
    6. Describe the organizational socialization process and identify strategies to improve that process.
13. Identify effective strategies to implement organizational change.
    1. Apply the elements of Lewin’s force field analysis model.
    2. Discuss the reasons why people resist organizational change and outline six strategies for minimizing this resistance.
    3. Demonstrate the importance of leadership in organizational
    4. Describe and compare action research, appreciative inquiry, large group interventions, and parallel learning structures as formal approaches to organizational change.
    5. Discuss two cross-cultural and three ethical issues in organizational change.

MGT 130 - Principles of Supervision

1. Analyze basic principles of supervising people in daily tasks
   1. Identify the role of the supervisor in relation to subordinates, peers and superior
   2. Summarize the supervisory skills needed to function successfully in the position.
   3. Define the management functions common to all levels of management
   4. Practice basic leadership skills
2. Organize an effective and efficient work environment
   1. Summarize the guidelines for effective planning.
   2. Write departmental objectives
   3. Use sound time management principles
   4. Identify controls used by supervisors in the daily departmental operations
   5. Demonstrate the process of training people in job functions.
3. Develop positive human relation skills necessary to promote employee motivation
   1. Choose appropriate spoken and written methods for communicating.
   2. Identify basic human needs affecting employee motivation
   3. Determine what a supervisor can do to provide for employee need satisfaction on the job to create a motivated work group
   4. Identify the correct method of delegating tasks
   5. Point out the effects of group dynamics as related to productivity.
   6. Evaluate employee performance to generate improved productivity
4. Summarize the supervisor’s role in staffing
   1. Identify the consequences of a high employee turnover rate
   2. Explain how absenteeism affects the work group and therefore productivity.
   3. Identify appropriate interviewing techniques
   4. Discuss legal guidelines as they relate to interviewing and hiring
   5. Describe the orientation and induction processes for new employees.
5. Develop effective problem solving and decision making skills
   1. Analyze case problem situations.
   2. Identify means for resolving employee conflict
   3. Employ constructive disciplinary actions
   4. Discuss current legal issues dealing with employee termination, drug testing and sexual harassment

MGT 145 - Human Relations in Management

1. Evaluate Human Relations
   1. Identify reasons why human relations is receiving more attention in business
   2. Explain the six major forces that influence human behavior at work
   3. Describe the total person concept
   4. Discuss the seven major themes that serve as a foundation for effective human relations
   5. Differentiate the discoveries made regarding worker behavior as a result of Taylor’s Scientific Management study and Mayo’s Hawthorne Studies
2. Assess the Communication Process
   1. Differentiate between impersonal communication and interpersonal communication
   2. Identify the filters that affect communication
   3. Identify forms of nonverbal communication
   4. Discuss ways to improve personal communication
   5. Explain how to use communication technologies more effectively
   6. Compare vertical communication channels and horizontal communication channels
3. Discuss the concept of communication styles and its’ effect on interpersonal relations
   1. Identify the four major elements of the communication style model
   2. Explain the four communication styles
   3. Identify your own preferred communication style
   4. Describe how to improve communication with others through style flexing
4. Examine self-esteem and discuss its impact on your life
   1. Discuss how self-esteem develops
   2. Compare characteristics of people with low versus high self-esteem
   3. Identify ways to increase yourself esteem
   4. Explain how organizations can help workers raise their self-esteem
5. Discuss how personal values influence ethical choices
   1. Explain how personal values are formed
   2. Identify value conflicts and how to resolve them
   3. Identify how to make the right ethical choices
   4. Discuss how businesses may prevent corporate crime
6. Discuss the impact of attitudes on the success of individuals as well as organizations
   1. Describe how people can acquire attitudes
   2. Identify attitudes that employer value
   3. Explain how to change your own attitudes
   4. Explain how to help others change their attitudes
7. Examine why motivation is complex in nature
   1. Define motivation
   2. Describe Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
   3. Describe Herzberg’s Motivation-Maintenance Factor Theory
   4. Describe McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
   5. Describe the Expectancy Theory
   6. Describe contemporary motivational strategies
8. Assess how constructive self-disclosure contributes to improved interpersonal relationships
   1. Discuss the benefits you gain from self-disclosure
   2. Explain the major elements of the Johari Window model
   3. Identify barriers to self-disclosure in a business setting
9. Examine factors that influence our emotional development
   1. Compare how to cope with your anger versus the anger of others
   2. Describe the four most common emotional styles.
   3. Describe the importance of emotional intelligence in building effective relationships
10. Evaluate the importance of professional presence
    1. Explain the primacy effect
    2. Differentiate between business casual and business professional dress for men and women
    3. Explain how your on-line presence can help or hinder your personal brand
    4. Describe major factors that form your image
    5. Explain how life and workplace etiquette contribute to improved interpersonal relations
11. Define stress
    1. Identify major personal and work-related causes of stress
    2. Discuss effective stress-management strategies
    3. Learn how to use positive psychology to combat stress 
12. Compare primary and secondary dimensions of diversity
    1. Identify ways in which individuals and organizations can enhance work force diversity
13. Evaluate how the traditional roles of men and women are changing
    1. Discuss the challenges and opportunities for working men and women
    2. Compare the two forms of sexual harassment
    3. Describe how to address sexual harassment

MGT 147 - Leadership Development

1. Outline the important elements of his or her personal vision and leadership philosophy.
   1. Define the nature and challenges of leadership.
   2. Compare and contrast the characteristics of successful leaders.
   3. Explain the elements of contingency leadership.
   4. Identify goals for growth of personal leadership skills.
2. Demonstrate effective team leadership and membership skills.
   1. Discuss the tasks of a leader in managing a group.
   2. Explain the role of an effective team member.
   3. Develop a community service project demonstrating leader and member roles.
3. Examine and evaluate ethical choices in organizations.
   1. Define the responsibilities decision makers have to society.
   2. Recognize that leader and team success is dependent on mutual trust.
   3. Demonstrate trust building in a team setting.
   4. Recognize how to build influence and power in a team setting.
4. Describe how building trust and empowering others is critical to successful leadership.
5. Demonstrate the ability to identify and resolve conflict.
   1. Recognize that conflict exists in every organization.
   2. Identify conflict resolution techniques.
   3. Demonstrate conflict resolution techniques to a positive outcome.
6. Demonstrate goal setting and measurement of goal accomplishment.
   1. Describe the methods used by leadership to set appropriate goals for an organization or activity.
   2. Define the need for clearly defined and measurable goals.
   3. Review and evaluate an organization?s purpose, mission and objectives.
7. Establish a network of leadership mentors and peers.
   1. Recognize the value of networking to accomplish goals.
   2. Explain ways to meet and maintain networking contacts.
   3. Identify local professionals to include in a personal network. 
8. Explain the importance of community involvement to leadership development.
   1. Recognize the value of community involvement to leader credibility.
   2. Exhibit leadership skills in community involvement activities. 
9. Explain how professional behaviors improve leader effectiveness and success.
   1. Demonstrate professional etiquette in social situations such as dining, interviews and meetings.
   2. Demonstrate effective presentation skills. 

MGT 164 - Total Quality Management

1. Analyze the role of total quality management in organizations.
   1. Describe the various ways quality may be defined.
   2. Describe the importance of quality practices in an organization.
   3. Identify the fundamental reasons why quality is an objective of an organization.
   4. Discuss the history of quality control implementation in the United States.
   5. Identify the various quality dimensions that influence how quality is perceived.
   6. Explain why the customer is the final judge of quality.
   7. Discuss by employee engagement is critical for the implementation of quality.
   8. Contrast a process approach to a systems approach to quality.
   9. Describe how a process of continual improvement is implemented.
2. Contrast the roles of leaders and managers in a firm.
   1. List the various elements of leadership in an organization.
   2. Describe how leaders can affect the culture of an organization.
   3. Describe the importance of ?vision? for a leader.
   4. Illustrate how leaders can implement continuous improvement in an organization.
   5. Define the role of a leader.
   6. Define the role of a manager.
   7. Contrast the role of a leader with the role of a manager.
   8. Contrast transformational, transactional and situational leadership situations.
3. Summarize how a firm can transform its competitive advantage into financial success.
   1. Describe the six characteristics of competitive advantage.
   2. List the sources of competitive advantage.
   3. Describe how cost leadership is used to affect quality improvements.
   4. Describe the importance of quality on the design process.
   5. List the five key dimensions of service quality.
   6. Define the role of quality on manufacturing agility.
   7. Describe how quality is affected by the manufacturing time that is available.
   8. Define the seven management and planning tools.
   9. Define the term core competence.
   10. Interpret total quality and strategic management theory.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the role and function of teams.
   1. Describe the importance of teams.
   2. Discuss the six basic types of teams.
   3. Review the role of cross-functional teams in an organization.
   4. Outline how a team may be formed.
   5. List the elements of an effective team.
5. Outline how a continuous process improvement program can be used to improve the performance of a firm.
   1. Describe how quality programs can be used to improve organizational processes.
   2. Describe the Kaizen Philosophy.
   3. Describe the Deming Cycle.
   4. List the elements of six sigma methodology.
   5. Explain the seven tools of quality.
   6. Outline the concept of lean thinking.
   7. Outline the concept of breakthrough improvement.
6. Desribe how vendor and customer partnerships can benefit both firms.
   1. Define the concept of process management.
   2. List the four principals of design for six sigma.
   3. Outline the concept of quality function deployment.
   4. Outline the concept of design failure mode and effect analysis.
   5. Describe the elements of quality process design.
   6. Explain the concept of poka-yoke.
   7. Outline the concept of process control.
   8. Explain how statistical process control tools are used to improve quality.
7. Show how performance measures are used to improve the profitability of a firm.
   1. List the eight elements of organization structure.
   2. Compare the different types functional structure organizations use.
   3. Describe how an organization can be redesigned to improve performance.
   4. Describe how hierarchy in an organization can be reduced.
   5. Outline how leadership teams are used in organizations.
   6. Explain the structural contingency theory.

MGT 170 - Human Resource Management

1. Discuss the challenges of Human Resources Management in today’s business environment
   1. Identify how firms gain sustainable competitive advantage through people
   2. Explain how globalization is influencing human resources management.
   3. Describe the impact of information technology on managing people.
   4. Identify the importance of change management.
   5. Discuss the impact of cost pressures on HR policies
   6. Discuss the primary demographic and employee concerns pertaining to HRM.
   7. Provide examples of the roles and competencies of today’s HR managers
2. Explain the role of equal employment opportunity in Human Resources Management.
   1. Explain the reasons behind passage of EEO legislation
   2. Identify and describe the major laws affecting equal employment opportunity.
   3. Describe bona fide occupational qualification and religious preference as EEO issues
   4. Discuss sexual harassment and immigration reform and control as EEO concerns
   5. Explain the use of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures.
   6. Explain various enforcement procedures affecting equal employment opportunity.
   7. Describe affirmative action and the basic steps in developing an affirmative action
3. Describe the importance of job design and job descriptions in providing a foundation for an effective HR program
   1. Discuss the relationship between job requirements and the performance of HRM functions
   2. Describe the methods by which job analysis typically is completed
   3. Explain the various sections of job descriptions.
   4. List the various factors that must be taken into account in designing a job.
   5. Discuss the various job characteristics that motivate employees
4. Identify requirements of Human Resources planning and recruitment.
   1. Identify the advantages of integrating human resources planning and strategic planning
   2. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of recruiting from within the organization
   3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of external recruitment.
   4. Describe how recruitment activities are integrated with diversity and equal employment opportunity initiatives.
5. Explain the process, principles and procedures involved in employee selection
   1. Explain the objectives of the personnel selection process
   2. Identify the various sources of information used for personnel selection.
   3. Explain the value of different types of employment tests.
   4. Discuss the different approaches to conducting an employment interview
   5. Describe the various decision strategies for selection
6. Discuss the principles and methods commonly used for training nonmanagerial employees, managers, and supervisors
   1. Discuss the systems approach to training and development.
   2. Describe the components of training-needs assessment.
   3. Identify the principles of learning and describe how they facilitate training
   4. Identify the types of training methods used for managers and nonmanagers
   5. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various evaluation criteria
7. Describe career development programs and the phases of career development
   1. Explain how a career development program integrates individual and organizational needs
   2. Describe the conditions that help to make a career development program successful
   3. Describe the methods used for identifying and developing managerial talent
   4. Describe the various aspects of personal career development that one should consider
8. Plan and effectively utilize a performance appraisal program
   1. Explain the purposes of performance appraisals and the reasons they can sometimes fail
   2. Identify the characteristics of an effective appraisal program
   3. Describe the different sources of appraisal information.
   4. Explain the various methods used for performance evaluation
   5. Outline the characteristics of an effective performance appraisal interview.
9. Discuss the objectives and policies of an organization’s compensation program
   1. Explain employer concerns in developing a strategic compensation program
   2. Identify the various factors that influence the setting of wages.
   3. Discuss the mechanics of each of the major job evaluation system
   4. Define the wage curve, pay grades, and rate ranges as parts of the compensation structure
   5. Identify the major provisions of the federal laws affecting compensation.
10. Explain the different types of financial incentive plans.
    1. Discuss the basic requirements for successful implementation of incentive programs
    2. List the types of, and reasons for implementing
    3. Explain why merit raises may fail to motivate employees adequately and discuss ways to increase their motivational value
    4. State and identify the advantage of each of the principal methods used to compensate salespersons
    5. Explain what profit sharing plans are and the advantages and disadvantages of these programs
    6. Describe the main types of ESOP plans and discuss the advantages of ESOPs to employers and employees
11. Recognize the changes occurring in the types and value of benefits employees receive as part of their total compensation
    1. Describe the characteristics of a sound benefits program
    2. Recognize management concerns about the costs of employee benefits and discuss ways to control those costs
    3. Explain the employee benefits required by law
    4. Discuss suggested ways to control the cots of health care programs
    5. Describe the major factors involved in the management of pension plans.
12. Explain the requirements of creating a healthy work environment.
    1. Summarize the general provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
    2. Describe what management can do to create a safe work environment
    3. Describe the organizational services and programs for building better health.
    4. Explain the role of employee assistance program in HRM
    5. Describe methods for coping with stress.
13. Discuss the policies and procedures governing disciplinary action
    1. Explain due process, the employment-at-will principle, and the implied contract
    2. Identify the job expectancy rights of employees
    3. Explain the process of establishing disciplinary policies, including the proper implementation of organizational rules
    4. Explain two approaches to disciplinary action
    5. Identify the different types of alternative dispute-resolution procedures.
    6. Discuss the role of ethics in the management of human resources.
14. Discuss the labor movement and contemporary forces contributing to it.
    1. Identify and explain he principal federal laws that provide the framework for labor relations
    2. Cite the reasons employees join unions
    3. Describe the process by which unions organize employees and gain recognition as their bargaining agent
    4. Describe the overall structure of the labor movement and the functions labor unions perform at the national and local levels
    5. Describe the differences between private sector and public-sector labor relations.
    6. Discuss some of the contemporary challenges to labor organizations
    7. Discuss the bargaining process and the bargaining goals and strategies of a union and an employer
    8. Cite the principal methods by which bargaining deadlocks may be resolved
    9. Give examples of current collective bargaining trends.

MGT 174 - Training and Employee Dev

1. Classify the role of Training and Development programs play in an organization.
   1. Identify the internal and external forces that influence learning in the workplace.
   2. Examine current training practices and the roles employees and managers play in the training process.
2. Evaluate the organizational strategy as it relates to Training and Development.
   1. Explain what organizational culture characteristics influence how training is offered.
   2. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the strategy models of Training Department design, such as the Faculty Model, Customer Model, Matrix Model, Business-Embedded Model, and Corporate University Model.
   3. Explain the concept of Outsourced Training and why organizations choose to outsource training.
3. Assess the elements of a Training Needs Assessment
   1. Evaluate why is a Needs Assessment necessary in instructional design?
   2. Assess who should participate in a Needs Assessment?
   3. Compare and Contrast methods used in conducting a Needs Assessment, including Observation, Questionnaires, Interviews, Focus Groups, Documentation and Technology.
4. Assess the Needs Assessment Process
   1. Identify the organization’s future direction and how training and development is supported in the organization
   2. Evaluate available resources available for training.
   3. Evaluate who needs training and the outcomes desired from training efforts.
   4. Utilize the process of a task (job) analysis to identify what knowledge, skills and abilities are necessary to perform tasks.
   5. Distinguish the similarities and differences between traditional needs assessments based on tasks and the competency model of assessment.
5. Interpret the elements of training design and evaluate how the environment, culture, physical and mental makeup of the workforce affect the outcomes of training.
   1. Define the five types of learner outcomes desired from training programs.
   2. Compare and Contrast the different learning theories, such as Reinforcement Theory, Social Learning Theory, Goal Theories, Needs Theories, Expectancy Theory and Adult Learning Theory to understand the appropriate usage of each. 
   3.  Explain the physical and mental processes of learning.
   4. Assess and recommend considerations to adapt the training environment to meet learner needs. 
6. Assess the different mediums of technology used in the processes of Training and Development
   1. Explain how learning and transfer of training are enhanced by the usage of technology in the workplace.
   2. Compare and Contrast the strengths and limitations of e-learning, mobile technology, and simulations.
   3. Justify what should be included in electronic performance support systems.  
   4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of traditional training methods vs. technology-based methods. 
   5. Outline the benefits of learning management systems.
7. Defend the importance of Employee Development as an organizational focus.
   1. Comprehend how assessment of personality type, work behaviors, and job performance can be used as a tool for employee development.
   2. Discuss the benefits that mentoring relationships can provide in employee development. 
   3. Illustrate how to train managers on employee coaching for development.
   4. Characterize the employee and organization responsibilities in the employee development process.
   5. Identify the potential legal issues that relate to training and development. 
   6. Discuss special issues in organizational training, such as diversity and cross-cultural assignments.
   7. Classify the necessary actions steps to assist dysfunctional manager in the workplace.
8. Compare and Contrast the reasons why companies play a role in the career management of their employees. 
   1. Characterize the role psychological contracts play in employees reflections of career success. 
   2. Evaluate the role a manager plays in the career management of their employees in an organization.
   3. Interpret the career lifecycle and assess the placement of employees of employees in the lifecycle.
   4. Examine the role that effective socialization and networking provides in career management for employees. 
   5. Discuss special challenges in career management, such as technical obsoleteness, work-life balance, and workplace and personal live events that impact the employee’s role in an organization.

MGT 190 - Employee Comp & Benefit Mgt

1. Assess the role Strategic Compensation plays in the workplace.
   1. Characterize strategic compensation decisions
   2. Identify the structural elements necessary in a dynamic strategic compensation system. 
   3. Identify the stakeholders of the compensation functions of an organization.
2. Interpret the types of base pay in organizations.
   1. Identify seniority and longevity pay practices.
   2. Explain the role merit pay can play in employee motivation.
   3. Explore the role performance appraisals play in compensation methods.
3. Explore the role incentive pay plays in an organization
   1. Understand the differences between incentive pay methods and traditional base pay.
   2. Review the types of individual incentive pay.
   3. Review types of group and company incentive pay.
   4. Discuss best practices to utilize when designing incentive pay.
4. Translate the usages of person-focused pay.
   1. Explain the reasons companies choose to utilize person-focused pay.
   2. Explore the types of person-focused pay plans.
   3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of person-focused pay.
5. Analyze the concepts of internal consistency for ensuring fair compensation and benefit practices. 
   1. Summarize the practices of job analysis and job evaluation processes. 
   2. Explain the techniques used to complete a job evaluation.
   3. Translate the strategies behind internal consistency and competition in compensation and benefit practices relate.
6. Explain the concept of market-competitive compensation systems.
   1. Summarize the activities compensation professionals engage in to create these systems.
   2. Discuss compensation survey practices.
   3. Describe how compensation professionals integrate internal job structures with external market pay rates.
   4. Explain the basic concepts of compensation policies and strategies.
7. Explain the concept of pay structures and the steps necessary to construct pay structures.
   1. Discuss the components of merit pay systems.
   2. Summarize the features of sales compensation plan design.
   3. Describe the essentials of person-focused pay program design.
   4. Summarize pay structure variations.
8. Assess the origins of discretionary benefits.
   1. Explain the categories of discretionary benefits.
   2. Interpret the legislation that pertains to discretionary benefits.
   3. Discuss the fundamentals of designing and planning the benefits program.
   4. Explain the benefits and costs related to discretionary benefits.
9. Interpret the history of legally required benefits.
   1. Summarize the four main categories of legally required benefits.
   2. Describe fee-for-service plans, traditional managed care approaches, and more recent consumer-driven approaches to providing health care coverage.
   3. Summarize key laws pertaining to legally required benefits.
   4. Compare and contrast the pros and cons of legally required benefits from a stakeholder perspective.
10. Explain the differences between executive pay and pay for nonexecutives.
    1. Define what qualifies as executive status.
    2. Explore the components of executive compensation packages.
    3. Discuss the practices of setting executive compensation.
    4. Summarize the executive compensation disclosure rules and the reasons why they have been established.
    5. Review the executive compensation controversy as it relates to whether U.S. executives are paid too much.
11. Discuss the compensation practices of the flexible workforce.
    1. Describe the groups of contingent workers.
    2. Discuss pay and benefits issues for contingent workers.
    3. Summarize the types of flexible work schedules.
    4. Discuss the pay and employee benefits issues for flexible work schedules, compressed workweeks, and telecommuting arrangements.
    5. Describe unions’ reactions to contingent work and flexible work schedule arrangements.
    6. Identify strategic issues and choices companies have regarding the use of contingent workers.
12. Review practices of International Compensation and Expatriates.
    1. Describe and explain preliminary considerations compensation professionals should take under advisement before designing international compensation programs.
    2. Summarize key facts about wage and salary, paid time-off benefits, and protection programs for North America (Including Canada and Mexico), South America (Brazil), Europe (Germany), Asia (India and China).
13. Explore the challenges facing compensation practices in the current business environment.
    1. Explain the issues associated with a possible increase to the federal minimum wage rate and strengthening overtime pay protections.
    2. Discuss the issue of rising wages in China.
    3. Describe the issue of underemployment and the compensation-productivity gap.
    4. Explain the influence of changing workforce demographics on employee benefits practice. 

MGT 260 - Intro to Business Logistics

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: General

1. Describe a supply chain and define supply chain management.
2. Assess the objectives and classify elements of supply chain management including supply, operations and logistics
3. Explain basic supply chain management activities.
4. Describe a brief history and current trends in supply chain management. 
5. Discuss the significance of supply chain analytics and how it applies to supply chain management.
6. Examine the four elements of integration - logistics, operations, supply and integration.
7. Explore current trends in supply chain management including analytics, sustainability and visibility.

2. Evaluate the increased strategic role of purchasing and supply management in changing Business environment.

1. Describe the role of purchasing and its strategic impact on an organization’s competitive advantage.
2. Describe the traditional purchasing process, e-procurement, public procurement, and green purchasing.
3. Recognize and know how to handle small-value purchase orders
4. Analyze and evaluate sourcing decisions and the factors impacting supplier selection, including outsourcing, make or buy, and break-even analysis.
5. Analyze and compute total cost of ownership.
6. Analyze the pros and cons of single sourcing versus multiple sourcing.
7. Describe the key characteristics of centralized, decentralized, and hybrid purchasing organization.
8. Describe the opportunities and challenges of global sourcing.

3. Assess the significance of creating and managing long-term supplier relationships.

1. Explain the importance of supplier partnerships.
2. Understand the key factors for developing successful partnerships.
3. Develop and design a supplier evaluation and certification program
4. Explain the importance of a supplier recognition program.
5. Understand the capabilities of supplier relationship management.
6. Explain the benefits of using SRM software to manage suppliers.

4. Appraise ethical, sustainable souring and corporate social responsibility in the context of firm’s societal needs.

1. Understand and appreciate the trends in ethical and sustainable sourcing.
2. Define and describe the terms used in ethical and sustainable sourcing.
3. Describe the differences between ethical and sustainable sourcing.
4. Understand how ethical and sustainable strategies are developed and implemented.
5. Understand the use of environmental supplier certifications.
6. Discuss the benefits of strategic supplier alliances.
7. Describe how and why sourcing practices are benchmarked.
8. Discuss why firms would want to assess their sourcing capabilities.

5. Evaluate Domestic and Global Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

1. Understand the strategic importance of logistics.
2. Identify the various modes of transportation.
3. Understand how U.S. regulation and deregulation have impacted transportation.
4. Discuss the global aspects of logistics.
5. Describe how logistics affects Supply Chain Management.
6. Examine and understand the interrelatedness of transportation, warehousing, and material handling.
7. Identify a number of third-party logistics service providers.
8. Describe the various reverse logistics activities.

6. Appraise CRM as a fundamental, long-term customer relations management tool.

1. Describe the strategic importance of CRM
2. Describe the components of a CRM initiative.
3. Determine CLV by calculating customer lifetime value using examples.
4. Discuss the implementation procedures for CRM programs.
5. Describe how information is used to create customer satisfaction and greater profits for the firm.
6. Describe how firms integrate existing CRM applications.
7. Design and implement a successful CRM program.
8. Describe the emerging trends in CRM.

7. Evaluate strategies which firms consider for making global location decisions.

1. Explain the impact of global location decisions on a supply chain.
2. Identify the factors influencing location decisions.
3. Understand the impact of the regional trade agreements on location decisions.
4. Examine competitiveness of nations by demonstrating understanding of WEF’s 12 pillars of competitiveness.
5. Use several location evaluation models by performing weighted-factor rating and break-even analysis model calculations.
6. Understand the advantages of business clusters.
7. Explain the impact of sustainable development on facility location.

MGT 266 - Prin of Supply Chain Mgt.

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: General

1. Explain the role of a demand forecast for a business.
2. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative forecast methods.
3. Compute the value of a simple moving average forecast.
4. Compute the value of a weighted moving average forecast.
5. Compute the value of an exponential smoothing forecast.
6. Compute the value of a linear trend forecast.
7. Compute the value of a simple linear regression forecast.
8. Compute the accuracy of a forecast.
9. Describe a collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment system.

2. Compare and contrast the different elements of a resource planning systems.

1. Describe the chase, level and mixed aggregate production strategies.
2. Describe the hierarchical operations planning process.
3. Compute required demand quantities using ATP, MRP and DRP systems.
4. Describe the limitations of legacy MRP systems.
5. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of ERP systems.
6. Describe the elements of a bill of materials.
7. Describe the elements of a capacity plan.
8. Evaluate the history, use and implementation plan for an ERP system.

3. Choose the proper inventory control system to be used based on product demand.

1. Distinguish dependent from independent demand inventories.
2. Evaluate the four basic types of inventories and their functions.
3. Describe the costs related to inventories.
4. Compute inventory turnover.
5. Evaluate the ABC classifications of inventory.
6. Describe how RFID is used to track inventory.
7. Critique the use and limitations of an EOQ formula.
8. Compute a value for a statistical reorder point.
9. Describe a continuous review system.
10. Describe a periodic review system.

4. Compare and contrast different types of process management systems.

1. Describe the elements of a lean manufacturing system.
2. Evaluate the elements of a six-sigma system.
3. Identify the relationship between inventory and setup time reduction programs.
4. Describe how a DMAIC     improvement system operates.
5. Critque the statistical tools used in six-sigma.
6. Compute and construct an “x-bar”, “r” and “p” chart.

5. Evaluate service response logistics programs for service and manufacturing firms.

1. Describe the elements of a service response logistics system.
2. Compute productivity in a service system.
3. Describe the service strategies used by various firms.
4. Compute capacity utilization in a system.
5. Identify the methods used to increase capacity in a system.
6. Describe how queue times can be best managed.
7. Evaluate the dimensions of service quality.

6. Assess the importance of process integration in supply chain management.

1. Describe the advantages of process integration.
2. Describe the obstacles to process integration.
3. Define the issues important to internal and external process integration.
4. Evaluate the role played by information systems in process integration.
5. Discuss the causes of the “bullwhip effect” in process integration.
6. Discuss the issues associate with supply chain risk and security.

7. Evaluate supply chain management performance.

1. Evaluate how supply chain management can be a competitive factor for a firm.
2. Describe traditional measures of performance.
3. Compute productivity.
4. Describe world-class performance measurement systems.
5. Evaluate supply chain performance measurement systems.
6. Evaluate the balanced scorecard measurement system.
7. Examine the use of the SCOR performance model.

MGT 800 - Business Internship I

1. Show an awareness of, and consideration for, the opinions and feelings of others; and develop and maintain smooth, cooperative working relationships with peers, subordinates, and superiors
2. Use effective expression in individual or group situations (includes gestures and nonverbal communications
3. Write clearly and effectively; using appropriate style, format, grammar, and tone, in informal and formal business communications
4. Demonstrate attention to, and convey understanding of, the comments or questions of others
5. Plan beyond the present to prepare for future challenges and opportunities; continue to broaden skills, interest, and experience
6. Maintain social, ethical, and organizational norms in job-related activities
7. Utilize poise, self-confidence and style; dress and grooming, etiquette, voice quality, handshake, positive attitude, and facial expressions to communicate an appropriate business image
8. Take action to achieve goals beyond those called for; self-starting rather than passive acceptance
9. Process or generate information without overlooking important items or getting enmeshed in technicalities
10. Develop alternative courses of action and make decisions based on logical assumptions which reflect factual information
11. Display a wide range of behaviors and adapt to a variety of situations
12. Allocate time efficiently
13. Accomplish job duties and responsibilities effectively
14. Work a minimum of 240 hours
15. Obtain a satisfactory employer evaluation

MGT 802 - Bus. Internship Seminar I

1. Develop realistic employment experience expectations.
   1. Write personal goals as they relate to accomplishments on the job.
   2. List employer’s expectations for satisfactory job performance. 
2. Share work related experiences with other interns
3. Explore the relationship between employer and the industry
   1. Identify organizational policy and procedure
   2. Summarize the hierarchical structure of the organization
   3. List job description and responsibilities for current employment.
4. Discuss the value of customer service
   1. Define customer service
   2. Describe the buisiness’ customer relations policy
   3. Identify who is responsible for adjustment or customer service problems.
   4. Develop a personal plan for providing customer service.
5. Complete a research paper on retail trends in today’s market
6. Interview professionals in career related positions to gain knowledge of skills and career paths
7. Submit required paperwork to verify employment hours.
   1. Prepare weekly report for employer verification.
   2. Discuss employer comments on work performance.

MFG 105 - Machine Shop Measuring

1. Demonstrate an understanding of relative math.
   1. List value for each decimal place, inch and metric.
   2. State how each decimal place is pronounced.
   3. Covert between inch and metric dimensions.
   4. Use formulas to solve related metrology tasks.
2. Develop the ability to use the following measuring tools.
   1. Read fractional, decimal, and metric rules.
   2. Interpret vernier scales.
   3. Use caliper type measuring tools to measure within accepted industry standards.
   4. Demonstrate the ability to use micrometer type measuring tools to measure within accepted industry standards.
3. Develop the ability to measure feature orientation.
   1. Calculate the sine bar elevation required for a given angle.
   2. Calculate the angle for a given sine bar elevation.
   3. Demonstrate the ability to measure perpendicularity using several different methods.
   4. Use a vernier protractor
4. Evaluate common comparison type measuring tools.
   1. Demonstrate internal measuring tools such as telescoping gages, dial bore gages, and adjustable parallels.
   2. Explain the use of dial, and test indicators
   3. Summarize the use of squares.
5. Demonstrate the appropriate techniques to measure with visual measure tools such as toolmaker’s microscope and an optical comparator.
   1. Make use of optical comparator.
   2. Utilize the tool makers microscope.
6. Demonstrate the appropriate techniques to measure with gage blocks and gage pins.
   1. Describe the maintenance required to maintain gage blocks.
   2. Demonstrate wringing gage blocks together.
   3. Select combination of gage blocks required for a given height.
7. Measure external screw threads.
   1. Select appropriate reference material.
   2. Use thread micrometer to measure within accepted industry standards.
   3. Use thread wires to measure within industry standards.
8. Identify and explain CMM operation and describe some advantages and disadvantages over more conventional measuring methods.

MFG 121 - Machine Trade Printreading I

Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 4
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

1. Examine industry prints
   1. Explain terms used on industry prints
   2. Identify symbols used on industry prints
   3. Define  commonly used line types
2. Examine the types of views used on industrial prints
   1. Identify Principal views
   2. Define Section views
   3. Summarize Auxiliary views
3. Construct projections
   1. Illustrate projections using sketches 
   2. Differentiate between 1st and 3rd angle projection
4. Evaluate the differences between dimensioning methods or styles
   1. Identify dimensions of size
   2. Identify dimensions of location
   3. Summarize dimensioning unit
5. Examine Geometric dimension and tolerances
   1. Explain terms and symbols associated with GD&T
   2. Explain the 5 basic types of geometric characteristics

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Competencies Revised Date: 2019

MFG 132 - Machine Trade Printreading II

1. Demonstrate the principles for first and third angle projections
   1. Explain the two skills needed to be able to interpret a drawing accurately
   2. Rationalize the term visualizing
   3. Identify and describe the arrangements of views
   4. Delineate angles of orthographic projection used
   5. Explain ISO projection symbols
   6. Define how to specify repetitive features of a drawing
2. Define all common line types
   1. Describe section line symbols
   2. Relate cutting plane lines, offset cutting planes, as well as how to locate them in a drawing
   3. Describe section lines, full sections, half section, revolved, removed and broken out lines, as well as knowing when and how to use them in a drawing
3. Choose dimensioning methods
   1. Define chain dimensioning
   2. Describe Broken chain dimensioning
   3. Explain Datum dimensioning
4. Define surface texture terminology
   1. Communicate the symbols and terms used to show surface texture
   2. Describe lay symbols and their uses
   3. Explain how to measure surface texture
   4. Identify micro inch ratings and typical applications
   5. Describe micro-inch and micro-meter ranges of surface roughness for selected manufacturing processes
5. Recognize true projection and violations of it
6. Explain what special views are and how they are used
   1. Summarize why special views are sometimes needed
   2. Review partial, half, distorted, and bottom views and their uses
   3. Recognize uses of phantom lines and views
   4. Define a symmetrical object
   5. Define terms used in printreading
   6. Describe how section views are used
7. Practice geometric tolerances
   1. Interpret feature control frames
   2. Explain basic dimensions
   3. Identify datum callouts
   4. Explain what feature and datum modifiers accomplish
   5. Define the 12 commonly used GD&T characteristics
8. Demonstrate knowledge of the different types of screw threads
   1. Describe screw thread forms
   2. Distinguish among the terms and abbreviations of screw threads and multiple threads
   3. Explain unified national thread series and how it is used
   4. Name classes of fits
   5. Explain the representations of pictorial, schematic, simplified threads, tapped holes, and internal threads
   6. Describe the uses of the five basic thread fasteners
9. Demonstrate how work pieces are installed according to the datums
   1. Describe the purpose of drill bushings and clamps
   2. Explain how jigs and fixtures are used in industry
10. Calculate math necessary to interpret blue prints
    1. Construct necessary geometry to solve for pin in V type problems
    2. Practice using geometry to find coordinate values
    3. Use geometry to solve for partial arc type problems
    4. Solve for taper type problems using geometry
11. Create manual drawings of assigned work pieces to specified standards.      

MFG 140 - Geometric Dimension/Tolerance

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the GD & T system
   1. Define terms associated with GD & T.
   2. Explain fundamental rules of GD & T
2. Demonstrate an understanding of features
   1. Identify features of size
   2. Identify features that have no size
   3. Identify datum features of size
   4. Identify datum features that have no size
3. Demonstrate an understanding of tolerance zones
   1. Describe the default tolerance zone
   2. Explain how tolerance zone shape is changed
   3. Describe how the tolerance zone is positioned
   4. Explain the difference between controlling an axis, a median plane, or a plane surface
   5. Explain when a tolerance can and cannot be modified
   6. Explain the effect of a feature modifier
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the commonly used characteristics
   1. State the characteristics that require datum(s)
   2. List the characteristics that cannot be modified
5. Demonstrate knowledge of the datum system
   1. Identify a datum reference frame
   2. Locate the origin in a datum reference frame
   3. Interpret the effect of modifying a referenced datum 

MFG 152 - Rel Weld Blueprint-Mfg Tech

1. Identify and review welding symbols
   1. View topic 4 on welding symbols
   2. Recognize the system through analysis of weldment and blueprint
   3. Know the difference between nondestructive symbols
2. Interpret orthographic views
   1. Understand topic 5 orthographic views
   2. Relate to what view the orthographic view is shown on a print
   3. Develop a mental arranging of the actual item 
3. Interpret blueprint lines and symbols
   1. Comprehend blueprint information
   2. Understand parts, visualize the weldment. Set it up with the required precision, and apply the proper welds
   3. Clarify the bill of materials, which provides part numbers, quantities
4. Recognize surface, centerline and their relationship to blueprints
   1. Identify the starting points including surfaces, edges, and centerlines
   2. Recall accurate set-up requirements for accurate parts alignment
   3. Acknowledge where key starting points are
   4. Locates all component parts through use of extension and centerlines
5. Attain dimensional tolerance and stock allowance
   1. Obtain how to determine allowable changes to weldment dimensions through information provided on the blueprint
   2. Realize the way general tolerance applies to all dimensions on a drawing
   3. Achieve knowledge of permissible tolerance for alignment of parts before and after welding

MFG 171 - Manufacturing Welding I

1. View required Shielded Metal Arc Welding videos
   1. View SMAW videos one (1) through eight (8)
   2. Complete workbook assignments related to videos 1-8
   3. Submit completed workbook assignments to instructor by deadline
2. Demonstrate the safety rules when using shielded metal arc welding equipment
   1. Describe the safety procedures when setting (up) shielded metal arc welding equipment
   2. Identify personal safety gear employed when using shielded metal arc welding equip
   3. Explain how to electric shock
3. Demonstrate proper set up, start up and shut down procedures of SWAW equipment
   1. Illustrate proper set up of equipment
   2. Explain the two types of welding machines
   3. Show how to set current and polarity
4. Distinguish between AC and DC current
   1. Explain the differences between AC and DC current
   2. Learn to select the electrodes used with AC polarity
   3. Learn to select the electrodes used with DC polarity
5. Select classifications of electrodes for various polarity
   1. Relate how electrode size is determined
   2. Convert the numbers on the electrodes to what they mean
   3. Identify the characteristics for each electrode
6. Run stinger beads with different electrodes, stop, then restart in the flat position
   1. Study video #4 and complete workbook assignment
   2. Make stringer beads on ¼” or 3/16” plate, using 1/8” & 5/32” E-6010, E-6013, E-7018 and E-7024
   3. Practice running 1” beads, stopping and restarting by joining together with same electrodes as above
7. Manipulate the rod making circle and weave beads in the flat position
   1. Select electrodes 1/8” ” E-6010 & E-6013
   2. Maneuver electrode in circle motion, make beads ½” wide
   3. Operate electrode in zigzag motion and form weave bead in between circle beads
8. Perform surface welds with two different rods in the flat position
   1. Study video #12 and complete workbook assignment
   2. Use electrodes 1/8” E-6013 & E-7018
   3. Construct a surface weld on ½” x 4” x 6”, going length ways on plate
   4. Lab test for surface welds with two different rods for final grade
9. Lab test for surface welds with two different rods for final grade
10. View required Oxy-Acetylene videos and complete required workbook activities
    1. Complete assignments #1 through 4 and submit to instructor
    2. Study hand out on 7 set up and 5 shut down procedures
    3. Demonstrate an understanding of personal safety equipment while using OAW equipment
11. Interpret the safety rules for using Oxy-Acetylene equipment
    1. Explain some of the safety precautions when using OAW equipment
    2. Select the personal safety equipment to be utilized when using OAW equipment
    3. Describe the procedures for performing safety checks of equipment 
12. Demonstrate the set up, start up and shut down procedures of Oxy-Acetyl equipment
    1. Complete assignments #3 and 4 and complete workbook actively
    2. Demonstrate set up and shut down of equipment using handout provided
    3. Illustrate lighting torch and adjusting it to three types of flames
13. Execute fusion welding with and without filler rods, and have penetration in the flat position on 16 ga. Sheet metal
    1. View video (#5) and complete workbook assignment
    2. Use 16 ga. 4” x 6” HR sheet metal, place between two fire bricks
    3. Produce a puddle on sheet, manipulating torch with 100% on back side
    4. Produce 100% penetration by adding filler rod
14. Conduct welds with filler cord on lap and tee joints in the flat position
    1. After viewing video #6 complete the related workbook assignment
    2. Place lap joint between fire bricks and weld both sides with filler rod
    3. Construct a tee joint and weld one side with filler rod
15. Flame cut (manually) various thicknesses of metals and structural shapes with Oxy-Acetylene equipment
    1. View tapes #8, 9, and 14 and complete workbook assignments
    2. Set up cutting torch with proper tip size and fuel pressures
    3. Manually flame cut sheet metal, ¼”, 3/16”, 3/8”, ½”, pierce holes, cut bevels and structural shapes
16. Control perpendicular and bevels by using Oxy-Acetylene line cutter
    1. View video #14 and complete related workbook assignments
    2. Demonstrate proper set up of line cutter
    3. Run line cutter and produce straight and bevel cuts
17. Lab test over Oxy-Acetyl for final grade
18. View required Gas Metal Arc Welding videos
    1. View videos one and two for GMAW
    2. Complete workbook assignments for videos one and two
    3. Submit completed workbook assignments by established deadline
19. Interpret the safety rules for using gas metal arc welding equipment
    1. Describe safety rules when setting up GMAW equipment
    2. State what personal safety gear is employed when using GMAW equipment
    3. Explain how to prevent electric shock when using equipment
    4. Recite and practice safety in all work situations

MFG 172 - Related Welding-Indust Maint

1. Exercise all aspects of safety in the performance of the welding projects
   1. Demonstrate the proper use of personal protective equipment
   2. Explain the classes of fire and the proper agent for extinguishing them
   3. List the safety rules for welding
   4. Identify location of safety equipment in welding lab
2. Explain the process and components of an oxy-acetylene torch
   1. Identify the component parts of the torch
   2. Explain the proper operation of an oxy-acetylene torch 
3. Demonstrate the proper use of an oxy-acetylene cutting/welding torch
   1. Demonstrate the proper set-up of the torch for cutting and welding
   2. Complete a material cutting and welding project
4. Describe the SMAW process and identify the components of the process
   1. Identify the different types of welding rod and the materials they are used for
   2. Identify the different weld joint types
   3. Define the different welding positions
   4. Identify the component parts of the welding equipment (SMAW).
5. Demonstrate the proper use of shielded-metal-arc-welding (SMAW) equipment
   1. Demonstrate the proper SMAW equipment set-up
   2. Complete a welding project in all positions
6. Demonstrate the proper use of Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding equipment
   1. Identify the types of filler rod and the materials they are used for
   2. Identify the component parts of a TIG welder
   3. Demonstrate proper TIG equipment set-up
7. Complete a welding project on the following materials: Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Mild Steel, and Tool Steel
8. Demonstrate the proper use of Manganese Inert Gas (MIG) welding equipment
   1. Identify the types of filler rod and the materials they are used for
   2. Identify the component parts of a MIG welder
   3. Demonstrate proper MIG equipment set-up
9. Complete a welding project on the following materials: Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Mild Steel, and Tool Steel

MFG 199 - Intro to Safety Science

1. Evaluate the need for safety programs
   1. Outline the purpose of safety policies and procedures
   2. Discuss the role of self-auditing
   3. Explain the importance of an effective safety and health program
   4. Stress the importance of safety communication
2. Examine the principles of accident prevention
   1. Describe the function of accident investigation
   2. State the needs for record keeping
   3. List the root cause identification steps
   4. Discuss the process of hazard recognition
   5. Perform a loss analysis
3. Examine the components to occupational safety
   1. State the importance of training
   2. Describe the role of record keeping
   3. Discuss prevention mode verses reactionary mode safety
   4. List the typical safety response programs
4. Summarize the various OSHA compliance regulations
   1. Identify OSHA’s purpose
   2. Determine the jurisdiction of appropriate regulations
   3. Locate OSHA safety and health standards, policies and procedures
   4. Summarize the major state and federal acts
   5. Discuss the consequences of non-compliance
5. Characterize environmental sampling and monitoring needs
   1. Describe the hazards of
   2. Discuss the quality issues involving air
   3. Identify water quality hazards
   4. List the methods of sampling and audits
   5. Discuss sanitation concerns in the workplace
6. Assess the components of hazardous material concerns
   1. Identify frequent hazards in the work environment
   2. Define the actions required of MSDS
   3. Discuss the importance of hazard communication
   4. Overview hazardous waste handling and disposal
7. Examine industrial hygiene concepts
   1. Identify the typical physical hazards
   2. Identify the typical chemical hazards
   3. Identify the typical biological hazards

MFG 250 - Engine Lathe Theory

1. Explain the parts of the Turning Machines
   1. Identify the most important parts of a lathe and their functions
   2. List all of the lubrication points for a given type lathe
   3. Identify standard, quick-change and turret-type toolholders mounted on a lathe carriage
   4. Describe the type of tooling used on the tailstock
2. Demonstrate an understanding of work holding devices
   1. Explain the uses and care of independent and universal chucks
   2. Explain the limitations and advantages of a collet
   3. Describe how a collet is setup for use on a lathe
   4. Explain the uses of, and differences between, drive and face plates 
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the carriage
   1. Describe the relationship between longitudinal feeds and cross feeds
   2. State the differences in types of cross feed screw micrometer collars
   3. Describe the use of various feed levers
   4. Explain how to set up to make facing cuts to a given depth and how to measure them 
4. Demonstrate a knowledge of cutting tools
   1. Explain the purpose of rake and relief angles
   2. Explain the purpose of chip breakers
   3. Describe the function of form tools
   4. Name the advantages of using high-speed steel for tools
   5. Explain when zero or negative rake should be used
5. Demonstrate knowledge of center drilling in a lathe
   1. Determine proper speed and feed for a given material and size
   2. Name two reasons for center drilling a work piece in the lathe
   3. Explain two causes of center drill breakage
   4. Describe what happens when you drill too deeply with a center drill
6. Demonstrate knowledge of turning in a lathe
   1. Describe the correct setup procedure for turning between centers
   2. Select correct feeds and speeds for turning operation
   3. Detail the steps necessary for turning to size predictably
   4. Explain the procedures for drilling, boring, reaming, knurling, recessing, parting and tapping in a lathe

MFG 251 - Engine Lathe Operations Lab

1. Explain what shop safety means
   1. Identify common shop hazards
   2. Demonstrate safety as it applies to common shop equipment
2. Demonstrate the proper care and use of the Pedestal Grinder for tool grinding purposes
   1. Describe how the Pedestal Grinder is used
   2. Explain the term “Ring Test” on a grinding wheel
   3. Show how to “Off Hand” grind cutting tools for the lathe
   4. Discuss the safety steps in using the Pedestal Grinder
3. Create the layout of work pieces.
   1. Make use of the height gage to define part profile.
   2. Utilize combination square.
   3.  Demonstrate the correct application of layout ink.
4. Operate a lathe
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
   2. Setup the following accessories: four-jaw chuck and quick-change tool holder
   3. Perform common operating procedures: facing, drilling, turning, chamfering, knurling, taper turning, form turning, single point threading, aligning centers, and boring

MFG 252 - Engine Lathe Theory II

1. Demonstrate an understanding of work holding devices
   1. Explain the uses and care of independent and universal chucks
   2. Explain the limitations and advantages of a collet
   3. Describe a collet setup
   4. Explain the uses of, and differences between, drive and face plates
2. Demonstrate knowledge of center drilling in a lathe
   1. Determine proper speed and feed for a given material and size
   2. Name two reasons for center drilling a work piece in the lathe
   3. Explain two causes of center drill breakage
   4. Describe what happens when you drill too deeply with a center drill
3. Demonstrate an understanding of thread cutting on a lathe
   1. Describe the several 60-degree thread forms, noting their similarities and differences
   2. Calculate thread depth, in feeds, and minor diameters of threads
   3. Describe how the number of threads per inch can be checked
   4. Determine how fast a spindle should be turning for threading
   5. Explain the procedure for cutting left-hand threads
   6. Explain the procedure for cutting internal threads
   7. Explain the procedure for cutting acme threads
   8. Describe what procedure is needed when you are ready to finish the thread if for some reason it becomes necessary to temporarily remove the tool or the entire threading setup before a thread is completed
4. Demonstrate knowledge of work support devices
   1. Identify the parts of a steady rest
   2. Explain the correct use of the follower rest
   3. Point out when a steady rest should be used
   4. Describe how a steady rest is set up on a straight finished shaft when it has centers in the ends
   5. Explain how a steady rest can be used on irregular surfaces such as square or hex stock

MFG 253 - Engine Lathe Operations Lab II

1. “Off-Hand” grind cutting tools for lathe
2. Layout work pieces
3. Operate a lathe
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
   2. Setup the following accessories four-jaw chuck, collet, steady rest, follower rest quick-change tool holder
   3. Perform common operating procedures: facing, drilling, turning, chamfering, knurling, taper turning, form turning, single point threading, internal single point threading, aligning centers, boring, and boring tapers 
4. Calculate the tailstock offset of a given taper
   1. Explain taper and their uses
   2. Describe the three ways tapers are expressed (measured)
   3. Discuss, briefly, the four methods of turning a taper in a lathe
   4. Name four methods of measuring a taper
5. Maintain all tooling and equipment (student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacture

MFG 260 - Mill Operations Theory

1. Evaluate shop safety as it applies to the milling machines
   1. Wear safety clothing appropriate for work with milling machine
   2. Wear eye protection in the lab.
   3. Explain what routine maintenance on the machine must be performed
2. Explain tools used on the milling machines
   1. Identify what kinds of cutters are mounted directly on the spindle nose
   2. List the two types of tapers found on milling machines
   3. Summarize the two basic kinds of milling cutters with reference to their tooth shape.
   4. Show the difference between climb and conventional milling
   5. Describe the setup and operation of an offset boring head in common boring operations
3. Examine the Vertical Milling Machines
   1. Name the six major components of the vertical milling machine
   2. Describe which parts are used to move the table longitudinally
   3. Explain which parts are used to move the saddle
   4. Identify the purpose of the table clamp
   5. Explain the purpose of the spindle brake
   6. Describe how a loose table movement is adjusted
   7. Discuss the purpose of the quill clamp 
4. Examine how to set up and how to use the milling machines
   1. Identify the important components and controls on the Vertical Milling Machines
   2. Describe the functions of machine parts and controls
   3. Perform routine maintenance on the machine
   4. Describe how work pieces are aligned when they are clamped to the table
   5. Show how a vise is aligned on a machine table
   6. Describe how to check tool-head alignment
   7. Provide an explanation of why it is important that the knee clamping bolts are tight before aligning a tool-head
   8. Explain why the tool-head alignment needs to be checked again after all the clamping bolts are tightened
5. Examine Milling cutters
   1. Identify common cutters for the vertical mill
   2. Select a proper cutter for a given machining task
   3. Explain how a right-hand cut end mill is identified
   4. Describe what characteristic of end mills allows them to be used for plunge cutting
   5. Explain the main difference between a general purpose end mill and one designed to cut aluminum
   6. Describe when carbide-tipped end mills are chosen over high-speed steel end mills
   7. Identify what kind of end mill would be used to remove a considerable amount of metal
   8. Explain what tapered end mills are used for
6. Calculate speeds and feeds
   1. Compute the rpm for a given size high speed mill cutter
   2. Calculate the feed for a given type cutter and a given type steel
   3. Explain when lower cutting speeds are recommended
   4. Describe when cutting fluids are used
   5. Discuss how the tool is affected by the chip thickness
   6. Describe what the maximum depth of an end mill is

MFG 261 - Milling Operations Lab

1. Operate a vertical mill
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
   2. Setup the following accessories vise, strap clamps, angle plate
   3. Perform common operation procedures; square work piece, drilling, reaming, countersinking, counter boring,offset boring, tapping
2. Orient spindle over a specific location
   1. Utilize edge finder
   2. Utilize use of center finder
   3. Utilize test indicator to sweep the head
3. Evaluate tooling
   1. Identify commonly used cutting tools; fly cutter, end mill, insert cutter, form cutters
   2. Maintain all tooling and equipment (student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacturer
4. Perform milling cuts such as slot milling, side and end milling, face milling within required tolerance
5. Evaluate what shop safety means
   1. Identify common shop hazards
   2. Demonstrate safety as it applies to common shop equipment. 

MFG 270 - Grinders Theory

1. Explain terms related to surface grinding
   1. Define grinding wheel terms
   2. Recall terms associated with surface grinders
   3. Define terms regarding work piece inspection
2. Classify operating controls for surface grinders
   1. Explain controls for a manual surface grinder
   2. Explain controls for a hydraulic surface grinder
3. Analyze workpiece
   1. Determine an appropriate procedure for grinding a given work piece
   2. Explain work piece details, required by print
4. Select an appropriate wheel for a given workpiece
   1. Choose an abrasive for a specific workpiece
   2. Pick out which type of bond is well suited for a given workpiece
   3. Make a choice concerning which wheel shape to use
5. Evaluate the use of coolant
   1. Explain the types of coolant
   2. Summarize the effects of using coolant
   3. Explain issues without using coolants
       

MFG 271 - Grinders Lab

1. Operate a manual surface grinder
   1. Demonstrate a safe grinding setup
   2. Demonstrate proper technique for operation
   3. Create parallel and other common surfaces to print specifications
2. Operate hydraulic surface grinder
   1. Demonstrate a safe grinding setup
   2. Setup surface grinder for operation
   3. Create parallel and other common surfaces to print specifications
3. Create appropriate setup for grinding accessories
   1. Make use of a rotary device to grind round parts
   2. Utilize a diamond-dressing device to dress or true wheel
   3. Construct a safe setup utilizing blocking
   4. Summarize form dressing
4. Examine workpiece form and orientation
   1. Make use of traditional measuring equipment.
   2. Utilize a CMM
5. Maintain all tooling and equipment (student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacturer
   1. Perform required daily maintenance for a surface grinder
   2. Demonstrate appropriate care of a magnetic chuck
   3. Demonstrate proper care of a surface plate and accessories
6. Demonstrate shop safety as it applies to the grinding machines.
   1. Wear safety clothing appropriate for operating a surface grinder
   2. Wear eye protection
   3. Explain what routine maintenance on the grinding machine must be performed

MFG 273 - Mill Operations II

1. Demonstrate shop safety as it applies to the milling machines.
   1. Wear safety clothing appropriate for operating a milling machine
   2. Wear eye protection
   3. Explain what routine maintenance on the milling machine must be performed
2. Identify tools used on the milling machines.
   1. Describe the setup and operation of the offset boring head
   2. Demonstrate knowledge of a rotary table
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the parts of the Horizontal Milling Machine.
   1. Name the six major components of the milling machine
   2. Describe which parts are used to move the table longitudinally
   3. Explain which parts are used to move the saddle
   4. Identify the purpose of the table clamp
   5. Explain the purpose of the spindle brake
   6. Describe how a loose table movement is adjusted
4. Demonstrate how to set up the milling machine.
   1. Describe two methods of checking tool-head alignment
   2. Explain the procedure for positioning spindle with indicator
   3. Explain how a face-milling cutter is setup
5. Demonstrate knowledge of the proper care of milling cutters.
   1. Identify common cutters for the vertical mill
   2. Select a proper cutter for a given machining task
   3. Demonstrate knowledge of how a right-hand cut end mill is identified
   4. Describe what characteristic of end mills allows them to be used for plunge cutting
   5. Explain the main difference between a general-purpose end mill and one designed to cut aluminum
   6. Describe when carbide/indexable end mills are chosen over high-speed steel end mills
   7. Identify what kind of end mill would be used to remove a considerable amount of metal
   8. Explain what tapered end mills are used for
6. Explain different methods of indexing.
   1. Identify the major parts of indexing heads and rotary tables
   2. Explain when indexing devices are used
   3. Describe the difference between simple and direct indexing
   4. Discuss how to index for a given number division
   5. Identify how to index for a given angular indexing
7. Calculate speeds and feeds.
   1. Compute the rpm for a given size carbide mill cutter
   2. Calculate the feed for a given type cutter and a given type steel
   3. Explain when lower cutting speeds are recommended
   4. Describe when cutting fluids are used
   5. Discuss how the tool is affected by the chip thickness
   6. Describe what the maximum depth of cut for a roughing end mill is

MFG 274 - Mill Operations Lab II

1. Operate a vertical mill
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
   2. Setup the following accessories: vise, strap clamps, sine bars, and fixtures
   3. Perform common operating procedures: square work piece, drilling, reaming, countersinking, counter boring, tapping, offset boring, rotary table, and indexing.
2. Position spindle over a specific location
   1. Use edge finder
   2. Practice use of center finder
   3. Utilize test indicator
3. Orient the spindle to the table or work piece
   1. Utilize master square
   2. Practice use of test indicator to set spindle square to table
   3. Practice use of test indicator to set spindle at specific angles
4. Identify commonly used cutting tools: fly cutter, end mill, insert cutter, form cutters
5. Maintain all tooling and equipment (student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacture
6. Examine what shop safety means
   1. Identify common shop hazards
   2. Demonstrate safety as it applies to common shop equipment

MFG 276 - Hand & Bench Machine Tools

1. Explain what shop safety means
   1. Identify common shop hazards
   2. Demonstrate safety as it applies to common shop equipment
2. Practice with common hand tools used in a machine shop
   1. Determine the proper tool for a given task
   2. Describe the correct method of using a hacksaw
   3. Demonstrate standard methods of using a file to create various contours
   4. List different types of files
   5. Explain how an arbor press is used
3. Demonstrate proper care and use of a pedestal grinder
   1. Describe the safety concerns when using a pedestal grinder
   2. Change pedestal grinding wheel using proper method
   3. Adjust the tool rest on a pedestal grinder
   4. Use pedestal grinder to shape and sharpen common cutting tools
4. Demonstrate the proper care and use of the vertical and horizontal band saws
   1. Describe the safety concerns when using a band saw
   2. Select an acceptable blade for a given task
   3. Demonstrate how the band is installed
   4. Explain how to weld a band saw blade
   5. Set the band speed for various types of metals
5. Follow proper care and use of a vertical and radial arm drill press
   1. Describe the safety concerns when using a drill press
   2. Identify the major parts of both types of presses
   3. Calculate the proper RPM for a given task
   4. Demonstrate various work holding setups

MFG 290 - Heat Treatments

1. Define related terms
2. Identify materials that can be hazardous when machined
3. Summarize the safety concerns related to heat treating steel
   1. Describe the safe use of an acetylene torch
   2. Demonstrate the safe use of stainless steel wrap
   3. Demostrate the safe use of a heat treating oven
    
4. Distinguish common types of steels
   1. Identify ferrous and nonferrous metals
   2. Describe the ANSI numbering system
   3. Use spark testing to identify steels
   4. List methods of identifying steels
5. Select an appropriate steel for a specific application
   1. Calculate weight
   2. Calculate price.
   3. Summarize the characteristics of a given type of steel
6. Outline the hardening process for ferrous steels
   1. Demonstrate how to prevent decarburization
   2. List the hardening temperatures for selected tool steels
   3. Recall the correct soaking times for various size and shaped work pieces
7. List the procedures for annealing ferrous steels
8. Describe shapes that will cause stress in work pieces.
9. Using appropriate safety practices, use an acetylene torch to heat treat workpieces
10. Determine the hardness of a sample piece of steel
    1. Use Rockwell hardness tester
    2. Demonstrate the file test
    3. Identify the Brinell hardness tester

MFG 337 - CNC Mill Programming Theory

1. Apply terms associated with programming and operating a CNC machining center.
   1. Demonstrate proper usage of preparatory commands and their companion words
   2. Demonstrate proper usage of miscellaneous codes.
   3. Explain common CNC terminology.
2. Create basic programs using the word address format.
   1. Construct CNC mill code manually.
   2. Employ sub programming.
   3. Demonstrate a working knowledge of canned cycles.
   4. Utilize file management to store and retrieve CNC programs.
   5. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the Cartesian coordinate system.
3. Examine different programming formats.
   1. Describe absolute programming
   2. Discuss incremental programming
4. Analyze the operation of a CNC Mill. (Vertical and Horizontal)
   1. Explain the function of the basic components.
   2. Demonstrate an understanding of common tooling.
   3. Demonstrate an understanding of the offset system.  

MFG 338 - CNC Mill Setup and Oper Lab

1. Evaluate Maintenance on Vertical and Horizontal Machining Centers.
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements.
   2. Demonstrate the ability to check oil, hydraulic, and coolant levels.
2. Demonstrate set-up of CNC Mills.
   1. Explain how to transfer and retrieve files from CNC controls, computers, and flash drives.
   2. Identify different work holding methods.
   3. Show how to simulate and verify programs.
   4. Show the ability to set offsets (work, tool, and wear)
   5. Show the proper loading and unloading of work pieces to and from the machine,
   6. Explain how to load and unload tools from the machine.
   7. Explain how to mount tool into the correct tool holders.
   8. Do minor editing of programs at the machine control.
   9. Show proper usage of tool offset and part probing systems.
   10. Demonstrate how to manually set tool and part offsets.
3. Demonstrate operation of CNC mills.
   1. Show how to safely approach the work piece while verifying tool position.
   2. Explain how to adjust the speeds and feeds while a program is in the process of running.
   3. Inspect the working condition of the tooling.
   4. Explain the required safety equipment to perform operations safely.

MFG 340 - Basic Lathe Operation

1. Introduction
   1. Identify common shop hazards
   2. Shop Safety
2. Identify basic hand tools
   1. Determined the proper tool for a given job
   2. Determine the correct use of a selected tool
3. Demonstrate knowledge of how to prepare for machining
   1. Determine how metal cutting affects the surface structures of metals
   2. Calculate correct cutting speeds for various machine tools and grinders
   3. Determine correct feeds for various machining operations
4. Explain thread cutting practices
   1. Select the correct tap drill for a specific percentage of thread
   2. Determine the cutting speed for a given work material-tool combination
   3. Select the correct cutting fluid for tapping
   4. Identify common tapping problems
   5. Describe what a thread cutting die is
5. Demonstrate a knowledge of the parts of the Horizonal and Vertical Bandsawing machines
   1. Use saw blade terminology
   2. Describe the conditions that define blade selection
   3. Describe abrasive and cold saws
   4. Describe the blade end grinding procedure
   5. Explain how to weld a band blade
   6. Describe the weld grinding procedure
   7. Explain the purpose of the band blade guide
   8. Describe how to adjust blade guides
   9. Describe the annealing process
6. Explain how to use Drilling Machines
   1. Identify three basic drill press types and explain their differences and primary use
   2. Identify the various features of a twist drill
   3. Explain the procedure for sharpening a twist drill
   4. Determine the correct drilling speeds for five given drill diameters
   5. Describe how the surface finish of a hole affects its accuracy
   6. Explain how the cutting speed compare between drilling and reaming for the same size and material
7. Demonstrate a knowledge of the proper care and how to use Pedestal grinding machines
   1. Describe the use of pedestal grinder
   2. Explain the term “ring test” on grinding wheel
   3. Discuss the safety steps in using a pedestal grinder 
8. Explain the parts of the Turning Machines
   1. Identify the most important parts of a lathe and their functions
   2. Identify standard, quick-change and turret-type toolholders mounted on a lathe carriage
   3. Describe the type of tooling used on the tailstock
9. Demonstrate a knowledge of cutting tools
   1. Explain the purpose of rake and relief angles
   2. Describe the function of form tools
   3. Name the advantages of using high-speed steel for tools
   4. Explain when zero or negative rake should be used
   5. Describe what is the most important aspect of a lathe tool other than hardness or toughness
10. Demonstrate a understanding of work holding devises
    1. Explain the uses and care of independent and universal chucks
    2. Explain the limitation and advantages of a collet
    3. Describe a collet setup
    4. Explain the uses and differences of drive and face plates
11. Demonstrate a understanding of the carriage
    1. Describe the relationship between longitudinal feeds and cross feeds
    2. State the differences in types of cross feed screw micrometer collars
    3. Describe the use of various feed levers
    4. Explain how to set up to make facing cuts to a given depth and how to measure them
12. Demonstrate knowledge of center drilling in a lathe
    1. Determine proper speed and feed for a given material and size
    2. Name two reasons for center drilling a work piece in the lathe
    3. Explain two causes of center drill breakage
    4. Describe what happens when you drill too deeply with a center drill
13. Demonstrate knowledge of turning in a lathe
    1. Describe the correct setup procedure for turning between centers
    2. Select correct feeds and speeds for turning operation
    3. Detail the steps necessary for turning to size predictably
    4. Explain the procedures for drilling, boring, reaming, knurling
14. Demonstrate an understanding of thread cutting on a lathe recessing, parting and tapping in a lathe
    1. Describe the several 60-degree thread forms, noting their similarities and differences
    2. Calculate thread depth, in feeds, and minor diameters of threads
    3. Describe how the number of threads per inch can be checked
    4. How fast should a spindle be turning for threading
    5. Explain the procedure for cutting left hand threads
    6. If for some reason it becomes necessary to temporarily remove the tool or the entire threading setup before a thread is completed, describe what procedure is needed when you are ready to finish the thread
15. Demonstrate knowledge of work support devises
    1. Identify the parts of a steady rest
    2. Explain the correct use of the follower rest
    3. When should a steady rest be used

MFG 341 - Vertical Mill Operation

1. Introduction
   1. Identify common shop hazards
   2. Shop Safety
2. Operate a vertical mill
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
   2. Setup the following accessories, vice, strap clamps
3. Demonstrate knowledge of how to prepare for machining Perform common operating procedures, square work
   1. Determine how metal cutting affects the surface structures of metals
   2. Calculate correct cutting speeds for various machine tools and grinders
   3. Determine correct feeds for various machining operations
   4. List six different cuttings tools materials and compare some of their machining proper
4. Orient spindle over a specific location
   1. Use edge finder
   2. Practice using a center finder
   3. Utilize test indicator
5. Identify commonly used cutting tools- fly cutter, end mill, insert cutter, form cutters
6. Operate a horizontal mill
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
   2. Setup the following accessories- vise, strap clamps 
7. Maintain all tooling and equipment ( student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacture

MFG 354 - CNC Lathe Setup and Oper Lab

Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

1. Perform maintenance on the CNC Lathe.
   1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
   2. Check oil, hydraulic, and coolant levels
   3. Adjust work holding (jaw) pressure.
   4. Adjust chuck jaws and torque screws to specifications.  
   5. Set Spindle Speed Cap.
2. Set-up of the CNC Lathe
   1. Load and retrieve program files to and from flash drives and computers.
   2. Simulate and verify programs.
   3. Explain and set work, geometry, wear offsets.
   4. Load parts using various work holding devises: 3 jaw, collet chucks
   5. Set cutters and change inserts, drills, threading tools, and boring bars.
   6. Write MDI programs using the control panel.
   7. Make MINOR CNC code changes to a program. I.E. Feed Rates
   8. Verify tool position using Probe
   9. Measure geometry offsets without Probe.
3. Operate the CNC Lathe
   1. Safely position tool to work piece while validating coordinates.
   2. Adjust speeds and feeds as required.
   3. Inspect cutting tool conditions.
   4. Wear appropriate safety gear.

MFG 356 - CNC Lathe Programming Theory

1. Define terms associated with programming and operating a CNC horizontal turning machine.
   1. Define Preparatory commands (G codes)
   2. Define Miscellaneous commands (M codes)
   3. Explain common CNC terminology
   4. Explain the difference between an Integer and a real number.
2. Generate basic programs using the word address format.
   1. Manually generate CNC Code using proper G and M code and appropriate canned cycles.
   2. Employ sub programming. 
   3. Demonstrate the use of canned cycles in programs with appropriate words.
   4. Utilize file management to store and retrieve CNC Programs
   5. Explain and use the Cartesian coordinate system.
   6. Download and retrieve CNC programs using a Flash drive and Computer.
3. Evaluate different programming formats.
   1. Generate a program in Absolute.
   2. Generate a program in Incremental.
4. Analyze the operation of a CNC lathe
   1. Explain the function of basic components
   2. Show an understanding of common tooling
   3. Demonstrate an understanding of the offset system

MFG 381 - EDM Fundamentals

1. Understand and program CNC EDM software
   1. Enter necessary data
   2. Determine surface finish
   3. Create CNC program
   4. Edit program to change dimensions
   5. Run automatic routines on electrodes and workpiece
2. Determine flushing requirements
   1. List methods of flushing in conventional and wire E.D.M
   2. Explain the importance of flushing in E.D.M. and how it effects finish and erosion speeds
   3. Explain work-piece preparation as it pertains to flushing
   4. Determine the level of rust inhibitor necessary to keep the work- piece from rusting
   5. Determine filtering requirements of the flushing circuit and maintenance involved
   6. Describe how the flushing medium is altered to allow the conductivity parameter to be correct
   7. Identify the flushing circuit components. (pumps, filters, tanks, etc).
3. Identify function controls on a conventional E.D.M.
   1. Locate and set secondary burn parameters
   2. Determine and read the burn efficiency graphs
   3. Fill and drain the work-tank
   4. Locate work-piece origin using machine pick-up functions
   5. Determine set-up parameters for using the orbiting function
   6. Determine electrode holding requirements as it pertains to the machine and its respective tooling
   7. Adjust flushing pressure
   8. Prepare E.D.M. controls for erosion mode
   9. Prepare E.D.M. for manual positioning mode
4. Identify function controls on a traveling wire E.D.M
   1. Locate and set “on-time”, “off-time”, “intensity level”, “wire speed”, and “wire tension
   2. Identify and set flushing pressure
   3. Identify and enable wire squaring functions
   4. Prepare E.D.M. controls for erosion mode
   5. Prepare E.D.M. controls for manual positioning mode
   6. Determine and set-up angle parameters
   7. Prepare control to accept, edit, and delete CNC programs
   8. Locate work-piece origin using machine pick-up functions
   9. Load and thread wire through-out machine wire driving mechanism
5. Select proper electrode materials for both wire and conventional E.D.M
   1. List electrode materials and wear characteristics for each material
   2. Identify best electrode material for a given application according to flushing, finishing, and cost requirements
   3. Determine flushing ports necessary for a conventional electrode
   4. Determine the proper wire hardness as it pertains to angling and burning characteristics
6. Create CNC programs for a wire E.D.M
   1. Download CNC program from a P.C. to the wire E.D.M. control
   2. Create a CNC program using a CAM software package
   3. Manually edit a CNC program using the local editor at the machine control and using a off-line editor
   4. Explain and Interpolate CNC code
7. Identify proper work-piece set-ups
   1. Identify methods of work-holding using purchased fixturing
   2. Determine work-piece placement on the EDM to avoid working outside machine movements
   3. Identify work-piece set-ups as they effect flushing capabilities

MFG 402 - Basic Die Making Theory

1. Evaluate what die hazards exist and operational safety
   1. Describe proper press set-up procedure
   2. Implement proper die assembly
   3. Maintain all machine shop safety practices
2. Assess basic die operations and terminology
   1. Determine three stages of shearing
   2. Calculate punch and die clearances
   3. Determine piece part sizing components
   4. Calculate shear tonnage
   5. Determine cutting land and die relief standards
3. Evaluate die set functions and terms
   1. Describe punch and die shoe functions
   2. List leader pin and bushing types
   3. Explain methods of die set construction
   4. Identify catalog numbers for purchased die sets
4. Implement bending principles
   1. Explain bending terminology
   2. Develop flat blank layout of the piece part
   3. Calculate bend allowance for the piece part
   4. Describe methods of over-bending a piece-part
   5. Explain spring-back in a piece part
   6. Discriminate between bend component constructions
   7. List methods of avoiding work-piece slippage during bending
5. Implement stripping principles
   1. Explain the purpose of stripping
   2. List types of strippers
   3. Calculate stripper clearance
   4. Determine stripper confinement methods
   5. Describe stripper manufacturing considerations
   6. Calculate stripper tonnage
6. Critique punch functions
   1. Cite punch types and categories
   2. Label punch terminology as it pertains to perforators
   3. Explain methods of punch confinement
   4. Determine methods of aligning punches to die openings
   5. Explain detrimental forces incurred with punches
   6. Describe methods of correcting detrimental forces involved in punching
   7. Explain methods of punch plate incorporation
7. Examine die component mounting
   1. Describe function of cap screws
   2. Determine methods of doweling components
   3. Calculate size requirements for screws and dowels
   4. Determine usage of yokes and keys
   5. Establish methods of aligning die sections in assembly
   6. Identify methods of transferring of dowel and screw holes
8. Determine die types and styles
   1. Identify the following types of dies: Blanking, Forming, Bending, Progressive, and Compound. 
   2. Describe the following types of dies: Blanking, Forming, Bending, Progressive, and Compound.
9. Analyze die steels and treatment
   1. Estimate material hardness requirements for die members
   2. Determine steel types necessary for good die wear characteristics
   3. Estimate life of die as it applies to steel types
10. Analyze stock strip guidance
    1. Identify construction of guide rails
    2. Explain methods of aligning material to back guide rail
    3. Calculate stock strip to guide rail clearance
    4. Determine finger stop applications and locations
    5. Identify pilot terminology and applications
    6. Describe difference between manual and automatic feeders
    7. Identify stock strip lifting requirements
    8. Determine piece part ejection methods

MFG 403 - Basic Die Making Lab

1. Examine shop safety
   1. Identify common shop hazards
   2. Demonstrate safety as it applies to common shop equipment
2. Maintain all tooling and equipment (student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacturer
   1. Perform required daily maintenance
   2. Demonstrate appropriate care and use of machines
   3. Demonstrate proper care of all inspection equipment
3. Machine Die components
   1. Saw proper materials to dimension
   2. Machine die components using mills, lathes, & grinders
   3. Drill and/or tap necessary holes in tool steel materials
4. Examine the safety concerns related to heat treating steel
   1. Explain how parts heated to1750 degrees Fahrenheit are handle safely
   2. Demonstrate the safe use of stainless steel wrap
   3. Demonstrate the safe use of a heat treating oven
5. Harden tool steel components
   1. Heat treat die components to proper hardened state as required by the die design
   2. Temper die components to relieve stress
6. Assess proper steels according to die application
   1. Determine proper steel types from blueprints
   2. Harden and temper steel according to application
   3. Test hardened components for correct Rockwell hardness
7. Critique shop work
   1. Evaluate workload and determine best time management according to machine availability
   2. Determine best method of processing die components
8. Manufacture the following single station basic dies
   1. Build a blank and shallow draw die (ashtray die)
   2. Build a pierce die (round die)
   3. Build a compound die (washer die)
   4. Build a bend die (U-bend die)
   5. Build a blank-thru die (rectangular die)
9. Assemble die components
   1. Grind die components after heat treat
   2. Lap dowel holes for doweling purposes
   3. Select proper die springs according to pressure requirements
   4. Select proper fasteners to mount die components
   5. Align punch and die contours to establish proper cutting clearance
   6. Transfer screw and dowel holes
   7. Fit punch(es) into punch plates(s)
   8. Sharpen die components
   9. Mount die members to die set
10. Assess stock strip material
    1. Locate proper sheet metal according to piece part requirements
    2. Shear sheet metal to proper width
11. Evaluate a punch press
    1. List safety rules as applied to dies and presses
    2. Identify all punch press controls and safety features
    3. Mount die into a punch press
    4. Set press shut height and knock-out system
    5. Create piece part samples from a die
    6. Trouble-shoot die(s) as required
12. Evaluate a press brake
    1. List safety rules as applied to dies and presses
    2. Identify all brake press controls and safety features
    3. Mount die into a break press
    4. Set press shut height
    5. Create piece part samples from die
    6. Trouble-shoot die(s) as required

MFG 411 - Progressive Die Design

1. Create a progressive die piece part design using CAD
   1. Create a piece part drawing applying appropriate criteria (minimum criteria: bending and/or forming, piercing, blanking and/or chopping and/or parting).
   2. Determine appropriate dimensions and tolerances for the piece part print to reflect application of final product
2. Create flat blank lay-out
   1. Calculate bend allowance for each bend area
   2. Develop a flat blank lay-out of the piece part as it would appear in an unfolded state
   3. Apply dimensions to the flattened part
3. Develop a stock strip lay-out
   1. Determine minimum stock material usage using CAD software
   2. Determine progressive order of pierce, form, coin, part, and trimming material
   3. Certify stock strip processing with piece part tolerances
4. Formulate a die design
   1. Determine part ejection
   2. Develop a master timing sketch
   3. Create a die section layout using a stock strip layout on CAD
   4. Create an inverted plan view of the die
   5. Develop a front section assembly view of the working design
5. Create detail component prints for a die design
   1. Detail non-purchased components by creating orthographic views as required
   2. Determine dimensions and tolerances required by each detail created
   3. Develop a stock material list that includes purchased and non-purchased components
   4. Determine die set and parallel requirements
6. Prepare the design
   1. Manage the die design files on your designated computer storage
   2. Arrange the design views onto the following design pages
   3. Calculate the following and apply to the assembly view
   4. Create prints using CAD. Each sheet must be the appropriate scale and plotted on a standard sheet size. (A-D)

MFG 412 - Advanced Die Making Theory

1. Examine die to press relationships
   1. Determine top dead center (TDC)
   2. Determine bottom dead center (BDC)
   3. Define all the measurements in shut height
   4. Define all the measurements to locate feed height.
2. Identify press types
   1. Discuss an OBI style press
   2. Discuss a straight side press
3. Determine different applications of automatic feeders
   1. Discuss mechanical slide feeders
   2. Discuss air slide feeders
   3. Determine limitations of hitch style feeders
   4. Explain single and double roll feeders
   5. Show differences in modern robotic and transfer line feeders
4. Determine different die design concepts.
   1. List purposes of an inverted die.
   2. Explain a die with a push-back
   3. List purposes of a compound and/or compound-inverted die
   4. Determine purpose of a blank-through die.
   5. Show purpose of a chop-off die
   6. Determine purpose of a parting die.
5. Assess secondary die operations
   1. Determine when a horn die is needed
   2. Explain semi-piercing
   3. Determine attributes of a shear-form die
   4. Explain notching
   5. List die shaving attributes
   6. Determine attributes of a trim die
6. Examine side action in dies
   1. Explain the limitation of angled block cams
   2. Determine what makes a cam positive
   3. Explain aerial cam dies
7. Determine limitations of draw dies
   1. Explain the differences between a bending and a drawing operation
   2. Explore how draw finish can effect draw operations
   3. List the common draw part defects
   4. Explain blank draw percentage reduction
8. Assess the die parameters related to a progressive die
   1. Calculate flat blank layout
   2. Calculate cutting clearance
   3. Calculate progression distance
   4. Explain which die components are responsible for sizing the piece part
   5. Calculate fits for interactive components.
   6. Calculate tonnage for a progressive die.
   7. Determine proper die land and relief.
   8. Explain burr side issues related to different die designs.
   9. Explain methods of counteracting lateral force.
   10. Explain progression control within a progressive die
9. Analyze machine specific machining procedures for die components
   1. Explain common CNC codes
   2. Apply EDM processes to die components
10. Examine common die components.
    1. Identify proper stripper design
    2. Identify how a shedder works
    3. Explain the purpose of a spring pin for part expulsion
    4. Calculate spring pressure.
    5. Calculate spring sizes.

MFG 413 - Advanced Diemaking Lab

1. Build an industry quality die set
   1. Line bore boiler plates for pins & bushings
   2. Mount parallels and shank
2. Machine die components prior to heat treatment
   1. Saw proper materials to dimension
   2. Machine die components using mills, lathes, & grinders
   3. Drill and/or tap necessary holes in tool steel materials
   4. Engrave, etch, or stamp identification on each component. 
3. Analyze the safety concerns related to heat treating steel.
   1. Explain how parts heated to 1750 degrees Fahrenheit are handle safely.
   2. Demonstrate the safe use of stainless steel wrap
   3. Demonstrate the safe use of a heat treating oven.
4. Harden tool steel components
   1. Heat treat die components to proper hardened state as required by the die design
   2. Temper die components to relieve stress
   3. Clean out the dowel and threaded holes
5. Machine die components using CNC machine tools
   1. Set up a CNC milling machine, lathe, and a wire EDM machine
   2. Operate a CNC milling machine, lathe, and a wire EDM machine
   3. Maintain a CNC milling machine, lathe, and a wire EDM machine
   4. Create CNC mill code using computer-aided machining (CAM)
6. Machine die components into a finished state
   1. Grind critical features to specified dimension and tolerance
   2. Grind cutting edges to a sharpened state
   3. Check fits and clearances between die members
7. Analyze die components in their related assemblies using metrology
   1. Utilize traditional measuring equipment
   2. Make use of visual measuring equipment
8. Align die members in assembly
   1. Transfer mounting holes into soft members
   2. Mount die members in assembly maintaining required clearances
   3. Line transfer dowel holes from the hardened member into the soft members
9. Set-up die for trial run
   1. Set-up die for trial run into a OBI punch press
   2. Shear appropriate stock material for die as needed
   3. Produce piece parts in small lot quantities according to piece part dimensions and tolerances
10. Examine shop safety
    1. Identify common shop hazards
    2. Demonstrate safety as it applies to common shop equipment
11. Maintain all tooling and equipment (student and school property) in accordance with each individual manufacturer
    1. Perform required daily maintenance
    2. Demonstrate appropriate care and use of machines
    3. Demonstrate proper care of all inspection equipment.
12. Compile verbal and written information as required by industry to effectively communicate.
    1. Elaborate on assigned work with team members
    2. Describe effective work plan with instructors

MFG 414 - Intro to Tool Design

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 4
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

1. Create a progressive die piece part design using CAD

   1. Create flat blank lay-out

   2. Develop a stock strip lay-out

   3. Formulate a die design

   4. Develop a master timing sketch

2. Create detail component prints for a die design

   1. Detail non-purchased components by creating orthographic views as required

   2. Determine dimensions and tolerances required by each detail created

   3. Develop a stock material list that includes purchased and non-purchased components

   4. Determine die set and parallel requirements

3. Create a mold design using CAD

   1. Create piece part drawing

   2. Determine injection and ejection locations

   3. Formulate the mold design

   4. Develop a master timing sketch

4. Create detail component prints for a mold design

   1. Detail non-purchased components by creating orthographic views as required

   2. Determine dimensions and tolerances required by each detail created

   3. Develop a stock material list that includes purchased and non-purchased components

5. Create a jig or fixture design using CAD

   1. Create piece part drawing

   2. Determine datum or reference locations

   3. Formulate the jig or fixture design

6. Create detail component prints of a jig or fixture design

   1. Detail non-purchased components by creating orthographic views as required

   2. Determine dimensions and tolerances required by each detail created

   3. Develop a stock material list that includes purchased and non-purchased components

MFG 452 - Moldmaking

1. Explain safety procedures as it applies to molding
   1. Identify injection molding press controls and safety features
   2. Operate injection molding press with all guards in place
   3. Clear the frozen plastic from the mold sprue and nozzle in a safe manner
2. Identify molding processes and terminology
   1. Describe the purpose of a hot runner mold
   2. Outline the purpose of a compression mold
   3. State the purpose of a blow mold
   4. Describe the purpose of a transfer mold
3. Explain plastic resins and coloring agents
   1. Determine whether plastic is thermosetting or thermoplastic
   2. Identify types and categories of plastic materials
   3. Calculate piece part shrinkage for a mold
   4. List characteristics of each plastic resin studied
   5. Determine best plastic resin utilized for a given product
   6. Describe resin coloring processes
   7. Describe methods of drying plastic resins
   8. Evaluate plastic piece part for common flaws and defects, determine correction necessary
4. Identify types of molding presses and capacities
   1. Describe the function of the screw as it applies to an injection molding press.
   2. Identify molding press controls such as timers, counters, temperature, and pressure settings
   3. Describe the capacities that are measured on a injection molding press (platen daylight, clamp pressure, shot size).
   4. Prepare an injection molding press to trial run a new mold
   5. Adjust an infection molding press to trial run a new mold
5. Apply terminology to the injection mold and mold process
   1. Describe shrinkage
   2. Describe parting lines
   3. Distinguish between a M.U.D. base and a standard purchased mold base
   4. Detail the function of eject pins and ejection plate
   5. Explain the cooling process
   6. Discuss the function of coring material using core pins
   7. Describe the function of slides, over-locks, and cams incorporated into a mold
   8. Explain how a sprue is pulled from the mold
   9. Locate purchased components in vendor catalogs
6. Build an injection mold
   1. Create a piece part for a mold project
   2. Determine shrinkage for a piece part
   3. Determine parting line of the piece part
   4. Determine ejection method and ejection pin placement
   5. Determine finish requirements on molding surfaces as required by piece part applications, polish as needed
   6. Calculate cooling requirements
   7. Determine plastic resin utilized according to piece part characteristics
   8. Incorporate eject pins into the mold
   9. Machine runner system into the mold
   10. Determine draft angles on molding surfaces
   11. Determine core placement and sizes

MFG 502 - Intro Statistical Process Cntl

1. Explain what quality is and why it is important
   1. Describe the concepts of quality and why it is important in today’s global market
   2. Identify the current philosophies and practices of SPC
   3. Discuss the major issues revolving around the subject of quality
   4. Explain how to measure and quantify quality
   5. Contrast today’s debate over quality to SPC theory
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the philosophies of Deming and Juran (among others on SPC
   1. Discuss the Deming approach to SPC and problem solving
   2. Detail the Juran and Crosby approach to SPC practices
   3. Identify the practices and approaches of the Japanese guru’s
   4. Discuss Taguchi methods and advanced concepts of SPC
   5. Explain the concepts and measures of variability
3. Utilize the basic tools of SPC in case studies and actual experiments
   1. Construct and analyze a cause and effect diagram
   2. Demonstrate the concepts of brainstorming and consensus building
   3. Construct and explain the five basic types of flow charts
   4. Formulate a histogram from a set of data points
   5. Describe and demonstrate the Pareto concept
   6. Explain run chart and control chart methods
   7. Identify variables verses attribute data charting
   8. Differentiate between data gathering tools and data analysis tools 
4. Explain the principles and concepts of teamwork and SPC
   1. Describe what is the importance of teams and SPC methods
   2. Identify the different types of teams and their uses of SPC
   3. Explain the relationships between teamwork and effective problem solving
5. Describe the process of continuous improvement
   1. Identify the major problem solving models
   2. Explain the implementation process of installing an SPC program 
6. Analyze data and their distributions
   1. Identify the process of accurate data collection
   2. Calculate data distributions and their associated statistics
   3. Interpret the characteristics of distributions
   4. Discuss the first law of statistics
   5. Explain the conditions of control
   6. Describe predictability in distributions and data
7. Understand and perform process capability studies
   1. Describe CpK analysis and interpretations
   2. Discuss the role of specifications
   3. Explain the relationships to QFD
8. Implement basic process control techniques
   1. Demonstrate the concepts of SPC by working with case studies and examples
   2. Discuss the various approaches and techniques as they apply to the case studies
   3. Explain the applications of the problem solving models to the case studies
9. Demonstrate an understanding of the industry accepted problem solving models
   1. Describe the typical models for problem solving.
   2. Explain the relationship between these models and the use of SPC charting techniques
10. Utilize the process of a gauge capability study
    1. Identify the steps used to perform a gauge study
    2. Discuss the need and benefits of such a study
11. Utilize acceptance sampling concepts
    1. Identify the purpose and use of the various types of acceptance sampling plans
    2. Demonstrate the use of AQL and AOQL tables
    3. Explain the use of OC curves

MFG 510 - Practices-Continuous Improve

1. Explain the philosophy and approach of W. Edwards Deming
   1. Describe Deming’s theory of profound knowledge
   2. Identify his approach involving SPC as a common language
   3. Discuss Deming’s chain reaction idea
   4. Explain the P-D-S-A technique of problem solving
   5. Discuss in detail Deming’s fourteen points towards a total quality environment
   6. Identify Deming’s legacy to American Industry 
2. Explain the theories and approach of J.M. Juran
   1. Discuss Juran’s ‘planning for quality’ approach
   2. Explain the cost of quality concept
   3. Identify Juran’s definition of quality
   4. Describe the quality trilogy and its’ function
   5. Explain how the breakthrough theory works
   6. Describe Juran’s Handbook of Quality Control
3. Discuss Philip Crosby’s theories on quality
   1. Explain the absolutes of quality management
   2. Describe the theory of zero defects
   3. Identify the technique of the quality management grid
   4. Discuss Crosby’s 14 step program for quality improvement
   5. Identify and explain the elements of quality improvement
4. Identify A.V. Feigenbaum’s contributions to quality theory
   1. Describe his total quality control concepts
   2. Explain the cost of quality
   3. Calculate various cost of quality reports
   4. Discuss his ideas on the quality ethic
   5. Discuss the history of the quality movement
5. Explain Kaoro Ishikawa’s contributions to the quality profession
   1. Describe his company wide quality control concepts
   2. Discuss the audit process for the Deming prize he developed
   3. Explain the quality circle approach towards quality
   4. Identify the tools of quality per Ishikawa
   5. Discuss methodical and systematic problem solving models
6. Describe Goldratts theory of constraints concept
   1. Explain the theory of constraints technique
7. Discuss some of the leading video instructors on quality concepts
   1. Discuss Joel Barker’s concepts on paradigms
   2. Describe Tom Peter’s thriving on chaos ideas
   3. Explain Thomas Covey’s quality approach
   4. Discuss Peter Drucker’s concepts
8. Identify independent theories and approaches toward quality improvement
   1. Describe the concepts of quality functional deployment

MFG 512 - Intro Quality Control Mgmt.

1. Describe the elements of quality organizations
   1. Explain the importance of organizational charts
   2. Discuss the importance of Organizational charts
   3. Draw an example of a functional Quality organizational chart
   4. Explain the function of organizational plans and policies
   5. Discuss the relationship between management style and success in managing quality function
   6. Describe the importance of being customer focused
2. Discuss the needs and requirements of competent job descriptions in quality
   1. Write a complete job description for a Quality position
   2. Explain the need for defining authority and responsibility
   3. Differentiate between authority and responsibility
3. Define the purpose of a documented Quality System
   1. List the elements of a typical Quality System
   2. Discuss the importance of each such element
   3. Explain the significance of a quality policy
   4. Describe the documentation pyramid
   5. Explain the purpose of a Quality manual
   6. Discuss the importance of documented procedures
4. Explain the difference between a detection and preventative mode quality philosophy
   1. Discuss the importance of inspection
   2. Describe the pros and cons of inspection
   3. Define corrective action systems
   4. Differentiate between corrective and preventative actions
   5. Discuss the role of continuous improvement
5. List the resources typically required to plan a functional quality effort
   1. Explain the means for determining budgets
   2. List the standard equipment requirements
   3. Discuss the cost of poor quality considerations
   4. Define the management system requirements
6. Discuss the various Quality Department Functions
   1. Define raw material acquisition tasks
   2. Define in-process inspection tasks
   3. Explain finished goods inspection
   4. Discuss configuration management needs
   5. Discuss product life testing and burn-in testing
   6. Explain the significance of auditing
   7. Describe calibration needs
   8. Name the responsibilities of quality in customer service
7. Define the concepts behind Industry Standards
   1. Differentiate between conformance and compliance
   2. Explain the major standards purposes
   3. Discuss mandatory vs. voluntary standards
   4. Discuss the economic impact of these standards
8. Describe Reliability and FMEA principles
   1. Explain the basis for reliability tests
   2. Discuss the failure mode and engineering analysis (FMEA) process
   3. Differentiate between FMEA and Reliability
9. Discuss Management reporting and analysis
   1. Describe the need for reporting on quality
   2. Prepare a management report for distribution
   3. Explain the elements of a management report
   4. Discuss management/business metrics

MFG 521 - Measuring Devices-SPC

1. Identify the various measuring devices used in a manufacturing environment
   1. Describe the operation of the components of a micrometer
   2. Describe the operation of the components of a caliper
   3. Describe the operation of a gauge block
   4. Describe the operation of gauge pins
2. Identify factors affecting measurement accuracy
   1. Describe the proper use of the various instruments
   2. Perform checks of the calibration of various measuring devices
   3. Describe the proper care and maintenance of various measuring devices 
3. Interpret basic SPC charts
   1. Understand the basic of variation
   2. Describe the components of an SPC chart
   3. Identify the differences between attributes and variables
4. Perform measurements and record data

MFG 522 - Appl of Statistical Methods

1. Adopt a common-sense approach to the basic calculations used for statistical reasoning
   1. Learn to think statistically
   2. Identify approaches to statistical problem solving
   3. Use statistical software in problem solving
2. Estimate the conformance to tolerance/specification of a product
   1. Calculate a capability measure
   2. Calculate the percent defective (Z values).
   3. Evaluate capability and conformance data
3. Define the process of implementing an SPC program
   1. Identify the specific steps required to start SPC
   2. Describe the various charting techniques and their applications (X-bar & R, X & MR. N, np, C & u).
4. Explain the use of Statistical Methods to ensure Quality
   1. Identify an overall plan for quality
   2. Differentiate prevention vs. detection modes of quality assurance
   3. Describe effective sampling techniques
   4. Explain measurement accuracy
   5. Define quality cost procedures and calculate costs
5. Relate using Statistics to Predicting Reliability
   1. Describe the elements of effective reliability testing
   2. Calculate and explain reliability measures
   3. Explain reliability for processes
6. Identify Statistical Methods as they apply to Just - in - Time and MRP practices
   1. Calculate and explain economic order and cost figures
   2. Explain charting techniques for reducing work-in-process
   3. Describe economic lot size techniques
7. Create Forecasting Reports based on Statistical Methods
   1. Define correlation analysis
   2. Explain time series analysis
8. Assess Customer Requirements utilizing Statistical Techniques
   1. Use statistical techniques in customer surveys
   2. Identify techniques used for reporting survey results
   3. Explain the concepts of QFD
9. Utilize Statistics in Assessing Product Safety and Liability Factors
   1. Assess the safety of a facility
   2. Describe how safety statistics can lead to prevention
   3. Determine liability based on statistics
10. Explain the critical aspects of statistical software utilization
    1. Identify the basic requirements in selecting a statistical software package
    2. Use statistical software to effectively present statistical data
11. Describe the principles of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis).
    1. Define FMEA practices
    2. Describe an application of FMEA activity
    3. Differentiate between FMEA and Corrective Action

MFG 523 - Controlling Mfg Business Costs

1. Introduction and Overview
   1. Introduction - controlling costs
   2. Why control costs?
   3. What impact do you have?
   4. Competitiveness - Global
   5. Overview of course materials
   6. Overview of course content
   7. Competencies
2. Direct Labor
   1. Definition - Formulation
   2. ACcounting Procedures
   3. Direct labor versus total costs
   4. Direct labor versus profit
   5. Direct labor versus international
3. Material Versus Overhead Versus Productivity
   1. Material costs, costing, structure
   2. Bill of materials
   3. Overhead Figures
   4. Productivity versus efficiency
   5. Relationship of material, overhead and productivity
   6. Cycle times
4. Quality Versus Cost
   1. Quality
   2. Quality Costs (cost of unquality)
   3. Quality versus productivity
   4. Quality and competitiveness
5. Work Improvement (continuous improvement)
   1. Poke-Yoke
   2. Visual workplace
   3. Theory of constraints
   4. Team work
   5. Total Quality, ISO 9000
6. Ability to incorporate, Accept, Utilize Change
   1. Accepting change (not invented-here syndrome)
   2. When change is good, when it is not
   3. Bench Marking
   4. Listening to the customer
   5. Emerging Technology
7. Production Flow/Layou
   1. Line manufacturing
   2. Cellular manufacturing
   3. Job shop manufacturing
   4. Layout pitfalls (OOPS factor)
   5. Production scheduling/costs
8. Inventory Control
   1. Min-max principles
   2. Kan-Ban (two bin system
   3. Batch versus JIT
   4. MRP and MRP II
   5. Forecasting versus inventory
9. Case Studies/Workbooks/Work Sheets
   1. Problem Solving
   2. Analysis 
10. Recap, Review, Application
    1. Review Costing

MFG 524 - PM & Diagnosing Mech/Elec Sys

1. Explain the basic concepts, benefits, and philosophy of a preventive maintenance program
   1. Define what preventive maintenance is.
   2. Understand the purpose for preventive maintenance
   3. List and define the long term results of preventive maintenance
   4. Demonstrate an understanding of how the essential elements of philosophy, inspections and planning and scheduling work together to form a complete preventive maintenance program
2. Demonstrate the ability to create a preventive maintenance program
   1. Organize the program
   2. Identify preventive maintenance items through research of technical manuals or other vendor literature
   3. Determine the manpower requirements for the program
   4. Prepare PM checklists
3. Demonstrate the ability to implement a preventive maintenance program.
   1. Understand how to assign responsibilities within the PM program
   2. Create a master PM schedule
   3. Create a quarterly PM schedule
   4. Create a weekly PM schedule
   5. Demonstrate how to update and use all schedules
4. Demonstrate the proper use and routing of corrective maintenance documents and the importance of recording this information
   1. Fill out a maintenance request form
   2. Outline the work order flow
   3. Identify the importance of complete equipment repair history.
5. Explain the necessity for an accurate equipment information system
   1. Identify the correct information used on work orders
   2. List and explain the technical literature that is used in developing and maintaining accurate equipment information systems
   3. Understand the need for a master equipment list.
   4. Explain the importance of proper spare parts inventory and control to include the effect on maintenance costs
6. Explain the process of failure analysis
   1. Define failure analysis
   2. Use a working model to analyze problems
7. Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot equipment or system problems
   1. Explain the different logical processes for troubleshooting
   2. Understand what questions to ask

MFG 818 - IMT Internship

1. Develop with his/her employer individual goals/objectives/competencies for the internship. There are college coop forms related to the setting and evaluating of these goals/objectives/and competencies

MFG 932 - Internship

Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 16
Course Type: Voc/Tech

1. Locate an approved internship for work experience
   1. Follow up on available internships
   2. Interview for internship positions
   3. Obtain and agree to an offer for internship employment
2. Complete work agreement contract for employment
   1. Record accurate information necessary for employment experience
   2. Obtain appropriate signatures for endorsement purposes
3. Complete 240 hours of approved internship experience
   1. Attend internship position according to employer specified agreement
   2. Complete work related tasks as assigned by the employer
4. Develop problem-solving techniques to on-the-job situations
   1. Develop attitudes necessary for successful job performance and cooperation with coworkers and management
   2. Describe attitudes and steps necessary to solve problems and conflicts
5. Maintain hourly time log
   1. Record hours worked each day of the week
   2. Prepare hour log in accordance with employment recording method
6. Verify and maintain report in personal intern/coordinator file
   1. Prepare written report on intern activities on a weekly basis
   2. Present and discuss report to instructor on a bi-weekly basis
7. Reflect upon internship experience
   1. Prepare written report describing learning experiences of the internship

MKT 110 - Principles of Marketing

1. Explain the nature of marketing
   1. Define marketing
   2. Describe the role of marketing in society
   3. Explain the marketing concept
   4. Identify the elements of the marketing mix.
   5. Explain why most marketers today view themselves as global marketers
2. Outline the marketing environment
   1. Define the marketing environment
   2. Explain how the legal, social, technological, economic, and competitive environments affect an organization’s marketing activities
   3. Describe the four types of competition
   4. Relate the differences in the external environment for a global firm
3. Explain the marketing planning process
   1. Define strategic marketing planning
   2. Identify the steps in the marketing planning process
   3. Explain the importance of a marketing plan
   4. Identify special challenges in preparing a global market
4. Explain the relationship between information and marketing decision making.
   1. Differentiate a marketing information system from marketing research.
   2. List the steps in the marketing research process
   3. Describe the methods of collecting data
   4. Distinguish between primary and secondary data
   5. Describe special research problems facing global marketers
5. Explain market segmentation
   1. Distinguish between a market and market segmentation
   2. Identify the differences between consumer and organizational markets
   3. Discuss the bases of segmenting a market
   4. Explain strategies for targeting markets
   5. Differentiate segmenting national versus global markets
6. Identify consumer buying behavior
   1. Describe the stages consumers go through in making purchasing decisions
   2. Explain ways that attitudes, beliefs, values, Teaming, and motives influence buying behavior
   3. Outline ways social and personal factors affect consumer purchasing decisions
   4. Discuss how consumer buying behavior impacts marketing products in a global market
7. Explain the organizational buying process
   1. Compare the different types of organizational markets.
   2. Differentiate organizational buying behavior from consumer buying behavior
   3. Describe major influences on organizational buyers.
   4. Explain the stages/types of organizational buying
8. Compare product factors affecting marketing activities.
   1. Distinguish between a good, service, and idea
   2. Differentiate between features and benefits
   3. Explain how benefits add value to a product
   4. Differentiate between consumer and organizational products
   5. Explain the stages in the life cycle of product categories.
   6. Describe what branding does for a product
   7. Explain the functions of a product’s packaging
9. Explain how to develop and manage products
   1. Explain what makes a new product “new”
   2. Describe reasons why companies need to develop new products
   3. Outline the steps in new product development
   4. Explain the importance of product positioning
   5. Discuss strategies for managing products during life cycle stages
   6. Describe how organization’s extend a product’s life cycle.
   7. Determine how the new-product development process relates to global markets
10. Identify the considerations and objectives of pricing.
    1. Explain how price, value, benefits, and quality are interconnected
    2. List the factors influencing price decisions.
    3. Identify the difference between price and non-price competition
    4. Outline the different pricing objectives
    5. Discuss pricing methods
11. Compare marketing channels and physical distribution
    1. Describe the functions of marketing channels
    2. Differentiate between marketing channels for consumer and organizational markets
    3. Discuss the different types of physical distribution
    4. Explain the three levels of distribution intensity/market coverage.
    5. Identify differences marketers must take into consideration when managing and developing international distribution channels
12. Explain the marketing communication process
    1. Explain the role of promotion in the marketing mix.
    2. Discuss the elements of the promotional mix
    3. Differentiate between promotions for consumer and organizational markets
    4. Identify factors affecting global marketing communication
13. Explain the importance of marketing ethics and social responsibility.
    1. Distinguish between ethical and social responsibility
    2. Describe common ethical problems faced by marketers
    3. Explain how organizations can encourage ethical behavior.

MKT 115 - Business-to-Business Marketing

1. Explain how the business marketing environment affects an organization.
   1. Discuss similarities and differences between consumer goods and business marketing
   2. Describe factors that influence demand for industrial goods
   3. Identify types of customers
   4. Outline the processes which customers use in buying products and services.
   5. Explain the basic characteristics of industrial products and services
2. Contrast the needs of various organizational buyers drawn from commercial enterprises, all levels of government, institutions, as well as international buyers
   1. Describe the nature and central characteristics of each market sector.
   2. Explain how the purchasing function is organized for each of these components.
   3. Identify the importance and distinguishing characteristics of international organizational buyers
   4. Outline the need to design a unique marketing program for each sector.
3. Assess how the organizational buying process affects business marketing
   1. Describe the exchange process between buyers and sellers within the context of business marketing management
   2. Identify the different buying situations ad how they can affect the business marketer
   3. Trace the patterns over time which buyer-seller relationships may follow
   4. Discuss rational and emotional factors which may influence buyers.
   5. Explain formal evaluation systems and analytical approaches which buyers may employ when measuring value and evaluating supplier performance
4. Explain how organizational buying behavior impacts business marketing
   1. Identify the individual, group, organizational, and environmental variables that influence buying decisions
   2. Describe how a knowledge of buying characteristics allows the marketer to make more informed decisions about product design, pricing and promotion
5. Interpret how managers can base decisions on the realities of the marketplace rather than on hunch and intuition
   1. Identify the components of, and requirements for, an effective marketing intelligence system
   2. Describe the need to develop the information base as a decision support system to ensure maximum managerial relevance
   3. Discuss how to use key secondary information sources for market planning
   4. State the nature and function of marketing research in the business marketing environment
6. Explain how one breaks down the aggregate market into meaningful categories.
   1. Describe the benefits and requirements for segmenting the market
   2. Identify the potential bases for segmenting the business market
   3. Outline a procedure for evaluating and selecting market segments.
   4. Discuss the role of market segmentation in the development of business marketing strategy
7. Examine several ways in which one can predict market response.
   1. Describe the importance of organizational demand analysis.
   2. Identify the role of market potential analysis and sales forecasting in the planning and control process
   3. Examine specific techniques that effectively can be applied in measuring marketing potential and developing a sales forecast
8. Determine how strategic perspectives affect market-driven organizations and competition
   1. Discuss how organizations gain competitive advantage
   2. Identify marketing’s strategic role in corporate strategy development.
   3. Describe the multifunctional nature of marketing decision making.
   4. List the key components of the business marketing planning process.
9. Compare international market opportunities and competition to domestic situations.
   1. Describe the factors that shape a county’s competitive advantage.
   2. Identify the forces that drive globalization of a particular industry.
   3. List various international market-entry options and strategic significance of different forms of global market participation
   4. Outline key strategic marketing issues that emerge as a firm becomes more involved in international marketing
   5. Explain how strategic alliances impact global marketing strategies.
10. Examine how a firm can put together a line of products and services that respond to the needs of the customers
    1. Outline the concept of the total product
    2. Describe the strategic importance of product quality.
    3. Identify various types of industrial product lines
    4. Discuss a strategic approach for managing the existing product line
11. Explain how firms can provide customers with a continuing stream of new products and services
    1. Describe the strategic processes through which product innovations take shape
    2. Explain the role of the technology in new product planning and in commercializing technology
    3. Discuss the process of developing new products
    4. Outline an approach for developing responsive product strategy for business markets
12. Compare the unique aspects of business services and the special role they play in the business market environment
    1. Describe the unique role and special characteristics of services.
    2. Identify key purchase criteria, attributes, and choice processes associated with service purchasing
    3. Discuss special challenges associated with developing new business services.
    4. Explain the role that service plays in support of products and equipment
    5. List the nature of, the size of, and problems associated with international business services marketing
13. Evaluate different designs and ways of managing the business marketing channel.
    1. Identify the central components and alternative forms of channels
    2. Describe how one can evaluate alternative channel structures.
    3. Discuss the roles of industrial distributors and manufacturer’s representatives.
    4. Explain the methods for managing and monitoring channel performance.
14. Contrast several alternatives of developing responsive physical distribution systems.
    1. Describe the role of logistical management in marketing strategy.
    2. Identify the importance of developing an effective interface between logistics and the channel
    3. Explain the importance of cost and service trade-offs in creating effective and efficient logistical systems
15. Develop several approaches for a business marketer to assign price to a product or service
    1. Describe the role of price in cost/benefit calculations
    2. Identify the central elements of the pricing process
    3. Outline how organizations establish effective new product prices and periodically adjust prices of existing products
    4. Discuss strategic approaches to competitive bidding.
    5. Explain the role of lease marketing
16. Assess how advertising and sales promotion supplement personal selling efforts.
    1. Describe the specific role of advertising
    2. Outline the process of forming a business advertising program.
    3. Identify business media options
    4. List the methods for measuring business advertising effectiveness
17. Explain the role of the personal selling function in the overall business marketing scheme
    1. Describe the role of personal selling
    2. Outline the nature of the buyer-seller interaction process
    3. Identify the nature of the industrial sales management function
    4. List selected managerial tools that one can apply to major sales force decision areas
18. Differentiate several types of monitoring and control of marketing strategy performance
    1. Describe the function and significance of marketing control
    2. Identify the components of the control process.
    3. Explain specific methods for evaluating performance
    4. Discuss the importance to marketing strategy of execution or implementation of controls

MKT 121 - Digital Marketing

1. Describe characteristics of the Digital Marketing process that distinguish it from other marketing formats
   1. Explain the purpose of digital/interactive marketing communication.
   2. Identify how digital tools are used for research, promotion and service
2. Evaluate the uses of common media tools in a digital marketing campaign
   1. Analyze various forms of Internet advertising
   2. Compare Web-based ads to mobile ads.
   3. Evaluate how digital marketing differs from traditional formats.
   4. Identify how companies use social media to facilitate marketing and service.
3. Create accounts with primary social media tool used by businesses
   1. Identify the most popular tools at the present time.
   2. Compare reach and demographic profiles of social media applications.
   3. Clarify the difference between social media marketing and social media service.
4. Analyze the research component of the digital marketing process.
   1. Define Customer Relationship Management and its business uses.
   2. Compare various software programs and digital analytics tools.
   3. Interpret marketing data to develop a strategy for digital promotion.
5. Critique elements of search marketing.
   1. Define search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising.
   2. Compare organic and paid search results.
   3. Recognize methods of digital tracking and prospect targeting.
   4. Identify common third-party online advertising platforms.
6. Explain the reasons for digitally-driven methods of managing customer relationships.
   1. Understand the economic ramifications of retaining core customers.
   2. Explain the role of software, blogs and Web accounts in managing relationships.
   3. Recognize the connection between analytics and promotion.
7. Evaluate the importance and usefulness of content marketing.
   1. Examine the various formats of content marketing.
   2. Demonstrate ability to develop blog.
   3. Delineate article marketing and search engine optimization content. 
8. Appraise the ethical and privacy issues effecting digital marketing and communications.
   1. Recognize facets of Internet privacy and their role in digital marketing.
   2. Review privacy statements and disclaimers used by online publishers and advertising platforms.

MKT 131 - Social Media Marketing

1. Evaluate the role of social media within integrated marketing and digital marketing systems.
   1. Recognize and understand the most popular social media strategies and platforms used for marketing in B2C and B2B industries, and in eCommerce vs. brick-and-mortar.
   2. Distinguish between corporate and agency social media roles and responsibilities.
2. Compare organic marketing versus paid advertising campaigns on social media.
   1. Understand the advantages and challenges of successfully building a long-term social media presence organically.
   2. Identify the benefits and risks of social media advertising.
   3. Articulate common advertising options available on popular social media channels.
3. Develop a social media plan that matches a company, its brand and its products to particular target markets.
   1. Define target markets for social media campaigns.
   2. Identify key demographic, firmographic and behavioral data to identify user bases on key social media channels.
   3. Conduct competitor analysis on social media.
   4. Select specific channels and creative strategies to optimize social media return on investment.
   5. Establish SMM and campaign-specific objectives in line with a broader marketing plan and (a sometimes limited) budget.
   6. Integrate hashtags in a social media strategy in line with hashtag optimization best practices.
4. Create social media campaign posts, including visualization through images, videos, infographics, gifs and other tools.
   1. Develop a social brand voice, tone and aesthetic scheme that matches the brand to the target audience.
   2. Identify effective content messaging strategies for each of the primary social media platforms based on purpose and functionality.
5. Analyze social media marketing and engagement data.
   1. Use key tools, including Google Analytics, to identify social media performance within a lead-generation system.
   2. Understand key engagement metrics and terminology for each popular social media channel.
   3. Compare social media campaign results to objectives and articulate performance to internal and external stakeholders.
   4. Determine forward-looking social media strategies based on analytics reports.
6. Assess the role of social media within the content marketing system.
   1. Evaluate social selling along with specific strategies for integrating social media into eCommerce and affiliate marketing.
   2. Identify the role of influencers in social media marketing, along with FTC disclosure requirements for sponsored content.
7. Examine the concept of online reputation management.
   1. Explain common risks that come with an active social media presence.
   2. Understand that social media plays a critical role in building and maintain a positive brand reputation online.
   3. Recognize strategies to avoid social media faux pas.
   4. Communicate strategies for handling negative publicity that results from online and offline business activities.
   5. Identify popular online review platforms and address effective methods for earning positive reviews and combating negative reviews.

MKT 135 - Content Marketing

1. Explain the importance of content marketing strategies and tools in a business marketing system.
   1. Identify common tools used to execute content marketing strategies.
   2. Recognize the strategic implications of using strategies and tools that make sense for a company, its products and its target market.
2. Examine the buyer’s journey and its significance to content marketing.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of websites and blogs in a content marketing system.
   1. Explain how companies design, develop and maintain quality websites that serve as home base in the content marketing system.
   2. Illustrate proper use of effective blog strategies and techniques.
4. Appraise search engine optimization effectiveness for a new or established business.
   1. Understand the importance of search engine referral traffic in eCommerce and within content marketing.
   2. Identify the most critical on-page and off-page SEO factors that currently contribute to high organic search rankings.
   3. Compare SEO methods employed by individual companies and webmasters against best practices.
5. Design lead generation strategies for use by small businesses, marketing departments, sales organizations or agencies.
   1. Outline various stages in the lead-generation system.
   2. Create lead generation contact forms in line with best practices.
   3. Describe how contact forms fit within the content marketing system and the buyer’s journey.
   4. Delineate between a website visitor and a lead. 
6. Explain the role of email marketing in building a contact list and executing email campaigns.
   1. Clarify the relationship between email marketing and content marketing.
   2. Recognize the use of an email marketing subscription form as a specific type of lead-generation form.
   3. Identify how companies use email campaigns to convert leads into customers.
   4. Describe how email newsletters and follow-up campaigns contribute to customer relationship management programs. 
7. Analyze common Web analytics utilizing Google Analytics and/or other popular tools.
   1. Define analytics and its role within marketing and content marketing.
   2. Interpret analytics reports to make strategic decisions for improving content marketing return on investment.
8. Evaluate common brand influencer roles and outlets, and how companies leverage them for branding.
   1. Assess the pros and cons of brand relationships with professional and consumer influencers.
   2. Review FTC disclosure requirements for paid influencer content on websites, blogs and social media channels. 
9. Evaluate the role of a social media presence within a content marketing system.
   1. Identify current, popular social media channels companies use for marketing in B2B and B2C industries.
   2. Communicate the importance of integrating social media marketing with all content marketing tools and the entire marketing function.
   3. Recognize how companies use social media to establish a brand presence, drive website referral traffic and build an engaged following.

MKT 140 - Selling

1. Explain careers, opportunities, and benefits of personal selling
   1. Discuss the unique advantages of personal selling
   2. Discuss current issues and trends in sales training
   3. Determine the variety of career opportunities of personal selling
   4. Explore the rewards in personal selling careers
   5. Explain the work environment as it pertains to personal selling.
   6. Discuss future employment opportunities in personal selling.
2. Apply theories of buyer motivation
   1. List the factors that influence buying decisions
   2. Explain the complex nature of consumer motivation
   3. Define buying motives, i.e., emotional, rational, patronage
   4. List ways to discover buying motives
   5. Demonstrate the consultative selling model
   6. List the mental steps in the buying process
   7. Define buyer action theory
   8. Define need/satisfaction theory
3. Identify factors involved in developing a prospecting plan
   1. Discuss the importance of identifying prospects
   2. List sources of prospects
   3. Describe how to qualify prospects
4. Discuss how to determine one’s competition
   1. List the types of information to know about one’s competition
   2. Describe the benefits derived from competition knowledge 
5. Explain the product and/or service
   1. List the types of information to know about one’s company
   2. Describe the benefits to be derived from company knowledge.
   3. Describe the kinds of product knowledge that should be acquired by sales people
   4. Discuss sources of product knowledge
   5. Discuss product features vs. product benefits
6. Discuss the importance of a positive self-image
   1. Explain characteristics of a healthy self-image
   2. Discuss the impact of self-image in the field of selling.
   3. List the various kinds of nonverbal, visual, and auditory data that influences the image you project
   4. Describe how to dress for success 
7. Evaluate ethical practices in selling
   1. Discuss the importance of ethical standards in the field of selling.
   2. List the legal and ethical standards in selling
   3. Practice ethical standards in the sales profession
8. Write out the steps and goals of the sales presentation
   1. List the steps included in the sales presentation
   2. Identify the goals to be accomplished by a sales presentation
   3. Determine the guidelines for developing an effective presentation
   4. Explain the purpose and use of presentation strategies
   5. Outline common sales presentation strategies
   6. Describe how to create and maintain records of sales documents.
9. Develop complete pre-approach information
   1. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic steps of the pre-approach
   2. Describe how to secure an interview.
   3. Determine sources of prospect information
10. Design an approach
    1. Discuss how to secure the interview
    2. Describe effective approaches used with the customers
    3. Demonstrate ways to capture the prospect’s attention.
    4. Identify ways to be used to arouse the prospect’s interest
11. Determine wants/needs of the customer
12. Use questioning techniques to gain information
13. Select and prepare selling aids for demonstration
    1. Use the various types of selling aids
    2. Demonstrate effective ways of using sales aids
14. Anticipate sales resistance and ways to manage it
    1. Explain common reasons for sales resistance.
    2. Demonstrate strategies for handling sales resistance.
    3. Employ methods to overcome common types of objectives.
15. Develop trial closes for actual use
    1. Identify appropriate time to close sale
    2. Demonstrate methods of closing the sale.
    3. Discuss steps to follow with either an affirmative or negative sales response
16. Develop for actual use closing techniques
    1. Identify appropriate time to close sale
    2. Demonstrate methods of closing the sale
    3. Discuss steps to follow with either an affirmative or negative sales response
17. Demonstrate when and how to use suggestive selling
    1. Explain how to use suggestive selling effectively
18. Demonstrate techniques of servicing the sale
    1. Demonstrate activities involved in customer service.
    2. Define customer service strategies and their value
    3. Describe methods to deal with customer complaints
19. Conduct a role played sales presentation

MKT 145 - Sales Management

1. Explain the role of the Sales Manager
   1. Discuss how sales management contributes to the overall goals of the company
   2. Identify the Sales Manager’s basic areas of responsibility.
   3. List qualities of an effective Sales Manager
2. Contrast traditional versus “new style” interview techniques
3. Compare various sales compensation plans
   1. Discuss the basic principles of compensation plans.
   2. Explain the motivational role a compensation plan has for salespeople.
   3. Identify objectives sales compensation plans can achieve
   4. Determine factors affecting compensation plan design.
   5. Discuss the pros and cons of different ways of compensating
4. Explain the motivational process as it relates to salespeople.
   1. Define motivation
   2. Explain internal versus external motivation
   3. Identify basic needs salespeople have
   4. Discuss motivational tools available to sales managers
5. Outline the importance of group dynamics to the development of a sales team
6. Discuss methods used in evaluating sales performance
   1. Set standards of performance
   2. Develop a formal performance appraisal program
7. Demonstrate group presentation skills
8. Develop a recruitment and selection program
   1. Describe what to look for in sales job candidates
   2. Identify sources to recruit salespeople from
   3. Write a job description for a sales position
   4. Differentiate what information is appropriate to ask on employment form and in interviews
   5. Develop a recruitment and selection program
9. Formulate strategies to reach planning and budgeting objectives.
   1. Identify basic planning guidelines
   2. Discuss the need to budget
   3. Explain simple budgetary procedures
   4. Structure sales territories for maximum selling coverage
   5. Assess whether sales expenses are worthwhile
   6. Explain the concept of management by objective.
10. Determine territory management through sales force specialization.
11. Develop a sales training program
    1. Discuss the importance of training.
    2. Identify training needs for salespeople
    3. Examine methods for training salespeople
    4. Contrast trainer and trainee responsibilities
    5. Evaluate training effectiveness
    6. Identify factors which cause training to fail/succeed
12. Demonstrate sales forecasting techniques
    1. Explain the steps to sales forecasting
    2. Examine sales forecasting techniques
13. Conduct a sales meeting

MKT 150 - Principles of Advertising

1. Define the role advertising plays in the promotional mix
2. Differentiate advertising from public relations or sales promotion
3. Identify the basics of the communication process
   1. Understand the role advertisers and agencies play within the industry structure
   2. Distinguish between brand management and sales promotions
   3. Know the connection between ad messages, media selection and target markets
4. Apply the concept of positioning to products/business/services
   1. Use target market information to create positioning statements
   2. Select appropriate advertising options for positioning statement
5. Outline the elements of a print ad
   1. Demonstrate effective copy writing
   2. Demonstrate the concept of ad layout
6. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various media options
7. Develop an advertising campaign written prospectus for a product/business/service
   1. Identify the background and objectives of a client company
   2. Identify primary and secondary markets
   3. Analyze a client company’s opportunities and challenges relative to competitors
   4. Develop and rationalize a media plan
   5. Develop an effective, customized creative strategy
   6. Demonstrate the use of radio and/or television advertising
   7. Prepare an advertising budget
   8. Show understanding of the importance of evaluating results of an ad campaign
   9. Summarize and attempt to sell an advertising campaign
8. Develop an advertising campaign presentation for a product/business/service
   1. Convey awareness of professional advertising presentation requirements
   2. Define clear advertising campaign objectives
   3. Identify primary and secondary target markets
   4. Communicate benefits client company offers to target market
   5. Develop and rationalize a media plan
   6. Prepare an advertising budget
   7. Demonstrate understanding of effective ad layout and design
   8. Show understanding of importance of evaluating results of an ad campaign
   9. Summarize and attempt to sell advertising campaign
   10. Demonstrate positive human relations skills in group work

MKT 160 - Principles of Retailing

1. Recognize the complex nature of retailing
   1. Define the application of target marketing and retailing
   2. Identify ways to build a sustainable competitive advantage
   3. Explain the buying process that consumers go through when purchasing merchandise or services
2. Discover the career opportunities available in the field of retailing
3. Classify the types of retail operations
   1. Name the different types of retailers
   2. Identify laws and regulations governing retailing
   3. Identify traditional and non-traditional approaches to retailing
4. Discuss the value of store security
   1. List types of loss prevention options available
   2. Identify steps to avoid shop lifting
5. Assess non-merchandise factors that contribute to a successful retail operation.
   1. Determine the elements necessary for retail site selection
   2. Cite requirements for store layout and design
   3. Understand the basic elements of the retail communication mix
   4. Recognize the value of customer service and Customer Relationship Management
6. Recognize the growing importance of human resource management in retailing
   1. Understand the process of human resource management
   2. Understand the tasks that a store manager is responsible for completing
   3. Understand the basic techniques to improve employee motivation and retention
7. Participate in a series of interviews with a retail management mentor, in teams, in order to gain practical knowledge of concepts discussed in the course
8. Develop a retail strategy for a business, implementing the appropriate target market and retail mix

MKT 182 - Customer Relationship Mgmt

1. Evaluate Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
   1. Recognize how CRM evolved from customer loyalty objectives
   2. Understand how technology contributes to a CRM system
   3. Identify reasons why customer relationship management is a primary topic in business
   4. Review the history and development of CRM
   5. Describe industries where CRM is used.
   6. Explore the relationship between CRM, profit, revenue and expenses
2. Outline the customer relationship management process
   1. Summarize database management
   2. Explain customer data collection
   3. Analyze data and creation of reports
   4. Review development of CRM programs
   5. Assess implementation of CRM programs
3. Analyze the infrastructure of CRM
   1. Recognize the types of CRM software programs and their capabilities
   2. Understand the process of data mining
   3. Critique security and privacy issues slowing CRM growth and acceptance
   4. Summarize information gathered and stored in a data warehouse
4. Evaluate lifetime customer value
   1. Describe calculation using RFM (Recency, Frequency and Monetary Value) analysis
   2. Understand the 80-20 rule and the CRM pyramid
   3. Differentiate customer tiers and their value in segmentation and marketing
5. Outline marketing programs targeted at high value customers
   1. Understand customer loyalty programs
   2. Analyze specific programs companies use
   3. Differentiate between CRM use in sales, service and other forms of marketing promotion
6. Evaluate the roles and responsibilities for each functional department involved in CRM
   1. Identify the traditional roles and responsibilities in various function departments
   2. Explain the changes in responsibilities in various roles in a CRM system
7. Examine companies that effectively use CRM for improved profitability
   1. Explore cases in which companies developed and implemented CRM programs
   2. Analyze company decisions in establishing and managing CRM programs
8. Create CRM Project
   1. Critique a company with a successful CRM program
   2. Complete written and/or oral presentation of findings on CRM success factors

MKT 184 - Customer Service

1. Develop the “proper attitude” needed for working with external and internal customers.
   1. Transmit a positive attitude with voice, body language, and enthusiasm
   2. Be one step ahead and anticipate the needs of your customer
   3. Learn the four basic needs: to be understood, to feel welcome, to feel important, and to feel comfortable
   4. Develop active listening skills
   5. Provide timely, complete, and tactful follow-up
   6. Ability to keep your cool and manage stress
2. Recognize the Internal customer at the workplace
   1. Build a professional reputation with coworkers
   2. Deal with negative emotions
   3. Adopt a good-neighbor policy
   4. Maintain open lines of communication
3. Identify techniques to calm upset customers
   1. Understand the issue and avoid assumptions
   2. Paraphrase what has been said
   3. Provide nonverbal communication
   4. Recognize a variety of difficult personality types
4. Recognize the diversity issues in dealing with customer
   1. Develop a sensitivity to the fact that everyone is unique
   2. Comply with legal and moral responsibilities in serving customers with disabilities
   3. Become aware of cultural diversity
   4. Understand the need to treat customers as individuals
5. Explore the role of technology in the area of Customer Service
   1. Demonstrate how to communicate effectively via email, internet, and facsimile
   2. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of technology
   3. Able to use technology ethically and with proper etiquette
   4. Help customers overcome concerns regarding technology

MMS 208 - Sound for Film and Video

1. Appraise the Principles of Sound
   1. Discuss the science of sound
   2. Discuss the fundamental characteristics of sound
   3. Categorize different audio terminology and nomenclature
   4. Explain sound frequencies and measurements used
   5. Explain sound volume and measurements used
   6. Compare the differences between mono, stereo and surround sound audio
   7. Explain Dynamic Range
   8. Distinguish between different wave forms
   9. Discuss the need for clean sound
   10. Discuss the differences between analog and digital audio (resolution, conversion and audible differences)
   11. Explain the basic caveats to avoid when creating audio
2. Analyze Critical Listening
   1. Identify individual sound sources within a recording
   2. Understand vocal characteristics and performances
   3. Contrast environmental, human, animal, mechanical and cultural ambient sounds
   4. Analyze music’s effect on emotion, mood and story tempo
   5. Discern quiet sounds or “silence” verses acoustically blank space
3. Operate Microphones
   1. Discuss microphone types (dynamic, condenser, shotgun, lavalier, binaural, hydrophone, wired and wireless, etc.)
   2. Explain microphone characteristics and limitations (maximum sound pressure levels, wireless transmission distance, etc.)
   3. Discuss polar patterns, off axis rejection and sensitivity
   4. Explore industry specific microphone models and characteristics
   5. Demonstrate proper microphone placement and application on people, instruments, rooms and ambient sounds
   6. Demonstrate pop filters, wind socks, boom poles and sound isolation techniques for active locations
4. Classify the Process of Using Audio Equipment on a Set and in the Field
   1. Discuss determining the sound quality of a location and how to modify it
   2. Discuss dealing with and solving background and ambient noise issues
   3. Define proper audio settings, levels and documenting audio files
   4. Demonstrate solving audio problems on a set or in a studio, including hums, pops, wind, air conditioners and ambient noise
   5. Discuss the qualities of omnidirectional, super cardoid, parabolic and Lavalier microphones and their operation and placement
   6. Discuss the proper sound cable and connector application, such as XLR, Phone, RCA and Mini connectors
   7. Describe signal path and bandwidth
   8. Demonstrate multi-channel field audio mixing and recording techniques
   9. Demonstrate recording on different types of digital recording devices, video cameras and DSLR cameras
   10. Demonstrate verifying audio quality during playback
5. Examine the Process of Using Audio Equipment for Voice Over (VO) Recording
   1. Determine sound qualities of VO Recording space (or booth)
   2. Describe how to setup for VO recording with appropriate considerations & applications
   3. Demonstrate best techniques for VO recording
   4. Define proper mic positioning for VO recording
   5. Demonstrate various recording devices used in VO recording
   6. Demonstrate recording various VO techniques
   7. Describe and demonstrate proper note taking during VO recording
6. Critique the Process of Recording Using Studio Equipment
   1. Discuss the fundamentals of studio mixing theories
   2. Categorize the purpose of various mixing equipment
   3. Employ appropriate send and record path configurations
   4. Experiment with various audio sources
   5. Experiment with various track and tracking approaches
   6. Modify prerecorded audio from an external source
   7. Explain how to setup for instruments, groups and vocals with appropriate mics and applications
   8. Contrast recording drums, instruments and vocal tracks
   9. Interpret the various challenges of vocal ranges and spoken voice
   10. Produce a mixed track from various sources
   11. Develop multi-track files with appropriate settings
   12. Analyze click track recording
7. Apply the Process of Editing Various Audio Files Using Adobe Audition
   1. Explain the Audition Interface and how to customize it
   2. Explain how to use sound FX and music libraries and copyright restrictions
   3. Explain audio terminology including frequency, sample rate and bit depth
   4. Demonstrate combining audio clips using Multitrack Editor
   5. Demonstrate various techniques to stretch clips, group clips, copy clips
   6. Demonstrate how to sync audio to video
   7. Demonstrate VU meter operation - Digital and Analog
   8. Demonstrate how to EQ sound, alter pitch and adjust timing of sound
   9. Demonstrate how to use different audio effects and their results
   10. Demonstrate how to create mono, stereo and 5.1 surround sound tracks
   11. Demonstrate sonic imagery perspective and placement within a stereo or Surround Sound field
   12. Demonstrate how generate a final mixdown to generate a master mix in different formats
8. Assess the Process of Basic Sound Design for Video and Audio Only Projects
   1. Explain the need for Sound Design
   2. Analyze sound design used in movies, television and commercials
   3. Explain the elements needed for a good sound design
   4. Review the edited video with the director/producer for notes - Spotting Session
   5. Analyze scripts and storyboards in order to identify opportunities for relevant voicing (narration and characters), sound effects, foley and music
   6. Explain music selection for video, including different tempos and rhythms to set the pace of the story, give the illusion of fast and slow movement and evoke a range of emotions and moods.
   7. Explain adding ambiance, sound effects and realism to scenes by layering multiple tracks
   8. Explain how to properly mix instruments, vocals, sound effects and other sound elements to create a music track for songs
   9. Demonstrate how to use multi-track to create a sound design for video
   10. Demonstrate how to use multi-track to create a sound design for music
   11. Demonstrate how to create different sound effects from scratch
   12. Demonstrate how to modify different sounds to create new sounds (i.e. light saber sounds)

MMS 217 - Sound for Film and Video II

1. Discuss what is a Sound Engineer (SE)
   1. Discuss various types of sound engineers
   2. Explain the necessary skill sets required to be a SE
   3. List the types of jobs available to SE’s
2. Examine solving audio problems on the set
   1. Demonstrate the proper process of fixing audio problems
   2. Demonstrate work arounds and alternate solutions
   3. Explain the common mistakes to avoid when recording audio
   4. Demonstrate the proper technique for mixing sound on set
3. Demonstrate critical listening and developing a good “ear” for sound
   1. Discuss and identify best techniques used by other professionals
   2. Demonstrate an understanding of volume, equalization, frequencies and audio effects
   3. Demonstrate how to hear unwanted background noises, artefacts and audio issues
   4. Discuss when to address audio issues and when to let them pass
   5. Discuss how to communicate audio problems to the Director, Producer and other crew members in a professional manner
4. Evaluate acoustics in sound recording
   1. Discuss the terminology of acoustics, like reverberation, absorption, reflection and other terminology
   2. Analyze how acoustics impact the recording process positively or negatively
   3. Determine the acoustics of a set or recording studio
   4. Correct the acoustics of a set or recording studio
   5. Discuss how to setup a recording studio in one’s home using proper acoustics
5. Analyze setting up audio for different types of recording
   1. Select the correct type of microphones for dialogue, singing, instruments, natural sound
   2. Demonstrate dealing with wind, background noise or other audio issues
   3. Show proper microphone placement in different recording situations on set and in the recording studio on people, instruments, meetings, weddings and outdoors
   4. Demonstrate proper use of cables, mixers, filters, windsocks, sound isolation, and other audio tools.
6. Characterize working with Clients, Directors, Producers, Performers and other sound personnel
   1. Demonstrate proper communication techniques when talking to different crew members during production
   2. Demonstrate conflict resolution on a shoot or during a recording session
   3. Practice proper communication techniques when talking to a Director when developing a sound design for a project
   4. Demonstrate negotiating rates, contracts and services with Producers and clients
   5. Discuss different employment situations as a Freelancer, employee or company
7. Appraise the process of editing sound files using Pro Tools & Audition
   1. Demonstrate the Pro Tools interface and how to customize it
   2. Create a click track
   3. Import files
   4. Record sound using microphones and a MIDI device
   5. Edit and mix sound files
   6. Correct and repair damaged audio
   7. Practice sound equalization, compression, dynamic range, pitch, and fader controls
   8. Use effects to modify, fix and improve sound files
   9. Analyze how to detect beat for synchronizing audio tracks
   10. Create mono, stereo and 5.1 surround sound tracks
   11. Set up a final mix with dialogue, sound effects and music and generate a final mixdown to generate a master mix in different formats for export
   12. Export files for use by other programs
8. Evaluate the Process of Advanced Sound Design for Video, Music and Live Events and News
   1. Review the need for Sound Design in different situations
   2. Analyze sound design used in movies, television and commercials
   3. Explain the elements needed for a good sound design
   4. Explain setting a mood using sound design
   5. Demonstrate how to develop a sound design overview
   6. Review the edited video with the director/producer for notes - Spotting Session
   7. Analyze scripts and storyboards in order to identify opportunities for relevant voicing (narration and characters), sound effects, Foley and music
   8. Demonstrate how to use multi-track editing to create a sound design for video and music projects
9. Create sound effects using Foley techniques and processes
   1. Discuss how to set up a Foley studio
   2. Demonstrate how to set up microphones for a Foley studio
   3. Demonstrate using different every day elements to create the desired sound
   4. Demonstrate how to record sounds to the video in a “live” session
   5. Demonstrate how to combine and modify different sounds to create new sounds
10. Evaluate the ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement) processes
    1. Explain what ADR is and how it’s used in film and video
    2. Properly setup for an ADR session using audio and video looping
    3. Record ADR with an actor
    4. Speed up or slowing down the audio to “fit” in the available space on the timeline
    5. Modify the ADR recording by adding back ambient sound, reverb and other effects to match the original audio from the production
11. Demonstrate setting up a recording studio for a “live” music recording
    1. Setup multiple microphones for different purposes - voice and instruments
    2. Setup the mixing board to record the session
    3. Record a musical vocal, instrumental or mixed session on multiple tracks
    4. Set and adjust audio levels, EQ, balancing during the recording
    5. Play back tracks and communicate with musicians and singers
    6. Mix the recorded session for optimum sound quality
    7. Export the mixed session for distribution

MMS 237 - Producing & Directing Techniq