FCC Academic Catalog 2016-2017

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course descriptions
HE: Health Education
HE 102–Nutrition in a ChangingWorld (3)
• GenEd Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues/Wellness
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Presents the basic principles of human nutrition with
emphasis on the nutrients and factors that affect their
use in the human body.
HE 110–Nutrition Basics (1)
Applies a basic knowledge of nutrition to enable the
students to make good dietary decisions. Provides a
basis for discerning healthy diets.
HE 115–Stress Management Techniques (1)
Introduces the basic concepts of stress management
and focuses on coping strategies and techniques to
reduce stress.
HE 120–CPR/AED and Basic First Aid (1)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Introduces the student to the basics of emergency
first aid treatment and safety. Students successfully
completing this course will receive the American
Heart Association (AHA) HeartSaver certification in
First Aid, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and
Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
HE 130–Tai Chi: A Cultural Perspective (1)
• Cultural Competence
Introduces the traditional Chinese meditative exercise
known as Tai Chi. While participating in the low
intensity physical skills that comprise Tai Chi, students
will be introduced to the culture, philosophy, history,
and practice of the exercise.
HE 200–Principles & Application of Nutrition
(3)
Prerequisites: One semester of college biology either BI
100, BI 101, BI 103 or BI 107
Introduces the principles of nutrition for the
maintenance of good health throughout the
life-cycle. Applications of nutritional principles are
presented via the connection between diet and the
prevention and treatment of disease. Investigates the
socioeconomic, ecological and political factors that
shape national nutritional policy and ultimately affect
personal health.
HE 201–Stress Management (3)
• GenEd Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues/Wellness
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Examines current theories regarding the nature and
sources of stress in life. Students are introduced to
the physiology and psychology of stress. A variety of
stress management techniques are explored.
HE 204–Health Education (3)
• GenEd Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues/Wellness
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Covers basic areas of health, including mental health,
fitness, nutrition, weight control, sexual health,
drugs and alcohol, disease and consumer and
environmental health.
HI: History
HI 101–History of Western Civilization (3)
• GenEd Social & Behavioral Sciences/History
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Surveys the development of Western civilization from
ancient times to 1500.
HI 102–History of Western Civilization (3)
• GenEd Social & Behavioral Sciences/History
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Covers Western history from 1500 to the present.
HI 106–Introduction to Historic Preservation (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides a general overview of the different aspects
of historic preservation, including downtown
revitalization, historic site management, preservation
legislation and education, historic architecture,
and the history of historic preservation in the
United States. Research methodologies will include
using library resources, public records, maps,
historic documents, images, oral histories, and
folklore. Students will make on site visits to historic
preservation projects.
HI 107–Introduction to Archives and
Manuscripts (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides an introduction to the role of archives and
manuscript repositories in preserving and providing
access to historical records, and will present an
overview of the theory and practice of archives
management. The student will approach research
from the other side of the reference desk and learn
how primary source material is arranged and made
available to researchers. The course will also cover
such research-related topics as copyright, privacy, fair
use, and ethical standards. This course will benefit
those interested in a potential career as an archivist,
manuscripts curator, or special librarian, as well
as those public historians likely to utilize archival
collections in their work.
HI 201–History of the United States (3)
• GenEd Social & Behavioral Sciences/History
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Examines the economic, political and social forces
that have shaped the patterns of life, institutions and
thought in the United States through the Civil War.
HI 202–History of the United States (3)
• GenEd Social & Behavioral Sciences/History
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Covers United States history from Reconstruction to
the present.
HI 212–Civil War (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Examines the causes of the Civil War, the
constitutional crisis confronting the Union,
the conduct of the war by both the Union and
Confederacy, the economic and social conditions of
the homefront, the status and condition of African
Americans and the wartime origins of Reconstruction.
HI 213–History of the South (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
A history of the South from the Colonial period
to the present. Examines the Golden Age of the
Chesapeake, antebellum society, the institution
of slavery, development of a regional identity, the
War for Southern Independence, Reconstruction,
readjustment of racial patterns and the rise of the
New South and the Sun Belt.
HI 214–The Civil Rights Movement (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Explores the history of the Civil Rights movement
in twentieth-century America. It begins with an
overview of segregation, examines in detail the
efforts of the movement to overcome Jim Crow
discrimination, and concludes with an assessment of
the movement’s legacy.
HI 215–Constitutional History of the United
States (3)
Prerequisites: [(EN 50A or EN 61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95
and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Examines the Constitution and its impact within the
context of the government, law, and politics. Topics
covered include the origins of the Constitution, the
development of judicial nationalism, the impact
of slavery, the conflict leading up to the Civil War,
reconstruction, the 1890s, the creation of the
modern state, the New Deal era, the 1960s, and the
movement toward a conservative constitutionalism.