Course Syllabi

ENGL 2410 - Creative Writing

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify standard conventions in short stories.
2. Identify standard conventions in poems.
3. Analyze deviations from standard conventions.

Outcome 2:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to critique other writers’ work for technical elements of fiction and poetry.

Objectives:

1. Define technical elements.
2. Identify technical elements in the works.
3. Analyze the use of technical elements in the works.

Outcome 3:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to build upon a body of original work.

Objectives:

1. Create varied works of fiction.
2. Create varied poems.

1. Fiction
   1. Read, discuss and assess at least 12 works of short, literary fiction, with attention to elements of fiction such as plot, setting, character, dialogue, etc.
   2. Write short fiction.
   3. Edit student work in workshops.
   4. Revise own work individually and in workshops.
2. Poetry
   1. Read, discuss and assess at least 15 poems, with attention to elements of poetry such as word choice and play, cadence, line, rhyme, meter, etc.
   2. Write poems.
   3. Edit student w ork in workshops.
   4. Revise own work individually and in workshops.
3. Other Genres
   1. Read, discuss a nd assess other forms of creative writing (screen‐ and playwriting, creative nonfiction, etc.) as appropriate.

ENGL 2420 - Advanced Creative Writing

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Create works of fiction
2. Create poetry
3. Create plays/screenplays

Outcome 2:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to critique other writers’ work for technical elements of creative writing.

Objectives:

1. Define technical elements
2. Identify technical elements in creative works
3. Analyze the use of technical elements in creative works

Outcome 3:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to participate in the process of preparing a manuscript for submission.

Objectives:

1. Edit creative works
2. Revise in response to editorial prompts
3. Submit work for publication

Outcome 4:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to read literature critically.

Objectives:

1. Identify standard conventions in fiction
2. Identify standard conventions in poetry
3. Identify standard conventions in playwriting
4. Analyze deviations from convention standards

1. Fiction
   1. Read, discuss, and assess a number of works of short literary fiction
   2. Read, discuss, and assess a number of works of longer works of short literary fiction
   3. Write short fiction
   4. Edit student work in workshops
   5. Revise own work individually and in workshops
   6. Submit manuscripts for publication
2. Poetry
   1. Read, discuss, and assess a number of poems
   2. Write poems
   3. Edit student work in workshops
   4. Revise own work individually and in workshops
   5. Submit manuscripts for publication
3. Other Genres
   1. Read, discuss, and assess other forms of creative writing (screen‐ and playwriting, creative nonfiction,graphic novels, etc.) as appropriate.

ENGL 2510 - British Literature to 1760

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify the text of Early British Literature.
2. Analyze the text of Early British Literature (breaks an idea into component parts and describes the relationships).
3. Synthesize the text of Early British Literature (puts the parts together to form a new whole).

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will demonstrate knowledge of the core elements that define early British literature.

Objectives:

1. Identify the core elements that define Early British Literature.
2. Interpret/illustrate one or more core elements (theme, tone, plot, mystery play, ballads, lyrics, poetry, etc.).
3. Analyze/distinguish between the core elements that define Early British Literature.
4. Synthesize, in a research paper, the core elements that define Early British Literature.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will demonstrate knowledge of the interaction between British history and literature.

Objectives:

1. Identify the historical setting of Early British Literature.
2. Locate the author as a product of the historical setting/environment.
3. Analyze, by explaining the relationship between Early British Literature and the social, economic, and political forces of the time period.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to conduct research on an aspect of early British literature and write a paper based upon that research.

Objectives:

1. Create a bibliography in a standard format.
2. Evaluate the sources and the data.
3. Analyze an aspect of Early British Literature.
4. Synthesize the results of research and analysis of Early British Literature.
5. Cite, parenthetically and on the works cited page, the sources used (MLA Style).

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to think critically.

Objectives:

1. Identify the premises, conclusions, and reasoning used to justify claims.
2. Evaluate the validity and soundness of arguments, based on qualitative and quantitative information, in order to accept, challenge or defend claims or findings.
3. Draw conclusions about how information can be used.
4. Evaluate the processes used in assessing hypotheses.

1. Roots of British Literature
   1. Introduction to British Literature/Language/History
   2. “The Dream of the Rood”
   3. Beowulf
   4. “The Wanderer”
2. Middle British Literature
   1. Geoffrey Chaucer
   2. Middle English Lyrics
   3. Mystery Plays
   4. Popular Ballads
3. Sixteenth Century
   1. Sir Thomas More
   2. Thomas Wyatt the Elder
   3. Philip Sidney
   4. Christopher Marlowe
   5. William Shakespeare
   6. Sir Walter Raleigh
   7. Thomas Campion
4. Early Seventeenth Century
   1. John Donne
   2. Ben Jonson
   3. Robert Herrick
   4. George Herbert
   5. Andrew Marvell
   6. John Milton
   7. Lady Mary Wroth
5. Restoration and Enlightenment
   1. John Dryden
   2. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
   3. Jonathon Swift
   4. Alexander Pope
   5. Thomas Gray
   6. Christopher Smart

ENGL 2520 - British Literature From 1760 to Present

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify the text of later British literature.
2. Analyze the text of later British literature.
3. Synthesize the text of later British literature.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the core elements that define later British literature.

Objectives:

1. Identify the core elements that define later British literature.
2. Interpret/illustrate one or more core elements, such as theme, tone, plot, play, ballads, lyrics, poetry, character, narrator, etc.
3. Analyze/distinguish between the core elements that define later British literature.
4. Synthesize, in a research paper, the core elements that define later British literature.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the interaction between British history and its literature.

Objectives:

1. Identify the historical setting of later British literature.
2. Locate the author as a product of the historical setting/environment.
3. Analyze, by explaining the relationship between later British literature and the social, economic, and political forces of the time period.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to conduct research on an aspect of later British literature and write a paper in standard format based upon that research.

Objectives:

1. Create a bibliography in a standard format.
2. Evaluate the sources and the data.
3. Analyze an aspect of later British literature.
4. Synthesize the results of research and analysis of later British literature.
5. Cite, parenthetically and on the works cited page, the sources used in a standard format.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to think critically.

Objectives:

1. Identify the premises, conclusions, and reasoning used to justify claims.
2. Evaluate the validity and soundness of arguments, based on qualitative and quantitative information, in order to accept, challenge or defend claims or findings.
3. Draw conclusions about how information can be used.
4. Evaluate the processes used in assessing hypotheses.

1. Pre‐Romantics
   1. Introduction to British Romanticism/History
   2. Christopher Smart
   3. William Blake
   4. Robert Burns
2. The Romantic Era
   1. William Wordsworth
   2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   3. George Gordon Lord Byron
   4. Percy Shelley
   5. John Keats
3. The Victorian Era
   1. Alfred Lord Tennyson
   2. Robert Browning
   3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
   4. Matthew Arnold
   5. Christina Rossetti
   6. Lewis Carroll
4. The Edwardian Era
   1. Oscar Wilde
   2. Thomas Hardy
   3. Gerard Manley Hopkins
   4. A.E. Houseman
5. Modernism and Beyond
   1. William Butler Yeats
   2. Virginia Woolf
   3. James Joyce
   4. D.H. Lawrence
   5. T.S. Eliot
   6. Robert Graves
   7. W.H. Auden
   8. Dylan Thomas
   9. Seamus Heaney

ENGL 2600 - Introduction to Poetry

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify key structural elements including imagery, diction, symbolism, connotation, tone, musical devices, rhythm, and meter.
2. Provide meaningful descriptions of the structures of works being studied.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to write an essay of literary analysis that springs from the student’s independent interpretation.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and analyze the poet’s use of poetic devices (especially diction, figurative language, and metrical devices) as they contribute to a unified reading of the poem.
2. Recognize and analyze a poem’s occasion and point of view.
3. Recognize the poem as an artistic creation of the whole person: reason, imagination, and emotion.
4. Develop a sympathetic response to the way the poet sees the world and to the attempt to order that world for the sake of poetic presentation.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to write an essay of literary analysis, incorporating insights from secondary sources and documenting them with proper MLA format.

Objectives:

1. Offer an effective controlling idea in the introduction.
2. Use appropriate support and evidence in the body of the essay.
3. Organize the essay effectively, using topic sentences, transitions, and other devices as appropriate.
4. Document sources according to MLA guidelines.

1. Definition: What is poetry?
2. Recognizing the tools or ingredients of poetry
   1. Tropes
   2. Occasion
   3. Imagery
   4. Diction
   5. Symbolism
   6. Allusions
   7. Connotation and denotation
   8. Tone
   9. Musical devices
   10. Rhythm
   11. Meter
   12. Common forms: sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, etc.
3. The Writer’s System of Values
   1. Common themes
   2. Historical developments
   3. Literary movements
   4. Socio‐economic influences
   5. Multiculturalism
4. The Writer’s Conception of the World
   1. Reason
   2. Imagination
   3. Emotion

ENGL 2610 - Introduction to Prose Fiction

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify key structural elements of a text.
2. Provide meaningful descriptions of the structures of the works being studied.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to understand and critically evaluate the theme, tone, point of view, and setting of works being studied.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss the theme, tone, point of view, and setting of prose fiction works.
2. Discuss how the author’s concerns, style, persona, and description of setting contribute to the way prose fiction works.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to demonstrate an ability to analyze character.

Objectives:

1. Develop criteria for analyzing character.
2. Recognize and discuss the contribution of setting, theme, tone, and structure to the reader’s perception of character.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to develop an individual evaluation of the writer’s conception of the world and the system of values that accompanies it.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss the writer’s use of prose fiction’s common themes.
2. Evaluate the place of historical forces or events in the writer’s work.
3. Analyze the writer’s role in literary movements or the writer’s place in the historical development of prose fiction.
4. Discuss the socio‐economic background presented in the world of the writer’s work.
5. Compare international and multicultural aspects of the various worlds presented in the works being studied.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to recognize the interplay of reason, imagination, and emotion in prose fiction.

Objectives:

1. Explain of the role of reason in the works being studied.
2. Recognize and discuss the role of imagination in the works being studied.
3. Evaluate the role of emotion in the works being studied.
4. Describe prose fiction as the artistic creation of the whole human being, encompassing reason, imagination, and emotion.

Outcome 6:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to write papers that combine literary analysis with correct standard documentation format.

Objectives:

1. Shape a controlling idea for each paper, stated in an introduction.
2. Develop the controlling idea for each paper in a body, using appropriate support and evidence.
3. Organize each paper appropriately, unifying paragraphs by means of topic sentences, linking paragraphs by a variety of transitions, and arranging the main points effectively.
4. Summarize the controlling idea of each paper in a conclusion.
5. Document sources used for each paper according to standard format.

1. Definition: What is the Novel? Novel, Novella, and other prose fiction.
2. Reading the Novels.
   1. Setting, Point of View, and Tone.
   2. Character and Theme.
   3. Structure and Plot.
3. The Writer’s System of Values.
   1. Common Themes.
   2. Historical Developments.
   3. Literary Movements.
   4. Socio‐Economic Backgrounds.
   5. Multiculturalism.
4. The Writer’s Conception of the World.
   1. Reason.
   2. Imagination.
   3. Emotion.

ENGL 2640 - Children’s Literature

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Read a variety of literary works designed for children and young adults, including works in various genres (such as novels, picture books, fairy tales, poetry, and autobiographies).
2. Identify and apply criteria to evaluate the aesthetic quality of literary works.
3. Identify and apply criteria to evaluate the appropriateness of literary works based on the developmental stages of children and young adults.
4. Apply considerations of cultural diversity to selections of reading material for children and young adults.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to write analytical papers focused on the interpretation and/or evaluation of works of literature for children and young adults.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write papers that show technical skill in the organization and development of academic arguments.
2. Edit writing to minimize errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and mechanics.
3. Integrate and document any secondary research used according to current MLA formats.
4. Apply current MLA conventions for references to literary works.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply concepts of literary interpretation to primary texts designed for children and young adults.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Use accurate terminology for literary concepts (such as “protagonist” or “plot”) both orally and in writing.
2. Use literary concepts to arrive at interpretations of works of children and young adult literature and argue for these interpretations orally and/or in writing.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to use techniques to engage children and young adults in the study of literature.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Use techniques of oral interpretation to present literary works in a clear and interesting way.
2. Link themes of literary works to issues that are significant to children and young adults.

1. Literary Texts
   1. A variety of major genres of literary texts designed for children and young adults, such as autobiography, poetry, novel, picture book, and fairy tales
   2. Literary texts that are appropriate for preschool through high school
   3. Literary texts that reflect variety in their cultural backgrounds, such as books focused on characters of varying historical time periods, varying ethnic backgrounds, and/or varying family makeup
2. Elements of Literature
   1. Structural elements, such as plot, setting and characterization
   2. Stylistic elements such as rhyme, meter, and tone
   3. Evaluative elements such as theme and aesthetic criteria
   4. Visual elements such as page design and drawings in picture books
3. Writing Skills
   1. Methods for writing literary analyses
   2. Review MLA documentation as needed
   3. Conventions for literary references in MLA style
   4. Review academic writing elements such as unity, development, and coherence as needed
   5. Review grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics as needed
4. Developmental Considerations
   1. Major developmental stages from preschool through high school
   2. Criteria for identifying literary works as appropriate for children and young adults based on their developmental stages
   3. Techniques for introducing children and young adults to literary works, such as giving oral presentations of picture books and writing lesson plans

ENGL 2710 - American Literature: Colonial to 1865

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Recognize and analyze the literature of exploration.
2. Recognize and analyze Native American stories and myths.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of Puritanism.

Objectives:

1. Identify the cultural environment from which Puritanism emerged.
2. Analyze/distinguish among the specific forms of this literature: sermon, poetry, historical narratives, spiritual autobiography.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the literature of the 18th century.

Objectives:

1. Analyze the cultural environment from which this literature emerged.
2. Analyze the Age of Enlightenment as expressed through the political writings of the American Revolution.
3. Analyze the Age of Enlightenment as expressed through the growth of autobiography.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of Romanticism.

Objectives:

1. Analyze the cultural environment from which this literature emerged.
2. Explain the rise of the narrative form.
3. Identify/explain Transcendentalism and its characteristics.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the literature arising from the debate over slavery.

Objectives:

1. Explain the cultural environment from which this literature arose.
2. Identify and analyze abolitionist literature.
3. Analyze slave narratives.

Outcome 6:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to write literary analysis papers using correct MLA documentation format.

Objectives:

1. Shape a controlling idea for each paper, stated in an introduction.
2. Develop the controlling idea for each paper in a body, using appropriate support and evidence.
3. Organize each paper appropriately, unifying paragraphs by means of topic sentences, linking paragraphs by a variety of transitions, and arranging the main points effectively.
4. Summarize the controlling idea of each paper in a conclusion.
5. Document sources used for each paper according to acceptable MLA format.

1. Native American literary tradition
   1. Oral narrative
   2. Oral poetry
2. Literature of exploration
   1. New Spain
   2. New France
   3. Chesapeake
3. Puritanism
   1. Historical narrative
   2. Spiritual autobiography
   3. Sermons
   4. Poetry
4. Eighteenth Century literature
   1. Age of Enlightenment
   2. Political writings of the American Revolution
   3. Growth of autobiography
5. Romanticism
   1. Rise of the narrative form
   2. Transcendentalism
6. The debate over slavery
   1. Abolitionist literature
   2. Slave narratives

ENGL 2720 - American Literature, 1865 to 1920

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Explain Realism as a literary technique and as a historical construct.
2. Recognize the continuation of Romantic attitudes and techniques in the works of this period.
3. Identify and explain the growing international awareness of American writers and the impact of this awareness upon their work.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of Naturalism.

Objectives:

1. Explain Naturalism as a literary technique and as a historical construct.
2. Analyze the increasing concern of some writers with social issues.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to write papers that combine literary analysis with correct standard documentation format.

Objectives:

1. Shape a controlling idea for each paper, stated in an introduction.
2. Develop the controlling idea for each paper in a body, using appropriate support and evidence.
3. Organize each paper appropriately, unifying paragraphs by means of topic sentences, linking paragraphs by a variety of transitions, and arranging the main points effectively.
4. Summarize the controlling idea of each paper in a conclusion.
5. Document sources used for each paper according to acceptable standard format.

1. Realism
   1. Early Realism
   2. The Gilded Age
   3. Regionalism
2. Naturalism
   1. Urban growth and industrialization
   2. Immigration

ENGL 2730 - American Literature, 1920 to Present

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify key elements of a Modern text, including its shift to experimentation in structures and form.
2. Provide meaningful descriptions of the characteristics of Modernism.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to understand and critically evaluate the concepts of Social Realism, Neo‐Romanticism, and Existentialism through examples found in 20th Century literature.

Objectives:

1.  Study and analyze literature representative of the Great Depression and pre‐WWII America.
2. Examine socially relevant works in various genres of 20th Century literature.
3. Explore the psychology of characters in literature as representative of the psyche of post‐WWII Americans.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to identify and articulate the concepts of Post‐modernism in American Literature.

Objectives:

1. Read and discuss literary works characteristic of post‐WWII America.
2. Examine the pattern of development of the American novel since WWII.
3. Study and analyze the use of Realism and Experimentation in Post‐modern and Contemporary Literature.
4. Explore the shift in all areas of American Literature to a less structured and more open form.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to read and analyze diverse and multicultural voices in 20th and 21st Century literature.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss the influence of the various Rights movements of the late 20th and 21st centuries.
2. Explore various new voices and genres.
3. Recognize the growth of Neo‐romantic interest in Experimentation in poetry of the period.
4. Note the role of film as a mode of extending literature to an increasingly visual‐oriented America.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to write papers that combine literary analysis with standard documentation format.

Objectives:

1. Shape a controlling idea for each paper, stated in an introduction.
2. Develop the controlling idea for each paper in a body, using appropriate support and evidence.
3. Organize each paper appropriately, unifying paragraphs by means of topic sentences, linking paragraphs by a variety of transitions, and arranging the main points effectively.
4. Summarize the controlling idea of each paper in a conclusion.
5. Document sources used for each paper according to standard format.

1. Definition: What are the identifiable literary characteristics of literature in the 20th and 21st centuries?
2. Reading the Literature.:
   1. Modernism in 20th Century Literature.
   2. Post‐WWII Literature.
   3. Harlem Renaissance
   4. Post‐modern Literature of the 1960s and 1970s.
   5. Neo‐romanticism and Neo‐modernism.
   6. Experiments in Poetry.
   7. Socially Relevant Drama.
   8. Significant voices, styles and techniques in Contemporary Literature.
3. The Writer’s System of Values.:
   1. Common Themes.
   2. Historical Developments.
   3. Shift to Experimental Literature.
   4. Socio‐Economic Backgrounds.
   5. Multiculturalism.
4. The Writer’s Conception of the World:
   1. Movement toward Satire as a Weapon.
   2. Fragmentation of Literary Texts to Reflect the World.
   3. Creation of New Forms (antinovel and antihero) to Reflect the New World.

ENGL 2740 - Introduction to African-American Literature

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify elements of African‐American texts that reveal efforts to meet, exceed, and/or challenge Enlightenment standards.
2. Describe Enlightenment standards as they relate to African‐American literature.
3. Identify the use of vernacular in slave narratives, hymns, spirituals, and folktales.
4. Analyze the use of vernacular in slave narratives, hymns, spirituals, and folktales.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to interpret works that have been categorized as participating in the Harlem Renaissance.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Recognize works from the Harlem Renaissance.
2. Assess works from the Harlem Renaissance.
3. Recognize the ways works from the Harlem Renaissance contributed to emerging popular culture.
4. Explain connections between the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Migration.
5. Explain Pan‐Africanism.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to critically evaluate the tenets of various literary movements and critical debates fostered by African‐American literature during the 20th century.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify elements of an urban realism text, including seting and the impact of social forces.
2. Investigate the conflicts and debates over the protest novel.
3. Explain the conflicts and debates over the protest novel.
4. Analyze literature and polemics advocating a black arts movement.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to interpret examples of contemporary African‐American literature.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Recognize and discuss the multiplicity of African‐American identities.
2. Identify the uses of history in contemporary African‐American fiction.
3. Assess works produced by an emerging community of black women writers.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to write papers that combine literary analysis with standard documentation format.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Shape a controlling idea for each paper, stated in an introduction.
2. Develop the controlling idea for each paper in a body, using appropriate support and evidence.
3. Organize each paper appropriately, unifying paragraphs by means of topic sentences, linking paragraphs by a variety of transitions, and arranging the main points effectively.
4. Summarize the controlling idea of each paper in a conclusion.
5. Document sources used for each paper according to standard format.

1. 18th and 19th Century Writing
   1. Poetry
   2. Slave Narratives
   3. Abolitionist Literature
   4. Hymns and Spirituals
   5. African‐American Folktales
2. Harlem Renaissance
   1. Poetry
   2. Literature
   3. Essays
3. Literary Movements
   1. Urban Realism
   2. Debates over the Protest Novel
   3. Black Arts Movement
4. Contemporary African‐American Literature
   1. Multiplicity of Identities
   2. Uses of History
   3. Women Writers

ENGL 2800 - World Literature to 1400

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Support their own identification of significant themes of primary texts of world literature.
2. Identify significant genres in primary texts of world literature.
3. Identify and analyze the significance of literary devices in primary texts of world literature.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to make connections between their own experiences and the ideas and literary forms of the primary texts through discussions and/or written analyses.

Objectives:

1. Analyze elements common to the human experience.
2. Compare the mutual influence of specific cultural elements and the literary texts.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to evaluate primary texts as aesthetic creations through the oral and/or written application of appropriate criteria.

Objectives:

1. Argue for appropriate criteria for making an aesthetic judgment of literary texts.
2. Apply criteria that are most relevant to the specific literary text.
3. Express an aesthetic response to the literary texts through the application of relevant criteria.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to conduct research on an aspect of world literature and write a paper (MLA style) based on that research.

Objectives:

1. Determine appropriate secondary sources.
2. Synthesize the results of research and analysis.
3. Cite the sources used in MLA style.

1. Genres
   1. Major genres of literary works common to the cultures under study, such as epic and tragedy
   2. Literary works chosen from a variety of cultures and time periods from the earliest works of literature though approximately 1400 CE., such as Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Ramayana of Valmiki, Beowulf, The Tale of Genji, Classic of Poetry, The Divine Comedy, and The Song of Roland
2. Elements of literature
   1. Structural elements such as plot, setting, and characterization
   2. Stylistic elements such as rhyme, meter, and tone
   3. Evaluative elements such as theme and aesthetic criteria
3. Cultural Aspects
   1. Contexts for literary works under study (such as historical and philosophical influences)
   2. Influence of literary works on contemporary and/or current culture(s)
4. Writing Skills
   1. Methods for writing literary analyses
   2. Review as needed for finding, evaluating, using, and documenting secondary sources according to MLA formats

ENGL 2810 - World Literature From 1400

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Support their own identification of significant themes of primary texts of world literature.
2. Identify significant genres in primary texts of world literature.
3. Identify and analyze the significance of literary devices in primary texts of world literature.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to make connections between their own experiences and the ideas and literary forms of the primary texts through discussions and/or written analyses.

Objectives:

1. Analyze elements common to the human experience.
2. Compare the mutual influence of specific cultural elements and the literary texts.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to evaluate primary texts as aesthetic creations through the oral and/or written application of appropriate criteria.

Objectives:

1. Argue for appropriate criteria for making an aesthetic judgment of literary texts.
2. Apply criteria that are most relevant to the specific literary text.
3. Express an aesthetic response to the literary texts through the application of relevant criteria.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to conduct research on an aspect of world literature and write a paper based on that research.

Objectives:

1. Determine appropriate secondary sources.
2. Synthesize the results of research and analysis.
3. Cite the sources used in a standard documentation format.

1. Genres
   1. Major genres of literary works common to the cultures under study, such as epic and tragedy
   2. Literary works chosen from a variety of cultures and time periods from approximately 1400 CE on, such as writings by Shakespeare, Cao Xueqin, Moliere, Basho, Tolstoy, Ibsen, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Conrad, Yeats, Pirandello, Whitman, and Achebe
2. Elements of literature
   1. Structural elements such as plot, settng, and characterization
   2. Stylistic elements such as rhyme, meter, and tone
   3. Evaluative elements such as theme and aesthetic criteria
3. Cultural Aspects
   1. Contexts for literary works under study (such as historical and philosophical influences)
   2. Influence of literary works on contemporary and/or current culture(s)
4. Writing Skills
   1. Methods for writing literary analyses
   2. Review as needed for finding, evaluating, using, and documenting secondary sources according to MLA formats

ENGL 2850 - Shakespeare Survey

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. By completing a quiz or examination recognizing poetic style in Shakespeare’s works with at least 70 percent accuracy.
2. By completing a quiz or examination defining rhetorical devices in Shakespeare’s works with at least 70 percent accuracy.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate theme, plot structure, characterization, and socio‐historical seting in Shakespeare’s works.

Objectives:

1. By writing an essay that analyzes theme in Shakespeare’s works.
2. By writing an essay that evaluates plot structure in Shakespeare’s works.
3. By writing an essay that assesses characterization in Shakespeare’s works.
4. By writing an essay that examines socio‐historical seting in Shakespeare’s works.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate Shakespeare’s world view and the system of values exhibited in his works.

Objectives:

1. By writing an essay that analyzes Shakespeare’s world view.
2. By writing an essay that evaluates Shakespeare’s system of values.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate the major genres of Shakespeare’s art (sonnet, comedy, history, tragedy) and define their characteristics.

Objectives:

1. By writing an essay and/or examination that analyzes the sonnets.
2. By writing an essay and/or examination that evaluates the comedies.
3. By writing an essay and/or examination that assesses the histories.
4. By writing an essay and/or examination that examines the tragedies.

1. Shakespeare’s Language.
   1. Rhythm and Rhyme.
   2. Poetic Devices.
   3. Rhetorical Devices.
2. Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
   1. Structure and Form.
   2. Content and Love Theme.
3. Shakespeare’s Comedies.
   1. Theme.
   2. Plot.
   3. Character.
   4. Setting.
   5. World View of the Comedies.
4. Shakespeare’s Histories.
   1. Theme.
   2. Plot.
   3. Character.
   4. Setting.
   5. World View of the Histories.
5. Shakespeare’s Tragedies.
   1. Theme.
   2. Plot.
   3. Character.
   4. Setting.
   5. World View of the Tragedies.

ENGL 2855 - Special Topics in Literature

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Support their own identification of significant themes, characterization, setting, symbolism, etc. of primary texts of the special topic.
2. Identify significant genres, themes, and literary devices in primary texts of the special topic.
3. Identify and analyze the significance of literary devices in primary texts of the special topic.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to develop an individual interpretation of the writer’s conception of the world and the system of values that accompanies it.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss the writer’s use of the special topic’s common themes
2. Evaluate the place of historical forces or events in the writer’s work.
3. Analyze the writer’s role in literary movements or the writer’s place in the historical development of the special topic.
4. Discuss the socio-economic background presented in the world of the writer’s work.
5. Compare international and multi-cultural aspects of the various worlds presented in the works being studied if relevant.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to evaluate primary texts as aesthetic creations through the oral and/or written application of appropriate criteria.

Objectives:

1. Argue for appropriate criteria for making an aesthetic judgment of literary texts
2. Apply criteria that are most relevant to the specific literary text.
3. Express an aesthetic response to the literary texts through the application of relevant criteria.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to conduct research on an aspect of the literature of the special topic and write a paper (MLA style) based on that research.

Objectives:

1. Employ appropriate sources.
2. Analyze an aspect of the literature of the special topic.
3. Synthesize the results of research and analysis of the literature of the special topic.
4. Cite, parenthetically and on the works cited page, the sources used (MLA Style).

1. Works
   1. A number of literary works that operate within the confines of the special topic
   2. Works chosen for variety of cultures and time periods if appropriate
2. Elements of Literature
   1. Structural elements such as plot, setting, and characterization
   2. Stylistic elements such as tone, diction, and word choice
   3. Evaluative elements such as theme and aesthetic criteria
3. Cultural Aspects
   1. Contexts for literary works under study (such as historical and philosophical influences)
   2. Influence of literary works on contemporary and/or current culture and vice versa
4. Writing Skills
   1. Methods for writing analysis
   2. Review as needed for finding, evaluating, using, and documenting secondary sources according to MLA documentation.

EAPP 1054 - Academic Speaking & Listening 1

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives: In a brief report the student will:

1. Give enough information for the audience to understand his/her point.
2. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
3. Use English at the appropriate register.
4. Speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
5. Show appropriate body language.
6. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to participate actively in small and large group discussions.

Objectives: During the discussion, the student will:

1. Make statements that relate to the topic.
2. Ask questions that relate to the topic.
3. Answer questions in a way that shows s/he understood the questions.
4. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
5. Use English at the appropriate register.
6. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.
7. Show respect for others by not interrupting or making fun of another student.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to give a brief formal talk.

Objectives: In a short talk, the student will:

1. Give enough information for the audience to understand his/her point(s).
2. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
3. Speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
4. Show appropriate body language.
5. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.
6. Use English at the appropriate register.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate expansion of his/her vocabulary.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the meaning of idioms.
2. Correctly use and pronounce new words

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate improvement in his/her listening ability.

Objectives:

1. Distinguish between similar sounding sentences.
2. Identify the number of syllables in a word.
3. Identify the syllable that gets the most stress.
4. Write the missing words on a transcription of the sentences.
5. Identify the word in a sentence that gets the most stress.
6. Determine which response to a sentence is logical based on which word is stressed.
7. Give a logical answer to a question about a statement based on the intonation pattern used by the speaker.

1. Aspects of speaking and listening
   1. Sounds
      1. Vowels
      2. Consonants
      3. Intonation
         1. Stops
         2. Syllable length
   2. Words
      1. Stress
         1. Vowel length
         2. Vowel clarity
      2. Word stress patterns
   3. Sentences
      1. Emphasis pattern: content words
      2. Emphasis pattern: structure words
   4. Conversation
      1. Pitch patterns
      2. Intonation patterns
2. Practice modes
   1. Discussion groups
      1. Small
      2. Large
   2. Individual reports
3. Vocabulary building
   1. Idioms
   2. Words selected from academic word list
   3. Words selected by students from outside sources
   4. Words from articles for discussion

EAPP 1100 - Integrated Skills & Preparatory Composition 1

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Given dictated sentences that include grammatical structures and vocabulary taught during the semester, transcribe the sentences.
2. Answer listening comprehension questions when asked by the teacher or other students.
3. Complete listening comprehension activities from the textbook or teacher-designed activities.
4. Participate in interactive group activities.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to communicate effectively.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
2. Correctly use the grammatical structures taught in the class.
3. Speak with appropriate rhythm and intonation patterns.
4. Make effective use of eye contact.
5. Speak loudly enough to be heard by all listeners.
6. Give adequate details/examples for the situation.
7. Participate in group activities.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate reading comprehension skills.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Answer questions about their readings in the textbooks.
2. Use new vocabulary from their readings in their written and spoken assignments.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an increase his/her vocabulary. Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the meanings of new vocabulary on tests.
2. Use new vocabulary in written assignments.
3. Use new vocabulary in speaking activities.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to spell words from a list of common words without using a dictionary.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Given words dictated in context, the student will spell them.
2. Spell words in their written assignments.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the use of grammatical structures taught in the course.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write sentences that use the grammatical structures.
2. Combine words and/or sentences to create the grammatical structures.
3. Edit sentences that illustrate the grammatical structures.
4. Use grammatical structures taught in this course in written assignments and spoken activities.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to write brief paragraphs using various rhetorical modes and grammatical structures.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write paragraphs in the suggested rhetorical modes using the standard topic sentence-supporting sentence-concluding sentence pattern:
2. Revise paragraphs following recommendations of the instructor.
3. In their paragraphs, use grammatical structures taught in this course.
4. In their paragraphs, use new vocabulary taught in this course.
5. Write one or more in-class impromptu paragraphs

1. Composition
   1. Paragraph
      1. Form (appearance)
      2. Structure
         1. Topic sentences
         2. Supporting sentences
         3. Concluding sentences
   2. Primary assignments (3 - 5 paragraphs)
2. Grammar
   1. Basic terminology
      1. Parts of speech (except interjection)
      2. Parts of a sentence
      3. Types of sentences
         1. Classified by clauses
            1. Simple
            2. Compound
         2. Classified by function
            1. Statements
               1. Positive
               2. Negative
            2. Questions
               1. Yes/No
               2. Wh-
   2. Structures from grammar textbook
3. Word knowledge and skills
   1. Common words
   2. Academic vocabulary
   3. Irregular verbs
4. Reading comprehension (Each unit begins with a reading that contextualizes the grammatical structure.)
   1. Main idea
   2. Supporting points
5. Speaking
   1. Informal
   2. Academic

EAPP 1150 - Extensive Reading 1

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives: By reading books written at students’ comprehension level, they will:

1. Improve their rate of reading.
2. Expand their vocabulary.
3. Improve their general reading ability.
4. Improve their academic reading ability.

1. Beginning activities
   1. Assessment of Reading levels
   2. Determination of appropriate graded-reader levels
2. Library orientation and selection of first book
3. Required work
   1. Students read ESL readers (simplified books)
   2. Write book reports
   3. Give oral book reports
   4. Keep a weekly reading log.
4. Class activities to foster improved reading skills
   1. Timed repeated readings.
   2. Practice cloze tests.

EAPP 1200 - Integrated Skills & Preparatory Composition 2

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Given dictated sentences that include grammatical structures and intonation patterns taught during the semester, the student will transcribe the sentences.
2. Answer listening comprehension questions when asked by the teacher or other student
3. Complete listening comprehension activities from the textbook or teacher-designed activities.
4. Participate in interactive group activities.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to communicate effectively.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
2. Use the grammatical structures taught in the class.
3. Speak with appropriate rhythm and intonation patterns.
4. Make effective use of eye contact.
5. Speak loudly enough to be heard by all listeners.
6. Participate in interactive group activities.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate reading comprehension skills.

Objectives:

1. Answer questions about the readings in their textbooks.
2. Use new vocabulary from the readings in written assignments and speaking activities.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an increase his/her vocabulary.

Objectives:

1. Identify new vocabulary meanings on tests.
2. Use new vocabulary in written assignments.
3. Use new vocabulary in speaking activities.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to spell words from a list of common words without using a dictionary.

Objectives:

1. Given words dictated in context, students will spell them.
2. Student will spell words in their written assignments.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the use of grammatical structures taught in the course.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write sentences that use the grammatical structures.
2. Combine words and/or sentences to create the grammatical structures.
3. Edit sentences that illustrate the grammatical structures.
4. Use grammatical structures taught in this course in written assignments and spoken activities.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to write brief paragraphs using various rhetorical modes and grammatical Structures.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write paragraphs in the suggested rhetorical modes using the standard topic sentence-supporting sentence-concluding sentence pattern:
   1. Using only dictionaries, write one or more in-class impromptu paragraphs.
2. Revise paragraphs following guidelines of the instructor.
3. In their paragraphs, use grammatical structures taught in this course.
4. In their paragraphs, use new vocabulary taught in this course.

1. Composition
   1. Paragraph
      1. Topic sentence
      2. Supporting points
      3. Conclusion
   2. Primary assignments (3 - 5 paragraphs)
2. Grammar
   1. Review of basic terms
      1. Parts of speech (except interjection)
      2. Parts of a sentence
      3. Types of sentences
         1. Classified by clauses
            1. Simple
            2. Compound
            3. Complex
         2. Classified by function
            1. Statements
               1. Positive
               2. Negative
            2. Questions
               1. Yes/No
               2. Wh-
   2. Structures as indicated in grammar textbook
3. Word knowledge and skills
   1. Common words
   2. Academic vocabulary
   3. Irregular verbs
4. Reading comprehension (Each unit begins with a reading.)
   1. Main idea
   2. Supporting points
5. Speaking
   1. Informal
   2. Academic

EAPP 1254 - Academic Speaking & Listening 2

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives: In a report the student will:

1. Give enough information for the audience to understand his/her point.
2. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
3. Use English at the appropriate register.
4. Speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
5. Show appropriate body language.
6. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to participate actively in small and large group discussions.

Objectives: During the discussion, the student will:

1. Make statements that relate to the topic.
2. Ask questions that relate to the topic.
3. Answer questions in a way that shows s/he understood the questions.
4. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
5. Use English at the appropriate register.
6. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation
7. Show respect for others by not interrupting or making fun of another student.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to give a formal academic speech.

Objectives: In a speech, the student will:

1. Give a well organized speech so the audience can understand his/her point(s).
2. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
3. Speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
4. Show appropriate body language.
5. Use comprehensible intonation and pronunciation.
6. Use English at the appropriate register.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate expansion of his/her vocabulary.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the meaning of idioms.
2. Correctly use and pronounce new words.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate improvement in his/her listening ability.

Objectives:

1. Distinguish between similar sounding sentences.
2. Identify the number of syllables in a word.
3. Identify the syllable that gets the most stress.
4. Write the missing words on a transcription of the sentences.
5. Identify the word in a sentence that gets the most stress.
6. Determine which response to a sentence is logical based on which word is stressed.
7. Give a logical answer to a question about a statement based on the intonation pattern used by the speaker.

1. Aspects of speaking and listening
   1. Sounds
      1. Vowels
      2. Consonants
      3. Intonation
         1. Stops
         2. Syllable length
   2. Words
      1. Stress
         1. Vowel length
         2. Vowel clarity
      2. Word stress patterns
   3. Sentences
      1. Emphasis pattern: content words
      2. Emphasis pattern: structure words
   4. Conversation
      1. Pitch patterns
      2. Intonation patterns
2. Practice modes
   1. Discussion groups
      1. Small
      2. Large
   2. Individual reports
3. Vocabulary building
   1. Idioms
   2. Words selected from academic word list.
   3. Words selected by students from outside sources
   4. Words from articles for discussion

EAPP 1300 - Integrated Skills & Preparatory Composition 3

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write paragraphs in the suggested rhetorical modes using the standard topic sentence-supporting sentence-concluding sentence pattern.
2. Write one or more in-class impromptu paragraphs.
3. Write 1-2 summaries of simple reading.
4. Revise paragraphs following guidelines of the instructor.
5. In their paragraphs, use grammatical structures taught in this course.
6. In their paragraphs, use new vocabulary taught in this course.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the use of grammatical structures taught in the course.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write sentences that use the grammatical structures.
2. Combine words and/or sentences to create the grammatical structures.
3. Edit sentences that illustrate the grammatical structures.
4. Use grammatical structures taught in this course in written assignments and spoken activities.
5. Use other grammatical structures in their assignments.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate reading comprehension skills.

Objectives:

1. Write a summary of an article from the textbook or another source of comparable difficulty
2. Answer questions about the readings in the textbooks.
3. Use new vocabulary from readings in written assignments and speaking activities.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an increase in his/her vocabulary.

Objectives:

1. Use new vocabulary in writing assignments.
2. Use new vocabulary in speaking activities.
3. Identify and express meaning of new vocabulary words on tests and quizzes.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to spell words from a list of common and academic words without using a dictionary.

Objectives:

1. Given words dictated in context, the student will spell them.
2. Spell words correctly their written assignments.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to communicate effectively.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
2. Use the grammatical structures taught in the class.
3. Speak with appropriate rhythm and intonation patterns.
4. Make effective use of eye contact.
5. Speak loudly enough to be heard by all listeners.
6. Give adequate details/examples for the situation.
7. Participate in interactive group activities.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate intermediate level listening ability.

Objectives:

1. Given dictated sentences that include grammatical structures and vocabulary taught during the semester, the student will transcribe the sentences.
2. Answer listening comprehension questions when asked by the teacher or other students.
3. Complete listening comprehension activities from the textbook or teacher-designed activities.
4. Participate in interactive group activities.        

1. Composition
   1. A. Paragraphs
      1. Reviews of the basics
         1. Topic sentence
         2. Support
         3. Conclusion
      2. Primary assignments (3 - 5 paragraphs)
   2. Summary papers
2. Grammar
   1. Review of basic terms
      1. Parts of speech
      2. Parts of a sentence
      3. Types of sentences
         1. Classified by clauses
            1. Simple
            2. Compound
            3. Complex
         2. Classified by function
            1. Statements
            2. Questions
               1. Yes/No
               2. Wh-
   2. Structures
      1. Verb tense review
         1. Introduce present perfect -comparison of past and present perfect usage
      2. Adjectives and adverbs
      3. Gerunds
      4. Infinitives
      5. Modals
      6. Other structures
3. Word knowledge and skills
   1. Common words
   2. Academic vocabulary
   3. Irregular verbs
4. Reading comprehension (Each unit begins with a reading.)
   1. Main idea
   2. Supporting points
5. Speaking
   1. Informal (every class)
   2. Academic discourse

EAPP 1360 - Academic Reading & Vocabulary

Credit Hours: 4.00

OBJECTIVES:

1.  Examine a range of academic texts and categorize text type, text structure and purpose.
2.  Summarize and break down relevant written information in academic writing and/ or oral presentations.
3.  Develop critical reading skills.
4.  Apply reading strategies to enhance comprehension.

OUTCOME 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply increased usage of a range of vocabulary items from a variety of texts.

OBJECTIVES:

1.  Analyze words and definitions.
2.  Apply vocabulary related to weekly themes and topics.
3.  Develop control over word formation including parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms.

OUTCOME 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to utilize discipline-specific vocabulary in a corpus-based list.

OBJECTIVES:

1.  Identify specific discipline related academic words.
2.  Analyze words and definitions.
3.  Use discipline-specific academic words in context.
4. Distinguish semi-technical vocabulary words used in a text that are not normally found in general English courses.

              Academic Word List

              Preview questions

              Reading text (varied disciplines)

              Vocabulary in context

              Reading Comprehension

              Think and Discuss: analyze, infer meaning, evaluate

              Dictionary skills

              Word Forms

              Collocations

              Word parts: Roots, prefixes, noun suffixes, adjective suffix, adverb suffix, and verb suffx

              Writing: Paraphrasing, defining a term, and short summary

(II). Discipline Specific Vocabulary          

              Discipline Specific Vocabulary Word List (from corpus)

              Vocabulary in authentic text

              Modules: definitions, pictures, practice and assessment

              Dictionary skills

EAPP 1400 - Integrated Skills & Preparatory Composition 4

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Write paragraphs in the suggested rhetorical modes using the standard topic sentence-supporting sentence-concluding sentence pattern.
2. Write two or more in-class impromptu paragraphs.
3. Write summaries of articles from textbooks or equivalent readings.
4. Revise paragraphs and summaries following the guidelines of the instructor.
5. In their paragraphs, use grammatical structures taught in this course.
6. In their paragraphs, use new vocabulary taught in this course.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the use of grammatical structures taught in the course.

Objectives:

1. Write sentences that use the grammatical structures.
2. Combine words and/or sentences to create the grammatical structures.
3. Edit sentences that illustrate the grammatical structures.
4. Use grammatical structures taught in this course in written assignments and spoken activities.
5. Use other grammatical structures in assignments.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate reading comprehension skills.

Objectives:

1. Answer questions about the readings in the textbooks.
2. Use new vocabulary from the readings in written assignments and speaking activities.
3. Write summaries of articles from the textbooks or other equivalent articles.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an increase in his/her vocabulary.

Objectives:

1. Use new vocabulary in writing assignments.
2. Use new vocabulary in speaking activities.
3. Identify and express meaning of new vocabulary on tests and quizzes.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to spell general and academic words from a list.

Objectives:

1. Given words dictated in context, students will spell them.
2. Spell words in written assignments.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to communicate in academic discourse.

Objectives:

1. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
2. Use the grammatical structures taught in the class.
3. Speak with appropriate rhythm and intonation patterns.
4. Make effective use of eye contact.
5. Speak loudly enough to be heard by all listeners.
6. Give adequate details/examples for the situation.
7. Participate in interactive group activities.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate low-advanced listening ability.

Objectives:

1. Given dictated sentences that include grammatical structures and vocabulary taught during the semester, the student will transcribe the sentences.
2. Answer listening comprehension questions when asked by the teacher or other students.
3. Complete listening comprehension activities from the textbook or teacher-designed activities.
4. Participate in interactive group activities.

1. Composition
   1. Paragraphs (3 - 5 paragraphs)
      1. Review of the basics
         1. Topic sentence
         2. Support
         3. Conclusion
   2. Summary-reaction papers ( 1 -2 summaries)
      1. Skills required
         1. Quoting
         2. Paraphrasing
         3. Summarizing
      2. Primary assignments
         1. One - Two summaries of articles from the textbook or other sources of comparable difficulty
2. Grammar
   1. Reviews of basic terms
      1. Parts of speech
      2. Parts of a sentence
      3. Types of sentences
         1. Classified by clauses
            1.  Simple
            2. Compound
            3. Complex
         2. Classified by function
            1. Statements
            2. Positive
            3. Negative
         3. Questions
            1. Yes/No
            2. Wh-
   2. Grammar from grammar textbook
3. Word knowledge and skills
   1. Common words
   2. Academic vocabulary
   3. Irregular verbs
4. Reading comprehension (Each unit begins with a reading.)
   1. Main idea
   2. Supporting points
5. Speaking
   1. Informal (every class)
   2. Academic discourse

EAPP 1500 - Integrated Skills & Preparatory Composition 5

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write paragraphs in the different rhetorical modes using the standard topic sentence-supporting sentence-concluding sentence pattern:
2. Write one or more in-class impromptu paragraphs
3. Write summaries from articles in the textbook or equivalent with a response for at least one summary
4. Revise paragraphs and summaries following the guidelines of the instructor.
5. In their paragraphs, use grammatical structures taught in this course.
6. In their paragraphs, use new vocabulary taught in this course.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate basic essay-writing ability.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Write 2-3 essays in different rhetorical modes.
   1. Write an introduction that “hooks” the reader and ends with a thesis.
   2. Support the thesis with two or three body paragraphs.
   3. End the essay with a concluding paragraph.
   4. Adhere to college-level standards of grammar and vocabulary.
   5. Students will be exposed to documentation and plagiarism.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate reading comprehension skills.

Objectives:

1. Write 1-3 summaries of articles from textbooks or outside sources.
2. Answer questions about the readings in the textbooks.
3. Use new vocabulary from the readings in the textbooks in written assignments and speaking activities.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an increase in his/her vocabulary.

Objectives:

1. Use new vocabulary in writing assignments and speaking activities.
2. Identify and express meaning of new vocabulary on tests and quizzes.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to increase their ability to correctly spell words.

Objectives:

1. Given words dictated in context, the student will spell them.
2. Spell words correctly in writing assignments.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the use of grammatical structures taught in the course.

Objectives:

1. Write sentences that use the grammatical structures.
2. Combine words and/or sentences to create the grammatical structures.
3. Edit sentences that illustrate the grammatical structures.
4. Use grammatical structures taught in this course in written assignments and spoken activities.
5. Use other grammatical structures in their assignments.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to effectively communicate in academic discourse.

Objectives:

1. Speak clearly enough to be understood.
2. Use the grammatical structures taught in the class.
3. Speak with appropriate rhythm and intonation patterns.
4. Make effective use of eye contact.
5. Speak loudly enough to be heard by all listeners.
6. Give adequate details/examples for the situation.
7. Participate in interactive group activities.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate advanced listening ability.

Objectives:

1. Answer listening comprehension questions when asked by the teacher or other students.
2. Complete listening comprehension activities from the textbook or teacher-designed activities.
3. Participate in interactive group activities.

1. Composition
   1. Paragraphs
      1. Review of the basics
         1. Topic sentence
         2. Support
         3. Conclusion
      2. Primary assignments 
   2. Summary-reaction papers
      1. Review of the basics
         1. Quoting
         2. Paraphrasing
         3. Summarizing
         4. Reacting
      2. Primary assignments (1-3 summaries assigned)
   3. Essays
      1. Structure
         1. Introduction
            1. Strategies to “hook” the reader
            2. Thesis
         2. Body
            1. Support for the thesis, including information from two sources
            2. Refutation of an opposing point
         3. Conclusion
      2. Primary assignments (2-3 essays assigned)
2. Grammar
   1. Review of basic terms
      1. Parts of speech
      2. Parts of a sentence
         1. Subject
         2. Predicate
         3. Phrases
         4. Clauses
      3. Types of sentences
         1. Classified by clauses
            1. Simple
            2. Compound
            3. Complex
            4. Compound-complex
         2. Classified by function
            1. Statements
               1. Positive
               2. Negative
            2. Questions
               1. Yes/No
               2. Wh-
   2. Structures
      1. Verb review
      2. Adjective and adverb clauses
      3. Noun modifiers (articles and quantifiers) and Noun clauses (including indirect speech and embedded questions)
      4. Passive voice
      5. Review of Conditional
      6. Subjunctive
3. Word knowledge and skills
   1. Common words
   2. Academic vocabulary
   3. Irregular verbs
4. Reading comprehension (Each unit begins with a reading.)
   1. Main idea
   2. Supporting points
5. Speaking
   1. Informal (every class)
   2. Academic discourse

ENVS 1050 - Environmental Science

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Define the science terms environmental science, interdisciplinary science, law and theory.
2. Explain environmentalism and its place in human history and technology.
3. Demonstrate competency with scientific method.
4. Analyze modern scientific techniques such as data, statistics, graphing, systems and models.
5. Explain environmental terminology; stewardship, sustainability, conservation, preservation, economics, natural resources.
6. Evaluate the human impact on the environment and problem solving techniques for environmental issues.
7. Critique carbon footprints.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the environment and ecosystems.

Objectives:

1. Define the biology terms ecology and ecosystems.
2. Explain how energy flows through a food web and transfers between trophic levels.
3. Interrelate producer, consumer detritivore, heterotroph, autotroph, decomposer, prey, predator, succession, niche, habitat, competition, resource partitioning, keystone, and indicator species.
4. Analyze the major terrestrial biomes, giving attention to the climate, soil, and characteristics organisms of various biomes.
5. Explain biodiversity and natural conservation applying concepts such as species endangerment, species richness, invasive species and extinction.
6. Justify processes such as evolution, natural selection, adaptation and environmental services.
7. Appraise the human impact on a variety of ecosystems.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of matter and energy.

Objectives:

1. Define the chemistry terms matter, element, atom, molecule, formula, chemical reaction, organic, inorganic, ion, radioactivity and use these terms to interpret environmental science concepts.
2. Explain the properties of water.
3. Explain the first and second law of thermodynamics.
4. Analyze renewable and nonrenewable energy resources.
5. Explain energy sources; generators, biomass, fracking, fossil fuel, mining, refining, nuclear fission, photovoltaic cells, geothermal, hydrogen fuel cell, turbines, dams and energy efficiency.
6. Evaluate the anthropogenic factors in the biogeochemical and hydrologic cycles.
7. Support Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Refuse

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of earth’s structure and solid waste.

Objectives:

1. Define the geology terms minerals, resources, layers of the earth and plate tectonics.
2. Explain the rock cycle.
3. Interpret soil structures, soil development and soil as a resource
4. Analyze land use for homesteads, landfills, agriculture, forestry, recreation, mining and wilderness.
5. Explain solid waste; types, sources, handling and disposal.
6. Evaluate the human impact related to use of land including national and state parks and monuments.
7. Critique types of mining practices over time.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of atmosphere and climate.

Objectives:

1. Define the physical science topics forces, states of matter, air pressure, climate, weather and the greenhouse effect.
2. Explain the layers of the atmosphere.
3. Discover the action and history of ozone and greenhouse gasses.
4. Analyze climate change including historical and modern evidence.
5. Explain smog, acid rain, and the major classes of air pollutants.
6. Summarize the role of air pollution in relation to the human experience including, asthma, bronchitis and COPD.
7. Summarize the implementation of the Clean Air Act and its result.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of water resources.

Objectives:

1. Define hydrology topics such as fresh water, reservoirs, aquifers, wells, watersheds, groundwater, runoff and de/salinization.
2. Explain the various ways water is essential to life.
3. Interpret aquatic ecosystems and their components.
4. Analyze causes of eutrophication and oxygen sag.
5. Explain the processes of water treatment and waste water managment.
6. Summarize water pollution in relation to the human experience including sources; chemicals, sewage, sediment, pathogens and the effects.
7. Assess human and water relationships including waterborne pathogenic diseases, The Great Lakes recreation/shipping and access to clean water.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of population.

Objectives:

1. Define sociology topics such as population history, models and demographics.
2. Explain biological and then human reproductive factors in terms of developing and developed countries.
3. Interpret population science concepts including carrying capacity, growth rates, birth/death rate, immigration/emigration and biotic potential.
4. Analyze human hazards and risks.
5. Explain mortality, morbidity, urbanization, and affluence.
6. Evaluate world population distributions.
7. Consider reproductive issues such as women’s rights, sexual education, birth control and government/cultural/religious involvement in reproduction issues.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of food and the big picture.

Objectives:

1. Define nutrition topics such as undernutrition, overnutrition, malnutrition and deficiencies.
2. Explain historical and modern agricultural methods.
3. Interpret government policy making as it relates to farming and nutrition in the United States.
4. Critique aquaculture and overfishing.
5. Explain industrialized agriculture/monculture, CAFOs, pesticides, fertilizers and GMOs.
6. Analyze food security and how it relates to the environment.
7. Assess the consequences of obtaining food energy from primarily animals.

1. Understanding Science, Technology, and The Environment
2. Ecosystems
3. Matier and Energy
4. The Structure of the Earth and Solid Waste
5. Atmosphere and Climate
6. Water Resources
7. Human Population
8. Food Supply

FINC 1010 - Introduction to Finance

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Define the field of finance.
2. Distinguish between the various forms of business organizations.
3. Discuss the role of corporate governance, social responsibility, and ethical behavior.
4. Explain the role of financial markets and identify the various classifications.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to explain the importance of time value of money concepts.

Objectives:

1. Apply the time value of money concepts when calculating the present value and future value of lump sums.
2. Identify the different types of annuities.
3. Apply the time value of money concepts when calculating the present value and future value of both an ordinary annuity and annuity due.
4. Explain the difference between normal, periodic and effective interest rates.
5. Apply the basic functions of a financial calculator.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to perform basic financial statement analysis.

Objectives:

1. Identify the basic financial statements and identify the kinds of information that they provide to corporate managers and investors.
2. Explain what ratio analysis is.
3. Calculate ratios from five major categories.
4. Analyze ratios from five major categories.
5. Perform basic trend analysis over a period of time.
6. Compare a firm’s ratios with those of other firms (benchmarking).

Outcome 4: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to explain basic capital budgeting techniques.

Objectives:

1. Define capital budgeting.
2. Define the cost of capital.
3. Calculate payback period, internal rate of return and net present value.
4. Identify the pros and cons of using each capital budgeting method introduced.
5. Explain why the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is used in capital budgeting.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to explain the basics behind financial instruments and risk.

Objectives:

1. Identify factors that influence the cost of money
2. Describe what CAPM is
3. Identify the factors that go into how interest rates are determined.
4. Discuss how bond and stock prices are determined in the market.
5. Differentiate between stocks and bonds.
6. Compare and contrast the basic rights of a stockholder and bondholder.

1. Introduction to Financial Management
   1. An Overview of Financial Management
   2. Financial Markets and Institutions
2. Fundamental Concepts in Financial Management
   1. Financial Statements, Cash Flow and Taxes
   2. Analysis of Financial Statements
   3. Time Value of Money
3. Financial Assets
   1. Interest Rates
   2. Bonds and Their Valuation
   3. Risk and Rates of Return
   4. Stocks and Their Valuation
4. Investing in Long‐Term Assets: Capital Budgeting
   1. The Cost of Capital
   2. The Basics of Capital Budgeting

FIRE 1010 - Fundamentals of Fire Prevention

Credit Hours: 3.00

Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify and define the legal aspects of administering and enforcement of the fire prevention code.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the forms of local government and laws.
2. Identify state and federal laws.
3. Define administration, law and enforcement.
4. Define search and seizure, due process and equal protection.
5. Define intentional and negligent wrongdoing and liability attached.
6. Define civil rights action.
7. Identify the role of the witness.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify the various aspects of conducting fire inspections.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify steps necessary for preparation of an inspection.
2. Demonstrate how to conduct an inspection.
3. Define the use of photography and inspection drawings.
4. Demonstrate a closing interview.
5. Given a list of violations of an occupancy, submit a written report
   1. Containing pertinent information; e.g., name, address, date, occupancy.
   2. Citing the code chapter and section applicable to the violation.
   3. Listing the corrective measures to be taken.
   4. Describing follow‐up inspections.
6. Define appeals procedures, enforcement procedures and judicial review.
7. Identify complaint handling.
8. Identify effective record management.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: given a building, identify its use, occupancy, and compliance for fire safety.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the occupancy and use groups.
2. Define the types of construction.
3. Define open burning.
4. Identify precautions against fire.
5. Identify means of egress components.
6. Identify fire protection systems.
7. Define emergency preparedness.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to determine which requirements are applicable based on the review of construction plans.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Define Fire Resistance Rating.
2. Define fire protection requirements.
3. Identify special fire protection features.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to determine which requirements are applicable based on the hazardous material(s) and system(s) involved.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Define a hazardous material.
2. Define hazards associated with hazardous materials.
3. Identify the fire requirements for hazardous material storage.

1. Introductions/Course Overview/Fire in America
2. Wingspread/Interviewing/Introduction to Codes
3. Codes/Standards/Ordinances
4. Use Groups/Fire Separation
5. Construction Types/Written Assignments
6. Means of Egress
7. Means of Egress Continued/Review for Mid‐term Exam
8. Mid‐term Exam
9. Site Plans
10. Construction Plans
11. Fire Suppression System/Plans
12. Fire Alarm System/Plans
13. Interior Finish/Occupant Loads/Written Assignment Due
14. Role Play “Council Meeting”
15. Final Exam
16. To Be Announced - Possible Field Trip or On‐campus Group Activity

FIRE 1020 - Principles of Emergency Services

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Explain the history.
2. Evaluate the culture of the fire service.
3. Analyze the basic components of fire as a chemical chain reaction, as well as the major phases of fire.
4. Examine the main factors that influence fire spread and fire behavior.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to compare and contrast the components and development of the fire and emergency services.

Objectives: 

1. Describe the major organizations that provide emergency response service, including how they interrelate.
2. Explain the scope, purpose, and organizational structure of fire and emergency services.
3. Differentiate between fire service training and education.
4. Explain the value of higher education to the professionalization of the fire service.
5. Define the role of national, state, and local support organizations in fire and emergency services.
6. Describe the common types of fire and emergency service facilities, equipment, and apparatus.
7. Compare and contrast effective management concepts for various emergency situations.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze careers in fire and emergency services.

Objectives: 

1. Identify fire protection and emergency-service careers in both the public and private sector.
2. Explain the primary responsibilities of fire prevention personnel, including code enforcement, public information, and public and private protection systems.
3. Develop the components of career preparation and goal setting.
4. Demonstrate the importance of wellness and fitness as it relates to emergency services.

1. Careers in the Fire Protection/Emergency Services
   1. Opportunities/Private, Industrial, Local, Municipal, State and Federal
   2. Pay, Hours of Duty, Benefits, Promotion and Retirement Qualifications
   3. Work Ethics and Human Relations Education and Training
      1. Certificates
      2. Degrees
      3. Selection Process
2. History
   1. Evolution of the Fire Protection
   2. The U.S. Fire Problem: Life and Property
3. Fire Prevention and Public Fire Education
   1. Fire Investigation
   2. Code Enforcement
   3. Public Education
4. Scientific Terminology
   1. Fire Behavior
   2. Flammability and Characteristics of Solids, Liquids and Gases
5. Building Design and Construction
6. Fire Detection and Suppression Systems
7. The Role of Public and Private Support Organizations
   1. Local
   2. State
   3. Federal and National
   4. International
8. Fire and Emergency Services Equipment and Facilities Management
   1. Emergency Operations
   2. Organizational Structure of Fire and Emergency Services

FIRE 1110 - Fire Behavior & Combustion

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Explain why radiative, conductive, and convective heat transfer in fires is especially important.
2. Compare thermally thin and thermally thick materials related to heat conduction and radiation.
3. Explain how the methods of heat transfer create issues in firefighting with the development and movement of fire.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to categorize the components of fire.

Objectives:

1. Distinguish measurement in understanding fire behavior.
2. Describe the process of combustion.
3. Identify oxidizers in a fire scenario
4. Restate the two main types of smoke aerosols.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the properties of fire.

Objectives:

1. Explain flammability, in terms of both fire properties and practical application.
2. Describe the nonflaming and flaming stages of fire.
3. Define the categorization of flames.
4. Describe diffusion and turbulent diffusion flames.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to describe the process of burning.

Objectives:

1. Describe the three zones of the plume of a fire burning in the relationship of air entrainment into the flame.
2. Demonstrate the principal combustion products formed in fires.
3. Describe the three significant differences between the burning of solid fuel and the burning of gaseous and liquids fuels.
4. Explain how soot forms.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline the concepts associated with the chemistry of fire.

Objectives:

1. Identify the chemical elements that are related to fires.
2. Identify the smoke flow through different types of buildings.
3. List the hazards to firefighters and others from a fire.
4. Indicate acute effects and chronic effects from smoke.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to discuss various materials considered fuel for fires.

Objectives:

1. Describe the change among the state of matter and the changes in enthalpy associated with each.
2. Evaluate how char formation and melting occur and how they affect the burning rate.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to evaluate the characteristics of water as a fire suppression agent.

Objectives:

1. Illustrate different ways water suppresses fire.
2. Describe the roles of suppression-enhancing additives to water.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to compare the methods of fire extinguishment.

Objectives:

1. Describe the different types of suppression agents that are effective on fire.
2. Identify techniques of fire extinguishments.

1. Matter and Energy
2. The Atom and its Parts
3. Chemical Symbols
4. Molecules
5. Energy and Work
6. Forms of Energy
7. Transformation of Energy
8. Laws of Energy

I. Units of Measurements

1. International (SI) Systems of Measurement
2. English Units of Measurement

II. Chemical Reactions

1. Physical States of Matter
2. Compounds and Mixtures
3. Solutions and Solvents
4. Process of Reactions

III. Fire and the Physical World

1. Characteristics of Fire
2. Characteristics of Solids
3. Characteristics of Liquids
4. Characteristics of Gases

IV. Heat and its Effects

1. Production and Measurement of Heat
2. Different Kinds of Heat

V.  Properties of Solid Materials

1. Common Combustible Solids
2. Plastic and Polymers
3. Combustible Metals
4. Combustible Dust

VI. Common Flammable Liquids and Gases

1. General Properties of Gases
2. The Gas Laws
3. Classification of Gases
4. Compressed Gases

VII. Fire Behavior

1. Stages of Fire
2. Fire Phenomena
   1. Flashover
   2. Backdraft
   3. Rollover
   4. Flameover
   5. Heat Flow
3. Fire Plumes

VIII. Fire Extinguishment

1. The Combustion Process
2. The Character of Flame
3. Fire Extinguishment

IX. Extinguishing Agents

1. Water
2. Foams and Wetting Agents
3. Inert Gas Extinguishing Agents
4. Halogenated Extinguishing Agents
5. Dry Chemical Extinguishing Agents
6. Dry Powder Extinguishing Agents

X. Hazards by Classification Types

1. Hazards of Explosives
2. Hazards of Compressed and Liquefied Gases
3. Hazards of Flammable and Combustible Liquids
4. Hazards of Flammable Solids
5. Hazards of Oxidizing Agents
6. Hazards of Poisons
7. Hazards of Radioactive Substances
8. Hazards of Corrosives

FIRE 1120 - Principles of Fire & Emergency Services Safety & Survival

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Define culture as it applies to the safety and survival behavior of firefighters.
2. Discuss the attitudes and behaviors that contribute to an unsafe culture within the fire and emergency services.
3. Describe the elements that impact cultural change within the fire and emergency services.
4. Describe the importance of changing culture when cultural elements inhibit improved safety.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the need for enhancements of personal and organizational accountability for health and safety.

Objectives:

1. Outline the roles and responsibilities that individuals and departments have to ensure safety.
2. Discuss traditions that have compromised fire and emergency services safety and the role that the individual plays in eliminating the unsafe and promoting the safe traditions.
3. Identify that learning the causes of line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) and injuries is part of the education, training, and experience needed to be safe while operating on the emergency scene.
4. Describe changes that need to occur in order to reduce firefighter LODDs and injuries

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to evaluate how the concepts of risk management affect strategic and tactical decision- making.

Objectives:

1. Identify the three principles of risk management
2. Describe the risk management process.
3. Explain the need for a continual evaluation process.
4. Discuss the keys for implementing a successful risk management program.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to  evaluate circumstances that might constitute an unsafe act.

Objectives:

1. Describe the circumstances that constitute an unsafe practice.
2. Explain the concept of empowerment as a way to stop unsafe practices.
3. Compare and contrast the concepts of “challenge and confirm” and “speak up.”
4. Identify the three-step process of implementing crew resource management (CRM).
5. Describe the factors that determine an individual’s ability to develop and utilize situational awareness.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to validate the need for national training standards as they correlate to professional development inclusive of qualifications, certifications, and re-certifications.

Objectives:

1. Describe the importance of training and education in fire and emergency services safety and survival.
2. Identify the similarities and differences between credentialing, certification, licensure, professional recognition/designation, and accreditation as they relate to the fire and emergency services.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to defend the need for annual medical evaluations and the establishment of physical fitness criteria for emergency services personnel throughout their careers.

Objectives:

1. Identify the role of health and fitness in the fire and emergency services.
2. Explain the need to commit fully to firefighter health and fitness.
3. Discuss the need for a comprehensive wellness program for every fire department.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the vital role of local departments in national research and data collection systems.

Objectives:

1. Describe the history of the fire and emergency services safety problem.
2. Identify institutional factors that make fire and emergency services research difficult.
3. Describe the importance of historical research to current levels of firefighter safety.
4. Outline the most common causes of fire and emergency services fatalities, and the systems and definitions used to track them.
5. Explain the role of research and data in improving firefighter safety.
6. Identify the sources and uses of national data on firefighter safety.
7. Identify fire and emergency services, academic partnerships, and collaborations, as well as their funding sources.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to illustrate how technological advancements can produce higher levels of emergency services safety and survival.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the cultural roadblocks that delay or prevent a fire and emergency services department from embracing new technology.
2. Recommend current emerging technological equipment that can help make the fire and emergency services safer.
3. Identify computerized technology that can make the fire and emergency services safer.

Outcome 9: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the importance of investigating all near-misses, injuries, and fatalities.

Objectives:

1. Describe how the lessons learned from a fatality and injury investigation must be communicated to prevent future incidents of a similar nature.
2. List the basic functions commonly performed in an effective fatality and injury investigation.
3. Identify the makeup of an investigative team.
4. Explain the need for effective documentation of a scene.

Outcome 10: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to describe how obtaining grants can support safety and survival initiatives.

Objectives:

1. Describe the brief history of fire department grants.
2. Identify grant team needs and common success traits and downfalls in grant applications
3. Perform an internal needs, external needs, and financial assessment.
4. Research support information for creating proper structure of narrative for grant applications.

Outcome 11: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain how adopting standardized policies for responding to emergency scenes can minimize near-misses, injuries, and deaths.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the percentage of line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) attributed to emergency vehicle crashes.
2. Name best practices relative to emergency response vehicle safety.
3. Explain the value of policy statements, standard operating procedures/guides (SOPs/SOGs).
4. List the reasons why one should always be seated and seat belted whenever an emergency vehicle is in motion.
5. Identify the criticality of responding to a violent incident or one that could turn violent.
6. Identify innovations that can make driving an emergency vehicle safer.

Outcome 12: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the need for counseling and psychological support for emergency services personnel and their families, while identifying access to local resources and services.

Objectives:

1. Identify at least three potentially traumatic events experienced by firefighters.
2. Distinguish among stress, strain, and resilience.
3. Describe essential components of a fire and emergency services member assistance program and the Trauma Screening Questionnaire.
4. Apply the concept of knowledge translation to counseling and psychological support in the fire and emergency services.
5. Distinguish between the principles of critical incident stress management and those of psychological first aid.

1. History of Fire Service Culture
2. Organizational Culture
3. Individual Role in Culture/Behavior
4. History of Line of Duty Deaths and Injuries Statistics
5. Defining the Nature of the Problem

II. The National Context, Health and Safety

1. NFPA, OSHA
2. Medical and Fitness Standards
3. Data Collection (NFIRS)
4. Research/Investigation (NIST, NIOSH)

III. Training, Equipment, Response

1. Training, Certification, Credentialing
2. Apparatus and Equipment
3. Emergency Response - Response to Emergency Scenes
4. Violent Incidents
5. Emerging Technologies

IV. Organizational Health and Safety Profile

1. Personal and Organizational Accountability
2. Present Condition/Culture
3. Investigations - Internal
4. Analyzing your Profile
5. Utilizing Grants to Meet Needs

V. Risk Management

1. Risk Management Concepts and Practices
2. Unsafe Acts
3. Empowerment Definition

VI. Prevention

1. Home Fire Sprinklers
2. Code Enforcement
3. Public Education/Fire and Life Safety
4. Counseling and Psychological Support

FIRE 2000 - Basic Fire Academy-Firefighter 1

Credit Hours: 6.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Describe the history and culture of the fire service.
2. State the mission of the fire service.
3. Define fire department organizational principles to their descriptions.
4. Distinguish among functions of fire companies and duties.
5. List typical duties of a Firefighter I.
6. Summarize primary knowledge and skills the firefighter must have to function effectively.
7. Match fire department personnel to their primary roles.
8. Match special operations personnel to their primary responsibilities.
9. Match fire prevention, emergency medical services, and training personnel to their primary responsibilities.
10. Relate facts specific to fire department regulations and standard operating guidelines.
11. Identify the major operational positions within the Incident Management System (IMS) structure.
12. Match IMS terms to their definitions.
13. Select facts about implementing and Incident Management System.
14. Select facts on how the fire service interacts with other organizations.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, the student will identify basic department, station, apparatus, and tool safety procedures and guidelines.

Objectives: The student will:

1. List ways to prevent firefighter injuries.
2. Discus the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards related to firefighter health and safety.
3. Discus Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.
4. List areas in which an employee assistance program can be beneficial.
5. Discuss firefighter health considerations and employee assistance and wellness programs.
6. Select facts about safety while riding or driving fire apparatus.
7. Discuss safety in the fire station.
8. Demonstrate the proper use of apparatus safety equipment.
9. Demonstrate safely mounting and dismounting fire apparatus.
10. Demonstrate proper lifting techniques.
11. List general safety procedures for hand tools and power tools.
12. List safety rules for power saws.
13. Select facts about emergency scene safety.
14. Explain the importance of personnel accountability.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to predict probable fire behaviors and identify the actions necessary to change or prevent these behaviors.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Match measurement terms to their definitions.
2. Define energy and work.
3. Match types and states of energy to their definitions.
4. Define power.
5. Match heat and temperature terms to their definitions.
6. Distinguish among the three methods of heat transfer.
7. Match properties of matter to their definitions.
8. State the Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy.
9. Identify chemical reactions.
10. Define fire.
11. Provide examples of oxidation.
12. Explain combustion using the fire tetrahedron.
13. Select facts about oxidizing agents.
14. Select correct and incorrect facts about fuel characteristics.
15. Explain how gases evolve from solids and liquids.
16. Provide specific examples of each source of chemical and electrical heat energy.
17. Describe ways in which mechanical and nuclear heat are generated.
18. Identify stages of compartment fire development.
19. List factors that affect fire development.
20. Define flameover and rollover.
21. Explain why thermal layering is critical to firefighting activities.
22. Describe methods used to control and extinguish fire.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify basic structural characteristics of building construction types and signs and causes of potential collapse.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Describe common building materials.
2. Match building construction types as defined in NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) 1001 to their basic structural characteristics.
3. Match building construction classifications as defined in NFPA 1001 to their building construction descriptions.
4. Describe construction types and the effect fire has on the structural integrity of the construction type.
5. Distinguish among types of walls as defined in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1001.
6. Identify indicators of building collapse.
7. List actions to take when imminent building collapse is suspected.
8. List firefighting hazards related to construction.
9. Indicate hazards associated with lightweight and truss construction.
10. List factors that increase fire risk in buildings under construction, being renovated, or demolished.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, the student will demonstrate proficiency in use of personal protective clothing and use of a Personal Accountability Safety System (PASS) device.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Match articles of protective clothing and equipment to their correct functions.
2. Select facts about personal protective gear.
3. Correctly don firefighting personal protective (turnout) gear in a 60 second time frame.
4. List four hazardous atmospheres that require the firefighter to wear SCBA.
5. Match toxic atmospheres to their characteristics.
6. Match toxic atmospheres to their sources.
7. Match toxic atmospheres to locations in which they are most likely to be found.
8. Select facts about hazardous substances and atmospheres.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to safely use, clean, refill, inspect, and store Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).

Objectives: The student will:

1. List physical, mental, and medical factors that affect the firefighter’s ability to use SCBA.
2. Describe equipment and air-supply limitations of SCBA.
3. List characteristics of open-circuit and closed-circuit SCBA.
4. Label the components and safety features of an SCBA.
5. Match SCBA components to their functions.
6. Complete precautions for safe SCBA use.
7. Complete guidelines for correcting emergency situations while wearing SCBA.
8. Complete recommendations for the use of PASS devices.
9. Select from a list guidelines general to donning the facepiece and doffing all types of SCBA.
10. Don and doff open-circuit SCBA using over-the-head and coat methods, and from compartment or backup mounts.
11. Operate in areas of obscured visibility while wearing SCBA.
12. Exit a constricted opening while wearing SCBA.
13. Change an SCBA cylinder “on scene.”
14. Refill an SCBA cylinder.
15. Select facts about SCBA operation, use, and maintenance.
16. Clean, sanitize, and inspect an SCBA unit.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and use portable fire extinguishers to extinguish small Class A, Class B, and Class C fires.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify types of portable fire extinguishers.
2. Select facts about the portable fire extinguisher rating system.
3. Match extinguisher symbol shapes to fire classification letters.
4. Match extinguisher pictographs to the extinguisher’s intended applications.
5. List factors for selecting the proper portable extinguisher.
6. List general guidelines for portable extinguisher operation.
7. Select facts about fire extinguisher inspection, damage, and obsolescence.
8. Extinguish Class A, Class B, and Class C fires with the proper fire extinguishers.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and properly knot, use, and maintain various types of rope used in the fire service.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Distinguish between life safety and utility rope applications.
2. List criteria for reusing life safety rope.
3. Match rope materials to their descriptions.
4. Select facts about rope construction.
5. List basic guidelines for rope care and maintenance.
6. List reasons for removing rope from service.
7. Inspect a rope for serviceability.
8. Select facts about rope cleaning and storage.
9. Coil and uncoil rope.
10. Demonstrate the proper procedure for cleaning rope.
11. Label knot elements.
12. Match knots to their primary applications.
13. Tie knots commonly used in the fire service.
14. List hoisting and safety considerations.
15. Hoist tools and equipment utilizing approved knots.

Outcome 9: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to conduct a search and rescue in a structure operating as a member of a team.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Distinguish between rescue and extrication operations.
2. State the objectives of a building search.
3. Define primary search and secondary search.
4. Discuss conducting search operations.
5. Explain what actions a firefighter should take when in distress, or becomes trapped or disoriented.
6. List safety guidelines for search operations within buildings.
7. Select facts about victim removal.
8. Demonstrate using a right hand and left hand search pattern to locate a victim within a structure with conditions of obscured visibility.
9. Conduct a primary and secondary search.
10. Demonstrate moving an injured victim to safety using appropriate drags, carries, and stretchers.

Outcome 10: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and understand appropriate applications and maintenance procedures for forcible entry tools.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify various cutting tools used in the fire service.
2. Identify fire service prying tools.
3. Identify fire service pushing/pulling tools.
4. Identify striking tools.
5. Match selected forcible entry tools to their basic applications.
6. Identify tools used for through-the-lock forcible entry.
7. Demonstrate through-the-lock forcible entry techniques.
8. Demonstrate breaking a door lock.
9. Identify tools for breaking padlocks.
10. Demonstrate breaking a padlock.
11. List forcible entry tool safety rules.
12. Describe correct methods for carrying forcible entry tools.
13. List general care and maintenance practices for forcible entry tools.
14. Identify types of wood swinging doors and jambs.
15. Match metal swinging doors to their descriptions.
16. Identify types of sliding, revolving, and overhead doors.
17. Select facts about fire doors.
18. Identify locks and locking devices.
19. Complete safety rules for breaking glass.
20. Demonstrate properly breaking ordinary and tempered glass.
21. Select facts about forcing swinging, sliding, revolving, and overhead doors.
22. Demonstrate forcing doors of various mounts.
23. Describe ways of gaining access past fences.
24. Identify types of windows.
25. Select facts about forcing windows and screened and barred openings.
26. Demonstrate forcing various types of windows.
27. Select facts about opening floors and walls.

Outcome 11: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify, carry, raise, climb, inspect, and maintain fire service ground ladders.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Label the parts of a fire service ladder.
2. Identify types of fire service ground ladders.
3. Discuss materials used for fire service ladder construction.
4. Demonstrate cleaning and inspecting a ladder.
5. Summarize factors that contribute to safe ladder operation.
6. Select facts about choosing the proper ladder for the job required.
7. Demonstrate various ladder lifts and carries.
8. Select facts about ground ladder placement.
9. Demonstrate properly securing a raised ground ladder.
10. Demonstrate ladder raises from various carries.
11. Properly climb and work from ground ladders, with and without a safety harness.
12. Demonstrate assisting conscious and unconscious victims down ground ladders.

Outcome 12: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to apply the principles of ventilation to appropriately ventilate a building.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Define ventilation.
2. List considerations that affect the decision to ventilate.
3. Discuss factors that are taken into account when deciding the need for ventilation.
4. Identify signs of potential backdraft.
5. Select and correct false statements about ventilation decisions.
6. List life safety hazards that can affect firefighters and rescue workers in unventilated buildings.
7. Select from a list building factors that aid the firefighter in determining whether to use vertical or horizontal ventilation.
8. List special considerations associated with ventilating high rise buildings.
9. List special considerations associated with ventilating windowless buildings and basements.
10. Select from a list ways in which vertical fire extension occurs.
11. List factors that have a bearing on the location and size of a ventilation opening.
12. Select and determine safety precautions that should be observed when performing vertical ventilation.
13. Identify roof construction designs.
14. Identify existing roof openings that can be used for ventilation.
15. Discuss the three basic types of roofs as they relate to ventilation operations.
16. Demonstrate ventilating pitched and flat roofs.
17. Describe ways in which horizontal fire extension occurs.
18. List advantages and disadvantages of forced ventilation.
19. Demonstrate mechanical positive- and negative-pressure ventilation.
20. Demonstrate hydraulic ventilation.
21. Demonstrate proper ventilation of a flat and pitched roof.

Outcome 13: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify the fundamentals of a water supply system and will be able to connect a fire department pumper to various water sources.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Match to their correct definitions terms associated with water supply.
2. List the four fundamental components of a modern water system.
3. Explain methods of moving water from municipal water supply to distribution systems.
4. Explain the function of a processing or treatment facility and tell what the fire department’s main concern is regarding these facilities.
5. Label the parts of a water distribution system.
6. State recommended water distribution system pipe sizes for residential, business and industrial, and long mains.
7. Identify types of water main valves.
8. List causes of friction loss in water mains.
9. Distinguish between wet-barrel and dry-barrel fire hydrants.
10. Demonstrate correctly opening and closing a fire hydrant.
11. Demonstrate making hard-suction and soft-sleeve hydrant connections.
12. Provide examples of alternative static water supply sources.
13. Select facts about water shuttling and relay pumping.
14. Deploy a portable water tank.
15. Connect and place a hard-suction hose for drafting from a static water source.

Outcome 14: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to manage fire hose and handle both charged and uncharged lines.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Match terms associated with fire hose to their definitions.
2. Match fire hose sizes and types as required by NFPA 1901 to their correct applications.
3. Discuss general care and maintenance of fire hose and fire hose couplings.
4. Select the proper nozzle and hose for given fire attack situations.
5. Identify types of hose couplings.
6. Inspect hose couplings and replace a hose gasket.
7. Couple and uncouple hose.
8. List general guidelines for loading hose.
9. Identify hose loads and hose rolls.
10. Match hose loads to their advantages and disadvantages.
11. Load and unload hose to a fire pumper.
12. Roll hose in a straight roll, one-person donut, two-person donut, twin donut, and self-locking twin donut roll.
13. Distinguish among descriptions of hose lays.
14. List basic safety guidelines for laying hose.
15. List advantages and disadvantages of forward and reverse hose lays.
16. Demonstrate making hydrant connections from forward and reverse hose lays.
17. Identify various hose carries and drags.
18. Demonstrate various hose carries and drags including an accordion shoulder carry, horseshoe carry, dragging a working line, street drag, advancing a line into a structure, up and down an interior stairway, an exterior stairway, advancing to a standpipe, through a window, and hoisting charged and uncharged hose lines.
19. Describe types of fire hose damage and practices to prevent such damage.
20. Demonstrate the proper inspection, cleaning, and storage of dry hose.

Outcome 15: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and operate a given selection of nozzles and tips for water fire streams.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Select facts about the properties and extinguishing capabilities of water.
2. List methods that are used with fire streams to reduce the heat from a fire and provide protection to firefighters and exposures.
3. Describe friction loss and water hammer.
4. List guidelines for reducing friction loss and preventing water hammer.
5. List discharge rates for low volume, hand line, and master streams.
6. Describe advantages and disadvantages associated with handling solid and fog streams.
7. Select facts about water fire streams.
8. Identify types of nozzles.
9. Demonstrate the operation of various fire hose nozzles.
10. Explain the operation of ball, slide, and rotary control nozzle valves.
11. List areas to check when maintaining and cleaning nozzles.
12. List discharge rates for low volume, hand line, and master streams.

Outcome 16: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to perform basic operations at properties protected by automatic sprinklers.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Label the parts of a sprinkler head.
2. Identify automatic sprinkler head release mechanisms.
3. Describe pendant, upright, and sidewall sprinkler designs.
4. Manually stop the flow of water from an open sprinkler head.
5. Identify the main control valve on an automatic sprinkler system.
6. Identify sprinkler system control valves.
7. Demonstrate the operation of a sprinkler system control valve.
8. Select facts about a sprinkler system’s fire department connection.
9. Demonstrate connecting a hose line from a fire pumper to a sprinkler system fire department connection.
10. Select facts about guidelines for operations at sprinkler-protected properties.

Outcome 17: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to safely and efficiently perform salvage and overhaul at a fire scene while protecting evidence for fire cause determination.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Explain the philosophy of loss control.
2. Describe planning and procedures for salvage operations.
3. Describe salvage covers, salvage cover maintenance, and equipment used in salvage operations.
4. Summarize basic principles of salvage cover deployment.
5. Demonstrate folding and rolling salvage covers.
6. Demonstrate the spreading of salvage covers from various folds and rolls.
7. Clean and inspect salvage covers.
8. Construct and splice water chutes.
9. Construct a catchall.
10. Cover or close a building opening using salvage covers.
11. Match to their correct uses tools and equipment used in overhaul.
12. Select facts about overhaul safety.
13. List four basic methods of detecting hidden fires.
14. Select from a list indicators of hidden fires.
15. Demonstrate the use of a thermal imaging camera (TIC).
16. Select facts about preserving and protecting evidence during overhaul.
17. Provide examples of information that should be noted/recorded on arrival at the fire scene related to fire cause determination.
18. Provide examples of information that should be noted/recorded during firefighting.

Outcome 18: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and properly use various fire service communications systems and equipment.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Describe communication responsibilities of the firefighter.
2. Describe basic communications equipment used in telecommunications centers.
3. Summarize necessary skills for fire department communications.
4. Explain how a firefighter should proceed when receiving emergency calls from the public.
5. Demonstrate handling business calls and reports of emergencies.
6. Describe types of public alerting systems.
7. Describe procedures that the public should use to report a fire or other emergency.
8. Discuss ways of alerting fire department personnel to emergencies.
9. Summarize guidelines for radio communications.
10. Role play transmittng arrival and progress reports based on scenario information.
11. Discuss calls for additional resources and emergency radio traffic.

Outcome 19: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify residential fire hazards, and conduct a residential fire safety survey.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Define the terms fire safety survey, fire safety inspection, and residential fire safety survey.
2. List types of fuel hazards and heat source hazards.
3. Distinguish among common fire hazards, special fire hazards, personal fire hazards, and target hazards.
4. List the main objectives of a residential fire safety survey.
5. List the most common causes of residential fires.
6. Describe aspects to check for interior and outside residential survey concerns.
7. Conduct a residential fire safety survey.
8. Discuss the main parts of a fire and life safety presentation.
9. Select facts about fire and life safety presentation topics.
10. Make and document a fire and life safety presentation.

Outcome 20: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify basic knowledge of federal and state laws, rules, and consensus standards considered essential to the operations of Michigan fire departments and fire department personnel.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Define Law, Administrative Rule, and Standard.
2. Identify federal and state agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Consumer and Industry Services, and Occupational Health Division.
3. Identify the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services Emergency Medical Service Division.
4. Identify the Michigan Office of Firefighter Training.
5. Identify the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) Health and Safety Standard 1500.
6. Identify the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration Firefighting Safety Rule, Part 74.
7. Explain the powers and duties related to the Michigan Public Act 207 of the Public Acts of 1941 also known as the “Michigan Fire Prevention Code.
8. Identify duties and responsibilities of drivers of emergency vehicles as addressed in Michigan Public Act 300, the Michigan Vehicle Code.

FIRE 2010 - Basic Fire Academy-Firefighter 2

Credit Hours: 6.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. List questions that first arriving personnel should answer.
2. Demonstrate the organization of an Incident Management System (IMS) until command is transferred.
3. Select facts related to the transfer of command.
4. List information that is included in a situation status report.
5. Demonstrate the ability to function within an assigned role within an IMS.
6. List aspects of response resources that should be tracked within the IMS.
7. Demonstrate the ability to assume command and transfer command within an IMS.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify the effects of fire and fire suppression activities on structures and demonstrate actions to take when imminent building collapse is suspected.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Complete statements about the effects of fire and fire suppression activities on selected building materials.
2. List signs of structural instability and potential building collapse.
3. Describe ways in which fire suppression activities may create dangerous building conditions.
4. Distinguish developing hazardous building or fire conditions.
5. List actions to take when imminent building collapse is suspected.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and safely use various rescue and extrication tools.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Match facts about extrication equipment power plants to the equipment to which they apply.
2. List the two types of lighting commonly used to support emergency operations.
3. Complete statements regarding the care and use of auxiliary electrical equipment.
4. Demonstrate safely setting up and operating fire service lighting equipment.
5. Service and maintain portable power plants and associated lighting equipment.
6. Demonstrate the safe use of hydraulic rescue and extrication tools for vehicle extrication.
7. List jacking and cribbing safety guidelines.
8. Demonstrate the use of manual jacks and cribbing safely.
9. List pneumatic tool safety guidelines.
10. List winch safety guidelines.
11. Demonstrate the use of a truck mounted winch.
12. Demonstrate the use of a come-along.
13. Complete air lifting bag safety guidelines.
14. Demonstrate the use of air lifting bags.
15. Select correct rescue and extrication tools for specific situations.
16. Demonstrate the use of various saws including the reciprocating saw, and rotary saw.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to assist a rescue operation team, work as a member of a team to extricate a victim trapped in a motor vehicle, and perform special rescue operations.

Objectives: The student will:

1. List considerations to be made when sizing up a vehicle accident.
2. List concerns of rescuers who assess the situation at automobile accidents.
3. State the purpose of vehicle stabilization.
4. List methods of gaining access to victims in vehicles.
5. List complications of extrication efforts as a result of passenger restraint and protection systems.
6. Select facts about disentanglement and patient management.
7. State the purpose of patient packaging.
8. Distinguish between laminated glass and tempered glass.
9. Select the correct method for removing vehicle glass.
10. Demonstrate removing automotive window glass.
11. Match vehicle roof posts to their letter designations.
12. Demonstrate the removal of vehicle doors.
13. Move or remove vehicle roofs.
14. Remove steering wheels and columns.
15. Displace dashboards.
16. Match types of building collapse to their descriptions.
17. List the two types of hazards associated with structural collapse rescue operations.
18. Distinguish between shoring and tunneling.
19. Select facts about trench rescue operations.
20. State the role of the fire department in cave and tunnel rescue operations.
21. Select facts about rescue operations involving electricity.
22. Distinguish between rescues and recoveries.
23. Describe the methods for performing a water rescue.
24. Describe the methods for performing an ice rescue.
25. List factors that should be taken into account during industrial extrications.
26. Select facts about elevator and escalator rescues.
27. Demonstrate water rescue using a throw bag and life ring.
28. Demonstrate donning a water/ice rescue immersion suit.
29. Demonstrate a water or ice rescue of a victim while wearing a rescue immersion suit.
30. Demonstrate back boarding and packaging a cervical spine injury victim while in water.
31. Demonstrate survival techniques used should water immersion occur while wearing full firefighting turnout protective clothing.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to safely work as part of a rescue team during confined space operations.

Objectives: The student will:

1. List confined space hazards.
2. List means of controlling confined space hazards.
3. Assess a confined space scene for safety.
4. Express the responsibilities of the entrant and attendant.
5. Demonstrate entrant and attendant responsibilities as part of a rescue team.
6. Access, deploy, and use equipment necessary for confined space rescue including a confined space tripod, hand operated winch, and supplied air breathing system.
7. Demonstrate correctly the donning of a Class III confined space harness.
8. Construct a mainline and rope anchor system.
9. Construct a belay line rope system.
10. Calculate various mechanical advantages.
11. Employ a 3 to 1, 4 to 1, and 5 to 1 mechanical advantage system using the appropriate rope and pulleys.
12. Package a patient for confined space rescue using a Sked extrication device and a LSP Halfback extrication device.
13. Demonstrate rescue of a victim while operating within a structured incident management system.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to safely work as part of a rescue team in hazardous materials operations.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify hazardous materials and the risks associated with them in a hazardous materials incident.
2. Identify the first responder’s limitations in training and skills required for response to a hazardous materials incident.
3. Summarize Awareness Level and Operations Level responsibilities at hazardous materials Incidents.
4. Identify types and locations of hazardous materials in the community.
5. Identify hazardous materials by using the U.S. Department of Transportation placarding and labeling system.
6. Utilize the North American Emergency Response Guidebook to reference information to aid in the handling of hazardous materials incidents.
7. Identify common resource organizations available to the first responder.
8. Demonstrate the use of rail consists, bills of lading, dangerous cargo manifests, air bills, and material safety data sheets (MSDS), to aid in identifying hazardous materials and their properties.
9. Identify the types of locations that may become targets for criminal or terrorist activity using hazardous materials.
10. Identify indicators of possible criminal or terrorist activity involving hazardous materials.
11. Identify specific actions necessary when an incident is suspected to involve criminal or terrorist activity.
12. Describe various chemical and physical properties and chemical reactions.
13. Define the following terms: acid, base, reactivity, oxidizer, volatility, boiling point, flash point, corrosive, flammability, density, specific gravity, vapor density, viscosity, miscibility, Alpha, Beta, & Gamma radiation.
14. Describe the proper protective actions for radiation incidents.
15. Given a pesticide label, explain the significance of: the name of the pesticide, signal word, EPA registration number, precautionary statement, hazard statement, and active ingredient.
16. Define medical surveillance.
17. Identify elements of medical surveillance.
18. Cite the OSHA standard requiring medical surveillance.
19. Describe NFPA levels of protection and EPA levels of protection.
20. Explain each EPA level of protection.
21. Cite the conditions requiring each level of protection.
22. Provide several limitations to chemical protective clothing.
23. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of materials used for chemical protective clothing.
24. Define permeation, degradation, and penetration.
25. Select the proper personal protective equipment for a defensive response to a hazardous materials incident.
26. List at least three ways of obtaining information about specific hazardous materials.
27. Demonstrate gathering information from various hazardous materials resource books.
28. Demonstrate calling for assistance in a hazardous materials incident.
29. Define decontamination.
30. Describe the seven points of consideration to decontamination planning.
31. Identify various types of contaminants.
32. List four general methods of decontamination.
33. Describe the difference between physical and chemical removal of contaminants.
34. Describe possible hazards associated with decontamination.
35. Demonstrate the assembly of a decontamination line.
36. Perform dry decontamination.
37. Perform emergency decontamination.
38. Describe the procedures for the disposal of contaminants.
39. Define confinement, and containment.
40. Describe the limitations of personnel trained at the Operational Level for Hazardous Materials.
41. Describe methods and procedures for the following: Isolation of a container, confinement of land releases, confinement of air releases, and confinement of water releases.
42. Describe procedures for an evacuation.
43. Determine the source and size of a leak.
44. Describe procedures for bonding and the transferring of materials.
45. Describe the information that must be obtained in the size up of a hazardous materials incident.
46. Predict the behavior of a material and its container.
47. Estimate the potential harm at a hazardous materials incident.
48. Describe the three work zones and the primary activities within each zone: Hot, Warn, and Clean.
49. Describe the U.S. military mission-oriented posture (MOPP) ensembles.
50. Explain how the General Hazardous Materials Behavior Model (GEBMO) can help firefighters understand the likely course of an incident

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate the skills and abilities to facilitate a self-rescue and to take an active roll in the rescue of other fire fighters in need.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Describe the three different styles of life safety harnesses.
2. Demonstrate the proper application of the Munter Hitch.
3. Demonstrate the proper technique to egress a hostile environment using a Munter hitch, rope, hand tool and SCBA.
4. Demonstrate two types of ladder egress from a hostile environment.
5. Demonstrate basic rope rappelling technique with and without wearing an SCBA under the direct supervision of a Rope Rescue Technician level trained instructor.
6. Describe two wall-breach techniques used to escape a hostile environment while wearing an SCBA.
7. Describe various search and removal techniques.
8. Working in teams of two, demonstrate proficiency in locating, disentangling, and removing a trapped firefighter in a timely manner.
9. Demonstrate the proper way to exit a building, using a hose line, upon being disoriented or lost.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to set up, climb, lock in using a ladder belt, and operate a mounted fire stream on a 100’ raised aerial platform.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the various elements of a raised aerial platform.
2. Select facts about proper placement of aerial ladders.
3. Describe the collapse zone as based on building size and height.
4. Properly climb a raised 100’ aerial.
5. Demonstrate locking into a raised 100’ aerial ladder using a ladder belt.
6. Demonstrate proper operation of aerial mounted fire streams using various fire stream patterns.

Outcome 9: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to test the operability of and flow from a fire hydrant.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Match to their correct definitions terms associated with water flow and pressure.
2. Select from a list conditions that reduce hydrant effectiveness.
3. Demonstrate the proper measuring and recording of hydrant flow pressures.

Outcome 10: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and use hose tools, hose appliances, and service test hose.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify types of valves and valve devices.
2. Match types of valves to their functions.
3. Identify hose fitting appliances.
4. Identify tools used with fire hose.
5. Match hose appliances and tools to their uses in specific fireground situations.
6. Select adapters and appliances for given fireground situations.
7. Demonstrate the use of various hose tools and appliances.
8. Select facts about service testing of hose.
9. List safety guidelines for service testing of hose.
10. Demonstrate the proper service testing of fire hose.

Outcome 11: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to properly mix foam concentrate and assemble and operate a foam fire stream system.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Describe the methods by which foam prevents or controls a hazard.
2. Classify flammable liquids as hydrocarbon or polar solvent fuels.
3. Explain the process by which foam is generated.
4. Describe the components of foam production.
5. List factors that affect foam expansion.
6. Classify foams by their expansion ratios.
7. Distinguish between characteristics of Class A and Class B foams.
8. List factors that affect Class B foam application rates.
9. Select facts about foam proportioning.
10. Match methods of proportioning to their descriptions.
11. Select facts about foam proportioners.
12. Demonstrate selecting the proper foams for given fire situations.
13. Select the proper nozzles for specific foam situations.
14. List reasons for poor foam generation.
15. Match foam application methods with their uses.
16. List types of hazards associated with foam use.
17. Demonstrate the installation and proper use of an in-line foam educator.
18. Demonstrate the operation of a high-expansion foam generator.

Outcome 12: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to operate as part of a team to coordinate an interior attack and to control and/or extinguish ignitable liquid fires and flammable gas fires.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Distinguish between flammable liquids and combustible liquids.
2. Select facts about suppressing Class B fires.
3. Describe signs and effects of a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE).
4. List the four ways that water can be used to attack a Class B fire.
5. List methods of identifying tank components.
6. Select facts about techniques for suppressing bulk transport vehicle fires.
7. Demonstrate the use of water to control an ignitable liquid fire in an open pan or pit.
8. Distinguish between the characteristics of natural gas and liquid petroleum gas.
9. Control and/or extinguish a flammable gas cylinder fire.
10. Determine actions to take, including retreat, when dealing with specific Class B fire conditions.

Outcome 13: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to operate as part of a team to control and/or extinguish interior fires, exterior fires, and passenger vehicle fires.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Describe initial factors to consider when suppressing structure fires.
2. Distinguish among direct, indirect, and combination attacks on Class A fires.
3. Select facts about deploying and operating a master stream device.
4. Demonstrate operating and deploying a master stream device.
5. Describe actions and hazards associated with suppressing Class C fires.
6. List safety guidelines for electrical emergencies.
7. Select facts about Class D fire control.
8. Discuss responsibilities of companies in structural fires.
9. Control and/or extinguish a Class A fire within structure.
10. List guidelines for controlling passenger vehicle fires.
11. Identify hazards associated with controlling passenger vehicle fires.
12. Attack a passenger vehicle fire.
13. Extinguish a fire in a trash container.
14. Select facts about fires and emergencies in confined spaces.
15. Select facts about wildland fires.
16. Describe the parts of a wildland fire.
17. Summarize influences on wildland fire behavior: fuel, weather, and topography.
18. List wildland protective clothing and equipment.
19. Describe methods used to attack wildland fires.

Outcome 14: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify components of and discuss the operation of typical fire detection and suppression systems.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Match types of alarm-initiating devices to their descriptions.
2. Select facts about heat detectors.
3. Select facts about smoke detectors.
4. Complete statements about flame detectors.
5. Complete statements about fire-gas detectors.
6. State the reason for having a variety of alarm-indicating devices.
7. Match types of automatic alarm systems to their descriptions.
8. Identify components of fire suppression systems.

Outcome 15: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify his or her responsibilities in fire cause determination and protect evidence of fire cause and origin.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Describe signs and indicators of an incendiary fire.
2. Summarize important observations to be made in route, after arriving at the scene, and during firefighting operations.
3. Discuss firefighter conduct and statements at the fire scene.
4. Select facts about securing the scene and legal considerations.
5. Discus protecting and preserving evidence.
6. Demonstrate the protection of evidence of fire cause and origin.

Outcome 16: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to complete a basic incident report and communicate the need for team assistance.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Select facts about making calls for additional response resources.
2. List information that should be included in incident reports.
3. Identify appropriate incident report codes.
4. Proofread incident reports.
5. Create incident reports.

Outcome 17: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to conduct a pre-incident survey working as a member of a team.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Provide examples of equipment required to conduct fire pre-incident surveys.
2. List goals of pre-incident surveys.
3. Provide examples of the types of information that a pre-incident survey can provide.
4. Match standard map symbols to their correct meanings.
5. Perform a pre-incident survey and complete related documentation.

Outcome 18: Upon completion of this course, the student will have met the minimum standards for Firefighter II as outlined in NFPA 1001 for emergency medical care.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Demonstrate the use, decontamination, disinfecting, and disposal of personal protective equipment used for protection from infection.
2. Perform Single-Rescuer Adult, Child, and Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
3. Perform Two-Rescuer Adult CPR.
4. Demonstrate management of an obstructed airway in a conscious and unconscious adult.
5. Demonstrate management of an obstructed airway in a conscious and unconscious child.
6. Demonstrate management of an obstructed airway in a conscious and unconscious infant.
7. Demonstrate the use of a resuscitation mask in the performance of single and two-rescuer CPR.
8. Demonstrate a primary survey for life-threatening injuries.
9. Differentiate between arterial, venous, and capillary bleeding.
10. Demonstrate 3 procedures for controlling external bleeding.
11. Identify characteristics and emergency medical care of thermal burns according to degree and severity.
12. Identify characteristics and emergency medical care for chemical burns of the eye.
13. Identify the symptoms and demonstrate emergency medical care of traumatic shock.
14. Identify the symptoms and demonstrate emergency medical care for poisons and drug overdoses.
15. Identify the method of contacting the poison control center that serves the local jurisdiction.
16. Describe laws that relate to infection control.
17. Describe actions required when responding to scenes involving violent or dangerous situations.
18. Describe the physiological aspects of stress and types of stress reactions.
19. Discuss the circulatory system.
20. Describe types of shock.
21. Describe the signs of shock.
22. Describe the steps for managing shock.

FIRE 2130 - Fire Hydraulics & Water Supply

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the physical properties of water.
2. Identify the extinguishment of fire by cooling.
3. Identify the extinguishment of fire by smothering.
4. Identify the extinguishment of fire by emulsification.
5. Identify the extinguishment of fire by dilution
6. Identify water additives.
7. Identify the interaction between water and electricity.
8. Identify the use of water on special hazards.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify the types of water distribution systems and other water sources in the community.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify characteristics of private water supply systems.
2. Identify and explain the four fundamental components of a modern water system.
3. Identify the following parts of a water distribution system:
   1. Distributors.
   2. Primary feeders.
   3. Secondary feeders.
4. Identify a:
   1. Dry barrel hydrant.
   2. Wet barrel hydrant.
5. Define the following terms:
   1. Normal operating pressure.
   2. Residual pressure.
   3. Flow pressure.
6. Identify the following types of water main valves:
   1. Indicating.
   2. Nonindicating.
   3. Post indicator.
   4. Outside screw and yoke.
7. Identify how to evaluate the operational readiness of a water supply system.
8. Identify the approximate discharge capacities of various pipe sizes.
9. Identify water supply facilities as they apply to fire department operations.
10. Identify the procedure for mapping auxiliary water supplies to supplement the normal water system.
11. Demonstrate the capability to interpret available sewer and drainage maps.
12. Identify incrustation, tuberculation, and sedimentation and their effects on carrying capacities of water mains.
13. Identify three alternative emergency water supply sources.
14. Identify the components of mobile water supply operations.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the capability to determine required fire flow and the ability to work with water utilities to develop a system adequate to meet projected community needs.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify hydrant construction, location, and spacing.
2. Identify the factors that affect fire flow demands.
3. Identify the required fire flow and recommend hydrant distribution for fire fighting operations for a housing development.
4. Identify the fire flow requirements and hydrant distribution for a shopping center.
5. Identify the fire flow requirements and recommend hydrant distribution for an industrial complex.
6. Identify the NFPA recommended color code system for fire hydrants.
7. Identify problems related to flows from dead-end water mains.
8. Demonstrate the principles of friction loss as they relate to fireground operations.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the performance of routine tests, inspections, and servicing functions required to assure the operational status of fire department pumpers.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify all automotive gauges and demonstrate their usage.
2. Identify the operating principles of single-stage and multiple stage centrifugal pumps.
3. Identify the major components and trace the flow of water through single-stage and multiple-stage centrifugal pumps.
4. Identify the percentages of rated capacity, related pressures, and the capacity in gallons per minute at the rated pressures a fire department pumper is designed to deliver.
5. Demonstrate the ability to perform an annual service test for fire department pumpers.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify characteristics of fire streams.

Objectives: The student will

1. Identify the type, design, operation, nozzle pressure, and flow in gpm for proper operation of each.
2. Demonstrate the ability to determine the correct pump pressures for the following fireground situations:
   1. Pump discharge pressures when the length and size of nozzle are given.
   2. Water flow in gpm when the diameter of the orifice and pressure at the orifice are given.
   3. Friction loss in the supply and attack lines, when the gpm flow is given.
   4. Friction loss in wyed lines when the size of the hose and flow are given .
   5. Friction loss in multiple lines when the size of the hose and gpm flow are given.
   6. An estimated remaining available volume from a hydrant while pumping a given volume.
3. Demonstrate the ability to mentally calculate correct pump discharge pressure, gpm, friction loss, and nozzle pressure, using formulas specified by the instructor.
4. Define the following methods of water application:
   1. Direct
   2. Indirect
   3. Combination

1. Introductions/Course Overview
2. Principles of Fire Department Hydraulics (chapter 1)
3. Water Tanks and Hose Capacity (chapter 2)
4. Water Supply and Testing Procedures (chapter 3)
5. Fire Streams (chapter 4)
6. Discharge (chapter 5)
7. Friction Loss Principles and Applications (chapter 6)
8. Mid-Term Review
9. Mid-Term Exam
10. Required Pump Discharge Pressure (chapter 7)
11. Unusual and Complex Problems (chapter 8)
12. Pumping Capacity and Drafting Operations (chapter 9)
13. Relay Operations (chapter 10)
14. Fire Ground Hydraulics (chapter 11)
15. Final Exam Review
16. Final Exam

FIRE 2140 - Fire Protection Systems

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Define the term “fire”
2. Define the term “tetrahedron”
3. Identify two examples of each of the following energy heat sources:
   1. Chemical
   2. Mechanical
   3. Electrical
4. Describe the following potential stages of fires:
   1. Pre-burning
   2. Initial burning
   3. Vigorous burning
   4. Interactive burning
   5. Remote burning
5. Define the terms “flashover” and “flame over”
6. Describe the three methods of heat transfer
7. Describe the three physical states of matter in which fuels are commonly found
8. Explain the hazard of finely divided fuels as they relate to the combustion process
9. Define flash point and ignition temperature
10. Describe the relationship of oxygen concentration in air including its effect on the combustion process
11. Identify three products of combustion commonly found in structure fires that create life hazards
12. Define the following units of heat measurement:
    1. British Thermal Unit (BTU)
    2. Fahrenheit (F) degrees
    3. Celsius (C) degrees
    4. Calorie (c)
    5. Kilowatt (kw)
    6. British Thermal Unit/seconds (BTU/sec)
    7. Watt (w) power
    8. Megawatt (mw)
    9. Joule
13. Classify fire based on their descriptions
14. Identify primary extinguishment methods for each fire class

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline the general properties of flammable and combustible liquids.

Objectives:

1. Describe the basic effects of temperature and pressure on flammable and combustible liquids
2. Define flammable and explosive limits
3. Define specific gravity and boiling point
4. Define the basic classes of flammable and combustible liquids as defined by NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids
5. Identify the effect of pressure on the design, size, and contents of storage tanks and containers for flammable and combustible liquids
6. Identify storage, handling, and use conditions of flammable and combustible liquids that are most conducive to the initiation, propagation, and spread of fire
7. Identify how to abate the fire hazards associated with spills or leaks of flammable or combustible liquids

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to use portable and fixed fire extinguishing systems.

Objectives:

1. Classify types of fires as they relate to the use of portable fire extinguishers
2. Identify the appropriate extinguisher for the various types of portable extinguishers
3. Identify how to evaluate the operational readiness of portable fire extinguishers
4. Identify the capability of extinguishing agents including the proper method for agent application
5. Identify code requirements and regulations relative to the distribution and location of portable fire extinguishers
6. Identify portable fire extinguisher maintenance requirements and procedures
7. Identify how to evaluate the testing and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers
8. Identify fixed fire extinguishing systems
9. Identify how to evaluate the operational readiness of fixed fire extinguishing systems
10. Identify the capabilities of the extinguishing agent including the proper procedures for agent application in a fixed fire extinguishing system
11. Evaluate the proper installation and testing of all types of fixed fire protection equipment

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline heat, smoke, and flame detection systems.

Objectives:

1. Identify heat, smoke, and flame detection systems and devices
2. Identify how to evaluate the operational readiness of heat, smoke, and flame detection systems or devices
3. Identify the proper installation locations of heat, smoke, and flame detection devices

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to classify fire alarm systems and devices.

Objectives:

1. Identify local alarm systems and devices.
2. Identify how to evaluate the operational readiness of local fire alarm systems and devices.
3. Identify the warning capability of local fire alarm systems and devices.
4. Identify the operation of municipal fire alarm systems.
5. Identify the interconnection between local and municipal fire alarm systems.
6. Differentiate between residential, local, proprietary central station, and municipal fire alarm systems.
7. Identify the proper installation locations of fire alarm systems components or devices.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline the physical properties of water and the various means by which those properties make fire extinguishments possible.

Objectives:

1. Identify the physical properties of water.
2. Identify the extinguishing properties of water.
3. Identify additives to improve the performance of water as an extinguishing agent.
4. Identify the electrical conductivity hazards of water.
5. Describe the use of water on special hazards.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to summarize the elements of a water supply system that fire departments use to deliver water for suppression.

Objectives:

1. Identify the elements of water distribution systems.
2. Identify the features of a hydrant system for fire protection.
3. Identify the control valves for water distribution.
4. Identify the basic elements of water storage facilities.
5. Identify the basic features of an industrial fire pump.
6. Test an existing water supply system.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the essential aspects of automatic on-site water-based suppression systems.

Objectives:

1. Identify the fundamentals of good sprinkler protection.
2. Identify the basic elements of a standpipe system.
3. Identify the types and components of water based sprinkler protection.
4. Design a hydraulically calculated sprinkler system.
5. Review sprinkler plans in accordance with National Fire Protection Standards.
6. Identify deficiencies in plans submitted for approval to authorities having jurisdiction.

Outcome 9: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze the essential aspects of fire alarm systems.

Objectives:

1. Identify the fundamentals of fire alarm systems.
2. Identify the basic elements of fire alarm systems.
3. Identify the types and components of fire alarm systems.
4. Review fire alarm plans in accordance with National Fire Protection Standards.
5. Identify deficiencies in plans submitted for approval to authorities having jurisdiction.

1. Introduction to Fire Protection Systems
   1. The Role Fire Protection Systems Play in Protecting the Life, Safety, and Welfare of the General Public and Firefighters
   2. Overview of the Different Types of Fire Protection Systems
   3. The Role of Codes & Standards in Fire Protection System Design
2. Water Supply Systems for Fire Protection Systems
   1. Sources of Fire Protection Water Supply
   2. Distribution Networks
   3. Piping
   4. Hydrants
   5. Utility Company Interface with the Fire Department
3. Water-Based Fire Suppression Systems
   1. Properties of Water
      1. Water as an Effective Extinguishing Agent
      2. How Water Extinguishes Fire
   2. Sprinkler Systems
      1. Types of Systems & Applications
      2. Types of Sprinklers & Applications
      3. Piping, Valves, Hangers & Alarm Devices
      4. Fire Department Operations in Buildings with Sprinkler Systems
   3. Residential Sprinkler Systems
   4. Standpipe Systems
   5. Foam Systems
   6. Water Mist Systems
   7. Fire Pumps
4. Non-Water Based Sysems
   1. Carbon Dioxide Systems
      1. Applications
      2. Extinguishing Properties
      3. System Components
   2. Halogenated Systems
      1. Halon 1301 and the Environment
      2. Halon Alternatives
      3. Extinguishing Properties
      4. System Components
   3. Dry/Wet Chemical Extinguishing Systems
      1. Extinguishing Properties
      2. Applications
      3. UL 300
5. Fire Alarm Systems
   1. Components
   2. Types of Fire Alarm Systems
   3. Detectors
      1. Smoke
      2. Heat
      3. Flame
   4. Audible/Visual Devices
   5. Alarm Monitoring
   6. Testing & Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems
6. Smoke Management Systems
   1. Hazards of Smoke
   2. Smoke Movement in Buildings
   3. Types of Smoke Management Systems
   4. Firefighter Operations in Buildings with Smoke Management Systems
7. Portable Fire Extinguishers
   1. Types & Applications
   2. Selection
   3. Placement
   4. Maintenance
   5. Portable Fire Extinguisher Operations

FIRE 2410 - Building Construction for Fire Protection

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the classification of all buildings and structures as to use groups.
2. Identify special use and occupancy buildings or structures, such as covered malls and high rises.
3. Identify height and area limitations of buildings, based on type of construction, use group, and allowable increases.
4. Identify the five types of construction.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to define fire resistant materials and interior finish requirements.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify exterior walls.
2. Identify fire separations and partitions.
3. Identify fire and party walls.
4. Identify columns and beams.
5. Identify penetration protection.
6. Identify interior finish and trim.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to define and identify BOCA National Building Code Requirements relating to fire protection systems.

Objectives:

1. Locate and apply the requirements of the BOCA National Building Code to determine when and where fire protection systems must be installed.
2. Understand the principles of how a fire protection system functions.
3. Identify fire alarm, fire protection, fire suppression, fire sprinkler, and fire standpipe systems.
4. Understand why a fire protection system must conform to code criteria and referenced standards.
5. Identify the requirements for the design, installation, and testing of fire protection systems.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to define and identify means of egress, emergency electrical systems, and mechanical system requirements.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Determine the occupant load for various buildings and use groups.
2. Examine capacity of egress requirements.
3. Determine the number, types, and locations of exits.
4. Evaluate exit access corridors and arrangement of means of egress.
5. Identify doors and hardware.
6. Define emergency and standby power systems.
7. Identify fire protection requirements in mechanical systems.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to given a set of construction documents, demonstrate code compliance for fire protection features, as specified in the BOCA National Building Code.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify building and planning requirements.
   1. Use and occupancy.
   2. Type of construction.
   3. Height.
   4. Minimum type of construction.
   5. Unlimited areas.
2. Identify fire resistant materials and construction requirements.
3. Identify fire protection requirements.
4. Identify means of egress requirements.
5. Identify site requirements.

1. Introductions/Course Overview
2. Introduction to Building Construction (chapter 1)
3. Principles of Construction/Assign Article Review 1 (chapter 2)
4. Trusses (chapter 1, 2)
5. Wood Construction (chapter 3)
6. Ordinary Construction (chapter 4)
7. Garden Apartments and Strip Malls (chapter 5)
8. Mid-Term Exam
9. Principles of Fire Resistance (chapter 6)
10. Assign Article Review 2 (chapter 7)
11. Steel Construction (chapter 8)
12. Concrete Construction (chapter 9)
13. Fire Growth - Smoke and Fire Containment (chapter 10)
14. Mid & High Rise Construction (chapter 11)
15. Presentations
16. Final Exam

FIRE 2420 - Fire Investigation

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives: 

1. Define fire investigation terms with 90% accuracy.
2. Use fire investigation terms in classroom discussions to the satisfaction of the instructor.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline the basic method used to investigate a fire.

Objectives: 

1. Identify the scientific method of investigation.
2. Identify the six major steps of a fire investigation.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain fire behavior.

Objectives: 

1. Define the four components of a fire tetrahedron.
2. Define the three methods of heat transfer.
3. Define ignition.
4. Define fuel load.
5. Identify fire development.
6. List the products of combustion.
7. Identify fire pattern development.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to examine fire patterns.

Objectives: 

1. Define fire patterns.
2. Identify movement patterns.
3. Define wood char.
4. Identify spalling.
5. Define oxidation.
6. Identify the melting of materials.
7. Identify thermal expansion and deformation of materials.
8. Define smoke and soot.
9. Identify clean burn areas.
10. Identify calcination.
11. Identify the role of glass in a fire investigation.
12. Identify the location of patterns.
13. Identify pattern geometry.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline legal considerations relating to fire investigations.

Objectives: 

1. Define arson according to Michigan law.
2. List and define the Michigan Arson Statutes
3. List relevant factors to be considered prior to an arson investigation.
4. Identify civil litigation, negligence, and product liability.
5. Define expert testimony.
6. Distinguish between administrative and criminal search warrants.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline basic considerations of concern to the investigator prior to the beginning of the incident scene investigation.

Objectives: 

1. Identify basic incident information.
2. List the basic functions that are commonly performed in each investigation.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline sources of information.

Objectives: 

1. Identify the Freedom of Information Act.
2. Describe the purpose of an interview.
3. Identify governmental sources of information.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the recording of a scene.

Objectives: 

1. Identify photographic preservation documentation of the fire scene.
2. Identify photography techniques used during a fire investigation.
3. Demonstrate notetaking techniques
4. Create a fire investigation drawing according to nationally recognized standards.

Outcome 9: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to examine and test physical evidence.

Objectives: 

1. Define physical evidence.
2. Identify when to collect physical evidence.
3. Define comparison or control samples.
4. Preserve physical evidence.
5. Identify methods of collection.
6. Identify evidence containers.
7. Identify physical evidence.
8. Identify the chain of custody of physical evidence.
9. Identify examination and testing of physical evidence.

Outcome 10: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to outline safety requirements for fire investigators.

Objectives: 

1. Identify the safety factor that should require at least two investigators at a fire scene.
2. List the personal protective equipment needed at a fire scene.
3. Identify fire scene hazards.
4. Identify structural stability.
5. Identify status of all utilities
6. Identify the safety of the fire scene atmosphere.

Outcome 11: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to assess the fire origin.

Objectives: 

1. Define fire origin.
2. Identify fire damage assessment by notes, photography, vector, diagrams, and depth‐of‐char grid diagrams.
3. Demonstrate a preliminary scene assessment.
4. Demonstrate a preliminary scenario development.
5. Demonstrate a detailed exterior surface examination.
6. Demonstrate a detailed interior surface examination.
7. Identify pre‐fire conditions.
8. Demonstrate fire scene reconstruction.
9. Identify fire‐spread scenario.
10. Define a total burn.

Outcome 12: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to assess the fire cause.

Objectives: 

1. Define cause determination.
2. Identify an accidental fire cause.
3. Identify a natural fire cause.
4. Identify an incendiary fire cause.
5. Identify an undetermined fire cause.
6. Identify the source and form of heat ignition.
7. Identify first material ignited.
8. Identify ignition factor (cause).

Outcome 13: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to classify explosions.

Objectives: 

1. Identify the types of explosions.
2. Define BLEVEs.
3. Identify the orders of explosions.
4. Identify the effects of explosions.
5. Identify factors controlling explosion effects.
6. Identify seated, nonseated, gas/vapor, dust, and smoke explosions.
7. Define explosives.
8. Investigate the explosive scene.

Outcome 14: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to determine the motivation of a fire setter.

Objective: 

1. Describe the fire scene conditions or situations.
2. Assist in the identification of the plausible motive for a given fire. 
3. List the common arson motives.

Outcome 15: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to determine the cause of death based on information about the victim.

Objective:

1. Identify the type of information needed.
2. Assess the fire victim’s condition.
3. Collect evidence associated with fire victim.
4. Consult with medical personnel.
5. Follow best practices for gathering information.
6. Document evidence.

1. Responsibilities of the Fire Department
2. Responsibilities of the Firefighter
3. Responsibilities of the Fire Officer
4. Observations When Approaching the Scene
5. Observations Upon Arrival
6. Observations During Firefighting Operations
7. Identification of Incendiary Devices

II.Constitutional Law.

1. Criminal Law
2. Constitutional Amendments
3. Case studies
   1. Michigan v. Tyler
   2. Michigan v.Clifford
   3. Daubert Decision
   4. Benfield Decision
   5. Kuhmo/Carmichael Decision

III.Fire Investigations Terminology

1. Terms as They Apply to Structural Fires
2. Terms as They Apply to Vehicle Fires
3. Other Common Investigative Terms

IV. Basic Elements of Fire Dynamics

1. Ignition
2. Heat Transfer
3. Flame Spread
4. Burning Rate
5. Fire Plumes
6. Fire Analysis

V. Building Construction

1. Types of Construction
2. Building Materials
3. Building Components

VII.Fire Protection Systems

1. Extinguishment Systems
2. Detection Systems
3. Signaling Systems
4. Other Building Services

VIII.Basic Principles of Electricity

1. Basic Electricity
2. Wiring Systems
3. Common Electrical Systems

IX.Health and Safety

1. Methods of Identification
2. Common Causes of Accidents
3. Common Causes of Injuries

X. Fire Scene Investigations

1. Examining the Fire Scene
2. Securing the Fire Scene
3. Documenting the Fire Scene
4. Evidence Collection and Preservation
5. Exterior Examination

XI. Determining Point of Origin

1. Interior Examination
2. Area of Origin
3. Fire Patterns
4. Other Indicators
5. Scene Reconstruction
6. Point of Origin

XII.Types of Fire Causes

1. Accidental
2. Natural
3. Incendiary
4. Undetermined

XIII.Vehicle Fires

1. Examination of Scene
2. Examination of Exterior
3. Examination of Driver and Passenger Areas
4. Examination of Fuel System
5. Examination of Electrical System

XIV. Firesetters

1. Characteristics of Arson
2. Common Motives

FREN 1460 - Elementary French 1

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
2. Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
3. Engage in small conversations with a Native Speaker in the present or near future tense about the following topics (includes both initiating conversations as well as responding appropriately to speech of a Native Speaker):
   1. Small talk (greetings, getting acquainted, information about origin and nationality)
   2. Courses, university and student life, leisure activities
   3. Describing people/personalities
   4. Describing feelings, likes, and dislikes
   5. Clothes and sizes, basic numbers
   6. Describing housing (rooms, apartments, houses)
   7. Time, seasons, dates, holidays
   8. Family relations
   9. Expressing possession
   10. Food, meals, eating habits

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use basic French vocabulary.

Objectives: Regarding topics such as social interactions, school and school life, people/personalities, feelings, clothing, numbers, housing, time, date, seasons, family relations, and food and dining:

1. Use vocabulary when speaking.
2. Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
3. Use vocabulary in writing.
4. Demonstrate reading comprehension skills by discussing subject matter and/or answering questions based on the passage read.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use basic grammar structures in speaking and writing.

Objectives:

1. Use articles (definite, indefinite, partitive) and nouns.
2. Conjugate verbs in the present tense.
3. Make affirmation and negation statements; ask questions.
4. Use descriptive adjectives.
5. Use the imperative tense.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and discuss aspects of cultural areas of French culture.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss some basic geographical, economical and cultural aspects such as different forms of address, student life and housing, national holidays and celebrations, and francophone family life.
2. Identify how and when to use the different forms of address (informal - formal).
3. Compare cultural differences.

1. Greetings
2. Numbers from 0-20
3. French Alphabet
4. Accents
5. Pronunciation
6. General Introductory Vocabulary

Chapter 1:

1. Articles and Nouns: Identifying People and Things
2. Plural Articles and Nouns: Expressing Quantity
3. Verbs ending in -er
4. Negation using ne…pas

Chapter 2:

1. The Verb être
2. Descriptive Adjectives
3. Yes/No Questions
4. The Prepositions à and de

Chapter 3:

1. Verbs ending in -ir
2. The Verb avoir
3. Indefinite Articles in Negative Sentences
4. Interrogative Expressions

Chapter 4:

1. Possessive Adjectives
2. The Verb aller: Talking about Plans and Destinations
3. The Verb faire: Expressing Doing and Making
4. Verbs Ending in -re: Expressing Actions

Chapter 5:

1. The Verbs prendre and boire
2. Partitive Articles
3. The Imperative

FREN 1470 - Elementary French 2

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
2. Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
3. Engage in conversations with a Native Speaker in the present or near future tense about the following topics (includes both initiating conversations as well as responding appropriately to speech of a Native Speaker):
   1. Food-related shopping possibilities, restaurants
   2. Numbers, money
   3. Expressing desire, ability, obligation
   4. Vacation, sports, geographical names
   5. Means of transportation
   6. Making polite requests
   7. New technology, communication, and media
   8. Describing the past
   9. Urban life

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use French vocabulary beyond Elementary French 1.

Objectives: Regarding topics such as grocery shopping, restaurants, numbers and money, vacation, sports, geographic names, transportation, technology, communication, media, and urban life:

1. Use vocabulary when speaking.
2. Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
3. Use vocabulary in writing.
4. Demonstrate reading comprehension skills by discussing subject matter and/or answering questions based on the passage read.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use grammar structures beyond Elementary French 1 in speaking and writing.

Objectives:

1. Use adjectives (demonstrative, interrogative, placement).
2. Identify the difference between and conjugate the present perfect, and the simple past tenses.
3. Conjugate some basic verb forms in the conditional.
4. Use adverbs.
5. Use pronouns.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and discuss aspects of French culture beyond Elementary French 1.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss some geographical, economical and cultural aspects of some French speaking countries and/or communities such as:
   1. French shopping habits
   2. Restaurant etiquette
   3. Québec
   4. Vacations in the Francophone world, tourism, French vacation habits
   5. Means of transportation in France and their usage
   6. French TV, telephone, and internet services
   7. Francophone Africa
   8. The structure of French cities
2. Compare cultural differences.

1. The Verbs vouloir, pouvoir, and devoir
2. The Interrogative Adjective quel
3. The Placement of Adjectives

Chapter 7: Verbs Conjugated Like dormir, venir

1. The passé composé with avoir
2. The passé composé with être
3. Uses of depuis, pendant, and il y a

Chapter 8: Introduction to the Present Conditional

1. Prepositions with Geographical Names
2. Affirmative and Negative Adverbs
3. Affirmative and Negative Pronouns

Chapter 9: The imparfait

1. Direct Object Pronouns
2. Indirect Object Pronouns
3. The Verbs voir and croire

Chapter 10: The passé composé Versus the imparfait

1. The Pronouns y and en
2. Savoir and connaître

FREN 2460 - Intermediate French 1

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
2. Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
3. Engage in small conversations with a Native Speaker in the present or near future tense about the following topics (includes both initiating conversations as well as responding appropriately to speech of a Native Speaker):
   1. Art, literature, music.
   2. Love and marriage.
   3. The human body.
   4. Professions.
   5. Banking services, budget.
   6. Leisure activities.
   7. Environment.
   8. Expressing attitudes, wishes, necessity, emotion, doubt, uncertainty, and subjective viewpoints.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use French vocabulary beyond Elementary French 2.

Objectives: Regarding topics such as art, literature, music, love and marriage, the human body, professions, banking services, budget, leisure activities, and the environment:

1. Use vocabulary when speaking.
2. Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
3. Use vocabulary in writing.
4. Demonstrate reading comprehension skills by discussing subject matter and/or answering questions based on the passage read.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use grammar structures beyond Elementary French 2 in speaking and writing.

Objectives:

1. Use pronominal verbs.
2. Use pronouns (stressed, double-object, relative, interrogative, indefinite).
3. Conjugate the future tense and the conditional.
4. Use adjectives, nouns, and adverbs; make comparisons.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and discuss aspects of French culture beyond Elementary French 2.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss some geographical, economical and cultural aspects of some French speaking countries and/or communities such as:
   1. French art, architecture, literature, music, and cultural patrimony.
   2. Medicine in France.
   3. North African culture.
   4. Work culture in France.
   5. West African immigration into the US.
   6. French leisure habits and preferences .
   7. Canadian winter sports.
   8. French political parties, European Union.
2. Compare cultural differences.

1. Stresses Pronouns
2. Using Double Object Pronouns
3. Prepositions after Verbs
4. Adverbs

Chapter 12:

1. Pronominal Verbs
2. Expressing Action
3. Reporting Everyday Events
4. Expressing Reciprocal Actions
5. Talking about the Past and Giving Commands

Chapter 13:

1. The Future Tense
2. Relative Pronouns
3. Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives

Chapter 14:

1. Interrogative Pronouns
2. The Present Conditional
3. Adverbs and Nouns: Making Comparisons

Chapter 15:

1. Subjunctive Mood
2. Expressing Attitudes
3. Expressing Wishes, Necessity, and Possibility
4. Expressing Emotion

FREN 2470 - Intermediate French 2

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
2. Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
3. Engage in small conversations with a Native Speaker in the present or near future tense about the following topics (includes both initiating conversations as well as responding appropriately to speech of a Native Speaker):
   1. Extending, accepting, and declining an invitation.
   2. Offering, soliciting a service, making acquisitions, and asking for prices.
   3. Using language related to university life, expressing uncertainties and frustrations, expressing relief after an exam.
   4. Talking about education, career and personal interests.
   5. Discussing trends and tastes in food recipes.
   6. Debating national and international economic issues.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use French vocabulary beyond Intermediate French 1.

Objectives:

Regarding topics such as education and careers, descriptions, technology, economy, business, social, and financial terms, entertainment, food and recipes, sports and outdoor activities:

1. Use vocabulary when speaking.
2. Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
3. Use vocabulary in writing.
4. Demonstrate reading comprehension skills by discussing subject matter and/or answering questions based on the passage read.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use grammatical structures beyond Intermediate French 1 in speaking and writing.

Objectives:

Students will review grammatical structures, including:

1. Conjugate and use the present, the present perfect, the ‘plus-que-parfait,’ and the simple past tenses.
2. Use interrogative words and pronouns.
3. Use negation.
4. Use direct and indirect pronouns, ‘y’ and ‘en,’ accentuated pronouns and the sequential order of pronouns.
5. Identify the place of adjectives.
6. Use adverbs.
7. Use the comparative and superlative.
8. Use the partitive article.
9. Use the infinitive, subjunctive, and imperative.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and discuss aspects of French culture beyond Elementary French 2.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss some geographical, economical and cultural aspects of some French speaking countries and/or communities such as health systems, hospitals, hotels classification, and personal identifications.
2. Examine media of French-speaking countries (literature, visual art, music and songs, and/or cinema).
3. Compare cultural differences.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to critically discuss, in French, literary and/or journalistic works read in French.

Objectives:

1. Convey desired message.
2. Analyze the meaning of the work.
3. Support ideas conveyed using examples from the work.

1. Identity:
   1. Who are you?
   2. Describing family and friends
   3. Review of the French alphabet and accents

Chapter 1:

1. Communicative goals
   1. Asking for information
   2. Explaining where something is located
2. Grammar
   1. Present tense
   2. Negation
   3. The use of depuis
   4. Review of interrogative words and pronouns
   5. The difference between lequel and quel
3. Culture
   1. Paris
   2. Paul Verlaine
   3. Sempé/Goscinny: Le petit Nicolas

Chapter 2:

1. Communicative goals
   1. Find out what has happened
   2. Determine circumstances
2. Grammar
   1. Verbs like ouvrir
   2. Forms of the passé composé
   3. Forms of the imparfait
   4. The juxtaposition of the two past tenses
   5. The plus-que-parfait
3. Culture
   1. Canada and Québec
   2. Jacques Prévert
   3. Roch Carrier: “Grand-père n’avait peur de rien ni de personne”

Chapter 3:

1. Communicative goals
   1. Taking a decision
   2. Convincing people
2. Grammar
   1. Verbs like voir, envoyer, manquer
   2. Direct and indirect object pronouns
   3. The pronouns y and en
   4. The order of accentuated pronouns
3. Culture
   1. Papeete and Tahiti
   2. Charles Baudelaire
   3. Roseline Lefèvre: “L a perle et l’océan indien”
   4. Victor Segalen: “La loi nouvelle”

Chapter 4:

1. Communicative goals
   1. Describing people
   2. Ordering a meal
   3. Reading a menu
2. Grammar
   1. Verbs like courir and recevoir
   2. The place of the adjective
   3. Adverbs
   4. The comparative
   5. The superlative
   6. The partitive article
3. Culture
   1. Lyon and France
   2. Marie-Noëlle Toutain: “Ecoute-moi me taire”
   3. Nathalie Sarraute: “Le mercredi après-midi”

Chapter 5:

1. Communicative goals
   1. Asking for opinions and advice
   2. Giving advice and making suggestions
2. Grammar
   1. Verbs like falloir, valoir, pleuvoir
   2. The infinitive
   3. The present participle
   4. The imperative
   5. The subjunctive
3. Culture
   1. Relationship between Le Maghreb and France
   2. Francis Bebey: “Je suis venu chercher du travail”
   3. Fernand Reynaud: “Je suis pas un imbécile”
   4. Fatima Gallaire: “Les co-épouses”

GEOG 1100 - Principles of Geography

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify the core concepts of geography.
2. Explain the themes of geographic study.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to use the tools of geography.

Objectives:

1. Explain the role of globes.
2. Explain mapping properties.
3. Identify types of maps.
4. Describe the role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in geographic representations.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the physical processes that create the spatial distributions of landforms on the earth’s surface.

Objectives:

1. Explain the earth-sun relationship.
2. Describe how weather and climate patterns form.
3. Compare tectonic and gradational forces.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the impact of human activities.

Objectives:

1. Describe how population patterns form.
2. Explain the Demographic Equation.
3. Describe the interaction of humans with their environment.
4. Describe how cultures diffuse.
5. Identify geopolitical systems.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the patterns that govern the location of economic activity.

Objectives:

1. Explain the classifications of economic activity and land use.
2. Identify the environmental impacts of land use.

Outcome 6:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to use geographic concepts.

Objectives:

1. Interpret and describe the past.
2. Identify potential problems.

1. Geographic Concepts
   1. Definition
   2. Evolution of the discipline
   3. Core concepts
2. Maps
   1. Location, direction, distance
   2. Size, scale
   3. Map types
   4. GIS
3. Physical Geography
   1. Landforms
   2. Weather and climate
   3. Natural resources
4. Human Geography
   1. Population
   2. Culture
   3. Spatial interaction
   4. Political geography
5. Location Geography
   1. Economic geography
   2. Urban studies
   3. Environmental impact
6. Area Analysis
   1. Regional structure
   2. Cultural regions
   3. Natural resource regions

GEOG 1500 - Geography of Michigan & the Upper Great Lakes

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Explain the peninsular shape.
2. Describe the location.

Outcome 2:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to identify the processes that formed Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes.

Objectives:

1. Explain the impact of the processes.
2. Describe the resulting landscape.

Outcome 3:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to recognize migration and settlement patterns.

Objectives:

1. Discuss initial and ensuing settlers of each peninsula.
2. Identify influences of these settlers, including those that remain to this day.

Outcome 4:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to recognize transportation patterns.

Objectives:

1. Explain the importance of water routes.
2. Describe the evolution of land routes.

Outcome 5:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the cultural and economic patterns that have formed.

Objectives:

1. Explain the role of natural resources.
2. Describe the urban development.

Outcome 6:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the concept of Sustainable Development.

Objectives:

1. Identify quality of life issues.
2. Explain global warming’s effect on Michigan and the Great Lakes.
3. Explain globalization’s effect on Michigan and the Great Lakes.

1. Location
   1. Michigan’s unique shape
   2. Relative location
   3. Absolute location
   4. Location and history
2. Physical environment and natural resource base
   1. Glacial heritage
      1. Water
      2. Landforms
      3. Soils
   2. Great Lakes location
      1. Climate
      2. Biogeography
   3. Mineral resources
      1. Metal minerals
      2. Fossil fuels
      3. Other minerals
3. Patterns of Human Activity
   1. Economic development
      1. Agriculture
      2. Lumbering
      3. Mining
      4. Manufacturing
   2. Today’s economy
      1. Manufacturing
      2. Agriculture
      3. Tourism
      4. Transportation patterns
      5. Trade patterns
   3. Population
      1. Distribution
      2. Growth
      3. Immigration and change
      4. Demographics
4. Regional Patterns
   1. Primate city development
   2. Ethnic patterns
   3. Urban change

GEOG 1800 - Physical Geography

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Identify the four physical spheres.
2. Explain the scientific correlation and development of the spheres.
3. Identify and illustrate the fundamentals of the earth’s grid coordinates and important lines of latitude. 

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to summarize Earth-Sun relationships.

Objectives:

1. Calculate and illustrate the earth’s global energy balance.
2. Identify conditions during Equinox & Solstice periods (the seasons) of the year.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to diagram the earth’s atmospheric and hydrospheric patterns.

Objectives:

1. Identify current conditions and forecast weather using maps and basic meteorological skills.
2. Illustrate  global wind, ocean current, and air pressure systems.
3. Understand and diagram the water cycle.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to interpret global climates and natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change.

Objectives:

1. Classify and identify the geographic distribution of climates using the Koppen system.
2. Identify geographic controls of major climates.
3. Identify and discuss the potential impacts on physical and human systems of projected increases in CO2 emissions and global average surface temperatures.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to organize lithospheric activity.

Objectives:

1. Identify patterns and determine the main characteristics of soil taxonomy.
2. Summarize continental drift,  tectonic plate boundaries, common tectonic features, and the effect they have on the global distribution of landforms.
3. Identify the numerous features of a mass movement using morphological vocabulary.
4. Discuss the natural and human contributing variables to mass-movement events, as well as the triggering mechanisms.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to organize the ecosystems and biogeographical cycles into interrelated systems.

Objectives:

1. Classify characteristics and controls of plant species using precipitation, soil, and topographic data.
2.  Summarize common vegetation and geography of specific biomes.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to evaluate the use of geographic approaches as they apply to natural phenomena.

Objectives:

1. Use the basics of the scientific method through hands-on laboratory experiences.
2. Interpret observations and analyze diverse data sets through scientific investigations.
3. Demonstrate the utility of spatial and temporal scales of inquiry
4. Apply techniques of imaging the earth through the use and application of self-made maps, topographic maps, satellite imagery, and geographic information systems (GIS).

     a. Conceptual geography and the scientific method

     b. Earth’s major systems

     c. Latitude & longitude

     d. Remote Sensing

     e. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

2. Atmospheric systems

     a. Composition of the atmosphere

     b. Seasons and solar energy

     c. Hydrologic cycle

     d. Wind circulation systems

     e. Storms and major weather events

     f. Climate change

3. Biogeography

     a. Patterns of biodiversity

     b. Biome classifications

     c. Soil and water resources

     d. Ocean ecosystems

4. Tectonic system

     a. Geologic time

     b. Earth’s internal structure

     c. Plate tectonics

     d. Rocks and minerals

     e. Geohazards (volcanoes and earthquakes)

5. Erosion and deposition

     a. Weathering and mass movement

     b. Fluvial systems

     c. Glacial landforms

     d. Desert landforms

     e. Coastal landforms

GEOG 2000 - World Regional Geography

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Explain the concept of regions.
2. Describe how the regions are defined.
3. Identify major regions.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to use the regional concept.

Objectives:

1. Identify regions based on the physical setting, economic systems and culture.
2. Compare less developed, more developed, and miss-developed regions.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the role and consequences of European colonialism.

Objectives:

1. Describe how colonialism created the present world political and economic patterns.
2. Describe how colonialism affected the cultures and languages of the world.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize the patterns of economic interdependence among the regions.

Objectives:

1. Describe how the patterns evolved.
2. Identify emerging patterns.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize migration patterns.

Objectives:

1. Explain human migration patterns.
2. Identify and analyze problems caused by migration.
3. Describe the benefits of migration.

Outcome 6:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize current cultural and geopolitical conflicts.

Objectives:

1. Describe the process of Nationalism.
2. Explain the process of devolution. (Based on the National Geography Standards, 1994)