Course Descriptions

COM 478 - Advanced Newspaper Editing

COM 481 - Central Communication Agency

• Client/Agency Relationship: Students learn the role of the PR firm practitioner as well as PR/client relationship. The course will prepare students for real- work assignments through participation in a student- run communication agency. Daily work will bring opportunities involving client agency relationships.
• Research and Methodology: Students develop public relations approaches that address the following components: Research, Goals, Planning, Execution, Monitoring, and Evaluation. Strategic thinking: Students synthesize process and key relevant information to determine what is needed to position the client/organization/issue appropriately in its market/environment, especially with regard to
• Planning Abilities, Implementation of campaign and evaluation of campaign: Students develop a comprehensive public relations plan that reflects the organization’s needs including appropriate sequencing of plan elements. Develops, states and tests a public relations program’s informational, motivational, and behavioral objectives using qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

COM 483 - Advanced Central Communication Agency

• Client/Agency Relationship: Students learn the role of the PR firm practitioner as well as PR/client relationship. The course will prepare students for real- work assignments through participation in a student- run communication agency. Daily work will bring opportunities involving client agency relationships.
• Learn Leadership within group dynamics: Lead students assigned to their account teams. On a weekly basis, they will become the liaison to the client, write weekly memos on their team’s progress, and delegate necessary activities to their team to complete the goals set at the beginning of the quarter.
• Learn the beginning process of Public relations planning through Research, Methodology and Strategic thinking.
• Evaluation: Students have to determine if goals of the public relations program was met. Determines the extent the results or outcomes of public relations programs have been accomplished. Develops, states, and tests a public relations program’s informational,

COM 485 - Senior Seminar

COM 486 - Advanced Journalism Seminar

• Relate the history of the variable topic subject matter as it relates to print, online, broadcast or photojournalism.
• Demonstrate understanding of journalistic ethics as it relates to the specific topic under study.
• Develop a critical approach for examining the specific journalistic topic under study.
• Ability to demonstrate the creation of appropriate professional journalistic output consistent with the special topic under study

COM 487 - Advanced Public Relations Seminar

• Introduce students to the specific field of study being introduced during the given quarter. As topics will vary each time the course is offered, these topics may include: Social Media, Crisis Communication, Event Planning, Political PR, Sports PR, Entertainment PR, etc.
• Provide an overview of the history, principles, practices and techniques of the specific field of communication
• Work closely with current industry leaders through interviews, volunteer opportunities within the field and study current trends as applied to public relations, communication, advertising or other areas within the Department of Communication.

COM 489 - Portfolio Assessment

COM 490 - Cooperative Education

COM 491 - Workshop

COM 492 - Communication Practicum

• Hone knowledge and skills set(s) developed in the major or minor and apply them to practical &/or service learning project(s).
• Demonstrate ability to work individually under deadline and as a member of a team toward a common goal, campaign or finished product.
• Ability to demonstrate the creation of appropriate professional project &/or service learning output consistent with the specific learning agreement submitted by the student.

COM 496 - Individual Study

COM 497 - Honors

COM 498 - Special Topics

COM 499 - Seminar

CS 101 - Computer Basics

• Computer Fundamentals
  • Use personal computers for basic office oriented applications.
• Computer Applications
  • Create documents using a word processor.
  • Create spreadsheets using a spreadsheet application.
  • Create a computer based presentation.
• Computer Networking
  • Use the University Network for file storage and use.
• Internet Activity
  • Use the Internet for locating specific sites and specific information.
  • Use the Internet for locating and obtaining information.
  • Create web pages.

CS 105 - The Logical Basis of Computing

CS 110 - Programming Fundamentals I

• Analyze the behavior of simple programs involving fundamental programming constructs
• Write programs that use each of the following fundamental programming constructs: basic computation, simple 1/0, standard conditional and iterative structures
• Write programs in the object-oriented paradigm using objects, primitive data, classes, and method definitions.

CS 111 - Programming Fundamentals II

• Write programs that use arrays of primitive data and objects
• Write programs in the object-oriented paradigm using inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism.
• Write event-driven programs with graphical user interfaces
• Write programs that read and save information to external files.

CS 112 - Foundations of Computer Science

• General Overview of computer science and the specialty fields within the discipline.
  • Recognize the various specialty fields within computer science as a profession and their application.
• Algorithm foundation of Computer Science
  • Develop algorithms for different kinds of problems.
  • Analyze algorithms within limited contexts.
• Basic Machine Organization
  • Describe the basic machine organization for von Neumann class computers.
  • Define the role and function of the various components of computers.
  • Show how machine languages provide the directions for computer operations for computers of this class.
• Programming languages for computers
  • Describe the development of programming languages from machine language through high-level languages.
  • Identify the programming paradigms of imperative programming, functional programming, logic programming, object-oriented programming.
  • Recognize the purpose, function, and differences of language assemblers, compilers, and translators.
• Data representation and numbers stem used in computers
  • Convert numbers between bases including base 2 (binary), base 10 decimal), and base 16 (hexadecimals).
  • Perform arithmetic operations in the binary and hexadecimal.
  • Identify other forms of computer data representation including characters and floating-point numbers.
  • Describe computer applications as they apply to fields within the profession.
  • Describe database, networking, and artificial intelligence as computer applications.
  • Introduction to social and ethical issues of computer science.
  • Identify social and ethical issues related to computer science.
  • Discuss current social and ethical issues of computer science.

CS 250 - Web Development Technologies I

• Describe and use client-side technologies of the World Wide Web: XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Create and maintain a dynamic web site
• Design and create web applications that dynamically access a database.
• Articulate ethical positions on contemporary issues related to the web
• Deliver oral presentations on website design and implementation

CS 290 - Cooperative Education

CS 298 - Special Topics

CS 299 - Seminar

CS 301 - Data Structures

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• List the fundamental data structures
• Write programs involving data structures in Visual C++
• Write programs involving data structures with the C++ Standard Template Library
• Describe and apply the data structures
  • String
  • Vector 
  • List
  • Stack
  • Queue
  • Deque 
  • Set
  • Tree
• Describe how fundamental data structures are implemented
• Decide and explain the choice of a data structure for an application

 Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/21/02

CS 302 - Advanced Data Structures and File Processing

• List the advanced data structures
• Design advanced data structures
• Write programs involving advanced data structures in Visual C++
• Describe and apply the advanced data structures
  • Binary Tree
  • Binary SearchTree
  • ADT Table
  • Hash Table
  • AVL Tree
  • Red-black Tree
  • 2-3 Tree, 2-3-4 Tree,B-tree
  • B-plus Tree
  • File Structures
  • Graph
• Describe how advanced data structures are implemented
• Decide and explain the choice of an advanced data structure for an application
• Describe and apply internal and external sorting algorithms
• Describe and apply internal and external searching algorithms and methods.

CS 311 - Computer Architecture I

• Create and modify programs of significant size using Assembly language.
• Create software programs using commonly accepted practices for writing software, such as, proper documentation, testing, and code writing.
• Modify software written by other programmers.
• Compare and contrast Assembly language with other programming languages.

CS 312 - Computer Architecture II

• List the historical developments of computers
  • analog
  • digital
  • simple organization
  • electronic representation of the bit
  • voltage levels and pulse time
• Apply the elements of Boolean algebra
• Describe and apply the elements used in
  • combinational circuits
  • encoders and decoders
  • multiplexors and demultiplexors
  • ROM
  • shifters and adders
  • registers
  • ALU
• Describe and apply the elements used in
  • sequential circuits
  • clocks
  • flip-flops
  • registers
  • RAM
• Explain and apply performance metrics
• Describe and analyze the elements of the CPU
  • ALU
  • control unit
  • buses
  • exception handling
  • microprogramming
  • piplining
  • CISC vs RICS
• Describe and analyze the elements of computer memory
  • memory hierarchy
  • cache
  • virtual memory
• Describe and analyze the elements of input and output
  • CPU controlled
  • memory mapped
  • DMA
• Describe and analyze the elements of parallel processors
  • SIMD
  • MIMD
  • shared memory
  • message passing

CS 325 - Technical Writing in Computer Science

CS 351 - Web Development Technologies II

• Describe and use client-side technologies of the World Wide Web: XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Create and maintain a dynamic web site
• Design and create web applications that dynamically access a database.
• Articulate ethical positions on contemporary issues related to the web
• Deliver oral presentations on website design and implementation

CS 352 - Web Development Technologies III

• Explain the purpose of XML and why it goes beyond the capabilities of HTML
• Design, code, and use XML in developing Web applications.
• Validate XML documents using a Document Type Description (DTD) and XML Schemas
• Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format and display an XML document
• Transform XML documents using XSL Transformation (XSLT)
• Explain the purpose of XPath, XPointer, and Xlink and other emerging XML technologies
• Research, write and present on an XML child language in use

CS 361 - Principles of Language Design I

• Survey the wide variety of programming languages.
• Differentiate between compilation and interpretation.
• Explore elements of  formal languages.
• Explain the construction of lexical scanners and parsers.
• List the phases of compilation
• Distinguish the semantics of control structures.
• Describe the major issues regarding storage at runtime.
• Differentiate between static and dynamic scopes.
• List properties of type systems.
• Apply principles of expression evaluation.

CS 362 - Principles of Language Design II

• Name the major categories of languages.
• Compare and contrast computer languages.
• Describe and apply the categories of syntax and semantics, including formal methods of syntax, attribute grammars, and static and dynamic semantics.
• Demonstrate general knowledge in naming, binding, type checking, and scoping.
• Define, describe, illustrate the theory of data types, expressions and assignment statements.
• Demonstrate an understanding of (i) functional, (ii) object-oriented, (iii) scripting, (iv) logic, (v) imperative programming languages.

CS 367 - Advanced Visual Basic Programming

• Explain the importance of bullet-proofing programs
• List and explain three different types of errors - run-time, syntax and logic
• Use built-in error trapping and explain the types of errors it catches
• Explain the disadvantages of GOTO statements
• Use the standard debugging techniques -  data dump and hand-execution
• Use the integrated VB debugger

CS 370 - Introduction to the UNIX Operating System

• Demonstrate knowledge in different Unix/Linux like operating systems.
• Perform different operating system specific programming tasks involving C/C++ programming language.
• Convert different algorithms into shell scripts using OS specific tools.
• Set-up from scratch an operating system.
• Identify scenarios where one tool or another relevant tool should be considered to solve specific problems.
• Manage an operating system from administration point of view.

CS 380 - Introduction to Software Engineering

• List and explain good design in terms of Java patterns. 
• Assess and evaluate large project resources.
• Formulate principles of customer interaction.
• Describe  the use of  testing and version control tools.
• Organize and schedule team member meetings.
• Prepare presentations on the progress of project.
• Practice human skills to resolve conflicts.

CS 392 - Lab Experience in Teaching Computer Science

CS 396 - Individual Study

CS 397 - Honors

CS 398 - Special Topics

CS 399 - Seminar

CS 420 - Database Management Systems

• Identify different types of DB organization
• Describe a relational database.
• Recognize an Entity/Relationship model
• Analyze and state problems in term of relational algebra.
• Understand the principles of relation description via functional dependencies.
• Identify good design of a relational database.
• Demonstrate working ability in SQL

CS 427 - Algorithm Analysis

• Define basic categories of algorithmic analysis and algorithmic strategies
• Formulate and apply  fundamental computing algorithms to solve specific tasks
• Mathematical analysis of recursive algorithms: heterogeneous recurrences, Master Theorem
• Formulate and apply  Brute-force, Exhaustive search, Depth-First and Breadth-First Search, Depth-First and Breadth-First Search. Decrease-and-conquer  algorithms
• Formulate and apply  he complexity classes P and NP to specific tasks
• Formulate and apply advanced algorithmic analysis.

CS 428 - Introduction to Graph Algorithms

• Demonstrate knowledge of algorithmic ideas and principles discussed in class.
• Distinguish between different types of graph problems and choose algorithms which solve them.
• Analyze an optimization problem, transform it into a graph problem, and implement a program solving it.
• Propose an algorithmic approach to solve the graph problem of term project.
• Justify chosen algorithms, data structures, and other design decisions in submitted implementation.

CS 430 - Introduction to Computer Security

• Differentiate the basic components of computer security
• Classify, compare, and contrast different computer security threats.
• Implement and experiment with cryptographic encoding- decoding methods.
• Analyze encryption security policies and propose software development practices to avoid possible weaknesses.
• Implement and experiment with anti-malware techniques
• Describe the concept of social engineering as it relates to internet computer security and evaluate its effectiveness.
• Analyze anti-malware security policies and propose software development practices to avoid possible intrusion attacks.
   

CS 440 - Computer Graphics

• List the historical developments of computer graphics
• List and apply the elementary drawing of figures
• Describe and apply the elements of analytic geometry
  • Points
  • Curves
  • Lines
  • Surfaces
  • 2D and 3D transformations
• Describe and apply matrix representations of transformations
  • Homogeneous coordinates
  • Combining transformations
  • Projections
• Explain and apply display segmentation processes.
• Describe and apply the elements of 30 graphics
  • Curves and surfaces
  • Hidden surfaces
  • Shading

CS 441 - Computer Graphics II (Put on reserve 9/16/17)

• Properly use vector tools in graphical systems.
• Discuss the concept of object transformation.
• Describe and apply 3-D affine transformations in computer graphics.
• Describe and apply techniques necessary to change the coordinate system in computer graphics.
• Ability to build graphical systems that draw user and application required shapes.
• Ability to draw 3-D scenes with Open GL tools.
• Describe methods for decomposing affine transformations into basic geometric operations.
• Describe and apply the elements used in defining operations
  • Solid modeling with polygonal meshes, 
  • Polyedra and Nonsolid objects,and smooth objects.
• Ability to build graphical systems using Open GL.

CS 442 - Computer Vision (Put on reserve 9/16/15.)

• Explain the image formation process.
• Demonstrate various segmentation approaches, and ha able to detail their characteristics, differences, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Describe and apply object recognition based on contour- and region-based shape representations.
• Explain differential motion analysis methods.
• Describe and apply the differences in object tracking methods.

CS 445 - Data and Information Visualization

• Construct visualization pipelines for specific visualization tasks.
• Apply visual data representations.
• Create effective operational models for knowledge of fundamental visualization algorithms.
• Quantify visualization frameworks for web visualization applications.
   

CS 446 - User Interface Design and Development

• Recognize basic principles of User Interface Design
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of:
  • Usability, Learnability, Safety, UI Software Architecture, User-Centered Design, Prototyping, IO, Usability Testing, Graphic Design, Information Visualization, Layout, Color, Typography, Heuristic Evaluation, Accessibility, Internationalization, Mobile UI, Web development,  UI/Marketing issues.
• Construct a basic web site using HTML and CSS.
• Construct a basic web site using JavaScript and JQuery.
• Develop a front end project in a team environment including: design, paper and computer prototype, implementation and Usability testing.
• Present the final project as a team.

CS 450 - Computer Network and Data Communications

• Communications Basics
  • Identify and explain the basic concepts of communication between computers.
• Foundations for computer networks
  • Identify and explain the fundamentals for computer networks.
  • Identify the primary Local Area Networks architectures.
  • Identify the principle network topologies.
  • Recognize the difference between local and wide area networks.
• Communication and network standards and standards bodies
  • Describe the purpose of communication and network standards and identify the primary standards bodies for networking.
  • Describe the nature and functionality of protocol layering in networking.
• Communication and network protocols
  • Describe the concept and purpose of protocol for communication.
  • Define the principle protocols used in Local Area Networks.
  • Define the principle protocols used in Wide Area Networks and the Internet.
• Fundamentals of Network Operating Systems
  • Recognize the purpose and basic operation of Network Operating Systems.
• Message Flow and Control in Networking
  • Describe message flow from one station to another.
  • Describe how flow control is used in networking.
  • Describe error conditions and handling in networking.
  • Define packet switching and packet switched networks.
  • Recognize the concept and purpose of connection-oriented protocols for message handling.

 Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/21/02

CS 455 - Artificial Intelligence

• List the historical developments of artificial intelligence
• Describe and apply the elements of production and matching
  • productions system methodology
  • pattern matching
  • mathematical formula
  • manipulation
  • the notion of unification
• Describe and apply the elements used in knowledge representation
  • productions rules
  • concept hierarchies
  • inheritance
  • propositional and predicate logic
  • frames of context
  • semantic networks
  • constraints
  • relational databases
• Describe and apply the elements used in searching
  • elementary search techniques
  • heuristic search techniques
  • planning
  • two-person, zero-sum games
• Describe and apply the elements used in probabilistic reasoning
  • probability
  • probabilistic inference networks
  • updating inference networks
  • the Dempster-Shafer calculus
• Describe and apply the elements used in learning
  • classification rules
  • general rules from fixed examples
  • self-directed conceptualization systems
• Describe and apply the elements used in natural language understanding
  • syntax
  • semantics and representation
  • computing interpretations
  • dialog management
• Describe and apply the elements used in expert systems
  • integration of Al techniques
  • tools
  • hardware

 Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/21/02

CS 456 - Data Mining (Put on reserve 9/16/15.)

• Characterize specific data mining tasks.
• Use machine learning algorithms to solve data clustering problems.
• Identify the important of data mining in financial applications.

CS 457 - Computational Intelligence

• Describe the development and history of computational and artificial intelligence compared to the Turing Machine and conventional computing.
• Discuss the basic concepts of artificial neural networks: learning, classification, pattern recognition, memory, logical operations.
• Build neural classificators and pattern recognition models.
• Describe the use of feedback neural networks for optimization.
• Describe associative memories and, their use in clustering, classification, and visualization of very large data sets.
• Define genetic algorithms and their use in optimization.
• Discuss the basic features of swarm intelligence and ant colony optimization.
• Describe fuzzy logic compared to binary logic. Analyze the use of fuzzy rules for expert systems and the architecture of fuzzy neural systems.
• Describe radial function neural networks.
• Analyze the computational power of neural networks: which are the limits of neural computing.

CS 460 - Software Engineering for Mobile Devices

• Demonstrate knowledge of MVC design pattern
• Demonstrate knowledge of and proficiency with XML in use in a large-scale development team
• Demonstrate use of Objective-C and Java in writing stand-alone applications for deployment onto mobile devices
• Design, create, and interpret control-flow (CFD) and data- flow diagrams (DFD)
• Students will apply effective User Interface (UI) design principles to design a user- friendly, easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) for their three custom mobile applications.
• Students will employ formal integration and unit testing principles to evaluate efficiency and accuracy of back-end code and its ability to meet a mobile app’s functional and non- functional requirements

CS 470 - Operating Systems

• Demonstrate knowledge of how an operating system functions with particularities considered for Linux and Windows.
• Acquire and integrate concepts such as process management, how processes are created, synchronized, canceled, deadlocks, etc.
• Acquire and integrate concepts such as main/virtual memory management, how memory is allocated, how memory is shared, and how this integrates in the OS paradigm.
• Design and develop multithreaded solutions to solve problems in multiprocessor architectures to be able to justify the parallel programming in the critical section paradigm.
• Assess, test and compare different CPU scheduling mechanism to recognize and distinguish advantages and disadvantages of these strategies in the OS paradigm.
• Acquire and integrate concepts such as file systems, file allocation, compare the different mass storages. Examine their physical structure and action mechanism.

CS 471 - Optimization

• Demonstrate knowledge of different problem domains.
• Differentiate different optimization algorithm classification, in terms of deterministic and stochastic algorithms.
• Formulate deterministic algorithms using given set of rules on a specified problem domain.
• Formulate stochastic algorithms based on population topology.
• Assess the performance characteristics of different algorithms through benchmark tests.
• Evaluate the suitability of different optimization algorithms in given scenarios.

CS 473 - Parallel Computing

• List the historical developments of parallel systems
• Describe and apply the elements used in the design of parallel systems
  • architectural models
  • pipelined systems
  • shared memory systems
  • models of parallelism
• Develop models and apply concepts to existing
  • models
  • Taxonomy of parallel architectures
  • PRAM
  • interconnection networks
• Describe and apply the elements used in parallel programming
  • performance metrics
  • scalability
  • granularity
  • overhead
  • mapping
  • scheduling
  • partitioning
• Describe and apply the elements of virtual memory management
  • management strategies
  • page replacement
  • working sets
  • demand paging
  • page release
• Solve parallel programming problems
  • matrix operations
  • sorting
  • graph algorithms
• Describe and apply the elements of special parallelizing compilers
• Describe and apply the elements of message passing

CS 475 - Programming for Distributed Environments

• Identify the significant architectural styles of distributed computing.
• Identify the different communication methods used by distributed applications
• Identify the issues specific to creating a distributed application, such as synchronization, fault tolerance, naming, and consistency.
• Identify the paradigms used for creating distributed applications.

CS 476 - Social Informatics for Computer Science

• Define key terms from the discipline of social informatics
• Discuss critical social informatics theories
• Apply social informatics theory to solve problems.
• Distinguish social informatics theory from other theoretical frameworks associated with lCTs.
• Design a plan that facilitates the successful implementation of an ICT in a specific setting.
• Justify a plan that facilitates the successful implementation of an ICT in a specific setting.

CS 480 - Advanced Software Engineering

• Acquire and integrate concepts such as software project management necessary to build a professional software project using a computer.
• Study the software product lifecycle: problem definition, the client, the requirements, requirements specification, design, prototype, testing, and deployment.
• Learn how to prepare a software requirements specification document based on discussions with a real client.
• Learn how to prepare a software documentation.
• Use and further develop their technical writing skills to prepare all these documents.
• Learn to work in teams (agenda, meeting, focus, timing, minutes, etc.) and how to prepare a presentation for the client with a possible solution for a given problem.

CS 481 - Software Engineering Project

• Implement and use the knowledge acquired in CS 480 (team, deadlines, meetings, working in teams, meeting with clients, etc.) for real-life problems assigned by the CS department.
• Select the adequate technologies, solutions (platform, technologies, operating systems, etc.) to provide a viable solution to the client.
• Write and develop a project progress report based on the current project status.
• Write and develop a final project report based on the assigned project.
• Show and demonstrate live their software product.
• Learn how to asses and evaluate themselves and their peers by writing a short evaluation report.

CS 489 - Senior Colloquium

• List “Computer Ethics Institute” IT professional ethics.
• Explain “Software Engineering Code of Ethics”
• Name and explain similarities in business and IT professional ethics.
• Analyze significant and current topics in Computer Science.
• Prepare a written report of a significant ethical or historical topic.

CS 490 - Cooperative Education

CS 491 - Workshop

CS 492 - Laboratory Experience in Teaching Computer Science

CS 493 - Practicum

CS 495 - Directed Research

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate ideas and results effectively.
• Demonstrate an ability to learn new material independently from a variety of sources.

CS 496 - Individual Study

CS 497 - Honors

CS 498 - Special Topics

CS 499 - Seminar

CMGT 101 - Construction and the Built Environment

CMGT 201 - Computer Applications in Construction

CMGT 245 - Light Commercial Construction

CMGT 265 - Construction Documents

CMGT 267 - Plane Surveying

CMGT 267LAB - Plane Surveying Field Session

CMGT 267LABHC - Heavy Civil Highway Field Session

CMGT 298 - Special Topics

CMGT 299 - Seminar

CMGT 320 - Electrical Systems

CMGT 343 - Construction Estimating I

CMGT 343LAB - Construction Estimating I Laboratory

CMGT 344 - Construction Estimating II

• Able to identify the resource requirements required (materials, labor, equipment, time and money) to build construction projects.
• Able to reference safety items, understand how safety concerns is addressed at the job site, and how it must be planned for during an estimate.
• Understand how to determine and develop costs associated with the required resources to build construction projects.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in teams and estimate an entire commercial project.

CMGT 344LAB - Construction Estimating II Laboratory

CMGT 345 - Heavy Civil Estimating II

CMGT 345LAB - Heavy Civil Estimating II Laboratory

CMGT 346 - Construction Methods and Materials

CMGT 347 - Heavy Civil Methods and Materials

CMGT 396 - Individual Study

CMGT 397 - Honors

CMGT 398 - Special Topics

CMGT 399 - Seminar

CMGT 440 - Temporary Structures

CMGT 441 - Wood and Steel Construction

CMGT 442 - Building Mechanical Systems

• Properly identify items and terms related to building mechanical systems, including HVAC components, plumbing systems and site drainage systems. (ACCE SLO 8, 10, 20 DA)
• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of heat loss and gain in a building and properly calculate these values.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design criteria for modern HVAC systems and an ability to create a schematic of an HVAC and refrigeration system. (ACCE SLO 8, 10, 20 DA)
• Demonstrate an understanding of a building supply system and a building drainage system. (ACCE SLO 20, DA)
• Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanical contracting industry and how this industry interacts with others on a construction project. (ACCE SLO 12, I)
• Demonstrate the ability to work on mechanical systems projects as a team player.
• Develop a basic understanding of the code requirements for mechanical systems.

CMGT 443 - Heavy Civil Utilities

CMGT 444 - Codes, Contracts, and Specifications

CMGT 445 - Heavy Civil Contract Law

CMGT 447 - Construction Planning, Scheduling, and Control