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Level 1 Welder - Harmonized

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Level 2 Welder - Harmonized

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Level 3 Welder - Harmonized

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In the Welder Foundation program students will learn the following skills: occupational skills, cutting and gouging processes, semi-automatic and automatic welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Fusion and Braze Welding (TB) using Oxy-Fuel (OFW) process, basic metallurgy, and welding drawings, layout, and fabrication.

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This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the tourism industry within a global context. Given the pace of globalization, gaining an understanding of how the tourism sector is evolving as stakeholders struggle with challenges, issues, and opportunities is crucially important. Students gain an understanding of the complexities of the tourism industry, including economic, environmental, and social impacts as well as the evolution, function, and direction of tourism internationally.

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Technology plays an important role in the tourism industry for both travelers and business stakeholders. During the semester, this course covers an introduction of effects of advanced communication and technologies in tourism while typical microcomputer hardware and software are explored: operating system features, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, desktop publishing, and web browsing techniques. Upon completion of this course, students are exposed to various forms of electronic communications. These include capturing, storing and processing information to assist in organizational decision-making, and utilizing "blogging", "podcasts", "webcasts", "virtual and augmented reality" presence which are some of the tactics progressive tourism providers are incorporating to expand audience catchment and expand into non-traditional markets. Through lectures, readings and lab work, students will gain insight into the process of determining how to invest in social networking strategies and/or add an online component to an organization's profile and the challenges/opportunities having such exposure creates for tourism managers.

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This course is in-depth introduction to the principles of health and wellness with particular emphasis on personal health. A review of education and research on a variety of student health issues, and their larger impact, will be investigated and discussed. Opportunities to develop skills and resources for optimal health as it relates to life and academic success are included.

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Introduction to accounting procedures, principles and financial statement preparation, and the analysis of accounting information for business decision-making. Emphasis is on accounting policies and generally accepted accounting principles.

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Lab

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This course will provide an overview of the concepts and principles of physical fitness. The topic areas include the components of health-related fitness, fitness assessments, and the effects of exercise. Students will study and perform a variety of conditioning exercises. The theory and practice of personal exercise prescription will be emphasized. This course will incorporate both lecture and physical activity labs.

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This course will focus on many of the health issues in current society. This course includes the following topics: psychological disorders, complementary and alternative medicine, reproduction and pregnancy, infection and immunity, major diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes), musculoskeletal disorders/disease (e.g., arthritis, osteoporosis), medications, and aging (e.g., dementia, death and dying). Due to the evolving nature of health information, additional topics may be covered.

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Lab

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This course introduces the anatomy of the body and how it relates to human movement and performance. Students use a multimedia cadaver study, three-dimensional models, and lab activities to facilitate a hands-on approach to learning.

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Lab

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Lab characteristics of human systems. Students will be introduced to the physiology of the body and how it relates to human movement and performance. There will be emphasis on systems that support human movement and performance including muscular, cardiovascular, and respiratory.

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This course is an introduction to the physiology of muscular exercise, physical conditioning, and training. Topics include: acute and chronic effects of exercise on body systems; basic concepts of cardiovascular, respiratory nervous and muscular responses to physical activity; short and long term adaptations to exercise; and the interrelationships among energy intake, energy transfer during exercise, and the physiologic systems that support energy transfer. Students apply what they have learned to enhance exercise training, athletic performance, and health.

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Marketing is integrated into almost every facet of a hospitality and/or tourism organization. In this course the learner will explore basic concepts of marketing in order to evaluate the best practices for today's tourism organizations. This course focuses on major marketing decisions that tourism and hotel managers face in researching demand, generating and sustaining demand for their products and services.

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This course explores strategic management and planning in a hotel and tourism environment. Using both a theoretical and practical approach, students examine the concepts of strategic planning and competitive strategy, and how they can be successfully applied by organizations in an increasingly complex and global tourism environment. Students examine the management challenges and opportunities of small tourism entities and the unique environments in which they operate, including hotels.