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WESTERN NEVADA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2006-2007 www.wncc.edu 133 Physical Education Physics Political Science PEX 184: CONDITIONING, INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 1 credit. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Learns the fundamentals of general and sports speci c conditioning. All aspects of physical and psychological development are incorpo rated in this class. Strength, power, speed, acceleration, muscular hy pertrophy and endurance, cardiovascular endurance, motor skills and agility drills are taught and practiced. The class will include general physical preparation sport tness, plyometrics, agility drills and sports speci c conditioning. The students will learn about the year-round conditioning, including conditioning appropriate to the off-season, preparatory period, pre-competition period and competi tion period. PEX 193: INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCCER 1-3 credits. Prerequisite: Must be on the WNCC soccer team. May be repeated for up to 6 credits. Participation on the intercollegiate soccer team. PEX 199: SPECIAL TOPICS 1-3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Special topics which vary accross semesters. A maximum of six credits may be applied towards a WNCC degree. PHYSICS DEPARTMENT CODE: PHYS PHYS 100: INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS 3 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 120 or MATH 126 or higher or consent of instructor. Introduces students to a broad range of concepts in physics from basic classical mechanics to modern physics. Students will conduct several experiments with many demonstrations performed through out the course. PHYS 151: GENERAL PHYSICS I 4 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 126 and MATH 127 or MATH 128 or equivalent. Provides a course in physics for students in arts and science, medicine and dentistry, and agriculture. Emphasis is on mechanics, heat, and sound. PHYS 152: GENERAL PHYSICS II 4 credits. Prerequisite: PHYS 151 or consent of instructor. Emphasizes light, electricity, magnetism and nuclear physics. PHYS 180: ENGINEERING PHYSICS I 3 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 181. Explores vectors, rectilinear motion, particle dynamics, work and energy, momentum, rotational mechanics, oscillations, gravitation, uids, wave properties and sound. Students must co-enroll in both lecture and lab to receive credit. PHYS 180L: ENGINEERING PHYSICS I LAB 1 credit. Prerequisite: MATH 181. Explores vectors, rectilinear motion, particle dynamics, work and energy, momentum, rotational mechanics, oscillations, gravitation, uids, wave properties and sound. Students must co-enroll in both lecture and lab to receive credit. PHYS 181: ENGINEERING PHYSICS II 3 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 182 and PHYS 180. Explores electric elds, potential, current, dielectrics, circuits, magnetic elds, electromagnetic oscillations, thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gases. Students must co-enroll in both lecture and receive credit. PHYS 181L: ENGINEERING PHYSICS II LAB 1 credit. Prerequisite: MATH 182 and PHYS 180. Explores electric elds, potential, current, dielectrics, circuits, magnetic elds, electromagnetic oscillations, thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gases. Students must co-enroll in both lecture and receive credit. PHYS 182: ENGINEERING PHYSICS III 3 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 182 and PHYS 181 or consent of Explores light, optical systems, relativity, wave aspects of particles, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, semiconductors, radioac tivity, nuclear physics and particles. Students must co-enroll in lecture and lab to receive credit. PHYS 182L: ENGINEERING PHYSICS III LAB 1 credit. Prerequisite: MATH 182 and PHYS 181 or consent of Explores light, optical systems, relativity, wave aspects of particles, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, semiconductors, radioac tivity, nuclear physics and particles. Students must co-enroll in lecture and lab to receive credit. PHYS 293: DIRECTED STUDY 1-3 credits. Prerequisite: PHYS 151 or 180 or consent of instructor be repeated for up to six credits. Provides individual study conducted under the direction of a member. POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CODE: PSC PSC 103: PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Satis es United States and Nevada Consti tution requirement. Studies constitutions of U.S. and Nevada with speci various principles and current problems of government. PSC 108: GREAT ISSUES OF POLITICS 3 credits. Prerequisite: PSC 103 or HIST 101 or consent of instructor Studies political processes and ways in which political decisions made and implemented. PSC 208: SURVEY OF STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 3 credits. Prerequisite: satis es Nevada Constitution requirement. Students learn about the organization, working principles and functional processes of state and local governments in the U.S. PSC 231: WORLD POLITICS 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Explores recent and contemporary international relations and the foreign policies, policy making institutions, and the politics of nations.

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