RCI Dual Enrollment Course Descriptions 2011-12
Mercyhurst College – Skill Center
Penn State Behrend – Skill Center
Course #
BI SC 003
Title
Environmental Science
Location
Skill Center
University
Penn State
Behrend
Kinds of environments; past and present uses and abuses of natural resources; disposal of
human wastes; prospects for the future.
Course #
BMB 001
Title
Location
University
Understanding the Bases of Human
Skill Center
Penn State
Diseases
Behrend
A broad survey of the molecular and cellular factors that contribute to an understanding of
selected human diseases.
Course #
CAS 101
Title
Introduction to Human Communication
Location
Skill Center
University
Penn State
Behrend
Introduction to major theoretical, critical, research and pedagogical issues in human
communication.
Course #
COMM 100
Title
Mass Media and Society
Location
Skill Center
University
Penn State
Behrend
Mass communications in the United States: organization, role, content, and effects of
newspapers, magazines, television, radio, books, and films.
Course #
ENT 202
Title
The Insect Connection
Location
Skill Center
University
Penn State
Behrend
An introduction to the diversity of insects and the ways in which they interact with humans
and impact our world.
Course #
Title
Location
University
MATH 109
Statistics
Skill Center
Mercyhurst
This course is an introduction to the uses of statistics and probability as decision and problem
solving tools. Topics included are: measures of central tendency; variability; probability;
counting, binomial distribution; normal distribution; confidence intervals correlation and
regression; hypothesis testing, statistical inference, sampling techniques and experimental
design.
Course #
PHOTO 100
Title
Introduction to Photography
Location
Skill Center
University
Penn State
Behrend
An introduction to the aesthetics, history, and science of photography including practical and
critical approaches to the art of photography.
Course #
SOC 100
Title
Introduction to Sociology
Location
Skill Center
University
Mercyhurst
An introduction to the scientific study of human societies and human group behavior through
the presentation of major concepts in the field and exposure to selective classic and
contemporary studies undertaken by sociologists.