May 19, 2024  
2021-2022 Kilgore College Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Kilgore College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Explanation of Items in Course Description

Course Prefix
Course Number
Course Title
Semester Hour Credit
Lecture Hours Each Week
Lab Hours Each Week
Course Description
ACNT
1303
Introduction to Accounting I

(3-3-0)
(3-3-0)
(3-3-0)
 
When Course Generally Offered F=Fall,
Sp=Spring,
Su=Summer
Coordinating Board Approval Number (5203010004)
Note: KC uses the Texas Common Course Numbering System.
(T) after the course number indicates an academic course that is designed to transfer to a bachelor’s degree program. Students should check with the transfer institution to verify applicability to their specific major.
(NT) after the course number indicates a workforce course that is not designed to transfer to a bachelor’s degree program.
 

Biology and Environmental Science

  
  • BIOL 1322 (T) - Nutrition & Diet Therapy

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    This course introduces general nutritional concepts in health and disease and includes practical applications of that knowledge. Special emphasis is given to nutrients and nutritional processes including functions, food sources, digestion, absorption, and metabolism. Food safety, availability, and nutritional information including food labels, advertising, and nationally established guidelines are addressed. Study of the chemical, physical, and sensory properties of food; nutritional quality; and food use and diet applications.
    Fees: Course fee $75. When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 1905015109
  
  • BIOL 1406 (T) - Biology for Science Majors I

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 3
    Fundamental principles of living organisms will be studied, including physical and chemical properties of life, organization, function, evolutionary adaptation, and classification. Concepts of cytology, reproduction, genetics, and scientific reasoning are included. Laboratory activities will reinforce the fundamental principles of living organisms, including physical and chemical properties of life, organization, function, evolutionary adaptation, and classification. Study and examination of the concepts of cytology, reproduction, genetics, and scientific reasoning are included.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $180 When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2601015103
  
  • BIOL 1407 (T) - Biology for Science Majors II

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 3
    The diversity and classification of life will be studied, including animals, plants, protists, fungi, and prokaryotes. Special emphasis will be given to anatomy, physiology, ecology, and evolution of plants and animals. It is designed for biological science majors and all pre-professional health occupations majors who plan to transfer to an upper level institution. It will satisfy the basic science requirement for upper level courses.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $100. When Offered: F Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2601015103
  
  • BIOL 1408 (T) - Biology for Non-Science Majors I

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 3
    Provides a survey of biological principles with an emphasis on humans, including chemistry of life, cells, structure, function, and reproduction. This course is designed to fulfill four credit hours of a non-science major’s laboratory science requirement. It will not satisfy the requirements for science majors.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $75. When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2601015103
  
  • BIOL 1409 (T) - Biology for Non-Science Majors II

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 3
    This course will provide a survey of biological principles with an emphasis on humans, including evolution, ecology, plant and animal diversity, and physiology. This course is designed to fulfill four credit hours of a non-science major’s laboratory science requirement. It will not satisfy the requirement for science majors.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $75. When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2601015103
  
  • BIOL 2389 (T) - Academic Cooperative

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 0 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 9
    An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on work experience in the biological sciences/life sciences. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of living organisms and their systems.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $75. When Offered: F, Sp Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2601015103
  
  • BIOL 2401 (T) - Human Anatomy and Physiology I

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 4
    Anatomy and Physiology I is the first part of a two-course sequence. It is a study of the structure and function of the human body including cells, tissues and organs of the following systems: integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous and special senses. Emphasis is on interrelationships among systems and regulation of physiological functions involved in maintaining homeostasis.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $150. When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2607075103
  
  • BIOL 2402 (T) - Human Anatomy and Physiology II

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 4
    Anatomy and Physiology II is the second part of a two-course sequence. It is a study of the structure and function of the human body including the following systems: endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive (including nutrition), urinary (including fluid and electrolyte balance), and reproductive (including human development and genetics). Emphasis is on interrelationships among systems and regulation of physiological functions involved in maintaining homeostasis.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $150. When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2607075103
  
  • BIOL 2404 (T) - Anatomy & Physiology

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 3
    Study of the structure and function of human anatomy, including the neuroendocrine, integumentary, musculoskeletal, digestive, urinary, reproductive, respiratory, and circulatory systems. A broad spectrum introduction to the study of biology as it pertains to the allied health science occupations. Content will include the basic principles of physiology at the cell and molecular levels.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $75. When Offered: F, S, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2607075103
  
  • BIOL 2406 (T) - Environmental Biology

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 3
    Principles of environmental systems and ecology, including biogeochemical cycles, energy transformations, abiotic interactions, symbiotic relationships, natural resources and their management, lifestyle analysis, evolutionary trends, hazards and risks, and approaches to ecological research. Human interaction with and effect upon plant and animal communities. Conservation, pollution, energy, and other contemporary ecological problems.
    Prerequisite(s): TSI-complete in writing and reading (ELAR)
    Fees: Course fee $75. When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2613055103
  
  • BIOL 2420 (T) - Microbiology for Non-Science Majors

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 4
    This course covers basic microbiology and immunology and is primarily directed at pre-nursing, pre-allied health, and non-science majors. It provides an introduction to historical concepts of the nature of microorganisms, microbial diversity, the importance of microorganisms and acellular agents in the biosphere, and their roles in human and animal diseases. Major topics include bacterial structure as well as growth, physiology, genetics, and biochemistry of microorganisms. Emphasis is on medical microbiology, infectious diseases, and public health. This course covers basics of culture and identification of bacteria and microbial ecology.
    Prerequisite(s): “C” or better in BIOL 2401 .
    Fees: Course fee $200. When Offered: F, Sp, Su Coordinating Board Approval Number: 2605035103