MATC 2023-24 Catalog

MEDINT – MKTG DEGREE/DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

meetings, conferences, conventions and package promotions. Facilities and event planning, as well as convention methods and techniques, are explored in-depth. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-180, MEET 181. MEET-180 Credits:3 Registration & Housing Logistics This course enables the students to identify and develop tools that allow attendees to have a seamless meeting experience. One critical tool the students will learn in this course is to design a functional registration process. Students will also develop a housing process by creating rooming lists, coordinating the housing logistics, and managing sleeping guest rooms from blocks. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-181. MEET-181 Credits:3 Exposition/Special Event Management This course focuses on the planning of special events of all types including expositions, meetings, conventions, trade shows, retail events, festivals, and non pro fi t events in the hospitality and event management industry. Emphasis is placed on the methodology of event planning including theme setting, building the target sponsorship, contracts, negotiations, site selections, planning event speci fi cations, and working with budgets. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-151. MEET-184 Credits:3 Risk Management & Crisis Planning This course focuses on the art and science of negotiations, crisis planning and risk management, and contract and legal issues in the meetings industry. Students learn to identify issues that are negotiable, the steps in the negotiation process, and commonly used negotiation techniques. The course also focuses on basic contract provisions and key clauses of a facility contract as well as the unique elements and di ff erences of hotel and convention center contracts. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-180. MFGMNT – Manufacturing Maintenance (Department 462) MFGMNT-332 Credits:2 Rigging & Lifting This system teaches how to safely move loads ofdi ff erent shapes and sizes using a variety of methods, as well as additional types of rigging skills including equipment movement, wire mesh slings, synthetic slings, knots, load turning, and cranes. This course includes additional hoists, slings, loads, student learning materials for theory and lab. This course also covers the operation, function, and maintenance of wire mesh slings and fi ber ropes, load movement, and rigging knots. Proper rigging techniques are vital for e ffi cient movement of loads and workers’ safety.

MEDINT-110

Credits:3

MFGMNT-352

Credits:2

Applied Med Interpretation 2 Continue to develop accurate interpreting skills through practice and analysis. Simultaneous interpretation, managing communication, documentation, legal boundaries and interpreting in health care specialty areas are emphasized. MEDINT-111 Credits:3 Applied Med Interpretation 3 Through a variety of experiences such as job shadowing, role playing and practice, this course provides students with entry level experiences in interpreting skills. Expands professional insights as students share and analyze fi eldwork experiences. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or currently enrolled in MEDINT-110. MEDINT-112 Credits:3 Dual Language Enhancement for Healthcare Providers This course highlights fundamental skills of written and oral language for healthcare professionals. Course work includes composition, public speech and reading comprehension in the English and Spanish language. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Medical Interpreter (31-538-1) program. MEET – Meeting and Event Management (Department 109) MEET-116 Credits:2 Fundamentals of Green Meetings This course provides students with a solid foundation of what is a green meeting, commonly used terminology, and how to execute a socially responsible and environmentally responsible meeting or event. Through a green lens, students will explore core strategies and principles in planning a green meeting. Further focus includes green tools and resources available to plan a green meeting. MEET-151 Credits:3 Intro to Hospitality/ Tourism This course introduces the various components of the travel services industry including basic terminologies and tourism vocabulary. The course provides a general orientation to the program and a survey of travel career opportunities. Students learn to integrate current knowledge with ongoing events and trends of the travel and tourism industry. MEET-178 Credits:3 Meeting and Convention Planning This course introduces students to the meetings industry, including promotional activities, negotiating for meeting services, convention market salesmanship, customer service and convention servicing. Course content includes a study of the planning, marketing, execution and follow-up of

Mechanical Drives 1 Mechanical Drives introduces mechanical systems and develops fundamental knowledge of mechanical systems and practices. Covers basic safety, installation, key fasteners, power transmission systems, v-belt drives, chain drives, spur gear drives, and multiple shaft drives. Topics covered include learning how to select, install, adjust, troubleshoot, and repair a range of mechanical systems which are commonly found in both automated and manual machines used in every industry around the world. MFGMNT-353 Credits:2 Mechanical Drives 2 Mechanical Drives 2 covers heavy-duty v-belt drives including conventional, multiple, wedge, and variable speed v-belt drives. This course describes v-belt selection and maintenance by covering v-belt size speci fi cation, component identi fi cation, and troubleshooting. Learners will develop fundamental knowledge of synchronous belt drives, lubrication concepts, precision shaft alignment, and coupling. Also covered is heavy-duty chain drives which describes silent chain drives, multiple strand systems, chain selection, chain lubrication, chain maintenance and troubleshooting. Prerequisite(s): Complete MFGMNT-352. MFGMNT-359 Credits:2 Mechanical Fabrication Mechanical fabrication grounds learners in the basic knowledge needed for assembly. Learners focus on the proper and safe application of hand tools. Mechanical fabrication builds knowledge in the many types of bolts, wrenches and other fi ttings commonly used in industry and how to properly apply them, including pneumatic fabrication fi ttings. Focuses on proper techniques for checking connections and testing fi ttings with an emphasis on safety. Proper tool use helps in many ways, including injury avoidance, fewer product quality issues, and lower tool breakage costs. MKTG – Marketing (Department 104) MKTG-102 Credits:3 Marketing Principles Marketing Principles is the study of the organizational function and set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and managing customer relationships in ways that bene fi t the organization, its stakeholders and society as

awhole. MKTG-104

Credits:3

Selling Principles Personal selling emphasizes building relationships with prospects and customers through partnering by using the consultative

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