MATC 2026-27 Catalog

DEGREE/DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

PHYS-226

Credits:1

PLEGAL-107

Credits:3

PHYED-256 Credits:1 Body Toning and Resistance Training 2 This course is designed to teach advanced strategies of body toning and progressive resistance training. Select exercises are presented to enhance muscular speci fi city for developing body shaping and muscular endurance to improve physical appearance, as well as prepare for the physical demands of everyday living. PHYED-266 Credits:1 Earth-Friendly Fitness In this course, students explore and participate in practical green (earth-friendly) physical activities that help to utilize human energy to reduce our carbon footprint from mechanical and industrial behaviors. PHYED-268 Credits:1 Fitness Walking 1 This course introduces proper guidelines and techniques used in indoor and outdoor fi tness walking. Students will learn proper walking mechanics and develop a lifelong walking program. Various forms of walking and related exercises are presented. PHYS – Physical Sciences (Department 806) PHYS-139 Credits:3 Survey of Physics This course emphasizes understanding basic physics concepts through laboratory investigation and applications. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, temperature, heat, waves, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and atomic and nuclear physics. PHYS-221 Credits:4 College Physics 1 College Physics is a fi rst-semester physics course to study the principles of mechanics and heat. Calculus is not required. Laboratory work involves the analysis of data using computers. Prerequisite(s): Complete MATH-202 or MATH230. PHYS-222 Credits:4 College Physics 2 This is a second-semester physics course to study the principles of electricity, magnetism, light, optics and the basics of modern physics. Lab work will include experiments related to the above topics and data analysis via computer. Calculus is not required. Prerequisite(s): Complete PHYS-221. PHYS-225 Credits:3 Introductory Astronomy This introductory course covers the principles, theories and understandings related to astronomy. Topics to be covered include the history of astronomy, telescopes, the earth and the solar systems, the sun as a star and other stars, galaxies, and theories of the universe.

Observational Astronomy This course is designed to provide hands-on experience in the application of the laws of physics to astronomy. Using computers, as well as other technological instruments in the fi eld of astronomy, students observe phenomena and experience astronomical events. This course focuses on identi fi cation of the tools of astronomy and their use in solving basic problems in astronomical theory. This laboratory should be taken only in conjunction with, or subsequent to, PHYS-225. PHYS-274 Credits:4 Calculus-Based Physics 1 This is the fi rst part of a two-part sequence of calculus-based physics for prospective engineering students. Topics covered include theoretical and experimental treatment of motion, material properties, fl uids and heat. Prerequisite(s): Complete MATH-231 with minimum grade of C or higher. PHYS-275 Credits:4 Calculus-Based Physics 2 This is the second part of a two-part sequence of calculus-based physics. Topics include electricity, magnetism, optics and some modern physics. Prerequisite(s): Complete PHYS-274 with a grade of C or higher. Completion of or Introduction to Paralegalism This course offers an orientation to the American judicial system, the growth and development of the paralegal profession, ethics, and skills required to practice such as interviewing, investigation, legal reasoning, and writing and document preparation. PLEGAL-103 Credits:3 Legal Research This course provides an understanding of the law library through projects that develop research skills by using digests, legal encyclopedias, reporter systems, treatises and practice manuals. Students also become familiar with computerized legal research. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-105 Credits:3 Civil Procedure This course covers the fundamental principles used in civil litigation. Students apply the procedural concepts discussed by reviewing forms and drafting pleadings and other documents used in civil litigation. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. currently enrolled in MATH-232. PLEGAL – Paralegal (Department 110) PLEGAL-101 Credits:3

Legal Writing This course involves the use of principles that apply to effective legal writing. Students draft memoranda, briefs, letters and other forms of correspondence to gain skills in communicating legal concepts in various areas of the law. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-111 Credits:3 Litigation Practice Systems This course is a study of the procedures involved and the documents that may be used in a civil lawsuit prior to fi ling, during the resolution of the matter and after the judgment. Included in the study is the paralegal’s role in interviewing and investigative techniques, settlement procedures and trial preparation. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-114 Credits:3 Trusts and Estates – Probate Systems Students learn the fundamental principles of estate planning, wills and trusts, as well as the essential processes of formal and informal probate using Wisconsin law as a perspective. Estate and gift taxation are also explored by the student. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-116 Credits:3 Real Estate Law and Practice This course examines the law of real property, real estate interests, transactions and processes. Forms used in Wisconsin real estate transactions will be used. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-118 Credits:3 Criminal Practice The course concentrates on the sources and purposes of criminal law, the meaning of criminal responsibility, elements of crimes, defenses and criminal procedures. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-121 Credits:3 Domestic Relations and Divorce Practice Systems This course is a study of actions that affect the family such as divorce, legal separation, annulment, paternity and adoption. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101.

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