Lamar State College Port Arthur
2016-2017 Catalog
Revised 9-13-16
The Dean of Workforce Training and Continuing
Education works with local businesses to determine
if they are eligible to apply for training funds from
the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). TWC
grant programs for training include the Skills for
Small Business grant and the Skills Development
Fund.
The TWC Skills for Small Business funds are for
employers with fewer than one hundred employees.
Course Descriptions
Academic Courses
(ACCT) Accounting
ACCT
2301
Principles
of
Financial
Accounting I .............................................. 3:3:0
Introduction to the fundamental concepts of
financial accounting as prescribed by U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as applied to
transactions and events that affect business
organizations. Students will examine the procedures
and systems to accumulate, analyze, measure, and
record financial transactions. Students will use
recorded financial information to prepare a balance
sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows,
and statement of shareholders’ equity to
communicate the business entity’s results of
operations and financial position to users of
financial information who are external to the
company. Students will study the nature of assets,
liabilities, and owners’ equity while learning to use
reported financial information for purposes of
making decisions about the company. Students will
be exposed to International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS).
Prerequisite(s): TSI complete in reading and math.
(See Placement Guidelines, page 18).
ACCT 2302 Principles of Managerial
Accounting II ............................................ 3:3:0
Introduction to the fundamental concepts of
managerial accounting appropriate for all
organizations. Students will study information from
the entity’s accounting system relevant to decisions
made by internal managers, as distinguished from
information relevant to users who are external to the
company. The emphasis is on the identification and
assignment of product costs, operational budgeting
and planning, cost control, and management
decision making. Topics include product costing
The TWC Skills Development Fund is designed to
provide training customized to meet the employer's
needs.
For additional information about training
opportunities, see the Workforce Training and
Continuing Education website at www.lamarpa.edu
or contact the Dean of Workforce Training and
Continuing Education.
methodologies, cost behavior, operational and
capital budgeting, and performance evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2301.
(ANTH) Anthropology
ANTH 2346 General Anthropology ........... 3:3:0
The study of human beings, their antecedents,
related primates, and their cultural behavior and
institutions. Introduces the major subfields:
physical and cultural anthropology, archeology,
linguistics, their applications, and ethics in the
discipline.
Prerequisite(s): TSI complete in reading. (See
Placement Guidelines, page 18).
ANTH 2351 Cultural Anthropology........... 3:3:0
The study of human cultures. Topics may include
social
organization,
institutions,
diversity,
interactions between human groups, and ethics in
the discipline.
Prerequisite(s): TSI complete in reading. (See
Placement Guidelines, page 18).
(ARTS) Art
ARTS 1301 Art Appreciation ..................... 3:3:0
A general introduction to the visual arts designed to
create an appreciation of the vocabulary, media,
techniques, and purposes of the creative process.
Students will critically interpret and evaluate works
of art (painting, sculpture, architecture) within
formal, cultural, and historical contexts.
ARTS 1303 Art History I ............................ 3:3:0
A chronological analysis of the historical and
cultural contexts of the visual arts from prehistoric
times to the 14th century. Primarily an examination
of Western painting, sculpture, architecture and
related visual arts from prehistoric times to the end
of the Gothic Period in the late Middle Ages.
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