HVT 297 — Externship
(.5 Lecture 0 Lab 2.5 Shop) Course Descriptions 173 www.cmcc.edu 2026 • 2027 1 5 Hrs./Wk. (1 Lecture 1 4 Shop) *8 wks. The externship experience provides the student with an opportunity to explore career interests in HVAC/R while applying knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to a work setting. 10-hour card, and department chair approval. History (HIS) HIS 1 31 US History to 1877 3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs./Wk. (3 Hrs. Lecture) *1 5 wks. The political, economic, social and historical trends of the United States will be discussed. The time period beginning with the colonial period to 1 877 will be covered with particular focus on critical analysis of historical events in this time frame. Such events can include: Native American culture, the European discovery of the new World, the social, political and military aspects of the American Revolution, the Louisiana Purchase, the “Trail of Tears,” the New Democracy of Andrew Jackson, slavery and the Civil War. HIS 1 32 US History Since 1877 3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs./Wk. (3 Hrs. Lecture) *1 5 wks. The political, economic, social and historical trends of the United States will be discussed. The time period beginning with 1 877 to the present will be covered with particular focus on critical analysis of historical events in this time frame. Such events can include: The Glided Age, Westward Expansion, Anger and Reform: Populism and Progressivism, World War I, the “Roaring Twenties", the Great Depres