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Master of Business Administration |
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MBA 520 - Current Topics in Business Law and Ethics 3 Credits
This course will survey contemporary issues in selected areas of law and ethics. We will introduce pivotal areas of law, so that students begin to anticipate legal problems, analyze how to avoid them, and realize how legal principles can be employed to add value in their chosen fields. The subjects are torts, contracts, employment law, securities regulation and corporate governance. We expect that this overview of a few disciplines will encourage students to explore other legal topics relevant to their business interests. We will also offer an analytic structure that enables students to identify ethical issues in business, analyze options and make choices consistent with their own values.
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MBA 522 - Information Systems and Technology 3 Credits
This course examines how to develop strategies to deliver business value through information technology (IT) initiatives. Acknowledging a history of IT investment failures, the class focus will be on understanding how integral IT is to the organization and will address these complexities when strategizing. Graduate students should complete this course with the analytical skills to critique IT initiatives and propose “best practices” modifications. Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Program.
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MBA 531 - Fraud Examination 3 Credits
Fraud examination will cover the principles and methodology of fraud detection and deterrence. The course includes such topics as skimming, cash larceny, check tampering, cash register disbursement schemes, billing schemes, payroll and expense reimbursement schemes, non-cash misappropriations, corruption, accounting principles and fraud, fraudulent financial statements, and interviewing witnesses. Also included is an examination of laws governing the prosecution of fraud cases. Admission into Graduate Program.
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MBA 533 - Research in Taxation 3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a solid foundation for understanding how taxes affect economic decisions. The purpose of this course will be accomplished in part by conducting research to provide students with an in-depth examination of the tax aspects of various situations frequently encountered by businesses and individuals. Prerequisite: Ad-mission into Graduate Program.
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MBA 535 - International Financial Reporting Standards 3 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with a working understanding of financial statements as based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Emphasis will be placed on comparisons to United States’ generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP). Also addressed will be the transition challenges faced by US corporations, regulators and users of financial statements. Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Program.
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MBA 543 - Reimbursement in Health and Human Services Care 3 Credits
This course focuses on the current systems of payment for health and human care services in the United States, including governmental and private sources; social and political factors affecting change in reimbursement systems and exploration of potential future mechanisms for reimbursement are explored. Prerequisite: Graduate program matriculation or senior baccalaureate status.
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MBA 545 - Law and Regulations in Health and Human Services 3 Credits
Overview of major statutory and case law applicable to health and human services care delivery in the United States; health and human service policy issues and trends are explored from the perspective of concern for social justice. Prerequisite: Graduate program matriculation or senior baccalaureate status.
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MBA 547 - Health and Human Services Policy and Practice in Rural Regions 3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the factors affecting health and human services care delivery in rural regions; exploration of the significance of poverty, low population density and geographic mal-distribution of providers for the development of policy and practice in health and human services care and administration. Prerequisite: Graduate program matriculation or senior baccalaureate status.
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MBA 550 - Introduction to Non-Profit Management 3 Credits
The course is designed to introduce topics for managing today’s nonprofit organizations. This course is provides students a strategic approach to nonprofit management. It reviews areas essential to effective leadership of today’s nonprofit organization, such as governance, legal formation and framework, financial accountability, human resource and volunteer management. Woven through the course are the three key themes of social responsibility and leadership; multi-sector collaboration; and service and careers in the nonprofit sector. It is the combination of these themes, coupled with traditional areas of nonprofit management that creates the innovative educational aspects of this course.
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MBA 554 - Board Governance and Volunteer Management 3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce topics for managing volunteers and working effectively with a board of directors. Every nonprofit organization has a board of directors. Students will learn what governance entails legally, what the conventional roles and responsibilities of boards have been, and how governance is changing. In addition, the course will cover volunteer recruitment, and human resource management of volunteers. The course is designed to provide practical techniques that can readily be applied by both professional and lay leadership. Strategic thinking, recruitment, accountability, utilizing technology and alternative board structures.
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MBA 558 - Fund Development and Management 3 Credits
This course will help students to identify and secure resources for the support of nonprofit agencies by understanding techniques for developing comprehensive fundraising plans, conducting prospect research and cultivation, practicing appropriate stewardship, leading campaigns for various types and vehicles of giving, writing grants, utilizing technology to facilitate resource development, and implementing creative approaches to fundraising. Students will prepare (1) a fundraising plan and (2) a grant application that adheres to the grantor’s guidelines as well as a few smaller assignments.
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MBA 561 - Introduction to Project and Program Management 3 Credits
This course focuses on how to plan, organize and implement complex projects. Project initiation, planning, organizing, staffing, scheduling, monitoring and control, conflict management, cost effectiveness, quality, software tools for project management, team processes and leadership styles are emphasized. Students implement a team project. Prerequisite: Admission into the MBA Program.
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MBA 565 - Risk Management 3 Credits
This course examines the processes concerned with conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, responses, and monitoring and control on a project. The primary focus of the course is on determining which risks might affect a project and documenting the characteristics of these risks both from a qualitative (probability of occurrence and impact) and quanti-tative (numerical analysis of effects) perspective. The course emphasizes understanding how to take the identified information and produce a documented risk response plan to enhance opportunities and mitigate threats to project objectives. Prerequisite: Admission into the MBA Program.
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MBA 569 - Project Estimation and Cost Management 3 Credits
The course covers the financial techniques and strategies for planning and executing successful projects with emphasis on project estimating and cost management. Basic concepts and tools used in successful project management are studied and applied in practical course work. Topics include developing the project budget based on the project plan, understanding and applying work breakdown structures to cost estimation, understanding and applying scheduling techniques, applying earned value to project cost control (tracking and reporting project costs, risk management and project finances, and cost-benefit analysis. Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Program.
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MBA 599 - Internship 3-6 Credits
The internship course is structured for students with limited or no prior business exposure. The placement process will be developed by utilizing a variety of human resource assessments and interview processes to achieve the right fit. The course is designed to provide the maximum development in the functional areas of business to compete in today’s exciting and complex professional marketplace. In addition, the course will provide students with supervised work experience in a field they hope to enter. The course is part of an academic support program that combines practical work experience with academic study. Students from a broad range of backgrounds participate in this program and work in a business, government agency, health organization, or other location giving them opportunities to apply their academic background and develop applied skills. Through various placements, students are able to expand their resumes, clarify career goals, and make contact with potential employers. This course is a variable credit course(3-6 credits), whereby students may repeat the course up to a maximum of six earned credits.
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MBA 600 - Strategic Management and Business Policy 3 Credits
This three-credit capstone course provides students with an opportunity to work on real business problems. MBA students work as a consulting team with a client and advisor in a business environment to develop solutions that will be put to use by the client. Student teams develop their analysis and recommendations over the term and complete the project with the delivery of a final report and presentation to the client senior management.
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Medical Assistant |
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MA 101 - Medical Assistant 3 Lecture / 4 Lab / 4 Credits
This course introduces the first-year medical assistant student to the profession of medical assisting and the complex interactions that occur between the medical assistant, patient, his or her family, and the office staff. Emphasis is placed on basic medical assisting skills including, but not limited to, vital signs, exam room instruments, EKG recording and interpretation, exam positions, medical documentation, infectious disease cycle, standard precautions, body mechanics, and nutrition education. Prerequisite: MA 109 .
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MA 109 - Medical Terminology 3 Credits
The students in this course will be presented with a systematic introduction to medical terms with an emphasis on definitions, spelling and pronunciation. The medical terms will be broken down to the Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and root words from which many of them have their origin. Students will develop a knowledge base for building medical terms by using word parts and will acquire a working knowledge of a medical vocabulary used by health care professionals to communicate information accurately.
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MA 175 - Phlebotomy Technician 3 Lecture / 1 Lab / 4 Credits
This course is designed to expose the student to the knowledge and skills necessary to function safely and effectively as a phlebotomist. It provides accurate, up-to-date, practical information and instruction in phlebotomy procedures and techniques, along with a comprehensive background in phlebotomy theory and principles. Emphasis is placed on proper phlebotomy collection, equipment, method of patient identification, and techniques for routine and special collection procedures. Use of a variety of on-site testing equipment is introduced, and procurement of samples for accurate laboratory testing is stressed. Standard Blood and Body Fluid Precautions, as related to OSHA is taught and practiced with attention to absolute compliances practice. This course is recommended for either the healthcare practitioner who is interested in updating skills or for the novice student who is developing career skills. Prerequisites: The 1st and 2nd vaccines for Hepatitis B.
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MA 202 - Medical Assistant-Clinical I 3 Lecture / 75 Clinical Hours / 1 Lab / 5 Credits
This course is the second of a three-part sequence dealing with the role of the medical assistant in health care. Student learning is focused on the ethical issues of patient care and the MA’s role in assisting in physical exams for all of the medical specialties and in office surgery. The principles and procedures of collecting laboratory specimens, administering injections, pharmacology, and performing phlebotomy and microbiology techniques are addressed. Prerequisite: MA 101 , MA 212 .
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MA 212 - Administrative Office Procedures 3 Lecture / 1 Lab / 4 Credits
This course introduces the medical assistant student to the administrative skills expected of the entry-level practitioner. By using standardized medical office automation software, students will learn the processes of inputting and navigating financial records, processing insurance claims, billing for medical procedures and tracking reimbursements, and bookkeeping procedures. Throughout the course, students will receive an overview of medical insurance guidelines and third party guidelines. Emphasis is placed on professionalism, communication, patient confidentiality, medical specialties, medical law and ethics. Prerequisites: ICT 101 and ICT 205 .
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MA 212L - Administrative Office Procedures Lab 1 Credit
This course introduces the medical assistant student to the administrative skills expected of the entry-level practitioner. By using standardized medical office automation software, students will learn the processes of inputting and navigating financial records, processing insurance claims, billing for medical procedures and tracking reimbursements, and bookkeeping procedures. Throughout the course, students will receive an overview of medical insurance guidelines and third party guidelines. Emphasis is placed on professionalism, communication, patient confidentiality, medical specialties, medical law and ethics.
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MA 215 - ICD-10-CM Coding 3 Credits
This course introduces students to the complex world of medical billing. Here, students will code diagnoses and procedures for the purpose of reimbursement from third party payers. Students will combine knowledge of human anatomy and physiology and the patho-physiology of disease processes in determining specific codes for each diagnosis and procedure. Prerequisites: BL 116 , ICT 101 , ICT 205 , and MA 109 .
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MA 220 - Medical Assistant-Clinical II 2 Lecture / 240 Clinical Hours / 6 Credits
Medical self-help and first aid techniques are stressed in this course with an emphasis on practicing within the scope of education, training and personal capabilities. Students gain experience in patient teaching, health promotion, and disease prevention. Time is spent in a physician’s office where students utilize both the administrative and clinical skills accrued throughout their studies. Prerequisites: MA 101 and MA 202 .
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MA 225 - Introduction to CPT Coding 3 Credits
This introductory course provides the student with the fundamental concepts of medical coding using the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding book. Upon successful completion of this course the students will be able to identify procedural information from a medical record pertaining to the billing process and convert this information into simplified numerical codes that can be electronically processed for payment by third party payers - such as insurance companies and Medicare. Prerequisites: BL 116 , CS 103 , MA 109 .
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MA 230 - Advanced ICD-10-CM Coding 3 Credits
This course is intended for individuals who have completed the basics and already possess knowledge in the generalities of medical billing and coding. It covers advanced diagnostic coding issues with emphasis on coding, coding resources, tools, and official coding guidelines. Concepts integrated into laboratory and computer experience with assignments of codes to various clinical statements, scenarios, reports, and patient records. This course, along with its prerequisites, prepares students for the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification exam offered by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Prerequisites: MA 215 , MA 225 .
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MA 235 - Advanced CPT Coding 3 Credits
This course examines current procedural terminology coding issues with emphasis on evaluation and management, modifiers, and surgical procedure coding guidelines. Students are presented with referencing resources specific to current conventional and federally administered Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HPCS) coding guidelines. Coding skills will be heightened and focused on preparing the student for employment testing, job performance and successful completion of the CPC exam. Prerequisites: MA 215 , MA 225 .
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MA 240 - Electronic Health Records 3 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to electronic clinical record systems. The course covers the background, history, issues and barriers to system adoption and health information technology. The course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to put administrative skills learned in previous coursework into practice in a simulated medical setting using electronic health care records, and allows the student to learn about EHR management practices. Prerequisites: ICT 101 , ICT 205 , MA 109 , MA 101 , MA 212 or previously approved computer course.
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Medical Laboratory Technician |
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ML 102 - Introduction to Medical Laboratory Technology 2 Credits
The students in this course will be presented with fundamental concepts in laboratory medicine while developing a basic understanding of laboratory safety, specimen collection, processing, laboratory quality control and quality assurance. Students will also develop a working knowledge of laboratory mathematics, measurements, instrumentation and information systems. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the MLT curriculum.
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ML 103 - Basic Medical Laboratory Procedures 2 Lecture / 2 Lab / 3 Credits
The students in this course will be introduced to basic medical laboratory procedures with instruction in theory and medical laboratory techniques. Prerequisites: BL 116 , CH 101 , ML 102 .
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ML 202 - Hematology/Coagulation 3 Credits
This course presents the study of blood cells, the blood forming process and the blood clotting process. Topics include blood cell maturation, characteristics and biochemistry of blood cells, erythrocytic diseases, leukemias and leukocytic anomalies, the coagulation process, coagulation disorders, instrumentation and quality assurance. Prerequisites: BL 116 , ML 102 , ML 103 .
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ML 210 - Clinical Chemistry I and Urinalysis 3 Lecture / 2 Lab / 4 Credits
The students in this course will be introduced to the basic principles of clinical chemistry and urinalysis with an overview of clinical chemistry practices, laboratory math, laboratory safety, basic concepts in statistical analysis of laboratory data, quality control, and different laboratory methods. The topics covered in Urinalysis will include kidney structure and function, physical, chemical and microscopic properties of urine and using laboratory data to correlate with disease states affecting the kidneys. Prerequisites: BL 116 , CH 101 , ML 102 . Co-requisite: ML 103
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ML 211 - Clinical Chemistry II 3 Lecture / 2 Lab / 4 Credits
The students in this course are instructed in the theory and principles of clinical chemistry laboratory procedures and the diagnostic analysis of urine and other body fluids. Topics include laboratory mathematics, statistics, quality control, instrumentation, blood chemistries and chemical and microscopic examination of body fluids. Prerequisite: ML 210 .
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ML 212 - Immunohematology/Immunology 3 Credits
Students in this course are instructed in theories and principles of antibody-antigen reactions and the concepts of blood groupings and transfusion medicine. Students will be introduced to procedures including blood donation, blood storage, blood typing and the antibody-antigen role in the human immune system. Prerequisites: BL 116 , ML 102 , ML 103 .
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ML 215 - Clinical Microbiology 3 Credits
Students in this course are instructed in the diagnostic characteristics of pathogenic bacteria, fungi and parasites. Emphasis will be on methods of identification, disease states, antimicrobial sensitivity testing, safety and quality assurance. Prerequisites: BL 210 , ML 102 , ML 103 .
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ML 220 - Medical Technology Skills Laboratory 2 Lab / 1 Credit
This laboratory-based course focuses on the continued development of clinical laboratory skills and competencies in the disciplines of Phlebotomy, Hematology, Coagulation, Immunohematology, Serology and Microbiology. Students will gain additional hands on laboratory experience in preparation for the clinical practicum component of curriculum. Prerequisite: ML 103 . Co-requisites: ML 202 , ML 212 , ML 215 .
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ML 290 - Clinical Practicum 12 Credits
The clinical practicum is a 25-week rotation assignment at an affiliate hospital laboratory. The practicum provides students with the opportunity to develop technical proficiency in routine medical laboratory procedures. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all ML course work.
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ML 291 - Medical Laboratory Technician Seminar 1 Credit
This course is done concurrently with the clinical practicum and will incorporate review of clinical practicum rotation instruction with review of theory aspects to prepare the students to take the American Society of Clinical Pathologists Board of Registry Medical Laboratory Technician certification examination. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all ML course work.
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Music |
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MU 100 - Vox Nova 0-2 Credits
Study and practical experience in singing and performing choral literature, both sacred and secular, from the Renaissance to the present. Instruction in vocal and choral techniques given also. Prerequisite: Must successfully pass an audition with the Music Director. NOTE: This course may be taken for zero credit (or one credit if applicable) if student has reached the eighteen (18) credit limit. This course is repeatable and cumulative.
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MU 105 - Survey of Music 3 Credits
A comprehensive course covering music from the early Greeks to the contemporaries. A brief history of each period is given with use of live demonstrations related to the period.
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MU 108 - World Soundscapes 3 Credits
A study of music of the world’s people focusing on indigenous music of tribal peoples, Asia and the Middle East, and the folk, ethnic, and immigrant music of North and South America. Historical, geographical, and cultural aspects are integrated.
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MU 114 - Applied Piano 1 Credit
Private study and practical experience designed to attain a basic piano proficiency level. Music theory and appropriate keyboard techniques are emphasized for accurate performance. Normal tuition does not cover private instruction. Offered for variable credit. One credit-30 minute lesson; Two credits-60 minute lesson. This course is repeatable and cumulative. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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MU 124 - Applied Voice 1 Credit
Private instruction designed to develop correct vocal production techniques through a survey of appropriate vocal literature. Normal tuition does not cover private instruction. Offered for variable credit. One credit-30 minute lesson; Two credits-60 minute lesson. This course is repeatable and cumulative. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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MU 160 - Class Voice 3 Credits
A course designed for beginning singers to improve their vocal skills. These group lessons and vocal concepts emphasize proper voice technique, breath support and tone quality through applied and academic approaches.
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MU 190 - Music Lab (Madrigal Singers) 1 Credit
Study and practical experience in singing and performing madrigal literature, both secular and sacred, from various periods of music history. Instruction in vocal and choral techniques given also. This course is repeatable and cumulative. Prerequisite: Successful audition.
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MU 220 - Musical Theatre Survey 3 Credits
Survey of prominent musicals from Broadway and the cinema. Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others will be studied.
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MU 250 - Women in Music 3 Credits
This course is a survey of women’s activities in music performance, composition, teaching and patronage from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present. Music from Europe and North American will be featured alongside global influences from Latin American, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Israel.
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MU 281 - Special Topics in Music 1-3 Credits
Designates new or occasional lower division courses that may or may not become part of the department’s permanent offerings. Consult the current course schedule for available topics(s). Given that this course is a variable credit course (1-3 credits) it may be repeated up to six (6) credits without repeating a given topic.
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MU 291 - Music Lab (College Chorus) 1 Credit
Study and practical experience in singing and performing choral literature, both sacred and secular, from various periods of music history. Instruction in vocal and choral technique is given also.
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MU 301 - Music Theory 3 Credits
A study of the basics of music theory and composition and analysis of the same. Students must have basic music reading skills and music background. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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MU 325 - Mozart: Life and Music 3 Credits
A study of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the influence of his surroundings and society on his compositions. Prerequisite: MU 105 .
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Nursing |
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NU 115 - LPN to RN Transition 2 Lecture / 3 Seminar / 3 Credits
This course is designed to enable the LPN student to identify specific role changes necessary for the successful transition from licensed practical nursing into the registered nursing program. Students will demonstrate the ability to utilize the nursing process with a focus on patient assessment and basic communication skills. The principles of the teaching/learning process, ethical/legal principles and skill competency will be integrated throughout the course. Prerequisite: BL 201 . Concurrent: BL 202 and NU 220 ; EE 091 , EE 094 , and EE 098 if required by placement exam.
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NU 130 - Adult Nursing I 2 Lecture / 3 Seminar / 12 Clinical Hours / 7 Credits
This course introduces students to the roles and competencies of the associate degree nurse. The nursing process is presented as the framework for providing nursing care to meet the basic human needs of the individual patient with developmental emphasis on the middle-aged to aging adult. Students gain experience with selected nursing skills and procedures through the simulation lab and through a clinical practicum in extended and acute health-care settings. Prerequisite: BL 201 . Co-requisite: BL 202 .
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NU 220 - Nursing Pharmacology 3 Credits
This course builds upon basic medication administration principles and is designed to lay the foundation for concepts of drug therapy. The pharmacology of drug groups and their effects at the cellular and body system levels is studied according to drug classification. Application exercises are designed to emphasize the nursing process in the safety of medication therapy in the clinical setting, and to include the involvement of the patient in safe self-management of the medication regimen in the home setting. Pre-requisites: BL 202 , NU 130 Co-requisites: BL 202 and NU220 for LPN-RN students only.
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NU 240 - Nursing of the Family 2 Lecture / 3 Seminar / 6 Clinical Hours / 5 Credits
This course focuses on the care of the individual within the family and is specific to the developmental health-care needs of infants, children and child-bearing women. Emphasis is on the many facets of health care ranging from normal developmental parameters to common health problems. The clinical component is designed to prepare the student to deliver nursing care to child-bearing women, infants and children in a variety of health care settings. Prerequisites: BL 202 , NU 130 , PY 101 . Corequisites: NU 220 , PY 102 .
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NU 260 - Adult Nursing II 2 Lecture / 3 Seminar / 12 Clinical Hours / 7 Credits
This course focuses on providing a theoretical knowledge base for adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health problems requiring medical and/or surgical interventions. Through the use of the nursing process, students will learn to modify plans of care to meet the individual needs of these patients in acute care settings. Standards of professional practice and legal/ethical principles will guide students in the decision-making process. Prerequisites: EN 110 , NU 220 , NU 240 . Co-requisite: BL 210 .
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NU 275 - Mental Health Nursing 1 Lecture / 3 Seminar-Clinical / 2 Credits
This course focuses on the development of therapeutic communication skills utilized with patients experiencing mental health disorders. The nursing process, stress-adaptation model, and physical and psychosocial nursing diagnoses are included. This knowledge assists students in interacting with patients and families as partners and collaborators in the care-giving process. Prerequisites: EN 110 , NU 220 , NU 240 , PY 102 .
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NU 281 - Special Topics in Health Care 3 Credits
This course focuses on issues related to the current trends in health care. This course is open to all students. Course content will vary with each offering. This course may be repeated up to two (2) times without repeating a given topic.
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NU 300 - Transition to Nursing Practice 1 Lecture / 3 Seminar-Clinical / 2 Credits
This course provides leadership, knowledge and skills necessary for managing patient care in collaboration with other health care providers. Students are also guided in an exploration of the ethical and legal bases for nursing practice and contemporary health care related challenges and issues. Prerequisites: BL 210 , NU 260 , NU 275 , & EN 111 .
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NU 302 - Health Assessment for Nurses 3 Credits
This course builds on the RN student’s prior knowledge of health, illness, and clinical experience in developing comprehensive health and physical assessment skills while integrating knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology. Students will utilize assessment data to provide culturally diverse, evidence-based nursing care. The role of the nurse in health promotion of families and communities is introduced. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 304 - Human Pathophysiology 3 Credits
This course builds on the RN student’s prior knowledge gained from anatomy, physiology, and microbiology. It provides the student an opportunity to examine health deviations and their impact on human functioning using a conceptual approach. Principles of pharmacology related to the pathophysiologic phenomena are also examined with emphasis on providing safe, evidence-based nursing care. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 305 - Introduction to Research 3 Credits
This course provides the undergraduate student with an understanding of the ethics and basic elements of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and models for applying evidence to clinical practice. The student will evaluate data from relevant sources including technology to improve patient outcomes and create a safe care environment. Prerequisite: CM 220 Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 320 - Social Issues in Health Care 3 Credits
Using a sociological perspective, this course examines the interrelationships of individuals/groups, organizations, and health care. Students will evaluate health care models which address equity, efficiency, and quality. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 330 - Adult Nursing III 2 Lecture / 3 Seminar / 15 Clinical Hours / 8 Credits
This course focuses on the application of theoretical knowledge, the nursing process and critical thinking skills to the care of culturally diverse adult medical/surgical patients experiencing complex multi-system dysfunction. Prerequisites: BL 210 , EN 111 , NU 260 , NU 275 .
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NU 381 - Special Topics in Health Care 3 Credits
This course focuses on health care topics selected from current literature emphasizing transcultural themes. Course content will vary with each offering. This course may be repeated up to two (2) times without repeating a given topic. Prerequisite: Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 401 - Capstone: Issues and Trends in Health Care Delivery 3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to integrate and build on the RN student’s education and experience for a broader understanding of issues and trends in nursing and health care. Emphasis is placed on examining the influence of these issues on health care delivery, the health care professional, public policy, and society as a whole. This examination involves the critical analysis of economic, political, religious, and cultural structures as well as fundamental societal processes and human relations. Students develop strategies for mobilizing positive change within healthcare professions. Prerequisites: Senior year, baccalaureate students only, NU 305 and LA 301 .
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NU 403 - Community Health Nursing 3 Credits
This course builds on the RN student’s prior knowledge of health and illness while assessing the needs of aggregates including families groups, communities, and populations. This includes the study of community health care organizations and health care team in providing safe, evidenced-based practice to guide nursing care including advocating for social justice and a commitment to the health of vulnerable populations. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Senior or Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 405 - Health Care of Women and Children 3 Credits
An exploration of the social, economic, and environmental factors that affect the health of women and children, their special health problems, and their health service needs in contemporary society. Current and evolving health care practices and policy are studied in relation to the goals of the national health promotion and disease prevention project, Healthy People 2020. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 408 - Optimal Health: Chronic Care 3 Credits
This course examines nursings’ role in health promotion of clients who have chronic health conditions. Emphasis is placed on delivering comprehensive clinical preventive services to clients throughout the life span. Caregiver’s burden and resources are also addressed. Prerequisite: Senior Year.
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NU 430 - Nursing Informatics 3 Credits
This course for the RN student emphasizes the role of information technology in improving patient care outcomes and creating a safe, ethical, evidence-based care environment. Students will examine the history of nursing informatics, role of the nurse informaticist, use of technology in healthcare administration, clinical practice, research, and education. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 440 - Organizational Behavior 3 Credits
This course for the RN student explores the basic ideas and theories from the behavioral sciences as they apply to individual and group behavior in organizations especially healthcare institutions. Key issues include organizational structure, group dynamics, team-building, motivation, strategic planning, ethical/legal issues, quality improvement, and leadership theory to manage organizational change towards a safe, evidence-based healthcare environment. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Junior year or with permission of department chair.
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NU 440P - Leadership Practicum 2-3 Credits
This practicum is designed to prepare the RN student to apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of safe, high quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. Students will apply concepts of quality and safety using outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice. Students choose the venue of the practicum with assistance from the instructor. Prerequisites, Baccalaureate Students only, licensure as an RN. Co-requisites: NU 440
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Philosophy |
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PL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Credits
Philosophy is the art of wondering. This course will seek to discover the meaning of the good life through questioning and critical reasoning. Some topics include: the meaning of death, beauty, love, technology, God, the self, and knowledge.
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PL 105 - Logic 3 Credits
The application of logical principles, techniques of critical thought and argumentation to the needs of everyday life. Emphasis on assessing the legitimacy of arguments, detecting common fallacies, evaluating evidence, and improving skills in reasoning.
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PL 201 - Ethics 3 Credits
This course raises questions about the meaning of good and bad human behavior. It is an investigation into the meaning of the human identity and how one who is faithful to this identity behaves. Some topics: the human identity, methods of ethical reasoning, the good, war, sex, drugs, relationships, business ethics, medical ethics, justice. Both interpersonal and structural ethics will be explored.
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PL 380 - The Western Political Tradition 3 Credits
This course provides students with a study of the leading ideas of the Western political tradition, focusing on such topics as justice, power, legitimacy, revolution, freedom, equality and forms of government - democracy especially. The course explores these issues and other concepts of political thought, drawing on major works in the Western tradition including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Paine, and Tocqueville. Lecture/discussion format in a reading and writing intensive course. (This course may also be taken as PS 380 .)
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Physical Therapist Assistant |
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PT 100 - Terminology for Physical Rehabilitation 1 Credit
This course is designed as a pathway to mastery of medical prefixes, suffixes, and root terms related to the human body systems, emphasizing the skeletal, muscular and neurological systems. Additional course content includes medical abbreviations common to physical medicine and basic rules and formats for documenting in the medical record.
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PT 110 - Introduction to Physical Therapy 2 Lecture / 2 Lab / 3 Credits
In this course, the student is educated on the history and purpose of physical therapy as a profession and the role and scope of practice of physical therapy personnel in the delivery of health care. Through lecture and laboratory practice, the student will learn basic patient care activities and physical therapy procedures, documentation, basic health care ethics, and communication skills. The organization and operation of the P.T. department is introduced. Laboratory skill competency checks are mandatory and scheduled in addition to laboratory class.
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PT 113 - Physical Agents 2 Lecture / 3 Lab / 4 Credits
The students will learn theory on pain and its management, the relationship of skin integrity and physical agents, physiological responses and physical agents, and the theory and application of thermal agents, external compression, massage, and mechanical traction. Laboratory skill competency checks are mandatory and may be scheduled in addition to laboratory class. Prerequisites: BL 201 , PT 100 , PT 110 .
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PT 114 - Clinical Kinesiology 2 Lecture / 4 Lab / 4 Credits
Clinical Kinesiology involves principles of physics, anatomy and physiology as applied to the human body for study of normal and abnormal movements. Understanding human body movements is a foundation for physical therapy treatment of movement disorders. The student will be competent in the techniques of measuring joint motion and muscle strength through manual testing. Study of the normal gait cycle, common gait deviations and gait training is included. Laboratory skill competency checks are mandatory and may be scheduled in addition to laboratory class. Prerequisites: BL 202 , PT 100 , PT 110 .
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PT 116 - Human Diseases 3 Credits
The student is introduced to human diseases in the format of description, etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. Diseases are presented by human system with additional sections on infectious diseases, neoplasia, congenital diseases, the immune process and pharmacology as relevant to the rehabilitation professions. The inflammatory process is reviewed and related to clinical treatment. Prerequisites: BL 202 , PT 100 , PT 110 .
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PT 161 - Clinical Education I 130 Hours / 1 Credit
Clinical Education I is a course in an affiliated physical therapy clinic. Under the supervision of a clinical instructor, the student performs physical therapist assistant patient care activities included in PT 110 , PT 113 , PT 114 , and PT 220 . The student observes various clinical activities. Students are responsible for transportation to assigned clinical sites. Prerequisites: BL 202 , PT 100 , PT 110 , PT 113 .
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PT 215 - Principles of Conditioning 2 Lecture / 2 Lab / 3 Credits
This course consists of the study of basic human anatomy, bio mechanics, exercise physiology, and principles of conditioning. Throughout this course students will design and implement a safe and effective fitness program that meets the needs of various populations. This course may be taken a HLTW 215
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PT 220 - Therapeutic Exercise 3 Lecture / 3 Lab / 4 Credits
Through lecture and laboratory instruction the student learns to administer therapeutic exercise. Content includes the exercise categories of range of motion, resistive, flexibility and mobilization. Within each category different forms such as active, passive, facilitation and inhibition are studied and applied to various pathologies and body segments. Content includes sections on obstetric, pulmonary, aerobic, and work hardening exercise. The presence and stage of inflammation and its relationship to therapeutic exercise is emphasized throughout the course. Laboratory skill competency checks are mandatory and may be scheduled in addition to laboratory class. Prerequisites: Prerequisites: BL 202 , PT 100 , PT 110 , PT 113 .
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PT 235 - Rehabilitation 2 Lecture / 2 Lab / 3 Credits
Applying previously learned material, this course will focus on specific examination and intervention techniques for a variety of conditions, including amputation, wounds, and spinal cord injury. The course also explores women’s health, ergonomics, and industrial rehab. Rehabilitation programs, including indications and contraindications, are explained and applied to patient cases. Laboratory skill competency checks are mandatory and may be scheduled in addition to laboratory class. Prerequisites: PT 114 , PT 116 , PT 161 , PT 220 .
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PT 236 - Management of Cardiopulmonary Conditions 1 Lecture / 2 Lab / 2 Credits
Principles of physical therapy learned in previous and concurrent courses are the foundation to this cardiopulmonary clinical application course. Rehabilitation programs for various disabilities are explained and application practiced. Laboratory skill competency checks are mandatory and scheduled in addition to laboratory class. Prerequisites: BL 201 , BL 202 , PT 100 , PT 110 , PT 113 , PT 114 , PT 116 , PT 161 , PT 220 .
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PT 238 - Management of Orthopedic Conditions 1 Lecture / 2 Lab / 2 Credits
Principles of physical therapy learned in previous and concurrent courses are the foundation to this orthopedic clinical application course. Rehabilitation programs for various disabilities are explained and application practiced. Laboratory skill competency checks are mandatory and scheduled in addition to laboratory class. Prerequisites: BL 201 , BL 202 , PT 100 , PT 110 , PT 113 , PT 114 , PT 116 , PT 161 , PT 220 .
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PT 241 - Clinical Education II 250 Hours / 2 Credits
Clinical Education II is a course in an affiliated physical therapy clinic. Under the supervision of a clinical instructor, the student performs physical therapist assistant patient care activities contained in the curriculum and participates in clinic operation activities. The student observes various medical and allied health activities. Students are responsible for transportation to assigned clinical sites. Prerequisites: PT 220 , PT 236 , PT 238 , PT 270 .
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PT 251 - Clinical Education III 250 Hours / 2 Credits
Clinical Education III is a full-time course in an affiliated physical therapy clinic. Under the supervision of a clinical instructor, the student performs physical therapist assistant patient care activities contained in the curriculum and participates in clinic operation activities. The student observes various medical and allied health activities. Students are responsible for transportation to assigned clinical sites. Prerequisites: PT 220 , PT 236 , PT 238 , PT 270 .
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PT 260 - Professional Issues 1 Credit
This course is devoted to professional issues, employment issues, and current healthcare topics impacting the clinical practice of the physical therapist assistant. Prerequisite: PT 161 .
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PT 270 - Neurology in Physical Therapy 2 Lecture / 4 Lab / 4 Credits
This course consists of the study of the nervous system including basic neuroanatomy, sensory and motor systems, neurodevelopmental sequence, reflexes and selected neurological disabilities commonly seen in the field of physical therapy. Emphasis is on the etiology, pathology, and clinical picture of diseases and appropriate physical therapy interventions. Prerequisites: PT 114 , PT 116 , PT 161 , PT 220 .
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PT 280 - Program/NPTAE Review 1 Lecture / 0 Lab / 1 Credits
Students are taken through the process of review of physical therapist assistant (PTA) academic curriculum content, study skills, strategies for success, and development of a timetable for study in preparation for taking the mandatory National Physical Therapist Assistant Exam (NPTAE) after graduation from the PTA program. Prerequisites: PT 114 , PT 116 , PT 161 , PT 220 .
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PS 101 - Introduction to Political Science 3 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an overview and basic understanding of the modern academic discipline of political science. The course reviews different scholarly methods and the major intellectual controversies among scholars of political science. Students will develop a practical working knowledge of facts and ideas that can be applied to political problems in our time.
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PS 203 - American National Government 3 Credits
The basic principles underlying the formation and function of the American government in its legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
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PS 211 - Comparative Politics 3 Credits
This course is a comparative study of politics and governments which includes the analytical frameworks for studies of politics and governmental institutions.
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PS 235 - History and Politics of Epidemic Disease 3 Credits
This course is a wide ranging political/cultural/social study of disease in history and how disease (especially epidemic diseases) reflected their times and shaped political responses. This course may be taken as HS 235 .
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PS 240 - International Relations 3 Credits
Discusses current theories of international relations, basic elements of contemporary international politics, the role of nationalism, the super power, the ascendancy of the minor powers, decolonization, balance of power, disarmament, and techniques of traditional and multilateral diplomacy.
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PS 281 - Special Topics in Political Science 1-3 Credits
This course examines topics which are outside of the existing curriculum. Courses provide an opportunity to explore topics pertinent in the discipline of Political Science. Given that this course is a variable credit course (1-3 credits) it may be repeated up to six (6) credits without repeating a given topic.
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PS 305 - History and Politics of Latin America 3 Credits
This course briefly examines regional Pre-Columbian civilizations and explores the history and politics of what followed with colonial domination, nationalist movements, and the search for modern political identities. The cultural intersection of history and politics will shape the study of this region. (This course may be taken as HS 305 .)
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PS 315 - History and Politics of the Far East 3 Credits
This course surveys Asian civilization from China’s classical period to the present. By emphasizing cultural, political, and historical developments in Japan and China, the course explores the dramatic impact this region has had on world history and politics. (This course may be taken as HS 315 .)
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