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Physical Therapy Assistant |
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PTA 105 - Kinesiology (3)
This course provides a study of human movement and related mechanical principles. Topics include detailed musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology. Upon completion, student will be able to analyze a functional task and identify component joint motions and muscle actions.
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PTA 106 - Clinical Education I (1)
Initial clinical experience for students. Forty hours spaced throughout the semester introduces the various settings of a physical therapy practice - acute care, transitional care, out-patient clinic, home health, skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation unit, and the school system. The student may participate in the clinic’s activities only if their skills have been checked-off in the course laboratory setting.
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PTA 107 - Clinical Education II (3)
A concentrated fifteen day, 120 hour clinical experience dedicated to modality application and the study of goniometry and manual muscle testing. The student will be assigned to a clinical setting that utilizes the modalities studied. The student will begin to assess patient response to treatment and be prepared to adjust the therapeutic intervention accordingly.
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PTA 109 - Physics for PTA (1)
This is an introductory physics course for students wishing to enter the PTA certification program. Students will be introduced to the following concepts: Newton’s Laws of Motion, Linear Motion, Circular Motion, Gravity, Work and Energy, Momentum, Vectors, Rotational Motion, Energy, Waves and Sound, Heat, and Heat Transfer.
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PTA 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topics course will have a different course description for each course offered under this special topics code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including course description.
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PTA 201 - Therapeutic Exercise (4)
The principles and techniques of therapeutic exercise will be introduced. Topics also include gait analysis, posture assessment, and chest physical therapy. Upon completion the student will plan, implement, and assess the response to an exercise plan in a laboratory setting.
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PTA 202 - Orthopedics (4)
The dysfunctions caused by and intervention strategies for musculoskeletal disorders, amputations, wounds, and burns will be examined. Upon completion, the student will be able to combine previously and newly learned procedures and strategies to carry out an orthopedic care plan in a laboratory setting.
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PTA 203 - Neurology (4)
The dysfunctions caused by and intervention strategies for peripheral and nervous system disorders will be examined. Upon completion the student will be able to combine previously and newly learned procedures and strategies to carry out a neurologic care plan in a laboratory setting.
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PTA 204 - Clinical Education III (5)
This rotation consists of two hundred hours over a five week period that will allow the student to begin the process of working within the physical therapy Plan of Care. The emphasis will be to implement, develop, and progress a therapeutic exercise program for the patient to address the impairments of decreased range of motion, decreased strength, decreased endurance, or motor control deficit.
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PTA 205 - Capstone Seminar (1)
This intense five week seminar examines the expectations for an entry level physical therapist assistant and focuses on preparation for clinical rotations and entry into the profession. Previously learned and new material relating to safety, plan of care, communication, professional behavior, and knowledge are tied to the role of the PTA.
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PTA 206 - Clinical Education IV (5)
This five week, 200 hour clinical assignment allows the student to apply all previously learned theory and skills to patient care in a clinical setting. Each student is assigned to a clinical center to perform physical therapy modalities and procedures on a variety of patients.
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PTA 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topics course will have a different course description for each course offered under this special topics code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including course description.
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Political Science |
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PSCI 100 - Introduction to Political Ideology (3)
This course provides an overview of major political ideologies that shaped the historical political landscape of the world and the United States and will hive shape to the 21st century. An examination of democracy, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and fascism (along with many other ‘isms’) provide the student with a sense of history and structure.
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PSCI 101 - American Federal Government (3)
This course involves the study of the functions and administration of government in the United States.
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PSCI 102 - State & Local Government (3)
This survey course covers the history and operations of state and local government. Some of the topics include state & local politics, state constitutions, state legislation, state governors, the justice system, and financing of state and local government.
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PSCI 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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PSCI 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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Print Technology |
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PRNT 101 - Introduction to Print (2)
This course introduces students to a variety of printing and binding processes used in the graphic communications industry. Emphasis will be placed on those processes used In the areas of web offset, sheet-fed, gravure, and flexography printing. Topics will be covered by professionals working in the field and will be supported by tours of facilities utilizing the process.
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PRNT 103 - Optimizing Workflow (3)
This two-day seminar is presented by GATF instructors. The main topic of this session is how to successfully create color on press consistently in order to satisfy customers and eliminate the cost of remakes. Students will learn how to critically analyze the production operation they are using to isolate the problem areas and then begin a plan to correct.
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PRNT 104 - Introduction to Desktop Publication (3)
Basic Mac skills and intro levels to Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, QuarkXPress 4.04, and Adobe Acrobat will be taught. Students will receive 12 hours of lab time to complete lessons in all instructed applications. An emphasis will be placed on skills needed to open and process third party files following standardized manufacturing techniques.
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PRNT 105 - Certified Printing Service Specialist (3)
Students will work as a study group in preparation for a national certification exam administered by the Society for Service Professionals in Printing. During the 13 weeks of class, students will be responsible for reading a two-volume handbook covering all aspects of the graphic communications industry. Weekly “mini-exams” are administered to further prepare the class for the exam at the conclusion of the class. Students will travel within 5 counties of WV, VA and MD to tour printing facilities supporting classroom instruction. If successful in passing the certification test - the student will become a Certified Printing Service Specialist.
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PRNT 107 - Leading and Facilitating Process Improvement Teams (1)
This two-day course provides team leaders and facilitators with a fundamental understanding of how to effectively guide their teams to goal achievement. Topics to be covered: the role of team members, team development, launching a team, facilitating and evaluating the team’s experience.
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PRNT 108 - Managing Your Department (1)
Topics to be explored: effectively managing a meeting, using participatory decision making and problem solving styles, communicating for positive results, running your department like an entrepreneurial enterprise. The class is designed to be participatory and will incorporate actual work situations. The attendees will leave the course with a plan for implementing workshop suggestions into their own environment.
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PRNT 109 - Introduction to Color Theory and Measurement (1)
The basics of color theory will be covered in this course. Students will gain an understanding of the additive and subtractive primary colors and how this theory applies to the graphic arts industry. Additionally, students will be exposed to the tools of color measurement: spectrophotometer, densitometer, and colorimeters. An objective for the class will be to gain understanding about what is realistic and possible when attempting to satisfy a customers’ color expectations.
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PRNT 110 - Introduction to QuarkXPress (1)
Students will be exposed to and work in a variety of page creation features such as type, type flows, runaround, creating master templates, creating new documents, picture usage and print styles. Class projects will support instructor lecture.
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PRNT 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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PRNT 201 - Inter/Advance Photoshop (3)
Intermediate and advanced levels of Photoshop 6.0 will be taught. Students will receive 45 hours of lab and class time to complete lessons. A quick review of the basics and understanding the work area will precede working with: layers, paint and editing, masks and channels, photo retouching, pen tools techniques, creating special effects, combining Illustrator graphics, Photoshop Images and producing and printing consistent color.
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PRNT 202 - Advanced QuarkXPress (1)
Students will receive instruction and lab instruction to work with building pages, master pages, type and typography, copy flow printing and color management.
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PRNT 203 - Advanced Photoshop (1)
In a condensed 2-day course, students will cover: working with layers, paint and editing, masks and channels, photo re-touching, pen tool techniques, creating special effects, and combining Illustrator graphics.
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PRNT 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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Psychology |
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PSYC 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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PSYC 203 - Introduction to Psychology (3)
This survey course introduces the core areas of psychology, including neuropsychology, learning and memory, intelligence, developmental psychology, stress and health, personality, abnormal psychology, psychotherapy, and social psychology.
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PSYC 205 - Abnormal Psychology (3)
This course introduces students to both the science and the personal aspects of abnormal psychology through developing an understanding that abnormal psychology is about understanding individual in society. This course will emphasize the use of case studies to present the most cutting edge information on abnormal psychology by covering methods and treatment in context. Material presented will integrate the biological, psychological, and social perspectives associated with abnormal psychological study.
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PSYC 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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Safety Technology |
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SAFT 113 - General Physical Science for Safety Technology (3)
A fundamental survey of physics and chemistry with special emphasis on practical application in fire prevention, fire hazards, and fire suppression.
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SAFT 151 - Fundamentals of OSHA (3)
This course provides a detailed review of various Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations including: Hazard Communication, Confined Space, Lockout/Tagout, Personal Protective Equipment, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans and Respiratory Protection.
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SAFT 180 - Hospital Security Management (3)
An introduction to hospital security management practices, this course covers program development, implementation and management, budgeting, personnel staffing, identification of security vulnerabilities, investigation techniques, and information management practices applicable to healthcare facility security.
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SAFT 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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SAFT 205 - Building Code and Inspection (3)
This course gives the student an understanding of blueprint reading, plans review, code enforcement and compliance and understanding of various building codes and how they related to today’s society.
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SAFT 209 - Industrial Hygiene (3)
This course examines the principles of industrial hygiene applicable to various industries. Topics covered include the recognition of chemical, physical, biological, and environmental hazards, methods of hazard control and mitigation and use of various environmental testing and monitoring equipment.
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SAFT 210 - Introduction to Emergency Management (3)
This course gives the basic principles of emergency management. This course discusses prevention, mitigation, response and recovery to human environmental, natural, and radiological hazards. This course is designed to give a starting point in developing a hazard vulnerability analysis, which will prioritize hazards and attempt to reduce the impact of the hazard through preparation.
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SAFT 211 - Introduction to Environmental Management (3)
This course provides the basics in understanding environmental laws, and regulation in relation to the workplace and will give the safety professional a starting point to evaluate environmental issues in the workplace and strategies how to deal with those issues.
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SAFT 220 - Safety Management I (3)
Students learn to analyze hazard problems, to evaluate alternative solutions, and to design the required hardware, devices, and methods needed to eliminate hazards in a variety of industrial applications. Industrial and accident prevention laws pertaining to industrial safety and health, including workers’ compensation laws, OSHA regulations, and industrial property protection laws, are examined.
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SAFT 221 - Safety Management II (3)
A continuation of SAFT 220 Safety Management I, this course introduces the more advanced techniques and principles of safety program management. Using real-life scenarios as study models, the course overviews the elements or a viable safety program.
Prerequisite(s): SAFT 220 .
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SAFT 232 - Hospital Safety I (3)
An introduction to hospital safety management practices, this course covers program development, implementation and management, job safety analysis, hazard recognition, safety inspections, safety committees, fire safety and industrial hygiene practices applicable to healthcare facilities.
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SAFT 233 - Hospital Safety II (3)
A continuation of SAFT 232 , this course provides an in-depth review of safety and environmental compliance issues applicable to healthcare facilities. Topics Include blood borne pathogens, radiation safety, laser safety, biological, and hazardous waste management.
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SAFT 234 - Security Management (3)
This course looks at personnel, loss control, electronic and other various means of facility security. This course will look at the management of resources, purchasing of equipment of the cost/benefit in investing in various security practices and systems.
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SAFT 235 - Construction Safety (3)
This course is designed to give the student an understanding and basics of construction safety. This course will review CFR 1926 standards and how they apply to construction. The course is for the safety manager who works with construction on-site or managing safety for a construction company or contractor.
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SAFT 240 - Industrial Fire Protection (3)
This course emphasizes principles of industrial fire protection systems, including alarms, detection, and sprinkler protection. The course also provides information on employee response to emergencies in the work setting, following CFR 1910.38, CFR 1910.156, and NFPA 600 standards.
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SAFT 241 - Accident Investigation (3)
This course assists the safety manager to conduct thorough and complete investigations for incidents or events in a systematic approach. This benefits the safety manager by giving proper information and procedure needed to complete accurate incident reports.
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SAFT 242 - Loss Control and Recovery (3)
This course evaluates eliminating and reducing losses to the business environment through evaluation of injuries, near-misses, and property damage. This course evaluates environmental controls, personal protective equipment, and elimination/substation to work with a variety of workplace hazards. This course also looks at injury reports, workers compensation statistics and other loss contributors to the workplace.
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SAFT 280 - Directed Study Safety Technology (1–6)
This variable credit course allows students to pursue a Safety Technology research project of particular interest. Students registering for this course must have prior approval from the Program Coordinator for Safety Technology.
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SAFT 292 - Internship In Safety Technology (3)
This course involves practical experience in fire service organizations in which the student engages in on-the-site activities of a practical nature. Interns learn how to translate classroom theory and methods into professional skills. Activities are under the supervision of trained personnel. Application for the internship must be made to the fire science program advisor.
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SAFT 293 - Safety On-the-Job-Training (1–13)
This course is designed to award credit to those persons who have participated in a supervised on-the-job training program in safety technology. Credit is awarded upon receipt of a letter from the on-site supervisory stating successful completion of on-the-job training assignments and the total number of actual hours involved in the training.
Hours (Credit hours earned for On-the-Job Training are calculated as 1 credit hour = 150 actual hours. Therefore, a student must work 1950 actual hours to receive 13 credit hours.)
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SAFT 295 - Safety Degree Evaluation (2)
This capstone course is designed to “put it all together” for the student who is about to graduate with an A.S. in Safety Technology. This course evaluates the student’s knowledge of the program, including but not limited to chemistry, industrial fire protection, emergency management, basic fire suppression, strategies and tactics, fire investigation, and management practices.
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SAFT 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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Sociology |
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SOCI 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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SOCI 203 - General Sociology (3)
This course introduces the student to the concepts and theories that pertain to social relationships and social organization. The course covers topics that range from micro interpersonal relationship to macro social structures.
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SOCI 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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Spanish |
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SPAN 101 - Spanish I (3)
Spanish 101 is an introductory course designed to expose beginning students to basic language skills. In this course, students develop the fundamentals of communication, listening, and comprehension, speaking and reading Spanish. Elementary knowledge of Hispanic culture will be implemented in this course as well as composition writing.
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SPAN 102 - Spanish II (3)
Spanish 102 builds upon the basic grammatical structures introduced in Spanish 101 and continues to develop skills such as pronunciation practice, listening comprehension, and “guided” composition. Correct speaking is emphasized. An elementary knowledge of Hispanic countries continues to be implemented in the class.
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SPAN 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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SPAN 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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Tri-County Education Workshops |
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EDTR 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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EDTR 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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Workforce Development |
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WORK 101 - Workplace Readiness (1–4)
This workforce-based course enhances employees’ outcomes and duties at their current positions.
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WORK 102 - Microsoft Office (1–4)
This workforce-based course enhances employees’ computer efficiency in the workplace.
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WORK 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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WORK 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
A special topic (ST) has a different course description for each course offered under the ST code. The division will keep a record of every special topics course offered with this subject code, including the course description.
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