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MDIA 106 - Site Designer (3)
The course focuses on theory, design, and web construction; along with information architecture concepts, web site management, scenario development and performance evaluations. Students learn how to create and manage Web sites with GUI editor based software programs. Students will learn and implement the latest strategies to develop web sites, evaluate design tools, discuss future technology standards, and explore the incompatibility issues surrounding current browsers.
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MDIA 121 - Intro to Digital Photography (3)
This course is an introduction to the use of digital photography techniques. This course will emphasize visualization, composition, and the aesthetics of digital photography. This course will also introduce the basic operations of the camera and electronic imaging as well as software applications to produce quality digital images.
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MDIA 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
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MDIA 202 - Video Production (3)
Introduction to analog and digital video production and editing theories, effects, and techniques. Students will develop video products using analog and digital recording methods and computerized video editing systems and digital video effects programs and hardware and software issues relating to 3-dimensional graphics manipulation, video compression, and recording.
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MDIA 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
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Medical Assisting |
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MAST 101 - Introduction to Medical Assisting (3)
This course is a foundation course for all medical assisting programs (clinical and/or administrative). Topics include medical assisting and other allied health disciplines as a profession, health care settings, the history of medicine, communication skills, coping skills, topics in psychology, and medical law and ethics. Emphasis is also placed on professionalism topics including personal traits of the health care professional, work place dynamics and career planning and employment.
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MAST 102 - Medical Terminology (3)
This course is an integral component in understanding the language of medicine. It is designed to give the student a foundation in the basic structure of medical terms, word building and definitions as well as the applications of medical terminology. A human body systems approach is utilized and topics covered in each system include anatomy and physiology overview, medical terms, symptoms and signs, diseases and disorders, treatments, procedures and devices.
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MAST 105 - Insurance Billing & Coding (3)
The focus of this course is on the process of using source documents to apply diagnostic and procedural codes to patient records for the purpose of filing insurance claims. Topics covered include health insurance specialist as a career, introduction to health insurance, managed health care, life cycle of an insurance claim, legal and regulatory issues, ICD-9-CM coding, CPT coding, HCPCS coding, CMS reimbursement methodologies, coding for medical necessity and the essentials of CMS-1500 claim instructions. Also, insurance carriers such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Medicare, Medicaid and others are covered.
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MAST 106 - Medical Office Management (2)
This course is a foundational course in administrative medical assisting. Topics include: the facility environment, computers in the ambulatory care setting, telecommunications, patient scheduling, medical records management, written communications, daily financial practices, introduction to medical coding, insurance, billing and collections, accounting practices, and facility and equipment management are covered. In addition, more advanced topics are covered: management styles, risk management, importance of teamwork, supervising personnel, procedure manual, HIPAA implications, marketing functions, records and financial management, liability coverage, human resource management such as recruiting and hiring office personnel, dismissing employees, and complying with personnel laws are covered. Good record keeping principles are stressed in this course. Emphasis is placed on applications of electronic technology and fundamental writing skills as well as basic medical assisting clerical and operational functions.
Corerequisite(s): MAST 106L - Medical Office Management Lab (1)
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MAST 106L - Medical Office Management Lab (1)
This course is taken in conjunction with MAST 106 Medical Office Management. It emphasizes hands-on demographic data entry, billing and coding, insurance filing, reporting, as well as other electronic data functions of medical information management systems.
Corerequisite(s): MAST 106 - Medical Office Management (2)
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MAST 202 - Clinical Medical Assistant I (2)
This course offers the medical assistant student the opportunity to learn basic clinical theory that is utilized within medical practices. Areas covered include emergency/first aid procedures, infection control, and medical asepsis, sterilization, taking a medical history, patient charts and documentation, vital signs and measurements, physical examination and specialty examinations. In addition, signs and symptoms of respiratory conditions and disorders, diagnostic tests, Spirometry, peak flow meters, pulse oximetry, anatomy of the heart, electrical conduction system of the heart, the cardiac cycle and the EKG cycle, types of electrocardiographs, lead coding, sensor placement, standardization and adjustment of the electrocardiograph, 12 lead EKG, mounting EKG tracings, interference and artifacts, cardiac dysrythmias and Holter monitors are covered.
Corerequisite(s): MAST 202L - Clinical Medical Assistant I Lab (1)
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MAST 202L - Clinical Medical Assistant I Lab (1)
This course is taken in conjunction with MAST 202 Clinical Medical Assistant I. Emphasis is placed on hands-on listening and observational skills, patient care and instruction, as well as sound fundamental diagnostic and treatment modalities.
Corerequisite(s): MAST 202 - Clinical Medical Assistant I (2)
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MAST 203 - Pharmacology for the MA (3)
Basics of pharmacology and administration of medications are the focus of this course. Included topics are medical uses of drugs, drug names, history and sources of drugs, drug regulations and legal classifications of drugs, drug reference and standards, classification of drugs, principal actions of drugs, drug routes, forms of drugs, storage and handling of medications, emergency drug supplies and drug abuse. Also, covered are legal and ethical implications, drug dosage, medication labels, calculation of drug dosages, medications measured in units, calculation of age specific drug dosages, administration of medication by various routes including parenteral, oral and inhalation, administration of allergenic extracts, and principles of IV therapy. Emphasis is placed on the “rights” of medication administration.
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MAST 206 - Clinical Medical Assistant II (2)
This course builds on topics covered in MAST 202 - Clinical Medical Assistant I (2) . Examinations and procedures of various body systems such as the urinary system and urinary catheterization and the digestive system and fecal occult blood testing are covered. In addition, assisting with office/ambulatory surgery, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation and therapeutic modalities and nutrition in health and disease, safety and regulatory guidelines, introduction to the medical laboratory, hematology tests, urinalysis, basic microbiology testing, and several CLIA waved tests such as blood glucose and cholesterol testing are covered.
Prerequisite(s): MAST 202 - Clinical Medical Assistant I (2) .
Corerequisite(s): MAST 206L - Clinical Medical Assistant II Lab (1)
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MAST 214 - MA Review and Certification Prep (2)
This course provides the student with a review of all of the major administrative, clinical and general competencies covered in the medical assistant programs. Upon successful completion of this course and all other program requirements, the medical assistant certificate and degree students are eligible to sit for national certification as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) through American Medical Technologists.
Prerequisite(s): MAST 206 - Clinical Medical Assistant II (2)
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MAST 216 - Clinical & Administrative Externship (4)
This course provides the student with hands-on clinical and administrative experience in a medical office setting. The student will work for a total of one hundred sixty (160) uncompensated hours in a medical office. Clinical and administrative competencies will be evaluated by a medical office preceptor(s) and under the direction of a medical assistant instructor. The student needs to contact the medical assistant programs department upon registering for this course. Early registration is encouraged to allow time to make arrangements with a medical office site. Students must have received a grade of “C” or better in ALL MAST and PLB courses prior to registering for this course. In addition, students must provide proof of valid/current BLS for Healthcare Providers and First Aid certification to the medical assistant department prior to the start of the externship.
Prerequisite(s): MAST 206 - Clinical Medical Assistant II (2)
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MUSC 111 - Introduction to Music (3)
This course provides training and experiences which will enable the student to acquire a historical-social-aesthetic perspective, to comprehend musical concepts, to discriminate quality levels, to select satisfying and stimulating musical experiences, and to empathize with the creators and performers of music.
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MUSC 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
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MUSC 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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Nursing |
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NURS 101 - Foundations of Nursing Practice (4)
This is the initial course in nursing upon which all other nursing courses build and expand. It is designed to develop in the student a holistic awareness of persons. The student also begins to recognize health problems. The nursing process, critical thinking, therapeutic nursing interventions, communication, and service are introduced and emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisite(s): CAHS 120 /CAHS 121 , CAHS 122 /CAHS 123 and ENGL 101 .
Corerequisite(s): NURS 103 Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): CAHS 125 , CAHS 125L, COMM 202 .
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NURS 103C - Clinical Nursing (2)
This course assists the student in developing patient care skills in supervised clinical agencies.
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NURS 103L - Clinical Nursing Laboratory (2)
This course assists the student in developing patient care skills in a supervised laboratory setting.
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NURS 105 - Introduction to Professional Nursing (3)
This course is designed as an introduction to the concepts of professional nursing practice. Concepts of professional nursing practice including the nursing process, code of ethics, role of nurses, and the health care team and other topics required for entry into the nursing program are presented. Students will be exposed to the use of select electronics databases as information sources, as well as in the techniques of professional writing.
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): NURS 105 Hours Clock hours 9 hours/week.
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NURS 108 - Basic Nursing Skills (3)
The focus of this skill lab course is the development and acquisition of the technical/psychomotor skills required for nursing practice. Students will apply new and previously learned scientific principles to procedures required for the delivery of nursing care.
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NURS 110 - Adult Health Nursing I (3)
This course focuses on the practice of holistic nursing with persons experiencing common medical/surgical problems. Persons with diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, integumentary problems, immunologic and infectious diseases, sensory deprivation, and cancer are examined. In addition, the students explore the art of self-care as it relates to caring for others.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 101 , 103.
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): CAHS 210 , PSYC 203 .
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NURS 112C - Adult Health Nurse I Clinical (2)
This continues the development of nursing care skills in a variety of clinical agencies. Patient situations are correlated to lecture content in NURS 110 .
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NURS 112L - Adult Health Nurse I Lab (1)
This continues the development of nursing care skills in a supervised laboratory setting. Specific skills are correlated to lecture content in NURS 110 .
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NURS 114 - Family Health Nursing I (2)
This course focuses on the care of families during the reproductive years utilizing the nursing process with emphasis on health promotion and maintenance.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 101 , 103.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 116 . Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): CAHS 210 , PSYC 203 .
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NURS 116 - Family Health Nursing Clinical I (2)
This course provides students with the opportunity to care for antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal families in acute care and community settings.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 114 .
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NURS 118 - Health & Wellness (2)
This course will focus on concepts of health screening, patient education, complementary therapies and environmental safety needs in a variety of client settings and among a variety of age groups.
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): CAHS 120 , CAHS 121 , CAHS 122 , CAHS 123
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NURS 124 - Medical Management II (3)
This theory course will include pathophysiology, system specific assessments, diagnostic and lab values, complications of diagnostic tests, therapeutic procedures, potential and actual complications of procedures, unexpected results of procedures, and emergency situations related to: Urinary and renal: urinary diversions, renal failure, UTI, calculi, nephritis, enuresis Immune and HIV: autoimmune diseases, LE, allergy and anaphylaxis, hives Hematological: anemia, sickle cell, ITP, hemophilia, splenic disease and injury Cancer including leukemia & radiation therapy.
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NURS 150 - Health Assessment (3)
This course provides theory and practice in comprehensive health assessment. Health history taking methods, physical examination skills, health promotion techniques, clinical assessment tools, and the use of age related data instruments will be the content foci for lectures and clinical experiences. This course has a lab component.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 105 and NURS 108 .
Hours 2 hours classroom, 3 hours clinical practice/week.
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NURS 155 - Family Health Nursing (3)
This course provides theory related to nursing care, health, and illness needs of the clients throughout the life span. Issues related to family structure and wellbeing are incorporated into the content.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 105 , NURS 118 .
Corerequisite(s): NURS 108
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NURS 160 - Clinical Nursing I (2)
This clinical course will provide opportunities for direct nursing care to clients in a variety of settings, including long term care, acute care, and community agencies where students may apply content from all theory courses to date and specifically Health Assessment and Family Health Nursing.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 105 , NURS 108
Corerequisite(s): NURS 150 , NURS 155 Hours Clock hours: 6 hours/week.
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NURS 165 - Pharmacology & Pathophysiology for Nurses (4)
This course combines two related science fields essential to nursing. Basic principles of pharmacology including pharmakinetics, pharmaceutics and pharmacodynamics are presented; as well as emphasis on selected disease processes including inflammation, immunity, vascular control mechanisms and basic genomics.
Prerequisite(s): CAHS 220 , CAHS 221 , NURS 105 , NURS 108
Corerequisite(s): NURS 150
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NURS 180 - LPN-to-RN Role Transition (5)
For LPN to RN articulation students only. This course will assist the student who has met the eligibility requirements for the LPN-to-RN articulation to make the transition from the LPN role to the Registered Professional Nurse role. An emphasis will be placed on advancing into professional nursing practice through a combination of lecture seminar and clinical experiences Successful completion of this course allows the student to be exempt from NURS 101 and NURS 103 and receive three additional credits for degree.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 , CAHS 120 /CAHS 121 , CAHS 122 /CAHS 123 .
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): CAHS 125 /125L, COMM 202 .
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NURS 201 - Mental Health Nursing (2)
This course focuses on the practice of nursing with persons experiencing mental disorders. Neurobiological, psychological, and sociological theories are explored. Emphasis is placed on the continued development of therapeutic communication skills.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 110 , 112, NURS 114 , NURS 116 .
Corerequisite(s): NURS 202 , NURS 203 , 204. Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): CAHS 220 /CAHS 221 , SOCI 203 .
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NURS 202 - Adult Health Nursing II (3)
This course focuses on utilizing the nursing process in providing holistic care for persons that are experiencing complex health disorders. Emphasis is placed on individuals experiencing disorders of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, and musculoskeletal systems.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 110 , 112, NURS 114 , NURS 116 .
Corerequisite(s): NURS 201 , NURS 203 , 204. Pre-requisite/Co-requisite(s): CAHS 220 /CAHS 221 , SOCI 203 .
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NURS 203 - Mental Health Clinical Nursing (2)
This course assists students in establishing, maintaining, and terminating effective interactions with individuals and groups of people exhibiting psychosocial problems across the continuum of care.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 201 .
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NURS 204C - Adult Health Nurse II Clinical (2)
This continues the development of nursing care skills in a variety of clinical agencies. Patient situation are correlated to lecture content in NURS 202 .
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NURS 204L - Adult Health Nurse II Lab (1)
This continues the development of nursing care skills in s supervised laboratory setting. Specific skills are correlated to lecture content in NURS 202 .
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NURS 205 - Adult Nursing Care I (5)
This course focuses on the knowledge, skills and values necessary for the delivery of comprehensive nursing care of the patient in the acute care setting. An integrated biological, psychological, socio-cultural, environmental and spiritual approach to the care of the patient and his family will be employed. A systems approach is used to organize content.
Prerequisite(s): All nursing courses to this point.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 210 , NURS 214
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NURS 206 - Adult Health Nursing III (3)
This course continues to focus on the practice of holistic nursing with persons experiencing common medical surgical problems. Emphasis is placed on individuals with alterations in genitourinary, hematological, neurological function and with burn injuries. In addition, the student explores the relationship of environment to health.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 201 , NURS 202 , NURS 203 , 204
Corerequisite(s): NURS 208, NURS 222 .
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NURS 208C - Adult Health Nurse III Clinical (2)
This continues the development of nursing care skills in a variety of clinical agencies. Patient situations are correlated to lecture content in NURS 208.
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NURS 208L - Adult Health Nurse III Lab (1)
This continues the development of nursing care skills in a supervised laboratory setting. Specific skills are correlated to lecture content in NURS 206 .
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NURS 210 - Mental Health Nursing (3)
This course provides theory of nursing care of clients with mental health needs. Using an integrative approach, course content is based on the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural aspects of behavioral disorders.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 105 , NURS 108 , NURS 150 , NURS 160 , NURS 165
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NURS 211 - Family Health Nursing II (2)
This course focuses on families with children emphasizing normal growth and development, health promotion, and maintenance through anticipatory guidance and continues developing the use of the nursing process. Select deviations from normal and restorative measures are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 110 , 112, NURS 114 , NURS 116 , NURS 201 , NURS 202 , NURS 203 , 204.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 213 .
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NURS 213 - Family Health Nursing Clinical II (2)
This course provides the student with the opportunity to care for children and families in a variety of settings.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 211 .
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NURS 214 - Clinical Nursing II (4)
This clinical course will provide opportunity for the student to provide direct patient care to a variety of clients and in a variety of clinical agencies. Specific clinical foci will include inpatient and outpatient care of the adult patient with physical and mental health problems. Content and skills gained in previous nursing courses will be integrated in this course.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 205 , 214 Hours Clock hours 12 hours/week.
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NURS 222 - Contemporary Nursing (3)
This course assists the student in examining a variety of issues involved in the practice of nursing within a changing society and health care environment. Topics explored include ethics, legal aspects, professional behaviors, lifelong learning, and patterns of health care delivery. This course must be taken in the students’ final semester.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 201 , NURS 202 , NURS 203 , 204.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 206 , 208, NURS 211 , NURS 213 .
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NURS 235 - Adult Nursing Care II (5)
This course continues the content from Adult Nursing Care I. A systems approach is used to organize content, but the complexity of the patient problems is greater.
Prerequisite(s): All nursing courses to this point.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 236 , NURS 238
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NURS 236 - Clinical Nursing III (5)
This clinical course incorporates all theory and skills accumulated from previous nursing courses and enable the student to provide nursing care to multiple patients and /or complex patients in a primarily acute inpatient setting. A one on one preceptorship with an RN in a selected clinical area is included in this clinical.
Corerequisite(s): NURS 235 , NURS 238 Hours Clock hours 15 hours/week.
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NURS 238 - Transition to Professional Nursing (2)
This course is intended to be taken during the final semester of the program.
Prerequisite(s): All nursing courses to this point.
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NURS 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
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Orientation |
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ORIE 101 - Orientation to College (3)
A course designed to help the student bridge the transition to the college environment.
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ORIE 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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Paralegal Studies |
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PARA 120 - General Law (3)
This course discusses various kinds of law: constitutional, civil, criminal, administrative, trends in legal practice, including specializations, hot topics and explores views of representing individuals who may be accused of certain types of crime, i.e., murder, rape, child molestation/abuse.
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PARA 199 - Special Topics (1-4)
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PARA 235 - Torts/Causes of Action (3)
This course defines what a tort is and examines elements, proof, identification of different causes of action and remedies.
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PARA 270 - Real Estate/Wills and Estates (3)
This course examines real estate laws and drafting deeds, leases, contracts of sale, closing documents, and title searches. It serves as an overview of laws of probate, will drafting, and probate of estates.
Prerequisite(s): PARA 101 and PARA 102.
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PARA 293 - Paralegal 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 criminal justice. Credit is awarded upon receipt of a letter from the on-site supervisor 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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PARA 299 - Special Topics (1-4)
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PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy (3)
This course introduces students to the major fields, problems, theories, and personalities of philosophy through the biographies and writing of leading thinkers.
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Phlebotomy |
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PLBT 101 - Phlebotomy (3)
This course prepares students with the fundamentals of phlebotomy. Both theory and hands-on experience are provided. Course content includes the history of phlebotomy, basic anatomy and physiology, infection control, specimen collection, various venipuncture techniques, dermal punctures, venipuncture complications, point-of-care testing, legal issues, and special non-blood specimen collection techniques.
Prerequisite(s): CAHS 100 and MAST 202 .
Corerequisite(s): MAST 206 .
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PLBT 102 - Phlebotomy Clinical Externship (3)
This course allows students to work in a CLIA approved laboratory setting and function under direct supervision of a phlebotomist. The externship is one hundred (100) uncompensated hours in length. Students are expected to perform a minimum of 100 successful blood collection procedures including venipunctures and dermal punctures. Phlebotomy competencies will be evaluated by a phlebotomy preceptor(s) and under the direction of a medical assistant instructor. The student needs to contact the medical assisting program department upon registering for this course. Early registration is encouraged to allow time to make arrangements for the externship experience. The student is expected to follow all policies and procedures of their designated externship site.
Prerequisite(s): PLBT 101 or CAHS 153 .
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Physical Therapy Assistant |
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PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2)
History of the physical therapy profession and survey of general physical therapy services. Legal and ethical requirements for the physical therapist assistant are introduced. The Americans with Disabilities Act and architectural barriers are studied.
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PTA 102 - Patient & Professional Relationship (2)
Recognition of the reactions of the health care worker, patient, and family to illness and disability is discussed. The influence of race, class, age, ethnic origin, and gender on the physical therapist assistant and patient relationship is explored. The stages of adjustment to disability and death and dying are described. Communication skills between PTA, patient, family and other health care providers are developed.
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PTA 103 - Intro to Patient Care (3)
An introduction to basic patient care procedures such as positioning, transferring, ambulating, dressing, fitting ambulation aids, and taking vital signs. Universal Precautions, isolation, and aseptic principles will be presented. Skills in basic note writing will be developed.
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PTA 104 - Physical Agents (4)
This course includes the lecture and lab study of thermal agents, compression, and massage. Skills in surface anatomy and goniometry are developed. Topics include electrical stimulation, traction, and manual muscle testing. Upon completion, students are able to correctly and safely apply these techniques in a laboratory setting while assessing the physiologic response and observing indications and contraindications. Also, students can write appropriate progress notes, and demonstrate knowledge of the physiological principles involved.
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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)
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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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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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