Jun 26, 2024  
2015-2016 Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Music

  
  • 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.

  
  • MUSC 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.

  
  • 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.


Nursing

  
  • 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.
  
  • 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.

  
  
  • NURS 115 - Nursing Care I (5)


    This course builds on the skills learned in NURS 111 - Introduction to Nursing (2)  and introduces professional and patient concepts across the lifespan for providing nursing care.  This course has a clinical component for application of acquired skills in patient care situations.  Classroom: 3 hours per week; clinical: 4.5 clock hours per week.  Clinical hours will be aggregated throughout the semester.

    Prerequisite(s): NURS 111 - Introduction to Nursing (2)  and acceptance into Nursing, A.S.N.  
  
  • 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 
  
  • NURS 135 - Nursing Care II (8)


    This course continues to build on lifespan concepts of health and illness with related exemplars.  The student will integrate conceptual learning with skills and knowledge learned in previous nursing courses.  This course has a clinical component that provides for the application of learning to direct and simulated patient care experience.  Classroom: 5 hours per week; Clinical: 9 hours per week.  Clinical hours will be aggregated throughout the semester.

    Prerequisite(s): NURS 115 - Nursing Care I (5)  and admission to Nursing, A.S.N.  
  
  • 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.
  
  • 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 
  
  • 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.
  
  • 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 
  
  • 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 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 .
  
  • NURS 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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 
  
  • 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 203 , 204
    Corerequisite(s): NURS 208, NURS 222 .
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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 .

  
  • 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 
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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 .
  
  • 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.
  
  • NURS 215 - Nursing Care III (8)


    This course continues to build on lifespan concepts of health and illness with related exemplars.  The student will integrate conceptual learning with skills and knowledge learned in previous nursing courses.  This course has a clinical component that provides for the application of learning to direct and simulated patient care experiences.  Classroom: 5 hours per week; Clinical: 9 hours per week.  Clinical hours will be aggregated throughout the semester.

    Prerequisite(s): NURS 135 - Nursing Care II (8)  and admission to Nursing, A.S.N.  
  
  • 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 203 , 204.
    Corerequisite(s): NURS 206 , 208, NURS 211 , NURS 213 .
  
  • 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 
  
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  
  • NURS 240 - Nursing Care IV (12)


    This course is designed to prepare the student to transition from the role of nursing student to a professional registered nurse.  The student will be expected to apply and analyze concepts related to patient care, professionalism, and health care.  The student will integrate interrelated concepts encompassing multiple health and illness concepts across the lifespan.  Knowledge and skills learned in previous nursing courses will be utilized.  This course has a clinical component that provides for application of learning to direct and simulated patient care experiences.  Classroom: 9 hours per week; Clinical: 4.2 hours per week; and 120 hours of preceptor/capstone experience.  Clinical hours will be aggregated throughout the semester.

    Prerequisite(s): NURS 215 - Nursing Care III (8)  and admission to Nursing, A.S.N.  
  
  • NURS 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.


Orientation

  
  • ORIE 101 - Orientation to College (1-6)


    A course designed to help the student bridge the transition to the college environment.

  
  • 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.


Paralegal Studies

  
  • 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.

  
  • PARA 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.
  
  • 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.)
  
  • PARA 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.


Philosophy

  
  • 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.

  
  • PHIL 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.

  
  • PHIL 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.


Phlebotomy

  
  • PLBT 101 - Phlebotomy (3)


    This course prepares students with the fundamentals of phlebotomy.  Both theory and hand-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): MAST 102 - Medical Terminology (3)  or CAHS 153 - Phlebotomy Technician (1–12)  
  
  • PLBT 102 - Phlebotomy Clinical Externship (3)


    This course requires 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 phlebotomy instructor. The student needs to contact the Phlebotomy Externship Coordinator prior to 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 - Phlebotomy (3)  or CAHS 153 - Phlebotomy Technician (1–12) 

Physical Therapist Assistant

  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

  
  • PTA 110 - Musculoskeletal Review (3)


    Musculoskeletal Review will build upon previously learned knowledge of normal anatomy and normal physiology. This course was designed for the physical therapist assistant student to learn attachments, actions and innervations of selected muscles. Group activity utilizing anatomical models and palpation on classmates will be key components to learning in this course. Units of study are divided up according to joints/areas of the body, as follows: shoulder girdle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle, foot, and pelvis. Muscular system, articular system, and skeletal system will be our main focus in this course. 

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into PTA program.
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2) 
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2) 
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2) 
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2) 
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2) 
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2) 
  
  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s): PTA 101 - Intro to Physical Therapy (2) 

Physics

  
  • PHYS 201 - General Physics I (4)


    A calculus-based Physics course covering topics of motion, force, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, gravitation, rotation, acoutsics, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics. The course includes a lab component.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 207 - Calculus I (4) 

Political Science

  
  • 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.

  
  • PSCI 101 - American Federal Government (3)


    This course involves the study of the functions and administration of government in the United States.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.


Print Technology

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.


Psychology

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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 the 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.

  
  • PSYC 240 - Social Psych of Drug Use (3)


    This course is designed to increase the student’s understanding of drug use from a variety of perspectives, including behavioral, pharmacological, historical, social, legal, and clinical.

  
  • 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.


Renewable Energy Systems

  
  • RENG 101 - Renewable Energy Technology (1)


    This course explores basic Renewable energy concepts and studies Photovoltaics, Wind Turbine and Solar Thermal systems in typical application environments. Topics include: Site plan, sizing, safety, regulations, and grid connection. Small scale PV, wind turbine, solar thermal and controllers will be utilized to provide hands on training. Systems simulation will also be incorporated. This will be a 1 credit hour class, encompassing 1 hour of lecture.

  
  • RENG 101L - Renewable Energy Tech Lab (2)


    This course explores basic Renewable energy concepts and studies Photovoltaics, Wind Turbine and Solar Thermal systems in typical application environments. Topics include: Site plan, sizing, safety, regulations, and grid connection. Small scale PV, wind turbine, solar thermal and controllers will be utilized to provide hands on training. Systems simulation will also be incorporated. This will be a 2 credit hour class, encompassing 4 hours of Lab.

  
  • RENG 201 - Solar Thermal Energy (1)


    This course explores Solar Thermal systems in typical application environments. Topics include: Site plan, sizing, safety, regulations, and connection, Flat panel, Evacuated Tube as well as geothermal systems will be utilized to provide hands on training. Systems simulation will also be incorporated. We are planning to acquire an enclosed equipment trailer to build a rolling classroom for hands on installation of PV, wind turbine, solar thermal and geothermal systems.  This will be a 1 credit hour class, encompassing 1 hour of lecture.

  
  • RENG 201L - Solar Thermal Energy Lab (2)


    This course explores Solar Thermal systems in typical application environments. Topics include: Site plan, sizing, safety, regulations, and connection, Flat panel, Evacuated Tube as well as geothermal systems will be utilized to provide hands on training. Systems simulation will also be incorporated. We are planning to acquire an enclosed equipment trailer to build a rolling classroom for hands on installation of PV, wind turbine, solar thermal and geothermal systems.  This will be a 2 credit hour class, encompassing 4 hour of lab.


Safety Technology

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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.

  
  • 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 .
  
  • 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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