2014-2015 Student Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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MUS 171 - Written Theory I 3 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
This course is designed for the music major with a background in aural theory. The course deals with melodic and rhythmic dictation, identifying scales, intervals, models and embellishments, triad positions, chord function, cadences and non-harmonic tones. Students are to be simultaneously enrolled in Aural and Keyboard Skills I (MUS 181).
Restricted to Music majors or permission of Music Coordinator. Usually offered Fall semester Co-Requisites: MUS 181 General Education: N
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MUS 172 - Written Theory II 3 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
This course is a continuation of Written Theory I (MUS 171). Students are to be simultaneously enrolled in Aural and Keyboard Skills II (MUS 182).
Restricted to Music majors or permission of the Music Coordinator. Usually offered Spring semester Pre-Requisites: MUS 171 Co-Requisites: MUS 182
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MUS 181 - Aural and Keyboard Skills I 3 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
This course emphasizes the integration of skills students need in order to understand and recall common musical patterns. This course integrates the skills needed to understand and recall common musical patterns by singing, playing, notating, and identifying. Skills include singing major and minor solfege with movable do, diatonic modes, scales, chords, intervals, and use of Kodaly rhythmic syllables in simple and compound meter. The ability to identify and notate modes, scales, intervals, triads, single line melodies and two part counterpoint. The ability to play at the keyboard diatonic modal and scaler patterns, harmonize melodies, and read simple pieces at sight. This course is required of music majors and recommended for non-majors with previous music theory experience.
Restricted to Music majors or permission of Music Department Coordinator Usually offered Fall semester Co-Requisites: MUS 171
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MUS 182 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II 3 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
This course continues Aural and Keyboards Skills I (MUS 181). It integrates the skills needed to understand and recall common musical patterns by singing, playing, notating, and identifying melodies and harmonies. Skills include the singing of chromatically altered scale degrees, seventh chords, and the use of Kodaly rhythmic syllables including triplets and syncopation, along with cadence identification. It continues the ability to play at the keyboard including basic I-V phrase modals expanded to secondary dominance and an introduction to secondary harmonies. This course is required of music majors, and recommended for non-majors who have had previous music theory experience and completed MUS 181.
Restricted to Music Majors or permission of Music Department Coordinator. Usually offered Spring semester Pre-Requisites: MUS 181 Co-Requisites: MUS 172
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Nursing |
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NUR 105 - Medication Simulation 1 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 1 Lec.
This course will provide the student with the opportunity to accurately calculate medication dosage utilizing the label factor method. Medications in simulated clinical situations will be incorporated giving the student experience with the label factor method in a practical setting.
Restricted to Nursing students. Usually offered Fall semester Pre-Requisites: Successful completion of all College Placement Tests Concurrent Requirement: Concurrent requirement that may have prior completion: NUR 111
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NUR 111 - Nursing I 8 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 4 Lec.
Maslow’s Theory of Hierarchy of Needs and Erickson’s Developmental Theory are presented as a basis of understanding the conditions in which individuals develop as bio psycho social-cultural beings to the fullest degree. The Nursing Process, a problem solving approach, with a focus on assessment is utilized at a beginning level, to identify and meet needs necessary to maintain an optimal level of health. Psychomotor skills are developed, practiced, and evaluated through the use of the College and clinical laboratory. Scientific principles, Nursing Process, and psychomotor skills are correlated throughout the course with subsequent application in the clinical laboratory.
Restricted to Nursing students. Usually offered Fall semester Pre-Requisites: Successful completion of all College Placement Tests Concurrent Requirement: Concurrent requirement that may have prior completion: NUR 105, BIO 213E, BIO 213L, and PSY 110. Current certification required in Basic Cardiac Life Support, CPR for the Professional Rescuer. Satisfactory physical examination with designated immunizations. Co-Requisites: NUR 111C, NUR 111L
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NUR 112 - Nursing II 8 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 4 Lec.
NUR 112, Nursing II, focuses on short term interruptions that affect individuals’ ability to meet their needs, as described by Maslow, throughout various developmental stages. The Nursing Process, with emphasis on planning and implementation, will be utilized in assisting the individual to achieve an optimal level of health. Concentration will be on the individual who is experiencing a short term interruption due to surgery or pregnancy. Psychomotor skills will be developed and assessed‚ through the use of the College, Clinical Laboratory‚ and Simulation Lab. ‚ Theoretical principles and nursing techniques will be correlated throughout the course with subsequent application and evaluation in the clinical laboratory. The Simulation Lab will be used to apply theoretical principles and nursing techniques. Student participation in a variety of acute and community health settings provides an overview of the health care delivery system.
Restricted to Nursing students Usually offered Spring semester Pre-Requisites: BIO 213E/L, NUR 111, NUR 105 and PSY 110 Concurrent Requirement: Concurrent requirement that may have prior completion: PHA 250, BIO 214E/L and PSY 210. Current certification required in Basic Cardiac Life Support, CPR for the Professional Rescuer. Satisfactory physical examination with designated immunizations. Co-Requisites: NUR 112C, NUR 112L
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NUR 113 - Practical Nursing III 6 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
Practical Nursing III is a study of needs and related nursing care of individuals in various age groups experiencing interruptions in their ability to meet needs for oxygen, rest, activity, safety and security. Included is a component specific to the special needs of children. The nursing process and critical thinking skills are utilized to develop a framework of care. Experience in clinical, college and simulation laboratory provide an opportunity for the application of knowledge and psychomotor skills.
Restricted to Practical Nursing Credit Hour students. Usually offered Summer Session 1 Pre-Requisites: NUR 112, BIO 214, PSY 210, and PHA 250 Concurrent Requirement: Concurrent requirement that may have prior completion: Current Basic Life Support Certification, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, required. Satisfactory physical examination with designated immunizations. Co-Requisites: NUR 113C, NUR 113L
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NUR 114 - Practical Nursing IV 6 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
Practical Nursing IV is a continuation of Practical Nursing III. It is a study of needs and related nursing care of individuals experiencing interruptions in their ability to meet the need for nutrition, sexuality, elimination, and protective mechanisms. Included is a component specific to higher level needs. The nursing process and critical thinking skills are utilized to develop a framework of care. Experiences in clinical provide an opportunity for the application of knowledge and psychomotor skills.
Restricted to Practical Nursing Credit Hour students. Usually offered in Summer Session 2 Pre-Requisites: NUR 113 Concurrent Requirement: Concurrent requirement that may have prior completion: Current Basic Life Support Certification, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, required. Satisfactory physical examination with designated immunizations. Co-Requisites: NUR 114C
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NUR 130 - Nursing Clinical Practicum 2 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 0.5 Lec., 2.5 Lab
An intensive one week elective that provides reality-oriented nursing practice based upon knowledge and skills accrued by nursing students during previous semesters. This elective course is intended to permit the nursing students the curricular freedom to identify their own unique and personal learning needs and provide experiences to meet these needs under the guidance of a clinical nursing instructor in an acute care hospital setting. This course offers the student the unique exposure to a full day’s shift of clinical experience for a week’s time; thereby allowing for continuity and intensity of clinical learning not provided in other nursing clinical laboratory courses.
Restricted to Nursing students Usually offered Summer session Pre-Requisites: NUR 112
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NUR 132 - College Success: Nursing 1 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 1 Lec.
The student’s success in college is increased by assisting the student in obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary to reach his/her educational objectives. The following topics will be addressed as they relate to student success within the Nursing curriculum: Orientation to College and the Nursing Curriculum; Time Management; Study Skills; Library/Research Skills for the Nursing Major; Communication/Verbal and Non-Verbal in the Nursing Major; Careers in Nursing; and Stress Management.
Restricted to Nursing Students Usually offered Fall semester
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NUR 213 - Nursing Perspectives 2 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 2 Lec.
The structure and nature of the nursing profession as it relates to today’s society is presented, including: historical perspectives, ethical and legal responsibilities, employment preparation, career opportunities, educational pathways and legislation affecting nursing practice. Additionally, patient advocacy, health care delivery patterns, nursing informatics, performance/quality improvement initiatives, concepts of management, research utilization, role transition and professional nursing organizations are also presented.
Restricted to Nursing students. Usually offered Spring semester Pre-Requisites: NUR 211 Co-Requisites: NUR 212
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NUR 231 - Nursing Clinical Practicum 2 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 0.5 Lec., 2.5 Lab
An intensive one week elective that provides reality-oriented nursing practice based upon knowledge and skills accrued by nursing students during previous semesters. This elective course is intended to permit the nursing students the curricular freedom to identify their own unique and personal learning needs and provide experiences to meet these needs under the guidance of a clinical nursing instructor in an acute care hospital setting. This course offers the student the unique exposure to a full day’s shift of clinical experience for a week’s time; thereby allowing for continuity and intensity of clinical learning not provided in other nursing clinical laboratory courses.
Restricted to Nursing students Usually offered January Interim Session Pre-Requisites: NUR 211
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NUR 232 - Intra-Operative Nursing Practicum 2 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 0.5 Lec., 2.5 Lab
An intensive one week elective that provides reality-oriented nursing practice in the intra-operative phase of peri-operative nursing based upon knowledge and skills accrued by nursing students during previous semesters. This elective course is intended to familiarize the nursing students with the multiple roles of the RN in the operating room, provide experiences in the operating room utilizing acquired skills under the guidance of a clinical nursing instructor and preceptor in the intra-operative hospital setting. This course offers the student the unique exposure to a full day’s shift of clinical surgical experience for a week’s time; thereby allowing for continuity and intensity of clinical learning not provided in other nursing clinical laboratory courses.
Restricted to Nursing students who have successfully completed NUR 211 Usually offered January Interim Session Pre-Requisites: NUR 211E, C, and L
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OFT 230 - Medical Coding, Billing and Insurance 4 Cr. Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec., 3 Lab
In this course the student will learn to enter data into the computer and perform computerized account management duties. Students will use a medical practice management software program to schedule patient appointments, create superbills, post patient charges and payments, produce patient ledgers, complete insurance claim forms, prepare daily deposit slips, age accounts receivable and compile a variety of reports. Students will be introduced to coding using ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding books.
Students will learn how to use numerical designations in place of the usual medical terminology to describe diseases of a patient and medical services and procedures provided by the physician. Usually offered Spring semester Pre-Requisites: OFT 121 or CIS 100,
BIO 213 or BIO 117
or permission of instructor
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Pharmacy |
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Philosophy |
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Phlebotomy |
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Physical Education |
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