SUR272S Practicum Seminar III
College of Health Science Surgical Technology Department
Course Description: This course is taken in conjunction with SUR272. Students will learn and collaborate to share perioperative care and experiences while in a clinical setting.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: SUR271
Corequisites: None
SUR271S Practicum Seminar II
College of Health Science Surgical Technology Department
Course Description: This course is taken in conjunction with SUR271. Students will learn and collaborate to share perioperative care experiences while in a clinical setting.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: SUR270
Corequisites: None
SUR270S Practicum Seminar I
College of Health Science Surgical Technology Department
Course Description: This course is taken in conjunction with SUR270. Students will learn and collaborate to share perioperative care experiences while in a clinical setting.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: SUR123
Corequisites: None
PSY220 Positive Psychology
Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course provides students the opportunity to explore and experience positive applications with regard to human behavior and mental processes. In the past, traditional research in psychology has focused on disorders and dysfunctional behavior. In today's society, individuals must understand how to focus on positive endeavors in order to have the opportunity to live a balanced, meaningful, fulfilling, and successful life. This course focuses on such positive experiences as how to increase emotional intelligence, resiliency, optimism, pro-social behavior, positive emotions, meaning in life/work, self-efficacy and overall well-being while optimizing performance and decreasing stressors, burnout and susceptibility to physical or mental illness.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: PSY105
Corequisites: None
NUR541 Policy, Politics, and Advocacy in Healthcare
College of Nursing Nursing Department
Course Description: This course focuses on the exploration of social change theories and the role of technology, as well as frameworks for community and political engagement, advocacy, and empowerment. Emphasis will be placed on the roles of key stakeholders who influence health care policy to include government, consumers, providers, and payers. Students will examine general micro & macro issues, regulatory processes and quality control and policy making at various levels of government.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
PHY120L Physics Lab
Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course includes the demonstration of physical principles as well as laboratory experimentation with an emphasis on interpretation of experimental data. Students will learn the proficient handling of equipment and numbers in the scientific laboratory.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: MTH131
Corequisites: PHY120
PHY120 Physics
Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course surveys the major concepts and principles of physics and emphasizes their role in explaining natural phenomena. Students will learn about mechanics, waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, optics and optical phenomena, and the structure and properties of matter.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: MTH131
Corequisites: PHY120L
PTA275 Physical Therapist Assistant Preparatory
College of Health Science Physical Therapist Assistant Department
Course Description: This course prepares students for the National Physical Therapy Exam for the Physical Therapist Assistant through analysis of information taught during their didactic, laboratory and clinical coursework as well as facilitating proper study, review and examination taking techniques. Valuable career and professional development strategies are also discussed.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: PTA258
Corequisites: None
MED158 Phlebotomy and Laboratory Procedures
College of Health Science Medical Assisting Department
Course Description: This course is designed to present students with a detailed knowledge of how to collect blood and other body fluid specimens used in throat cultures, urinalysis and stool guaiac, and prepare samples for testing in a lab. This course presents an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the various systems that require specimen collection, processing and handling of specimens, and laboratory operations. Students will learn through the use of practical skills, demonstrations and hands on learning. Course and clinical completion will enable student to sit for a national certification exam.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: MED104
Corequisites: None
NUR134 Pharmacology
College of Nursing Nursing Department
Course Description: This course introduces and builds upon concepts necessary for sound judgment in the use of chemical agents. Students will learn principles of safe and accurate medication administration. The nursing process guidelines are incorporated to assist in the attainment of knowledge and skills related to medication therapy. Included in discussions are concepts underlying the medical uses of medications including pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacotherapeutics.
Credit Hours: 1.50
Corequisites: NUR177