Jun 17, 2024  
2023-2024 Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Catalog

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Occupational Therapy Assistant

  
  • OT 105 - Documentation in Occupational Therapy

    Credit Hours: 1
    Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: OT 102  (C or Higher) and BI 121  (C or Higher) and BI 122  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: OT 108  
    Description: This course provides an introduction to the documentation process for occupational therapy assistants with an emphasis on developing skills for clinical practice to meet professional standards and reimbursement guidelines. Additional topics include clinical reasoning skills, role delineation in documentation, use of professional terminology, and ethical and legal considerations related to the medical record. Electronic medical records and their characteristics and use are also addressed.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 108 - Therapeutic Intervention I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: OT 105   
    Description: This course is an introduction to fundamental practice principles, activity analysis, purposeful activities, disabling conditions, and treatment interventions specific to the geriatric population. Students learn skills of planning, teaching and analyzing activities, documentation and delivery of Occupational Therapy services.

    Course Fee: $25.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 109 - Therapeutic Intervention II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 5


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: OT 105  (C or Higher) and OT 108  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: OT 110 EDU 118  
    Description: This course focuses on Occupational Therapy interventions and modalities and their application in treatment. Students learn skills related to evaluation of pediatric development, gross/fine and sensory motor development. Additionally, upper extremity evaluation and treatment, splint fabrication, use of preparatory and purposeful activities, Electronic Aids to Daily Living (EADL’s), self-care, play leisure activities, and evaluation for and use of wheeled mobility devices are addressed. 

     

    Course Fee: $25.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required


    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

  
  • OT 110 - Disabling Conditions

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: [OT 102  and OT 105  and OT 108  and BI 121  and BI 122  and PY 201  (all C or Higher)]

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: OT 109  and PY 231  
    Description: Students will identify diagnosis related factors and information regarding the medical treatment of selected disabling conditions. Students will also apply the Occupational Therapy Process to the treatment of the selected conditions by creating evidence-based treatment plans and activities. 

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 208 - Therapeutic Interventions III

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: OT 105  (C or Higher) and OT 108  (C or Higher) and OT 109  (C or Higher) and OT 110  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: OT 214 OT 215 , OT 220 , OT 224  
    Description: This course is a correlation between activities and Occupational Therapy treatment of the adult population. Topics include assessment, treatment planning, activity analysis, service management, assistive technology, work rehabilitation and adaptive equipment.

    Course Fee: $25.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 214 - Kinesiology in Occupational Therapy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: C or Higher in the following courses: OT 102  and OT 105  and OT 108  and OT 110  and BI 121  and BI 122  and GH 110  

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: OT 208  and OT 220  and OT 224  
    Description: This course is an investigation of structural anatomy, biomechanical principles, and human movement in the context of activity. Clinical applications focus on Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention and documentation in the areas of range of motion, muscle strength, posture, body mechanics, balance, mobility, therapeutic exercise, positioning, draping, bed mobility, and transfers.

    Course Fee: $15.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 215 - Supplemental Practice Skills for Occupational Therapy

    Credit Hours: 1
    Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: OT 109  (C or Higher) and OT 110  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides instruction in theories, principles and methods in manual and neurorehabilitation approaches commonly used for OT assessment and intervention. Students situate the methods within the scope of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and examine evidence for their effectiveness. 

    Course Fee: $25.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 220 - Fieldwork I

    Credit Hours: 1
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: OT 224  
    Description: This course is an introductory Occupational Therapy fieldwork experience which exposes students to the disabled client/patient. Content consists of limited service delivery including observation, client interviews, activity analysis, and intervention in a variety of practice settings.  Forty-five (45) hours of arranged fieldwork engagement are completed across three modules.  These experiences include a combination of simulation, virtual or telehealth and in person components.  Student must successfully complete OT 224  in order to successfully complete OT 220.  CPR training, required immunizations, and background checks are all required prior to enrolling in this course. 

    Course Fee: $117.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 224 - Fieldwork Integration I

    Credit Hours: 1
    Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides students with an opportunity for guided exchange of information related to their OTA field experiences. Discussion centers on observations, ethics, treatment techniques, professional discipline, and activity analysis. Students must successfully complete OT 220  to successfully complete OT 224.

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 230 - Fieldwork II

    Credit Hours: 10
    Contact Hours: 35
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course requires a fieldwork experience in two different treatment settings supervised by an OTR and/or a COTA. The focus is on application of acquired knowledge of Occupational Therapy. Students perform duties and treatment identified in the performance objectives at each treatment setting. Two 8-week full time experiences are included. Students must successfully complete OT 235  in order to successfully complete OT 230. Must be CPR certified prior to enrolling in this course.

    Course Fee: $40.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • OT 235 - Fieldwork Integration II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides students with an opportunity for guided exchange of information related to students field experiences. The course focuses on professional writing, quality assurance, reimbursement, scope of practice, occupational therapy techniques, job seeking skills, and exposure to professional organizations. Students must successfully complete OT 230  to successfully complete OT 235.

    Course Fee: $15.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Philosophy

  
  • PL Elective - (min. of 3)


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description:

    Department Consent: None
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PL 201 - Introduction to Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course includes a consideration of some basic problems of philosophy, rationalistic and scientific knowledge, the mind and body, the nature of humanity and self-identity, and values in human conduct from the point of view of historical and contemporary schools of philosophy. It employs a historical overview and analysis of the important philosophical trends in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics as they have developed within the western tradition. Students should bring to the course developed skills in reading and writing.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities
  
  • PL 202 - Introduction to Logic

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is designed to help the students to distinguish good/correct reasoning from bad/incorrect reasoning, learn to analyze fallacies, and use methods and principles developed by logicians to evaluate deductive and inductive arguments.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities
  
  • PL 205 - Introduction to Ethics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Why should I be moral? What is the right thing to do? This course helps students to understand different approaches to ethics in the history of moral philosophy and gain an overview of contemporary moral issues. After completing this course, the students will be better equipped to make moral judgments, choose to do the right things, and live a virtuous life.   

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities
  
  • PL 206 - Biomedical Ethics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course emphasizes on both helping the students to understand the ethical theories and using the moral framework acquired in this course to determine the social and moral obligations in the wake of recent scientific, technological, and social developments.  The students will have the opportunity to discuss ethical dilemmas today’s society is facing in general, and the fundamental moral issues related to science, technology, and medicine in particular. Also, the students will learn to articulate their own moral positions by writing about the basic moral and social issues confronting all of us in society today.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities
  
  • PL 207 - Contemporary Moral Choices

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Today we are constantly facing challenges related to social, political, and personal ethics. This course helps the students to understand different moral theories and principles, identify the contemporary moral issues, and evaluate moral choices available. After completing this course, the students will be better equipped to deal with the challenges in morality.

     

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required


    General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities

  
  • PL 209 - Business Ethics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Students will examine ethical aspects of business norms and practices. Students will address issues and questions concentrating on how moral standards apply particularly to businesses, institutions, and behaviors. Recommended Skills: Students should bring to the course developed skills in reading and writing.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities
  
  • PL 230 - Introduction to Political Theory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: The focus of Political Theory is on how political life should be organized, as opposed to on how it actually is. Through the study of major political philosophers, we try to find the answer to the fundamental question of political theory: What is a good society? Along the way, the course covers the issues of the proper arrangements of political institutions, the most desirable ways for individuals to interact in politics, and the appropriate relationships between political institutions and individuals.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Photography

  
  • PO Elective - (min. of 3)


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description:

    Department Consent: None
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 101 - Photography I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course explores and introduces photography as a creative art form. Students learn how to use a digital camera and industry standard software to discover new ways for making pictures. Students are introduced to different photographic approaches through demonstrations, practical projects, and hands-on editing in our state-of-the-art digital lab. A digital camera with manual controls and Interchangeable lens is required for this course. 

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 102 - Photography II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 101  (C- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course reinforces the basic understanding of camera functions, exposure and digital workflow that were taught in PO 101, Photography I, with further investigation into the technical and creative practices of photography. Students learn all aspects involved in the creation of high quality exhibition-ready prints by using professional inkjet printing systems. On-camera portable flash units are used to introduce lighting techniques and methods of artificial lighting. A fully adjustable digital camera with interchangeable lens (DSLR or Mirroless), capable of shooting in RAW format is required. 

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 105 - History of Photography as Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This is a mediated lecture course that studies the history of photography as an art form, since its inception in 1839. Special emphasis is on photography’s contribution to past visual arts and social history, as well as to contemporary art. Topics include the lives and works of the key photographers, the historical processes (both silver and alternative), and the basic categories.

    Course Fee: $10.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 106 - Digital Imaging I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 102  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is designed for students who possess good knowledge of photographic foundations.  It provides students with the tools to manipulate and enhance digital photographic images with Adobe Photoshop. Students create original and contemporary photographic imagery through exploration of the latest digital image processing techniques.

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Consent
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 126 - Darkroom Black and White Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 102  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This class teaches students the traditional, chemistry-based photographic darkroom process.  35mm and other film cameras are used.  Students learn the archival nature of the medium and practice exposure, development, and printing to create expressive, analog photographic images.

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Consent
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 220 - Experimental Analog Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 126  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This class expands students’ skills in the chemistry-based darkroom environment. Students are introduced to the large format 4x5 View Camera, medium format, and other format cameras. Additionally, they investigate experimental and nontraditional applications of black-and-white imaging materials and processes. 

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 230 - Digital Imaging II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 106  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course emphasizes the individual creative voice, skill development, and how to work independently to create a cohesive body of work ready for portfolio reviews and exhibition opportunities. Course goals are achieved through use of advanced digital technologies, fine art inkjet printing, online self-publishing tools, social media networks, and lectures on contemporary photographic art.

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Consent
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 245 - Studio Lighting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 102  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course introduces the use of artificial lights in the studio setting and on location. With continuous lights and strobe units, studio equipment, lighting theory, and techniques, students explore several topics to create a portfolio of photographs.

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 260 - Introduction to Video

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 102  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course introduces video concepts and techniques by using a DSLR or Mirrorless camera. Students explore new ways of creating and presenting video work in the photography world.

    Course Fee: $30.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PO 262 - Video II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PO 260 (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is designed for students who already possess the basic knowledge of video practices in photography.   It is intended to provide exploration of advanced tools and to introduce students to concepts and practices that they will encounter while working as video artists in the professional environment.  Aesthetic outcomes will be achieved through concept development and work flow practices that make high quality video art possible.

    Department Consent: No Consent
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Physical Science

  
  • PC 101 - General Physical Science

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This is a physical science survey course. Topics include the concepts of matter and energy, the conservation laws, measurement, physical, chemical, and nuclear changes, the periodic table, bonding, electricity, magnetism, heat, and light. Real world contexts are used as a basis for understanding the course content.

    Course Fee: $20.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Natural Sciences
  
  • PC 141 - Science of Sound

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: C or Higher in one of the following courses: MA 98  , MA 99 , MA 107 , MA 108 , MA 110 , MA 124 , MA 127 , MA 129 , MA 131 , MA 133 , MA 134 , MA 245 , MA 255 , MA 257  or ALEKS score of 30 or Higher

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is a survey of the nature of sound, and the relationship between perceived quantities (pitch, loudness, etc.) and measurable quantities (frequency, amplitude, etc.). The major emphasis is on room acoustics, including recording studios, home listening rooms and auditoriums.

    Department Consent: No Consent
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Physics

  
  • PH 111 - Physics of Everyday Life

    Credit Hours: 5
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is a study of physics as it relates to everyday life. This course is designed as a laboratory science course for non-science majors. Topics include motion, forces, water, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism and light. The course is especially suitable for students pursuing careers in elementary education or criminal justice, and anyone interested in a brisk physics survey. Recommended Skills: Basic high school algebra skills, similar to MA 98 , are strongly recommended for those enrolling in this course.

    Course Fee: $5.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Natural Sciences
  
  • PH 115 - Technical Physics

    Credit Hours: 5
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites:
    • Eligible for MA 107  or Higher
    • ALEKS Score of 30 or Higher


    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is a survey of the fundamental principles of physics.  Topics include mechanics, heat, sound and light, and other physical properties of matter. Emphasis is placed on technical applications rather than the theoretical origins of the laws of physics.

    Course Fee: $5.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Natural Sciences
  
  • PH 125 - College Physics I

    Credit Hours: 5
    Contact Hours: 7
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This is the first semester of a basic algebra/trig non-calculus course sequence in General Physics for non-Physical Science majors. It includes the study of motion and energy from the point of view of forces and conservation principles.  The math skills consistent with high school Algebra 2 will be used repeatedly throughout the course. Basic trigonometry will be defined first and then used often in problem solving.

    Course Fee: $5.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Natural Sciences
  
  • PH 126 - College Physics II

    Credit Hours: 5
    Contact Hours: 7
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PH 125  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This is the second semester of a basic algebra/trig non-calculus course sequence in general physics for non-physical science majors. It includes the study of waves, electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and topics in modern physics.  Much of the focus of the electromagnetism portion of the class is on understanding electronic circuits and their components.  As with Physics 125, the prerequisite course for Physics 126, this course uses math in problem solving, including the math skills consistent with high school Algebra 2 and basic trigonometry throughout the semester.

    Course Fee: $5.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PH 245 - Calculus Physics I

    Credit Hours: 5
    Contact Hours: 7
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: MA 133  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: Eligible for IRW 99  and/or EN 101  

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: PH 245 is the first semester of a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physics.  Topics including vectors, kinematics, classical mechanics, fluid mechanics, oscillations, and thermodynamics are taught through lecture and laboratory experiments. Previous knowledge of trigonometry and differential and integral calculus is expected. Vector algebra will be introduced and then applied throughout the course. Students intending to take PH 246  should note that MA 134  is a prerequisite for the second semester of this course sequence.

    Course Fee: $15.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Natural Sciences
  
  • PH 246 - Calculus Physics II

    Credit Hours: 5
    Contact Hours: 7
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: C or Higher in the following courses PH 245  and MA 134  

    English Prerequisites: Eligible for IRW 99  and/or EN 101  

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: PH 246 is the second semester of a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physics. Introduces electromagnetic waves, the nature of light and geometric optics. Topics including electric charge and fields, electric potential, electric current circuits, magnetic forces and fields, electromagnetic induction, and alternating current circuits are taught through lecture and laboratory experiments. Previous knowledge of trigonometry, differential and integral calculus, and vector algebra is expected. Students pursuing Physics or a related field should strongly consider taking MA 255 concurrently. 

    Course Fee: $15.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Police Academy

  
  • POL 100 - Wellness and Tactics I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides an overview of the role of wellness and fitness in the job of a law enforcement officer.  Students learn the association of health and fitness with safety and tactics. In addition to wellness, students will learn safe and tactical approaches to confrontation situations, the mechanics of arrest, and application of subject control.  This course is the first of a two course sequence.

    Course Fee: $118.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 101 - Firearms

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course introduces students to lethal police weaponry and the policies, tactics and liabilities of their use. Students learn basic fundamentals of shooting at various distances with a handgun, patrol rifle and shotgun. Students are required to qualify with these weapons on a police range. Students become proficient in basic marksmanship using a handgun and a shotgun and in utilizing close quarter combat techniques.

    Course Fee: $400.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 104 - Criminal Law and Procedure I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of criminal law and to laws regarding crimes of property, contraband, and regulatory crimes.  In order to gain an understanding of how the criminal justice system is built upon constitutional law, students will learn the laws of evidence, arrest, admissions & confessions, and suspect identification.

    Course Fee: $550.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 105 - Criminal Law and Procedures II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: In this course, students learn the elements of crimes against person, public order crimes and juvenile law. Students will learn laws of search warrants; laws of warrantless searches; court functions, civil law; and laws regarding domestic violence.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 106 - Patrol Procedures I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: In this course, students learn preparation for patrol, radio and telephone communications, administration procedures, ethics in policing, laws pertaining to civil rights and human relations, cultural awareness and diversity, interpersonal skills, dealing with civil disputes and discussing the different types of patrols.  Responding to crimes in progress and dealing with persons with mental disorders is also covered.

    Course Fee: $75.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 107 - Criminal Investigations I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is the first of two criminal investigation classes.  In this course, students learn the investigative techniques associated with criminal investigations. Practical procedures involved in interrogation, arrest, prisoner treatment, preliminary investigations, witness interviewing, suspect identification procedures, crime scene investigation and collection of and preservation of evidence, processing property, investigating weapon and drug crimes and completion of reports. Students will also learn information gathering and completion of reports.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 108 - Introduction to Traffic

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is an introduction to the principles and practice of traffic enforcement and control. Students are engaged in a detailed examination of Michigan motor vehicle law and vehicle and driver licensing.  Students will learn safe tactics for performing traffic stops and proper understanding of information obtained via LEIN (law enforcement information network).

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 109 - Accident Investigations and OWI Laws

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course covers the principles and practices of traffic crash reporting and investigation. Students learn how to measure and sketch crash scenes, collect evidence and interview witnesses in the field. Students learn OWI laws and Standardized Field Sobriety testing.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 120 - Emergency Response

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Certifications in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) are prerequisites for the MCOLES basic training first aid objectives.  The course covers tactical emergency casualty care, care for environmental emergencies, care for medical emergencies, and practical first aid exercises. Also, in this course, students learn the techniques used in police precision and pursuit driving.  Field driving and practice of learned techniques are emphasized. This class also has an emphasis on legalities, policies and procedures.

    Course Fee: $250.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
  
  • POL 200 - Wellness and Tactics II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is the second course in the Wellness and Tactics two-course sequence. This course provides an overview of the role of wellness and fitness in the job of a law enforcement officer.  Students learn the association of health and fitness with safety and tactics. In addition to wellness, students will learn safe and tactical approaches to confrontation situations, the mechanics of arrest, and application of subject control.    

    Course Fee: $15.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 206 - Patrol Procedures II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: In this course, students learn types of police patrol, preparation for patrol area checks, civil disorder, domestic violence, tactical operations, and how to handle hazardous materials and explosive devices.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • POL 207 - Criminal Investigations II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is the second of two criminal investigations classes.  In this course, students will become familiar with search warrant and warrantless search procedures.  Students will learn proper procedure for investigating crimes involving sexual assault, child abuse/neglect, vulnerable adult abuse, and human trafficking.  Students will receive instruction on proper and legal handling of juveniles and their families.  This course will prepare students for proper case preparation, court procedures and testimony.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Political Science

  
  • PS Elective - (min. of 3)


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description:

    Department Consent: None
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PS 110 - American Government and Politics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This is an introductory course in American government and politics. Students learn the theoretical and historical foundation of American government and the basic structure of institutions set forth in the Constitution. Utilizing current events, students begin to understand the relationship - and power struggle - between the states and the federal government, interest groups and political parties, and citizens. Students learn the impact that government has on our every-day lives through civil liberties and civil rights issues.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Social Sciences
  
  • PS 200 - State and Local Politics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course will examine the institutions and politics of state and local government in the United States, as well as relevant issues and policies.  This will include executive, legislative, and judicial functions of government, questions of state sovereignty, and party dynamics.  Issues of consideration may include education, voting, crime, poverty, civil rights, budgeting, and others.  Students will be expected to exercise college level writing and critical thinking.   

     

     

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required


    General Education Distribution Category Met: Social Sciences

  
  • PS 201 - Comparative Governments

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course examines government and domestic politics as it exists in other states around the world.  It uses states in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas as case studies. Students examine political, cultural, economic, and historical reasons for similarities and differences between states. The United States is useful as a point of reference. In the process students discover alternative ways of dealing with familiar problems, and a greater understanding of the differences around our world.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Social Sciences
  
  • PS 202 - International Relations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course examines how state and non-state actors interact politically on the world stage.  Students will be introduced to various theoretical perspectives that explain international events.  Causes of conflict and diplomatic efforts for peace will be discussed within the context of institutions like the United Nations and international law.  Trade and currency regimes will be examined as to how they impact economic development, as well as causes of poverty and threats to the global environment.  

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Social Sciences
  
  • PS 230 - Introduction to Political Theory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: The focus of Political Theory is on how political life should be organized, as opposed to on how it actually is. Through the study of major political philosophers, we try to find the answer to the fundamental question of political theory: What is a good society? Along the way, the course covers the issues of the proper arrangements of political institutions, the most desirable ways for individuals to interact in politics, and the appropriate relationships between political institutions and individuals.

    Department Consent: No Consent
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PS 245 - Great Decisions

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is devoted to current geopolitical issues, such as global climate change, migration, human trafficking, epidemic disease, and war and terrorism, which are a part of the Great Decisions Lecture Series hosted by the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan. Students engage in a critical assessment of US geopolitical strategies in the world today. Lectures delivered by distinguished professors, diplomats, and journalists, provide a foundation for discussion of complex issues deeply affecting world affairs, society, and the environment.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PS 250 - American Constitutional Foundations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: In PS 250 students study the significant and continuing impact that the judicial system has on the development of our political system. This course introduces students to the process of constitutional decision making in the U.S., with particular emphasis on the U.S. Supreme Court.  Students analyze the political and constitutional sources of presidential, congressional, and judicial power, federalism, civil liberties and civil rights. Also assessed are the potential societal changes decisions could produce and the importance of the Judiciary as a major player in social change in past and present American society. 

    Department Consent: No Consent
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Psychology

  
  • PY Elective - (min. of 3)


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description:

    Department Consent: None
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 100 - Strategies for College and Life Success

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is designed to assist students in becoming active learners through self-assessment, self-exploration, skill development, and building an understanding of the college environment. This class uses psychology to help students explore, understand, and problem solve larger life issues that may be interfering with their success as a learner while offering tools and techniques intended to improve college and life success. This is not an introduction to psychology class.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 201 - General Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course is an introduction to the many different areas of which this discipline is comprised. These areas include: psychological theories, research methods, the relationship between brain and behavior, human development, learning, memory, cognition, group dynamics, personality theories and the identification and treatment of abnormal behavior.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Social Sciences
  
  • PY 231 - Abnormal Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Abnormal Psychology is the scientific study of abnormal human behavior. This course examines contemporary scientific understanding of a wide variety of psychological disorders that affect people. Of particular focus are the causes, symptoms and effective treatment of psychological disorders from psychological, biological and sociocultural perspectives.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 232 - Developmental Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (D- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is the scientific study of how people change and remain the same from conception through late adulthood. Development is explored across the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains. Consideration is given to the universal and also culture-specific aspects of human development. 

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 233 - Child Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (C- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Child Psychology is the study of human development from conception through adolescence. The cognitive, physical, and psychosocial development of children and adolescents is explored through theory and research. Students are encouraged to apply knowledge of child development to everyday life.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 234 - Adolescent Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (C- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course explores human development during adolescence (11-18 yrs) and early adulthood (18-25 yrs). The course emphasizes the role of culture in shaping physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development during this age period.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 241 - Introduction to Behavior Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (C- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides an overview of the concepts, principles, and applications of behavior analysis. It examines the theoretical foundations and underpinnings of behavioral psychology as it relates to respondent and operant conditioning, contingency analyses, and the critical examination of empirical data. The course also introduces students to the applications of behavior analysis in areas such as self-management, child management, autism, developmental disabilities, behavioral gerontology, business and industry, community behavior analysis, animal training, ethics, and psychological disorders.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 251 - Education Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: Eligible for IRW 99  and/or EN 101  

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course studies how psychology is applied to understanding teaching and learning in educational settings. It is designed to meet the pre-professional requirements for students who are planning on transferring as education majors to a four year school; therefore there is an out of classroom service learning component to the course.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 260 - Social Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (C- or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: In this course, students explore the relationship between individual behaviors and mental processes within the social environment. Typical applications of social psychology include social cognition and perception, attitudes, conformity, stereotyping, gender, group process, and aggression.  This course is intended for students with a good foundation in psychology.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 264 - Psychology of Aging

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: The U.S. aging population continues to grow in number. This course explores transitions during late adulthood (65 years and up) in physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains.  Both normative transitions (e.g., retirement, senescence, death and dying) and atypical changes (e.g., dementia, institutional care, mental health issues) are addressed.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 281 - Introduction to Statistics

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (C- or Higher) and MA 107  (C or Higher) OR ALEKS 46 or Higher

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is an introduction to quantitative methods and analytical techniques utilized in behavior research, including research design, data analysis, and interpretation of statistics. Basic descriptive and inferential statistics are considered, including measures of central tendency and variability, the normal distribution, the t-test, ANOVA, correlation, regression, and chi-square. Statistic software SPSS is used to provide computational assistance.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • PY 283 - Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: PY 201  (C or Higher) and [PY 281  (C or Higher) or MA 215  (C or Higher)]

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This class is an examination of basic research methods in psychology. Students will be introduced to the logic of psychological research, the formulation and testing of hypotheses, research design, sampling procedures, data collection, and data analysis. This class will also cover the consumption and critique of research, ethics in conducting research, and how individual values and cultural context influences scientific research.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Radiologic Technology

  
  • RT Elective - (min. of 3)


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description:

    Department Consent: None
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 100 - Orientation to Health Care in Radiologic Sciences

    Credit Hours: 2
    Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course acquaints students with the comprehensive health care of patients in radiology departments. Topics include patient communication, orientation to clinical environments, medical emergencies, drug administration, isolation techniques, control of communicable diseases, general patient care, and ethical and legal issues.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 105 - Application of General Patient Care Skills

    Credit Hours: 1
    Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: In this course, students will develop and safely demonstrate an understanding of general patient care in the field of radiography.  Skills developed in this course include, but are not limited to, obtaining vital signs, medication preparation, contrast preparation, use of immobilization devices, oxygen maintenance, sterile technique, medical aseptic technique, care of patient medical equipment, and the transfer of patients.

    Course Fee: $35.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 110 - Radiographic Positioning I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course introduces the terminology, positioning, and imaging principles of radiography. A review of radiographic anatomy and positioning for routine and special projections for the chest, abdomen, upper extremity, and lower extremity is performed. Student will simulate peer-positioning and operates radiographic machines, administering ionizing radiation to radiograph phantom anatomical body parts of upper and lower extremities, along with the abdomen and chest. Didactic tests and laboratory experiments are required.

    Course Fee: $562.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 111 - Radiographic Exposure I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: Radiologic Technology, A.A.A.S. 

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides the learner with foundational knowledge pertaining to X-ray characteristics and production, interaction with matter, safety practices, equipment operation, and the application of technical methods to efficiently create diagnostic medical images.  Mastery of these concepts is applied within the clinical environment in subsequent semesters.

    Course Fee: $50.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 112 - Radiographic Positioning II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: Radiologic Technology, A.A.A.S.  

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is a continuation of RT 110   - Radiographic Positioning I. Topics include positioning of routine radiologic examinations of the shoulder girdle, bony thorax, pelvic girdle, vertebral column, and special views of the knees. Consideration is given to topographic anatomical landmarks, demonstration of positions, radiographing the injured patient, long bone measurements, and scoliosis series. Lab exercises include radiographic positioning of the phantom and peer simulation.

    Course Fee: $45.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 113 - Radiographic Exposure II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is a continuation of concepts learned in RT 111 – Radiographic Exposure 1. A thorough introduction into digital radiography and analyzing the radiographic image is presented. Additional topics include, but are not limited to, information management, contrast, the imaging process, spatial resolution, distortion, and quality management. Special imaging systems, such as mobile radiography, fluoroscopy, and tomography, are also covered. Didactic tests and laboratory experiments are required.

    Course Fee: $65.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 130 - Clinical Practicum in Radiologic Technology I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 15
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides students with hospital clinical experience, permitting them to apply radiographic theory in all phases of radiologic technology. Students master competencies regarding upper and lower extremities, chest, and abdomen examinations. Formal and informal discussion groups meet weekly at each affiliating clinical facility.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 131 - Clinical Practicum in Radiologic Technology II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 20
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides students with hospital clinical experience, permitting them to apply radiographic theory in all phases of radiologic technology with a focus on fluoroscopic, excretory, thoracic, shoulder, and hip examinations. Formal and informal discussion groups held weekly at each affiliating clinical facility.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 207 - Radiation Protection

    Credit Hours: 2
    Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course acquaints students with the early and late effects of ionizing radiation on human tissue; includes methods of detecting radiation, determination of dosages and units of measure used, physical interaction of radiation with matter, and the radiation protection of occupational workers and patients.  Radiation safety and protection are stressed throughout.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 210 - Radiographic Positioning III

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is the study of the Radiographic examination of the pediatric and adult skull, at any age, and special projections using modified positioning techniques. Special emphasis is given to skull anatomy and radiographic techniques. Radiographic application of the biliary tract, upper gastrointestinal system, and lower gastrointestinal system are also reviewed in this course.  Lab exercises include radiographic positioning of the phantom, image critique, and peer positioning.

    Course Fee: $212.00

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 211 - Survey of Medical-Surgical Diseases

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course presents the most commonly seen pathologies that radiographers will be imaging within all organ systems of the human body.  Students learn how the disease processes work and are able to recognize the appearance on a diagnostic image.  Students also learn how to aid the physician by adjusting images or patient positioning to best demonstrate the disease process.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 212 - Radiographic Positioning IV

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 5
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: Radiologic Technology, A.A.A.S.  

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course places primary emphasis on special procedures including venipuncture, urology studies, trauma, mobile, surgical radiographic studies, pediatric radiography, angiographic and interventional procedures, computed tomography, and diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.

    Course Fee: $80.00

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 213 - Radiologic Technology Capstone

    Credit Hours: 2
    Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: In this course, students create a resume and cover letter for positions in the Allied Health field, develop and refine their interviewing skills, and participate in one or more mock interviews at regional clinical sites.  The latter half of the course is devoted to preparation for the national board exam, and includes a review of specific test topics such as imaging, anatomy, positioning, equipment operation, patient care, and radiation protection.  Online simulated registry programs are used to simulate the board exam experience for students. 

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 215 - Physics of X-ray

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: Radiologic Technology, A.A.A.S.  

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is a study of the physical principles underlying generation of diagnostic radiation. Topics include electrical and physical concepts and their application to production and operation of x-ray circuits, transformers, rectifiers, and tubes; X-ray production and attenuation; and digital imaging acquisition.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 230 - Clinical Practicum in Radiologic Technology III

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 20
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides students with hospital clinical experience, permitting them to apply radiographic theory in all phases of radiologic technology. Students master competencies regarding fluoroscopic exams in the operating room and radiology department, facility specific studies, and spinal and pelvic studies. Formal and informal discussion groups held weekly at each affiliating clinical facility.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 231 - Clinical Practicum in Radiologic Technology IV

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 20
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides students with hospital clinical experience; permits students to apply radiographic theory in all phases of radiologic technology. Students master competencies in facial, cranial, pediatric, geriatric, fluoroscopic, and general radiographic studies. Formal and informal discussion groups are held weekly at each affiliating clinical facility.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 232 - Clinical Practicum in Radiologic Technology V

    Credit Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 20
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides students with hospital clinical experience, permitting them to apply radiographic theory in all phases of radiologic technology. Students master competencies regarding portable, C-arm, operative, and off-hour competencies. Formal and informal discussion groups are held weekly at each affiliating clinical facility.

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • RT 240 - Sectional Anatomy

    Credit Hours: 2
    Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: Radiologic Technology, A.A.A.S.  

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Sectional Anatomy is designed to provide students with a detailed understanding of anatomy with regard to the multiple planes of the body. This course improves upon the knowledge of basic anatomy by visualizing it through multiple planes as well as all modalities of imaging. The student must be able to differentiate changing colors and/or contrasts of diagnostic X-ray images. 

    Department Consent: Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Sign Language

  
  • SL 150 - Introduction to Deaf Culture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course provides introductory exposure to both technology and cultural perspectives and the implications of those perspectives for those that are deaf. Topics covered include elements of the communication process, nonverbal communication, basic sign language terminology use and signs, both family and group dynamics, research, and oral presentations. This course is designed for students that wish to acquire knowledge of deaf culture and explore the field of sign language interpreting.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities
  
  • SL 155 - Fingerspelling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: SL 171  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: Fingerspelling is designed to provide the student with instruction and practice focused solely in both expressive and receptive fingerspelling skills as well as concentrated instruction in the use of numbers in American Sign Language. This course is intended for students that wish to explore the field of Sign Language interpreting.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • SL 171 - American Sign Language I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is a basic introduction to American Sign Language and provides students with basic knowledge of American Sign Language vocabulary and grammar. Students in this course learn the manual alphabet used in fingerspelling (400 to 500 signs used in ASL), rules on grammar, semantics and syntax used in ASL, and discuss conversational techniques used with deaf adults.  Students with previous sign language experience should contact the Department of Language and Thought for information regarding placement.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • SL 172 - American Sign Language II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: SL 171  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is designed to increase knowledge and use of American Sign Language vocabulary and grammar. Students in this course examine grammatical elements in ASL, and incorporate 300 to 500 more ASL signs to their vocabulary.  Students with previous sign language experience should contact the Department of Language and Thought for information regarding placement.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • SL 173 - American Sign Language III

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: SL 171  (C or Higher) and SL 172  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course is designed to increase knowledge and use of American Sign Language idioms, vocabulary and grammar in a conversational context. Students in this course examine grammatical elements in ASL, and acquire proficiency, receptively and expressively, in the use of an additional 300 ASL signs, 20 ASL idioms and 60 English idioms.  Students with previous ASL experience should contact the Department of Language and Thought for information regarding placement.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Social Sciences

  

Social Work

  
  • SW 150 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites:
    • IRW 98  or above (C or above) OR
    • SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 400 and above OR
    • ACT English and Reading combined score 26 and above (valid February 2018 forward) OR
    • Accuplacer Writing of 4 and NextGen Reading of 249 and above (valid October 2018 forward) OR
    • Accuplacer Writing of 5 above (valid October 2018 forward) 


    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This course introduces students to the fields of social work, social welfare, and human services. The knowledge, skills, ethics and values needed for effective social work practice are examined through the generalist social work perspective; a systems approach that includes best practices for enhancing the functioning of individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities.  

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • SW 216 - Social Work Interviewing and Assessment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: SW 150  (C or Higher)

    English Prerequisites:
    • IRW 98  or above (C or above) OR
    • SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 400 and above OR
    • ACT English and Reading combined score 26 and above (valid February 2018 forward) OR
    • Accuplacer Writing of 4 and NextGen Reading of 249 and above (valid October 2018 forward) OR
    • Accuplacer Writing of 5 above (valid October 2018 forward) 


    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This class provides an introduction to types, purposes and stages of interviewing. Students are introduced to basic empathy training. Skill development for observation, listening, non-verbal communication, rapport-building, information giving and information gathering are fundamental components of the class. Students are introduced to beginning assessment, monitoring and working with culturally diverse, oppressed, or psychologically maladaptive clients.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Sociology

  
  • SO Elective - (min. of 3)


    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description:

    Department Consent: None
    General Education Distribution Category Met: None
  
  • SO 251 - Principles of Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

    English Prerequisites: None

    Math Prerequisites: None

    Corequisites: None
    Description: This is a course designed to acquaint students with the nature of sociology, and will be an overview of the basic concepts, theories and research essential for sociological analysis of human interaction. The class will give an opportunity to develop a broad perspective of the social arrangements that cause our society to be cohesive and non-cohesive at other times. Both the objective and subjective realities of social interaction will be examined. To this end, the primary unit of analysis will be the social structure because the social structure of U.S. society, particularly in terms of the political and economic consideration of power, is the primary basis of stratification within our society. There will also be opportunities to focus more narrowly on particular topics of interest.

    Department Consent: No Department Consent Required
    General Education Distribution Category Met: Social Sciences
 

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