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2.00 Credits
The Regents¿ Reading Skills course is intended to ensure that all graduates of USG institutions possess certain minimum skills in reading comprehension. Students work on improving their comprehension of material drawn from a vareity of subject areas (social science, natural science and humanities) with various modes of discourse (exposition, narration and argumentation). Critial thinking and the following four major aspects of reading are emphasized: vocabulary in context, inferential and literal comprehension, and analysis. NOTE: Students who have 45 or more college credit hours and/or have not passed the Regents¿ Test Reading are required to enroll in RGTR 0198. Prerequisite: None. Offered: All semesters
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0.00 Credits
RGTW 0197 is a tutorial designed to acquaint the student scheduled to take the Regents' Test with testing procedures, as well as to sharpen skills in both reading and writing. Students who have completed the English composition requirements in their program are encouraged to register for RGTW 0197. This course is open only to students who have fewer than 45 college credit hours. Prerequisite: None. Offered: All semesters.
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2.00 Credits
This is an interdisciplinary study of the role of science and technology in society and daily life. Emphasis will be placed upon current advances and political and social consequences. Prerequisites:READ 0099. Offered: Fall, Spring.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach science majors the basic principles of performing a scientific research project. Each student will identify a problem, perform a literature search design and perform an experiment, analyze data and present the results. Prerequisites: BIOL 1108K, CHEM 1212K, PHYS 1112K, or consent of Division Dean. Offered: Spring by demand.
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2.00 Credits
A course designed to provide students with an overview of the operation of a sleep lab and the skills needed for a career in the polysomnography field. Students will observe the set up, monitoring, and evaluation of sleep studies conducted in the sleep lab. Prerequisites: Exited all English learning support classes. Corequisites: None. Offered: As needed.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces the principles and practices of polysomnography. Topics covered in the course include: The history of sleep medicine and the development of current sleep study techniques, conducting a patient sleep history, physiological aspects of sleep, identification of sleep stages, identification and diagnosis of sleep disorders, patient preparation, equipment setup and calibration, recording and monitoring techniques, documentation, and professional issues pertaining to the field of polysomnography. The lab portion of the course will provide students hands on practice in the skills required in the sleep lab. Prerequisites: SLEP 1100, MATH 1001 or higher math, BIOL 1100K, and acceptance into the program. Corequisites: None. Offered: As needed.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to develop knowledge of normal cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology needed by personnel employed in a sleep lab. Topics covered include: breathing, respiration, gas exchange, oxygen uptake and delivery mechanisms. Anatomy of the cardiovascular system including the blood, blood vessels, and heart. The application and interpretation of basic ECG's and the recognition of arrhythmias. Physiology of the cardiovascular system including cardiac contraction, the concepts of preload, afterload, and contractility. Prerequisites: Admission to the program. Corequisite: None. Offered: As needed.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to develop knowledge of normal respiratory anatomy and physiology needed by personnel employed in a sleep lab. Topics covered include anatomy of the pulmonary system; structures of the chest wall; muscles of ventilation; blood supply to the lungs; basic physiology of ventilation and lunch mechanics; oxygen therapy; PAP therapy; and patient assessment. Corequisites: None. Prerequisites: Admission to the program. Offered: On demand.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of Polysomnography I. This course will focus on scoring sleep studies, additional tests performed such as split night studies, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness tests, PAP titration studies and others. Prerequisites: SLEP 1100, SLEP 1101, SLEP 1102. Corequisites: None. Offered: As needed.
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2.00 Credits
A course designed to discriminate between the impacts of drugs used to treat sleep disorders and drugs in common use that affect the polysomnogram. Prerequisite: Admission to the Program. Corequisite: None. Offered: As needed.
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