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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces personality theories and theorists, definitions of personality, development and structure of personality, motivation, and concepts of self. Students examine various theories of structure and development of personality, human motivation, concepts of self, and the mature personality as proposed by Freud, Skinner, Jung, Fromm, Allport, Rogers, Frankl, and Perls. Prerequisite: PSY 101. S, 2009
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on issues of mental health and mental illness. Topics include examination of various symptoms and causes of mental illness, current trends in treatment, and new developments in community health resources. Students explore the various approaches used to define and treat abnormal behaviors, including the statistical and absolute models, in order to understand and adopt a sensitive approach toward individuals whose behaviors are symptomatic of a disorder. Prerequisite: PSY 101. F/S/SU
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course covers the biological, psychological, and social factors involved in licit and illicit drug use and abuse. Students examine the types of drugs most commonly used and abused; psychosocial consequences of prolonged drug use and abuse; Federal, state, and local regulations governing drug use; efforts made to deal with drug use and abuse and drug related problems; and the nature and varied patterns of drug use and abuse in today's society. The course emphasizes types of drug treatment and counseling and the probable effects of different treatments upon the drug-dependent client. Prerequisite: PSY 101. F/S/SU
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines the physiological, biological, and molecular bases of a variety of human and animal activities. Students explore learning, memory, aging, pathology, sleep, dreaming, emotion, motivation, personality, sexuality, addiction, and aggression. Topics include genetics, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuropharmacology. Prerequisite: PSY 101. S
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines issues of psychology which require critical thinking, awareness of pertinent research, and importance of underlying assumptions. Students explore areas of standardized testing, diagnostic labeling, psychosurgery, and electroconvulsive therapy. Additional course topics include deception in research, the disease model, religious values in psychotherapy, genetic influences upon behavior, and issues that influence the future of the field. Students develop research skills by investigating issues of cultural diversity as well as students' own values and biases. Prerequisites: PSY 101 and a second psychology course. S, 2009
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on short experiments and hands-on research projects. Topics include development, implementation, and evaluation of research designs; learning and memory; sensation; perception; social psychology; and other subjects covered in introductory-level psychology courses. Students explore topics first-hand to understand the methods used by psychologists to study behavior. Prerequisite: PSY 101. S
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course covers the theoretical knowledge base upon which entry-level clinical practice is founded. Topics include physical principles relevant to respiratory care, including gas and fluid dynamics; medical gas regulation, delivery, and basic therapeutics; aerosol and humidity delivery and basic therapeutics; and principles of infection control and sterilization. A student-directed medical terminology course is also included. Corequisite: RCP 121. F
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course introduces theoretical concepts, which are the basis for select therapeutic modalities employed in respiratory care. Students learn medical gas therapy (hyperbaric, nitric, helium and carbon dioxide therapy); chest physical therapy; airway clearance techniques; monitoring of gas exchange and lung expansion therapy. The concept of Mechanical Ventilation is introduced and explored. Prerequisites: RCP 103, RCP 121. Corequisite: RCP 122. S
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course covers normal pulmonary and cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, ventilation, oxygen transport, carbon dioxide transport, and oxygen saturation. An introduction to the pathophysiology associated with oxygen deficiency will also be included. F
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides an introduction to acid-base physiology and blood gas interpretation. Topics covered in the course include: oxygenation and external respiration; oxygen transport and internal respiration; blood gas classification; the assessment/treatment of hypoxemia and shunting; the assessment and treatment of hypoxia, acid-base homeostasis; the regulation of acids, bases and electrolytes; the differential diagnosis of acid-base disturbances; recognition of mixed acid-base disturbances and their treatment; and introduction to non-invasive blood gas monitoring. Clinical case studies relevant to the topic(s) under discussion will be reviewed. Prerequisite: RCP 111. S
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