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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Theory, research, design, and experience concerning implementation of the writing process at all levels of instruction and a focus on performance-based assessment for children's writing.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to offer the advanced student an opportunity to select a special area of interest in Reading Education for intensive research. May be repeated once for credit.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who have completed all course work required in major field of study but are still working on the file paper.
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3.00 Credits
Topic as announced. Major project and/or field study with group sharing and analysis.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this lecture course is to introduce basic principles of patient care to the respiratory care student. Many of these principles apply to other health care disciplines. Topics include health care systems, patient and health provider safety, medical records, charting, ethical and legal implications, and components of a patient history and physical examination.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Combined lecture and laboratory course focusing on basic procedures and techniques used by respiratory care practitioners. Emphasis is placed on correct set-up and application of the procedure and equipment. Topics include infection control, patient positioning, vital signs, breath sounds, chest assessment, oxygen therapy, aerosol drug delivery, and an introduction to pharmacology.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this lecture course is on application of basic principles of physics to the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Emphasis is placed on the physics of fluids and gases. Topics include force, work, pressure, Bernoulli's theorem, Venturi tubes, flow patterns, viscosity, gas laws, diffusion, surface tension, gas solubility, and the equation of motion applied to the respiratory system.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this lecture course is on applied physiology of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Emphasis is placed on normal structure and function. Topics include mechanics of spontaneous breathing, pulmonary circulation, gas conduction and exchange, gas transport, cardiac output and its control, reninangiotensin-aldosterone system, basic ECG analysis, the cardiac cycle, and acid-base balance.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this lecture course is on the theoretical application of the basic therapeutic techniques used by respiratory care professionals. Topics include airway care, gas therapy, humidity and aerosol therapy, lung expansion therapy, chest physical therapy, and patterns of cardiopulmonary dysfunction.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
Combined lecture and laboratory class focusing on secretion removal, hyperinflation and an introduction to ventilatory support. Emphasis is placed on correct set-up and application of equipment and procedures. Topics include humidity and aerosol therapy, cough techniques, incentive spirometry, bedside pulmonary function testing, percussion and postural drainage, IPPB, manual resuscitation, arterial punctures, and venous access.
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