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  • 5.00 Credits

    In this course, students are partnered with experienced Surgical Technicians and are expected to transition from an observer to an active role during surgical procedures. Primary surgical specialties are the focus, e.g.,General Surgery,OB/GYN,Orthopedic,Otorhinolaryngology, and Genitourinary. Surgical interventions include special patient care considerations, room setups, anesthesia, positioning, skin prep, draping, incision and approach, supplies, equipment instrumentation, procedural steps, counts, dressing materials, specimen care, and postoperative destination and care. Prerequisites: BI106 Human Anatomy & Physiology 1,MR103 MedicalTerminology, HC100 Introduction to Healthcare,AH120 SurgicalTechnician Clinical Seminar, and AH130 Fundamentals for SurgicalTechnicians. Corequisites: BI107 Human Anatomy & Physiology 2 and AH220 SurgicalTechnician Skills Surgical Procedures.
  • 5.00 Credits

    This course is the continuation of AH230 SurgicalTechnician Clinical Practice 1. Students are partnered with experienced SurgicalTechnicians and are expected to take a more active role during surgical procedures. Surgical specialties include General Surgery,OB/GYN, Orthopedic,Otorhinolaryngology, and Genitourinary. Surgical interventions include special patient care considerations, room setups, anesthesia, positioning, skin prep, draping, incision and approach, supplies, equipment instrumentation, procedural steps, counts, dressing materials, specimen care, and postoperative destination and care. Prerequisite:AH230 SurgicalTechnician Clinical Practice 1.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces American Sign Language (ASL), a natural and visual-gestural language used by deaf people in the United States and Canada. It covers fingerspelling, signs, grammar, syntax, sentence structure, non-manual behaviors, basic communication techniques, and conversational skills as well as receptive and expressive language skill development. It reviews facets of Deaf culture. A minimum of five hours of participation in the Deaf community is required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course further develops receptive and expressive fingerspelling and signing skills. Functional language strategies are presented to expand conversational skills beyond talking about oneself to talking about other people and activities, giving directions, and making requests. Skills are developed to identify others, exhibit appropriate conversational strategies, and learn to handle interruptions. Study focuses on ASL sentence structures, time, numbers, spatial referencing, temporal aspects, distributional aspects, pluralization, and sign vocabulary. Information about the Deaf community and Deaf culture is covered.A minimum of 15 hours of participation in the Deaf culture is required. Prerequisite:Grade of C or better in AL101 American Sign Language land a specific score on the ASL ProficiencyTest, Level 1.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course covers an increased number of specialized vocabulary terms and an expansion of grammatical features.The skills of accurately producing fingerspelling, numbers, classifiers, and non-manual markers are included during practice and spontaneous conversations. Conversation structure in ASL is taught as a part of ASL discourse. A minimum of twenty-five hours of participation in the Deaf community is required. Prerequisite: Specific score on ASL ProficiencyTest, Level 2.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This last course in the ASL series for interpreting students builds upon the foundation of the previous courses. Specialized vocabulary and the basic ASL discourse structure for a presentation are covered. Vocabulary, structural principles, and linguistic principles related to narratives of ASL are expanded and applied. Multiple meaning English words and English idioms for expressing concepts in ASL are analyzed. Linguistic principles and discourse features to develop and create ASL narratives are incorporated. Issues related to the Deaf culture are introduced based on topics in each unit.A minimum of forty hours of participation in the Deaf community is required. Prerequisite: Specific score on ASL ProficiencyTest, Level 3.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course presents the biological and evolutionary history of humans. Basic concepts of evolutionary theory, human genetics, human biological adaptation and diversity, and the hominid fossil record are
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines the cultural evolution of humans in a crosscultural perspective. It includes the study of kinship, marriage, family, political and economic organization, the arts, and the individual in society. It covers the historical background of development of the discipline, research methods, and concepts proposed by various schools of anthropological thought.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course deals with sociocultural forces that hasten or delaysocial change. It is concerned with rapid social change and itsproblems, especially in developing countries. Case studies inhealth and education, industrialization, etc., are used. Research methodology used in biological and cultural anthropology is applied. Photographic/ audio-visual techniques in observation and recording of data may be employed. Prerequisite:AN 102 Cultural Anthropology.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The course is offered during the four weeks of June, and is conditional on available site and enrollment.This course offers instruction in excavation procedures, laboratory treatment and preservation of artifacts, recording data, photographic records, analyzing materials, and report preparation.Archeological classes are conductedat an historic or prehistoric site five days per week, andinclude 30 hours of lecture and 90 hours of laboratory and fieldprocedures. It includes study of the available historic record dealing with the area and the culture of the community being excavated. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
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