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  • 3.00 Credits

    This introductory, multi-disciplinary course will provide a broad background of information on current issues in health care. The course is designed to facilitate and enhance the professional growth of future health care providers. Topics will include common and emerging health problems, an examination of the health care delivery system, effective wellness behaviors and common ethical issues occurring in health care today. (3,0) 3 credits Fall, Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    This three credit elective course will provide an overview on a number of topics related to aging in today's society. Topics will include current theories on aging, the physiology of aging, psycho-social aspects of aging, health and illness, legal and ethical issues, quality of life issues, end of life decision making, sexuality and spirituality in aging, and social policies affecting the elderly in America today. Essential concepts related to the senior citizen will be examined from multiple viewpoints, including that of the client, the family, the health care provider and the health care system. (3,0) 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a survey course introducing the student to the concepts of health care organization. Health care will be studied from a historical, political, economic, and consumer perspective. Focus will include exploring the commonly used models of health care delivery and organization in the United States and selected other countries. Prerequisite(s): HST 101 or approval of department chair (3,0) 3 credits Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will introduce the student to the language of healthcare through the use of roots, suffixes and prefixes that are used to build medical terms. An overview of human anatomy and related disease processes will be used as a basis for studying the terminology. The student will achieve the ability to interpret medical terms as well as relate those terms in the appropriate context of healthcare practice. Prerequisite(s): HST 101 or approval of department chair (3,0) 3 credits Fall
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will introduce students to the complex issues of Ethics and the Legal Aspects of Health Care. The development of self-awareness will support the students understanding of the common ethical dilemma's faced by health care workers. Students will be introduced to the basic problem solving skills used when facing an ethical dilemma. Concepts of Autonomy, Justice, Fidelity, Beneficence and Non-Maleficence will be discussed. The student will explore the difference between Legal obligations and Moral obligations and the concepts of Law as it affects the Health Care System. Case studies will be used as a means of exploring the issues. Prerequisite(s): HST 101 or approval of department chair (3,0) 3 credits Spring
  • 3.00 Credits

    An interdisciplinary approach (SOC, HUM, HIS) that will draw on literature, history, sociology as well as science and technology, the course will introduce students to issues in gender that cross traditional disciplines. Cultural assumptions about gender will be examined, and students will be encouraged to consider new ways of looking at knowledge in light of new understanding about the ways in which gender constructs beliefs and influences life's realities. Note: Students completing this course may not receive credit for SOC 200 or WST 200. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 or a introductory social science course (3,0) 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    A multi-disciplinary examination of the ways in which technology affected everyday life during the Industrial Revolution in England. Covering the years 1750 to 1880, it examines the changes taking place in technology during the period; how these changes ultimately affected the workplace, the home, and the community and how novelists of the period felt about these changes. Faculty team teach this course. Note: Students completing this course may not receive credit for HIS 305, SOC 305, or IDP 305 Prerequisite(s): EGL 102, one social science course and HIS 114, HIS 115 or HIS 126 (3,0) 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to develop an understanding of how specific interpersonal techniques can facilitate effective intercultural communication encounters. Students will be exposed to the ways in which cultural differences affect intercultural communications. Obstacles to effective intercultural communication will be examined and techniques to overcome these will be explored and practiced. Prerequisite(s): One course in either psychology or sociology (3,0) 3 credits ALL HUMANITIES COURSES ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY SUBJECT --- ART, HUMANITIES, MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, SPEECH and THEATER
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a multi disciplinary examination of the ways in which technology affected everyday life during the Industrial Revolution in England. Covering the years 1750 to 1880, it examines the changes taking place in technology during the period; how these changes ultimately affected the workplace, the home, and the community and how novelists of the period felt about these changes. Faculty team teach this course. Note: Students completing this course may not receive credit for HIS 305, HUM 305, SOC 305 Prerequisite(s): EGL 102, one social science course and HIS 114 or 115, or 126 (3,0) 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    A detailed study of the technological, eco nomic, social, political, ideological and cultural transition of American from a rural, agrarian republic to a complex, industrialized, urban nation in the period from 1820- 1920. This interdisciplinary course uses primary and secondary material to examine the effect of technology and urbanization on American life. A multi-cultural and cross-gender perspective will provide focus. Note: Students completing this course may not receive credit for HIS 306 or EG L306. Prerequisite(s): EGL 101 and 3 credits in Social Science (3,0) 3 credits
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