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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students to calculus principles such as derivatives, integrals, limits, approximation, applications and modeling, and sequences and series. During this course students will gain experience in the use of calculus methods and learn how calculus methods may be applied to practical applications. Topics include Antiderivatives and Definite Integrals, the Application of Integrals and Infinite Sequences and Series.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach non-medical personnel how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, assess the victim, and treat cardiovascular emergencies and external and internal injuries. This course also covers emergencies in remote locations and childbirth emergencies.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces elements of medical terminology, such as the etymology of words used to describe the human body. Students learn to apply proper terminology and spelling for major pathological conditions. This course identifies and explains the terms used for the integumentary, respiratory, nervous, reproductive, endocrine, urinary, digestive, lymphatic, hematic, immune, and musculoskeletal systems. It compares and contrasts the different body systems. Students define and describe the function of each system of the body.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores: 1) The types of nutrients you need, 2) How your body uses nutrients, 3) How nutrition affects your health and 4) How your nutrient needs change at different stages of your life. This course also explores how psychology, society, and your own values and beliefs affect what and how you eat.
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2.00 Credits
This course explores numerous topics related to overall lifestyle, health, fitness and aging. Specific topics focus on understanding personal choice and the responsibility for health and wellness through lifestyle choices. Topics include personal risk assessment, understanding health care costs, weight control, flexibility and stress management. The course culminates with the development of a personal health and fitness plan. Throughout the course selected practical experiences, such as fitness assessments, are provided to guide the learning process.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces pharmacology as the study of drugs. The course begins with an explanation of therapeutic and adverse effects, in addition to the basic operation of the nervous system. Then, several body systems and the conditions that affect them are reviewed, with particular reference to the use of drugs to treat these conditions. Topics include muscle relaxants, anesthetics, pain medication, and nervous system and psychological disorders. As students work through this course, their appreciation of how drugs affect the body in intended and unintended ways will increase.
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3.00 Credits
This course continues the study of pharmacology. Several major body systems are covered, including the cardiovascular, urinary, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and reproductive systems, with particular emphasis on the endocrine and immune systems. The components and functions of each of these systems are reviewed, along with diseases and conditions that affect them. The drugs that are used to treat such conditions are studied with respect to their mechanisms of action, therapeutic effects, and adverse effects. As students work through this course, their understanding of the ways in which drugs act on the body will improve.
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3.00 Credits
This Introduction to Philosophy course is a critical introduction to the field of philosophical inquiry. After defining philosophy and identifying the major fields of philosophical study, the course examines the history of Western thought, from the famous Greek philosophers up to the cutting-edge intellectuals of today. The course then dives into various thematic topics, including metaphysics, epistemology, free will and determinism, evil and the existence of God, personal identity, ethical values, and political philosophy. The course concludes with an analysis of different perspectives, including Eastern philosophies, and post-colonial thought.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a critical introduction to the field of philosophical inquiry. After defining philosophy and identifying the major fields of philosophical study, the course examines the history of Western thought, from the famous Greek philosophers up to the cutting-edge intellectuals of today. The course then dives into various thematic topics, including metaphysics, epistemology, free will and determinism, evil and the existence of God, personal identity, ethical values, and political philosophy. The course concludes with an analysis of different perspectives, including Eastern philosophies, and postcolonial thought.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with topics in mechanics and classical electricity and magnetism. The course covers two semesters. The first semester is devoted to Newtonian mechanics including: kinematics, laws of motion, work and energy, systems of particles, momentum, circular motion, oscillations, and gravitation. The second semester discusses the topics of electricity and magnetism. The course emphasizes problem solving including calculus, and there are numerous interactive examples throughout. Students will also gain laboratory experience through interactive lab simulations.
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