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1.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity for Health Academy Students to complete a self-analysis of career interest and highlight personal achievements in the program. Students will research a health career of personal interest and develop a plan to achieve completion of a degree or certification in a chosen health care field. The course will culminate with completion of a portfolio demonstrating achievement of program outcomes and highlighting the students overall collegiate experience. 1-0-1
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1.00 Credits
This course prepares students for a career in the healthcare field. Students are provided information to explore healthcare pathways and assist them with their transition into healthcare programs. Students will also learn medical terminology to prepare them for their future educational studies. Students learn how to navigate the college system to complete the admission process, scholarship opportunities and prepare for exams by analyzing questions using different test taking strategies. Students will also participate in educational sessions that prepare them for standardized pre-entrance exams that may be required of them to get into a healthcare program at The Community College of Beaver County or other institutions of higher learning. 1-0-1
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3.00 Credits
This course was designed to introduce key nutritional terminology, recommended dietary allowance guidelines, and analysis of diet and menu choices. Students will be able to read food labels, recognize proper food choices, and apply guidelines to everyday situations. 3-0-3
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3.00 Credits
Presents principles of pharmacology with practical application to the care of patients. Emphasizes major drug classifications, actions, interactions, side-affects and related nursing interventions. Introduces learning strategies to develop student abilities in making critical assessment and decisions about pharmacological interventions. 3-0-3
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with concepts about information technology by demonstrating skills such as basic computer literacy, acknowledging reliable internet resources and integrating patient care technologies into safe health care practice. Students considering nursing or other healthcare careers will benefit from the information provided. 3-0-3
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to increase students' appreciation of the art of poetry. Various forms of poetry will be discussed as well as the intellectual and emotional responses poetry makes possible. Through reading and interpretive writing assignments, students will explore genres, time periods and cultural expression in poetry as they develop critical thinking skills. 3-0-3 Prerequisite: WRIT101 or permission of the department
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the three major forms of literary expression: fiction, poetry, and drama. Significant works from each form will be analyzed to reveal creative techniques, how they represent an author's time, and how they reflect today's human condition. Honors Option Available Concepts of Literature Honors explores literary art forms, both traditional, fiction, poetry and drama and non-traditional, film, virtual reality and gaming as well as the international cultures and philosophical approaches that create and interpret such works. Significant contributions to each literary form will be analyzed, resulting in student produced compositions, multi-media presentations and student lead discussions. Prerequisite: WRIT101 or permission of the department. 3-0-3
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3.00 Credits
World Literature focuses on the literature of cultures other than those normally discussed in traditional, Western-based courses. A broad range of writings by authors of Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America will be studied, with particular emphasis placed on populations that are underrepresented in the canon of literature. Examining poetry, fiction, nonfiction, songs, and oral traditions will nourish an appreciation of multiple historical experiences, cultural traditions, and literary modes (3-0-3) Prerequisite: WRIT101 or permission of the department.
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3.00 Credits
Students will encounter American literature from the Colonial to the Contemporary Periods, with an emphasis on Modern and Contemporary texts, that reflects the American experience of both mainstream and emerging cultures, represents major American literary movements, genres, writers, and works, and explores such issues as the human experience, the American political arena, and common American ideologies. Prerequisite WRIT 101 3-0-3
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to British literature as a reflection of British culture is experienced through selections ranging from the Middle Ages through contemporary major British writers. Honors Option Available British Literature Honors is designed for honor students to explore British Literature through British history and culture, including evolution of the language. The global impact of British colonialism, post-colonialism, world view and industrialization which created loss of human dignity and hardships among their ruled nations will be a reoccurring theme. The changing literature of the twenty-first century will also be highlighted. Prerequisite: WRIT101 or permission of instructor 3-0-3
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