Anatomy and Pathophysiology I - MED110

Medical Terminology - MED120

Anatomy and Pathophysiology II - MED210

Introduction to Nursing as a Profession - NSG100

This required course introduces the student to what it means to be a member of the profession of nursing and the skills knowledge and attitudes that underpin nursing practice. The values, principles, and standards developed by the profession are discussed as a framework for personal and professional development. Students will examine their individual learning style and ability to think critically and apply this knowledge to develop a personal strategy for success in the nursing program.

Introduction to Nursing Practice - NSG110

This course introduces the student to core concepts of professional nursing necessary for the student to develop a framework to provide safe, effective, and competent patient care. Concepts include basic human needs, the health-illness continuum, nursing process, growth and development theories, communication, patient’s rights, professional accountability, and legal, ethical, professional, and regulatory standards of care. The student is also introduced to critical thinking processes and evidence-based nursing practice. Topics will include historical, cultural, social, political, technological, and economic factors impacting the nursing profession. 

Foundations of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice - NSG120

In this course students learn and practice basic nursing psychomotor, cognitive, and affective skills, assessment, and professional communication skills in a laboratory setting. Lab fee required.

Case Studies in Pathophysiology - NSG210

Building upon the knowledge gained in MED110 and MED210 this course focuses on case studies to develop student understanding of deficits in functions of human body systems associated with disruption of human physiology. Students will learn to differentiate between normal and abnormal physiological functions and conditions, especially those involving health problems commonly encountered in clinical practice.

Pharmacology and Therapeutic Modalities - NSG220

This course focuses on the fundamental pharmacological principles and knowledge required for basic pharmacological management of patients with common acute and chronic health conditions. Course content includes an overview of selected drug classes, techniques of data collection, and diagnostic reasoning in relation to major drug categories and patient monitoring. Factors such as cost-benefit, risk-benefit, efficacy, side-effects, adverse responses, and legal liability will be considered in regard to use of pharmacological interventions. An overview of pharmacological calculation methods will also be presented.

Adult Health Nursing I - NSG240

This course focuses on nursing care of adult patients. Students use the nursing process and critical thinking skills to plan nursing care for adults with health problems across the illness continuum. Students develop communication and collaboration skills with healthcare team members when providing care and evaluating outcomes. The clinical component utilizes acute healthcare settings and focuses on activities for students to apply course concepts in the care of patients.  Clinical course fee required.

Adult Health Nursing II - NSG245

This course is a continuation of the clinical component of NSG240. The course builds upon the practice components of NSG240, and complements the course content of NSG220. The student will continue using the nursing problem solving process and critical thinking skills to provide nursing care to adults in an acute care setting. Clinical course fee required.

Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family I - NSG250

This course focuses on nursing care of the childbearing family from pre-pregnancy through postpartum and includes care of the healthy neonate, the well-woman, and the family. The clinical component includes nursing care in acute and primary care settings. Clinical course fee required.

Pediatric Nursing I - NSG260

This course explores developmentally appropriate nursing care for children and their families experiencing acute and chronic pediatric problems. The clinical component encompasses acute and primary care settings, in addition to care of children with special needs. Clinical course fee required.

Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning - NSG330

This course focuses on the physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills required to perform health assessments on adults in a clinical setting. Particular attention will be given to distinguishing normal anatomical and physiological variation from common abnormalities. Lab fee required.

Mental Health Nursing I - NSG350

This course focuses on the care of individuals, groups, and families experiencing mental health issues. The clinical component allows students exposure to a variety of mental health issues in a clinical setting. This course provides coverage of key psychiatric nursing principles. Concepts include mental health promotion, illness prevention, crisis intervention, and psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery. Clinical course fee required.

Nursing Care of Older Adults I - NSG360

This course focuses on caring for older adults and families experiencing acute and chronic health problems of the elderly. The clinical component includes planning and coordinating patient and family care services in continuing care retirement communities and long-term care facilities. Clinical course fee required.

Research Methods for the Health Professional - NSG410

This course emphasizes the use of critical thinking and statistical analysis to select, analyze, and evaluate nursing research reports and problems. Students will conduct a literature search, identify strengths and weaknesses in research methodology, and write a research proposal in which the experimental design, statistical methods, and data collection procedures are appropriate to the research question or hypothesis.

Nursing in the Community - NSG420

This course introduces the student to community health nursing. Assessments of the community, risk identification, and population-based health care are studied. Public health concepts to promote, maintain, and restore health to families, groups, populations, and communities are explored. This course also covers health education, disease prevention, assessment, and interventions for patients with varying backgrounds, cultures, needs, and expectations. Clinical course fee required.

Intensive Care Nursing I - NSG430

This course focuses on the nursing care of patients with serious illnesses or critical health care conditions requiring treatment and care in the intensive care and cardiac care units. The student will examine case studies related to specific conditions and dysfunctions of human systems, as well as the importance of factors related to patient care such as, but not limited to: the role of the family, survival rates of patients, prolonged immobility, ethical considerations, psychosocial support, alterations in consciousness, and care for special needs populations. Clinical course fee required.

Nutrition and Dietetics - NSG460

Nutrition and diet play critical roles in human physical and mental health. This course introduces the different methods used to analyze diet nutrient composition, nutritional labeling information, and methods for the design of diets and for providing dietary advice. Standard methods used for nutritional health will be covered, including growth charts, body mass index (BMI), and body composition, as well as current topics in nutritional education and government nutrition-oriented legislation.

Leadership, Management and Contemporary Issues in Nursing - NSG470

This seminar-style course focuses on the theoretical and practical principles of leadership and management in nursing. Students apply principles of nursing leadership to a variety of clinical scenarios in which legal, ethical, political, economic and social contexts must be taken into account. Contemporary issues in health care policy and global health will also be examined within the context of nursing leadership.

Capstone Project and Clinical Experience - NSG480

This seminar course focuses on the assimilation of concepts related to professional nursing and clinical experience behaviors that are critical for the transition from student to professional registered nurse. Current and future nursing trends, particularly those involving leadership and management, are explored. A capstone project and presentation of findings to nursing and/or specialty staff will be completed by the student. Lab fee required. Clinical course fee required.

Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family II - NSG255

This course explores developmentally appropriate nursing care for children and their families experiencing acute and chronic pediatric problems. The clinical component encompasses acute and primary care settings, in addition to care of children with special needs. Clinical course fee required.

Pediatric Nursing II - NSG265

This elective course allows the student to select an area of concentration and gain significant further clinical experience in providing developmentally appropriate care for children and families experiencing acute and chronic pediatric health problems. Building on the foundations laid in NSG260, students focus in greater depth on the care children in acute and primary care settings, as well as children with special needs. Clinical course fee required.  

Mental Health Nursing II - NSG355

This elective course allows the student to select an area of concentration and gain significant further clinical experience in the field of mental health nursing. Building on the foundations laid in NSG350, students focus in greater depth on the care of individuals, groups, and families experiencing mental health issues. Clinical course fee required.  

Nursing Care of Older Adults II - NSG365

This elective course allows the student to select an area of concentration and gain significant further clinical experience in providing care for older adults and families experiencing acute and chronic health problems of the elderly. Building on the foundations laid in NSG360, students focus in greater depth on topics such as planning and coordinating patient and family care services in continuing care retirement communities and long-term care facilities. Clinical course fee required.

Intensive Care Nursing II - NSG435

This elective course allows the student to select an area of concentration and gain significant further clinical experience in providing critical care in intensive care and cardiac care units. Building on the foundations laid in NSG430, students focus in greater depth on topics such as patient monitoring, cardiac care, and wound care. Clinical course fee required.

Introduction to Medical Automation Technology - NSG450

This course will provide students with an overview of the design and deployment of the technological infrastructure found in healthcare environments. Topics will include medical devices and computer systems within a healthcare setting. Topics may include design of medical pacemaker and prosthetic devices, hospital wired and wireless infrastructure, bedside and laboratory automated testing and monitoring equipment, and information management systems.

Special Topics in Nursing - NSG490

This course concentrates on special topics in nursing. Topics will vary according to student interest and may include, but are not limited to, current trends, technological advances, best practices, and practical applications within the nursing profession.

Principles of Management - BUS135

Human Resource Management - BUS210

Introduction to Financial Management - BUS310

This course is for non-business majors only. This course introduces the student to topics in financial management such as financial statement analysis, capital budgeting analysis, working capital (accounts receivable, inventory, and cash) management, capital structure and cost of capital, and interest rate determination methods. Some integration of international finance in these topics is also presented, because of its significant impact on financial management. This course also presents a general view of the financial system, including the financial market system, financial institutions, the firm’s objective in the business environment, and the history of financial management. Note: Not open to students with credit for Financial Management (BUS300).

Project Management - BUS380

This course will allow students to manage a project within their major field of study. Students prepare a project plan that includes details of their project, deliverables, dates when they will be completed, and the associated learning that will be exhibited. Students implement their plan and record weekly status on their progress, issues, decisions, and learning. At the conclusion of the course, students complete their projects and summarize their results in a final report.

Fundamentals of Information Systems - CIS103

Students learn to analyze systems and quality concepts and learn how information technology can be used to design, facilitate, and communicate organization goals and objectives. An overview of hardware and software with its relation to information technology is also presented.

Computer Office Applications - CIS110

In this course, students learn how to generate word, spreadsheet, database, and presentation documents using the Microsoft Office Professional suite of products. Topics include: editing methods, document merging, templates, document preparation, file naming and storage conventions, backup methods, macros, desktop publishing, object linking and embedding (OLE), and Visual Basic application extensions.

Health Care Ethical, Privacy & Legal Issues - HIM200

Introduces students to the fundamental tools necessary for considering ethical questions from a variety of perspectives. Students will be able to articulate the values and ethics that are the Foundation for all health and human services practice, recognize areas of conflict between professional values and the their own, and develop skills to analyze and respond to ethical problems faced in professional settings and Focuses on the synthesis of population-based health and public health concepts to promote, maintain, and restore health to families, aggregates and communities. Community assessment, risk identification, and application of community health nursing strategies are emphasized. Students are required to complete a case study which highlights best practices in community health nursing.

Health Information Management Systems - HIM210

Organization of health care delivery; the health information management profession; emphasis on health record content and the accrediting and regulatory standards, legal aspects of releasing health information, retention, storage and retrieval systems. A survey of fundamental concepts of information technology applied to health care from the perspectives of providers, payers, consumers. Major topics include the electronic health record, health information systems, repositories and data bases, enterprise-wide systems, laboratory, radiology (PACs) systems, voice recognition, physician order entry, telemedicine, decision support systems.

Patient Care Information Systems - HIM270

This course provides a thorough coverage of concepts, methodologies and techniques available to support patient care processes through the use of information technology. It includes a review of factual and patient information systems, signal and pattern processing applications, decision support, simulation, education and training applications.

Health Statistics and Research - HIM410

Examination of types of health statistics, as well as techniques and computerized software for data collection, presentation and retrieval. Methodology necessary to identify, prepare, and disseminate projects and findings in the health care field and also Study of the research process including development of a hypothesis, review of the literature, developing data collection instruments, and design of a research study. The course is designed to assist students in developing an understanding of the research process. Students learn to selectively apply the steps of the research process and to critically analyze research studies. The course will include a discussion on epidemiological research and ethical issues in health care research.

Performance Measurements in Health Care - HIM430

The course will provide an overview of different models for performance measurement, indicator development strategies and a discussion of issues specific to several stakeholder groups. Students working in other healthcare or public sectors, such as education and social work, may also find the course useful.

Medical Office Billing, Coding, and Insurance - MED130

College Composition - ENG111

Advanced Composition and Research - ENG320

Principles of Ethics - HUM110

Understanding World Cultures - HUM410

College Algebra - MAT210

This course explores a series of algebraic concepts including rational expressions, radicals and exponents, quadratic equations, systems of equations, and applications.

Statistics - MAT310

This course presents material essential in an increasing number of professional fields by providing a new type of competence, quantitative literacy. Topics include descriptive statistics; collecting and interpreting data; inferential statistics; probability; consumer mathematics; management mathematics; and growth and scaling.

Social Psychology - PSY110

Human Growth & Development - PSY320

This course emphasizes the psychological, cognitive, emotional, and social development of the human organism. Materials include those related to the various stages of the life span, and the developmental Influence of social class, the family, the school, and the group. A focus is placed on the abilities, needs, problems, and concerns of humans to change throughout life, and how people are shaped by their experiences throughout their development.

General Science - SCI110

This course examines scientific concepts and principles in an integrated manner to provide an overview of the sciences. Topics include physics, astronomy, chemistry, earth science, and biology as a means to address areas such as growing global population, limited resources and the fragile environment.

Microbiology - SCI250

This course examines the structure, nutrition, growth, genetics, classification, and ecology of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Attention will be given to methods of microbial control, and the human immune response to microbes. Students will also learn the fundamentals of microscopy, laboratory safety, scientific method and techniques of experimentation. Laboratory component required

Open Arts and Sciences Elective I - XXXXXX

Open Arts and Sciences Elective II - XXXXXX