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DANC 201 - Teaching Dance This course explores materials and methods for teaching dance in various contexts with diverse populations. Emphasis is placed on development of individual teaching skill and creativity, exploration of the foundations of dance, and design and implementation of an effective dance curriculum. Learning experiences include learning and teaching dance; movement exploration and problem-solving; analysis of motor development, creativity, and teaching methods; acquaintance with materials for teaching dance; and curriculum design.
Prerequisites & Notes DANC 110, DANC 130, DANC 135, DANC 150 or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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DANC 216 - Choreography II This course explores the craft of choreography in making small and large group dances. Emphasis is placed on developing individual creative process, exploring movement invention, form, content, and dance production. Learning experiences include improvising, problem solving, critiquing, journal writing, research, music listening, attending arts events, rehearsing, and coaching. Dance studies created in this course may be further developed for public performance.
Prerequisites & Notes DANC 110, 215.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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DANC 260 - Dance and Somatic Movement Therapy This course introduces students to the professions of dance/movement therapy and somatic movement therapy. It covers the history and development of the fields, provides experiences in various approaches, and explores applications in various settings.
Prerequisites & Notes DANC 110 and some dance experience.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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DANC 284 - Dance Repertory This course provides an opportunity for students to deepen their experience of dance performance by participating in a public performance of an original faculty, guest artist, or professional choreographic work. Repertory projects will be determined in consultation with the instructor. The course may be taken for 1 or 2 credits, and is repeatable up to 4 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes DANC 110, 185, and permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-2 s.h |
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ECON 190 - Special Topics in Economics This course presents a variety of traditional contemporary economic issues. The course provides a detailed and comprehensive examination of topics, including the historical perspectives, the contemporary concern with, and the future implications of issues presented.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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ECON 310 - Money and Banking This course discusses the nature and function of money, credit, and monetary standards, and the role of the banking system in the economy. Topics include commercial banking, financial intermediaries, monetary theory and policy, the role of the Federal Reserve in stabilization policy, and international monetary economics.
Prerequisites & Notes ECON 200 and 205.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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ECON 315 - Business and Government This course focuses on how businesses interact with government and society. Government (executive, legislative, regulatory, judicial, and international governments) and society (societal institutions, news media, and public sentiment) affect how firms conduct business, and businesses must develop political/nonmarket strategies to interact effectively with government and society that are integrated with their market strategies for economic profits. The international business, government and society interaction is contrasted between the USA and Japan, the European Union, and China. Case studies are used extensively.
Prerequisites & Notes ECON 200 and 205 or permission of Instructor.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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ECON 350 - Economics of Sports The central focus of this course is on models of sport leagues and what can be learned from those models to answer public policy questions concerning sports. Selected topics from the extensive literature on the economics of sports are used e.g., franchise values, pay for performance, urban financing of stadiums, antitrust laws, and the profit motive in sport leagues.
Prerequisites & Notes ECON 200 and ECON 205.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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ECON 360 - Economics of Healthcare and Healthcare Reform The economics of the healthcare industry are reviewed with reference to the provision,
distribution, supply, demand, and consumption of healthcare services. This course
focuses on the relevance of economic analytic techniques and their application
to processes of health resource allocation.
Prerequisites & Notes ECON 200 and 205.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education Students become acquainted with the field of education, the teaching profession, the diversity of learners in US schools, historical and philosophical foundations of education, the study and practice of teaching, and career options for educators. Special emphasis is placed on the development of a preliminary philosophy of education and an electronic portfolio.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EDUC 162 - Introduction to Special Education This introductory course is offered for teachers of students with special needs.
The characteristics and problems of all types of exceptional children (those with
disabilities and the gifted), and the differences in their learning styles within
the classroom, are examined. This course provides an overview of federal and state
requirements in regard to IDEA, ADA, and Chapter 766. A prepracticum placement
is included.
Prerequisites & Notes Student must be an official candidate for teacher licensure.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 225 - Development of Mathematical Concepts in Young Children This course furthers the students’ understanding of mathematical concepts, with emphasis on the development of these concepts as they apply to young children. Current cognitive learning theory and instructional strategies for curriculum planning, implementation, and assessment in the early childhood classroom are examined, analyzed, and practiced. Developmentally appropriate curriculum and teaching methods/materials are emphasized. The overall goal is for students to develop a theoretical framework that will inform their instructional decisions.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EDUC 232 - Teaching Elementary Mathematics through the MA Curriculum Frameworks Through this course students learn to develop objectives, methods, and materials
for the teaching of standards-based mathematics in grades one to six. The course
integrates constructivist theory, cooperative learning and thematic teaching.
Students design and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences
and authentic assessment tools. Topics of study support the Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks, MA state teacher test, and the NCTM standards and goals.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EDUC 234 - Curriculum, Methods, and Organization for Secondary Teachers In this course, students learn lesson plan development, methods of instruction, and curriculum organization for middle school and high school teaching. Questioning techniques, alternative teaching-learning strategies, classroom innovation, the use of technology and audiovisual media, and the organization of time and teaching material are included. Individualization of teaching is stressed.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 305 - Teaching Social Studies through the MA Curriculum Frameworks This course introduces prospective teachers to social studies education in elementary and early childhood classes. Students investigate the rationale and purposes for social studies, create personal philosophies related to the teaching of social studies, become familiar with the MA History and Social Studies Frameworks, demonstrate their understandings of various teaching methods and strategies, and incorporate “best practice” into their teaching of the content found in the MA Curriculum Frameworks. This course facilitates disciplined reflective inquiry into the education process through the interaction of theory and practice.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EDUC 318 - Tutorial Pre-Practicum This course gives secondary students their first field work experience. They
visit schools, observe teaching, and arrange for tutorial work in their content
area with pupils who require special help. Students develop and utilize teaching
objectives, procedures, and tests to evaluate the achievement of objectives. Students
meet regularly with College faculty to discuss their progress toward accomplishing
their objectives.
Prerequisites & Notes Student must be an official candidate for teacher licensure.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 327W - Methods of Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms Reading, writing, listening and speaking are integrated through a balanced approach
to teaching reading and the language arts. Through course work and classroom teaching,
students analyze reading theory, research and practice. Topics include first and
second language acquisition, emergent literacy, phonemic awareness, phonics, organizing
literacy instruction, assessment and evaluation. Course requirements include 75
hours in an early childhood or elementary supervised pre-practicum experience.
Prerequisites & Notes Student must be an official candidate for teacher licensure.
Credits: 6 s.h |
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EDUC 361 - Field Experience in a Non-School Setting This is a voluntary educational experience in a non-school setting. Typically, students work in such sites as hospitals, museums, nature preserves, child care centers, and summer camps.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 364 - Pre-Practicum-Teaching and Special Issues in Secondary Education This pre-practicum provides experience in high school teaching while concurrently dealing with a range of common problems occurring in secondary schools. Issues such as students’ and teachers’ rights, racism, sexism, equality, and special needs of individuals are considered. The course emphasizes integration of theory with practice.
Prerequisites & Notes Student must be an official candidate for teacher licensure.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 436 - The Microcomputer in the Elementary Classroom Students study and practice using the software and computer hardware typically utilized in the elementary school classroom. The course explores the impact of computers on information processing, on their use as a teaching tool, and on their application for curriculum development.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 442 - Assessment and Program Development This course acquaints students with formal and informal techniques for assessing and recording the performance of students. Alternative forms of assessment and traditional measurement instruments are used.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 450 - Principles and Practices of Classroom Management In this course, the student examines effective approaches to student and classroom management. Positive approaches in behavior management for the individual student and/or group are explored.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 455 - Early Childhood Curriculum and Care The participants examine the research for making thoughtful and informed decisions
about early childhood education and care. Topics of study include the importance
of play; developing appropriate social/emotional, cognitive/language, and physical
environments; working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and primary-aged children;
and the importance of working with families of young children. Participants evaluate
the impact of parenting roles and responsibilities on strengthening the well-being
of individuals and families. (Meets initial licensing requirements for early
childhood and health).
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 456 - Accommodating Student Needs in the Classroom This course focuses on disabling conditions and their implications for education and service delivery. Students develop effective strategies for inclusion of individuals with special needs in the classroom. IEP development, learning styles, and instructional strategies to promote success for all students are addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes EDUC 162 and 242.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 457 - Organization and Administration of Preschool Programs This course examines administration of day care and early childhood education programs, including program design, inclusionary programs for children with and without special needs, licensing requirements, funding and budgeting, personnel roles, management, and the day-to-day administration of a center. This course fulfills part of the requirements for Office for Children certification as a Director I day care administrator.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EDUC 463 - Practicum Seminar This course taken concurrently with a Student Teaching Practicum is designed to help students become reflective teachers by providing a forum for collaborative, critical inquiry based on their student teaching experience. The course offers opportunities and frameworks for thinking about and analyzing classroom situations, the teaching-learning process, classroom management, legal and ethical obligations, current issues in education, and professional goals and development.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EDUC 464 - Middle School Practicum This culminating experience gives students the opportunity to plan, organize, and
manage a middle school classroom for eight to fifteen weeks. Students seeking licensure must complete a minimum of 300 hours. Students who wish to position themselves for a second initial license at the middle school level may complete 150 hours at the middle school and 150 hours at the high school. Students must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program as well as having advanced standing in the Education Department.
Prerequisites & Notes EDUC 318, 364, and advanced standing in the Education Department. Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 5-10 s.h |
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EDUC 465 - High School Practicum This culminating experience gives students the opportunity to plan, organize, and
manage a high school classroom for eight to fifteen weeks. Students seeking
licensure must complete a minimum of 300 hours. Students who wish to position
themselves for a second initial license at the middle school level may complete 150
hours at the middle school and 150 hours at the high school. Students must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program as well as having advanced standing in the Education Department.
Prerequisites & Notes EDUC 318, 364, and advanced standing in the Education Department. Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 5-10 s.h |
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EDUC 466 - Practicum PreK to K This culminating experience gives students the opportunity to plan, organize, and manage an early childhood classroom for eight weeks. Students complete a minimum of 150 hours at the preschool through K level. (Either EDUC 466 or 467 must be in a setting that includes children with special needs for part of the school day.)
Prerequisites & Notes Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 5 s.h |
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EDUC 467 - Practicum 1-2 This culminating experience gives students the opportunity to plan, organize, and
manage an elementary classroom for eight weeks. Students complete a minimum of 200 hours at first or second grade level. (Either EDUC 466 or 467 must be in a setting
that includes children with special needs for part of the school day.)
Prerequisites & Notes Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 5 s.h |
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EDUC 468 - Elementary Practicum This culminating experience gives the students the opportunity to accept full
responsibility for planning, organizing and manageing an elementary classroom for at
least one week. Students are placed in an elementary fieldwork classroom for five days per week for fifteen weeks. The student is required to demonstrate mastery at the entry level of all the Principles of Effective Teaching of the licensed classroom teacher. The practicum is taken concurrently with EDUC 463, a seminar for student teachers. The Practicum must be full-time for one semester and must include a minimum of 300 clock hours at the practicum site. The student must take clear instructional responsibilities of the teaching role for at least half of this time and full responsibilities for a substantial period. Practicum time credits are given for
the following activities:
1. observtaion and participation;
2. actual teaching (in-charge);
3. any officially-assigned school duties;
4. conferences.
Students and school supervisors should keep a written record of how time is alloted to these functions.
Prerequisites & Notes Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 10 s.h |
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EDUC 469 - Practicum Arrangements must be made individually with the department.
Prerequisites & Notes Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 7-14 s.h |
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EDUC 471 - Learning, Teaching, and Technology This course integrates technology with meaningful learning and teaching. The goal of this course is to demonstrate how technology helps to fulfill the new vision for learning and teaching described by state and national frameworks. The emphasis is on designing and implementing projects through technology that offer students the opportunity to construct new knowledge, develop collaboration skills, apply knowledge to new situations, and integrate subjects across the curriculum.
Prerequisites & Notes CISC 105 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EDUC 481 - Assessment and Evaluation for the Classroom Teacher This course presents students with the theory and practice of assessment and evaluation in the classroom setting. The purpose, design, implementation, and interpretation of evaluative procedures to assess student learning are examined and practiced. Students practice designing alternative forms of assessment for students with special needs and diverse learning styles. Alternative forms of assessment and traditional measurement instruments are compared and contrasted.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EMSM 114 - CPR, Health Care Provider The CPR course prepares the student to mitigate those situations resulting in foreign-body airway obstruction and sudden cardiac arrest in adults, infants, and children. The training includes manual, mechanical, and electronic techniques. Successful completion results in certification from the American Heart Association.
Credits: 0.5 s.h |
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EMSM 115 - Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Basic training consists of 130 hours of lecture, laboratory, and scenario settings that exceed the national standard curriculum, and prepares the student to be certified through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The subjects covered include patient assessment, semi-automatic external defibrillation, wound care, splinting and immobilization, oxygen therapy, assisted medications, report writing, communication and general knowledge of the ambulance.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 114 or successful challenge CPR exam.
Credits: 4 s.h |
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EMSM 135 - EMS Career Planning Lectures and discussions provide an overview of EMS systems, areas of specialization, legislative processes, and regulatory processes and problem solving. Students are required to study the issues in EMS and respond to them employing critical thinking.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EMSM 150 - EMT-Intermediate This course includes detailed patient assessment, advanced treatment of shock, pre-hospital intravenous therapy, endotracheal intubation and other advanced airway control measures.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 115 or permission of the medical director.
Credits: 4 s.h |
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EMSM 160 - EMT-Intermediate Clinical Affiliation This is a clinical practicum consisting of one half-semester of performing invasive procedures in local hospitals under the direct supervision of physicians, nurses, and technicians. Areas of affiliation include the emergency department, intravenous therapy team, respiratory therapy department, and the operating room. Students are required to document the successful completion of the following skills endotracheal intubations, intravenous insertions, and patient assessments. Documentation of clinical case studies is also required.
Prerequisites & Notes CORI, 3.0 average in EMSM 150 or permission of the medical director.
Credits: 1.5 s.h |
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EMSM 186 - Intermediate Field Internship This course consists of one half-semester of pre-hospital care internship performing invasive procedures under the supervision of certified preceptors.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 160.
Credits: 1.5 s.h |
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EMSM 200 - EMT-Paramedic I This course begins the paramedic program and includes instruction in the roles and responsibilities of the paramedic, legal aspects of EMS, stress management, rescue and hazardous materials training, medical terminology, patient assessment, advanced airway management, pathophysiology and treatment of shock, burn trauma therapy, and pre-hospital pharmacology.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 115 and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4 s.h |
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EMSM 201 - Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support This course provides a philosophic overview to prehospital trauma care, stressing the need to identify and consider the multisystem trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. The course also provides the prehospital provider with a specific body of knowledge related to the assessment and care of the trauma patient. Successful completion of the course results in certification at the provider level.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 200 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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EMSM 202 - Pharmacology The Pharmacology for EMS Providers course is designed to give prehospital professionals the core module for the pharmacology component of the DOT Paramedic national standard curriculum. This course will cover the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of medications, mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, precautions, routes and dosages, side effects, and EMS considerations.
Credits: 1 s.h. |
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EMSM 211 - Basic Cardiac Life Support Instructor The BCLS instructor course provides the student with the training in skills and methodology to teach all levels of basic cardiac life support under the auspices of the American Heart Association. The course includes discussion of the methodologies of teaching in various cultural settings, and a teaching practicum with an experienced AHA-BCLS Instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 114 or permission of Instructor/Trainer.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EMSM 250 - EMT-Paramedic II This course includes instruction in cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, and assessment and management of cardiac emergencies, as well as mechanical, electrical, and pharmacological intervention according to national advanced life support standards. Students learn electrocardiograph monitoring, dysrhythmia recognition and treatment, and cardiovascular pharmacology and administration.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 200.
Credits: 4 s.h |
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EMSM 251 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support This course prepares the student to mitigate those medical situations resulting in foreign body airway obstruction and sudden cardiac arrest in adults, infants, and children using manual, mechanical, pharmaceutical, and electronic therapies. Successful completion results in certification from the American Heart Association.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 200 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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EMSM 300 - EMT-Paramedic III This course completes the didactic portion of the paramedic program. It includes recognition and treatment of endocrine emergencies, central nervous system disorders, the acute abdomen, anaphylaxis, alcoholism, environmental and behavioral emergencies, pediatric emergencies, and an all-program review.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 250.
Credits: 4 s.h |
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EMSM 301 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support This course prepares the student to recognize and treat foreign body airway obstruction and sudden cardiac arrest in infants and children using manual, mechanical, and electronic therapies. Successful completion results in certification from the American Heart Association.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 300 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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EMSM 302 - Pediatric Educ/Pre-Hosp Professional The Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals is designed to give prehospital
professionals the education, skills, and confidence they need to effectively treat pediatric
patients at the highest prehospital level.
Credits: 1 s.h. |
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EMSM 325 - System Status Management This course uses the United States Department of Transportation’s emergency dispatcher standard curriculum to provide the knowledge, skills, and tools to deal with the general public when rendering emergency assistance by telephone. The course also provides students with the mechanisms to direct appropriate resources to the scene of an illness or injury.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EMSM 335 - Plan and Design of Emergency Vehicles and Facilities This course acquaints students with the process of planning and design of emergency medical services facilities and vehicles. A study of the managerial roles in this process is emphasized, as well as design technologies, safety, and maintenance. Select facilities and EMS vehicles are studied in detail.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EMSM 340 - EMS Continuing Education and EMT-Basic Refresher This course provides the basic refresher and continuing education requirements for recertification as an EMT-Basic.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EMSM 350 - EMT-Paramedic Clinical Affiliation In this course, students are required to document successful performance of invasive
skills under the supervision and direction of licensed hospital personnel. Areas
of affiliation include the emergency department, the intravenous therapy team,
the operating room, labor and delivery, ICU/CCU, the psychiatric unit, and pediatrics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 4 s.h |
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EMSM 374 - Fundamentals of Search and Rescue FUNSAR is designed to prepare the student to participate in search and rescue as a member of a search team. The course covers topics such as visual human-tracking, survival, wilderness first aid, land navigation, search tactics, tactical aspects of the Incident Command System, and lost person behavior. Successful completion of the course results in certification from the National Association for Search and Rescue.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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EMSM 375 - Search and Rescue Management This course provides skills and materials that include decision-making practice in determining missing person detectability and survivability, and statistical and topographic analysis of lost person behavior. Successful completion results in certification from the National Association for Search and Rescue.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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EMSM 386 - EMT-Paramedic Field Internship Students are assigned to licensed advanced life support ambulance services and work under the direction of qualified paramedic preceptors. Procedures include field endotracheal intubation, intravenous therapy, intravenous drug administration, and advanced cardiac life support care.
Prerequisites & Notes EMSM 350.
Credits: 4 s.h |
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ENGL 100 - Writing Studio Writing studios are small support groups made up of four students that provide supplemental instruction and assistance to students who need extra help meeting the requirements of ENGL 113 and ENGL 114. Through self-assessment and writing samples, identified students enroll for one credit along with regular enrollment in ENGL 113 and ENGL 114. Grades are determined by attendance, participation, and completion of assigned work. This course can be repeated once, for a total of 2 credits.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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ENGL 108 - Oral English This course examines the principles and techniques of informative and persuasive public speaking. Heavy emphasis is placed upon student performance.
Credits: 2 s.h |
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ENGL 155 - Efficient Reading This course is aimed at increasing students’ reading efficiency by eliminating excessive eye fixations, regression, and subvocalizing.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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ENGL 220 - Traditional Grammar and Usage This course examines rules of traditional grammar and usage in writing. Recent trends in usage are given special consideration.
Credits: 3 s.h |
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ENGL 231 - Tutoring in English This course gives student peer tutors some pointers on how to communicate grammar,
syntax, and spelling rules to students for whom writing is difficult. The course
also offers suggestions for helping students develop and organize content, follow
directions for writing assignments, and deal with specific writing tasks, including
the research paper.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the Writing Center Director.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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ENGL 232 - Tutoring in English Practicum I This course is a practicum or internship as a peer tutor in the College Writing
Center. Students tutor for a minimum of three contact hours per week throughout
the semester. This course may be taken by Writing Center tutors with experience
prior to the creation of ENGL 231.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the Writing Center Director.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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ENGL 233 - Tutoring in English Practicum II This course is a practicum or internship as a peer tutor in the College Writing
Center. Students tutor for a minimum of three contact hours per week throughout
the semester. This course may be taken concurrently with ENGL 232.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the Writing Center Director.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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ENGL 234 - Student Newspaper Practicum This course is designed to provide students with practical experience in writing, editing, headline writing, and layout of a student newspaper. Each student receives a varied weekly assignment from the editor-in-chief of the College’s student newspaper. This course may be repeated up to a maximum of eight semester hours.
Credits: 1 s.h |
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