remediation requirements prior to starting the course.
A course for students concentrating in liberal arts, social science,
humanities, and statistics. Through the use of computer software
packages such as Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS), and Minitab, the basic and more advanced ideas of
descriptive and inferential statistics are studied.
MAT 109 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA
& TRIGONOMETRY
and laws of the universe. The ideas of Darwin, Marx, Freud, Einstein
and others are studied. (General Elective credit.)
NURSING
NU R 100 - INTRODUCTION TO ASSOCIATE
DEGREE NURSING
Prerequisites: Students are to be placed into MAT 109 by the following:
College Placement Test (For some students whose College Placement
Test scores allow for MAT 109, MAT 002 might be recommended
prior to taking MAT 109)
Students must have satisfied all MAT, ENG 001 and RDG 001
remediation requirements prior to starting the course.
*See calculator note in catalog. This course considers fundamental ideas
from algebra, trigonometry, and functions, including exponentials and
logarithms. A problem solving approach is used. (4.5 lecture hours)
MAT 111 - PRE-CALCULUS
PHILOSOPHY
4 CR.
Prerequisites: Students are to be placed into MAT 111 by the following:
College Placement Test or at least a 'C' in MAT 109 or MAT 116.
Students must have satisfied all MAT, ENG 001 and RDG 001
remediation requirements prior to starting the course.
*See calculator note in catalog. A primer course for the study of Calculus.
The function concept plays the unifying role in the study of polynomial,
rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. The
modeling of elementary functions is stressed and topics are presented
graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally (following the Rule of
Four). Technological support using a graphing calculator is integrated
throughout the semester. In addition, appropriate computer software
may also be available. (4.5 lecture hours)
3 CR.
PHI 110 - BIO-MEDICAL ETHICS
3 CR.
PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 203 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I
3 CR.
PSY 213 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT
3 CR.
PSY 215 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
3 CR.
Designed to familiarize the student with the science of human behavior
and mental states; the methods employed by psychologists; the
experimental findings and applications of research; and the important
contributions from the behaviorist, psychoanalytic, neuroscientific, and
cognitive schools of thought. This course includes the study of learning,
perception, cognition, intelligence, social influences, psychological
disorders, physiological changes and developmental stages.
MULTIDISCIIPLINARY STUDIES
3 CR.
Prerequisites: Completion of remedial courses in MAT, ENG and
RDG.
Introduction to Human Rights Studies uses an interdisciplinary
approach incorporating sources from United Nations reports, human
rights documents, legal documents, literature, film, art and media to
encourage critical thinking in the study of international human rights.
This course investigates what human rights are, how they are monitored
and defended by governments, international agencies and NGOs and
what happens when human rights are violated. (Important case studies
will be examined).
MDC 101 - MAKING OF THE MODERN MIND I
3 CR.
Prerequisites: Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG
remediation requirements prior to starting the course.
An inquiry into the ethical problems raised by recent biomedical
advances, research and clinical practice in our 20th-century culture.
Genetic research, stem cell research, abortion, human experimentation,
cloning, delivery of health care services, transplantation and allocation
of scarce medical services, suicide and euthanasia are the main topics to
be treated.
Basic concepts and development of listening perception. Compositions
to be discussed include vocal and instrumental works of the 18th, 19th
and 20th centuries selected to show the development of Western musical
art. A requirement for the course is that students must attend concerts,
one of which must be at a major concert hall in the metropolitan area,
during the semester. This course cannot be applied to a degree in music.
HRS 101 - HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES
PHI 103 - CRITICAL THINKING
Prerequisites: Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG
remediation requirements prior to starting the course.
This course stresses sensitivity to form as it teaches the student to
identify and evaluate different types of arguments found in ordinary
language. Basic concepts include deduction, induction, soundness,
validity, invalidity, formal and informal fallacies, clarifying meaning,
assumption identification, and causal inferences.
MUSIC
MUS 100 - LISTENING TO MUSIC
1 CR.
This course is designed to acquaint the student who enters the nursing
program at an advanced level with the philosophy and conceptual
framework of Associate degree nursing. It will also introduce the role
of the professional nurse and the problem-solving process as it relates
to formulating a nursing diagnosis. Open to advanced standing and
articulation students or by permission of the Chairperson. This course is
part of the required Nursing curriculum for students receiving advanced
standing in the required nursing courses.
4 CR.
Prerequisites: PSY 203.
Development and analysis of infant and child behavior, motor
development, emotional development, motivation, language, thinking,
work and play. Problems and methods of child study; application
of research; effects of heredity and environment on the individual;
individual differences and theories of personality development.
Observations required.
3 CR.
Prerequisites: Completion of ENG 001 and RDG 001
This course explores the foundations of 20th-century Western
Modernism, powerful ideas that transformed human attitudes and
brought revolutionary changes that still shape contemporary thought
today. Topics include views of evolution, human nature, social conflict,
Prerequisites: PSY 203.
An introduction to behavior pathology. Emphasis is on the evaluation,
diagnosis and treatment of disordered and maladaptive behavior.
Presentation of different theories and models of normal and abnormal
personality.
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