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2021-2022 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Below are course descriptions for credit courses offered by MCC. Each course can be identified by a lettered subject and a course number followed by the title and a series of numbers. Those courses with a zero as the first digit of the course number are designated as developmental and may not be used to fulfill degree requirements.
BIOS 1010 - General Biology
5.0 - 3.0 - 6.0
Key:
course subject (BIOS)
course number (1010)
course title (General Biology)
course may be offered online
course may be offered in hybrid format
lecture/classroom hours per week (5.0 -)
lab/clinical hours per week (- 3.0 -)
credit hours (- 6.0)
Requisites for a course are detailed as follows:
- Prerequisites – A prerequisite - or its equivalent - must be met before a student can register for a course. A prerequisite may be a specific high school course, another MCC course, a demonstrated proficiency, or acceptance into a certain program. Students must meet the prerequisite in effect for the quarter in which they are taking the course. Prerequisites may be waived on the basis of proficiency testing and/or the recommendation of an appropriate faculty member or academic dean.
- Corequisites – Corequisites are required program courses that must be taken simultaneously, a grouping of courses that must all be taken within the same quarter. In some cases, previous completion of the required course is acceptable.
- Recommended - Certain courses, proficiencies, or conditions may be recommended for the student prior to or at the same time as the course. While these recommendations are suggested for student success in the course, they are not required.
Hybrid courses – A hybrid course is a coordinated approach to learning, using both online technology and classroom interaction with faculty and peers. MCC hybrid courses meet face-to-face 50 percent of the traditional quarter’s campus meetings; the other 50 percent of campus meeting time is replaced with online study and learning activities.
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LAWS 1230 - Legal Research and Writing I
4.5 Credits
Students learn the basics of Bluebook citation, legal research utilizing electronic databases and open sources, and legal writing basics. Students draft case briefs and memoranda, and apply objective legal writing strategies to those drafts, based on legal research they conduct.
Prerequisites: (1) LAWS 1101 or Instructor Approval must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 1500 - Introduction to US Immigration Law
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
An overview of U.S. immigration law, policy and procedure. The course includes an introduction to the laws, agencies and tribunals that govern U.S. immigration and citizenship. Topics include major legislative history and policy, family and employment-based immigration law, removal proceedings, naturalization and common ethical issues encountered in immigration advocacy and compliance. Enrollment in the course does not qualify any person to engage in the practice of immigration law. This course is not intended for individuals enrolled in the paralegal program. Paralegal students who have completed LAWS 2327 may substitute that course for LAWS 1500.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 1501 - Immigration Regulatory Agencies
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
The course surveys the six federal agencies involved in immigration law, policy and procedure: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of State. It provides an overview of the role of the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney General as well as the Executive Office Immigration Review, which conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings. Enrollment in this course does not qualify any person to engage in the practice of immigration law. This course is not intended for individuals enrolled in the paralegal program.
Prerequisites: (1) LAWS 1500 or LAWS 2327 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 1503 - Immigration and Families
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This course provides an overview of the Immigration and National Act and federal regulations for sponsoring family members for lawful permanent residence. Topics include an overview of family immigration, affidavit of support requirements, eligibility for adjustment of status, consular processing, grounds of inadmissibility, and waivers of inadmissibility. This course surveys federal immigration laws that provide immigration benefits, battered immigrant spouses and children, victims of trafficking, and special immigrant juveniles. Enrollment in the course does not qualify any person to engage in the practice of immigration law. This course is not intended for individuals enrolled in the paralegal program.
Prerequisites: (2) LAWS 1500 or LAWS 2327 ; and LAWS 1501 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 1505 - Removal and Advocacy in Immigration Court
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This course provides an overview of the process of removing non-citizens - both those legally present and those without valid documentation - from the United States based upon allegations and charges of inadmissibility and removability that provide grounds to do so under the Immigration and Nationality Act and its interaction with other laws. The focus is on representation of non-citizens in immigration court, and emphasizes such topics as detention, relief for those who face persecution and torture as well as other defenses from removal, the development of case strategy, compilation of evidence and use of legal resources, and the representation before, during and after immigration hearings. Enrollment in this course does not qualify any person to engage in the practice of immigration law. This course is not intended for individuals enrolled in the paralegal program.
Prerequisites: (2) LAWS 1500 or LAWS 2327 ; and LAWS 1501 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 1509 - Ethics and Immigration Advocacy and Compliance
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This course focuses on immigration fraud, the unauthorized practice of law, and state legislation on immigration reform. Topics include an overview of notary, immigration specialist, and immigration consultant fraud; the Board of Immigration Appeals accredited agency and accredited representative programs; and contemporary issues in immigration reform. This course also surveys Form I-9 compliance, e-verify, Social Security No Match letters, and Department of Homeland Security Enforcement through ICE raids and audits. Enrollment in the course does not qualify any person to engage in the practice of immigration law.This course is not intended for individuals enrolled in the paralegal program.
Prerequisites: (2) LAWS 1500 or LAWS 2327 ; and LAWS 1503 or LAWS 1505 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 1581 - Service Learning
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
Service learning offers an opportunity for students to provide an important service to the community and to learn about immigration law, policy, and procedure. This course offers the opportunity to learn where immigrants to the United States are coming from, the reasons for coming to the United States, and the obstacles they face upon arrival. Students have opportunities to select various projects on immigration compliance and advocacy and proposed immigration reforms. Enrollment in the course does not qualify any person to engage in the practice of immigration law. This course is not intended for individuals enrolled in the paralegal program.
Prerequisites: (6) LAWS 1500 or LAWS 2327 , and LAWS 1501 , LAWS 1503 , LAWS 1505 , LAWS 1509 ; and instructor approval must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 0 Lab: 16.4 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2240 - Legal Research and Writing II
4.5 Credits
Students continue to develop knowledge of the various legal research tools along with greater emphasis on computer-aided legal research, development of legal writing techniques, principles of editing, and preparation of legal briefs.
Prerequisites: (1) LAWS 1230 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2320 - Torts
4.5 Credits
This course is a study of the concept of legal wrongs and their treatment in law to include intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability as applied to persons, property, and business. Topics include assault and battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, trespasses, breach of contract, contributory negligence, assumption of risk, no-fault systems, and workers’ compensation.
Prerequisites: (1) LAWS 1110 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2322 - Family Law
4.5 Credits
Students review and analyze substantive and procedural laws affecting family relationships. Topics include the regulation of marriage, nonmarital families, domestic violence, divorce, property division, support, parenting and parenthood, and court jurisdiction of family law matters. Students research law and procedures, prepare memoranda, draft pleadings, motions, discovery, orders, and other legal documents, and calculate child support using mandatory court guidelines.
Prerequisites: (1) LAWS 1110 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2323 - Employment Law
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn about laws, regulation, and agencies governing employment practices, discrimination, labor unions, child labor, employee benefits, occupational safety and health, equal employment opportunity, and affirmative action.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2324 - Criminal Law and Procedures
4.5 Credits
Students gain a broad overview of criminal law and procedure from arrest through trial and appeal. Students review, analyze, and discuss federal and state court criminal justice systems, elements and classifications of crimes, legal defenses, sentencing guidelines, theories of punishment, and the constitutional safeguards protecting rights of the accused. Students brief landmark cases, prepare memoranda, pleadings, motions, discovery, and other related documents.
Prerequisites: (1) LAWS 1110 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2325 - Bankruptcy, Credit and Collections Law
4.5 Credits
Students learn about laws governing bankruptcy, voluntary and involuntary petitions, liens, preferences, powers of trustee, rights of debtors and creditors, liquidations, and discharge of bankruptcy. Students examine the legal avenues for the collection of debt, including garnishment and seizures.
Prerequisites: LAWS 1230 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2326 - Evidence and Discovery
4.5 Credits
This course includes an examination of the rules governing admissibility of evidence that must be followed in the examination of witnesses and in the production of documents, including the concepts of relevance, expert witness, hearsay, materiality, and privilege. It also covers the tools and procedures of pre-trial discovery, including depositions, interrogatories, production of documents, physical and mental examinations, and requests for admissions.
Prerequisites: (1) LAWS 1110 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2327 - Immigration Law
4.5 Credits
Students learn about both employment-related as well as family-based immigration. Students examine the process, the federal forms used, and the interpretation of the laws covering immigration procedural and substantive laws.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2420 - Wills, Trusts & Estates
4.5 Credits
Students learn the law pertinent to wills, trusts, and estates, including intestate succession, codicils, probate, types of trusts, and duties of trustees.
Prerequisites: LAWS 1230 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2421 - Insurance Law
4.5 Credits
Students learn about the laws and state regulation of insurance, including the insurance contract, the role of insurance agents, insurable interest, insurer’s defenses, forfeiture and exclusion of risk, election and waiver, no-fault statutes, and various types of insurance.
Prerequisites: LAWS 1230 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2422 - Law of Corporations
4.5 Credits
Students study the laws governing the formation, structure, regulation, and dissolution of corporations, including shareholder and director liability; types of financial structure; takeovers, mergers, and acquisitions; foreign existence and operation; and comparison of the corporate structure with other business entities. Students examine the paralegal’s role in gathering facts, organizing data, and drafting documents typically encountered in the corporate environment.
Prerequisites: LAWS 1230 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2424 - Contract Law
4.5 Credits
Students learn the basic theory of contract law, examine both sample contracts from a variety of specialized practice areas as well as supplemental cases, and draft simple contracts. Topics include basic contract requirements, contract provisions in selected specialized practice areas, the Statute of Frauds, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Students also learn key contract terms and sample clauses and perform exercises in conducting case analysis.
Prerequisites: LAWS 1230 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2900 - Special Topics in Legal Studies
Variable Credits
This course permits instruction in special content areas that are not appropriately treated in other legal studies courses.
Prerequisites: (1) Instructor approval must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: Variable Lab: 0 Cr: Variable
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LAWS 2981 - Internship I
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online
Students begin to explore work in a law office or other organization where they perform paralegal task assignments under the supervision of an attorney. The variety of task assignments include such items as digesting depositions; organizing documents for discovery; drafting contracts, filings or pleadings; legal research; and reporting the status of cases.
Prerequisites: (2) LAWS 1230 and completion of 80+ credit hours must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 20 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2982 - Internship II
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online
Students continue to explore work in a law office or other organization where they perform paralegal task assignments under the supervision of an attorney. The variety of task assignments include such items as digesting depositions; organizing documents for discovery; drafting contracts, filings or pleadings; legal research; and reporting the status of cases.
Prerequisites: (2) LAWS 2240 and LAWS 2981 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 20 Cr: 4.5
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LAWS 2985 - Internship: Immigration Advocacy
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
The certificate in Immigration Law, Policy, and Procedure program internship may be taken when the student has completed 18.0 credit hours of the program requirements at MCC. The internship offers experience as well as educational and skill-enhancing opportunities. Students may perform the internship in a traditional public or private organization or a business where the student can apply the principles, procedures, and rules learned that relate to U.S. immigration law, policy, and procedure. Interns perform substantive work alongside individuals experienced in national security, visa categories, amnesty, legislation, employment, policy and economics. Interns acquire experience in immigration advocacy compliance, policy and procedure, and develop or build on marketable skills. The internship experience is recorded in an electronic portfolio submitted online and reviewed by the internship supervisor and faculty sponsor. Based on State guidelines, students must perform 40 hours of work for each 1.0 credit hour. Enrollment in the course does not qualify any person to engage in the practice of immigration law. This course is not intended for individuals enrolled in the paralegal program.
Prerequisites: (5) LAWS 1500 or LAWS 2327 ; LAWS 1501 ; LAWS 1503 ; LAWS 1505 ; and LAWS 1509 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 0 Lab: 16.4 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 1300 - Introduction to Quality Management
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn the origin and philosophy of quality management and the considerations in adopting such a philosophy. Students explore how quality products and services best determine the success of an organization and examine quality management through both historical and current frameworks. Topics include the history of quality management, the pivotal individuals involved in the development of the quality management, the ramifications of adopting a quality management philosophy and impacts to an organization’s human resources.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 1410 - Nonprofit Management
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn the role of the nonprofit sector in community service and development. Topics include finance and budgeting (accessing public and private sector grant monies), management and personnel, ethics, scope of services (education, health, arts and culture, youth, community, environmental, human services) and the interdependence of business, government and the nonprofit sector.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2100 - Principles of Management
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn key concepts, common practices, and theories of management in the organizational environment. Practical learning experiences reflect a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Topics include decision-making practices, organizational structure, employee motivation, group dynamics, efficiency of control mechanisms, and ethical issues in the workplace.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2300 - Applied Quality Management
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online
Students learn the management principles and statistical methods that have been adopted successfully by many global firms. Topics include management’s responsibility for making system changes to improve quality and productivity, obligations relative to customer satisfaction, product design, service design, product development, and statistical methods for management. Students apply the techniques of statistical process control and demonstrate strategies for evaluation and continued improvement of the product or service.
Recommended: MGMT 1300
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2400 - Business Logistics
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online
Students learn the essential concepts of logistics and its importance within the framework of supply chain management. This course will prepare students by helping them to understand how logistics interfaces with business operations, production, sales and strategy. Students will practice logistics management techniques and focus on current and emerging trends within logistics management. Topics covered include information technology in logistics, strategic and financial logistics, supply chain management concepts, procurement, demand management, order management, customer service quality, inventory management, plant spatial strategies, warehousing management, packaging and materials handling and transportation.
Recommended: MGMT 1300 and MGMT 2300
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2410 - Strategic Sourcing
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn the theory and applications of purchasing and materials management concepts. The course content includes purchasing organization and administration, quality management, supplier relations, negotiations, legal considerations, logistics, international and governmental procurement, and strategic incentives.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2420 - Production and Operations Management
4.5 Credits
Students learn the fundamentals of production and operations management used in service-rendering and goods-producing organizations. Students study the application of effective production and operations management techniques with an emphasis on managerial processes. Topics include supply chain management, human capital allocation, inventory management, job design, forecasting, scheduling, decision analytics, material resource planning (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP), aggregate planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), lean operations, process strategies, capacity planning; and the concepts of quality and project management.
Recommended: MGMT 1300, 2300, 2400, and 2410
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2600 - Human Resource Management
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn key concepts, common practices, and the functions of human resource management in the organizational environment. Practical learning experiences reflect the challenges and opportunities relevant to today’s human resource professional responsible for acquisition, management, development, and retention of human capital. Topics include recruitment, staffing and selection, compensation, training, performance management, employee engagement, labor relations, employment laws and regulations, and occupational health and safety in the workplace.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2610 - Employee Relations
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn key concepts, common practices, and the functions of human resource management in creating and maintaining positive relationships with employees in the organizational environment. Topics include employee and employer rights and responsibilities, workplace behavior issues, investigation of complaints and grievances, progressive discipline, termination, and employee relations programs in the workplace.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2620 - Talent Acquisition
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn key concepts, common practices, and the functions of human resource management in attracting and acquiring talent in the organizational environment. Topics include applicable laws and regulations in recruitment and selection, recruitment sources, methods, and metrics, and interviewing techniques in strategically staffing the organization.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2630 - Human Resource Development
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn key concepts, common practices, and the functions of human resource management in training and developing employees in the organizational environment. Topics include applicable laws and regulations in training and development activities, designing and evaluating training programs, performance appraisal and management, and career development practices in the organization.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MGMT 2710 - Global Supply Chain
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn the advantages and disadvantages of global trade. Topics include political and cultural considerations in advertising and packaging, global distribution and shipping, transportation strategy, global regulation, freight rates, product storage, and traffic management. Students practice simulated global trade operations.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 1010 - Principles of Marketing
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn core concepts and common practices specific to marketing including distributive fields, their functions and interrelationships. Topics include concept and strategies of the marketing mix; the application of marketing concepts in both consumer and business to business environments; and controversial marketing topics, including ethical challenges of advertising.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 1200 - Principles of Selling
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn the fundamentals of selling including the determination of customer needs to the close of the sale are covered. The course treats such factors as customer problems, merchandising knowledge and personality traits of successful salespersons.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 1201 - Advertising & Sales Promotion
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online
Students learn the theory, practice and techniques of advertising. The role of advertising and sales promotion in the economy is also considered. The course includes a general survey of the kinds and purposes of the media, the psychological implications of typical appeals, and limited practice in promotional programming. The student coordinates advertising, display and publicity in the context of a realistic sales promotion program.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 1202 - Direct Marketing Methods
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn the practical application of direct marketing methods and techniques covering telemarketing, direct mail, television, newspaper, and magazines. Topics include creating and producing direct marketing messages, media analysis and selection, and operational management. This course is a practical, hands-on experience for business managers and marketers and a skill developer for the direct marketing professional.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 1210 - Retailing
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn the fundamentals of retail store organization and management, including store location, layout, buying, pricing operation, advertising, display and analysis associated with merchandise handling. When appropriate, area retailers are invited to discuss the actual application of various retailing activities, e.g. buying, advertising, and inventory control.
Recommended: BSAD 1010 or equivalent
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 1600 - Consumer Behavior
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students will learn the concepts, theories, and principles of consumer behavior specific to how consumers acquire, consume, and dispose of goods and services. Factors that impact this behavior will be explored including marketing, psychology, and economics.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 1610 - Customer Service
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students learn soft skills and self-management skills needed to provide effective customer service and support in all business environments.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MRKT 2720 - Global Marketing
4.5 Credits
Offered: Online, Hybrid
Students engage in an advanced study of international marketing and global markets. Students review and expand their knowledge of basic marketing practices and theory as related to global markets. Emphasis is on international market research, international marketing strategies, designing and implementing global marketing programs, entry strategies, globalization, glocalization, global context of marketing mix decisions, foreign regulations, and product adaptation for foreign markets. Students are exposed to the role of management in international marketing in home and host countries as well as the role of international organizations and free trade agreements.
Prerequisites: (1) MRTK 1010 must be completed prior to this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 0900 - Basic Arithmetic
3 Credits
This course addresses study skills for mathematics, student learning styles, and math anxiety. Topics include operations with whole numbers, properties of the real number system, and an introduction to fractions. NOTE: MATH 09XX courses carry credit for MCC only; the credit does not transfer nor does it apply toward graduation.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Cr: 3
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MATH 0910 - Pre-Algebra
5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
Students solve problems that include fractions, decimals, ratio, proportion, percent, operations with integers, basic algebraic concepts, and geometry concepts. Students develop basic study skills for mathematics problem-solving and estimation.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0900 with a grade of P, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 5 Lab: 0 Cr: 5
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MATH 0930 - Intermediate Algebra Part I
4 Credits
Students learn basic algebra skills. Topics included are; expressions using all operations, absolute values, and exponents; positive and negative real-numbers, linear equations and inequalities; functions; equations of lines, graphs of linear equations.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0910 with a grade of P, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4 Lab: 0 Cr: 4
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MATH 0931 - Intermediate Algebra Part II
4.5 Credits
This course continues from MATH 0930 . Topics included are: operations with polynomials; factor polynomials; equations of lines and absolute value equations and inequalities, graphs of linear equations and inequalities and systems of linear equations including applications. NOTE: MATH 09XX courses carry credit for MCC only; the credit does not transfer nor does it apply toward graduation.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0930 with a grade of P, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 0960 - Accelerated Intermediate Algebra
6 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This is a fast-paced course in which students review and learn basic algebra skills. It contains all of the content of both MATH 0930 Intermediate Algebra Part 1 and MATH 0931 Intermediate Algebra Part II. Topics included are: expressions using all operations, absolute values, and exponents; positive and negative real-numbers, linear equations and inequalities along with their applications, operations with polynomials, factor polynomials; equations of lines and absolute value equations and inequalities, graphs of linear equations and inequalities and systems of linear equations including applications.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0910 or MATH 0930 with a grade of P, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 6 Lab: 0 Cr: 6
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MATH 1220 - Business Mathematics
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This course explores the development and application of the mathematical skills needed to solve problems related to business occupations. Topics include percentages, checking accounts and services, payroll, payroll taxes, cash and trade discounts, markdowns, property and sales taxes, simple and compound interest, installment purchases, loan payment plans, and annuities. NOTE: MATH 1220 and MATH 1240 do not require MATH 0930 , MATH 0931 , or MATH 0960 as a prerequisite; however, MATH 0910 skills are necessary. MATH 1220 and MATH 1240 satisfy the math requirements in certain programs only. Check to see what the program advises to fulfill the general education math requirement. In most cases, these courses do not transfer to other institutions as math credit.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0910 or higher with a grade of P or C or better, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1240 - Technical Mathematics
4.5 Credits
Students learn the math skills required in career/technical fields. Students review arithmetic operations. Students apply ratios and proportions, measurement concepts algebraic operations, geometrical relationships and right triangle trigonometry to problem solving of technical applications.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1242 - Applied Math for the Hospitality Industry
4.5 Credits
This course covers the development and application of the mathematical skills needed to understand the financial concepts and solve problems related to the hospitality industry. Topics include basic math principles, conversions, yields, recipe costing, recipe conversions, selling prices, baking formulas, checking accounts and services, payroll, and payroll taxes.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0910 or higher with a grade of P or C or better, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1260 - Geometry
4.5 Credits
This course covers geometric topics of logic, measurement, plane figure relationships, and figures in space.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0930 or higher with a grade of P or C or better, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1300 - Introduction to Mathematical and Computational Thinking
4.5 Credits
Students will embrace the visual arts to learn the foundational elements of mathematical and computational thinking. Visual patterns form the basis for explorations in arithmetic and geometric sequences, from which algebraic functions and corresponding functions in computer programs are reasoned.
Prerequisites: Within 2 years, successful completion of MATH 0910 or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0.0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1315 - College Algebra
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This course extends algebra skills and provides the background necessary for further mathematics courses. Topics included are: functions and their inverses; polynomial, radical, exponential, and rational expressions: polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic equations; graphing functions using transformations (absolute value, polynomial, radical, exponential and logarithmic); and an introduction to statistics.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0931 or MATH 0960 with a grade of P; or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1410 - Statistics
4.5 Credits
Students will develop a critical and functional understanding of data. Topics include frequency distributions; measures of central tendency and dispersion; probability and probability distributions; sampling concepts; estimating means, variances, standard deviations; proportions and percentages; hypothesis testing; and correlation and linear regression. Software and calculators will be used as appropriate throughout the course.
Prerequisites: Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 0931 or MATH 0960 with a grade of “P”, or placement via ACT or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1425 - Pre-Calculus Algebra
5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
Students will learn advanced algebra topics that include rational expressions; radical equations; circles; relations and functions; systems of equations and inequalities; Polynomial and rational functions; exponential and logarithmic functions; sequences and series; probability and counting theory.
Prerequisites: (1) Within one year prior to beginning the course, completion of MATH 1315 with a grade of C or better; or within one year placement via the MCC placement test; or within two years placement via a MATH ACT score must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 5 Lab: 0 Cr: 5
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MATH 1430 - Trigonometry
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
Topics include trigonometric ratios, triangles, vectors, circular functions, trigonometric identities, inverse trigonometric functions, trigonometric equations, and complex numbers. NOTE: The prerequisites include grades of C or better in MATH 1425 and MATH 1430 for MATH 2410 . The two courses can be taken in either order prior to enrolling in Calculus I; however, it is recommended that students enroll in MATH 1425 prior to enrolling in MATH 1430.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, successful completion of MATH 1315 with a grade of C or better or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 1930 - Applied Calculus
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This course presents differential and integral calculus and applications to solutions of real problems involving rates of change, optimization, revenue, cost, marginal analysis, demand and profit functions, and economic growth rate. Students should check their program requirements as MATH 1930 Applied Calculus does not substitute for MATH 2410 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I .
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years prior to beginning the course, successful completion of MATH 1425 with a grade of C or better or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 2410 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
7.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
Topics include limits, continuity, differentiation, rate of change and integration. The course covers both differentiation and integration on polynomial, rational, radical, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. It also includes applications of both differentiation and integration.
NOTE: The prerequisites include grades of C or better in MATH 1425 and MATH 1430 for MATH 2410. The two courses can be taken in either order prior to enrolling in Calculus I; however, it is recommended that students enroll in MATH 1425 prior to enrolling in MATH 1430.
Prerequisites: (2) Within two years prior to beginning the course, either successful completion of MATH 1425 and MATH 1430 with a grade of C or better in both courses, or MCC placement test must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 7.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 7.5
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MATH 2411 - Calculus II
7.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
This course includes finding derivatives and integrating logarithmic, exponential, inverse trigonometric and hyperbolic functions. This course includes using a variety of techniques of integration to evaluate definite, indefinite, and improper integrals. It also includes applications of integration. This course includes the study of convergence/divergence tests for sequences and series. This course covers polar coordinates and relates them to calculus.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years, successful completion of MATH 2410 with a grade of C or higher must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 7.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 7.5
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MATH 2412 - Calculus III
6 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
Topics include polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. The course covers parametric equations and vectors in the plane and in space, including solid analytic geometry. It also includes vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, and multiple integrations.
Prerequisites: (1)Within two years of successful completion of MATH 2411 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 6 Lab: 0 Cr: 6
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MATH 2510 - Differential Equations
4.5 Credits
This course covers the solving of first and second order ordinary differential equations and first non-linear differential equations with applications. It also covers power series, Fourier series, the Laplace Transform Method.
Prerequisites: (1) Within two years of successful completion of MATH 2412 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MATH 2900 - Special Topics in Mathematics
Variable Credits
This course permits instruction in special content areas not included in other math courses. Topics may include applied statistics, discrete mathematics, or number theory.
Prerequisites: (1) Instructor approval must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: Variable Lab: Variable Cr: Variable
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MDST 1010 - Clinical Procedures I
6 Credits
This course provides theoretical and clinical applications to instruct students on patient care procedures performed in the physician’s office. These procedures include, but are not limited to, administering medication, taking vital signs, collecting and processing specimens, performing EKGs, preparing patients for examinations, procedures and treatments, and assisting with minor surgical procedures. This is an entry-level course.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of the first quarter of the Medical Assisting program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 6 Lab: 0 Cr: 6
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MDST 1020 - Administrative Procedures I
4.5 Credits
This course teaches students word processing skills, medical transcription, appointment scheduling, and the scheduling of inpatient and outpatient procedures.
Prerequisites: (1) Acceptance into the Medical Assisting program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MDST 1030 - Medical Disorders
3.5 Credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to study and learn basic information about common medical conditions that are frequently first diagnosed in the ambulatory healthcare setting. Understanding how diseases affect the human body is essential to providing patient care. The course introduces disease processes as well as infectious diseases, congenital diseases, and neoplasm in conjunction with the body systems that they affect.
Prerequisites: (1) Acceptance into the Medical Assisting (MDACE) program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 3.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 3.5
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MDST 1040 - Clinical Terminology I
4.5 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the medical terminology used in the clinical healthcare setting. Students study with a systems approach and focus on root, prefixes, and suffixes commonly used in medical terms. The course emphasizes correct spelling and pronunciation and correct usage of medical terms and common abbreviations as they relate to the care of patients in the healthcare office. Upon completion, students learn 350 medical word roots, prefixes, and suffixes and are able to combine these to form over 11,000 complex medical terms used in the healthcare setting.
Prerequisites: (1) Acceptance into the Medical Assisting (MDACE) program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MDST 1050 - Clinical Terminology II
4.5 Credits
This course expands on basic clinical terminology by studying the medical terminology that relates to each system of the body, medical and surgical procedures, and lab reports. It instructs students in proper charting techniques, discharge summaries, and transcription of medical reports and administrative correspondence.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of program first quarter courses must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MDST 2010 - Clinical Procedures II
6 Credits
This course provides theoretical and clinical applications to instruct students on patient care procedures performed in the physician’s office. These procedures include, but are not limited to, administering medication, taking vital signs, collecting and processing specimens, performing EKGs, preparing patients for examinations, procedures and treatments, and assisting with minor surgery procedures. This is a practitioner-level course.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of the second quarter of the Medical Assisting (MDACE) program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 6 Lab: 0 Cr: 6
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MDST 2020 - Administrative Procedures II
4.5 Credits
This course is a continuation of Administrative Procedures I. It includes a more in-depth discussion of insurance and its impact on healthcare. It also addresses diagnostic and procedural coding, completion of insurance forms, credit and collections, submission of third-party claims, payroll processing, bookkeeping principles, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of first quarter courses must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MDST 2030 - Laboratory Techniques
3.5 Credits
This course provides students with theoretical and simulated clinical experience with the preparation and collection of specimens for laboratory analysis. It emphasizes frequently performed laboratory tests done in the physician’s office, including urinalysis, blood counts, and simple chemistries.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of the second quarter of the Medical Assisting (MDACE) program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 3.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 3.5
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MDST 2110 - Pharmacology for Medical Assistants and Allied Health Professionals I
4.5 Credits
This course provides students with a basic understanding of pharmacology terms and related issues necessary for the clinical office or outpatient care setting. This course provides students with an introduction to therapeutic drug treatment regimens. It emphasizes understanding of pharmacodynamics, drug side effects, administration procedures, and dosage computations.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of first quarter courses must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MDST 2120 - Pharmacology for Medical Assistants and Allied Health Professionals II
4.5 Credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply different drug regimens, list the effects of medications on all of the body systems, state special considerations for age-specific medication administration, and identify drugs used to treat various disease processes. Students must also be able to identify and understand, at a minimum, the top 50 common medications used in the clinical and outpatient setting and how they relate to the human body and disease.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of second quarter courses must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MDST 2980 - MDST Externship
18.5 Credits
This course is to provide students with the time to practice and perfect the didactic and clinical skills learned and provides a professional clinical office setting with qualified personnel to support students in their externship portion of the program. This course provides a learning experience that applies knowledge in performing administrative and clinical procedures and in developing professional attitudes for interacting with other professionals and consumers in the healthcare field. The experience remains parallel in content and concept with the material presented in the didactic and classroom laboratory sessions.
Prerequisites: (1) Successful completion of the first three quarters in the Medical Assisting (MDACE) program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 18.5
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MUSC 1050 - Music Appreciation
4.5 Credits
Offered: ONLINE
Students with no prior formal musical education become informed listeners as they learn basic elements of music such as rhythm, melody, and harmony and advanced concepts such as meaning and style. Students’ active listening to music beyond their own playlists introduces them to the many communities and diversity of the world.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MUSC 1110 - Music Fundamentals
4.5 Credits
Students will analyze and create musical composition by studying the elements rhythm, pitch, scales, chords and techniques used in tonal music.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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MUSC 1120 - Intermediate Music Fundamentals
4.5 Credits
MUSC 1120 builds on concepts learned in MUSC 1110 . Students apply terms and concepts in transposition, composition and performance. Students will participate in an intermediate level analysis of harmony, form, and techniques used in tonal composition. Listening examples are also used to assist students in developing a musically trained ear.
Prerequisites: (1) MUSC 1110 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4.5 Lab: 0 Cr: 4.5
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NURS 1110 - Adult Nursing I
6 Credits
Introduction to the knowledge, skills and abilities associated with nursing practice. Concepts of physiological integrity, psychosocial integrity, a safe effective care environment and health promotion/maintenance are examined. The nursing process provides a foundational/beginning framework to help the learner think critically, assess factors that influence safe and effective care delivery and integrates theory with the care of clients and families. Students learn nursing concepts related to the surgical client, musculoskeletal system, peripheral vascular system, eye and ear, nose, and throat disorders. This course includes didactic and clinical component.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1110L
Lec: 3 Lab: 9 Cr: 6
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NURS 1110L - Adult Nursing I Lab
0 Credits
NURS 1110L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 1110 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 1110 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1110
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 1120 - Adult Nursing II
6 Credits
This course builds on NURS 1110 to apply knowledge, skills and abilities associated with intermediate nursing practice. Application of physiologic integrity, psychosocial integrity, and health promotion/maintenance are presented. The nursing process provides the framework to build on critical thinking and reasoning; integrating nursing theory with care of clients and families. The topics include fluid and electrolyte balance, respiratory, renal and gastrointestinal disorders. Intravenous (IV) and central line principles will be discussed and demonstrated in laboratory setting. This course has didactic, laboratory skills and clinical components.
Prerequisites: (4) NURS 1110 ; NURS 1510 ; NURS 1200 ; and NURS 1300 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1120L
Lec: 3 Lab: 9 Cr: 6
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NURS 1130 - Adult Nursing III
6 Credits
This course is a continuation of study of the nursing care with a specific disease process occurring in the following systems of the body: neurologic, endocrine, cardiovascular, oncology, hematology, male and female reproduction. The nursing process provides an advance novice framework where the learner applies critical reasoning in theory and clinical to provide safe and effective care of clients and families. This course includes didactic and clinical components.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 1120 and NURS 1950 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1130L
Lec: 3 Lab: 9 Cr: 6
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NURS 1130L - Adult Nursing III Lab
0 Credits
NURS 1130L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 1130 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 1130 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 1120 and NURS 1950 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1130
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 1200 - Professional Role of the Nurse I
1 Credits
Students learn the role of the professional nurse as a member of the health team and consider historical, cultural, professional, and contemporary components that impact the nursing profession. The course work includes emphasis on critical thinking and the nursing process, legal and ethical influences on the profession, fundamentals of communication and the teaching-learning process, and health care delivery systems.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 1 Lab: 0 Cr: 1
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NURS 1300 - Mental Health Nursing I
1 Credits
This course acquaints students with the concept of mental health as well as alterations in mental health. Topics include a review of select developmental theories and stages of the life cycle. The course explores stress, specific anxiety disorders, defense mechanisms, specific mental health alterations and current treatments, abuses, eating disorders, spirituality, death, and grief.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 1 Lab: 0 Cr: 1
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NURS 1400 - Family Nursing I
3 Credits
This course focuses on the role of the LPN in supporting expected outcomes and wellness needs of individuals in the child-bearing and child-rearing years. Application of physiologic integrity, psychosocial integrity, and health promotion/maintenance concepts in these specialized populations are presented. The intermediate nursing process provides the framework to build on critical thinking and integrating theory with care of clients and families in maternal/pediatric nursing. Topics include the pregnancy process, concepts of maternal and child nursing as it relates to the health and wellness for the ante-partum, intra-partum, post-partum, newborn, and routine care of the pediatric patient. This course includes a didactic and a clinical component.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 1120 and NURS 1950 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1400L
Lec: 2.5 Lab: 1.5 Cr: 3
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NURS 1400L - Family Nursing 1 Lab
0 Credits
NURS 1400L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 1400 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 1400 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 1120 and NURS 1950 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1400
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 1510 - Concepts of Health Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions I
3.5 Credits
Students establish a foundation for providing nursing care in physical assessment and select nursing skills, and utilize evidence-based practice. Comprehension of underlying principles and competency of skills are demonstrated in the lab setting.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1510L
Lec: 2.5 Lab: 3 Cr: 3.5
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NURS 1510L - Health & Therapeutic Interventions I Lab
0 Credits
NURS 1510L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 1510 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 1510 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 1510
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 1950 - Pharmacology in Nursing
4 Credits
This course is designed to assist the nursing student in developing an understanding of how drugs assist the client with health alterations to attain or maintain optimum health. This course highlights the major drug classifications and the nursing management required for drug therapy. Information regarding the core drug knowledge (pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, contraindications and precautions, adverse effects, and drug interactions) is presented. Emphasis is given to the importance of nursing management in drug therapy (maximizing therapeutic effect, minimizing adverse effects, and patient and family education). The course content provides the foundation of basic pharmacology necessary for a nurse in general practice.
Prerequisites: (4) NURS 1110 ; NURS 1200 ; NURS 1300 ; and NURS 1510 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 4 Lab: 0 Cr: 4
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NURS 2140 - Adult Nursing IV
5 Credits
This course is a continuation and advancement of pathophysiological manifestations, treatment modalities, and nursing interventions through utilization of the critical-thinking process and subsequent safe-decision outcomes. It includes a clinical component.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 2410 and NURS 2520 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2140L
Lec: 3.5 Lab: 4.5 Cr: 5
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NURS 2140L - Adult Nursing IV Lab
0 Credits
NURS 2140L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 2140 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 2140 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2140
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 2150 - Adult Nursing V
5 Credits
Adult Nursing V is taught in the last quarter of the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Metropolitan Community College. This course is designed to be a continuation and advancement of previous content in the program and includes the content areas of management of the perioperative patient, emergency trauma and bioterrorism and mass casualty, gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders, endocrine disorders, hematology and cancer, code management and end of life, neurological disorders, and musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases. This course also includes a clinical component. Synthesis of previous and current knowledge will allow students to use clinical reasoning skills and the nursing process to determine clinical decisions.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 2140 and NURS 2310 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2150L
Lec: 3 Lab: 6 Cr: 5
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NURS 2150L - Adult Nursing V Lab
0 Credits
NURS 2150L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 2150 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 2150 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 2140 and NURS 2310 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2150
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 2210 - Professional Role of the Nurse II
1 Credits
This course assists students in identifying the role of the registered nurse as a member of the healthcare team. It emphasizes the role of the registered nurse, legal and ethical concepts, cultural influences, the nurse process, the teaching and learning process, and the healthcare delivery system.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 2140 and NURS 2310 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2410
Lec: 1 Lab: 0 Cr: 1
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NURS 2310 - Mental Health Nursing II
5 Credits
This course examines mental health, mental illness, nurse-client relationships, and self-awareness. Through the use of the nursing process, therapeutic communication, and caring behaviors, the course promotes the path to wellness in individuals, families, and groups. It examines the role of the psychiatric nurse as a member of the mental health team and considers current issues and trends in mental health and the impact on practice. The course integrates pathophysiology, nutrition, and pharmacology and provides clinical experiences in acute or chronic health facilities and community-based experiences.
Prerequisites: (2) NURS 2410 and NURS 2520 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2310L
Lec: 3.5 Lab: 4.5 Cr: 5
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NURS 2310L - Mental Health Nursing II
0 Credits
NURS 2310L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 2310 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 2310 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010 ; ENGL 1010 ; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2310
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 2410 - Family Nursing II
5 Credits
This course focuses on complex health and wellness needs of individuals and families throughout the life span.
Prerequisites: (1) Acceptance into the second-year nursing program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2410L
Lec: 3 Lab: 6 Cr: 5
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NURS 2410L - Family Nursing II Lab
0 Credits
NURS 2410L is the laboratory component to accompany NURS 2410 . Students registering for this course must also register for NURS 2410 , which is the lecture component of this course.
Prerequisites: (1) Acceptance into the second-year nursing program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Pre/Corequisite: (1) NURS 2410
Lec: 0 Lab: 0 Cr: 0
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NURS 2520 - Concepts of Health Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions II
1 Credits
This course assists students in developing assessment skills of the professional registered nurse. It introduces physical assessment skills related to light palpation percussion and the use of the otoscope and ophthalmoscope. Students learn the therapeutic interventions related to intravenous therapy. The course demonstrates comprehension of underlying principles and mastery of skills in the lab setting.
Prerequisites: (1) Acceptance into the second-year nursing program must be completed prior to taking this course.
Lec: 0.5 Lab: 2 Cr: 1
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