Mar 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


The courses described below are listed in numerical order by discipline. All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted. If laboratory periods are required they are indicated after the description. For example, the notation “3+1” indicates 3 class periods and 1 lab period per week.

 

Exercise Science

  
  • ES 4830 - Exercise Science Research II


    Prerequisite(s): ES 4820  with a grade of C or higher; Senior standing; Exercise Science majors only.
    This two-semester series requires students to plan and conduct a research project in exercise science. Students will work on literature review development, planning the research project, creation on informed consent documents, and data collection. Students will prepare a poster for presentation at a professional conference or the annual science undergraduate research fair. Credit(s): 5
  
  • ES 4900 - Pre-Internship Seminar


    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; Exercise Science majors only; ES 1000 ; ES 2999 .
    Students will prepare for their internship requirements. Credit(s): 2
  
  • ES 4950 - Exercise Science Internship


    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; Exercise Science majors only; All graduation requirements met or in progress.
    A 600 hour professional experience in an approved setting. The specific work setting and type of responsibilities are determined through consultation with the supervising instructor. Students will participate in activities designed to relate theory with practice. Credit(s): 3-15
  
  • ES 4951 - Fitness & Recreation Internship


    Prerequisite(s): ES 2600 .
    A 240 hour professional experience in an approved youth fitness or recreation setting. The specific work setting and type of responsibilities are determined through consolation with the supervising instructor. Students will participate in activities designed to relate to theory with practice. Credit(s): 1-6

Finance

  
  • FIN 3600 - Corporate Finance


    Prerequisite(s): ACC 2140 .
    Financial statement analysis, the concepts of leverage, working-capital practices, cash management, management of marketable securities, inventory financing, stock and bond valuation, cost-of-capital concept, and mergers and acquisitions. International risks, foreign-exchange market, stock dividends, and stock splits. Credit(s): 3

Forensic Science

  
  • FS 1200 - Introduction to Forensic Science


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course will introduce students to the forensic science disciplines in a full-service forensic laboratory, including a survey of disciplines in forensic laboratory (Biology and DNA, Chemistry, Toxicology, Fingerprints, Firearms and Tool Marks, Explosives, Forensic Engineering,Trace Evidence and Microscopy, Questioned Documents, Computer Forensics). Additional topics include medico-legal Investigation of death, arson and fire investigation, tread impressions, bloodstain patterns, forensic anthropology, and forensic entomology. Students will also learn about role of Forensic Science in Criminal Justice, key aspects of crime scene investigation, and importance of chain of custody for forensic samples. Credit(s): 3
  
  • FS 1220 - Introduction to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course will introduce students to an important tool in investigation of violent crimes. The students will learn how principles of biology, physics and mathematics used in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis help criminalists in reconstructing events surrounding a violent crime and answering questions about the origin of blood; type of weapon used; number, relative position and movement of victims and perpetrators immediately prior and after the bloodshed.  Credit(s): 3
  
  • FS 1230 - Introduction to Fingerprint Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course will introduce students to powerful and widely used tool for identification of individuals. The students will learn about different methods of detection and collection of latent fingerprints, and principles of fingerprint analysis and comparison. Credit(s): 3
  
  • FS 4500 - Forensic ID of Body Fluids


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 3920 /BIO 3930 . Co-requisite(s): FS 4510 
    The course will introduce students to presumptive and confirmatory tests for the presence of body fluids in forensic samples, including learning about identification of body fluids by microscopy, spectroscopy, testing for cell-type-specific enzymatic activity, immunochromatography, testing for the presence of cell-type-specific RNA, and testing for cell-type-specific DNA methylation. Credit(s): 3
  
  • FS 4510 - Forensic ID of Body Fluids Lab


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 1350 /BIO 1360 . Co-requisite(s): FS 4500 
    This course will introduce students to presumptive and confirmatory tests for the presence of body fluids in forensic samples, including using microscopy, testing for cell-type-specific enzymatic activity, immunochromatography, testing for the presence of cell-type-specific RNA, and testing for cell-type-specific DNA methylation. Credit(s): 1
  
  • FS 4600 - Forensic DNA Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 3920 /BIO 3930 . Co-requisite(s): FS 4610 
    This course will introduce students to the workflow, techniques, and technologies of the modern forensic DNA laboratory, including DNA sample collection and chain of custody, DNA extraction and purification, DNA quantitation, PCR amplification, capillary gel electrophoresis, DNA data analysis and interpretation. Students will also learn about forensic DNA databases (CODIS), population genetics, DNA family relationship testing, and familial searches.  Credit(s): 3
  
  • FS 4610 - Forensic DNA Analysis Lab


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 3920 /BIO 3930 . Co-requisite(s): FS 4600 
    This course will introduce the workflow, techniques, and technologies of the modern forensic DNA laboratory and will include learning about DNA sample collection and chain of custody, DNA extraction and purification, DNA quantitation, PCR amplification, capillary gel electrophoresis, DNA data analysis and interpretation. Details about forensic DNA databases (CODIS), population genetics, DNA family relationship testing, and familial searches are also included.    Credit(s): 1
  
  • FS 4820 - Forensic Science Research I


    Prerequisite or co-requisite(s): FS 4500 /FS 4510  or FS 4600 /FS 4610 .
    Forensic Science Research will introduce students to the development and/or validation of Forensic Science methods. The projects may include, but are not limited to, detection of body fluids, obtaining DNA profiles from very small amounts of biological material, and deconvolution of mixed DNA profiles. Students must complete at least 3 total credits of research for degree completion.  Credit(s): 1-3
  
  • FS 4830 - Forensic Science Research II


    Prerequisite or co-requisite(s): FS 4500 /FS 4510  or FS 4600 /FS 4610 .
    Forensic Science Research II will introduce students to the development and/or validation of Forensic Science methods. The projects may include, but are not limited to, detection of body fluids, obtaining DNA profiles from very small amounts of biological material, and deconvolution of mixed DNA profiles. Students must complete at least 3 total credits of research for degree completion. Credit(s): 1-3

Global Health Leadership

  
  • GHL 6340 - Global Health Leadership


    Prerequisite(s): MBA 5050 
    An interactive study of historic and current systems, concepts, trends and best practices applied to a global view of healthcare.  Designed for professionals at all levels, this course will provide a framework for students to step back from current geopolitical restraints to challenge a global view of commonality of comprehensive healthcare delivery. Students will recognize barriers and any impediments to developing global strategies.   Exploration in these areas of global health will take place:  1) challenges of health service organizations,  2) community participation in planning, 3) talent development and capacity building, 4) health policy and advocacy and 5) transnational leadership competencies.  Credit(s): 3
  
  • GHL 6350 - Applied Health Analytics on Social Determinants


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course focuses upon how the use of predictive models can develop global strategies to better inform health care delivery and health outcomes.  An introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data analytics will provide insight into the behavior and attitudes of individuals.  AI will allow the exploration of well-being and disease prevention strategies.  Students will be able to identify and understand the role of social determinants and other issues on health and health equity.  A predictive model will be created through the use of community, clinical and social determinate data to identify a community hotspot.  Credit(s): 3
  
  • GHL 6360 - Global Disease Management and Wellbeing


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    In order to make a difference in the health and wellbeing of a population, we must understand the burden of all problems and conditions that affect the population, as well as how well our efforts to mitigate these problems are actually working. This course provides the student with some essential skills and tools that will enhance their ability to describe and understand the health of a community.  Case studies will examine the most common themes in global health.  Students will explore communicable diseases, such as SARS-coronavirus-2, HIV, TB and malaria as well as some top noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and depression/anxiety.  Another area of study will be on how community, science and technology can be harnessed, though collective action, to address global health challenges. Credit(s): 3
  
  • GHL 6370 - Decision-Making for Global Health


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course will improve the student’s leadership skills in planning, catalyzing resources, understanding and addressing complexities and identifying and responding to danger signals.  The student will gain the ability to understand and successfully navigate across diverse organizations, settings and countries.  Agile leadership skills will allow the student the capability to make decisions during turbulent times.  The student will learn how an effective response requires adaptive leadership to discover, define and solve problems in uncertainty.  Exploring the current management theories used in global health, the student will learn how these frameworks impact decision-making and ultimately the health of communities. Credit(s): 3
  
  • GHL 6390 - Global Health Immersion Experience


    Prerequisite(s): MBA 5050 ; MBA 5400 ; MBA 6060 ; HCM 6300 ; HCM 6400  
    This course will offer students interested in global health a transformative experience that will deepen their understanding of the causes and impact of disease in their community, country and other countries abroad.  Students will gain insight into the challenges and implications of global health work and foster cross-cultural sensitivity.  They will have the ability to put into action the models, approaches, best practices and their transnational leadership skills to solve problems that will reduce health and health care disparities.  This experience will support the skills and competencies to be a high performing leader. Credit(s): 3

Health Care Administration

  
  • HCA 1100 - Intro to Health Care Administration


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Study of the U.S. health care system, its history, organization and functions. Study of the interaction of providers, administrators, and consumers interact in the system. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCA 2100 - Legal Aspects of Health Care Admin


    Prerequisite(s): HCA 1100 .
    Basic knowledge of law as it applies to the health care field. Provides a working knowledge of health law enabling students to deal with common legal, ethical and practical problems facing the industry. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCA 2990 - Special Topics in Health Care Administration


    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Dean of the College of Business.
    Directed study of a special body of subject matter in the field of health care administration. This course may be repeated for additional credit. Credit(s): 1-6
  
  • HCA 3100 - Finance of Health Care Organization


    Prerequisite(s): ACC 1010 ; HCA 1100 .
    Factors and economics of health care organizations. Information concerning insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, government regulations, reimbursement systems, accessibility, budgeting, and human resources. National health insurance and state/local initiatives will be discussed. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCA 3200 - Health Care Policy


    Prerequisite(s): HCA 1100 ; HCA 2100  or permission.
    Comprehensive overview of major health policy issues. Through examination of governmental and political involvement in the organizations and financing of health care services, the course emphasizes factors influencing policy formation. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCA 4100 - Managed Care & Medical Group Practice


    Prerequisite(s): HCA 1100 .
    Focus on managed health care strategies and their relationship to medical group practice management in the constantly changing environment of health care services. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCA 4200 - Long-term Care Administration


    Prerequisite(s): HCA 1100 .
    Study of long-term care centers. Analysis of the various settings such as nursing homes, assisted living, retirement communities, home health care, and adult day care. Issues of finance, access, legality, ethics, human resources, and current topics are addressed. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCA 4950 - Health Care Administration Internship


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Experiential learning through placement with health care facilities or related organizations. Students are assigned duties and activities involving application of theory, knowledge and skills acquired in related coursework. Course may be repeated for additional credit. Credit(s): 1-3

Health Care Management

  
  • HCM 5000 - Intro to Health Care Management


    Prerequisite(s): MBA 5050 .
    Focuses on the health care system of the United States. The student will explore the characteristics that make this system unique and complex. Students will be introduced to the evolution, financing, and administration of a variety of health care organizations. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCM 5300 - Health Care Law


    Prerequisite(s): HCM 5000 .
    Students will gain an understanding of the basic laws that govern health care and how they affect the delivery of health care services. Topics will include reimbursement law, malpractice, liability, HIPAA, patient/provider relationships, quality-of-life decision making, and licensure. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCM 6200 - Health Care Operations & Quality


    Prerequisite(s): HCM 5000 .
    Students will be introduced to the quality concepts that help improve operational processes that are part of the health care delivery system. Students will analyze different types of health care organizations to develop recommendations for improvement. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCM 6300 - Health Care Policy & Ethics


    Prerequisite(s): None. 
    Students will examine public policy making in the health care sector. Students will learn the guiding principles of policy formulation and analysis and apply them to a range of health care issues. In addition, the course will focus on the major ethical issues facing health care providers, payers, and patients. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HCM 6400 - Health Care Finance


    Prerequisite(s): None. 
    Provides an overview of the techniques used in the financial management of health care organizations. Topics will include sources of health care funding, third party payment or reimbursement, the implications of uninsured patients, budgeting, and capital asset evaluation. Credit(s): 3

Health Information Management

  
  • HIM 0050 - PPE Preparation


    Prerequisite(s): None
    Students will use the 12-week course to locate and secure a practicum site where they will complete their 40-hour PPE (Professional Practice Experience) requirement.  During this preparation course, students will also be introduced to the PPE manual and key areas such as preparing to go on-site and making sure all contracts and site requirements are met.  Students will have milestones to meet in the course, though there are no graded assignments. Credit(s): 0
  
  • HIM 3000 - Healthcare Accounting & Reimbursement


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1200; HIT 1550; HIT 2000; HIT 2300; all with C or better.
    This course builds upon previous coding and reimbursement topics to prepare graduate in the management of coding, auditing, and revenue cycle. Topics such as benchmarking, documentation requirements, and strategies for success both in quality of coding/auditing services from multiple viewpoints such as acute care, outpatient services, physician offices and third party settings are addressed. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 3200 - Health Information Standards


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1550; HIT2100 both with a C or better. 
    Vocabulary, terminology, and classification systems are vital to the access, combination, manipulation, and sharing of encoded data for multiple objectives internally and externally. The purpose and functions, differences and similarities of healthcare code sets and classifications used for administrative and statistical reporting, ICD, CPT, HCPCS, NDC, CDT and other systems are discussed and defined. Data set standards and data interchange standards are examined. The concentration is to uphold healthcare standards in classification systems, data governance and data management to achieve data integrity, validity, and interoperability. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 3400 - Clinical Data Governance


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 2100 with a C or better.
    This course provides an overview of the interrelationships within the US healthcare delivery system, the operations of health information systems, and EHR concepts. The evaluation of health information systems and data storage design is practiced. Elements necessary for the success of Meaningful Use and HIE for health information sharing is examined. Work design and training, network development, and IRB processes are covered. Understanding of the tools and approaches is presented that correlate to managing, leading, and strategic thinking for the future of the organization, profession, and healthcare delivery systems. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 3600 - Legal & Ethical Aspects of HIM


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 2200 with a C or better. 
    This course analyzes and reviews the U.S. Judicial System, case studies on legal procedures to obtain health information, hospital, medical staff and other professional liability. It reviews health information as evidence, consent for treatment, privacy and confidentiality, retention and release of medical information and the health record as a legal document. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 3700 - Principles of Health Care Mgmt


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2322 ; HIT 1600 ; HIT 2600  all with a C or better.
    The student will gain understanding of the four functions of management- planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The activities of the manager - planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, motivating, control mechanisms, and budgeting - are detailed with examples from a variety of health care settings in an environment of adaptation and survival. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 3800 - Health Care Statistics & Analytics


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 2100 with a C or better; MA 2025.
    This comprehensive and practical treatment of health care statistics and analytics prepares HIM professionals for their evolving role in data analytics. Examples are based on real-life HIM scenarios. Learners are challenged to exercise critical thinking skills to excise data and report on data sets and apply tests to assure quality of data and results. The types of health care data and the tools of data analysis are covered. Statistical techniques and their mechanics and interpretation are discussed for categorical variables, continuous variables and the relationships between two or more variables. The sample selection process and benchmarking are covered with HIM data examples. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 4000 - Analytics & Decision Support


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 2100 ; HIM 3200 ; MIS 3100  all with a C or better. 
    This course focuses on the exploration of the health informatics data and how it is transformed into meaningful, actionable information. Through this course students will explore data informatics concepts including, but not limited to, Health Information Exchange, Rules and Regulation of healthcare data privacy in Research, Shift in Health Care to the Patient-Centered approach, Database Search approaches, and Maintaining Healthcare Database integrity. Such areas will enable the student to have the knowledge and analytical mind-set needed to recommend policy and procedures for healthcare data governance and management. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 4100 - Data Analysis with Excel


    Prerequisite(s): MIS 1300 with a grade of C or better.
    This course is designed to provide students with practical experience in health data analytics using Microsoft(r) Excel(r). Hands-on exposure to converting data into information using Excel functions and structures to aggregate, summarize, and graphically display information. Attention is given to improving data integrity by minimizing duplication and applying data validation. An introduction to streamlining and automating repetitive tasks is also included. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 4200 - Strategic, Organization, & Financial Management


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1200; HIM 3200; HIM 3700 all with a C or better. 
    Health care leaders must organize systems, lead, and influence people. At the same time, leaders must vision the big picture and adapt to change. Skills in personal leadership style, effective communication, strategic thinking and building alliances are explored. Techniques for team success, negotiation, facilitation, networking, consensus building, and benchmarking are discussed. Principles of management, power, politics, health policy making, regulation and conflict are examined. Practical applications of healthcare accounting and finance, including budgeting, forecasting, ratio and variance analysis, and procurement are detailed with current examples. Health care initiatives of EHR incentives, Meaningful Use, and ICD-10 implementation are considered from a financial perspective. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 4400 - Health Care Compliance


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 2100; HIM 3000 both with a C or better. 
    This course equips learners with the knowledge and skills to understand how a formal compliance program is implemented at a healthcare facility. Numerous significant examples illustrate real-world compliance cases for study. The role of the compliance officer in managing staff and keeping compliant with federal, state, local statutes and regulations is detailed. The components of an effective compliance program is explored in-depth, including due diligence, creation of policies and procedures, education, and training. Legal and ethical considerations, required documentation and reporting, management of internal and external audits, monitoring, and enforcement of programs is discussed. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 4600 - Health Care Process Improvement


    Prerequisite(s): HIM 3000; HIM 3700; HIM3800 all with a C or better.
    Operations management, organizational behavior, and health services research is explored in this course, with special attention on Total Quality Management (TQM) and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). The starting point for quality improvement is understanding the type and causes of system variation. Measurement, variation, and CQI tools and techniques are described and practiced, guided by multiple case studies in a variety of health care organizations. Careful examination is given to maximizing the performance of quality improvement teams, measuring customer satisfaction, managing risk, forging a safety culture, educating health professionals, and the role of accreditation in promoting quality and safety. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 4800 - RHIA Proficiency


    Prerequisite(s): HIM 3400 ; HIM 3600 HIM 4000 ; HIM 4100 ; HIM 4200 ; HIM 4400 ; HIM 4600 ; HIM 4950  all with a grade of C or better. Since this is a review course, it is advised that all coursework including HIM 4950 be completed prior to HIM 4800.
    Students will review HIM competencies, skills, and knowledge in preparation for the RHIA credentialing exam. Confidently prepare for the RHIA exam with review lectures, study groups and simulated practice exams based on the RHIA competency statements. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIM 4950 - Professional Practice Experience


    Prerequisite(s): HIM 3400 ; HIM 3600 ; HIM 4000 ; HIM 4100 ; HIM 4200 ; HIM 4400 ; HIM 4600  all with a grade of C of better. All HIM coursework except HIM 4800 should be taken prior to this course. Register for HIM 4950 four (4) months in advance of session date.
    The Professional Practice Experience encompasses the internship or affiliation students undertake at Health Information-related sites to experience real-world application of their professional preparation. Credit(s): 3

Health Information Technology

  
  • HIT 0050 - PPE Preparation


    Prerequisite(s): None
    Students will use the 12-week course to locate and secure a practicum site where they will complete their 40-hour PPE (Professional Practice Experience) requirement.  During this preparation course, students will also be introduced to the PPE manual and key areas such as preparing to go on-site and making sure all contracts and site requirements are met.  Students will have milestones to meet in the course, though there are no graded assignments. Credit(s): 0
  
  • HIT 1100 - Medical Terminology


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 1110  with a C or better or HSC 2010  and HSC 2020 .
    Prefixes, suffixes, and word roots used in the field of medicine. Topics include medical vocabulary and terms related to anatomy, physiology, pathological conditions, and medical treatments. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 1200 - Intro to Health Information Management


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1252 MIS 1300  with a C or better; online tutorial distance learning orientation.
    An Introduction to health information management and the U.S. healthcare delivery system. Focuses on health data collection, storage, retrieval, and reporting systems, with emphasis on the electronic environment. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 1350 - Ambulatory Services Coding


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1100 BIO 1210  both with a C or better.
    Introduces Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and the Health Care Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) Level II. Outpatient procedural coding including evaluation and management coding is the concentration. Coding compliance and adherence to official guidelines is stressed. Understanding the importance of chargemaster and claims denial management is expanded. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 1450 - Diagnosis Coding


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1100 ; BIO 1210  both with a C or better.
    Basic Coding principles for the assignment and sequencing of diagnosis codes. The rules, conventions, instructions, chapter specific guidelines and code structures will be emphasized. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 1550 - Inpatient Procedure Coding


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1100 ; BIO 1210  both with a grade C or better.
    Introduces inpatient procedural coding. Practice in the assignment of valid codes is emphasized. Coding compliance and adherence to official guidelines is stressed. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 1600 - HIT Professional Communications


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course provides students with the theory and practical experience needed to communicate specifically in professional health information management services settings. Students will apply strategies for improving listening, speaking, writing, presentation skills and working in teams. Intercultural communication will be explored. Resume, cover letters and interviewing skills will be developed. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 2000 - Health Data Management I


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1200  with a C or better.
    An introduction to the use of technology in the capture, delivery and analysis of health data in the delivery of services across the continuum of care. The course focuses on the use of electronic health records, data mining, and report generation. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 2100 - Health Data Management II


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 2000  with a C or better.
    A continuation and broadening of knowledge from Health Data Management I to include concepts of application of technology to the capture, delivery, and analysis of health data in the delivery of services across the continuum of care. The course will provide the knowledge and skills for the student to be able to engage in applied health informatics activities of data management, statistical data analysis and standardizing data structure. The impact of these activities on electronic health record systems which analyze, transmit, and store healthcare information will be emphasized. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 2200 - Health Data Privacy & Security


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1200  with a C or better.
    This course provides an introduction to policies and practices governing the legal health record. This includes the implementation of HIPAA regulations, policies involving the release and use of protected health information, and the security of health data. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 2300 - Healthcare Reimbursement


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1350 ; HIT 1450 ; HIT 1550  all with a C or better.
    Introduction to health care reimbursement systems found in medical offices, physician medical specialties, ambulatory service locations and hospitals. A detailed understanding is gained of third party payers, payment methodologies (managed care, capitation, prospective payment systems, fee schedules, etc.), legal and regulatory issues, reimbursement methods, and common insurance plans. Students apply medical coding in health claims processing procedures. Grouper Software is used to assign DRG and APC for reimbursement. Students will have hands-on experience with computerized encoding systems. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 2400 - Health Care Leadership


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 2100  with C or better.
    The multiple management functions of health information services is the focus in this study. Students gain knowledge in organizational change, human resources, and strategic thinking. Policy creation, leading and participation in projects, use of financial reports and ratios, and process improvement is practiced. Health information exchange and the nationwide health information network will be examined. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 2550 - Medical Coding Practicum


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1350 ; HIT 1450 ; HIT 1550  all with a grade of C or higher.
    The coding practicum provides students with a simulated coding experience across multiple healthcare settings. Students will demonstrate their ability to identify, analyze, and interpret documentation from a patient’s medical record and accurately apply all relevant diagnostic and procedural codes. Emphasis is placed on the accuracy and quality of code assignments. Students will utilize the knowledge gained from previous courses to research diseases and or/conditions, related procedures, diagnosis, and treatments to apply to the coding process.  Credit(s): 3
  
  • HIT 2600 - Practice Experience & RHIT Proficiency


    Prerequisite(s): HIT 1600 ; HIT 2200 ; HIT 2300 ; HIT 2400  all with a grade of C or better; approval of the Program Director. Register for HIT 2600 four (4) months in advance of session date.
    This course includes an on-site professional practice experience and preparation for the RHIT credentialing exam. The experiential portion provides supervised professional practice projects structured to allow student learning experiences within the health information services department of a hospital or other health care organization (requires 40 hours of experience within the session). Principles of health information technology will be applied through observation and/or mentorship, and participation in a variety of health information management functions and simulations. This course may require student travel and to be available to complete hours during normal business hours. In the RHIT exam preparation portion, students will review HIT competencies, skills, and knowledge for all the HIM domains. RHIT Exam Early Testing Option approval, registration, scheduling, and taking the exam at a Pearson testing site is executed within this course. The course provides study tips, exam guidelines, review resources, practice exams, and more to help you prepare for the RHIT exam. Credit(s): 3

Health Science

  
  • HSC 1100 - Human Health and Disease


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Human Health and disease is designed to introduce fundamental and evidence-based concepts of human health to the student and to give the student an understanding about the value and importance of sustaining healthy-living practices over a lifetime. This course will also provide evidence-based instruction about how imbalances in human health practices can lead to illness, injury, ad disease. This course is intended to provide the student with the ability to find and use accurate and up-to-date evidence-based sources in evaluating their daily health practices and choices. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 1200 - Human Nutrition


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Human Nutrition provides instruction in the foundational concepts of general human nutrition. Nutrition plays a central role in human health, and poor nutritional intake is a major factor driving illness and disease. This course explains the role that nutrients, phytochemicals and dietary supplements play in human health and disease prevention. In addition, the concept of energy balance and factors leading to obesity are discussed. Students will learn about how their diet strongly influences their health and the health consequences of poor nutritional intake. Evidence-based sources and government guidelines, including MyPlate.gov, are introduced to provide accurate and up-to-date resources for students to use in their own nutritional choices and in providing nutritional opinions. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 1500 - Health Science Professional Development


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2010 .
    Health Science Professional Development instructs students in the professional behavior, conduct, and etiquette expected, compliance and protocol importance, and the sensitivity of privacy and confidentiality issues in general clinical- and health-care environments. Students will learn about examination techniques, equipment protocols, safety, patient care practice, and patient-provider privacy concerns. This course will also discuss various certifications required and offer relevant preparations. This course also gives structured instruction about building competitive career portfolios to prepare students for their future clinical- or health care career paths. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 2010 - General Anatomy and Physiology I


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 1000  or BIO 1330 /BIO 1340  or BIO 1350 /BIO 1360 .
    General Anatomy & Physiology I provides instruction about the organization, structure, and function of the human body. This course assumes a general knowledge of human cell structure and function. This course begins with introducing the physiological concepts of feedback regulation and homeostasis and provides a study of the four major tissue types. It then examines the structure and function of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems and, in each of these systems, introduces basic pathologies occurring during physiological imbalances. This course has both a lecture and a laboratory component. Credit(s): 4
  
  • HSC 2020 - General Anatomy and Physiology II


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 1000  or BIO 1330 /BIO 1340  or BIO 1350 /BIO 1360 .
    General Anatomy and Physiology II provides Instruction about the structure and function of the human cardiovascular, urinary, digestive, respiratory, lymphatic, endocrine, and reproductive systems, including the anatomical and physiological changes occurring during human pregnancy. This course assumes a general knowledge of human cell structure and function. This course also Introduces basic concepts in human metabolism and energy production. Credit(s): 4
  
  • HSC 2100 - Human Genetics


    Prerequisite(s): BIO 1000  or BIO 1330 /BIO 1340  or BIO 1350 /BIO 1360 .
    Human Genetics provides a detailed study of the structure and function of human DNA and RNA, and the importance of human genetics in modern medicine. DNA transcriptional and translational processes are examined, and human gene sequencing technology and practice are introduced. This course emphasizes the examination of the genetic basis of disease, including specific genes implicated in disease onset and the hereditary etiology for these diseases. Also, the environmental and molecular basis for mutations in human DNA are explored. This course is tailored for students interested in clinical pre-professional or Allied Health occupations. Credit(s): 4
  
  • HSC 2200 - Gross Anatomy


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2010 ; HSC 2020 .
    Gross Anatomy provides an advanced and detailed study into human anatomy. This course examines closely anatomical structures located in the skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, and urinary systems. This course is designed ta reinforce content learned from previous introductory basic anatomy and physiology courses and assess thoroughly the student’s understanding and mastery of human anatomy. This course emphasizes anatomical examination through medical imaging modalities, such as X-ray, MRI, and PET, and gives the student an ability to identify, through diverse panels of medical images, anatomical structures in healthy and diseased conditions. This course has both a lecture and a laboratory component. Credit(s): 4
  
  • HSC 2350 - Endocrinology & Immunology


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2010  or BIO 2710 /BIO 2720 ; HSC 2020  or BIO 2730 /BIO 2740 .
    Endocrinology & Immunology offers an introductory, yet comprehensive, study of the human endocrine system, which is comprised of a group of glands that secrete chemical messengers, called hormones, to specific target tissues. Immunological responses are also studied, including the importance of inflammatory responses, and the mechanism of action of B and T cells. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 2400 - Biomedical Research Methods


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2010 .
    Biomedical Research Methods instructs students about how the process of science in biomedicine is conducted through biomedical research practice. The concepts of observation, Inductive and deductive reasoning, community feedback, and discovery are examined. Methods used to do biomedical research are emphasized. Biomedical and clinical literature, its function as sources for evidence, and its importance as a foundation in human-based studies, clinical studies, nutrition, and drug development are introduced. Students are taught how to find peer-reviewed evidence, the process in the development of published peer-reviewed evidence, the differences in evidence, how to determine the quality of the source, and how to organize individual evidence databases. Students will also be taught basic elements in biomedical and clinical communication and how to integrate peer-reviewed evidence into this communication. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 2500 - Biostatistics


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2010 ; HSC 2020 ; MA 1030 .
    Biostatistics is designed to introduce students to methods used to perform hypothesis testing in biomedical and clinical applications. This course will emphasize the rationale for using statistical testing in biomedical and clinical data collection and evaluation, and the role that statistics play as an objective tool to verify significant differences in biomedical experimental results. While there are some computational elements to this course, students will be assessed on their knowledge of the theory behind biostatistical concepts and commonly used statistical concepts and tests that are used in actual biomedical and clinical studies. These studies range from basic research to population-based epidemiological studies. Students will be introduced to using computational statistical packages to use in basic data manipulation and analysis. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 2600 - Human Pathology & Histology


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2010 ; HSC 2020 .
    Human Pathology and Histology provides an advanced study into the basis and mechanisms of human disease conditions. This course gives instruction into clinical histology techniques and identification of disease in human tissue samples. This course explains the basis and techniques of clinical laboratory testing and diagnostic theory and practice. This course emphasizes the origins of local and systemic inflammation and its role as a foundation for disease pathogenesis. This course also examines the pathological implications of visceral adipose tissue, the pathological basis for cancer genesis, and neurodegenerative pathologies including Alzheimer’s Disease. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 2700 - Clinical Microbiology


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2010 .
    Clinical Microbiology provides a detailed study into the morphology and physiology of microorganisms with an emphasis on their effects on human health and disease. This course also focuses on microorganisms found in the human intestinal tract, in the mouth, in probiotics, and their roles in human health and illness. Prevention of the growth, spread, and transmission of pathogenic microorganisms through sanitation, hygiene, and sterile technique Is taught. This course is intended for students interested in clinical preprofessional careers or Allied Health occupations. This course includes both a lecture and laboratory component. Credit(s): 4
  
  • HSC 3100 - Pharmacology & Toxicology


    Prerequisite(s): CH 1000  or CH 1150  or CH 1220 ; HSC 2010 ; HSC 2020 ; Junior standing.
    This course includes pharmacological approaches to treating illness, injury, and disease and investigates the mechanisms of toxicological adverse effects of substances on humans. Other topics include absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of pharmacological agents and treatments of exposures to toxins and toxicants. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 4250 - Biomedical Ethics


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 2400 .
    Biomedical Ethics provides instruction on building ethical and moral decision-making foundations for future health care and biomedical professionals. This course explores complex contemporary issues in health care, which include the impact of the pharmaceutical, government, and business influence on health care practice. Students will be introduced to classical and contemporary ethical and moral theories, and the basis for scientific integrity and informed consent. This course emphasizes critical thinking, and students will be challenged by evaluating specific clinical and biomedical case studies and then to make decisions that affect their hypothetical career trajectory, patient care and well-being. The capstone experience in this course will include a personal ethical and experiential analysis of a biomedical topic of the student’s choice. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HSC 4950 - Health Science Internship


    Prerequisite(s): HSC 1100 ; HSC 1500 ; HSC 2010 ; HSC 2020 .
    Health Science Internship is an external experience in a health care-based or allied health-based clinic, hospital, institution, office, or facility. Internships are developed in consultation with the career center and faculty advisor and require approval and agreement between the site supervisor and the academic institution. Evaluation is completed by the faculty advisor in consultation with the site supervisor. The internship requires 80 hours of on-site contact hours per 2 credit hours. Additional on-site contact hours (at the rate of 40 contact hours per credit hour) could result in additional credit hours if requested when the internship is set up. At least 2 credits are required. Credit(s): 2-4

Human Services

  
  • HS 1200 - Introduction to Human Services


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    An overview of the program, philosophies, history, and economics of human and social service agencies. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 1500 - Helping Relationships


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course provides the student an opportunity to increase effectiveness in helping people. This course examines the helping process in terms of skills, helping stages, and issues involved in a helping relationship. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 2000 - Human Services Programming


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Principles and techniques for human services programming, including philosophical foundation, needs assessment, objective writing, program planning, and evaluating methods. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 2600 - Human Services Field Experience


    Prerequisite(s): HS 1200 .
    Actual leadership experience in a human services setting or by participation in an organized human services program. Theory is coordinated with practical experience. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 3000 - Crisis Management in Human Services


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Through this course, students will take a strong look into lives lost, destruction, and hardship generated by many types of sever emergencies: A) natural disasters B) infectious diseases C) infrastructure & system failures D) purposeful, human-initiated disasters (terrorism, bio-terrorism, riots). Such crises challenge society to respond creatively to novel situations with very high stakes. This course will focus on how human service professionals may need to respond when the unthinkable occurs. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 3020 - Social Welfare & Public Policy


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course focuses on social welfare legislation and policies, programs and services that flow from such legislation. Students analyze social welfare policy within the context of the social and political landscape which spawns social welfare legislation. Student will identify how social and personal values influence the formulation of social welfare policy. Consideration of definitions and theories on poverty is viewed from both the USA and a global perspective. Social and economic justice for people from diverse backgrounds and those who may be oppressed are disused. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 3040 - Ethics for Human Service Profession


    Prerequisite(s): HS 1200 .
    Course content reflecting these goals and objectives includes the history and evolution of values and ethics in human/social services, ethical professional behavior, and an examination of ethical decision-making processes. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 3520 - Applied Human Services


    Prerequisite(s): HS 1200 .
    Exploration of the various roles and the functions of professional human service professionals through an examination of the theoretical practical applications of careers in in humans services. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 4000 - Case Management


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    This course will provide theoretical knowledge, in tandem with hands on practice, of techniques in case management related to human service clients and agencies. Case management with a wide range of populations will be discussed. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 4500 - Social Gerontology


    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Students will take a look at how their role as a human service professional links directly to the well-being of copious senior citizens. This course will review the most relevant challenges we face as an aging society. At no other time in the world’s history have we experienced the sheer numbers of older adults living today and the expectations that a large majority of Americans will live longer than we have previously experienced. Students will focus on how social scientists build knowledge and understanding through theory development and testing, and introduce the evolution of theoretical thought from a social science perspective. The major issues affecting an aging society are addressed, including how theoretical perspectives predict how society may change as larger numbers of people are classified in older age groups. The life course perspective, and the implications of early life events in affecting later life decisions are addressed, as are cultural differences in intergenerational exchanges. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HS 4950 - Human Services Internship


    Prerequisite(s): HS 1500 HS 2000 .
    An internship experience provides the student with an opportunity to explore career interests while applying knowledge and skills  learned in the classroom in a work setting. The experience also helps students gain a clearer sense of what they still need to learn and provides an opportunity to build professional networks and exchanges. Credit(s): 1-3

Humanities

  
  • HUM 2100 - Study Abroad


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course provides students with the opportunity to travel abroad and study the history and culture of another country. The course involves both classroom and experiential education and includes ethnographic studies. Can be repeated for additional credits. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 2510 - Music Appreciation


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course is designed to develop a wider knowledge and enjoyment of music, especially the Western Classical tradition, to encourage appreciation of composers and performers, to enhance intelligent listening to recorded music, and to compare the classical heritage with alternative styles.  Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 2520 - Art Appreciation


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    Designed to provide a broader knowledge and deeper understanding of the visual arts, including architecture, sculpture, and painting, to relate this experience to the contemporary world, and to enhance awareness of both man-made and natural environments within which we live. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 2730 - Introduction to Philosophy


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course introduces the major philosophic orientations, emphasizing intellectual systems from Classical Greece through the 20th century. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 2800 - Creative Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course includes an intense study of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry genres. While learning to annotate and interpret work from both American and international authors, students will work to develop their personal writing craft. Students will experience the entire writing process from brainstorming, drafting, editing, and revising, to giving live readings of their original work. Other requirements involve in-class writing workshops, generative exercises, and discussions. This course qualifies as a Humanities Literature Elective. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 2990 - Special Topics in Humanities


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    Directed study of a special body of subject matter in the field of humanities. This course may be repeated for additional credit. Credit(s): 1-6
  
  • HUM 3100 - Topics in Philosophy: The Good Life


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This higher-level philosophy course explores both ancient and modern theories of Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Hedonism, all philosophies that offer ontological and ethical considerations of the good life. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students are challenged to examine the question, “What is the proper or most fulfilling way to live life?” Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 3110 - Introduction to Cinema


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course will study film as a mass media. Fundamental elements of film and examination of the social, cultural, political and aesthetical values communicated by film will be explored. Students will engage in critique and analysis of both narrative and documentary film. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 3140 - Children’s Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This is an introduction to child and adolescent literature. Classics, contemporary, international, multicultural and modern pieces of literature will be studied. Students will emerge capable of teaching literature using best practices and meeting a variety of diverse student needs. This course qualifies as a Humanities Literature Elective. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 3180 - Dramatic Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 
    This course is an introduction to dramatic literature, focusing on the interpretation of dramatic texts. Students will also study the history of drama and the major dramatic forms, as well as read plays representative of key movements and time periods, beginning with the Greek tradition and culminating in contemporary American drama. Students will also experiment with the performative aspects of dramatic literature. This course qualifies as a Humanities Literature Elective. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 3200 - Philosophy of Technology


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course introduces students to the concept of technology as a philosophical discipline, and explores the role of technology in human culture.  The differences between Epistémé and Techné are studied in detail.  Various philosophers will be explored. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 3220 - Philosophy of Law


    Prerequisite(s): HUM 2730 .
    This course introduces students to the two traditions concerning the justification for laws. First, legal positivism, which assumes no intrinsic connection between law and morality. Second, natural law theory, which insists upon such an intrinsic connection.  After students have become familiar with these traditions and their major exponents, we will examine three reasons laws are enacted: the harm principle, the offense principle, and the parental principle.  Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 3310 - Interpretation of Fiction


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course instills an appreciation of great fiction by providing an overview of the techniques and skills used in writing and interpreting literature. This course qualifies as a Humanities Literature Elective. Credit(s): 3
  
  • HUM 3320 - Major British Writers


    Prerequisite(s): ENG 1272 .
    This course is an introduction to selected poets, novelists, and dramatists in British Literature. This course qualifies as a Humanities Literature Elective. Credit(s): 3
 

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