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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

96 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

16

Courses Offered In ASSOCIATE DEGREE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to the Humanities

  • The course explores philosophic and artistic heritage of humanity expressed through a historical perspective on visual arts, music, and literature. Topics include myth, literature, art, music, television, cinema, and the theater. Also discussed are provocative issues in the humanities - religion, morality, happiness, death, freedom, and controversies in the arts.

  • 6 Credits

  • Social and Cultural Geography

  • Social and Cultural Geography considers why geography matters to the analysis and understanding social relations, cultural identity and social inequality. Course examines how social life is structured at a variety of scales with respect to ethnicity, industries, services, urban patterns, and resources of world as a whole.

  • 6 Credits

  • English Composition

  • English Composition provides you with rhetorical foundations that prepare them for academic and professional writing. You will learn the strategies and processes that successful writers employ as you work to accomplish specific purposes. You will develop skills in writing unified, coherent, well-developed essays using correct grammar and effective sentence structure.

  • 6 Credits

  • College Algebra

  • College Algebra provides an overview of the fundamental concepts of algebra: an understanding of the general concepts of relation and function; and the ability to solve practical problems using algebra.

  • 6 Credits

  • World Religions

  • World Religions course offers the broadest coverage of world religions as they exist today; helping you understand the ideology behind the many religions that strive today. While it is impossible to cover all religions, it does cover those of the vast majority of people.

  • 6 Credits

  • Ethics

  • Evenly balanced between theory and applications, this course shows you how to establish an ethical theory and how to apply it to a range of specific moral issues. This course examines ethical problems in such areas as mercy killing, personal relations, business, sexuality, medicine, and the environment.

  • 6 Credits

  • Art Appreciation

  • This course introduces the origins and historical development of art. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of design principles to various art forms including but not limited to sculpture, painting, and architecture. Upon completion, you should be able to identify and analyze a variety of artistic styles, periods, and media.

  • 6 Credits

  • Pre-Calculus

  • This course provides the mathematical foundation for an introductory calculus course. In addition to a brief review of basic algebra, the course covers equations and inequalities; functions, models, and graphs; polynomial and rational functions; exponential and logarithmic functions; trigonometric functions; and trigonometric identities and equations.

  • 6 Credits

  • Human Biology

  • This course is an introductory study of the human body, including the basic structure and function of the major organ systems (nervous, endocrine, circulatory, reproductive, etc.) and the effects of diet, exercise, stress and environmental change on human health.

  • 6 Credits

  • World History

  • World History course present the big picture, to facilitate comparison and assessment of change, and to highlight major developments in world's history. This course emphasizes the global interactions of major civilizations so that you can compare and assess changes in the patterns of interaction and the impact of global forces.

  • 6 Credits

  • Essentials of Nursing

  • This course presents the fundamentals of nursing care within the framework of the nursing process. It gives and in-Depth focus on practical application with real-world examples and case studies, and an appropriate level of detail for beginners.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Healthcare System (Health Assessment)

  • This course covers introductory concepts, such as overall health assessment, conducting a health interview and health history, as well as documentation. The second half of the course is organized around body systems, anatomy and physiology, and teaches you on how to conduct an interview.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Pharmacology

  • This course is designed to give you core concepts in pharmacology. It includes topics such as Administration of Medications, Calculation of Dosages, Nutritional Aspects of Pharmacology, Antineoplastic Agents and Anesthetic Agents.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Pediatric Nursing

  • This course focuses on the advanced concepts in Nursing. The topics of this course include Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient, Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Mechanical Ventilation, Alterations In Cardiac Output, Oxygenation and Shock States.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Drug Dosage Calculations

  • This course gives you a clearer picture of the importance of pharmacology to disease and ultimately to patient care. This holistic perspective to patient care is organized according to body systems and diseases on drug classifications used to treat diseases.

  • 6 Credits

  • Nursing and Electronic Records

  • This is a foundation course, helping you to understand and use electronic records in a medical practice. It thoroughly explains both EHR tasks and functional benefits, integrating EHR history, theory, as well as benefits with hands-on opportunities to experience actual EHR environments.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to the Humanities

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The art of thinking critically.
    Apollonian reason, dionysian intuition.
    Myth.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Literature.
    Art.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Music.
    The theater.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The musical stage.
    Television.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The cinema.
    Religion.
    Happiness.
    Morality.
    Life and death.

Social and Cultural Geography

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mash-ups using google maps hand-held navigation devices
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mexican perspectives on undocumented immigration
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Building barriers in the middle east
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Using air photos to make the case for war applying the concept of scale to war in iraq
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Wal-mart in china
    Locating car parts plants
    Market segmentation

English Composition

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing to learn
    Critical thinking, reading, and viewing.
    Preparing.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Composing.
    Rewriting.
    Formulating arguments.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Using the internet for research
    Evaluating electronic and print sources.
    Apa documentation format.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cms and cse formats.
    Writing in the disciplines
    Writing in the humanities.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing in the natural sciences.
    Writing in the social sciences
    Design principles

College Algebra

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Review of the real number system
    Linear equations, inequalities, and applications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Graphs, linear equations, and functions
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Systems of linear equations
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Exponents, polynomials, and polynomial functions
    Factoring
    Rational expressions and functions
    Roots, radicals, and root functions
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Quadratic equations and inequalities
    Additional graphs of functions and relations
    Inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions
    Polynomial and rational functions
    Conic sections and systems of inequalities
    Further topics in algebra

World Religions

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Characteristics of basic religions
    Native american religions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    African religions
    Hinduism
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Jainism
    Buddhism
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sikhism
    Chinese religions
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Shinto
    Zoroastrianism
    Judaism
    Christianity
    Islam

Ethics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    What is morality?
    Consequentialist -teleological- theories of morality
    Nonconsequentialist -deontological- theories of morality
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Virtue ethics
    Absolutism versus relativism
    Freedom versus determinism
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Reward and punishment
    Setting up a moral system: basic assumptions and basic principles
    The taking of human life
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing
    Abortion
    Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Morality, marriage, and human sexuality
    Bioethicsethical issues in medicine
    Business and media ethics
    Environmental ethics

Art Appreciation

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding art
    Visual elements
    Organizing principles of design
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drawing
    Painting
    Printmaking
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Graphic design
    Photography and filmmaking
    Digital art
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sculpture
    Crafts
    Product and clothing design
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Architecture
    Designed settings
    Historical styles in western art
    Understanding art on all levels

Pre-Calculus

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Graphs
    Function and models
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Polynomial and rational functions
    Exponential and logarithmic function
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Trigonomatic function
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Analytic trigonometry
    Polar coordinates; vectors
    Analytic geometry
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Systems of equations and inequalities
    Sequences; induction; the bionomial theorem

Human Biology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Why study biology?
    Basics of biology, anatomy, and physiology.
    Determinism, biology, culture, and the ecological perspective.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Biological development and the human lifespan.
    Genetics, evolution, and human behavior.
    Human biology and intellect.
    The human genome project.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The biology of disability, health, illness, and treatment.
    Biology and mental illness
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Biological elements of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco
    Human sexuality and sexual orientation.
    The biology of aging.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Public health and biology.
    Critical thinking and human biology

World History

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    From human prehistory to the rise of agriculture
    Early civilization
    Nomadic societies
    Classical civilization: china
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Classical civilization: india
    Classical civilization in the mediterranean: persia, greece and rome
    The classical period: directions, diversities, and declines by 500 c.e.
    The rise of islam: civilization in the middle east
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    India and southeast asia under the impact of islam
    Africa and islam
    East european civilization: byzantium and russia
    Western civilization: the middle ages
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The spread of east asian civilization
    Centers of civilization in the americas
    The mongol interlude and the end of the postclassical period
    The west and the world: discovery, colonization, and trade
    Western civilization changes shape in the early modern centuries
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The rise of eastern europe
    The ottoman and mughal empires
    East asia: vital trends in politics and trade
    The first industrial revolution: western society, 17801914
    World economy and western imperialism: africa and south asia
    The settler societies: the west on frontiers
    The development of latin american civilization
    The middle east and china in the imperialist century
    Russia and japan: industrialization outside the west
    World war i and the end of an era
    The west in the contemporary period
    Eastern european civilization
    East asia in the 20th- 22nd centuries
    India and southeast asia

Essentials of nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Historical and contemporary nursing practice
    Nursing education and research
    Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks
    Legal aspects of nursing
    Values, ethics and advocacy
    Health care delivery systems
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Community nursing and care continuity
    Home care
    Nursing informatics
    Critical thinking and the nursing process
    Assessing
    Diagnosing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Planning
    Implementing and evaluating
    Documenting and reporting
    Health promotion
    Health, wellness, and illness
    Culture and heritage
    Complementary and alternative healing modalities
    Concepts of growth and development
    Promoting health from conception through adolescence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults
    Promoting health in elders - new chapter!
    Promoting family health
    Caring
    Communicating new chapter!
    Teaching
    Delegating, managing, and leading
    Vital signs
    Health assessment
    Asepsis
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Safety
    Hygiene
    Diagnostic testing
    Medications
    Skin integrity and wound care

Introduction to healthcare system (health assessment)

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health assessment
    Health promotion and wellness
    Health assessment across the life span
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cultural considerations
    Psychosocial assessment
    Techniques and equipment
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    General survey
    Pain assessment
    Nutritional assessment
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health history
    Skin, hair, and nails
    Head, neck and lymphatics
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Eyes
    Ear, nose, mouth and throat
    Respiratory system
    Breast and axillae

Introduction to pharmacology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to pharmacology
    Law and ethics of medications
    Dispensing prescription, terminology, and abbreviations
    Administration of medications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Measurement systems and their equivalents
    Calculation of dosages
    Nutritional aspects of pharmacology
    Antibacterial and antiviral agents
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Vaccines and immune globulins
    Analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory agents
    Antineoplastic agents
    Effects of drugs on the central nervous system
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Anesthetic agents
    Effects of drugs on skin conditions
    Effects of drugs on the cardiovascular system
    Effects of drugs on the vascular system
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Effects of drugs on urinary tract disorders and electrolyte balance
    Effects of drugs on the endocrine system
    Effects of drugs on reproductive system disorders
    Effects of drugs on gastrointestinal disorders
    Effects of drugs on eye, nose, and ear disorders
    Toxicology
    Geriatrics

Introduction to Pediatric Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Nurse's role in care of the child: hospital, community, and home
    Family-centered care: theory and applications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Growth and development
    Infant, child, and adolescent nutrition
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Pediatric assessment
    Societal and environmental influences on children
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to health promotion and health maintenance
    Health promotion and health maintenance for the newborn and infant
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health promotion and health maintenance for the young and school-age child

Fundamentals of Drug Dosage Calculations

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to pharmacology: drug regulation and approval
    Drug classes and schedules
    Pharmacokinetics
    Pharmacodynamics
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Psychosocial, gender, and cultural influences on pharmacotherapy
    Herbal and alternative therapies
    Substance abuse
    Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Drugs for degenerative diseases of the nervous system
    Drugs for lipid disorders
    Drugs for heart failure
    Drugs for angina pectoris and myocardial infarction
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Diuretic therapy and drugs for renal failure
    Drugs for fungal, protozoan, and helminth infections
    Drugs for peptic ulcer disease
    Drugs for disorders and conditions of the female reproductive system
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drugs for disorders and conditions of the male reproductive system
    Drugs for bone and joint disorders
    Drugs for skin disorders
    Drugs for eye and ear disorders

Nursing and Electronic Records

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Electronic health records - an overview
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Coding standards
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning medical record software
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Data entry at the point of care
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Electronic coding from medical records
    Advanced techniques speed data entry
    Using the ehr to improve patient care
    Privacy and security of health records
    Ehr and technology