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Health Services Administration (Online)
Grow your career with CW's online BBA in Health Services Administration.
Grow your career with CW's online BBA in Health Services Administration.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – HEGIS Code 1202
The Bachelor’s Program in Health Services Administration is designed to prepare individuals to develop, plan and manage healthcare operations and services within various healthcare facilities. This program includes instruction in health care management, public policy, law and ethics, long term care administration, and healthcare delivery both in the United States and abroad. The focus on long term care administration will also prepare students to work in numerous elder care organizations and health system. Students will receive instruction in the current healthcare system including managed care and the delivery of care to a growing aging population.
Applicants to this program as transfer students from institutions other than CW should see the Office of Bachelor Studies and Returning Students for evaluation of transferability. See full acceptance requirements in Admissions section of the catalog. All entering students must satisfy Program Competencies as noted below.
- Graduates of the Bachelor’s Health Services Administration program should be able to:
- Appropriately understand and utilize the technical language common in healthcare organizations including those that pertain to the areas of basic science, and regulatory agencies.
- Effectively apply methodologies and techniques related to the management processes including program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Effectively apply methodologies and techniques related to management processes in the development, management and evaluation of human resources.
- Effectively apply methodologies and techniques related to financial management processes.
- Understand and effectively work within the governing structure of healthcare organizations including the role of the governing board, administrators, risk management and committees.
- Interpret and apply legal and ethical principles across the health care continuum.
- Demonstrate an understanding of selected federal and state health policy issues.
Students will be introduced to the foundation of medical terminology through a thorough study of the roots, prefixes, and suffixes which form medical language. Students will also learn the vocabulary used in various medical specialties. Spelling, definitions, and pronunciation are stressed.
Number: MED103
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course introduces students to the basic concepts of human biology and chemistry in preparation for further study in the Allied Health Sciences. Biological concepts of cell theory, cell cycle, and cell reproduction will be explored and the major systems of the human body will be introduced. Chemistry concepts of atoms, molecules, and elements will be introduced along with biological molecules. Appropriate medical terminology will be introduced and utilized to accurately communicate in the biological and medical sciences. Emphasis is placed on body system components and function as it relates to human diseases.
Students will take MED103 either as a co-requisite or prior to this course offering.
Number: MSC110
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course will provide students with an introduction to the historical development of medical nomenclature and classification systems including ICD-9-10-CM, CPT-4 and HCPCS coding. This course concentrates on the coding of diseases, evaluation and management procedures, diagnostic and operative procedures and abstraction of clinical diagnostic data from source documentation in order to produce optimal reimbursement when filing claims with third party payors. Also included in this course will be an overview of the medical billing cycle including coverage of Hospital Billing Applications. In accordance with new federal regulations effective January, 2014, students will be introduced to ICD-10
Prerequisite: MED103 or permission of Chair
Number: MED201
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course will provide the groundwork for understanding the rules and responsibilities of allied health care providers in an administrative role. The course will cover topics such as electronic health records management, written and oral communication skills, understanding the complexity of the health insurance industry, scheduling and monitoring patient appointments, and the overall administrative duties that impact a health care facility.
Prerequisite: MED103
Students must receive a minimum grade of a C (70%) to continue. Students may receive a grade of D (60-69%) but will be required to repeat the course.
Number: MED208
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course will introduce for discussion a variety of ethical issues that healthcare professionals may encounter during the course of their careers. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of ethical and professional behavior in the healthcare workplace. In depth discussions, textbook assignments and role playing will provide guidance to students in how to successfully manage patient relationships, protect patient privacy in compliance with the Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act as well as understand the distinct job responsibilities of the myriad of employees who comprise the typical healthcare organization. Students must receive a minimum grade of a “C” (70%) to continue. Students may receive a grade of D (60-69%) but will be required to repeat the course.
Number: MED111
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course introduces students to the health information management profession, the health information department and the health record. Basic concepts and techniques covered will include health record content, assembly, analysis, control, storage, retention, retrieval, form design and control, indices and registers, and filing systems for both paper and electronic health records.
Prerequisites: MED208 & GEN115 or permission of Chair
Number: MED215
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course will leverage and build upon the skills acquired in Introduction to Medical Billing and Coding and concentrates on application of coding skills and analyzing operative reports and consultation notes. These reports and other cases simulate real world out-patient clinical and hospital ICD-9-10, CPT, and HCPCS. Included will be the application of learned skills to EOB denial analysis, collection procedures, and the appeals processes as well as the study of Electronic Records Management.
Prerequisite: MED201 or permission of Chair
Number: MED203
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course introduces the student to health insurance and reimbursement. In this course the student will become familiar with common medical billing practices, the health insurance industry, legal and regulatory issues and differences in reimbursement methodologies. The student will learn principles of medical billing related to proper claim form preparation, submission, and payment processing, and adjudication. This course is recommended for anyone who is preparing for a career in a medical billing department at a physician’s office, clinic, or other healthcare entity, and as a claims examiner for insurance carriers. Case studies will be provided to simulate a realistic experience in completing insurance forms.
Prerequisite: MED208, MED201
Number: MED212
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course provides an introduction to hospital reimbursement methodologies. The course will focus on basic reimbursement methodologies for inpatient settings, including Medicare acute and skilled inpatient reimbursement guidelines, Prospective Payment Systems, relationship between coding and Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) assignment and coding compliance.
Prerequisite: MED201
Number: MED206
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course looks at the US healthcare system and the services needed to care for the United States population. This course explores the history, development, structure and current forces that have transformed the healthcare delivery system. Topics may include health insurance, physician practice and payment, ambulatory care and alternative delivery systems, mental health and long term care, hospital services and DRGs, doctor-patient relationship, medical technology, and the future of the US healthcare system.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA310
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
In this course, students will evaluate national and international health care delivery systems. Course themes include the regulatory environment, daily operations, recruitment and selection, and training. Students will explore the dynamics of health care system delivery, which include supply and demand, sociocultural influences, and politics. Students will develop a cross-cultural understanding of health care delivery through assignments, readings, and interactions with health care practitioners.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA320
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course serves as an introduction to economic, financial and accounting concepts for healthcare providers. Emphasis will be on the market mechanism of supply and demand of health services, budgeting practices, financial statement analysis, and the influence of third party payers on the revenues and costs of healthcare delivery systems.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA330
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course presents an overview of major issues related to the design function management regulation and evaluation
of health insurance and managed care plans. Provides a firm foundation in basic concepts pertaining to private and
public sector health insurance/benefit plans both as provided by Medicaid and Medicare. Key topics include:
• Provider payment
• Accountability
• Cost containment
• Public policy
Students will also analyze and compare insurance plans for profit and not for profit organizations.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA340
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course will provide a framework for developing and analyzing a range of health policy issues as well as a comprehensive introduction to public health concepts and practices. This course will also address important health issues and problems facing the public health system. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations. The various components of these courses aim to stimulate interactions among learners and instructors around important problems and issues facing public health. This course will also provide an orientation to the ethical foundations of public health research and identify resources for encouraging the ethical practice of public health.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA400
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course describes long-term delivery programs designed to meet the special needs of seniors. It will review care and service systems from the perspective of an aging population including the physiological and psychological changes common among seniors. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the dynamic field of long term care. This course helps students examine the issues, challenges, and dilemmas confronting long term care management and others in the field of long term health services.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA420
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
Students discover and discuss local, state, and federal laws, regulatory mandates, healthcare policies and practices relative to health information. Students will be introduced and explore the concepts of confidentiality, ethics, healthcare legislation, and regulations related to the maintenance and use of health information.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA440
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
ONLINE PROGRAM ONLY
This course brings together many of the theories and applications introduced throughout the BBA in Health Administration program. The course affords students the opportunity to apply all of the acquired knowledge and skills necessary for
them to perform effective managerial applications relative to the health care field. Students will review various case
studies, perform comparative analyses, and conduct field research to examine the challenges facing healthcare decision
making based on an individual’s socioeconomic status. An individual’s socioeconomic status may include the administration of care for the aging population.
Prerequisite: The Capstone course must be taken in the final four terms of an Online student’s degree program.
Number: HSA480
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
| Total Medical/Healthcare Credits | 54 | |
| *MSC110 course satisfies the General Education requirements. |
In this course, students will examine the concepts and applications of Microsoft Word & PowerPoint. Students will use these technology tools to create business documents, marketing materials, and develop effective business presentations that will prepare them for today’s information based business environment.
Number: BUS122
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
A thorough study of the most modern management methods. Analyzes the areas of organizing, planning, staffing, directing and controlling the organization. Examines the relationship of individuals in line and staff positions and the nature and interaction of the activities.
Number: BUS203
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
Provides the foundation for the contemporary theory and practices relating to the management of people through a behavioral approach. Major attention is devoted to the process of personnel procurement, development and maintenance of human resources. This includes sound practices in selection, training, motivation and compensation of employees.
Number: BUS123
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course will provide the framework for understanding concepts and theories related to management across a variety of business sectors including for-profit, not-for-profit, and government-operated organizations. Students will learn how institutions are organized and governed, the role of various employee classes, and the management systems designed for their efficient and effective operation.
Prerequisite: Junior level status or permission of Chair
Number: BUS325
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
Providing excellent customer service is key when it comes to relationship management and customer retention. Students will learn basic greetings and conversation starters, as well as how to maintain a professional presence when dealing with customers. We will look at the correlation between customer service and the increase of sales and revenue. A variety of communication tools will be examined and evaluated to determine what methods may be appropriate in keeping in touch with your client base. The term project will require students to create a Customer Service training manual for a company/industry of their choice.
Number: BUS279
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This seminar course covers the strategic analysis of major newsworthy events affecting the national and global business environment. The goal of this course is to enable students to develop an awareness of how valuable being “in the know” about current events is integral to business performance and employee productivity. Student participation includes the selection, strategic analysis, and discussion of a current major topic. Relevant and reputable business periodicals and journals will be examined. Students will conduct research and engage in discussion about important current issues that affect business.
Note: Recommended to take during 4th Semester, but not before 3rd Semester
Prerequisite: Junior Level Status
Number: BUS410
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
Students taking Financial Accounting I will be involved in accounting theory and its applications. In addition, there will be an in-depth study of the nature of assets and liabilities such as cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, short-term investments, inventories, plant and equipment, intangibles and the preparation of financial statements. During the semester, emphasis will be placed on journal entries, posting, preparation of month-end financial statements as well as closing and adjusting entries.
Number: ACC107
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course introduces Excel spreadsheet concepts using software in the Windows environment. Topics to be covered include: creating the Excel worksheet, formulas, functions, enhancing spreadsheets with graphs and charts, analyzing spreadsheet data (what–if analysis) and working with large worksheets.
Number: ACC127
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course provides exposure to topics which include standard cost systems, budgeting, cost volume profit relationships and breakeven analysis. Spreadsheet and quantitative methods are utilized in class to analyze simulated real life business situations applied to modern manufacturing plants and other types of business enterprises.
Prerequisite: ACC107 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC320
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
| Total Accounting/Business Credits | 24 |
This course will introduce students to the value of change, personal growth and transformation. Students will engage in activities designed to stimulate reflective thinking, create a positive personal outlook and foster “behaviors of success.”
Number: GEN105
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with digital technologies as they are being used in the workplace today, and explore how emerging technologies are likely to continue to evolve. Students will be exposed to digital technology fundamentals to better position them to readily adopt common workplace technologies. Students will also learn about security concerns, ethical considerations, digital communications etiquette, and other important concepts related to the use of digital technologies.
Number: GEN115
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
In this course, students develop their reading comprehension and written communication skills. Different styles of writing are examined as students develop writing proficiency through practice in planning, outlining, drafting, revising and editing. In addition to regular class meeting times, Day Division students are required to participate in a ten week Writing Lab component which counts as ten percent of the grade for English Composition. For the Day Division, the Writing Lab is graded as Pass or Fail.
Note: Writing Lab is not required in the adult division or for fully online programs.
Prerequisite: Proficiency Examination and/or ACE108
Number: GEN125
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course builds on skills developed in English Composition I by presenting additional writing styles and helping students further refine their writing skills. Research skills and MLA documentation are also introduced. In addition to regular class meeting times, Day Division students are required to participate in a ten week Writing Lab component which counts as ten percent of the grade for English Composition. For the Day Division, the Writing Lab is graded as Pass or Fail.
Note: Writing Lab is not required in the adult division or for fully online programs.
Prerequisite: GEN125 or permission to waive
Number: GEN127
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
Communication skills require good speech habits. Therefore, this course covers organization of thoughts, voice control, diction and presentation of ideas to a variety of audiences. The art of listening is also studied. Emphasis will be placed on a series of oral presentations in order to acquire and reinforce these skills.
Number: GEN129
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course offers an introduction to basic statistical theory and application. Topics to be discussed in detail include: sampling procedures, finding mean, median, and mode; finding the variance and standard deviation; graphing histograms and bell curves. This course also illustrates how statistics are used in the business world as well as in the media and the benefits and drawbacks of statistical information.
Prerequisite: Proficiency exam and/or ACE106 or permission to waive
Number: GEN157
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course is designed to provide a culminating experience in business communications and professional development. Covered in this course are advanced English usage essential to written business document creation and oral presentations. Using individual participation and demonstration methods, students will be trained in interviewing techniques and in developing professional demeanors vital to career success.
Prerequisite: GEN127 or permission of Chair.
Number: GEN224
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course focuses on the adult years as a complex and extraordinarily variable process, rather than as an orderly sequence of predictable stages. Through experiential, interactive processes, this course will explore various theories and philosophies of adult physical, cognitive, and personality development. Attention will also be given to the larger social contexts and the adult’s experience as worker and learner.
Prerequisite: Sophomore Level Status or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN330
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This writing seminar is designed for BBA majors. Its focus will be on the importance of analysis and interpretation in business and professional writing process. Business students will learn how to write thoughtful, expressive and welldeveloped documents for colleagues or management.
Prerequisite: Junior Level Status or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN342
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course will emphasize the necessary written, oral, and visual communication needed for today’s global business environment. The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the importance of professionalism in the workplace, especially in the competitive business environment. Both interpersonal skills as well as research skills will be developed throughout the course. Throughout the semester, students will learn how utilizing creative skills and being flexible will be valuable in many career scenarios.
Prerequisites: GEN342 or BUS324, and Junior Level Status, or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN421
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course will examine how communication can be used to effectively resolve conflicts between people, organizations and cultures. Conflicts resulting from differences in gender and ethnicity in the contexts of work and personal relationships will also be emphasized. The course will have an interdisciplinary emphasis through the use of cases from history, psychology, sociology, and current events.
Prerequisite: Junior Level Status or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN363
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
| Total General Education/Technology Credits | 33 | |
| Electives | ||
| Electives (3) | 9 | |
| Total Elective Credits | 9 |
Students continuing onto Financial Accounting II will be focusing more on the topics in corporate accounting such as contributed capital, stock rights, convertible securities, retained earnings, and earnings per share. The course will also focus on procedures for a merchandising business, including accounts and notes receivable and interest, accounts and notes payable and interest, types of inventory systems, and inventory valuation, accounting for long-term assets and related depreciation methods. In addition, the course covers bond discounts and premiums, statements of cash flow, analyses of financial statements including comparative analysis and liquidity, profitability, and leverage measurement.
Prerequisite: ACC107 or permission of ChairNumber: ACC108
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course introduces Excel spreadsheet concepts using software in the Windows environment. Topics to be covered include: creating the Excel worksheet, formulas, functions, enhancing spreadsheets with graphs and charts, analyzing spreadsheet data (what–if analysis) and working with large worksheets.
Number: ACC127
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course will enable students to apply their knowledge of accounting utilizing computer software. Students will use Sage50, QuickBooks and other software to perform general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, job costs and payroll functions. In addition, students will complete an accounting practice set using the computer software for the purpose of an “on the job” simulation.
Prerequisite: ACC108 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC131
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course briefly reviews the history of taxation, tax legislation and research and covers the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations. Methods and forms required to complete tax returns are carefully examined and completed.
Prerequisite: ACC107 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC206
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course presents an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of financial accounting and an in-depth analysis of the basic elements in accounting. Included are cash and investments, receivables, inventory and related financial statements, general valuation procedures, inventory estimating procedures and an overview of the accounting processes through problem solving.
Prerequisite: ACC108 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC211
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course will be taught with a hands-on approach. Students will learn to apply the concepts learned in Financial Accounting I through exercises based on typical applications and forms used in business and industry. Students will acquire, through simulated practice sets, the skills that will be needed in a real world work environment. Topics emphasized will be payroll applications, inventory, depreciation valuations, adjusting and closing entries.
Prerequisite: ACC107 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC220
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course is a study of the principles of cost accounting by elements: material, labor and overhead. Applications to modern manufacturing plants and other types of business enterprises are presented.
Prerequisite: ACC107 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC221
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course examines the nature and many types of fraudulent business and accounting activities prevalent in today’s technologically advanced world. The course uses real life cases and business examples to teach students how to identify, detect, investigate and prevent fraud.
Number: ACC229
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course is an advanced course which presents a detailed analysis with respect to fixed assets, liabilities and retained earnings. Also covered are retirement of fixed assets and related depreciation, valuation of capital stock, and accounting for bonds and investments. This course integrates and provides an emphasis on current financial topics and their application.
Prerequisite: ACC211 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC311
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course provides exposure to topics which include standard cost systems, budgeting, cost volume profit relationships and breakeven analysis. Spreadsheet and quantitative methods are utilized in class to analyze simulated real life business situations applied to modern manufacturing plants and other types of business enterprises.
Prerequisite: ACC107 or permission to waive
Number: ACC320
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course covers accounting and reporting for business combinations, mergers, consolidated financial statements, foreign currency transactions, and equity method of reporting investments, intercompany transactions and translation of financial statements. Fund and selected governmental accounting topics will also be covered.
Prerequisite: ACC211 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC325
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course advances the student’s ability to effectively analyze a set of financial statements. The student will learn how to integrate key elements, such as economic characteristics and current conditions of a firm’s businesses, in order to evaluate the profitability and risk of a company.
Prerequisite: ACC211 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC330
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
Federal income taxation principles and concepts pertaining to partnerships, corporations, trusts and estates are introduced, examined and applied. Also discussed are transactions related to distributions, dividends, redemptions, liquidations, and reorganizations. Internal Revenue Code, rulings, regulations and research techniques are reviewed and applied. Advanced applications pertaining to individuals regarding tax planning and preparation are also examined. Students will complete simulated case projects.
Prerequisite: ACC206 or permission of Chair
Number: ACC335
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course will help students gain a grasp of cost accounting systems that enable management to plan and tract production costs in the manufacturing process. Included in the review of costs will be materials, labor and factory overhead. Cost accounting systems will include process costing, standard costing and cost analysis.
Prerequisite: ACC221
Number: ACC345
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course examines the background and nature of the “new” era of corporate and professional accountability and governance. Readings and cases examine the behavior and interaction of directors, executives and accountants. Important legislation which has impacted the practice of accounting and the current business environment will be discussed and critiqued in order to expose students to moral and ethical decision making. The “new” code of conduct (as provided by the PCAOB, SEC, AICPA, SOX and ethical decision models) should have appropriate values and ethical reasoning integrated throughout the course material.
Prerequisites: ACC211 and Junior Status
Number: ACC350
Credits: 3.00
Type: Accounting
This course allows students to explore a variety of industries of interest to them. The structure of the organizations, competitive activity, consumer attitudes as well as the job functions needed to make each successful will be examined. Students will engage in group discussions regarding the importance of the industry to the consumer and the economy. Students will complete this introductory course with a broad knowledge that can be streamlined to a specific industry in courses that follow.
Number: BUS103
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course surveys the general nature of marketing concepts, process, organization and buyer behavior. It also examines the basic decision areas of product, distribution, promotion, pricing and society’s interaction with the dynamics of marketing.
Number: BUS112
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
Courts, court procedures, torts and crimes introduce the basic study of law as a foundation for the more extensive study of contracts, their nature, requirements and regulations under the Uniform Commercial Code. Sales contracts are covered with thorough attention to transfer of title and risk of loss.
Number: BUS150
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course examines the historical aspects of the banking system and the important role of the Federal Reserve System. Through a study of the internal operations and regulations of banking institutions, the student will gain knowledge of the effects of banking on the economy. Topics to be discussed are the functions of savings banks, commercial banks, investment companies, credit agencies and foreign currency.
Number: BUS216
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
A practical approach to learning the basic phases of the sales process necessary to become a successful salesperson and employee: approach, demonstration, sales resistance, closing, selling through suggestion, product knowledge and analysis. The course relates the importance of communication to successful living and employment through development of poise, demeanor, style of dress, sales ethics, influencing people, behavior patterns, buying and motives.
Number: BUS230
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course provides a survey of the areas of personal financial matters. The course content guides each person towards receiving results in the following areas: financial planning; buying on credit; borrowing money; using bank services; selecting from various types of insurance coverages; home ownerships vs renting; obtaining investment information; investing in stocks and bonds; budgeting; retirement planning and estate planning.
Number: BUS245
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
The elements of product, price, promotion and place are applied to the EMS offerings. Students will examine teams, groups and individuals to understand what sells and what doesn’t. This course will require students to develop a marketing plan for a field of their choice, focusing on product mix, new product development and concepts as well as consumer attitudes. Students will explore bringing products and services to market and where possible actually do so.
Number: BUS253
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
Management and issues related to this industry are examined. Emphasis is placed on the application of management principles. Realistic examples and case studies are utilized to examine various aspects of management. Students will work to examine decisions that were made in real examples and develop decisions in hypothetical ones.
Number: BUS255
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
Students will study various activities that are the responsibility of the front office. Focus will be on guestroom availability, reservation processing, guest registration, night audit, check-out procedures and the importance of technology and the Internet for optimum operation of the business. The impact this office has in conjunction with all other departments in the organization that are needed to operate a successful establishment are reviewed.
Number: BUS261
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
The elements of product, price, promotion and place are applied to the Hospitality industry. Students will examine a variety of popular hotels and resorts to understand who they appeal to and why. This course will require students to develop a marketing plan focusing on product mix, new product development and concepts as well as consumer likes and dislikes. The importance of diversity, pricing and consumer needs is examined.
Number: BUS263
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
The importance of store image, color and composition, types of displays and fixtures to the consumer. Displays, graphics, lighting and the logic behind floor plans are critical components to a course which allows students to learn and apply their creativity to a store design of their own.
Number: BUS271
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
The principles that govern the movement of merchandise, what sells and what doesn’t are covered in this course. Students will study successful and not so successful products as determined by consumer response, in conjunction with why they were so. Buying decisions, strategies, costs, product margins and profit/ loss statements are examined. Evaluation of business opportunities and risk management in conjunction with industry best practices are studied across a variety of well known stores.
Number: BUS273
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
Methods and techniques utilized in planning, organizing, promoting and delivering major events are explored. Students will first examine various aspects of the Business Venture of their choice covering issues ranging from setting objectives and goals, to communication and ultimately management and delivery of the plan. They will complete a term project which will be designed to develop an event either for the college or an external function taking full responsibility for its overall development, communications, forecasting sales, setting up operations, selling tickets and delivering their event to the consumer. Customer service satisfaction and issues will be addressed.
Number: BUS275
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
The way you handle yourself in a business and social environment can reveal a lot about you, and your position within an organization. From meetings with the boss to meetings with clients and customers, knowing the right things to do and say can make a tremendous difference in helping you reach your goals. Students will understand: Why etiquette is important, proper manners for meeting and greeting others, basic office equipment etiquette, professional presence (what to wear and not to wear), the basics of how to act in both business and social situations, dealing with customers so that objectives are achieved, careers expand and sales grow.
Number: BUS277
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course will introduce the student to the concepts and skills needed in planning, organizing, operating and controlling a business firm’s total marketing program. Emphasis is placed on considerations necessary for sound marketing management decisions in product development, pricing, demand creation and channel activities of the firm. A global perspective will be introduced to provide an understanding of the effects and opportunities of an interconnected, international marketplace. Experiential exercises and case studies are employed to provide students with the opportunity to develop skills in the evaluation, diagnosis and formulation of marketing strategies and tactics.
Prerequisites: Junior level status and BUS112
Number: BUS305
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course examines the fundamental financial problems of business. The student becomes acquainted with financial organization and operation. Current and long-term requirements for capital and analysis of capital structure including planning and control, budgeting and forecasting are examined.
Prerequisite: ACC107 or permission of Chair
Number: BUS314
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course will familiarize the student with the problems encountered by the operating management of a business enterprise and the methods used to analyze and solve these problems. Topics include forecasting, productivity, quality management, inventory management, capacity planning, scheduling, production planning, and project management, and the introduction of basic problem solving and project management tools.
Note: This course must be taken during 2nd Semester
Prerequisites: Junior level status and BUS103, GEN305 and GEN115 or DMD101 or NET111
Number: BUS320
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course will provide the framework for understanding concepts and theories related to management across a variety of business sectors including for-profit, not-for-profit, and government-operated organizations. Students will learn how institutions are organized and governed, the role of various employee classes, and the management systems designed for their efficient and effective operation.
Prerequisites: Junior level status or permission of the Department ChairpersonNumber: BUS325
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course examines the fundamentals of treasury management. The student becomes acquainted with cash flow management, and short-term investment.
Prerequisites: Junior Level Status with BUS 314, ACC107, and familiarity with Library databases
Number: BUS338
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This course examines the fundamentals of investment analysis and portfolio management. The student becomes acquainted with investment concepts, global capital markets, the functioning of securities markets, security market indicators, information sources for securities, and portfolio management theories, as well as capital market theory, analysis and valuation of securities, and bond fundamentals and valuations. Rigorous financial report reading for both markets and corporations are included. The Capital Asset Pricing Model, international diversification, and basic derivatives such as puts, calls, limited commodity futures and financial futures will be discussed and analyzed.
Prerequisites: Junior level status with ACC107 and BUS314 or BUS338
Number: BUS340
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
The student will be introduced to various legal subjects such as Real Estate Law and their Contracts, Title Issues as well Closing Documents. Additionally, using a case brief analysis approach, Agency, Partnership and Corporation formation will be examined for liability and tax consequences. Finally, Zoning and Planning regulations, Employment law and/or Trial Tactics will be integrated into the course
Prerequisites: BUS150 and Junior level status
Number: BUS346
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
The most significant gains in business management in the 21st century have been in the service industry. Banking, business services, consulting, education, franchising, government, healthcare/hospitals, insurance, leisure industry/hotels, news media, personal services, real estate, restaurants, retail, social services, tourism, and waste disposal are just a few examples of “service industries.” This seminar course explores the characteristics of a service economy, its origins, and its impact on economic development nationally and globally. Dominant service sector businesses and their strategies for success are examined along with relevant servicedelivery theories and approaches.
Prerequisite: BUS112 Principles of Marketing and Junior Level Status
Number: BUS405
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
This seminar course covers the strategic analysis of major newsworthy events affecting the national and global business environment. The goal of this course is to enable students to develop an awareness of how valuable being “in the know” about current events is integral to business performance and employee productivity. Student participation includes the selection, strategic analysis, and discussion of a current major topic. Relevant and reputable business periodicals and journals will be examined. Students will conduct research and engage in discussion about important current issues that affect business.
Note: Recommended to take during 4th Semester, but not before 3rd Semester
Prerequisite: Junior Level Status
Number: BUS410
Credits: 3.00
Type: Business
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Investigation and application of advanced database concepts will be covered including database administration, database technology, and selection and acquisition of database management systems. Through the introduction of Microsoft Access, the students will complete an in-depth practicum in database applications, including database design, relational tables, queries forms, and reports.
Prerequisite: GEN115 or NET111 or DMD101 or permission of Chair
Number: CIS233
Credits: 3.00
Type: Computer Information Systems
This course will examine Business Processes Analysis as a method of problem solving. Learners will monitor and evaluate the life of a system and its ability to continue to meet business requirements, and will design and implement modifications and enhancements in response to end-user requests and environmental changes.
Prerequisites: An earned Associate degree or demonstrated proficiency in writing and third semester standing and GEN115 or DMD101 or NET111.
Number: CIS310
Credits: 3.00
Type: Computer Information Systems
This course is an introduction to digital media concepts and includes discussions of digital media design and development. The course will review current and emerging trends in digital media technologies, career opportunities, and resources. Students will be exposed to a variety of different media applications used in the industry, while learning the value of telling a story through studying design and storytelling in both principle and practice. Various media will be used to render stories from concept to completion, including photography, illustration, computer graphics, storyboarding, and collage.
Number: DMD101
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course combines concepts and practical skills in the field of digital imaging. Building skills and understanding in the execution of typography, color theory, aesthetics, design thinking, and creative problem solving best practices. Students will explore digital image formats, creation, storage, manipulation, color layout and the elements of design required for web pages, interface design, and printed media. Students will plan, execute and layout professional level projects using a full range of digital technology.
Number: DMD107
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course will cover digital video editing and basic digital sound editing. Graphic manipulation, masking, and sequencing will be covered. Special effects such as filters, transparency keys and tweening will also be covered. Students will storyboard, edit and develop project management skills through the production process.
Number: DMD113
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course focuses on basic modeling and animation techniques. Students will build on the skills that they have acquired from the prerequisite courses by using their knowledge to create 3D artwork. Students will learn fundamentals of modeling, animation, shading and rendering by manipulating vector objects through space and using lighting effects and surface textures. Students will work individually with current 3D modeling and animation software to create technically and artistically accomplished animations to add to their portfolio.
Prerequisite: DMD107 or permission of Chair
Number: DMD121
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
After Effects is the desktop standard for compositing and creating 2D/3D animation and stunning special effects for film, video, multimedia and the Web. Students will create motion graphics in a timeline environment and blend together video, still imagery, audio, text, and time based effects. Some of the topics to be discussed include digital compression, output formats, color correction and manipulation, title design, key framing, masks, layers and mattes.
Prerequisite: DMD107 or DMD113 or permission of Chair
Number: DMD123
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course concentrates on graphic design process, research and concept development. Typography, layout, design quality, and construction for the commercial market will be covered. Topics include page layout, fundamentals of type, importing, creating graphics, fonts, color, styles, generating and placing text, and object linking and embedding.
Number: DMD150
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course will concentrate on both Dreamweaver and the hypertext markup language, HTML. Students will learn to incorporate images and format text in a desirable, aesthetic fashion. Students will also learn design concepts such as creating form elements, building lists and hot links, and using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for styling and layout. This course will stress the proper use of design techniques and tactics learned in prerequisite courses to formulate exciting, cohesive websites designed to be both user friendly and attractive.
Prerequisite: DMD107 or permission of Chair
Number: DMD160
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
Students will use industry-standard software to create 2-dimensional vector animations for use on the web, broadcast and other digital media applications. The basic principles of animation and UI/UX design will be incorporated for application and use in the digital media fields.
Prerequisite: DMD107 or permission of Chair
Number: DMD165
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course is an introduction to the software engineering design process which is to identify the problem, research the problem, develop possible solutions, select the best possible solution(s), code prototypes and/or models, test and evaluate, communicate the solutions, and redesign. Students will develop these basic skills through the use of a graphical programming language, allowing them to build a foundation and understanding of this process before moving on to the syntax and semantics of a particular high-level programming language in future courses.
Number: DMD175
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course will expand on the 3-dimensional modeling and animation techniques covered in the prerequisite. Using ”Maya”, one of the most widely used software applications by professionals, students will also have the opportunity to further develop their skills with modeling, materials, textures, and lighting, while gaining an introduction to particle systems.
Prerequisite: DMD121 or permission to waive.
Number: DMD205
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
HTML5 is the newest major revision of the HTML web language standard, offering flexibility, ease-of-coding, and powerful new features. This course covers using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and JavaScript to produce powerful interactive Web content. This course will also cover CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets), which offers more sophisticated properties and elegant solutions for styling and animating elements. JavaScript is an essential language for some of the features of HTML5, and students will learn the basic use of JavaScript, JQuery and the new HTML5 JavaScript APIs.
Prerequisite: DMD175 or permission of Chair
Number: DMD227
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course will build on the skills learned through the prerequisite while covering some of the advanced features of Dreamweaver. Topics will focus on defining behaviors, editing graphics in Fireworks, creating templates, developing libraries, defining and utilizing plug-ins and exploring the use of back-end databases.
Prerequisite: DMD160 or permission of Chair
Number: DMD230
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course will cover basic and intermediate concepts and practices of graphic design. The topics covered will include image and page composition, layout, text, and color theory. Projects will include ad design, corporate identity, newsletter/paper and magazine layout.
Prerequisite: DMD107, and DMD150 or permission of Chair.
Number: DMD250
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course will focus on the design and development of a final digital media portfolio project. It will include coverage of project management skills, digital media design, development and delivery. Students will use their project management skills, interactive design concepts and workflow strategies to produce their final portfolio. Students will brainstorm, storyboard, outline, and collect created artwork for the development of their personal portfolio, which will demonstrate all of their acquired skills as well as quality, relevance and successful completion of their major.
Prerequisite: Permission of Chair
Number: DMD265
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
The Associate Degree Program Internship is designed to give students hands-on-experience in a business environment and to assist students transitioning from college to the workplace. Emphasis will be placed on developing positive workplace habits, attitudes, and behaviors, which will enable associate level students to apply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and to meet employer expectations upon graduation.
Prerequisite: Prior approval by the Department Chairperson is required before registration.
Number: DMD301
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
The course will cover user interface design principles, task and user analysis, interface design methods, user interface evaluation and usability testing. The course offers strategies to design which bridge the gap between functionality and usability and introduces students to some of the unique challenges of designing within the realm of a digital, interactive medium. The course examines ways in which the features and functions of a product get translated into something people find usable, useful, and desirable.
Prerequisite: Junior level standing and for non DM majors, permission of Chair.
Number: DMD310
Credits: 3.00
Type: Digital Media
This course will explore the various facets of social media and its uses in the current digital landscape. Students will explore and analyze various social media tools and platforms and examine why and when each should be used. Students will apply various social techniques to real world cases to begin, or continue building, a social media portfolio. As a class, students will engage in discussions about the current social landscape and the place social media has in online communications, marketing and advertising, and personal branding. Students will acquire or expand upon the essential knowledge for a foundation in social media management, strategy and content creation.
Prerequisite: Junior level standing and for non DM majors, approval from DM Department Chairperson.
Number: DMD320
Credits: 3.00
Type:
Elective
Communication skills require good speech habits. Therefore, this course covers organization of thoughts, voice control,
diction and presentation of ideas to a variety of audiences. The art of listening is also studied. Emphasis will be placed on
a series of oral presentations in order to acquire and reinforce these skills.
Number: GEN129
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course is intended to sharpen a student’s ability to think clearly, consistently, critically and creatively. The course considers principles of sound judgment, both deductive and inductive, separating fact from opinion; analyzing arguments and testing hypotheses.
Number: GEN131
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course is designed to develop the literacy required to deal with technology and science-related issues in today’s society. Basic concepts underlying matter, energy, and life are examined, and students develop analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills needed to address these topics.
Number: GEN145
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course will provide complimentary sessions to Basics of Math in fundamental mathematics. Ratios, percentages, proportions, descriptive statistics, word problems, basic geometry, and an introduction to algebra will be covered.
The course provides a sound understanding in basic math concepts necessary for future math courses.
Prerequisite: Proficiency exam and/or ACE106.
Number: GEN147
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
Topics include the fundamentals of algebra including the rules of numbers, equations, negative numbers and integers, fractions and rational numbers, exponents, inequalities, graphs and linear equations. Emphasis will be placed on word problems and business applications.
Prerequisite: Proficiency exam and/or ACE106 or permission of Chair
Number: GEN151
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course offers an introduction to basic statistical theory and application. Topics to be discussed in detail include: sampling procedures; finding mean, median and mode; finding the variance and standard deviation; graphing histograms and bell curves. This course also illustrates how statistics are used in the business world as well as in the media and the benefits and drawbacks of statistical information.
Prerequisite: Proficiency exam and/or ACE106 or permission to waive.
Number: GEN157
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course takes a realistic approach based on the principles of general psychology and is designed to assist the student in coping with life situations. Included are theories of personality, emotions, character, motivation, environmental influences and the development of students.
Number: GEN161
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
Global issues such as world hunger, human rights and nuclear war, as well as American issues concerning inequalities of wealth, civil rights, crime and the role of government are examined in this course. In addition to gaining an understanding of the social, political and economic dimensions of these issues, students will also consider the underlying values and ethics.
Number: GEN167
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course is a study of the institutions of American and global political governments. It is an in-depth examination of national and international governments and politics. The course emphasizes the comparative study of political institutions, ideologies, political cultures, participation, and party systems in the United States and selected nations of the world. Patterns of political change and global interactions with reference to current issues will be studied.
Number: GEN171
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
The basic principles of microeconomics; individual and social choice, specialization and trade, supply and demand and prices are discussed. The study of scarcity and choice and marginal concepts are examined and an understanding of command and market economics, private property and factors of production is provided.
Number: GEN181
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course covers the basic principles of macroeconomics: money, spending, output and income. Examined are the circular flow of income and spending, money and the banking systems, including the Gross National Product and various price indexes. The problems of unemployment, inflation and the national debt are examined.
Number: GEN183
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
In this course students will explore the rich history of modern design and its continuing influence on design practices.
Topics will include the history of type, graphic design, video and interactivity. A survey of topics, movements and
disciplines that relate to modern design, the way we perceive the world today and how one can learn from the past,
while pushing design into the future, will be examined.
Number: GEN191
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This is a studio class covering design in principle and practice. Students will learn-by-doing; developing artistic skills needed for success in today’s computer age. Various media will be used to render still life, emulations, and the human figure. The use of perspective, proportion, shading, highlighting, and color will be examined and developed through studio work.
Number: GEN129
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course will examine the principles of color theory and design. Students will gain an understanding of color
relationships, as well as learn to identify and analyze the principles and elements of design. Emphasis is placed on color
relationships, visual impact, as well as the psychological and symbolic uses of color. Students will utilize these theories
and principles in the creation of their own unique designs through creative hands-on projects. In addition, students will
also develop their comprehension of 3D space, light, materials and texture. Students will discover the power and effect
of color, two-dimensional design, and three-dimensional design on an audience.
Number: GEN195
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course examines the human dynamics in organizations, focusing on individuals and small groups within them. Students will learn a wide range of interpersonal skills needed to succeed in most business occupations. In addition, students will learn how to identify group goals, understand the different needs of group members, accomplish group tasks and effectively communicate within groups.
Number: GEN241
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course will introduce the student to the moral principles and standards that guide behavior in today’s complex society and business. The definition and application of moral philosophies are used to explore ethical decision-making using a case study approach. Economic, legal and social dimensions are explored along with interpersonal relationships and the development of morality within individual thinking.
Number: GEN250
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course is a survey of research methods focusing on the fundamentals of research design, including data collection and data analysis. Topics include scientific writing using APA style, evaluation of research literature, and ethical issues in research. Practice is provided in asking research questions, formulating research hypotheses, designing and conducting a simulated research study, and presenting results.
Prerequisites: Sophomore Status, and Cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, and GEN157 Statistics OR Permission of Chairperson of student’s program.
Number: GEN290
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
The Associate Degree Program Internship is designed to give students hands-on-experience in a business environment and to assist students transitioning from college to the workplace. Emphasis will be placed on developing positive workplace habits, attitudes, and behaviors, which will enable associate level students to apply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and to meet employer expectations upon graduation.
Prerequisite: Prior approval by the Department Chairperson is required before registration.
Number: GEN301
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course builds upon the introductory GEN 157 Statistics course and offers an introduction to additional statistical concepts and applications. Topics to be discussed in detail include: correlation and regression, sampling distributions and the central limit theorem, estimation using confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. This course also illustrates how statistics are used in the business world as well as in the media, and the benefits and drawbacks of statistical information.
Prerequisite: GEN157
Number: GEN305
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course focuses on the adult years as a complex and extraordinarily variable process, rather than as an orderly sequence of predictable stages. Through experiential, interactive processes, this course will explore various theories and philosophies of adult physical, cognitive, and personality development. Attention will also be given to the larger social contexts and the adult’s experience as worker and learner
Prerequisite: Junior Level Status or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN324
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course focuses on the adult years as a complex and extraordinarily variable process, rather than as an orderly sequence of predictable stages. Through experiential, interactive processes, this course will explore various theories and philosophies of adult physical, cognitive, and personality development. Attention will also be given to the larger social contexts and the adult’s experience as worker and learner.
Prerequisite: Sophmore Level Status or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN330
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This writing seminar is designed for BBA majors. Its focus will be on the importance of analysis and interpretation in business and professional writing process. Business students will learn how to write thoughtful, expressive and welldeveloped documents for colleagues or management.
Prerequisite: Junior Level Status or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN342
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course will examine how communication can be used to effectively resolve conflicts between people, organizations and cultures. Conflicts resulting from differences in gender and ethnicity in the contexts of work and personal relationships will also be emphasized. The course will have an interdisciplinary emphasis through the use of cases from history, psychology, sociology, and current events.
Prerequisite: Junior Level Status or Permission of Chair.
Number: GEN363
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
A continuation of concepts and theories learned in macroeconomics with an emphasis on economic problem solving. Through guided research and data mining, learners become familiar with the tools of economic analysis and their use as a means of informing economic decisions and policy making.
Prerequisite: GEN183
Number: GEN364
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course will introduce the concepts of consumer behavior and decision making. It provides empirical evidence of convergence and divergence in consumer behavior and covers various psychological and sociological aspects of human behavior used for explaining consumer purchasing decisions. It will explore the concept of culture and introduce various models of culture, as well as the affects they have on consumer behavior. Finally, the course will discuss and review how consumer buying behavior and its cultural variations differ across the world.
Prerequisite: BUS112
Number: GEN370
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This honors seminar is designed to introduce high-achieving bachelor-level students to research. This credit-bearing course provides select students with an opportunity to conduct original research under the supervision of a faculty researcher. Bachelor-level students will learn about the academic research process through presentations, guest lectures, and research assignments. At the conclusion of the seminar, student researchers will showcase their research projects at college-sponsored colloquia.
Prerequisites: Junior Level status, 3.5 GPA or better, faculty recommendations, and demonstrated research ability.
Number: GEN415
Credits: 3.00
Type: General Education
This course looks at the US healthcare system and the services needed to care for the United States population. This course explores the history, development, structure and current forces that have transformed the healthcare delivery system. Topics may include health insurance, physician practice and payment, ambulatory care and alternative delivery systems, mental health and long term care, hospital services and DRGs, doctor-patient relationship, medical technology, and the future of the US healthcare system.
Prerequisite: MED103 or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA310
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
In this course, students will evaluate national and international health care delivery systems. Course themes include the regulatory environment, daily operations, recruitment and selection, and training. Students will explore the dynamics of health care system delivery, which include supply and demand, sociocultural influences, and politics. Students will develop a cross-cultural understanding of health care delivery through assignments, readings, interactions with health care practitioners, and a field trip.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA320
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course serves as an introduction to economic, financial and accounting concepts for healthcare providers. Emphasis will be on the market mechanism of supply and demand of health services, budgeting practices, financial statement analysis, and the influence of third party payers on the revenues and costs of healthcare delivery systems.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA330
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course presents an overview of major issues related to the design function management regulation and evaluation of health insurance and managed care plans. Provides a firm foundation in basic concepts pertaining to private and public sector health insurance/benefit plans both as provided by Medicaid and Medicare. Key topics include:
• Provider payment
• Accountability
• Cost containment
• Public policy
Students will also analyze and compare insurance plans for profit and not for profit organizations.
Prerequisites: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA340
Credits: 3.00
The Human Resource Management function is an important healthcare administrative skill set. The recruitment of trained and credentialed healthcare professionals and staff is a primary job responsibility of healthcare administrators. While human resources is a complex discipline, healthcare administrators need to have strong working knowledge of organizational development, training, and performance management, employee and labor relations, selection and recruitment and compensation and benefits. As such, this course will emphasize the strategic role of human resources and the influence of legal compliance on this business activity.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA350
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course provides an overview of the aging population, implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to the aging population. This course presents an overview of aging from the perspective of demographics, functional capacity and disability, epidemiology of diseases in the elderly, federal and state health policies affecting the elderly, social aspects of aging, and the ethical considerations in the care of the elder population.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA410
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course describes long-term delivery programs designed to meet the special needs of seniors. It will review care and service systems from the perspective of an aging population including the physiological and psychological changes common among seniors. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the dynamic field of long term care. This course helps students examine the issues, challenges, and dilemmas confronting long term care management and others in the field of long term health services.
Prerequisite: Junior-level standing or permission of the Chair
Number: HCA420
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
This course provides an in depth analysis of continuous quality improvement, utilization management, and risk management in healthcare. This course also examines the role of the patient in CQI and how government, regulatory, and professional pressure have affected the delivery of quality healthcare.
Number: HCA430
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
The Associate Degree Program Internship is designed to give students hands-on-experience in a medical office environment and to assist students transitioning fromcollege to the workplace. Emphasis will be placed ondeveloping positive workplace habits, attitudes, and behaviors, which will enable associate level students toapply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and to meet employer expectations upon graduation.
Prerequisites: MED221 or MED203 and current enrollment in MED221 and prior approval by the Department Chairperson is required before registration.
Number: MED303
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
MSC126 is the first semester of a two-semester course in Human Anatomy and Physiology. Both MSC126 and MSC131 are designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of the basic principles inherent in the study of human anatomy and physiology, and is intended for students majoring in the allied-health professions. The emphasis of this course will be on understanding the structural and functional relationships of the major organ systems of the human body and will form the basis for subsequent courses in the clinical sciences. A special effort will be made to understand the concept of homeostasis and how the individual organ systems of the body interact with each other in the maintenance of the normal functioning of the entire organism. It includes the study of structure and function of cells, tissues, and the integumentary, skeletal, muscle, nervous, endocrine, and special senses.
Prerequisites: MED103, MSC 110 or permission of the Chair
Students must receive a minimum grade of a C (70%) to continue. Students may receive a grade of D (60-69%) but will be required to repeat the course.
Number: MSC126
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
MSC131 is the second semester of a two-semester course in Human Anatomy and Physiology. Both MSC126 and MSC131 are designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of the basic principles inherent in the study of human anatomy and physiology, and is intended for students majoring in the allied health professions. The emphasis of this course will be on understanding the structural and functional relationships of major organ systems of the human body and will form the basis for subsequent courses in the clinical sciences. An effort will be made to understand the concept of homeostasis and how the individual organ systems of the body interact with each other in the maintenance of the normal functioning of the entire organism. It includes the study of structure and function of cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.
Prerequisites: MED103, MSC 110 or permission of the Chair
Students must receive a minimum grade of a "C" (70%) to continue. Students may receive a grade of D (60-69%) but will be required to repeat the course.
Number: MSC131
Credits: 3.00
Type: Allied Health
The expansion of the Internet and the increased use of computers have amplified the risk of technology being used to commit crimes and/or crimes being recorded on electronic devices. Because of this, a skilled computer forensics expert is needed to investigate criminal and civil cases. This course is an introduction to computer forensics. Digital media, past and current operating systems, and computer hardware will be examined. Forensics software tools will be used to identify, collect, examine and preserve evidence/information which is magnetically stored or encoded on computer devices.
Number: NET108
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and troubleshooting skills needed to provide capable hardware support of personal computers. Students will identify proper procedures for installing and configuring system components and devices; diagnose and troubleshoot system problems; identify safety procedures; identify motherboards, types of memory, bus architectures and CMOS; define the print process and identify procedures for servicing printers; identify the components of portable systems; define networks. This course is designed to help students prepare for one of two CompTIA A+ exams.
Number: NET111
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and troubleshooting skills needed to provide capable software support of personal computers. Students will learn the basic system administration knowledge of command line prompt and Windows operating systems for installing, configuring, upgrading, troubleshooting, and repairing desktop computer systems. This course is designed to help students prepare for one of two CompTIA A+ exams.
Prerequisite: NET111 or permission of Chair.
Number: NET117
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course provides students with a basic understanding of the way networks operate. Student will learn about network components and their functions, as well as how a network is structured, and the architectures used to create networks, including the internet. Student will be able to build local area networks (LANs), configure basic settings on routers and switches, and implement internet protocol (IP). This is the first course of a three course Cisco Academy program that aligns to CCNA certification exam.
Prerequisite: NET111 or permission of Chair.
Number: NET125
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course presents an overview of the Windows operating system used as a client in a client/server network. Students will install, configure, and troubleshoot the Windows operating system; setup and manage user accounts and groups; install and configure network protocols; configure printers and secure, administer and audit resources. This course aligns to the Microsoft Modern Desktop certification exam.
Prerequisite: NET125 or permission of Chair.
Number: NET143
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course presents an overview of the Windows operating system used as a server in a client/server network. Students will install, configure, and troubleshoot a Windows server; examine the file systems; plan, implement and administer Active Directory Services; administer print services; examine network protocols and services; monitor and optimize system resources.
Prerequisite: NET117 or permission or Chair.
Number: NET151
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course is a continuation of the Cisco Academy program.
This course advances one’s knowledge of the operation of routers and switches in small-to-medium business networks
and includes wireless local area networks (WLANs) and security concepts. Students learn key switching and routing
concepts. They can perform basic network configuration and troubleshooting, identify and mitigate LAN security threats,
and configure and secure a basic WLAN. This is the second of three courses Cisco Academy program that aligns to the
CCNA certification exam.
Prerequisite: NET125
Number: NET163
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course is designed to prepare students to become foundational-level IT network practitioners. Through scenario-based assignments, students will be presented with the opportunity to perform real world tasks in a simulated environment. Students will implement, configure, maintain, secure, and troubleshoot network architectures. This course is aligned to the TestOut Network Pro certification exam and the CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
Prerequisite: NET125
Number: NET215
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course describes the architectures and considerations related to designing, securing, operating, and troubleshooting enterprise networks. This course covers wide area network (WAN) technologies and quality of service (QoS) mechanisms used for secure remote access. ENSA also introduces software-defined networking, virtualization, and automation concepts that support the digitalization of networks. Students gain skills to configure and troubleshoot enterprise networks and learn to identify and protect against cybersecurity threats. They are introduced to network management tools and learn key concepts of software-defined networking, including controller-based architectures and how application programming interfaces (APIs) enable network automation. This is the third course of a three-course Cisco Academy program that aligns to the CCNA certification exam.
Prerequisite: NET163
Number: NET265
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
This course is designed to help students gain the skills and knowledge in general security concepts, communication security, infrastructure security, basics of cryptography and operational/organizational security. This course is designed to help students prepare for the CompTIA “Security+” certification exam.
Prerequisite: NET125 or permission of Chair
Number: NET283
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
The Associate Degree Program Internship is designed to give students hands-on experience in a business environment and to assist students transitioning from college to the workplace. Emphasis will be placed on developing positive workplace habits, attitudes, and behaviors, which will enable associate level students to apply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and to meet employer expectations upon graduation.
Prerequisites: NET151 and prior approval by the Department Chairperson is required before registration.
Number: NET305
Credits: 3.00
Type: Network Administration
120 CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION