2017-2018 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Nursing

  
  
  • NRSG 2130 - Pharmacology II


    Pharmacology II applies the core concepts that provide the basis for knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe pharmacological management for adults with acute alterations in health.

    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - MATH 1530, BIOL 2020, NRSG 1120, NRSG 1320, NRSG 1620
      LPN to RN Option - MATH 1530, BIOL 2020, NRSG 1120, NRSG 1320, NRSG 1600
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2630
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2630

    This course was formerly NURS 1200.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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  • NRSG 2140 - ♦Pharmacology III


    Pharmacology III applies the core concepts that provide the basis for knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe pharmacological management of adults with complex alterations in health.

    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Semester: Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2130, NRSG 2630
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2130, NRSG 2630
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - Humanities Elective, NRSG 1340, NRSG 2240, NRSG 2640
      LPN to RN Option - Humanities Elective, NRSG 1340, NRSG 2240, NRSG 2640

    This course was formerly NURS 1200.

    Note: Course is designed for transfer.


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  • NRSG 2240 - Professional Practice in Nursing


    Professional Practice in Nursing examines management and leadership concepts, issues, roles and functions as applied to the role of the professional nurse in various healthcare settings.

    Credits: 2
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Semester: Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2130, NRSG 2630
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2130, NRSG 2630
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - Humanities Elective, NRSG 1340, NRSG 2140, NRSG 2640
      LPN to RN Option - Humanities Elective, NRSG 1340, NRSG 2140, NRSG 2640

    This course was formerly NURS 2600.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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  • NRSG 2630 - Medical-Surgical Nursing II


    Medical-Surgical Nursing II applies the core concepts that provide the basis for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe nursing care for adults with alterations in health that are primarily acute in nature.

    Credits: 6
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Clinical Hours: 2
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - MATH 1530, BIOL 2020, NRSG 1120, NRSG 1320, NRSG 1620
      LPN to RN Option - MA TH 1530, BIOL 2020, NRSG 1120, NRSG 1320, NRSG 1600
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2130
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2130

    This course was formerly NURS 2400.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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  • NRSG 2640 - Medical-Surgical Nursing III


    Medical-Surgical Nursing III applies the core concepts that provide the basis for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe nursing care for adults with alterations in health of a more complex nature.

    Credits: 6
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Clinical Hours: 2
    Semester: Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 2130, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2630
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2230, SPCH 1010, NRSG 2130, NRSG 1330, NRSG 2630
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - Humanities Elective, NRSG 1340, NRSG 2140, NRSG 2240
      LPN to RN Option - Humanities Elective, NRSG 1340, NRSG 2140, NRSG 2240

    This course was formerly NURS 2600.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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  • NURS 2200 - Nursing Process II


    Nursing Process II is a continuation of the study and application of the nursing theories and skills listed in Nursing Process I with main concentration on obstetrics, pediatrics, and mental health nursing. In addition to previous concepts and skills, the content encompasses perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric care. Topics to be covered in the mental health portion of this course include current theories and practice, patient-nurse relationship development, social and emotional concerns, and mental health disorders. Pharmaceutical and nutritional concepts related to obstetrics, pediatrics, and mental health nursing will be covered. Nursing central competencies introduced in the previous nursing courses will be emphasized with a focus on promoting optimum wellness. These include assessment, collaboration, communication, management of care, caring interventions, clinical decision-making, professional behaviors, and teaching/learning.

    Credits: 10
    Lecture Hours: 6
    Lab Hours: 3
    Clinical Hours: 9
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: NURS 2000, PSYC 1030.

    Co-requisite: SPCH 1010.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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  • NURS 2400 - Nursing Process III


    Nursing Process III is a continuation of the study and application of nursing processes with emphasis on the central competencies of assessment, collaboration, communication, management of care, caring interventions, clinical decision-making, professional behaviors, and teaching/learning. Nursing Process III focuses on the application of the competencies in medical/surgical settings with subject specific content including the following: oncology, hematology, emergency care, endocrinology, reproduction, infectious disease, immunology, and neurology. Nutritional aspects of disease processes discussed with appropriate nursing actions and interventions will also be incorporated. Clinical experiences will be in a variety of health care settings for patients across the lifespan.

    Credits: 5
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Clinical Hours: 6
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: NURS 2200; SPCH 1010

    Corequisite: NURS 2600; Humanities Elective

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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  • NURS 2600 - Nursing Process IV


    Nursing Process IV is the final course in the nursing curriculum sequence. This course emphasizes application of nursing central competencies introduced in the previous nursing process courses including assessment, collaboration, communication, management of care, caring interventions, clinical decision-making, professional behaviors, and teaching/learning. Other major topics include roles of leadership and management as part of the health care team. Clinical experiences are in a variety of health care settings involving patients across the lifespan.

    Credits: 4
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Clinical Hours: 6
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: NURS 2200, SPCH 1010

    Co-requisites: NURS 2400; Humanities Elective

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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Paramedic

  
  
  
  • EMSP 1801 - Fundamentals of Paramedic I


    Fundamentals of Paramedic I is the first of two lecture courses to include the following topics: paramedic roles, responsibilities, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation. EMS operations, medical/legal considerations, anatomy and physiology, life span development, general pathophysiology, general pharmacology, patient assessment, critical thinking, airway management, respiratory emergencies and introduction to cardiology.

    Credits: 8
    Lecture Hours: 8
    Contact Hours: 120
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Paramedic program

    Corequisites: EMSP 1401 and EMSP 1311

    Note: Course not designed to transfer.


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  • EMSP 2402 - Paramedic Skills Lab II


    Paramedic Skills Lab II is a laboratory based course intended to utilize scenarios to emphasize respiratory/cardiac emergencies (on-going from EMSP 1401), pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, hematology, gynecology, obstetrics, neonatology, pediatrics, trauma, continuing cardiology, and successful assessment of patients with a variety of medical conditions. This course includes application of principles and processes discussed in Fundamentals II.

    Credits: 4
    Lab Hours: 120
    Contact Hours: 120
    Semester: Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: EMSP 1311, EMSP 1401, EMSP 1801

    Corequisites: EMSP 2412 and EMSP 2802

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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  • EMSP 2403 - Paramedic Capstone


    Paramedic Capstone is a course that serves as a mechanism to insure that the student meets academic requirements to test for National Registry and licensure. This course will include all necessary steps needed to complete the program including exit exams, preparation for National Registry practical and written exams, exit interviews, patient care review by the Medical Director, and any other administrative requirements that the program may deem necessary.

    Credits: 4
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Contact Hours: 60
    Semester: Summer

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: EMSP 1311, EMSP 1401, EMSP 1801, EMSP 2402, EMSP 2412, EMSP 2802

    Corequisities: EMSP 2303 amd EMSP 2513

    Note: Course not desinged for transfer.
     


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  • EMSP 2513 - Paramedic Field Internship


    Paramedic Field Internship provides evidence that the student is capable of acting as a team leader in managing the emergency care and treatment of an injured or ill patient at the paramedic level. The student will demonstrate competency in this role. While all skill sets should have been achieved prior to initiating the internship, patient types and pathologies may be used from this experience to complete the minimum academic requirements as set forth in CoAEMSP accreditation documents and the Tennessee Office of EMS.

    Credits: 5
    Contact Hours: 260
    Semester: Summer

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: EMSP 1311, EMSP 1401, EMSP 1801, EMSP 2402, EMSP 2412, and EMSP 2802

    Corequisites: EMSP 2303 and EMSP 2403

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


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Philosophy

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Physical Education

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • PHED 2700 - ♦The Tradition of Hunting and Fly Fishing


    The Tradition of Hunting and Fly Fishing gives students insights into hunting’s history and its importance as a wildlife management tool. The course covers also the skill of fly fishing, including fly tying techniques and fly rod casting. The course combines classroom lecture, demonstrations and hands-on activities while emphasizing the biophysical values of both outdoor sports. Course topics will include safety, women in hunting, the economics of hunting and managing wildlife, hunting sessions, laws and regulations and gun control. Students will also learn the evolution of fishing, fly-fishing regulations and the sport’s practice in Southern Appalachia. As one class assignment students will learn how to make their own fishing flies.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: None

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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Physical Science

  
  • PSCI 1010 - ♦Physical Science I (Physics and Chemistry)


    Physical Science I is an introduction to physics and chemistry. Topics cover the historical background and concepts of measurement, forces and motion, conservation laws, characteristics of sound, processes of basic electrical circuitry, magnets and magnetic fields, the nature of atoms and compounds, properties of the periodic table, and applications of physics and chemistry.

    Credits: 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 2
    Semester: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: All required math learning support courses, READ 0870, or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.

    Approved course for TBR/Northeast State’s General Education Core.


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  • PSCI 1020 - ♦Physical Science II (Earth/Space Science)


    Physical Science II is an introduction to the Earth/Space Sciences. Topics cover the historical background and concepts of astronomy, geology, and meteorology, including the universe, star life cycles, the solar system, Earth motions, Earth materials, plate tectonics, Earth’s atmosphere, weather and climate.
     

    Credits: 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 2
    Semester: Fall, Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: All required math learning support courses, READ 0870, or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.

    Approved course for TBR/Northeast State’s General Education Core.


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Physics

  
  
  
  
  
  

Political Science

  
  
  • POLS 2210 - ♦Comparative World Politics


    Comparative World Politics employs an analytical and comparative approach to studying government and politics in a thematic fashion. Governments of selective contemporary nations are used to display the themes of government found around the world. Topics include how to comparatively study government, key institutions, attitudes, ideologies, patterns of interaction, and current political problems.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: READ 0870, ENGL 0870, or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.

    Approved course for TBR/Northeast State’s General Education Core.


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Pre-Engineering

  
  • ENGR 1110 - ♦Engineering Graphics


    Engineering Graphics covers the principles and methods that are utilized in modern engineering and technology graphics which are used in determining space relations of points, lines, planes, and their combination. This course places major emphasis on development of drafting skills and introduction to sketching, drafting instruments, computer software for graphic representations and problem-solving. Emphasis is placed on orthographic projection, auxiliary views, pictorial drawings, dimensioning methods, and sectioning with adherence to current drafting standards. Computer-aided drafting and design software will also be introduced and utilized.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 2
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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Psychology

  
  
  
  
  
  • PSYC 2500 - ♦Behavior Modification


    Behavior Modification is an introduction to the terminology, principles and procedures used in behavioral modification. Application of behavior modification principles to both individual and social contexts will be emphasized. Topics include: behavioral assessment; basic learning; principles; procedures to establish new behaviors; procedures to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable behavior; and other behavioral change procedures, including token economies and behavioral contracts.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ENGL 0870 and READ 0870 or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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  • PSYC 2900 - ♦Motivation and Emotion


    Motivation and Emotion is an introduction to the major theoretical perspectives underlying the processes of motivation and emotion. This class will examine the biological, psychological, and social bases that direct our behavior. Topics include: autonomy, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, achievement, affiliation, goal-setting, self-efficacy, learned helplessness, the role of personality in motivation and emotion, the unconscious, and growth motivation.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: READ 0870 and ENGL 0870, or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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Quality

  

Reading

  

Service Learning

  
  • SRVL 1020 - ♦Introduction to Service Learning


    Introduction to Service Learning is a course that offers field-based experiential learning using community partners as an instructional strategy and required as part of the course. The course will give students a direct experience with issues in the curriculum and with ongoing efforts to analyze and solve problems in the community. A key element in the course is the opportunity students have to both reflect in a classroom setting on their service learning experience and to apply what they are learning in real world settings. The course will model the idea that giving something back to the community is an important college outcome and that working with community partners is good preparation for citizenship, work and life. Students are required to complete 30 hours of community service.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: None

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.

    Approved course for TBR/Northeast State’s General Education Core.


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Social Work

  
  • SWRK 1020 - ♦Professional Values and Ethics


    Professional Values and Ethics examines personal, professional and social values and teaches skills necessary for making ethical decisions in the professions of social work and social services. The course focuses on core professional values, principles and ethical standards that are the basis for understanding ethical issues, examining possible resolutions and their potential outcomes and addressing ethical concerns in relation to the roles of students, client, professional, social worker, and supervisor. Malpractice risk and liability issues will also be covered in this course.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: READ 0870, ENGL 0870, or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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  • SWRK 2020 - ♦Cultural Diversity


    Cultural Diversity introduces students to patterns, dynamics and historical perspectives of cultural diversity and examines social justice issues and consequences of oppression, economic deprivation and discrimination. The course also explores the concept of embracing diversity relative to race, ethnicity, cultural, class, gender, affectional orientation, religion and age. Students have opportunities to study the similarities and differences between people’s experiences, needs and beliefs.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: READ 0870, ENGL 0870, or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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  • SWRK 2040 - ♦Interviewing Skills


    Interviewing Skills focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for generalist social workers to conduct and record interviews effectively and appropriately. Students study interview and recording techniques and learn to apply the techniques and skills to social work practices using role-play and video-taped scenarios. Emphasis is also placed on systems theory and its application to the selection of appropriate techniques for various populations and levels of practice.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: SWRK 2010

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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Society and Fitness

  
  • SOCW 2010 - ♦Fitness, Wellness and Society


    Fitness, Wellness and Society explores the relationship between modern lifestyles, physical activities and physical wellness. Students will develop an understanding of social and cultural impacts on concepts and behavior related to personal fitness, wellness and lifestyles in American society. The course focuses on defining, organizing and implementing wellness programs that contribute to personal health maintenance and enhance the quality of life.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: None

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.

    Approved course for TBR/Northeast State’s General Education Core.


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Sociology

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Spanish

  
  
  
  
  
  

Special Education

  
  • SPED 2300 - ♦Exceptional Learners


    Exceptional Learners covers issues and professional practice influencing the education of exceptional learners. The course focuses on the physical, psychological and learning needs and characteristics of exceptional learners. The course also examines such issues as inclusion, legislation, regulations and litigations related to special education; and the functions of the referral network. Instructional techniques are discussed for the effective teaching of exceptional learners. Field experience/observation is required.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Variable

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: READ 0870 and ENGL 0870 or appropriate entrance scores.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.


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Speech

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

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