2018-2019 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    May 15, 2024  
HELP
2018-2019 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Courses marked with ♦ are approved general electives for transfer purposes.

 
 

Nursing
  
  

  • NRSG 1320 - Women’s Health and the Childbearing Family

    Women’s Health and the Childbearing Family applies the core concepts that provide the basis for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe nursing care for women, infants, childbearing patients and families including pharmacological management.

    Credits: 3
    Clinical Hours: 1
    Semester: Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2010, ENGL 1010, PSYC 1030, NRSG 1710, Permission of Dean/Director
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2010, ENGL 1010, PSYC 1030, NRSG 1710, Permission of Dean/Director
       
    Corequisites: None

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  

  • NRSG 1340 - Mental Health Nursing

    Mental Health Nursing applies the core concepts that provide the basis for knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe nursing for clients with alterations in mental health including pharmacological management.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Clinical Hours: 1
    Semester: Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2010, ENGL 1010, PSYC 1030, NRSG 1710, and Permission of Dean/Director.
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2010, ENGL 1010, PSYC 1030, NRSG 1710, and Permission of Dean/Director.
       
    Corequisites: None

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  
  

  • NRSG 1620 - Medical-Surgical Nursing I

    Medical-Surgical Nursing I 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 chronic in nature.

    Credits: 6
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 1
    Clinical Hours: 1
    Semester: Spring

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Traditional Option - ENGL 1010, PSYC 1030, BIOL 2010, NRSG 1710
      LPN to RN Option - NRSG 1620 not required
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - MATH 1530, BIOL 2020, NRSG 1120
      LPN to RN Option - NRSG 1620 not required

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • NRSG 1710 - Fundamentals of Nursing

    Fundamentals of Nursing is an introduction to the core concepts that provide the basis for knowledge, skills, and attitudes that emphasize fundamental principles necessary to provide safe nursing care for individuals with basic alterations in homeostasis and health.

    Credits: 7
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 1
    Clinical Hours: 2
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Dean/Director’s Permission/Acceptance into Program
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - ENGL 1010, PSYC 1030, BIOL 2010, Dean/Director’s Permission/Acceptance into Program
      LPN to RN Option - Not Required

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  
  
  

  • 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 1620
      LPN to RN Option - MATH 1530, BIOL 2020, NRSG 1120, NRSG 1600
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - BIOL 2230, COMM 2025, NRSG 2130
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2230, COMM 2025, NRSG 2130

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • 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, COMM 2025, NRSG 2130, NRSG 2630
      LPN to RN Option - BIOL 2230, COMM 2025, NRSG 2130, NRSG 2630
       
    Corequisites: Traditional Option - NRSG 2140, NRSG 2240
      LPN to RN Option - NRSG 2140, NRSG 2240

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.

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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  

Physical Science
  

  • PSCI 1010 - ♦Principles of Physical Science

    Principles of Physical Science 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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • PSCI 1020 - ♦Principles of Earth/Space

    Principles of Earth/Space 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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.

Physics
  
  
  
  
  
  

Political Science
  
  

  • POLS 2050 - ♦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.

    This course was formerly POLS 2210.

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.

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


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  
  
  
  

Psychology
  
  
  
  

  • PSYC 2130 - ♦Lifespan Development Psychology

    Lifespan Development Psychology is an introduction to the methods and theories of life-span developmental psychology. Each developmental stage is examined through a study of physical, cognitive, personality and social developmental factors. The end of the life-span is examined as well through a study of death and dying.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Fall, Spring, Summer

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

    Note: ♦ Course designed for transfer.

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


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • 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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • 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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.

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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  

  • 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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • 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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.

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.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.

Speech
  
  

Surgical Technology
  

  • SURG 1102 - Orientation to Surgical Technology

    Orientation to Surgical Technology is an introduction to principles, techniques and issues in the operating room environment. Topics include professional management and healthcare facility information including the operating room setting, reporting relationships, education and experiential needs, minimum physical requirements, working conditions, unavoidable hazards, understanding the surgical patient and job performance standards. Information review for National Examination for Surgical Technologists will be presented.

    Credits: 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Surgical Technology program.

    This course was formerly SURG 1002.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • SURG 1305 - Surgical Pharmacology

    Surgical Pharmacology is an introduction to basic Pharmacology with emphasis on terminology, drugs and techniques used in the operating room, medication measurements and delivery, types and actions of medication, routes of administration, drug calculations and scenarios, and medications used in surgery. Surgical Pharmacology is designed for public and allied health professionals who need to read and
    interpret health and medical reports, research reports and/or professional literature.

    Credits: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Surgical Technology program.

    This course was formerly SURG 1005.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  

  • SURG 1410 - Surgical Technology and Patient Care I

    Surgical Technology and Patient Care I is an introduction to principles, techniques and issues in the operating room environment. Topics include surgical team practice, patient care concepts and practice with an emphasis on operating room furniture, instrumentation, equipment and supplies, establishment and maintenance of the sterile field, and skills necessary for preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative case management. Surgical Technology and Patient Care I covers the duties of the surgical technologist; the surgical team members; hospitals and their backgrounds; hospital organization and management; physical aspects of the operating room; intradepartmental relations; communication and rapport; the development of surgery; and identifying ethical, moral and legal responsibilities. The course also introduces students to patient care concepts and practices as well as introduces students to surgical procedures, incisions, wound closure, operative pathology and common complications that arise in general and specialty surgery. Students gain preparation to work under medical supervision to facilitate the safe and effective conduct in invasive surgical procedures.

    Credits: 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 10
    Semester: Fall

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Surgical Technology program.

    This course was formerly SURG 1010 and SURG 1011.

    Note: Course not designed for transfer.


    Click here for Summer 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information.

    Click here for course textbook information.
  
  
  
  
 

Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Catalog Navigation
  Catalog/Handbook Home
  Accreditation
  About Northeast State
  Academic Calendar
  Academic Divisions
  Academic Programs by Degree
  Academic Programs of Study/Curriculum Guides
  Admissions
  Application for Admission
  Costs and Financial Aid
  Course Descriptions
  Definition of Terms
  Electives
  General Education Core
  General Information
  General Program Information
  Multi-Campus Programs
  Public Service Programs
  Student Handbook
  Tennessee Board of Regents/NeSCC Foundation/Faculty and Staff
  My Catalog