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Undergraduate Catalog-Handbook 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Catalog-Handbook 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course descriptions are listed numerically within academic disciplines. Prerequisites and/or corequisites are indicated at the beginning of the course description. These prerequisites have been established to assure an adequate and uniform background for students in advanced classes. Mount Carmel College of Nursing reserves the right to alter course offerings or course content without notice. Not all courses are offered every semester.

 

Science

  
  • SCIE 125 - Microbiology


    This is a study of basic principles of microbiology with an emphasis on the role of microorganisms in the disease process.
    4 credit hours
    3 theory hours and 2 lab hours per week
    Prerequisite: None
  
  • SCIE 220 - Nutrition


    This course provides a study of human nutrition and influencing factors including function and food sources of nutrients, digestion, absorption, metabolism, dietary evaluation methods, nutritional needs in the life cycle, and current nutrition-related controversies.
    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: SCIE 103  with a minimum grade of ‘C.’
  
  • SCIE 230 - Physiologic Alterations I


    This course focuses on pathophysiology of the human body and includes essential features of disease related to altered cellular and tissue biology and abnormalities of cellular growth, alterations in skin function and integrity, alterations in defense mechanisms, and alterations in tissue oxygenation.
    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: SCIE 103 , SCIE 123 , SCIE 124  and SCIE 125  with minimum grades of ‘C’
  
  • SCIE 231 - Physiologic Alterations II


    This course focuses on pathophysiology of the human body and includes essential features of disease related to renal function, fluid and electrolyte balance, hormonal regulation, neurologic function, musculoskeletal function, and GI and hepatobiliary function.
    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: SCIE 103 , SCIE 123 , SCIE 124  and SCIE 125  with minimum grades of ‘C’
  
  • SCIE 290 - Physiologic Alterations I


    This course focuses on pathophysiology of the human body and includes essential features of disease related to altered cellular and tissue biology and abnormalities of cellular growth, alterations in skin function and integrity, alterations in defense mechanisms, and alterations in tissue oxygenation.
    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Second Degree Accelerated Program
  
  • SCIE 291 - Physiologic Alterations II


    This course focuses on pathophysiology of the human body and includes essential features of disease related to renal function, fluid and electrolyte balance, hormonal regulation, neurologic function, musculoskeletal function, and GI and hepatobiliary function.
    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Second Degree Accelerated
  
  • SCIE 299 - Independent Study: Physiological Alterations


    Students who entered Mount Carmel College of Nursing with 3 or 4 semester credits for Physiologic Alterations must enroll in this course to complete the remaining 2 or 3 semester credits of the required total 6 semester credits for SCIE 230  and SCIE 231 .
    2 or 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Partial transfer credit (3 or 4 semester credit hours) for Physiologic Alterations
  
  • SCIE 420 - Applied Science


    Major health concerns are explored using a physical, natural, and human science integrated approach. Emphasis is placed on theories relating to multi-disciplinary concepts of promoting health and preventing disease as applied to individuals, community, and society. Integrated concepts of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, microbiology, genetics, physiological chemistry, pharmacology, nutrition, epidemiology, and environmental factors provide the foundation for exploring the human function/dysfunction. Discussions are developed around student interest and exploration.
    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Online RN-BSN Completion Program

Sociology

  
  • SOC 1000 - Introduction to Sociology


    Registration in this Ohio University-Lancaster course is restricted to students enrolled in the MCCN-FMC program. For course description, click www.catalogs.ohio.edu/content.php and filter for SOC 1000.
    3 credit hours
  
  • SOCL 101 - Introduction to Sociology


    This course introduces the student to the foundational theories of sociology including Functionalist theory, Conflict theory, and Symbolic Interactionist theory. Interactive human behavior is analyzed through the concepts of culture; socialization; social groups; deviance and social control; stratification and social class; inequalities of gender, race, ethnicity and class; urbanization; collective behavior; social movements; and social change. The influence of societal institutions such as family, health care, education, religion, politics, and the economy are explored.
    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: none
 

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