Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog 
    
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Course Descriptions


 
  
  • REC 1610 - Skiing, Level I

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 1st Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy skiing and advance through specified skill levels.(CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1611 - Skiing, Level II

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 2nd Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy skiing and advance through specified skill levels. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1612 - Skiing, Level III

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 3rd Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy skiing and advance through specified skill levels. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1620 - Snowboarding, Level I

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 4th Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy snowboarding and advance through specified skill levels. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1621 - Snowboarding, Level II

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 5th Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy snowboarding and advance through specified skill levels. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1622 - Snowboarding, Level III

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 6th Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy snowboarding and advance through specified skill levels. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1630 - Cross-Country Skiing, Level I

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 7th Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy cross-country skiing. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1631 - Cross-Country Skiing, Level II

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 8th Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy cross-country skiing. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1632 - Cross-Country Skiing, Level III

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 9th Blk
    A physical activity course that allows students to learn and develop the skills and technique needed to safely enjoy cross-country skiing. (CR/NC).
  
  • REC 1640 - Skiing for Instructors

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 2nd Blk
    This course is intended for individuals pursuing work as skiing instructors. Instruction will take place at Powder Mountain ski resort. The course includes relevant lecture, discussion, and teaching exercises. Emphasis will be placed on development of skills and knowledge base for skiing instructors through practical demonstrations and exercise on the snow.
  
  • REC 1650 - Snowboarding for Instructors, Level I

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 2nd Blk
    This course is intended for individuals pursuing work as snowboarding instructors. Instruction will take place at Powder Mountain ski resort. The course includes relevant lecture, discussion, and teaching exercises. Emphasis will be placed on development of skills and knowledge base for snowboarding instructors through practical demonstrations and exercise on the snow.
  
  • REC 1651 - Snowboarding for Instructors, Level II

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 2nd Blk
    This course is intended for individuals pursuing work as snowboarding instructors. Instruction will take place at Powder Mountain ski resort. The course includes relevant lecture, discussion, and teaching exercises. Emphasis will be placed on development of skills and knowledge base for snowboarding instructors through practical demonstrations and exercise on the snow.
  
  • REC 1652 - Snowboarding for Instructors, Level III

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 2nd Blk
    This course is intended for individuals pursuing work as snowboarding instructors. Instruction will take place at Powder Mountain ski resort. The course includes relevant lecture, discussion, and teaching exercises. Emphasis will be placed on development of skills and knowledge base for snowboarding instructors through practical demonstrations and exercise on the snow.
  
  • REST 1540 - Survey of Respiratory Therapy

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem, Online
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem, Online
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk, 2nd Blk

    This course is designed to introduce allied health and other students to the profession of respiratory therapy. It includes field trips, group discussions, lecture/demonstrations and limited lab activities. Open to all students.
  
  • REST 1560 - Multi-Skilled Health Care Worker

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    This course prepares students from different health care disciplines to understand the hospital environment, patient needs, and perform basic skills of patient care. Topics include the patient’s right to privacy, confidentiality, ethical, legal, and cultural issues, documentation, team building, age related concerns, medical terminology, and death and dying. Patient skills include vital signs, oxygen administration, specimen collection, personal care and cleanliness, environmental cleanliness, nutrition and diet, elimination, positioning and ambulating, patient safety and comfort, and OSHA guidelines for healthcare worker safety.
  
  • REST 2140 - Introduction to Basic Therapeutic Modalities Lab

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Introductory Laboratory course emphasizing basic patient interaction and assessment skills. Includes infection control, the administration of medical gases, humidity and aerosol, pharmacologic agents, hyperinflation therapy, airway clearance techniques and methods of care, and artificial ventilation.
  
  • REST 2160 - Equipment Management Lab

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Laboratory course emphasizing patient assessment skills relating to ventilation techniques and equipment. Includes equipment used by the respiratory care practitioner in initiating, troubleshooting, monitoring, and weaning from mechanical ventilation.
  
  • REST 2210 - Elementary Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology specifically for the entry-level respiratory care practitioner. Includes physics of respiration, oxygen and carbon dioxide transport, and control of ventilation.
  
  • REST 2230 - Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    A synopsis of medical and surgical cardiopulmonary disorders for the entry-level practitioner. Etiology, symptomatology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of these disorders are presented.
  
  • REST 2250 - Basic Patient Assessment

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    A basic orientation to patient assessment techniques used to obtain a patient medical history and physical examination. Discussion of pulmonary disease integrates assessment information with laboratory and radiographic data.
  
  • REST 2270 - Application of Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to theory and clinical application of basic cardiopulmonary diagnostic studies, including simple spirometry, arterial and mixed venous blood gases, and electrocardiograms. Course emphasizes critical thinking skills in the application of diagnostic findings and utilizes case studies, class discussions, and extensive study guides.
    Pre-requisite(s): Program acceptance required.
  
  • REST 2300 - Basic Modalities in Respiratory Care I

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Theory and clinical application of basic therapies. Course includes indications, complications, hazards, equipment needed, side effects, and assessment for medical gases, humidity, aerosols, airway clearance, hyperinflation therapy, and pharmacologic agents. Course emphasizes patient assessment and critical thinking skills.
    Co-Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in REST 2140 .
  
  • REST 2310 - Basic Modalities in Respiratory Care II

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Theory and clinical applications of airway management and artificial ventilation, including IPPB and introduction to modes of mechanical ventilation. Also includes the theory of invasive and non-invasive monitoring technology, and equipment decontamination.
  
  • REST 2320 - Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Course provides a basic understanding of essentials for mechanical ventilation. Includes determining the need for ventilatory support, the associated physiology and how ventilatory support is initiated, maintained, monitored, and discontinued.
    Pre-requisite(s): Program acceptance required.
  
  • REST 2330 - Entry Level Respiratory Therapy Review

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Course is a comprehensive review intended to prepare the student for the entry-level certification/licensure examination. The material covered is based on the examination matrix provided by the National Board for Respiratory Care (N.B.R.C.).
  
  • REST 2500 - Survey of Polysomnography

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk

    Introduction to polysomnography as a profession. Course includes an overview of the polysomnogram, sleep disorders as they affect the general population, typical employment in the field, and employment opportunities. Also includes an introduction to the professional organization of sleep and requirements to become a registered polysomnographic technologist (R.PSG.T). Students taking REST 3500  are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining the assessment of sleep disorders or neurodiagnostics. Students taking REST 2500 cannot take REST 3500  for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): Medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology or completion of respiratory therapy program or C.R.T., R.R.T., or R.N. credential.
  
  • REST 2501 - Anatomy and Physiology of Sleep

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the neurologic, cardiac, and respiratory systems during sleep. Basic anatomy and physiology of wake-sleep cycles are studied, with emphasis on changes that occur during varying stages of sleep and during common sleep disorders. Introduction to the EEG, EOG, EKG, EMG, and other polysomnography data recorders. Students taking REST 3501  are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining physiologic components affecting quality of sleep. Students taking REST 2501 cannot take REST 3501  for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology or completion of respiratory therapy program or C.R.T., R.R.T., or R.N. credential.
  
  • REST 2502 - Introduction to Sleep Disorders

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk

    Course provides an overview of the history of sleep medicine, normal sleep physiology, effects of the sleep-wake stage, sleep disorders and abnormal sleep physiology, and an introduction to polysomnography (including patient interaction, sensor and lead placements, and instrumentation). Course also introduces the fundamentals of therapeutic interventions utilized to treat sleep disorders. Students taking REST 3502  are required to r a 6-10 page paper outlining the implications for assisted ventilation to sleep disorders. Students taking REST 2502 cannot take REST 3502  for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology or completion of respiratory therapy program or C.R.T., R.R.T., or R.N. credential.
  
  • REST 2503 - Instrumentation and Computers in Polysomnography

    Credits: (2)
    Course provides study of equipment, instrumentation, and recording devices utilized in polysomnography. Includes EEG waves, signal pathway and derivation of waves, impedance, sensitivity, time constants, amplifiers, filters, calibration, electrodes, artifacts (both equipment and patient-generated), computer basics, and monitoring devices. Students taking REST 3503  are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining specific instrumentation in polysomnography assessing sleep disorders. Students taking REST 2503 cannot take REST 3503  for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 2500 /REST 3500  and REST 2502 /REST 3502  or medical terminology, human anatomy and human physiology.
  
  • REST 2505 - Therapeutics of Managing Sleep Apnea

    Credits: (2)
    Course provides current therapies and interventions for treatment of sleep apneas. Interventions include positive airway pressure therapy (nocturnal CPAP and bi-level CPAP), surgery, and dental devices. Patient compliance and outcomes of these treatments are included. Students taking REST 3505  are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining strategies managing sleep apnea. Students taking REST 2505 cannot take REST 3505  for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 2501 /REST 3501  and REST 2502 /REST 3502  or medical terminology, human anatomy and human physiology.
  
  • REST 2520 - Principles of Pharmacology

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to pharmacology, including general principles, autonomic and central nervous system agents, and cardiovascular agents. Also includes drugs used in managing renal, GI tract, endocrine, and infectious or neoplastic diseases and disorders.
  
  • REST 2700 INT - Clinical Applications

    Credits: (4)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Clinical rotations in various medical settings performing skills learned and practiced in REST 2140 . Recommending and modifying basic therapies will be emphasized utilizing patient assessment skills and review of patient medical history.
    Suggested Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in REST 2140 .
  
  • REST 2710 INT - Specialty Clinical Experiences

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Clinical rotations in various medical settings providing the opportunity to observe and participate in various specialty areas within the profession, including PFTs, cardiac testing, EKGs, ABGs, and longterm artificial airway care.
    Suggested Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in REST 2160 .
  
  • REST 2720 INT - Clinical Applications

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Clinical rotations in various medical settings performing skills learned and practiced in REST 2140 . Initiating, monitoring, and weaning from mechanical ventilation will be emphasized utilizing patient assessment skills. Case studies will be used to practice critical thinking skills in the management of ICU patients.
    Suggested Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in REST 2160 .
  
  • REST 2800 - Independent Projects

    Credits: (1-3)
    Projects must meet departmental and professional goals and standards and must have instructor approval prior to beginning project; enrollment by permission only.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated twice for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
  
  • REST 2830 - Directed Readings

    Credits: (1-2)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Readings must meet departmental and professional goals and standards and must have instructor approval prior to beginning; enrollment by permission only.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated twice for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
  
  • REST 2920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes and Special Programs

    Credits: (1-3)
    Variable Title
    Consult semester schedule for current offerings. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on student transcript.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours with different course content.
  
  • REST 3210 - Advanced Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology specifically for the therapist-level practitioner. Includes advanced anatomical considerations for the cardiac, pulmonary and renal systems in neonates and adults. Includes developing abstracts from evidence-based research.
    Pre-requisite(s):

    Enrollment in baccalaureate respiratory therapy program, CRT credential, or equivalent.

  
  • REST 3220 - Advanced Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Pathophysiology and diagnosis of coronary artery disease, fungal lung diseases, neoplasms, HIV, ARDS, chest injuries, shock in relation to the care of the trauma patient, and differentiation of intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments. Includes developing abstracts derived from evidence-based research.
    Pre-requisite(s): Enrollment in baccalaureatte respiratory therapy program, CRT credential, or equivalent.
  
  • REST 3230 - Advanced Cardiopulmonary Technology

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Advanced diagnostic procedures and interpretive skills in cardiopulmonary function, lung dynamics, specialty gases, blood gas analysis, and metabolic assessment.
  
  • REST 3260 - Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Pediatric and neonatal respiratory care with emphasis on intensive care activities, therapeutic procedures, life support modalities and fetal, neonatal, pediatric pathophysiology.
    Pre-requisite(s): Enrollment in baccalaureatte respiratory care program, CRT credential, or equivalent.
  
  • REST 3270 - Adult Critical Care

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Advanced adult respiratory intensive care, including hemodynamic monitoring, ventilation/perfusion monitoring, pulmonary assessment and airway management.
  
  • REST 3280 - Patient Care Continuum/ Quality Management

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Theory and principles of pulmonary and spinal cord rehabilitation, polysomnography, discharge planning, patient education, quality management, home and self care, legal, ethical, and moral considerations of chronic and extended care.
  
  • REST 3500 - Survey of Polysomnography

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 1st Blk
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: 1st Blk
    Introduction to polysomnography as a profession. Course includes an overview of the polysomnogram, sleep disorders as they affect the general population, typical employment in the field, and employment opportunities. Also includes an introduction to the professional organization of sleep and requirements to become a registered polysomnographic technologist (R.PSG.T). Students taking REST 3500 are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining the assessment of sleep disorders or neurodiagnostics. Students taking REST 2500  cannot take REST 3500 for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): Medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology or completion of respiratory therapy program or C.R.T., R.R.T., or R.N. credential.
  
  • REST 3501 - Anatomy and Physiology of Sleep

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk

    Introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the neurologic, cardiac, and respiratory systems during sleep. Basic anatomy and physiology of wake-sleep cycles are studied, with emphasis on changes that occur during varying stages of sleep and during common sleep disorders. Introduction to the EEG, EOG, EKG, EMG, and other polysomnography data recorders. Students taking REST 3501 are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining physiologic components affecting quality of sleep. Students taking REST 2501  cannot take REST 3501 for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology or completion of respiratory therapy program or C.R.T., R.R.T., or R.N. credential.
  
  • REST 3502 - Introduction to Sleep Disorders

    Credits: (2)
    Course provides an overview of the history of sleep medicine, normal sleep physiology, effects of the sleep-wake stage, sleep disorders and abnormal sleep physiology, and an introduction to polysomnography (including patient interaction, sensor and lead placements, and instrumentation). Course also introduces the fundamentals of therapeutic interventions utilized to treat sleep disorders. Students taking REST 3502 are required to r a 6-10 page paper outlining the implications for assisted ventilation to sleep disorders. Students taking REST 2505  cannot take REST 3502 for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology or completion of respiratory therapy program or C.R.T., R.R.T., or R.N. credential.
  
  • REST 3503 - Instrumentation and Computers in Polysomnography

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: 1st Blk
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: 1st Blk
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk

    Course provides study of equipment, instrumentation, and recording devices utilized in polysomnography. Includes EEG waves, signal pathway and derivation of waves, impedance, sensitivity, time constants, amplifiers, filters, calibration, electrodes, artifacts (both equipment and patient-generated), computer basics, and monitoring devices. Students taking 3503 are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining specific instrumentation in polysomnography assessing sleep disorders. Students taking REST 2503  cannot take REST 3503 for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 2500 /REST 3500  and REST 2502 /REST 3502  or medical terminology, human anatomy and human physiology.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated twice with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • REST 3504 - Laboratory Practice of Instrumentation in Polysomnography

    Credits: (1)
    Course provides practice and application of operating principles of equipment, instrumentation, and recording devices utilized in polysomnography. Includes EEG waves, signal pathway and derivation of waves, impedance, sensitivity, time constants, amplifiers, filters, calibration, electrodes, artifacts (both equipment and patientgenerated), computer basics, and monitoring devices.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 3502 /REST 2502  or medical terminology, human anatomy and human physiology
    Co-Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment with REST 3503 .
  
  • REST 3505 - Therapeutics of Managing Sleep Apnea

    Credits: (2)
    Course provides current therapies and interventions for treatment of sleep apneas. Interventions include positive airway pressure therapy (nocturnal CPAP and bi-level CPAP), surgery, and dental devices. Patient compliance and outcomes of these treatments are included. Students taking REST 3505 are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining strategies managing sleep apnea. Students taking REST 2505  cannot take REST 3505 for credit.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 2501 /REST 3501  and REST 2502 /REST 3502  or medical terminology, human anatomy and human physiology.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated once for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
  
  • REST 3506 - Advanced Technical Procedures

    Credits: (3)
    Course provides detailed description and discussion of specific diagnostic procedures in PSG, including multiple sleep latency tests, maintenance of wakefulness test, REM behavior disorder studies, MMPI, movement disorders, TCM, nocturnal seizure disorders, esophageal balloon procedures, and others.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 3502  and REST 3503 .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • REST 3507 - Event Recognition and Polysomnography Scoring

    Credits: (3)
    Course provides advanced study of sleep stages and recognition of EEG characteristics of each stage. Multi-channel recording of breathing events, leg movements, ocular movements, cardiac and oxygenation monitoring, parasomnias, and interictal and ictal epileptic events are also presented. Course will include review and scoring of 12-hour polysomnography records to determine the overall sleep score.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 3501  and REST 3502 .
  
  • REST 3508 - Sleep Center Management

    Credits: (1)
    Course is designed to prepare students for sleep center management in hospitals and independent facilities. Course includes sleep laboratory requirements for accreditation, personnel requirements and training, PSG study documentation, technician manuals, quality assurance, policies and procedures, and lab protocols. REST 3500  or credentialed as C.R.T., R.R.T., or R.N.
  
  • REST 3509 - Cases in Sleep Medicine

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: 1st Blk
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk

    Course will include physician presentations or case studies of patients with a variety of sleep disorders. Case-based learning is applied in the context of patient presentation and initial interview and diagnostic findings, determination of appropriate sleep medicine studies, interpretation of patient findings, recommendation for patient therapy, and follow-up of patient compliance and outcome(s) of therapeutic intervention.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 3502  and REST 3505 .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated once for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
  
  • REST 3510 - Clinical Practice I in Polysomnography

    Credits: (2)
    Introduction to the sleep laboratory and the set-up, monitoring, and therapeutic interventions associated with polysomnography. Students will be oriented to patient interviewing and selection, OSHA standards, sleep laboratory standards, and confidentiality. Competency is demonstrated in patient set-up, producing a reliable PSG, recognizing artifact, and basic therapeutic interventions for common sleep disorders.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 3502 .
    Co-Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in REST 3503  and REST 3504 .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated twice for credit.
  
  • REST 3511 - Clinical Practice II in Polysomnography

    Credits: (2)
    Case-based clinical applications course. Course requires competency in complete patient management (patient referral and interview, physician consult, patient study[ies], therapeutic intervention and follow-up of patient compliance). Students will develop the patient history and physical, perform the study, score the patient record, interpret the report, apply therapy, and follow-up patient compliance.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 3502  and REST 3510 .
    Co-Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in REST 3505 .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated once for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
  
  • REST 3512 - Clinical Practice III in Polysomnography

    Credits: (4)
    Clinical applications course providing experience in performing advanced technical procedures, including multiple sleep latency tests, maintenance of wakefulness tests, REM behavior disorders studies, MMPI, movement disorders, TCM, nocturnal seizure disorders, esophageal balloon procedures, and others.
    Pre-requisite(s): REST 3502 , REST 3510 , and REST 3511 .
    Co-Requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in REST 3506 .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated once for a maximum of 8 credit hours.
  
  • REST 3760 INT - Clinical Applications of Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care

    Credits: (4)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    The clinical application of pediatric and neonatal assessments as they relate to selection and use of respiratory care procedures and equipment specific for this patient population.
  
  • REST 3770 INT - Clinical Applications of Adult Critical Care

    Credits: (4)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Adult respiratory care in the intensive care setting [shock-trauma, thoracic, burn ICUs] with emphasis on hemodynamic monitoring, ventilation/perfusion monitoring, pulmonary assessment and airway management.
    Co-Requisite(s): To be taken concurrently with REST 3270 .
  
  • REST 3780 INT - Clinical Applications

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Clinical experiences related to REST 3280 : rehabilitation, extended care, home care agencies, polysomnography, patient assessment and planning for discharge, and quality management.
    Co-Requisite(s): To be taken concurrently with REST 3280 .
  
  • REST 3900 - Clinical Simulation Seminar

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Problem-based clinical concepts course: comprehensive program review including written and clinical simulation examinations.
    Pre-requisite(s): Enrollment in baccalaureate respiratory therapy program; CRT credential, or equivalent.
  
  • REST 4610 - Advanced Patient Assessment

    Credits: (1-2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    The advanced patient assessment project is designed to be a physician intensive, interactive experience that emphasizes an understanding of diagnostic processes involved in assessing, evaluating, and treating patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. Enrollment by permission only.
  
  • REST 4620 - Health Promotion

    Credits: (1-2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    The health promotion project addresses the growing role of the Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) in patient education, public education, and health promotion in general. Enrollment by permission only.
  
  • REST 4630 - Continuous Quality Improvement

    Credits: (1-2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    The continuous quality improvement project enhances an understanding of how to construct and conduct a quality improvement (quality assurance) project in the workplace. Enrollment by permission only.
  
  • REST 4800 - Independent Projects

    Credits: (1-6)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Student designed, instructor approved projects which will further develop cognitive or psychomotor skills for the baccalaureate level respiratory care practitioner. Projects must meet departmental and professional goals and standards and must have instructor approval prior to beginning project. Enrollment by permission only.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • REST 4830 - Directed Readings

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Student designed, instructor approved readings which will further develop professional knowledge or understanding for the baccalaureate level respiratory care practitioner. Readings must meet departmental and professional goals and standards and must have instructor approval prior to b beginning. Enrollment by permission only.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated twice with a maximum of 3 credit hours.
  
  • REST 4850 - Study Abroad

    Credits: (1-6)
    Variable Title
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities for students in health professions to experience a study abroad program that is designed to explore healthcare, culture, and clinical experience.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • REST 4990 - Senior Seminar

    Credits: (2)
    Moderated discussion and/or laboratory experiences relating to current events in health care, legislative and ethical issues, and emergent technologies in respiratory care.
  
  • SBS 2810 - Data Visualization Bootcamp

    Credits: (1)
    Experimental
    The use of data to convey a message is more prevalent today than ever before, and requires a unique set of skills. This course teaches students about data storytelling from the perspective of data messaging, data literacy, data visualization and creating data narratives. Students will learn to engage with data in meaningful ways using tools such as Visme and Tableau. Data used in the course will focus on political narratives and how they shape our world.
  
  • SBS 2810 - Experimental Course

    Credits: (1-6)
    Experimental Course, Contact Department for More Information
    Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • SBS 2810 - Political Internship Preparation

    Credits: (1)
    Political internships are an important way to understand how the political world operates, which is useful information regardless of your future career path as they are all affected by policy decisions made by the government. This course will prepare students for internships so that we can guarantee them an intern placement that best serves their career goals.
  
  • SBS 2920 - How did we get so polarized?

    Credits: (1)
    Workshop
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: 2nd Blk
    Are Americans more polarized and less united than ever before? If so, why?  In this course, psychologists, historians, economists, political scientists, communications experts will take on the question of polarization, discuss how Americans came to be so divided, and explore what the future holds.
  
  • SBS 2920 - Workshop

    Credits: (1-6)
    Variable Title
    Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript.  
  
  • SCM 2400 - Fundamentals of Project Management

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full sem
    Provides practical knowledge and skills for managing a project from inception to completion to meet time, cost, and performance objectives. Prepares students from all backgrounds to successfully perform the role of a project manager in any profit or non-profit context, including business, government, engineering, healthcare, arts, humanities, or education. Topics include management of project teams, stakeholders, communications, schedule, cost, scope, performance and risk for achieving project success.
  
  • SCM 3050 - Operations and Supply Chain Management

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Supply chain management is the value creation engine of every organization.  The focus of this course is to acquaint students with the core elements of supply chain management: 1) customer value, 2) collaborative value creation, and 3) systems thinking.  The course introduces and defines the three primary functions that compose supply chain activities- 1) purchasing, 2) operations, and 3) logistics-and shows how they need to work together to create the high-quality, low-cost, and innovative products and services that customers expect to find in today’s marketplace.  Important analytical tools are introduced.
    Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1010  or MATH 1050 .
  
  • SCM 3500 - Spreadsheet Modeling for Prescriptive Analytics

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    Spreadsheet software enables business people to model and analyze quantitative problems in a wide variety of business contexts.  This course covers spreadsheet modeling in terms of optimization models for deciding the best set of decisions to meet constraints and performance objectives; simulation models for considering uncertainty in business operations and decisions; and other decision models and tools.  Through conceptual and applied topics, this course will enhance one’s problems solving and modeling capabilities as well as Excel spreadsheet skills.
    Pre-requisite(s): MIS 2010 , QUAN 2600 .
  
  • SCM 3600 - Logistics & Transportation

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    This course incorporates readings, site visits, and case analysis to convey state-of-the-art and emerging business logistics practices. The focus of this course is on forecasting, inventory management, transportation, distribution and warehousing, with an introduction to contemporary issues in logistics such HADR and sustainability.  Development of leading-edge strategies, which promote a firm’s ability to differentiate itself in terms of its supply chain performance is emphasized.
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899 ; SCM 3050 
    Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: SCM 3500 .

     

  
  • SCM 3700 - Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    This course provides students an introduction to the supply management discipline, focusing on the development of category management skills and the purchasing process.  Companies have always sourced a large percent of their COGS–up to 50-80%.  However, today’s emphasis on core competencies and increased use of outsourcing makes sourcing even more strategic.  Sourcing managers are responsible for managing supplier capacity and capabilities.  The course emphasizes costing and relationship management tools.  This course builds the foundation for students to pass the Certified Profession in Supply Management (CPSM) exam.
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899 ; SCM 3050 .
    Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: SCM 3500 .
  
  • SCM 4100 - Quality Management and Process Improvement

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Introduces principles and practices for achieving quality, customer satisfaction, and performance excellence.  Emphasis on process improvement, problem-solving, variation and statistical thinking, customer and supplier relationships, service quality, employee involvement, project management, and quality management frameworks.  Presents tools and methods for analyzing and improving business processes, including Six Sigma, lean, and theory of constraints. This course builds the foundation for students to pass the ASQ Certified Quality Process Analyst exam.
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899 ; QUAN 3610 ; SCM 3050 ; or Instructor Permission.
  
  • SCM 4400 - Global Supply Chain Management

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Globalization has changed the rules of competition.  Globalization also raises complex and controversial issues such as job displacement and worker exploitation.  Winning companies now use worldwide resources to meet the needs of global consumers.  This course introduces and is built around a scanning model.  Students are expected to actively scan, using emerging information to identify inflection points and determine their strategic and tactical implication.  From this analysis, strategic objectives are renewed to guide the design of a global supply chain.  Effective communication and teamwork are emphasized via the in class activities and projects.
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899  and SCM 3050 .
  
  • SCM 4500 - Supply Chain Relational Strategies

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course focuses on the soft side of supply chain management, addressing both the internal (including individual) and external relationships that allow a supply chain to function. Key elements of the course include the perspective on supply chain strategic relationships, managing cultural disparities and conflict between businesses and functional units within them, and change management issues. Students will learn core processes around initial exploration and assessment of supply chain relationships, establish metrics/expectations for the relationship, craft and manage teams and work groups, and develop negotiation skills.
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899 ; SCM 3050 , SCM 3500 , SCM 3600 , SCM 3700 ; MGMT 3200  or PS 3250 ; should be taken concurrently with SCM 4550 .
  
  • SCM 4550 - Strategic Supply Chain Design

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Supply chain management is integrative in nature, requiring a systems approach to process design and management. The goal is to co-create value across organizational boundaries. This capstone SCM course emphasizes the analytical aspects of identifying the right capabilities required to design a collaborative business model and create distinctive customer value. This analysis answers the question, “Who should be on the value-creation team?” The course is designed as a collaborative laboratory, employing extensive experiential learning and case analysis.
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899 ; SCM 3050 , SCM 3500 , SCM 3600 , SCM 3700 ; MGMT 3200  or PS 3250 ; should be taken concurrently with SCM 4500 , but can be taken after.
  
  • SCM 4700 - Supply Chain Case Analysis, Logic, and Presentation

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course is designed around the case analysis methodology and has the explicit goal of preparing student teams for participation in specific competitive supply chain case competitions (both regionally and nationally). Preparation time will be extensive and students must possess an advanced level of SCM mastery prior to enrollment in this class. Class meetings will be scheduled with the students throughout the semester for presentation and preparation. Please see the instructor for information on enrollment eligibility.  Credit/no credit grading.
    Pre-requisite(s): SCM 3050 , instructor approval.
  
  • SCM 4800 - Independent Research

    Credits: (1-3)
    Directed research and study on an individual basis.
    Pre-requisite(s): Business Foundations; BSAD 2899 ; Senior Standing; Written Instructor Approval.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated until a total of 4 hours credit is accumulated.
  
  • SCM 4840 - Operations & Supply Chain Industry Projects

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Early in their careers, many choose to work for a management consulting company or get involved in rotations within a company. These jobs and programs expose the worker to a wide variety of job types and functions and prepare the worker for whatever opportunities the future may bring. In this course, students are exposed to operations and supply chain management consulting projects typical of what they could expect in a full-time consulting position or in a company’s early-career leadership rotation program.
    Pre-requisite(s): SCM 3500 .
    Co-Requisite(s): SCM 3600  and SCM 3700 .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated up to two times for a total of 6 hours of credit.
  
  • SCM 4850 - Supply Chain Management Study Abroad

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course is designed for students who wish to explore supply chain management theory and practice in countries other than the U.S.  Students will study global supply chain management as offered through a partner university (or other university with department chair approval).
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899 .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: Can be repeated once up to 6 credits.
  
  • SCM 4860 INT - Supply Chain Management Internship

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem

    A structured professional-level field experience. The student will be counseled and supervised as he/she applies and integrates the knowledge and skills obtained through operations management and logistics courses.
    Pre-requisite(s): BSAD 2899 ; Senior Standing; Instructor approval.
  
  • SOC 1010 SS/DV - Introduction to Sociology

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem Online
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem Online
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk, Full Sem Online

    An introduction to the study of Sociology through the concepts and principles used to understand and evaluate society. It focuses on all aspects of society: culture; social interaction; institutions; group processes; deviance and social control; stratification, diversity, and inequality based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, etc.; and social stability and change.
  
  • SOC 1020 SS/DV - Social Problems

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem Online
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem Online
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 2nd Blk, Full Sem Online

    A study of major social problems in contemporary society, including issues of age, gender, family, race, ethnicity, wealth and poverty, politics, education, public safety, health care, substance abuse, and environment. Special emphasis is given to these issues and their consequences for today’s global and diverse society.
  
  • SOC 2370 - Sociology of Gender

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem

    This course examines gender as an organizing principle of social life and the ways in which gender influences individuals’ identities, behaviors, and life experiences. Students will study gender within a variety of contexts, such as the workplace, family, politics, athletics, education, health, media, and religion. Attention will also be given to sociological theories of gender, gender socialization, and the intersection of gender, race, class, and sexuality.

  
  • SOC 2600 - Sociology of Family

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem

    The course analyzes family arrangements and structures, changes in such arrangements over time, and contemporary issues facing families. Emphasis is placed on variations in family experiences with regard to race, gender, social class, and sexual orientation. Students examine the relationship between families and other social institutions such as politics, religion, and the economy.

  
  • SOC 2810 - Experimental Course Offerings

    Credits: (2-3)
    Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript.  Refer to Experimental Courses .
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated 5 times up to 6 credit hours.
    Note: This course is offered as needed.  Please check with the department for availability.
  
  • SOC 2920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes, and Special Programs

    Credits: (1-3)
    Variable Title
    Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript.
    Number of Times this Course May Be Repeated: May be repeated 5 times up to 6 credit hours.
    Note: This course is offered as needed.  Please check with the department for availability.
  
  • SOC 3000 - Self and Society

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem odd years
    Sociological Social Psychology is the study of individual, group, and social behavior through analysis of the relationship between individuals and social institutions. Individuals actively create social structure while they are simultaneously shaped by it. Students will analyze how social interaction, processes, roles, and statuses are created and maintained by individuals. Students will also analyze how these same processes, roles, and statuses shape their individual behavior. Social Psychological theories and methodologies are also addressed.
    Pre-requisite(s): SOC 1010  or SOC 1020 .
  
  • SOC 3010 - Social Inequality

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem odd years
    The study of social stratification and inequality in the United States and globally. The course focuses on economic class and status groups, such as gender, race and ethnicity, age, sexuality, and physical ability.
    Pre-requisite(s): SOC 1010  or SOC 1020 .
  
  • SOC 3030 - Classical Sociological Theory

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    A study of the classical tradition of sociological thought in late 18th to early 20th century Europe and 19th to early 20th century U.S. The course introduces the main theories of Comte, Martineau, Marx, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, and others, including early theorists of gender and race. To be taken before SOC 4030 .
    Pre-requisite(s): SOC 1010 .
  
  • SOC 3250 - Deviance and Social Control

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem even years
    Introduces the student to the various sociological concepts of deviance and social control. Deviance and social control are examined in their positive and negative forms. The benefits and contributions as well as the consequences and disruptions of these forms are considered in the context of the formal and informal socialization processes and the internalization of social norms.
    Pre-requisite(s): SOC 1010  or SOC 1020 .
  
  • SOC 3260 - Juvenile Delinquency

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem even years
    Juvenile delinquency as a social phenomenon and its causes involving definitions, agencies of law enforcement, and the courts.
    Pre-requisite(s): SOC 1010  or SOC 1020 .
  
  • SOC 3270 - Criminology

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem odd years
    Study of the nature, extent, causes, and treatment of crime.
    Pre-requisite(s): SOC 1010  or SOC 1020 .
  
  • SOC 3300 - Environment and Society

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem even years
    An in-depth study of societal-environmental interactions including population, technology and organization impacts of human societies on the physical environment, and environmental impacts on human behavior and social organization.
  
  • SOC 3400 - Social Change

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem odd years
    The factors which change society and how society changes, emphasizing technological innovations and its implications, social movements, and the role of individuals.
    Pre-requisite(s): SOC 1010  or SOC 1020 .
 

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