Course Description: Physiology of nervous system including pathological conditions; assessment and intervention with cerebrovascular accident (CVA), spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other neurological disorders; patient interactions, interpersonal communication, professionalism, documentation and time management.
Course Notes: PTA Acceptance.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Course Description: Study of specialty areas including amputation, prosthetics, diabetes, wound management and burn management; special treatment related to the cardiovascular and respiratory system as well as consideration for the pediatric and geriatric patient; application of principles and techniques in the classroom and laboratory of each specialty area.
Course Notes: PTA Acceptance.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Course Description: Opportunities to practice physical therapist assisting skills. Assignments on the basis of demonstrated need for additional knowledge and/or skill in a given are to hospitals, nursing homes, sub-acute hospitals, pediatric facilities. Opportunities to advance skills to an independent level. (Full-time for 5 and 6 weeks).
Course Notes: PT217 Clinical Practice I.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Notes: Full-time for 5 and 6 weeks.
Course Description: A continuation of Professional Issues I, developing research skills, documentation skills, community awareness and career planning.
Course Notes: PTA Acceptance.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: Principles of weather, stressing the structure and composition of the atmosphere, the methods of perception and analysis of severe weather, as well as the use and understanding of meteorological instruments.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: An introductory course in physics and chemistry, with applications to geology, climatology, oceanography, and astronomy. Lecture and lab.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: Student must also enroll in PY110L Lab.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: Student must also enroll in PY110L Lab.
Course Description: Laboratory portion of PY110 Physical Science.
Spring
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Must also enroll in PY110 LectureSection Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Must also enroll in PY110 Lecture
Course Description: An algebra-based general physics course. Principles of motion, mechanics, and heat. Not appropriate for physics or engineering majors. Lecture and lab.
Course Notes: MA106 College Algebra or higher math.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: MA107 Plane Trigonometry recommended. Student must also enroll in PY112L Lab.
Course Description: Laboratory portion of PY112 General Physics I.
Course Notes: MA106 College Algebra or higher math.
Spring
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Must also enroll in PY112 Lecture
Course Description: Continuation of PY112 General Physics I including electricity, magnetism, wave motion, light and modern physics. Lecture and lab.
Course Notes: PY112 Gen Physics I.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: Students must also enroll in PY113L Lab
Course Description: Laboratory portion of PY113 General Physics II.
Course Notes: PY112 Gen Physics I.
Spring
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Must also enroll in PY113 LectureSection Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Must also enroll in PY113 Lecture
Course Description: Continuation of PY201 Engineering Physics I, providing a calculus-based introductory physics course sequence. Covers electromagnetic theory, DC and AC electricity, mechanical waves, geometric and wave optics, and special relativity. Lecture and lab.
Course Notes: PY201 Eng Phys I with grade of C or better.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: Students must also enroll in PY202L Lab.
Course Description: Laboratory portion of PY202 Engineering Physics II.
Course Notes: PY201 Eng Phys I with grade of C or better.
Spring
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Must also enroll in PY202 LectureSection Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Must also enroll in PY202 Lecture
Course Description: Analysis of stress equilibrium of structures and mechanisms which are rigid bodies using vector algebra.
Course Notes: PY201 Engineering Physics I, and MA111 Analytical Geometry & Calculus I.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Fundamentals of radiographic pathology including the definition and description of diseases and conditions, radiographic appearance of pathologies, and the diagnostic tests used in identification of diseases.
Course Notes: Radiology Acceptance.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: HR105 Medical Terminology should be taken as a corequisite with this course.
Course Description: Radiographic and digital imaging quality and factors that affect them. Laboratory exercises using radiographic exposure, routine radiographic positioning and image critiques. Students required to be at an affiliate clinical site a total of 36 hours.
Course Notes: Radiology Acceptance, and RA105 Radiographic Exposures I.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Course Description: Laboratory portion of RA106 Radiographic Exposures II.
Course Notes: Radiology Acceptance.
Spring
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Type: Lab
Credit Hours: 0.00
Course Description: Development of clinical skills through supervised practice of radiologic science theory and techniques learned in Clinical Training I. Application of computed tomography theory and techniques under direct supervision of a registered CT technologist.
Course Notes: RA201 Clinical Training I with a Grade of C or Higher.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 8.00
Section Notes: Training in the imaging sciences conducted at assigned health care facilities. Course grade of 85% or greater required to advance to RA203. Corequisite: RA212 Physical Foundation of RadiologySection Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 8.00
Section Notes: Training in the imaging sciences conducted at assigned health care facilities. Course grade of 85% or greater required to advance to RA203. Corequisite: RA212 Physical Foundation of Radiology
Course Description: X-ray beam production, modification of exposure factors, photon interactions within the patient, and radiation protection principles review.
Course Notes: RA201 Clinical Training I.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Course Description: Selected cardiopulmonary diseases, including definition, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic findings, prognosis, prevention, treatment with plan of care, and documentation.
Course Notes: Respiratory Care Acceptance.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00