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  • MAS 110: Clinical Procedures

    4.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Covers theory and practical applications of asepsis, medication administration, lab and specimen collection and processing, vital signs, venipuncture, EKG, and preparation of the patient for examination and treatment. The laboratory component of this course provides the student with the opportunity to practice selected skills related to the clinical procedures. Prerequisite(s): MAS 100
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  • MAS 120: Practicum

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course provides a supervised clinical placement to practice the administrative and clinical skills necessary to function as a medical assistant in a physician's office and other designated medical settings. Administrative skills include receptionist duties and appointment scheduling, medical correspondence, record handling, medical transcription, maintaining patient accounts, billing and processing insurance claims. Clinical skills include patient preparation and assisting with diagnostic and surgical procedures, examination assisting, specimen collection and processing, performing basic office diagnostic procedures, medication administration, and aseptic technique. Prerequisite(s): MAS 105, MAS 110
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  • MET 105: Welding Metallurgy I

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    A study of the manufacturing of metals and alloys, emphasizing their properties as to weldability. Demonstrations in the use of tensile testor, impact testor, metallograph, metallurgical microscopes and polishing techniques.
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  • MET 205: Welding Metallurgy II

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    A study of the manufacturing of Nonferrous Metals and alloys, emphasizing their properties and weldability. Study of microstructure, and the relationship of physical characteristics vs alloy content and heat treatment, as well as failures. Prerequisite(s): MET 105
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  • MKT 251: Consumer Behavior

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course is a comprehensive attempt to understand why people buy things and to appreciat how products, services and consumption activities contribute to the broader social world we experience. Progressive ideas on e-commerce and globalization are presented. Cross-cultural examples are discussed within a framework of marketing theory and strategy.
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  • MKT 252: Public Relations

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts of effective public relations and prepare them to deal with the situations and arrive at the solutions that distinguish the practice of communication in a world experiencing the unbridled growth of the Internet. At the same time, the integration of the relationship among agencies, clients and the media is incorporated along with the practice and management of public relations.
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  • MKT 254: Advertising and Promotion

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Studies the basic facets of advertising including its planning, creation and implementation. Course emphasis is on the development of advertising strategies to meet the challenges of marketing situations. Students investigate the process of budget planning, the practical application of market research to the creation of advertising campaigns, media planning, and the coordination of media advertising and promotional techniques as part of the overall marketing strategy of a business enterprise.
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  • MKT 299: Marketing Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Students will gain exposure and insight into the marketing/retail industry through supervised and evaluated on-the-job experience. Students will select locations for internships from instructor- approved business sites in southwestern Pennsylvania. Seminars will be conducted weekly for students to discuss their experiences. Prerequisite(s): 18 completed credits
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  • MPT 101: Introduction To Nanotechnology

    1.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Nanoscale science and nanotechnology are broad, interdisciplinary areas, encampassing not just materials science but everything from biochemistry to electrical engineering and more. This will be a survey course introducing some of the fundamental principles behind nanotechnology and nanomaterials, as well as applications of nanotechnology. The role of physics and chemistry in nanotech will be emphasized. Nanoscale tools such as surface probe and atomic force microscopy, nanolighogrpahy, and special topics such as molecular electronics will also be covered.
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  • MPT 211: Material, Safety and Equipment Overview for Nanotechnology

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course will provide an overview of basic nanofabrication processing equipment and materials handling procedures. The focus is on procedural, safety, environment and health issues in equipment operation and materials handling. Topics to be covered will include: cleanroom operation, safety and health issues; vacuum pump systems operation, environmental safety, and health issues (covering direct drive mechanical, roots blowers, turbomolecular, and dry mechanical systems); furnace operation, safety, environmental and health issues (covering horizontal, vertical, rapid thermal annealing tools); chemical vapor deposition system operation, safety, environmental and health issues (covering gas delivery, corrosive and flammable gas storage and plumbing, regulators, and mass flow controls); and vacuum deposition/etching system operation, safety, environment and health issues covering microwave and RF power supplies and tuners, heating and cooling units, vacuum gauges, valves and process controllers. Specific materials handling issues will include DI water, solvents, cleansers, ion implantation sources, diffusion sources, photoresists, developers, metals, dielectrics, and toxic, flammable, corrosive and high purity gases as well as packaging materials. Prerequisite(s): MTH 157 and ENG 161
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