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  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed for the student who has a basic understanding of the human body and how it works. This course emphasizes the major drug classifications, related legal/ethical considerations, pharmakokinetics, pharmakodynamics, drug toxicity and therapeutic monitoring.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to introduce students to computer systems and how businesses and offices use these as tools for organization, communication, decision-making and analysis. This course provides students with an overview of the use of business application software and problem-solving using that software. Taking a multimedia approach, topics include business communication tools, scheduling and presentation software, management information systems, operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, project management systems and business use of social media and open-source software. Students will evaluate and implement the use of these programs to solve a variety of problems and scenarios via real-world simulation projects that one would encounter in typical business or office environments. Industry standard computer software will be used.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides a comprehensive overview of Microsoft Word software features commonly used in business environments. In this hands-on course, students will learn to create and customize documents using editing functions, formatting features, graphics and images, tables, charts, references, mail merge, and forms. This course will also prepare students to manage shared and collaborative documents with the use of the comments, track changes, protection, and sharing features.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes the essential skills required for administrative assistants working in a contemporary office environment. Topics include: typical office protocols, time management, office equipment and technology, records management, meeting and travel planning, and proper business communication. Students will develop their customer service, teamwork, and problem solving skills via real-world office simulations.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This capstone course builds upon prior word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, graphics, and multimedia skills, as it further develops and extends the student's ability to integrate and apply the technology needed for particular "job functions". Online and multimedia applications will be used to incorporate images, audio, and video into a variety of document formats. Students will further develop their decision-making, critical thinking, and problem solving skills via simulations of typical job functions found in professional office environments.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed for office professional staff, as well as for personal use. Using Microsoft Office Publisher software, students will reinforce and apply Windows skills, publication design techniques, page set-up and document layout, and work with text and graphic elements in a wide variety of business and personal publications. This is primarily a hands-on course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course develops proficiency in proofreading and editing skills for the workplace. Students develop skills to detect and correct spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors and to ensure the use of audience-appropriate language in written communications including memos, letters, reports, email messages, databases, presentation slides, advertisements, and spreadsheets. Students will learn correct formatting of documents from business, health care, finance, and education.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide an overview of public health in the United States and globally as well as engage students in dialogue about the discipline of public health, the profession, and the interdisciplinary approach to addressing population health issues. Students work together in small groups to analyze and evaluate health information, health care systems and the social determinants of health. The history of public health and its five core areas - epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, social behavioral health, and health policy - are explored.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In this course the critical role of communication within public health is explored. The application of health communication theory to practice including risk communication, health literacy, and cross-cultural issues are examined. Using evidence-based thinking, a foundational understanding of theoretical and applied considerations in developing communication strategies designed to impact health and health behavior is developed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course addresses the field of health education as it relates to Public Health. Theories, practices, and principles of health promotion and disease prevention within U.S. and global communities are discussed using an evidence-based thinking approach. The role of the Health Educator in assessing and planning for community based health challenges is explored.
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