Course Descriptions - Kankakee Community College

ment score; or consent of instructor. Integration techniques,
indeterminate forms, improper integrals, and power series
expansions are the principal topics of the course. Specific topics
include integration (by parts, substitutions, partial fractions,
and inverse circular and hyperbolic functions), L’Hopital’s rule,
convergences tests for infinite series, and Taylor polynomials.
AAS: Mathematics elective. IAI: M1 900-2 Mathematics. IAI:
MTH 902 Mathematics.
MATH 2535 - Calculus & Analytic
Geometry III 5/0 (5)
Prerequisite: MATH 2523 with a grade of C or better. This
course is an introduction to vector calculus and applications of
differentiation and integration to functions of several variables.
Topics include partial derivatives, directional derivatives, motion
in space, line integrals, and multiple integration. AAS:
Mathematics elective. IAI: M1 900-3 Mathematics. IAI: MTH
903 Mathematics.
MATH 2613 - Differential Equations 3/0 (3)
Prerequisite: MATH 2523 with a grade of C or better or equivalent.
Solution techniques for several types of ordinary differential
equations are developed and applied to problems in physics,
geometry, and other sciences. Topics include first-order equations
(separable, homogeneous, exact, and linear), higher-order linear
equations with constant coefficients, the Laplace transform,
systems of linear equations, and power series solutions. AAS:
Mathematics elective. IAI: MTH 912 Mathematics.
Medical Laboratory Technology
Students in the Medical Laboratory Technology program
are advised to consult the Code of Campus Affairs and
Regulations, section 11.4, Page 173. This regulation concerns
completion of all MEDT and BIOL courses in the Medical
Laboratory Technology curriculum with a grade of C or
better.
MEDT 1032 - Medical Laboratory Assistant Skills I 2/0 (2)
Prerequisite: HLTH 1404. This course provides students with
better understanding and knowledge of the health care delivery
systems, medical terminology, infection control, safety, quality
control, test results, central processing, and work skills such as
communication, professionalism, computer, and math skills.
MEDT 1043 - Medical Laboratory Assistant
Skills II 2/2 (3)
Prerequisite: MEDT 1032 or consent of instructor. The course
will provide the student with a basic knowledge and laboratory
skills in the major disciplines of clinical laboratory sciences: urinalysis,
hematology, chemistry, microbiology, and immunology.
Students will be trained to become competent, not only in collection
of specimens (Phlebotomist), but will also be competent in
performing simple or waived tests (CLIA’s reg.) done in hospital
labs, clinics, physicians’ offices, and ambulatory care settings.
MEDT 1114 - Urinalysis & Body Fluids 3/3 (4)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Medical Laboratory Technology
program, or consent of instructor. This course and all
MEDT courses are designed to prepare the student for Clinical
Practicum I and II. Topics covered in this course are an
introductory exposure to the theoretical and technical aspects
of serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry analysis,
laboratory safety, lab math and laboratory information systems.
Also included is an in-depth coverage of the biochemistry
and analysis involved in the production of urine and body
fluids as they relate to health and disease.
MEDT 1124 - Hematology & Coagulation 3/3 (4)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Medical Laboratory Technology
program and CHEM 1514 or consent of instructor. This
course is designed to prepare the student for Clinical Practicum
I and II. Included are introductions to the following topics:
lab safety, lab instrumentation, and laboratory mathematics.
Theoretical and practical laboratory applications of principles
and techniques in phlebotomy, normal to abnormal hematology,
and coagulation are covered in depth. In addition, the student
receives an orientation to the clinical laboratory through 10
hours phlebotomy experience at the hospital. Students must have
a criminal background check without any disqualifying convictions
and a negative drug screen prior to enrollment.
MEDT 1415 - Physiologic Systems 4/3 (5)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Medical Laboratory Technology
program, or consent of instructor. This is a course in human
physiology and an introduction to medical terminology. Emphasis
is on the physiology of the circulatory, excretory, respiratory,
digestive, endocrine, and nervous systems of the human. The
course will use the regulatory systems approach, emphasizing the
major homeostatic mechanisms of the body and their integration.
Laboratory exercises will be used to illustrate the anatomy and
physiology of the systems under study.
MEDT 2044 - Clinical Microbiology 3/3 (4)
Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Laboratory Technology
program and BIOL 2714; or consent of instructor. This course is an
in-depth presentation of clinical bacteriology. Topics to be covered include
specimen collection and transport, normal human flora and the
sites associated with it, medias used for culturing and identification
of bacteria from human sources, pathogen susceptibility testing, and
pathology and treatment of human bacterial infections. Also
included is a study of human pathological mycology, the epidemiology
and pathology of fungal infection, the culturing and identification
of pathogenic and normal flora fungi and the treatment
of fungal diseases. In addition, human parasitology including the
epidemiology, pathology, identification from human sources, and
treatment of parasitic infestations will be covered. The student
performs laboratory exercises that simulate hospital procedures
in clinical bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology.
MEDT 2124 - Serology & Blood Banking 3/3 (4)
Prerequisites: MEDT 1114 or consent of instructor. This course
provides an introduction to basic genetics and the nature of the
immune system, with emphasis on the constituents that comprise
serum-mediated immunity. Knowledge of basic laboratory immunologic
principles and procedures are studied. Immunohematology
specifically looks at blood-related antigens and antibiotics
that are encountered in the clinical lab and their relationship to
safe transfusion of blood and its components. Laboratory exercises
include all the commonly performed immunohematology and
serology procedures.
MEDT 2214 - Clinical Chemistry 3/2 (4)
Prerequisites: MEDT 1124 and CHEM 1524; or consent of
instructor. The course encompasses an in-depth study and
understanding of the physiologic and biochemical processes
operant in both health and illness. The student will perform
analyses on various body fluids, grouped according to function of
organ system and will be able to apply and explain the chemical
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