CATALOG - Schenectady County Community College

BIO 154 (3-0-3)Introduction to PharmacologyThis course is a survey of the fundamentals of pharmacology and is designedfor students in nursing or other health related fields. It will examine the basicunderstanding of drug actions, drug absorption, bioavailability, distribution,metabolism and excretion; the administration of therapeutic drugs; drugs thataffect the nervous, cardiovascular, and renal systems; drugs with actions onsmooth muscle; endocrine drugs; chemotherapeutic drugs; antimicrobials;cancer chemotherapy; immunopharmacology; special aspects of pediatric,geriatric, dermatologic and gastrointestinal pharmacology.PR: BIO 151 and 152 and high school chemistry or CHM 113 or equivalent;higher level of chemistry preferred.SBIO 161 (3-0-3)Basic Principles of NutritionThis course is designed to explain the role of nutrition in health maintenance.The food sources, functions and interrelationships of the six major nutrient categoriesare discussed as well as energy requirements and balance. The principlesof nutrient needs throughout the life cycle are applied to nutritional assessment,menu planning and food preparation.PR: Two years of high school scienceF,SBIO 241 (3-3-4)MicrobiologyThis is a course in the fundamental principles of the biology of microorganisms.The topics include the morphology, physiology, and disease production capacityof microorganisms, protective mechanisms of hosts, control of microorganisms,genetic engineering and biotechnology, industrial microbiology, and microbialecology.PR: BIO 141 or 151 or permission of the departmentF, SBusinessBUS 109 (3-0-3)e-CommerceStudents are introduced to the most popular e-Commerce business modelsand discuss their strengths and weaknesses. This course is designed to teachstudents how to create a business plan and form into work teams to operate anInternet-based news company providing information about various academicunits such as sports, music, drama, and culinary arts. Students will be requiredto research, collect, prepare, and enter data into their sites. Students are taughtthe web’s history, its impact on society, up-to-date techniques for creatingrevenue-generating web sites and then apply those techniques to their sites.Students are taught the importance of security, privacy, and social responsibilityfor successful e-Commerce. Students will be required to make use of computerfacilities to complete assignments.PR: CSS 123 and CSS 125BUS 113 (3-0-3)Business MathematicsThis course emphasizes the concepts of mathematics as they apply to a widerangeof personal and commercial business problems. The topics coveredinclude how to dissect and solve word problems; fractions, decimals; banking;percents and their applications; trade and cash discounts; payroll; simple interest;compound interest and present value; installment buying; depreciation; andinventory and overhead.PR: CSS 120 or MAT 126F,SBUS 115 (1-0-1)Basic KeyboardingThe student will learn to key the alphabetic keys using the “touch method.” Thestudent will learn the reaches to the numeric and symbol keys as well as basicformatting, proofreading, and editing techniques. The student will developkeyboarding speed and accuracy. A minimum of 20 net wpm is required. Thiscourse is offered in a time period shorter than a full semester. Additional laboratoryhours are required.F, SBUS 118 (3-0-3)Keyboarding IThe student will learn to key the alphabetic and numeric keys using the “touchmethod,” as well as formatting, proofreading, and editing techniques usingMicrosoft Word. The student will develop keyboarding speed and accuracyand will format documents including letters, memoranda, reports, and tables.The student will learn to apply basic language arts skills in the production ofdocuments.F,SBUS 121 (3-0-3)Business Law IThis course focuses on the nature and sources of law pertaining to contracts,sales, secured transactions, bankruptcy and insurance.F, SBUS 123 (3-0-3)Business Law IIThis course continues the study of law begun in Business Law I, and covers thesubjects of personal and real property, bailments, agency, employment, partnerships,corporations, limited liability companies, estates and trusts.PR: BUS 121F,SBUS 135 (3-0-3)Word ProcessingThe student will learn advanced document formatting using the functions ofMicrosoft Word. Word processing commands are applied on a variety of documentssuch as letters with mail merge, tables, and reports. The student will alsobe introduced to legal forms, graphic enhancements and meeting management.Employment application and follow-up letters will be reviewed. Proof-reading,composition and other language arts skills are integrated and reinforced.PR: BUS 118F,SBUS 212 (3-0-3)Business CommunicationsThis course teaches the principles of effective communication in business, bothwritten and oral. It focuses attention on the communication process includingeffective listening, writing and speaking. Students analyze business letters,reports and memos for organization of ideas, conciseness and clarity. Studentsare required to write business letters and memos. Students are also required towrite a business report and make an oral presentation. Writing resumes andemployment letters is also covered in this course.PR: ENG 123 (may be taken concurrently)F,SBUS 223 (3-0-3)Business StatisticsThis course provides the student with the knowledge to gather, process andpresent statistical data, construct frequency charts, compute measures of centraltendency and standard and quartile deviations. This latter knowledge is thenapplied to solving business problems in sampling, hypothesis testing, regressionand correlation, and trend analysis.PR: MAT 128F,SChemistryCHM 113 (3-3-4)Fundamentals of ChemistryThis course covers the fundamentals of chemistry in one semester. Topicsinclude dimensional analysis, Modern Atomic Theory, chemical bonding, classificationof chemical reactions, stoichiometry, solution chemistry, and the gaslaws. The laboratory covers techniques and illustrates the chemical principlescovered in the course. This course cannot be used toward the Mathematics/Science,Science, or Computer Science degrees.PR: MAT 128 or equivalentF, S92