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DEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSES156DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSMUSIC 252 (IAI: MUS 908)JAZZ ENSEMBLE IIIPrerequisite: Consent of instructor1 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 1 hr creditThis course is a continuation of MUSIC 153. It provides smallensemble experience with an emphasis on improvisation.MUSIC 253 (IAI: MUS 908)JAZZ ENSEMBLE IVPrerequisite: Consent of instructor1 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 1 hr creditThis course is a continuation of MUSIC 252. It provides smallensemble experience with an emphasis on improvisation.MUSIC 262 (IAI: MUS 908)VOCAL ENSEMBLE IIIPrerequisite: MUSIC 1631 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 1 hr creditThis course provides continuing rehearsal and performanceexperience in a vocal jazz ensemble.MUSIC 263 (IAI: MUS 908)VOCAL ENSEMBLE IVPrerequisite: MUSIC 2621 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 1 hr creditThis course provides continuing rehearsal and performanceexperience in a vocal ensemble.MUSIC 274DIGITAL COMPOSITION FOR VIDEOPrerequisite: MUSIC 1742 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 3 hrs creditThis course teaches the creative and technical aspects ofcomposing and synchronizing music for video using computerassisteddigital technology (Sonar 3, Finale) and existing visualmedia (Quick Time video clips).MUSIC 281PRIVATE LESSONS IIIPrerequisite: MUSIC 1821 lecture per week: 1 hr credit (may be repeated 3 times)Continued private instruction in voice or an instrument is providedfor students who are not music majors. Students meetweekly with the instructor for a half-hour lesson emphasizingtechnique, reading skills and repertoires.MUSIC 282PRIVATE LESSONS IVPrerequisite: MUSIC 2811 lecture per week: 1 hr credit (may be repeated 3 times)Continued private instruction in voice or an instrument is providedfor students who are not music majors. Students meetweekly with the instructor for a half-hour lesson emphasizingtechnique, reading skills and repertoires. Instruction is offeredin voice, piano, brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion, organ, bassor guitar.MUSIC 291 (IAI: MUS 909)PRIVATE APPLIED MUSIC IIIPrerequisite: MUSIC 1922 lectures per week: 2 hrs credit (may be repeated 3 times)Continued private instruction in voice or an instrument,emphasizing techniques, performance and pedagogical fundamentals.Students who plan to transfer to an upper-divisionprogram as music majors are required to enroll each semesterin a selected area of performance concentration. Instruction isoffered in voice, piano, brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion,organ, bass or guitar.MUSIC 292 (IAI: MUS 909)PRIVATE APPLIED MUSIC IVPrerequisite: MUSIC 1922 lectures per week: 2 hrs credit (may be repeated 3 times)Continued private instruction in voice or an instrument,emphasizing techniques, performance, pedagogical fundamentals.Students who plan to transfer to an upper-division program asmusic majors are required to enroll each semester in a selectedarea of performance concentration.NURSING(See also Registered Nursing)2006-2008 CATALOGFinancial Aid recipients should check with the Office of FinancialAid/Veterans Affairs prior to enrolling in Nursing 100. Some financialaid programs will not pay for this course.NURS 100NURSE ASSISTANT TRAININGPrerequisite: None6 lectures, 3 lab hrs per week: 7 hrs creditThis course teaches the basic nursing skills necessary tobecome a nursing assistant. The student is led from the integratedroles of the health care team to the specific duties ofthe nursing assistant and the skills necessary to give basicpatient care and to deal with families.NURS 101 (IAI: NUR 916)BASIC CARE NEEDSPrerequisite: Registration in the Nursing program4 lectures, 6 lab hrs per week: 6 hrs creditA course designed to assist the student in recognizing the basicneeds of clients.The communication process introduces thebasic psychosocial needs of people, incorporating specific needsof clients and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships alongwith group process. Emphasis is placed upon the needs of theindividual client made dependent through illness, including principlesrelated to activities of daily living, administration of medicationsand nursing observation.The approach to nursing careutilizes the principles of the nursing process.NURS 102 (IAI: NUR 916)ACUTE CARE NEEDSPrerequisite: NURS 1015 lectures, 6 lab hrs per week: 7 hrs creditThis course is designed to introduce students to conceptsrelated to the care and teaching of clients with acute careneeds. The nursing process is instrumental in allowing studentsto explore and apply standards of care in meeting the needs ofculturally diverse clients throughout the life span.