Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

CarEEr plaNNING aND prEparaTION • CHEmISTryoral dsorders are ncluded. Ths course wll focus on assessmentand the development of an approprate plan of care. Technquescovered wll nclude blood sugar analyss, gastrc management,and non-volent crss nterventon. One hour and 30 mnuteslecture per week. Four laboratory hours and 16 clncal hoursper semester.[SPRING]1 creditPREREQUISITES: Current certification as an EMT-B.CRT 165 Special Populations: Assessment andInterventionA course addressing the unique age-specific consideration of thepopulaton. Topcs nclude: the pregnant patent, neonate, pedatrc,and geratrc patents. These populatons requre specalzed assessment,nterventons and equpment. Technques nclude chldbrth,neonate resusctaton, weght/length-based nterventons, arwaymanagement, mmoblzaton, vascular access and medcne admnstraton.One hour lecture per week. Eght laboratory hoursand eght clncal hours per semester.[SPRING] (Course Fee)1 creditPREREQUISITES: Current certification as an EMT-B.CAREER PLANNING ANDPREPARATIONCPL 101 Portfolio DevelopmentInstructon n developng a portfolo that descrbes and documentscollege-level learnng ganed through non-college experence.Focus is on defining goals, correlating experiential learningwth course content, and documentng learnng ganed throughexperence. Faculty evaluators assess completed portfolos for apossble award of credt. Three hours per week.[AS NEEDED]3 creditsCPL 105 Career Planning and PreparationA course desgned to teach and mprove sklls necessary to succeedin a career field. Topics will include: career exploration/exposure, core employablty sklls/workplace competences,leadershp abltes/workplace ntatves, and other related prncples.One hour lecture per week.[FALL/SPRING]1 creditCPL 250 Job ShadowingA course requrng the student to follow and montor the workactvtes of an ndvdual n an actual workste stuaton n therfield of study. The job shadowing experience is designed tomrror the process used to obtan employment. Students are requredto secure ther workste placement. Students wll applyfor and ntervew wth ther potental employer n order to securether job shadowng workste. Assocated supportve actvtesrelated to fundamental busness practces wll be observed. Thepurpose s to provde the student wth a learnng experence thatenhances and renforces the classroom experence. Students wllbe requred to meet for two workshops that wll consst of anorientation and final feedback session. The student will also berequred to attend an advsng sesson wth the nstructor mdwaythrough the workste experence. The work experence wllrequre 50 contact hours at a supervsed workste and three oncampushourly semnars.[FALL/SPRING]1 creditPRE- or COREQUISITE: CPL 105.CPL 280 Cooperative Work ExperienceSupervsed full- or part-tme on-ste work experence related tothe student’s academc study at the College. The cooperatvework experence s desgned to mrror the process used to obtanemployment. Students are requred to secure ther worksteplacement. Students wll apply for and ntervew wth therpotental employer n order to secure ther cooperatve experenceworkste. The cooperatve work experence gves practcalapplcaton to the student’s classroom learnng. Emphass wllbe placed upon strong work ethcs, functonng as part of a team,crtcal thnkng, and assmlaton of classroom learnng nto theemployment experence. Ten hours per week, 150 hours per semesterat the workste. One hour semnar per week.[FALL/SPRING]3 creditsPREREQUISITE: CPL 105.CHEMISTRYCHM 012 Introduction to ChemistryA foundaton n the fundamentals of chemstry and chemcalreasonng. Ths course s ntended for students who have notsuccessfully completed one year of hgh school chemstry or whoneed to refresh sklls n chemstry before regsterng for certanalled health programs. A practcum nvolvng problem-solvngtechnques, both mathematcal and logcal, that are frequently usedn chemstry and n the laboratory s ncluded to provde ntalexposure to the laboratory settng. Four hours lecture/practcumper week.[FALL/SPRING]0 creditsPREREQUISITE: MAT 031 or approprate score on the placementtest.CHM 121 General Chemistry Ig.ed.An ntroducton to the fundamental prncples of chemstry ncludngatomc structure, chemcal reactons and stochometry.The laboratory conssts of basc technques and study of chemcalreactons. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week.[FALL]4 creditsPRE- or COREQUISITE: MAT 113 or 115.CHM 122 General Chemistry IIA contnuaton of CHM 121 wth major emphass on chemcal knetcs,chemcal equlbrum, acd-base and solublty equlbra,redox reactons, electrochemstry, qualtatve analyss and theuse of computers n chemcal studes. The laboratory ncludesboth qualtatve and quanttatve work. Three hours lecture,three hours laboratory per week.[SPRING]4 creditsPREREQUISITE: CHM 121.CHM 221 Organic Chemistry IAn ntroducton to the study of organc chemstry, ncludng thephyscal, chemcal structural propertes, and the reactons and172