Student Catalog 2011-2012 - West Georgia Technical College

CUUL 1400 - Basic Nutrition3.000 CreditsPrerequisites: Regular StatusThis course will emphasize nutrients and nutritional needs. Specialneeds and diets will be explored with an emphasis on manipulatingmeal components in order to meet the needs of these diets. Nutritionfor different phases of the life cycle and current trends in nutrition willalso be explored.CUUL 2130 - Culinary Practicum and Leadership6.000 CreditsPrerequisites: CUUL 1220; CUUL 1320This course familiarizes the student with the principles and methods ofsound leadership and decision making in the hospitality industry andprovides the student with the opportunity to gain management/supervision experience in an actual job setting. Students will be placedin an appropriate restaurant, catering, or other food service businessfor four days per week throughout the quarter. On-the-job trainingtopics include restaurant management/on-off premise catering/foodservice business, supervisory training, and management training, on-offpremise catering, hotel kitchen organization, kitchen management,restaurant kitchen systems, institutional food systems, kitchendepartmental responsibilities, and kitchen productivity. Topics includebasic leadership principles and how to use them to solicit cooperation,use of leadership to develop the best possible senior-subordinaterelationships, the various decision making processes, the ability tomake sound and timely decisions, leadership within the framework ofthe major functions of management, and delegation of authority andresponsibility in the hospitality industry.CUUL 2140 - Advanced Baking and International Cuisine6.000 CreditsPrerequisites: CUUL 1220; CUUL 1320This course introduces international cuisine and acquisition ofadvanced cookery techniques. Course content reflects AmericanCulinary Federation Educational Institute cook apprenticeship trainingobjectives and provides background for those aspiring to becomechefs. Topics include international cuisine, advanced grill cookery,advanced vegetable cookery, advanced meat cookery, advanced linecookery, advanced fry cookery and nutrition. Laboratory practiceparallels class work. Provides in-depth experience in preparing manytypes of baked goods commonly found in restaurants and hotels.Course content reflects American Culinary Federation and RetailBakery Association training objectives and provides background forthose aspiring to become pastry chefs or bakery supervisors. Topicsinclude: breads, pies, cakes, pastry dough, puff pastry, icing, filling, andcandy. Laboratory practice parallels class work.CUUL 2160 - Contemporary Cuisine4.000 CreditsPrerequisites: CUUL 1220; CUUL 1320This course emphasizes all modern cuisine and introducesmanagement concepts necessary to the functioning of a commercialkitchen. Topics include international cuisine, cuisine trends, kitchenorganization, kitchen management, kitchen supervision, competitionentry, nutrition, menu selection, layout and design, and on/off premisecatering. Laboratory demonstration and student experimentationparallel class work.DENA - Dental AssistingDENA 1050 - Microbiology and Infection Control2.000 CreditsPrerequisites: Regular StatusIntroduces fundamental microbiology and infection control techniques.Topics include classification, structure, and behavior of pathogenicmicrobes; mode of disease transmission; body’s defense andimmunity; infectious diseases; and infection control procedures inaccordance with CDC recommendations and OSHA guidelines.DENA 1080 - Dental Biology5.00 CreditsPrerequisite: Regular StatusFocuses on normal head and neck anatomy and the development andfunctions of oral anatomy. Topics include: dental anatomy; oralhistology; oral embryology; osteology of the skull; muscles ofmastication and facial expression; temporal mandibular joint; bloodlymphatic nerve supply of the head; and salivary glands and relatedstructures.DENA 1340 - Dental Assisting I: General Chairside6.000 CreditsPrerequisites: DENA 1050; DENA 1080Introduces student to ethics and jurisprudence for the dental assistantand to chairside assisting with diagnostic and operative procedures.Topics include ethics and jurisprudence in the dental office; fourhandeddentistry techniques; clinical data collection techniques;introduction to operative dentistry; and dental material basics.DENA 1350 - Dental Assisting II: Dental Specialties and EFDA Skills7.000 CreditsPrerequisites: DENA 1340Focuses on chairside assisting with dental specialty procedures. Topicsinclude prosthodontic procedures (fixed and removable);orthodontics; pediatric dentistry; periodontic procedures; oral andmaxillofacial surgery procedures; endodontics procedures;management of dental office emergencies; medically compromisedpatients and expanded functions approved by law for performance bydental assistants in the state of Georgia. Student will pass acomprehensive examination and successfully perform all requiredclinical skills to receive EFDA certification.DENA 1390 - Dental Radiology4.000 CreditsPrerequisites: DENA 1080After completion of the course the student will be able to provideradiation safety for patient and self, expose x-rays, process x-rays, andprepare dental films for the dental office. Topics include fundamentalsof radiology and radiation safety; radiographic anatomy andinterpretation; intraoral and extraoral radiographic techniques; andquality assurance techniques.DENA 1400 - Dental Practice Management3.000 CreditsPrerequisites: COMP 1000; DENA 1340Emphasizes procedures for office management in dental practices.Topics include oral and written communication; records management;appointment control; dental insurance form preparation; accountingprocedures; supply and inventory control; employability skills and basiccomputer skills. A computer lab provides basic skills in computer useand utilization of these skills to perform office procedures on amicrocomputer.DENA 1460 - Dental Practicum I1.000 CreditsPrerequisites: DENA 1050; DENA 1340; DENA 1350;DENA 1390Practicum focuses on infection control in the dental office andassisting with diagnostic and simple operative procedures. Topicsinclude infection control procedures; clinical diagnosticprocedures; and general dentistry procedures.236Student Catalog 2011-2012. May 1, 2011