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MUS 121-124 Jazz Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea.
MUS 131-134 String Ensemble I-IV 1 cr. ea.
MUS 141-144 Woodwind Ensemble I-IV
1 cr. ea.
MUS 145-148 Percussion Ensemble I-IV 1 cr.
ea.
These courses are instrumental ensembles that
involve class rehearsals, instructor presentation
and demonstration of performance
techniques, and public performance. Each
ensemble meets once per week. Music
performance courses are recommended
electives for music majors and are open to all
students who play musical instruments.
Note: Student participation in instrumental
ensembles are determined by the instructor of
the course.
Prerequisite: Courses should be taken in
sequence I-IV.
0/2/0 Course fee charged
MUS 150 – MUS 153 Chorus I-IV 1 cr.
This study and performance-oriented course in
representative choral literature is open to all
students.
Prerequisite: Courses should be taken in
sequence I-IV.
0/2/0 FA/SP Course fee charged
MUS 161 – MUS 164 Burlington County
College/Community Concert Band I-IV 1 cr.
The BCC College/Community Concert
rehearses once per week. The Concert Band
performs at the end of each semester. Other
performances may be scheduled during the
semester. Concert Band members are required
to audition for the one credit music
performance course.
0/2/0
MUS 215 Chromatic Harmony 3 cr.
This course continues the focus on diatonic
harmony, providing an opportunity for the
students to write in the harmonic style of the
romantic period. It emphasizes four-part
writing with figured bass, analysis of harmonic
materials, and reproduction of the keyboard.
Prerequisite: MUS 115
3/0/0
MUS 291 Honors Performance 1 cr.
This course provides a student of exceptional
ability particular instruction in preparation for
the performance of an honors recital.
Prerequisite: Permission
0/2/0
Nursing
NUR 103 Medication Administration 1 cr.
This course focuses on the ability to accurately
prepare dosages for medication administration.
Basic principles are introduced for use as
guidelines for accurate amounts of medication
and their forms (pills, milliliters, drops-perminute)
to be administered. Converting
among household, apothecary, and
intravenous dosages is discussed. Reading and
interpreting medication labels are stressed.
Adult and pediatric dosages are covered.
1/0/0 Course fee charged
NUR 119 Fundamentals of Nursing 7 cr.
This initial nursing course explores and applies
concepts basic to nursing. Fundamental
psychomotor and communication nursing
skills are developed and applied within a
framework of the nursing process and
Maslow’s human needs. Clinical experiences
focus on alterations in basic needs of adult
and senescent patients with chronic medical
conditions. The course includes classroom,
college-based laboratory, and clinical
experiences.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the BCC nursing
program by meeting the acceptance criteria.
Co-requisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, PSY 101
4/3/6 FA/SP Course fee charged
NUR 120 Nursing of Families 9 cr.
This course examines the health and social
situations of today’s family. Areas of focus are
the birth process, children from newborns to
adolescents, and women’s health needs. It
emphasizes physical assessment, health
promotion, growth and development and
general needs identification as related to
healthy and ill childbearing families.
Psychomotor, communication and medication
administration skills are developed. The course
includes classroom, college-based laboratory
and clinical experiences.
Prerequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, NUR 119,
PSY 101
Co-requisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, PSY 256
4/3/12 FA/SP Course fee charged
NUR 127 Pharmacology Essentials 3 cr.
This elective course introduces the principles
of pharmacokinetics and pharmacotherapy.
It presents current content with regard to
contemporary medications in relevant drug
groups. Critical thinking case studies highlight
pertinent information.
Prerequisite: NUR 119 or one nursing course
or RN or LPN
3/0/0 Course fee charged
NUR 214 Nursing of Patients in Stress 8 cr.
This course focuses on the patient who has
experienced acute stress through surgical and
psychological trauma. Using the nursing
process, it emphasizes the care of complex
patients through all phases of the surgical
experience and mental health rehabilitation.
Observational opportunities are provided in
mental health facilities and multiple perioperative
surgical settings. This course
includes classroom and clinical experiences.
Prerequisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, NUR 120, PSY
256
Co-requisite: BIO 155, BIO 156, CHE 210
4/0/12 FA/SP Course fee charged
NUR 215 Advanced Concepts in Nursing
Practice 9 cr.
This course is the culmination of the
exploration of the health needs of the
individual. It focuses on the patient having
multiple unmet needs, requiring complex
nursing interventions. It emphasizes providing
care to individuals and groups of patients. It
stresses mastery of intricate psychomotor
techniques, medication administration skills,
and the administration of continuous IV (drip
meds) pharmachotherapeutics. The course
includes classroom and clinical experiences.
Prerequisite: BIO 155, BIO 156, CHE 210, NUR 214
Co-requisite: NUR 216
4/0/14 FA/SP Course fee charged
NUR 216 Management and
Professional Issues 1 cr.
This course covers current issues affecting
health care delivery, management techniques,
legal and ethical concerns, and political/
legislative strategies. It involves discussion, role
playing, and individual projects to analyze and
synthesize the issues.
Prerequisite: NUR 214
Co-requisite: NUR 215
1/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged
Paralegal
LEX 110 Introduction to
Paralegal Studies 3 cr.
This course is an overview of the legal system
and focuses on basic legal concepts and
paralegal skills. It emphasizes careful reading
for detail, developing analytical and critical
thinking skills, and written presentation of
arguments. It also covers professional ethics
and conduct, issues of confidentiality, conflicts
of interest, and unauthorized practice of law.
3/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged
To access outlines for these course descriptions, please visit http://www.bcc.edu/pages/476.asp
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