Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College
Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College
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COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2012-2013 CATALOG<br />
centered work, current trends in the<br />
Massage Therapy industry, and the legal<br />
parameters of promoting and practicing<br />
massage will be discussed. Prerequisites:<br />
MT 201, MT 210. (3 semester hours)<br />
Spring<br />
mt 245—Advanced topics in massage<br />
therapy<br />
This course is designed to introduce<br />
students to specialization in the feld<br />
of alternative therapies. Various guest<br />
speakers will lecture and demonstrate<br />
their areas of expertise, exposing students<br />
to avenues of employment based on<br />
furthering education, and to the benefts<br />
and risks of specializing. Topics will vary<br />
each term but may include lymphatic<br />
drainage, stone therapy, geriatric massage<br />
and aromatherapy. Prerequisites: MT 201,<br />
MT 210, MT 220. (2 semester hours)<br />
Spring<br />
mUsiC<br />
mU 101—introduction to music<br />
Teaches students how to listen to music<br />
and understand it by identifying the basic<br />
materials of music and relating them to<br />
other areas; e.g., poetry, painting, sculpture,<br />
and architecture. By way of reading,<br />
lectures, and listening to music, the course<br />
proceeds from basic concepts in music to<br />
an understanding of form, movement, and<br />
style. (3 semester hours) Fall<br />
mU 103—History of Jazz<br />
A brief history of jazz from its beginning to<br />
the present through lectures, listening, and<br />
reading. The various styles will be presented<br />
as well as the lives and history of selected<br />
performers. (3 semester hours) Spring<br />
nUrsinG<br />
nU 101—nursing i<br />
Students will examine the health-illness<br />
framework of the nursing program. The<br />
nurse’s role as a communicator, care<br />
208<br />
provider, client teacher, manager of<br />
client care, and member of the nursing<br />
profession is presented. The nursing<br />
process is utilized as the basis for all<br />
nursing practice throughout the lifecycle.<br />
A body of knowledge will be acquired<br />
to permit individualized nursing care of<br />
clients based on scientifc rationale from<br />
the biological and behavioral sciences<br />
and liberal arts. Classroom and campus<br />
lab, and clinical practice will develop<br />
beginning skills in both the technical<br />
and interpersonal aspects of nursing.<br />
This course includes the fundamental<br />
concepts that subsequent courses will<br />
build on. Corequisites: BI 130, EN 101,<br />
and matriculation in the Nursing Program.<br />
(4 lecture hours/9 lab hours) (7 semester<br />
hours) Fall<br />
nU 102—nursing ii<br />
The care of the client with common<br />
health needs related to oxygenation, fuid<br />
and electrolyte balance, and elimination<br />
are presented. Students will continue to<br />
develop skills in the campus laboratory<br />
and utilize the nursing process when<br />
administering nursing care to individual<br />
clients. Prerequisites: NU 101, BI 130,<br />
EN 101. Corequisites: BI 131, BI 210 and<br />
PY 101. (4 lecture hours/9 lab hours) (7<br />
semester hours) Spring<br />
nU 201—nursing iii<br />
The concepts and therapies used in the<br />
nursing care of clients with complex<br />
psychosocial needs and dysfunctional<br />
behaviors are introduced. Another<br />
focus will be on individuals during the<br />
reproductive stage of life and care of<br />
the newborn. Students will also have<br />
the opportunity to incorporate medical/<br />
surgical nursing concepts. A variety<br />
of classroom, clinical, and community<br />
laboratory experiences provide for<br />
correlation of theory and practice.<br />
Prerequisites: NU 101, NU 102, BI 130,<br />
BI 131, BI 210, EN 101, MA 102 or