General Course Descriptions - Houston Community College System

interpreting and solving calculation problems
encountered in the preparation and distribution
of drugs . Conversion of measurements within the
apothecary, avoirdupois, and metric systems with
emphasis on the metric system of weight and volume .
Topics include ratio and proportion, percentage, dilution
and concentration, milliequivalent, units, intravenous
flow rates, and solving dosage problems .
pHrA 1313 CoMMunity
pHArMACy prACtiCe
prerequisite: Admission into the pharmacy
technician program
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
Introduction to the skills necessary to process, prepare,
label, and maintain records of physicians’ medication
orders and prescriptions in a community pharmacy .
Designed to train individuals in supply, inventory, and
data entry . Includes customer service, count and pour
techniques, prescription calculations, drug selection
and preparation, over-the-counter drugs, record
keeping, stock level adjustment, data input, editing,
and legal parameters .
pHrA 1345 intrAVenous
AdMixture And sterile
CoMpounding
prerequisite: Admission into the pharmacy
technician program
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 4 lab)
A study of sterile products, hand washing techniques,
pharmaceutical calculations, references, safety
techniques, aseptic techniques in parenteral
compounding, proper use of equipment, preparation
of sterile products, and safe handling of antineoplastic
drugs .
pHrA 1449 institutionAl
pHArMACy prACtiCe
prerequisite: Admission into the pharmacy
technician program
Credit: 4 (3 lecture, 3 lab)
Exploration of the unique role and practice of
pharmacy technicians in an institutional pharmacy
with emphasis on daily pharmacy operation . Topics
include hospital pharmacy organization, work flow and
personnel, medical and pharmaceutical terminology,
safety techniques, data entry, packaging and labeling
operations, extemporaneous compounding, inpatient
drug distribution systems, unit dose chart fills, quality
assurance, drug storage, and inventory control .
pHrA 1541 pHArMACy drug
tHerApy And treAtMent
prerequisite: Admission into the pharmacy
technician program
Credit: 5 (5 lecture)
Study of therapeutic agents, their classifications,
properties, actions, and effects on the human body
and their role in the management of disease . Provides
detailed information regarding drug dosages, side
effects, interactions, toxicities, and incompatibilities .
pHrA 2662 CliniCAl - pHArMACy
teCHniCiAn/AssistAnt
prerequisite: all pHrA courses
Credit: 6 (25 lab)
A health-related work-based learning experience that
enables the student to apply specialized occupational
theory, skills, and concepts . Direct supervision is
provided by the clinical professional .
pHtC 1311 FundAMentAls oF
pHotogrApHy
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 4 lab)
An introduction to camera operation and image
production, composition, supplemental lighting, and
use of exposure meters and filters .
pHtC 1353 portrAiture i
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 4 lab)
Photographic principles applied to portrait lighting,
posing, and subject rapport .
pHys 1305 pHysiCs For HeAltH
sCienCes
prerequisites: Must be placed into gust
0341 (or higher) in reading and be placed
into MAtH 0312 (or take MAtH 0308 as a
co-requisite).Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
Topics include physical mechanics applied to the
skeletal frame, gravity and blood circulation, friction
at body joints, hydrostatic change of blood pressure,
heat transfer in humans, thermodynamics of biological
systems, principles of electromagnetic radiation with
respect to the inner body, and electrical hazards in
patient care areas . Core Curriculum Course .
pHys 1306 Current topiCs in
pHysiCs
prerequisites: Must be placed into gust
0341 (or higher) in reading and be placed
into MAtH 0312 (or take MAtH 0308 as a
co-requisite).
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Non-science majors are introduced to solar power,
nuclear fusion, atomic fission power plants,
superconductivity, liquid helium relativity, elementary
particles and symmetry, electromagnetic radiation,
stages of matter, the basic forces in nature, and
the dual nature of light . Core Curriculum Course .
pHys 1401 College pHysiCs i
prerequisites: MAtH 1314, 1316; Must also
be placed into gust 0341 (or higher) in
reading.
Credit: 4 (3 lecture, 3 lab)
Non-calculus based course for medical related
majors, architecture majors, technology majors,
and other non-engineering and non-science majors .
Topics include motion and forces, work and energy,
momentum and collision, and the thermal properties
of matter . Laboratory exercises include selected
related experiments on these topics . Core Curriculum
Course .
Course desCriptions
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pHys 1402 College pHysiCs ii
prerequisite: pHys 1401; Must also be
placed into gust 0341 (or higher) in
reading.
Credit: 4 (3 lecture, 3 lab)
Continuation of non-Calculus based physics
for medical related majors, architecture majors,
technology majors and other non-engineering and
non-science majors . Topics include wave motion,
electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves,
optics, and topics in modern physics . Laboratory
exercises include selected related experiments on
these topics . Core Curriculum Course .
pHys 2125 pHysiCs lABorAtor
prerequisite: Must placed into Math 2414
(or higher).Must also be placed into gust
0341 (or higher) in reading.
Credit: 1 (3 lab)
Selected laboratory experiments related to topics in
PHYS 2325 (University Physics I) for science and
engineering majors . Core Curriculum Course .
pHys 2126 pHysiCs lABorAtory ii
prerequisite/Corequisite: pHys 2326; Must
be placed into gust 0341 (or higher) in
reading and be placed into MAtH 2414 (or
higher).Credit: 1 (3 lab)
Selected laboratory experiments related to topics in
PHYS 2326 (University Physics II) for science and
engineering majors . Core Curriculum Course .
pHys 2325 uniVersity
pHysiCs i
prerequisites: Must placed into Math 2414
(or higher). Must also be placed into
gust 0341 (or higher) in reading.
Credit: 3 (3 lecture, 1 lab)
A calculus-based physics course designed specifically
for chemistry, physics, and engineering majors .
Topics include principles of mechanics, sound, wave
phenomena, kinetic theory, fluid flow, and thermal
physics . Core Curriculum Course . (formerly PHYS
2425)
pHys 2326 uniVersity
pHysiCs ii
prerequisites: pHys 2425 or 2325 ; Must
also be placed into gust 0341 (or higher)
in reading and be placed into MAtH 2414
(or higher).
Credit: 3 (3 lecture, 1 lab)
Continuation of calculus based physics . Course
designed specifically for chemistry, physics, and
engineering majors . Includes principles of electricity
and magnetism, optics, electromagnetic waves,
relativity, kinetic theory, introduction to quantum
theory, thermal physics, and other physics topics . Core
Curriculum Course . (formerly PHYS 2426)
plAB 1223 pHleBotoMy
Credit: 2 (1 lecture, 4 lab)
Skill development in the performance of a variety of
blood collection methods using proper techniques and
universal precautions . Includes vacuum collection
devices, syringes, capillary skin puncture, butterfly
needles and blood culture, and specimen collection
on adults, children, and infants . Emphasis on infection
prevention, proper patient identification, labeling
of specimens and quality assurance, specimen
handling, processing, and accessioning . Topics include
professionalism, ethics, and medical terminology .