Course Number
Course Name
Credit Hours
Foundation
CD2600
2
Course Description:
This course provides information and resources important for anyone’s career development. It uses guest presenters and mock interviews, in addition to individual consultations, to provide career guidance. The class starts by having the students perform a self-assessment of their interests and values while at the same time, focusing on their professional goals. It emphasizes the importance of understanding how to create a successful resume no matter where a person is in their career path. In addition, it highlights how to apply a variety of other job search documents and needing to execute follow-up. Instructors illustrate traditional and nontraditional methods of job searching to include some of the latest online resources. A significant element of this course is training students to have great interviewing skills. Additional time is spent researching employers, exploring employment opportunities available in the area, and setting up interviews with prospective employers. Toward the end of this course, students also learn value of teamwork and being successful in their career. By applying these techniques and suggestions in this course, students are able to approach their career exploration and job search with a more confident and winning attitude. This course is scheduled during the final or next to last quarter of the program.
INF1100
2
Course Description:
This course introduces students to lifelong learning skills necessary to critically assess and use information. The student will learn techniques to effectively locate, evaluate, and select information, to think critically about research strategies, ethical use of resources, and to apply these concepts to research using Learning Resource Center resources.
PSY1050
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to enhance the college learning experience and prepare students for personal and professional success. Concepts presented include managing change, setting and achieving goals, and thinking in ways to create success. This course also incorporates assessments that will increase one’s self-awareness, and improve the student’s interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.
General Education Courses
CHM1020
4
Course Description:
This course provides introduction general elementary chemistry and includes chemical and general gas laws, atomic and molecular structure, energy, equilibrium, kinetics, states of matter, and applications in chemical processes, and includes human, medical, and clinical perspectives. Laboratory applications include an introduction to the techniques and reasoning of general experimental chemistry.
COM1050
4
Course Description:
This course focuses on helping students develop writing, researching, and critical thinking skills through writing paragraphs and essays using different rhetorical styles. Students also gain experience with peer reviewing. Students are required to earn a grade of C or higher to satisfy the requirements of this course.
PSY2000
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to develop students’ basic skills of logical reasoning relative to problem solving and related argument analysis. Learning to provide evidence and well-reasoned support for asserted solutions and/or positions within frameworks of clarity, depth, precision, relevance, and fairness are central to the course.
SPC1010
4
Course Description:
This course provides students with the basic skills necessary to organize their thoughts and communicate effectively through public speaking. Students learn to research, organize, and properly convey oral messages. Through practical classroom application, students gain sound experience in the art of oral presentation.
Professional
ANP1040
4
Course Description:
This course is a study of the organization and structure along with several systems of the human body. Cells and tissues, the integumentary, the musculoskeletal, the nervous, sensory, and endocrine systems will be taught, and examined in the lab. The course is designed to enable students to understand common health problems as they relate to the various systems. Emphasis is placed on correct spelling, pronunciation, definitions and use of medical terminology.
ANP1050
4
Course Description:
This course is a study of the organization and structure along with several systems of the human body. The blood, heart, vascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, metabolic, urinary, fluid balance, and reproductive systems will be taught, and examined in the lab. The course is designed to enable students to understand common health problems as they relate to the various systems. Emphasis is placed on correct spelling, pronunciation, definitions and use of medical terminology.
CHM1320
4
Course Description:
Please see the Harrison College Course Catalog for a list of courses for this program.
EXT2720
8
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the student with the clinical applications of laboratory techniques and testing, including regulatory content. The student will rotate and perform procedures in various departments of the clinical laboratory under the direct supervision of a nationally certified laboratory professional. This course is designed to educate individuals in contemporary laboratory practice with emphasis on professional development to prepare the student for the career path and certification.
EXT2740
8
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the student with the clinical applications of laboratory techniques and testing, including regulatory content. The student will rotate and perform procedures in various departments of the clinical laboratory under the direct supervision of a nationally certified laboratory professional. This course is designed to educate individuals in contemporary laboratory practice with emphasis on professional development to prepare the student for the career path and certification.
MLT1130
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform scientific calculations used in the clinical laboratory. This will include calculating dilutions and solutions, graphing and chemistry formulae. The course will emphasize quality control and compliance principles in computing laboratory test results.
MLT1250
4
Course Description:
This course introduces various laboratory techniques and principles utilized for analyses in the medical laboratory, for both macro and micro-techniques. This course focuses on the importance of quality control as it relates to analysis of various constituents. This course places emphasis on math skills as they apply to the clinical laboratory, such as measurement systems, unit inter-conversions and graphs. The focus is on the basic procedures of specimen collection and processing, laboratory calculations, reagent preparation, state and federal safety rules and regulations, utilization of laboratory equipment and supplies, and quality control probability. Also included are the fundamentals of analytical procedures, their principles, and the operation of laboratory instrumentation. Laboratory training includes performance of various constituents as they enhance the analytical principles utilized in the clinical laboratory.
MLT1260
4
Course Description:
This course introduces the student to sample collection techniques. The focus is on the principles, procedure and techniques of routine venipuncture, dermal/capillary puncture, storage, handling, processing, state and federal safety rules and regulations, utilization of laboratory equipment and supplies, quality control and point of care testing.
MLT1430
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the student with the fundamentals of renal physiology and urine formation. Emphasis is placed on the early detection of disease through the performance of routine urinalysis and kidney function studies. This course provides laboratory training in the physical, chemical, and microscopic examinations of urine and other body fluids, including cerebral, amniotic, and gastric.
MLT1460
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the principles of immunology at the level of antibody formation and reaction. The focuses of this course are diseases of the immune system as well as those diseases detected by serological procedures. This course includes presentations on quality control, precipitation reactions, agglutination, labeled immunoassays, serologic and molecular detection of bacterial infections, spirochete diseases, serologic and molecular detection of viral infections and laboratory diagnosis of HIV. Laboratory experience provides training in the performance of various serological tests with discussion of related case studies.
MLT1480
4
Course Description:
The course is designed to embody the essential principles of bacteriology relative to human disease. Emphasis is placed on the pathogenicity of microorganisms as well as the cultivation, isolation , identification and treatment of of those organisms. Laboratory instruction includes laboratory safety in the microbiology lab, culturing, staining, specimen collection, quality control and identification of various bacteria.
MLT2480
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to focus on special microbiology topics such as antibiotic susceptibilities, various bacteria, including anaerobes, Mycobacteria, and medical mycology. Parasitology topics include protozoa, helminths, and arthropods as agents of infection. Emphasis is on clinical pathogenicity of the microorganisms and their identification. Laboratory training includes lab and personal safety, collecting and processing procedures, susceptibilities, microorganism identification techniques and test methodologies, fungal cultures, mycology slide reviews, parasitology slide reviews, and wet mount preparation reviews.
MLT2530
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to study the functions, maturation, and morphology of normal and abnormal red blood cells. Emphasis is on the complete blood count (CBC). Also included are the etiologic and morphologic classification of blood disorders and diseases. An overview of automated methodologies and corresponding quality control procedures is presented. Laboratory training includes review of CBC slides and performing basic hematology testing procedures.
MLT2540
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to study the functions, maturation, and morphology of normal and abnormal white blood cell. Emphasis is on cell counts and the blood coagulation mechanisms of hemostasis and thrombosis. Also included are the etiologic and morphologic classification of blood disorders and diseases. An overview of automated methodologies and corresponding quality control procedures is presented. Laboratory training includes performing differentials, and basic coagulation testing procedures.
MLT2630
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to study the various aspects of clinical chemistry, tests and procedures. Fundamentals of primary blood chemical constituents are discussed, along with their significance in health and disease and their analytical determinations. This course will include commonly applied clinical calculations and require the use of interpretive and critical thinking skills. Various analytical principles and methods are discussed. Laboratory training includes testing of various chemistry analytes, correlation with diseases, troubleshooting and interpretation of test results.
MLT2640
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to study the various aspects of clinical chemistry, tests and procedures. Fundamentals of primary blood chemical constituents are discussed, along with their significance in health and disease and their analytical determinations. This course will include commonly applied clinical calculations and require the use of interpretive and critical thinking skills. Various analytical principles and methods are discussed. Laboratory training includes case study analysis.
MLT2660
4
Course Description:
Immunohematology is a specialized area of clinical laboratory medicine. It involves the study of the theory and practice of a variety of procedures and techniques used to detect antigen/antibody reactions which may affect a patient receiving a transfusion. The topics covered in this course include: immunology, reagents, blood group genetics, blood groups (ABO, H, Rh, Kell, Kx, Duffy, Kidd, Lutheran, Lewis, I, P and MNS), donor selection and testing.
MLT2670
4
Course Description:
This course introduces the principles of immunology at the level of antibody formation and reaction. This includes knowledge of various blood group systems, antibody identification and compatibility testing. Donor selection, blood components, component therapy, fetal-maternal bleeds and transfusion reactions are discussed. Laboratory training includes blood grouping, detection of irregular antibodies, maternal testing, and compatibility testing (both routine and those with antibodies), quality control and record keeping.
MLT2680
4
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to evaluate personal characteristics, professional image development, and critical thinking skills through case studies reflecting experiences often encountered during externship and in the medical laboratory workplace. The course will include a comprehensive review and knowledge assessment in preparation for taking a national credentialing exam. The value of professional development will be emphasized.
PHY1260
4
Course Description:
This course is a study of how normal physiology processes are altered by disease. This course includes causes of disease, neoplasms, congenital diseases, urinary system diseases, reproductive system diseases, digestive system diseases, respiratory system diseases, circulatory system diseases, nervous system diseases, endocrine system diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, skin, eye, ear, childhood diseases, pain management, and holistic health.