BIO 230 Immunology
3 credit course. Immunology is the study of how the body responds to invasion by bacteria, viruses, and other foreign materials.  This course will cover principles of immunology, both at the molecular and cellular level and will address aspects of cell mediated immunity in health and disease.  This is a basic course in immunology, minimizing discussions on experimental and technical details, for the benefit of emphasizing overall principles and concepts.  
Prerequisite: BIO 175-Human Anatomy and Physiology I or BIO 185- Microbiology

BIO 376  Pathophysiology
3 credit course. This course examines the biological basis of common clinical disease states.  Pathophysiology is treated as a disruption of normal homeostatic mechanisms that progresses beyond the normal compensatory capabilities of the human body.
Prerequisite: BIO 175 and BIO 176- Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II

BIO 380 Epidemiology
3 credit course. This course introduces the basic concepts of epidemiology, as applied to the health care fields.  Emphasis will be on the methods used for epidemiological investigations and the collection of data and statistics as applied to the health of select societies.  Areas of study will include the behavior of diseases, incidence and prevalence in societies, and the extent of diseases.  Application of these studies will be presented and discussed in relation to screening for diseases, genetic pre-disposition to diseases, and environmental factors effecting diseases.
Prerequisite: BIO 185- Microbiology

HCA 201 Introductions to Accounting
3 credit course. This course will provide an introduction to accounting and finance related to healthcare management.
Prerequisites: None 

HCA 315   Healthcare Finance
3 credit course. This course will cover issues in corporate financial reporting including agency theory, conceptual framework, accounting standards, earnings management, efficient markets hypothesis, international accounting standards, and positive accounting theory.
Prerequisite:  HCA 201

HCA 335   Human Resources in Healthcare
3 credit course. This course introduces students to the basic legal and organizational human resource issues often encountered in U.S. Healthcare organizations. 
Prerequisites: HCA 200

HCA 410 Quality Assessments in Healthcare
3 credit course. This course will explore quality assurance activities in the healthcare setting.  Students will gain an understanding of, and practice in, applying the JCAHO quality standards. 
Prerequisite:  Math 260 Statistics

HSC 300 Organizational Behaviors
3 credit course. This course will examine the management of complex organizations requires an understanding of the nature of human behavior in corporate and other organizations, styles of motivations, company leadership, power and authority, strategies of organizational design and change, teamwork and collaboration, and the measurement of organizational effectiveness.
Prerequisite: Graduate of a health science program or permission of instructor

HSC 302 Introduction to Health Science Capstone
1 credit course. This one credit course prepares the student to explore the meaning, benefits and components of the capstone project.  Students will explore potential ideas for development of a capstone project which will be implemented prior to completion of the curriculum. 
Prerequisite: Associate Degree or Certificate in Health Sciences, HSC 300

HSC 320 Leadership and Management
3 credit course.  This course explores the basic concepts of leadership and the essential skills required to become an effective leader/manager. The student will be provided the opportunity for personal development through exercises in communication and leadership effectiveness. Other major topics include leadership styles, planning, decision-making, change management, organizational issues, budgeting, and human resource concerns.
Prerequisite: Graduate of a health science program or permission of instructor

HSC 322 Teaching and Learning
3 credit course. This course prepares the health science professional to educate patients and peers.  Students will examine characteristics of learners, adult learning principles, teaching methodologies, strategies for implementation, and evaluation methods.  Barriers to learning including readiness to learn and literacy concerns will be discussed.
Prerequisite:  Health Science Certification/Registration

HSC 401 Health Science Research
3 credit course. This course focuses on the role of research as it informs professional health science practices. Course content provides the student an opportunity to analyze, critique, and interpret health science research. It serves as a means to incorporate evidenced-based practice in the evaluation and modification of current clinical practice. Students will work in small groups to develop a research proposal based on a health science problem within their area of interest.
Prerequisites:  MAT 260 Statistics, ENG 300 Advanced Composition.

HSC 450 Health Science Capstone
3 credit course. The capstone project is a culminating project designed to allow students to
creatively analyze, synthesize, and evaluate learning across the curriculum. Students are introduced
to a specialty project in HSC302: Introduction to Capstone. This capstone project integrates a
specialty project with coursework, knowledge, skills and Experiential learning from across the
program of study. Students will communicate learning from the experience via a written paper and
oral presentation.
Prerequisites:  HSC 302

MAT 260 Statistics
3 credit course. Statistics introduces the basic concepts of statistical reasoning and computer based techniques for organizing and interpreting data.  Topics covered include measures of central tendency and variability, probability and the normal distribution, correlation, hypothesis testing and analysis of variance.
Prerequisite:  MAT 150 Clinical Mathematics for Health Sciences or MAT 160 College Algebra

RAD 301 Principles of Computed Tomography
3 credit course.  The course includes in-depth instruction and guidance in the study of the
 principles of computerized tomography (CT). Successful students will be prepared to take the
ARRT CT examination and will also be prepared for entry level practice as a CT technologist.
Areas of instruction include imaging processes and procedures, CT physics, patient care, and
radiation protection processes. In this course students are expected to assume a high degree of
personal independence and responsibility for the completion of assigned activities simultaneously
demonstrating academic integrity throughout the course.
Prerequisites:  ARRT  - Radiography registry or; ARRT – Nuclear Medicine registry or; ARRT – Radiation Therapy registry or; NMTCB– Nuclear Medicine certification