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• NUR 253: Nursing IV Concepts of Mental Health & C

  8.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Nursing IV Concepts of Mental Health & Complex Client Populations. This course incorporates the concepts and care environments of clients experiencing disease processes of mental health and highly complex client care situations. The course content applies practices of prior knowledge and skills learned throughout the nursing curriculum. Nursing roles and care decisions will be applied to rapidly changing situations requiring swift nursing actions, clinical judgement, effective communication, and nursing skills while maintaining a professional and careing atmosphere for clients throughout the lifespan. In addition, a student will prepare for the role transition to graduate nurse through expanded clinical experiences in varied health care settings. Integration of theory and clinical knowledge will guide professional practice for prioritization of care using evidence-based concepts, leadership principles, and health care delivery trends. Prerequisite:    PRINT "Take NUR-251 with a grade of C+ or higher" Take NUR-251; Minimum grade C+. (Required, Previous).
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• OFT 110: Keyboarding I

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Designed for students with no keyboarding background or for students who wish to brush up on previous skills. Emphasizes keyboarding skills and techniques and basic keyboarding applications such as business letters, tables, memos, and reports. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-097; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-020 EAP-040; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D /Take COM-098; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous or concurrent).
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• OFT 111: Keyboarding II

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Emphasis on increasing speed and accuracy. Includes advanced problems in business letters, tables with special features, reports, memorandums,and integrated office projects in a wide variety of fields. Includes transcription unit with emphasis on typing from dictated material, applying knowledge of grammar, word usage, punctuation, and proofreading. Prerequisite:    Take OFT-110; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous).
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• OFT 212: Office Procedures

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Introduction to the responsibilities and the opportunities of the secretarial position with a strong emphasis on the administrative aspects of secretarial work. Includes telephone communication, reprographics, records management, mailing operations, time management, and decision-making techniques. Prerequisite:    Take OFT-111; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous).
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• PHI 271: Introduction to Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  The course is an introduction to the major questions raised and theories asserted by philosophers on the nature of man, society, and the universe, specifically in the areas of ontology, epistemology, and ethics. Students will become familiar with the specialized language, processes, and skills needed to practice speculative philosophy. Prerequisite:    Take COM-121; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous).
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• PHI 272: Philosophy (Honors)

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This introductory course will involve students in the analysis and evaluation of primary texts and speculative philosophical questions and theories from primarily the western tradition as well as major eastern traditions from pre-classical times to contemporary. It will enable students to identify diverse multicultural philosophical perspectives in the ageless search of Sophia- wisdom. Critical and creative thinking along with our ability to wonder will be utilized in the areas on metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and axiology. Students will conduct research using various kinds of primary and secondary sources. This course will promote a deeper understanding of Socratic wisdom (Know Thyself), individually and societally. Prerequisite:    Take COM-121; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous).
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• PHI 275: Introduction to Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course is an introduction to the major questions raised and theories asserted by philosophers on ethical issues such as the nature of good and evil, right and wrong action, the definition of a ?virtuous? life, as well as distinctions between concepts such as right and good, and relative and absolute values. The course is primarily theoretical (emphasis on aims, structure, development, and evaluation of moral theory), with some applications to practical ethics (issue-oriented, in-class discussion when the use of practical examples is helpful to explain a point of moral theory). Students will become familiar with the specialized language, processes, and skills needed to understand and practice the discipline of ethical thinking. Prerequisite:    Take COM-121; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous).
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• PHI 276: Introduction to Ethics (Honors)

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course will involve students in analysis and evaluation of primary texts of numerous ethical theories, western and eastern, ancient through contemporary. It will also enable students to identify the assumptions and implications of these theories when applied in decision-making of an ethical nature. Students will conduct research using various kinds of primary and secondary print sources, interviews, electronic media, and fieldwork. They will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge of moral theory and methodology by planning, executing, and evaluating projects on certain ethical issues in interdisciplinary fields such as health care, government, counseling, business, journalism, and academics. Ultimately this course will lead students to a deeper understanding of the ethical assumptions and implications involved in their own decision-making processes as well as those of other individuals, social institutions, and cultures. Prerequisite:    Take COM-121; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous).
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• PHY 120: Principles of Physics

  4.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Principles of Physics introduces students to the general concepts of physics and its relationship to other sciences. Students will engage in scientific inquiry and perform lab investigations to develop a conceptual understanding of the laws of physics. Topics covered include motion, Newton's Laws, forces, energy, momentum, particle charge, radioactivity, environmental radiation impacts, heat and heat transfer, waves, electricity, and magnetism. Prerequisite:    Take MAT-030 MAT-035 MAT-110 MAT-150 MAT-155 MAT-160 MAT-165 MAT-180 MAT-220 MAT-221 MAT-222 or MAT-282; Minimum grade C. (Required, Previous). | Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• PHY 150: Applied Physics

  4.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This is an algebra-based course with some trigonometry designed for students in engineering technology fields including nanoscience. The course provides the student with an integrated view of how the basic concepts of physics are applied to mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems. The course stresses accurate measurements, and the recording and manipulation of data. Emphasis is placed on how physics governs the workings of their area of technology as well as it applications to every-day life. Prerequisite:    Take MAT-110 MAT-160 MAT-165 MAT-180 MAT-220 MAT-221 or MAT-222; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous). | Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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