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• PDV 101M: FIRST YEAR SEMINAR-MATH PREP

  2.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  With an added emphasis on overcoming math anxiety and refreshing/preparing for a college math course, this course provides strategies for adjusting to college culture and understanding college expectation. Students will learn about the college's resources,services, policies and educational technology. Students will develop skills in educational planning, goal setting and time management, and will refine their learning strategies for academic success. Social responsibility, cultural competence and integrity will be discussed and practiced as necessary components for success in college and beyond. Adaptive math technology will be used to ensure accurate placement and preparation for success in future mathematics courses.
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• PDV 171: CAREER PATHWAY EXPLORATION

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course provides students with the opportunity for exploration and interactions with a variety of career clusters. Students will learn about career opportunities within different fields, and the academic pathways that build towards careers. Student will engage in interactive and hands-on experiences to build understanding of the skills and knowledge involved, and will be able to assess their individual interests and aptitudes. Students will also develop skills in educational planning, goal setting and time management; they will refine their learning strategies for college success.
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• PHB 101: CLINICAL PHLEBOTOMY

  4.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course introduces the students to a variety of blood collections methods, proper techniques, and standard precautions. Infection prevention, patient identification, labeling of specimens, quality assurance and proper specimen handling are stressed. Professionalism, ethics, confidentiality,protected health information, and safety are stress. Course is scheduled during first 8-week of semester. Co-requisite(s): ALH 122, PHB 105 (if applicable)
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• PHB 105: SPECIMEN PROCESSING

  4.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course covers the principles of specimen handling and processing. National standards in clinical laboratory science are presented including quality control, laboratory math, safety, basic laboratory equipment operations, accreditation/certification requirements, professionalism and ethics. Students perform such tasks as data entry and specimen accessioning. Students centrifuge and aliquot samples as well as learn different methods of sample collections. Course is scheduled during the first 8-weeks of the semester. Co-requisite(s): ALH 122, PHB 101 (if applicable)
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• PHB 110: SPECIMEN PROCESSING PRACTICUM PRACTICUM

  4.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This practicum requires 224 hours of close and directed supervision for the phlebotomist and specimen processor to apply skills. Practicum is divided into phlebotomy and specimen processing hours. Duties include collection of blood specimens using standard precautions, receiving specimens, distributing samples to appropriate lab areas, data entry, and lab instrument operations along with other assigned duties. Infection prevention, patient identification, labeling of specimens, quality assurance, confidentiality and proper specimen handling are stressed. Practicum is scheduled during second 8-weeks of semester. Schedules are arranged by clinical site availability, usually four 8-hours days per week. Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of PHB 101 and PHB 105 (If applicable) during first 8 weeks of semester. Prerequisite:    Successful completion of PHB 101 and PHB 105 (If applicable) during first 8 weeks of semester
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• PHL 155: INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Principles of correct thinking, deductive and inductive inference; use and misuse of language in reasoning. It is recommended that students complete ENG 161 before enrolling in the course.
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• PHL 160: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Introduction to Philosophy examines the major philosophical problems of philosophy as discussed by ancient, medieval, and modern philosophers.
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• PHL 161: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course provides an overview of the main questions in Ethics: what is the good life? Does morality depend upon religion? What makes an action right or wrong? Are morals relative or absolute? Students will examine these and other questions using a variety of ethical theories. These theories will also be applied to concrete issues like animal rights and euthanasia. Satisfies the Humanities area of the general education requirement.
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• PHY 107: APPLIED PHYSICS

  4.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  An introduction to physics emphasizing application and problem solving. Topics include data analysis, mechanics, thermodynamics, properties of matter, electricity and optics. Laboratory exercises provide reinforcement of concepts as well as experience in experimental techniques. Prerequisite(s): MTH 108 or MTH 100 or MTH 100A Prerequisite:    MTH 108 or MTH 100 or MTH 100A
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• PHY 110: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course is designed to prepare students with no physics background for College Physics, Physics for Radiography or Physics for Sonography. Topics covered include concepts in algebra and trigonometry essential for physics, principles and units of measurement, graphing, and an overview of the physical quantities and concepts studied in introductory physics. Prerequisite(s): MTH 052, MTH 052A or placement Prerequisite:    MTH 052, MTH 052A or placement
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