Course Descriptions

This five week course will address goal setting, motivation, time and stress management, note-taking and test taking strategies.

• General Studies
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

Career Explorations is designed to meet the individual needs of each student through on the job experience and a variety of classroom topic options. These topics will assist students in their particular phase of career planning and placement. Topics will include, but not be limited to, the following: career development, professional networking, today?s job market, related job search skills and choices, and essential skills necessary to succeed in today's workplace.

• General Studies
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course explores the variety of options available for careers in the health care industry. It will provide the student with information to evaluate career options that will best suit their need and interests. Areas covered will also include resources to aid the development of independent learning skills necessary for success in the health care field and understanding the foundations for the pathway to nursing. This course is open to anyone interested in exploring health care careers and is a requirement for the AS Health Care Studies program. The format of this course includes lecture, class discussion, guest speakers and student presentations.

• Health Care Studies
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This is an introductory course into the principles of medical terminology. Medical terminology is the framework for developing a robust medical vocabulary essential to every health care professional. The content includes analyzing individual word parts, body systems, basic medical language, body orientation, health, wellness and disease terms.

• Health Care Studies
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

The purpose of this course is to involve the student in reading and discussing medical issues from an ethical perspective to create depth in our awareness of the moral problems that cannot be ignored and more often than not, cannot necessarily be solved. The scope of this course will entail examination of different ethical approaches to moral problems in medicine and their success or failure in a broad range of medical issues, including but not limited to: the physician-patient relationship, the role of the healthcare provider, euthanasia and death with dignity, rights to health care/costs of health care and an examination for important concepts such as autonomy, paternalism, rights, consent, and confidentiality. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities credit., Co-requisite: Corequisite: ENG-103.

• Health Care Studies
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course explores the social, political, intellectual and cultural origins of the Western tradition in Europe, the Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Near East; from Classical Greece and Imperial Rome through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation and the Age of Global Exploration. We will trace the evolution of distinctively Western institutions and values over the course of two millennia (5th century B.C.E - 17th century C.E.), and will examine the frequent interactions between the West and the wider world in the ancient, medieval and early-modern eras. This course carries SUNY General Education credit in World History and Global Awareness.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course investigates the social, political, intellectual, economic and cultural development of modern Western civilization, from the 18th century Enlightenment, through the French Revolution, Napoleon, the Industrial Revolution, and the turbulent 20th century. We will examine the distinctive features, values and structures of the West during the last three centuries, and explore its frequent interactions with the wider world during the 19th century Age of Imperialism and the Cold War, as well as its role in seismic global events, like WWI, WW2, and the Holocaust. This course carries SUNY General Education World History and Global Awareness credit.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course explores the economic, political, social and cultural history of the Finger Lakes region, from its early Native American origins to the present, focusing on the unique development of this part of New York State within the larger context of United States history. Using an interdisciplinary and multimedia approach, the course will cover such topics as the sources and methods of local/regional history, native-European contacts in the 17th and 18th centuries, the regional impact of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution, and more recent developments in the areas of transportation, business, viticulture, education and tourism.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course begins the exploration of the social, political, economic, intellectual and cultural development of the United States, from the pre-Columbian era to 1865. Topics include: the first European settlements, the American Revolution, the Age of Jefferson, Westward Expansion, Slavery and the Old South, and the Civil War. This course carries SUNY General Education US History and Civic Engagement Credit.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

Modern U.S. History explores the social, political, economic, intellectual and cultural development of America after 1865. It covers such topics as Reconstruction, industrialization, Western expansion, the Progressive era, the Great Depression, the New Deal, WWI and WWII, America's rise as a world power, the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam, Watergate, the Reagan Revolution and the post-9/11 War on Terror. This course carries SUNY General Education US History and Civic Engagement Credit.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)