ADDENDUM to the Rasmussen College Catalog 2016-2017 May 18, 2017 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Add the following course descriptions: BMS 2990C Patient Care Technician Externship and Capstone 100 hours, 4 credits This course is designed to provide the student with supervised experience as a patient care technician in a healthcare setting. Students will apply proper health promotion and prevention skills and patient and provider safety techniques. Also included in this course are opportunities to apply EKG and phlebotomy skills and techniques. During the practical experience students will participate in a program capstone that is designed to assist students during their externship and prepare students for a certification exam Prerequisites: BMS 2550 Patient Care Skills II CVT 1000C Introduction to Electrocardiograms 50 hours, 4 credits This course provides an introduction to performing and interpreting electrocardiograms. In this course, students will identify a basic EKG using a systemic approach. Students will also learn how to use EKG equipment and practice safety procedures for patients. Topics include patient medical records and regulations, patient communication, and basic functions of the cardiac system. Prerequisites: None EEC 1960 Field Experience I: Knowledge 60 hours, 4 credits Under externship supervision, the student will observe and implement developmentally appropriate practices while interacting with children and adults. Prerequisite: None EEC 1961 Field Experience II: Planning 60 hours, 4 credits Students continue their externship experience in an early childhood setting. The focus is on developmentally appropriate practices and leadership. Prerequisite: EEC 1960 Field Experience I: Knowledge EEC 1962 Field Experience III: Reflection 60 hours, 4 credits Students will complete their externship experience in an early childhood setting. The focus is on developmentally appropriate practices and leadership. Prerequisite: EEC 1961 Field Experience II: Planning EEC 1970 Early Childhood Education Exploration I: Knowledge 40 hours, 4 credits This course is an introduction to the field of early childhood development as a profession and examines historical influences on the field. The identification of early childhood educator’s personal attributes, knowledge, skills, and professional codes of conduct are included. Prerequisite: None EEC 1971 Early Childhood Education Exploration II: Planning 40 hours, 4 credits This course will provide an examination of morality and ethics in early childhood development. Topics include childhood ethics, ideals, and principles. Professional values and teaching styles will be explored. Prerequisite: EEC 1970 Early Childhood Education Exploration I: Knowledge EEC 1972 Early Childhood Education Exploration III: Reflection 40 hours, 4 credits Students will learn about intentionality in teaching and selecting best practices for young children’s learning and development. Both child-guided and adult-guided methods will be examined in the areas of language and literacy, mathematics and scientific inquiry, social skills and understandings, physical movement and visual arts. Prerequisite: EEC 1971 Early Childhood Education Exploration II: Planning EEC 3171 Beyond the Basics of Health, Safety, and Nutrition 40 hours, 4 credits This course is the study of child health, nutrition and safety practices that support children's ability to learn and places focus on the impact on continuum of child development. Topics include capitalizing on learning windows of opportunity, risks and protective factors of maltreatment of children, and healthy and safe practices. This course will prepare students to recognize development as a continuum and to create and implement healthy and safe practices with children. Prerequisite: None EEC 3220 Child Development Ages Birth-3 40 hours, 4 credits This course is the study of children ages birth-3. It places focus on the in-depth study of the learning domains including the cognitive, language, social-emotional and physical domains. Topics include how child development theories apply, the influences environmental factors, interactions, and relationships have on the development of children, and learning across domains. This course will This addendum replaces all previously issued versions. Page 5 / 53
