2024–2025 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 131 QMB4100 Applied Business Intelligence 60 hours, 4 credits This course allows students to apply skills and techniques for analyzing existing business performance data to provide support for business planning. It places focus on planning an end-to-end business intelligence process, platform, database, and analytical tool usage. Students will learn about processing and analyzing data, quality assurance and regulatory adherence, and preparing data for consumption. Students will create visualizations to help guide business decision-making. Prerequisite: CTS3265C Introduction to Business Intelligence QMB4200 Advanced Analytics Platforms, Environments, and Software 60 hours, 4 credits This course covers the data analytics lifecycle surrounding Big Data. Topics include Big Data architectures, batch and real-time processing environments, ETL tools and techniques, Big Data storage technologies, machine learning, and visualization. Security, legal, and ethical issues will also be addressed. Students will work with the SAS® statistical software suite to perform exploratory data analysis and reporting. Prerequisite: QMB3100 Foundations of Analytics Platforms, Environments, and Software QMB4300 Data Quality in Analytics 60 hours, 4 credits Quality data allows for quality analysis. In this course, students will learn how to identify common types of data quality issues including missing data, incorrect data, outliers, normalization, and duplication. This course will prepare students to prepare data for analytics projects. Prerequisite: None QMB4400 Data Analysis and Optimization 60 hours, 4 credits This course will allow students to run data extracts and scripts to demonstrate a complete data analysis process, while requiring the identification and application of data element requirements, scripting modifications, and preparation techniques that could improve analysis results. Prerequisites: QMB4000 Data Elements; QMB4300 Data Quality in Analytics QMB4500 Data Visualization Implementation and Communication 60 hours, 4 credits This course focuses on the study of data sets which relate to meeting client needs. It includes methods used to evaluate data such as benchmarking, scoring, and ranking. Students learn the difference between correlation and causation. Students will explore techniques for visualizing both quantitative and qualitative data. This course will prepare students with the skills to derive business insights and make meaningful inferences from data sets. Prerequisite: QMB3300 Introduction to Data Visualization QMB4900 Data Analytics Capstone 60 hours, 3 credits This course allows students to demonstrate their skills and techniques for analyzing generalized business data to provide support for business planning. It places focus on planning an end-to-end business analytics process; platform, database, and analytical tool usage; processing and analyzing data; quality assurance and regulatory adherence; preparing data for consumption; and visualization creation to help guide business decision-making. Prerequisite: Expected to be the final upper-level core course completed REL3308 Contemporary World Religions 40 hours, 4 credits An investigation of the historical and theological development of world religions from earliest times until the present. The course will cover the lives of the major religious founders and leaders in history, as well as the scriptures and religious text of world religions. The development of religious rituals will also be dealt with. The relationship between world religions and secular governments will be investigated, as well as the role and status of women in world religions. Prerequisite: None RMI4020 Risk Management 40 hours, 4 credits This upper-level business course explores the elements of risk management and insurance essential to the business environment. This course will develop the rationale for risk-management systems and examine the environments in which they operate. Students will learn, analyze, and evaluate approaches to measuring and managing risks in various business environments. Prerequisite: None RTE1000 Introduction to Radiology and Patient Care 80 hours, 5 credits RTE1000 Lecture (20 hours, 2 credits) RTE1000L Lab (60 hours, 3 credits) This course provides an overview of radiology and its role in the healthcare system. Principles, practices, and policies of healthcare organizations are explored. The legal, ethical, and professional standards related to radiology are examined. This course will include the basics of patient-care skills in the radiology department. Pre- or corequisite: HSC1531 Medical Terminology RTE1100 Radiology Physics 70 hours, 5 credits RTE1100 Lecture (30 hours, 3 credits) RTE1100L Lab (40 hours, 2 credits) This course is the study of radiographic physics. It places focus on the process in which the X-ray circuit creates electrons and the interactions that occur inside and outside the X-ray tube. Topics covered will be the X-ray circuit, X-ray production, and photon interactions with matter. This course will prepare students for operation of the X-ray control panel and X-ray tube. Prerequisite: MAT1222 Algebra; RTE1000 Introduction to Radiology and Patient Care Pre- or corequisite: PHA1500 Structure and Function of the Human Body RTE1200 Advanced Modalities in Radiology 30 hours, 3 credits This course provides a working knowledge of the different modalities available to the radiology technologist. The student will be introduced to the application of these different modalities, methods by which images are acquired, and recognize the differences in images for specific modalities. Prerequisite: RTE2500 Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy III RTE2000 Radiographic Equipment and Acquisition 40 hours, 3 credits RTE2000 Lecture (20 hours, 2 credits) RTE2000 Lab (20 hours, 1 credit) This course is the study of factors that influence radiologic images and the equipment that produces the images. It places focus on the correct selection of factors and operation of equipment to produce a quality image. Topics covered will include image acquisition, technical evaluation, and equipment operation. This course will prepare students for operation of all radiologic equipment and the selection of appropriate factors using digital radiography equipment. Prerequisite: RTE1100 Radiology Physics RTE2100 Radiographic Evaluation, Disease, and Quality Control 30 hours, 3 credits This course is the study of the analyzation of radiographic images, and the quality control for radiographic equipment. It places focus on the critical thinking skills required to analyze healthy and diseased images and make the appropriate adjustments as necessary. Topics covered will include image criteria, diseases, and quality control equipment tests. This course will prepare students for critiquing images, identifying diseases, and quality control testing. Prerequisite: RTE2000 Radiographic Equipment and Acquisition RTE2200 Radiobiology and Radiation Protection 50 hours, 4 credits RTE2200 Lecture (30 hours, 3 credits) RTE2200 Lab (20 hours, 1 credit This course is the study of the effects of radiation on the human body and how to minimize exposure through radiation protection. It will focus on implementing the ALARA principle in order to safely use diagnostic radiation in the medical field. It will cover short- and long-term effects of radiation and protection measures used in clinical settings. This course will prepare students to go into an externship with a solid foundation of ionizing radiation interactions with biologic systems. Prerequisite: RTE2000 Radiographic Equipment and Acquisition RTE2300 Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy 110 hours, 5 credits RTE2300 Lecture (10 hours, 1 credit) RTE2300L Lab (40 hours, 2 credits) RTE2300LL Clinical (60 hours, 2 credits) This course is the introduction course to radiography positioning and associated anatomy of the chest, bony thorax, upper extremities, and abdomen. It places focus on the foundations of diagnostically sound radiograph positioning. Topics covered will include standard routine projections for chest, bony thorax, upper extremities, and the abdomen; medical and positional terminology associated with proper positioning; and complete image analysis. This course introduces students to becoming a real-world radiographer. During this course, students will complete a clinical experience to demonstrate knowledge and skills. Prerequisite: RTE1100 Radiology Physics RTE2400 Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy II 110 hours, 5 credits RTE2400 Lecture (10 hours, 1 credit) RTE2400L Lab (40 hours, 2 credits) RTE2400LL Clinical (60 hours, 2 credits) This course is the study of proper radiologic positioning of the lower extremities, pelvic girdle, and spine. It places focus on maintaining the level of knowledge and professionalism developed within Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy I and continues to expand the student’s knowledge, skills, and abilities within radiography. Topics covered are the standard routine projections for the lower extremities, pelvic girdle, and spine as well as associated image analysis. This course gives the student an expanded preparation in becoming a radiographer. Prerequisite: RTE2300 Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy I ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADDENDUM
