Course Descriptions and Objectives

MUSC 212 - Class Guitar

1. Define and identify advanced rhythms, scales and chords.
2. Recognize key signatures in the circle of fifths.
3. Recognize the relationship between chord scale and key signature.
4. Recognize chord and scale positions in a key or mode.
5. Perform advanced open and barre chords and chord progressions.
6. Read advanced tablature, and identify block chords, arpeggiating chords, and scales.
7. Define the components of contemporary song form.
8. Perform in advanced guitar styles.

MUSC 213 - Class Guitar

1. Define and identify advanced rhythms, scales and chords.
2. Recognize key signatures in the circle of fifths.
3. Recognize the relationship between chord scale and key signature.
4. Recognize chord and scale positions in a key or mode.
5. Perform advanced open and barre chords and chord progressions.
6. Read advanced tablature, and identify block chords, arpeggiating chords, and scales.
7. Define the components of contemporary song form.
8. Perform in advanced guitar styles.

MUSC 214 - Class Piano

1. Read standard keyboard notation with fluency.
2. Perform music at the keyboard using proper advanced technique.
3. Play keyboard in an advanced ensemble environment.

MUSC 215 - Class Piano

1. Read standard keyboard notation with fluency and be able to provide fingerings.
2. Perform music at the keyboard using proper advanced technique and dynamic control.
3. Play keyboard in an advanced ensemble environment.

MUSC 216 - Class Piano

1. Demonstrate alternative fingerings for music pieces.
2. Perform music using advanced dynamic control and articulations.
3. Play keyboard in an advanced ensemble environment.

MUSC 217 - Class Voice

1. Lead other singers in an ensemble setting.
2. Perform music with healthy vocal technique.
3. Sing extended solos from memory in front of an audience.

MUSC 218 - Class Voice

1. Lead other singers in an ensemble setting.
2. Perform music with healthy vocal technique.
3. Sing extended solos from memory in front of an audience.

MUSC 219 - Class Voice

1. Lead other singers in an ensemble setting.
2. Perform music with healthy vocal technique.
3. Sing extended solos from memory in front of an audience.

MUSC 227 - Music Production 4

1. Make an extended (or multiple) significant contribution(s) to their own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of advanced techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers.
4. Present their original work to a panel of their peers at the reinforcement level.
5. Demonstrate current production techniques that they observe from contemporary music.

MUSC 228 - Music Production 5

1. Make an extended (or multiple) significant contribution(s) to their own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of advanced techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers at an advanced level.
4. Co-lead music discussions and/or present their original work to a panel of their peers.
5. Demonstrate current production techniques that they observe from contemporary music.

MUSC 229 - Music Production 6

1. Make an extended (or multiple) significant contribution(s) to their own music production/composition portfolio.
2. Produce music using a variety of advanced techniques available in Edmonds CC’s Digital Music Studios while maintaining the highest standards of audio fidelity.
3. Thoughtfully critique audio and music works by their peers at the mastery level.
4. Lead music discussions and/or present their original work to a panel of their peers.
5. Demonstrate current production techniques that they observe from contemporary music.

MUSC 230 - Music Production for Media

1. Define and discuss common terms and concepts in the film/video sound industry.
2. Navigate through modern digital orchestra sound libraries.
3. Dissect and spot a film or piece of visual media for dramatic form and the role of sound.
4. Write original underscore to various video clips be included in their portfolio upon completion.
5. Recall the evolution of sound in film and television over the past 100 years.

MUSC 238A - Chamber Ensemble: Jazz

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238B - Chamber Ensemble: Voice

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238C - Chamber Ensemble: Wdwnds

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
    

MUSC 238D - Chamber Ensemble: Brass

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
    

MUSC 238E - Chamber Ensemble: Strings

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238F - Chamber Ensemble: Perc

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC 238G - Chamber Ensemble: Comp

 
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Perform small group repertoire at an advanced level demonstrating appropriate style.
2. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the ensemble.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.

MUSC& 241 - Music Theory IV

1. Spell and recognize secondary dominant and secondary leading tone chords in any key.
2. Analyze musical excerpts that include any of the following types of modulation: Common chord modulation (diatonic common chords); altered chords as common chords; sequential modulation; modulation by common tone; monophonic modulation; and direct modulation.
3. Provide formal analysis of musical excerpts in binary, ternary, and sonata allegro forms.
4. Write and analyze in 4-part chorale style using diatonic triads, seventh chords, secondary functions, and modulation.
5. Analyze and realize (in four parts) figured bass lines incorporating diatonic triads and seventh chords, secondary functions, and modulation.
6. Identify and notate the following by ear: compound melodic Intervals; whole tone, pentatonic, and octatonic scales; any type of seventh chord; melodic dictation (melodies with some chromatic tones); harmonic dictation (progressions of nine diatonic chords in major and minor keys); and progressions of six chords in major and minor including secondary functions.
7. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: subdivision of the beat in simple and compound time signatures; major and minor keys; treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs; stepwise melodies and skips from the tonic triad, the dominant triad, and the dominant seventh chord; chromatic non-chord tones, V/V harmony, and modulation to the key of the dominant.
8. Play the following on piano: all types of seventh chords in root position (from any given root); all scales covered in ear training (from any given tonic); secondary dominant and secondary leading tone chords in any key; and all part-writing assignments.

MUSC& 242 - Music Theory V

1. Spell and recognize borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, and augmented sixth chords in any key.
2. Analyze musical excerpts that include Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords, mode mixture, and/or enharmonic modulation.
3. Write and analyze in 4-part chorale style using borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords augmented sixth chords, and enharmonic modulation.
4. Analyze and realize (in four parts) figured bass lines incorporating borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, and augmented sixth chords.
5. Identify and notate the following by ear: compound melodic and harmonic intervals; 1/2 step-minor 3rd, chromatic, and sharp 4-flat 7 scales; seventh chords in four voices (five types of seventh chords, any inversion); 9th chords melodic dictation (longer melodies with increasing chromaticism); harmonic dictation (progressions of six chords in major and minor keys including borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, and augmented sixth chords); and notation of soprano, bass, and Roman numerals.
6. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: major and minor keys; treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs; syncopation, tuplets, changing time signatures, hemiola, and less common time signatures; modulation to closely related keys; and secondary dominant harmonies.
7. Play the following on piano: borrowed chords, Neapolitan chords, and augmented sixth chords in any key; all scales covered in ear training (from any given tonic); all 9th chords covered in ear training (from any given root); and all part-writing assignments.

MUSC& 243 - Music Theory VI

1. Analyze musical excerpts from the late nineteenth century and the twentieth century.
2. Identify various common scale usages, chord structures, and metric considerations of twentieth century music.
3. Compose short pieces incorporating the following: bitonality; pandiatonicism; secundal, quartal, and/or quintal harmony; twelve-tone technique; asymmetric meter, mixed meter, and/or metric modulation.
4. Use pitch class set theory to notate the normal order, the normal order of the inversion, the best normal order, and the prime form for any group of pitches.
5. Analyze musical excerpts composed with twelve-tone technique.
6. Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: modes of major and minor keys in treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs; syncopation, tuplets, changing time signatures, hemiola, and less common time signatures; and extended chromaticism, remote modulation, and nontonal lines.

MUSC 247 - Symphonic Choir

1. Model to less-experienced singers, appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing independently, varied choral music literature with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing choral music in multiple languages with correct phonetic pronunciation.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate advanced skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 248 - Symphonic Choir

1. Model to less-experienced singers, appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing independently, varied choral music literature with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing choral music in multiple languages with correct phonetic pronunciation.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate advanced skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 249 - Symphonic Choir

1. Model to less-experienced singers, appropriate use of breath support, resonance and diction.
2. Sing independently, a variety of choral music with appropriate style and tone.
3. Sing choral music in multiple languages with correct phonetic pronunciation.
4. Demonstrate the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
5. Demonstrate advanced skill in reading choral music.

MUSC 250A - Applied Music: Piano

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250B - Applied Music: Voice

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250C - Applied Music: Woodwinds

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250D - Applied Music: Brass

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250E - Applied Music: Strings

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250F - Applied Music: Percussion

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 250G - Applied Music: Composition

1. Sing or play with accurate rhythm.
2. Read music (pitches and rhythm) at a level appropriate to development.
3. Play or sing with accurate pitches and tone production at a level appropriate to development.
4. Perform expressively and with attention to appropriate style.

MUSC 255 - Special Topics: Music

1. Identify prominent figures, techniques, ideas, or styles, within the particular subject, along with their impact(s).
2. Compare/contrast and contextualize the particular subject with alternatives.
3. Express their findings in formal/informal writing, classroom discussion, online discussion, research projects, oral presentation, and/or musical performance.

MUSC 260 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional and contemporary jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize advanced jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate advanced approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an advanced level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 261 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional and contemporary jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize advanced jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate advanced approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an advanced level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 262 - Jazz Workshop

1. Perform traditional and contemporary jazz styles appropriately.
2. Memorize advanced jazz repertoire.
3. Play with rhythmic and dynamic sensitivity to the other members of the band.
4. Demonstrate advanced approach to jazz articulation and phrasing.
5. Improvise at an advanced level within given modes and chords.

MUSC 270 - Jazz and Pop Harmony

1. Play 7th chords with extensions at the keyboard.
2. Recognize 7th chords with extensions in jazz and popular songs.
3. Play standard and advanced harmonic progressions using extended harmony.
4. Aurally analyze advanced jazz chord progressions involving ii V I variations.
5. Create a functional bass line under complex jazz progressions.
6. Arrange a jazz or popular song for vocal or instrumental ensemble.

MUSC 271 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Model to less-experienced musicians, appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Model to less-experienced musicians, behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Demonstrate competencies to effectively lead a sectional rehearsal outside of class.
4. Compare and contrast jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 272 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Reinforce modeling to less-experienced musicians, appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Reinforce modeling to less-experienced musicians, behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Provide feedback to other students regarding their solo performances in class.
4. Reinforce enhanced awareness of jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 273 - Soundsation Vocal Jazz Choir

1. Master modeling to less-experienced musicians, appropriate technique, tone production, stylization and improvisation in jazz.
2. Master modeling to less-experienced musicians, behavior commensurate with being in a professional performing ensemble.
3. Perform a solo set of jazz literature consisting of 3-4 pieces with an instrumental combo.
4. Demonstrate mastery of jazz performers/styles through focused, critical listening.

MUSC 280 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate superior tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
4. Demonstrate and play advanced music sections for this genre.
5. Demonstrate and produce sound and music with an awareness of balance of the surrounding ensemble.
6. Prepare and perform solo passages when needed.
7. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 281 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate superior tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
4. Demonstrate and play advanced music sections for this genre.
5. Demonstrate and produce sound and music with an awareness of balance of the surrounding ensemble.
6. Prepare and perform solo passages when needed.
7. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 282 - Concert Band

1. Demonstrate superior tone production through proper air support and technique.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between printed music and the expressive intent of the music.
3. Demonstrate advanced sight-reading skill.
4. Demonstrate and play advanced music sections for this genre.
5. Demonstrate and produce sound and music with an awareness of balance of the surrounding ensemble.
6. Prepare and perform solo passages when needed.
7. Perform a variety of instrumental music using appropriate style and tone.

MUSC 290 - Advanced Audio Production

1. Demonstrate the advanced principles of recording acoustics.
2. Set up and run large-scale recording sessions.
3. Apply common mixing and mastering techniques to multi-track recordings at the advanced level.

MUSC 298 - Individual Project in Music

1. Demonstrate a high level of research to be determined at the start of the course.
2. Showcase their work in a tangible format.
3. Show awareness of advanced musical topics, ideas, and techniques.

MUSC 299 - Special Projects in Music

1. Determine their own objectives in conference with the instructor; these objectives will form the basis upon which the student will be graded.
2. Produce advanced work through independent exploration and expression in a focused area of need or interest.
3. Develop an advanced skill or technique within the field of music or performance.

NURS 114 - Pathophysiology

1. Define the basic concepts of pathophysiology.
2. Differentiate between normal physiology and pathophysiologic processes.
3. Identify and discuss risk factors, behaviors, and cultural predispositions that contribute to alterations in health.
4. Describe the nurse’s role in disease prevention and health maintenance.
5. Using correct medical terminology, identify and discuss risk factors, etiology, and elements of pathophysiology of: regulation and control, oxygenation and circulation, elimination and nutrition, and protection and defenses.
6. Differentiate between stable and unstable pathophysiologic states.
7. Discuss the nurse’s role in communicating and documenting changes in client condition in common disease states.

NURS 115 - Nursing Foundations

1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team, with an emphasis on nursing roles.
2. Define the legal scope of practice for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
3. Explain how nurses obtain and manage health information and the related legal and ethical implications.
4. Demonstrate competence in basic navigation of an electronic medical record.
5. Describe the legal and ethical basis for nursing documentation.
6. Describe critical thinking and the nursing process and discuss how they are used in data analysis and nursing care planning.
7. Identify theoretical models of health and illness.
8. Discuss the principles of basic nursing care for clients with alterations in functional health patterns.
9. Review and correctly perform basic nursing procedures in a laboratory setting.

NURS 118 - Communication in Nursing

1. Describe the elements of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
2. Analyze and apply ethical and legal standards relevant to communication in the health care setting.
3. Describe communication techniques required to implement and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients and families.
4. Discuss cultural and social differences in communication with clients and with health care professionals.
5. Develop strategies for client education to promote health and wellness in a variety of health care situations.
6. Apply knowledge of legal standards to communication with the healthcare team in oral, written, and electronic formats.
7. Give examples of communication techniques required to implement and maintain collaborative professional relationships with members of the health care team and to promote teamwork.

NURS 123 - Health Assessment

1. Demonstrate the use of effective communication techniques and interview skills to obtain a health history.
2. Employ methods and techniques used in physical examination correctly and efficiently.
3. Use diagnostic equipment safely and correctly.
4. Conduct a complete head-to-toe physical exam on a well adult.
5. Recognize abnormal findings and age related changes in the physical exam.
6. Organize and document data legibly and efficiently using correct medical terminology.
7. Apply critical thinking skills to analyze client and case study data and identify nursing diagnoses.
8. Use the nursing process at a beginning level to develop a plan of care for clients from case studies.
9. Respect cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality in all aspects of data collection.
10. Demonstrate professional behavior in all interactions with peers and clients.

NURS 124 - Clinical Skills Lab I

1. Define the roles of licensed practical and registered nurses in decision making and the delegation of nursing care.
2. Correctly demonstrate basic and intermediate nursing procedures in a laboratory setting.
3. Integrate beginning critical thinking skills, physical assessment skills, and communication techniques to evaluate client condition before, during, and after procedures.
4. Describe universal precautions and demonstrate a beginning understanding of infection control principles while performing skills.
5. Use beginning communication skills and understanding of legal principles to document procedures and changes in client condition in both oral and written formats.
6. Practice skills with respect for privacy, cultural and social differences, and confidentiality.
7. Demonstrate safe handling of medical equipment and proper body mechanics when performing procedures.
8. Explain the importance of teamwork in providing safe, effective nursing care.
9. Use the nursing process at a beginning level to plan and provide care in lab practice and simulations.

NURS 125 - Nursing Foundations Practicum I

1. Discuss the legal scope of practice of members of the healthcare team and the concept of appropriate delegation.
2. Use the nursing process at a beginning level to plan, implement, and document nursing care.
3. Perform and document health assessment using beginning techniques for collecting and documenting data.
4. Safely perform basic nursing procedures adhering to legal and regulatory standards and agency policies.
5. Demonstrate beginning professional communication skills in both oral and written format when interacting with clients, families, and members of the health care team.
6. Work collaboratively with peers and members of the healthcare team to provide safe beginning nursing care.
7. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 126 - Principles of Medication Administration

1. Correctly calculate drug dosages, enteral feeding rates, and IV flow rates.
2. Describe routes used for drug administration and the nursing implications associated with each.
3. Explain the pharmacologic principles of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.

NURS 127 - Nursing Foundations Practicum II

1. Demonstrate understanding of the legal scope of practice of members of the health care team and the concept of appropriate delegation.
2. Use the nursing process at an intermediate level to plan, implement, and document nursing care.
3. Perform and document health assessment using effective techniques for collecting and documenting data.
4. Safely perform beginning to intermediate nursing procedures adhering to legal and regulatory standards and agency policies.
5. Demonstrate intermediate level professional communication skills in both oral and written format when interacting with clients, families, and members of the health care team.
6. Work collaboratively with peers and members of the healthcare team to provide safe nursing care.
7. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 128 - Clinical Skills Lab II

1. Discuss the roles of licensed practical and registered nurses in decision making and the delegation of nursing care.
2. Correctly demonstrate intermediate and advanced nursing procedures in a laboratory setting.
3. Integrate intermediate level critical thinking skills, physical assessment skills, and communication techniques to evaluate client condition before, during, and after procedures.
4. Employ universal precautions and demonstrate appropriate infection control principles while performing skills.
5. Use intermediate level communication skills and knowledge of legal principles in written and oral documentation of procedures and changes in client condition.
6. Practice skills with respect for privacy, cultural and social differences, and confidentiality.
7. Demonstrate safe handling of medical equipment and proper body mechanics when performing procedures.
8. Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively with team members to provide safe, effective nursing care.
9. Use the nursing process at an intermediate level to plan and provide care in lab practice and simulations.

NURS 130 - Mental Health Nursing

1. Describe the role of the practical nurse within a multidisciplinary mental healthcare team.
2. Identify the components of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
3. Use the nursing process to collect and analyze physical and mental health data to plan care for clients in a mental health setting.
4. Integrate knowledge of psychopharmacology, lab results, and diagnostic findings into the client database.
5. Discuss principles of social and cultural diversity to deliver nursing care which is nondiscriminatory, empathetic, and culturally sensitive.
6. Describe techniques intended to promote safety when working with clients exhibiting behavioral or psychological symptoms.
7. Demonstrate understanding of legal and ethical issues related to the care of clients with mental health disorders.
8. Identify nursing care principles designed to empower clients and families dealing with mental health disorders, substance abuse issues, and dementia.

NURS 132 - Gerontology

1. Define aging using social, psychological, and biological principles.
2. Discuss political, cultural, and emotional factors impacting older adults.
3. Employ assessment tools and strategies developed for geriatric clients to collect and analyze data.
4. Give examples of appropriate nursing theories that promote risk reduction, health, and wellness in older adults.
5. Use the nursing process to analyze data and plan nursing care for older adults.
6. Utilize information technology to access resources to support health and wellness education for older adults.
7. Display sensitivity to social and cultural diversity, privacy, and confidentiality when interacting with older adults.
8. Communicate effectively with older adults, their families, and with members of the health care team.
9. Examine current research findings related to healthcare of the aging population.
10. Identify external support systems used by older adults.

NURS 133 - Pharmacology for Nurses

1. Describe the legal and ethical standards related to the administration and documentation of prescribed medications.
2. Identify the mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, adverse effects, and nursing implications of major classes of drugs.
3. Utilize information technology to access current, reliable information regarding prescription medications.
4. Integrate communication skills and pharmacologic knowledge to plan and implement client education regarding medications.
5. Incorporate critical thinking skills, assessment data, and pharmacologic knowledge to plan nursing care surrounding medication administration.
6. Apply knowledge of dosage calculation and pharmacologic principles across the lifespan.
7. Discuss the effects of social and cultural differences on medication administration, noncompliance with therapy, substance abuse, alternative therapies, and client teaching.

NURS 135 - Nursing Care of Children

1. Describe the role and scope of practice of the practical nurse in the nursing care of families.
2. Discuss normal pregnancy, birth, and childhood growth and development.
3. Incorporate social and cultural differences into the assessment of family structure and dynamics.
4. Integrate knowledge of family structure and dynamics in all aspects of nursing care.
5. Use nursing process to analyze assessment data, to plan and deliver care to child bearing and child rearing families.
6. Utilize information technology to access resources to support health education for the family.
7. Demonstrate effective use of therapeutic communication skills with families.
8. Communicate to the healthcare team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
9. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 136 - Nursing Care of Children Practicum

1. Function within the role and legal scope of practice of the practical nurse when caring for childrearing families.
2. Integrate normal child growth and development plus knowledge of family structure and dynamics in all aspects of nursing care.
3. Use the nursing process to collect and analyze assessment data and to provide nursing care to children and their families.
4. Demonstrate effective use of therapeutic communication skills with children and families.
5. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when providing nursing care.

NURS 138 - Mental Health Nursing Practicum

1. Function within the role and legal scope of practice of the practical nurse in a multidisciplinary mental health care team.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the components of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
3. Use the nursing process to collect and analyze physical and mental health data to care for clients in a mental health setting.
4. Integrate knowledge of psychopharmacology, lab results, and diagnostic findings into the client database.
5. Implement principles of social and cultural diversity to deliver nursing care which is nondiscriminatory, empathetic, and culturally sensitive.
6. Use techniques intended to promote safety when working with clients exhibiting behavioral or psychological symptoms.
7. Demonstrate understanding of legal and ethical issues related to the care of clients with mental health disorders.

NURS 139 - Nursing Care of Childbearing Families

1. Describe the role and scope of practice of the practical nurse in the nursing care of childbearing families.
2. Discuss normal pregnancy and birth.
3. Integrate knowledge of family structure and dynamics in all aspects of nursing care.
4. Use the nursing process to analyze assessment data, to plan care, and deliver care to childbearing families.
5. Demonstrate effective use of therapeutic communication skills with childbearing families.
6. Communicate to the health care team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
7. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 140 - Medical Surgical Nursing Simulation I

1. Describe the etiology, pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, and medical and nursing management of common disease processes.      
2. Use the nursing process to analyze data, identify nursing diagnoses, and develop and implement a plan of care for adults with medical surgical disorders.
3. Integrate knowledge of pharmacology, lab results, and diagnostic findings into client database.
4. Demonstrate understanding of social and cultural differences when planning and delivering nursing care. 
5. Apply legal and ethical principles involved in caring for the client and family.
6. Demonstrate therapeutic communication techniques that promote client and family centered care. 
7. Communicate to the health care team in both oral and written formats, incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
8. Reflect on the nursing care, safety, teamwork and communication, evidence-based practices, and clinical decision-making process within each simulated learning experience to facilitate personal growth and strengthen critical thinking ability.

NURS 141 - Medical Surgical Nursing I

1. Describe etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and medical and nursing management of common disease processes.
2. Use the nursing process to analyze data, identify nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan of care for adults with medical surgical disorders.
3. Integrate knowledge of pharmacology, lab results, and diagnostic findings into client database.
4. Consider social and cultural differences when planning nursing care.
5. Apply legal and ethical principles involved in caring for the client and family.
6. Identify therapeutic communication techniques that promote client and family involvement in care.
7. Utilize information technology to access current information and research available on medical surgical disease processes and nursing care.

NURS 142 - Medical/Surgical Nursing Practicum I

1. Describe etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and medical and nursing management of common disease processes.
2. Use the nursing process to analyze data, identify nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan of care for adults with medical surgical disorders.
3. Integrate knowledge of pharmacology, lab results, and diagnostic findings into client database.
4. Consider social and cultural differences when planning nursing care.
5. Apply legal and ethical principles involved in caring for the client and family.
6. Identify therapeutic communication techniques that promote client and family involvement in care.
7. Communicate to the health care team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
8. Utilize information technology to access current information and research available on medical surgical disease processes and nursing care.

NURS 150 - Medical Surgical Nursing Simulation II

1. Recognize the etiology, pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, medical, and nursing management of common disease processes.      
2. Use the nursing process to analyze data, identify nursing diagnoses, develop, and implement a plan of care for adults with medical surgical disorders.
3. Integrate knowledge of pharmacology, lab results, and diagnostic findings into client database.
4. Incorporate social and cultural differences when planning and delivering nursing care. 
5. Apply legal and ethical principles involved in caring for the client and family.
6. Demonstrate therapeutic communication techniques that promote client and family centered care. 
7. Communicate to the health care team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
8. Reflect on the nursing care, safety, teamwork and communication, evidence based practices, and clinical decision making process within each simulated learning experience to facilitate personal growth and strengthen critical thinking ability. 

NURS 151 - Medical Surgical Nursing II

1. Recognize etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and medical and nursing management of common disease processes.
2. Use the nursing process to analyze data, identify nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan of care for adults with medical surgical disorders.
3. Integrate of pharmacology, lab results, and diagnostic findings into client database.
4. Incorporate social and cultural differences when planning nursing care.
5. Apply legal and ethical principles involved in caring for the client and family.
6. Integrate therapeutic communication techniques that promote client and family involvement in care.
7. Utilize information technology to access current information and research available on disease processes and nursing care.

NURS 152 - Medical Surgical Nursing Practicum II

1. Discuss the role of the nurse in the delivery of care in a multidisciplinary setting.
2. Apply theoretical knowledge and nursing process to safely plan and implement direct nursing care for one or two adult clients with medical surgical disorders in an acute care setting.
3. Demonstrate proficient use of technical skills, legal guidelines, and communication skills to obtain, organize, and record data in the health care setting.
4. Incorporate effective communication skills and nursing strategies that are consistent with cultural, socioeconomic, and spiritual influences on client health.
5. Integrate principles of caring, ethical responsibility, and respect for human dignity into nursing care.
6. Collaborate with health care team using effective interpersonal and communication skills.
7. Demonstrate effective therapeutic communication skills to develop teaching strategies, promote health and wellness, and manage care for clients and families.
8. Communicate to the health care team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
9. Demonstrate proficient use of critical thinking skills, theoretical knowledge, and legal principles in safe and accurate administration and documentation of medications.
10. Display organizational skills, priority setting, time management, and accountability in delivery of care.
11. Safely perform intermediate to complex nursing procedures adhering to legal and regulatory standards and institutional policies.
12. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 155 - Special Topics: Nursing

1. Explore current topics of interest in nursing.

NURS 198 - Individual Project: Nursing

1. Explore current topics of interest in nursing.

NURS 210 - Transition to Practice

1. Describe the role of the practical nurse as a member of the health care team.
2. Discuss ethical, legal, political, cultural, and philosophical aspects of nursing practice.
3. Apply scientific and nursing knowledge and critical thinking skills via the comprehensive exam.
4. Demonstrate effective communication skills with peers and instructors.
5. Demonstrate understanding of collaboration.
6. Describe the nurse’s responsibility for professional development and career advancement through continuing education, degree progression, and technical literacy.

NURS 220 - Medical Surgical Nursing Preceptorship

1. Use critical thinking and organizational skills to make staff assignments and manage care on a nursing unit in a skilled nursing facility.
2. Communicate effectively with clients and families.
3. Communicate to the health care team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
4. Apply the nursing process to plan, prioritize, and deliver care to a group of clients on a nursing unit in a skilled nursing facility.
5. Collaborate with the health care team to ensure that client care is delivered safely, correctly, and in a timely manner.
6. Integrate communication skills and nursing strategies that are consistent with the cultural, socioeconomic, and spiritual influences on the staff, clients, and families.
7. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.

NURS 255 - Special Topics: Nursing

1. Explore current topics of interest in nursing.

NUTR& 101 - Nutrition

1. Define, describe, and differentiate between each of the nutrient classes (including their subclasses) plus other beneficial but nonnutritive components of foods, especially phytochemicals and antioxidants.
2. Explain the relationships between diet and health, including the effects on health of malnutrition and over-nutrition, whole foods, processed foods, vitamin/mineral/antioxidant/herbal supplementation, and relative intake of the macronutrients and their subcategories.
3. Evaluate foods to predict their healthfulness based on food labels (if processed), cooking and preservation method, additives used, and potential for contaminant load; determine whether a food is whole or processed.
4. Evaluate nutrition claims in the media and marketing for scientific validity.
5. Explain the relationships between diet, exercise, weight, and health; understand the costs and benefits of various weight treatment options.
6. Describe and explain nutritional concerns of specific life stages.
7. Explain the functions and potential costs of common food additives.
8. Describe and explain the impact of food, the food industry, and agriculture on global health and sustainability; apply consumer choices that minimize personal negative impact.
9. Communicate effectively using language and understanding of nutrition science.
10. Correctly and appropriately collect, analyze, and interpret data.

OSH 100 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health

1. Identify the various fields of safety and risk management.
2. Identify and describe the organization of regulatory agencies that deal with issues of occupational safety and health, environmental health, and risk management.
3. Define and understand basic terminology used in the field of occupational safety and health and apply it appropriately.
4. Describe and demonstrate how to access safety information and resources.
5. Describe the history and evolution of occupational safety and health.
6. Evaluate the financial and human impact of occupational injuries and illnesses.
7. Develop a basic understanding of workers compensation plans.

OSH 110 - Safety Management

1. Collect and evaluate data to identify safety and health trends.
2. Identify major on-the-job hazards for workers.
3. Respond to data with an appropriate plan.
4. Identify and apply the basic concepts of emergency preparedness.
5. Develop site-specific programs, policies, and procedures.
6. Identify and describe the concepts and measurements of proactive versus reactive safety.

OSH 140 - Regulatory Environment

1. Identify the major regulatory policy agencies, including their scope and jurisdiction (e.g. OSHA, EPA, DOT, MSHA, L&I).
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the rule making process.
3. Describe the compliance inspection process.
4. Research and identify sources of compliance assistance.
5. Identify and apply regulations that affect a work environment.

OSH 150 - Workers’ Compensation and Risk Management

1. Explain the reasons and roles for managing risk in the workplace.
2. Identify and analyze various risk analysis methods.
3. Describe the process of handling risk, including the assumption of risk and transfer of risk.
4. Analyze the history and evolution of risk management and workers’ compensation laws in the United States and internationally (including ADA, FMLA, etc.)
5. Manage a workers compensation claim from opening to closing of a claim with empathy for all stakeholders involved.
6. Adopt an ethical approach to mitigating risks and hazards in the workplace.

OSH 155 - Special Topics: Occupational Safety and Health

1. Discuss a specific topic of current interest in occupational safety and health.
2. Relate the special topic to other course work and best practices in occupational safety and health.

OSH 160 - Incident Investigation

1. Analyze proper methods, protocol, and documentation for an incident investigation.
2. Conduct a complete investigation of a workplace incident.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the documentation and record-keeping system for reporting injuries and illnesses.
4. Describe the methods of review, action, and follow-up by the employee(s), the supervisor, the safety committee, and management.

OSH 170 - Safety Training Techniques

1. Describe how a training program fits into an overall health and safety program for a company.
2. Describe and design how a training needs assessment could be conducted for different types of audiences and work environments.
3. Develop and write measurable learning objectives and an evaluation tool for a safety training module.
4. Analyze and explain the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing different training delivery methods for different types of audiences and work environments.
5. Describe the importance of collecting training documentation and maintain training records for compliance purposes.
6. Develop and present a safety training module.

OSH 190 - Industrial Security

1. Describe the history and evolution of terrorism (historical perspective) including specific hazardous threats: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive/energetic (CBRNE).
2. Apply the best practices of Industrial Security including: a. equipment use; b. methods; c. control of facility and grounds; d. internal security threats (i.e., disgruntled employees).
3. Identify the potential for workplace violence, analyze its causes and impact, and suggest preventative procedures and safeguards.
4. Explain site-specific vulnerability assessment processes.
5. Recognize how the NIMS applies to industrial security and emergency response.
6. Develop and implement site specific health and safety plans that include emergency response elements.

OSH 198 - Individual Project:Occupational Safety/Health

1. Provide an opportunity for independent exploration and expression on a focused area of interest and need.
2. Develop specific concepts or materials relevant to the Occupational Safety and Health profession.
3. Create a comprehensive activity which supplements the existing Occupational Safety and Health course.
4. Develop, implement and complete a total project adhering to established procedures and due dates.

OSH 199 - Special Projects: Occupational Safety and Health

1. Submit a written proposal outlining the purpose and scope of their special project.
2. Demonstrate completion of the agreed upon requirement based on the approved proposal.

OSH 220 - Industrial Hygiene

1. Apply the basic concepts of industrial hygiene at the technician level to workplace scenarios.
2. Understand the toxicology of substances in an occupational setting and the occurrence of occupational diseases.
3. Learn methods to identify and evaluate exposure to health hazards, and then determine the appropriate sampling and monitoring techniques.
4. Develop work practices and controls to protect worker’s health.
5. Apply OSHA exposure limits and workplace standards to health hazards.
6. Apply industrial hygiene practices to a specific workplace setting and complete a case study report.

OSH 230 - Ergonomics

1. Describe how the history and evolution of ergonomics in the workplace has impacted health and safety in the workplace.
2. Understand and apply basic ergonomic terminology.
3. Recognize and analyze ergonomic risk factors.
4. Identify corrective solutions to address ergonomic risk factors.
5. Identify and evaluate risk factors of work related musculoskeletal disorders.
6. Communicate basic ergonomic concepts, risks factors, and solutions through report writing.

OSH 240 - Handling Hazardous Materials

1. Explain the purpose and scope of the OSHA regulation (29CFR1910.120) covering hazardous waste operations and emergency response (HAZWOPER).
2. Recognize and identify methods for controlling a variety of hazards including chemical, biological, radiological, and physical hazards.
3. Determine the appropriate level and type of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required.
4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of toxicology and the relationship of chemical exposure on human health.
5. Develop a comprehensive site safety plan based on the characteristics of a hazardous site.
6. Describe how to execute an emergency response plan including appropriate decontamination procedures.

OSH 255 - Special Topics: Occupational Safety and Health

1. Discuss a specific topic of current interest in occupational safety and health.
2. Relate the special topic to other course work and best practices in occupational safety and health.
3. Apply the content of the course into professional practice.

OSH 291 - OSH Internship/Capstone

1. Apply skills obtained in OSH course work to real workplace settings and environments.
2. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of health and safety regulations and apply them at the placement site.
3. Demonstrate written and verbal communication skills while working in a real workplace setting.
4. Interact appropriately and professionally with employees and supervisor at the placement site.
5. Practice positive work habits, including working as a team member at the placement site.

OSH 298 - Individual Project: Occupational Safety/Health

1. Articulate and apply exploration of a focused area of interest and need which supplements existing Occupational Safety and Health education.

OSH 299 - Special Projects: Occupational Safety and Health

1. Submit a written proposal outlining the purpose and scope of their special project.
2. Demonstrate completion of the agreed upon requirement based on the approved proposal.

OCEA& 101 - Intro to Oceanography w/Lab

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of general scientific principles and the significant role of science, and oceanography in particular, in modern society.
2. Use specific experimental skills to make reliable measurements and apply analytic tools to interpret scientific data to make conclusions about oceanographic processes.
3. Apply the concepts and information in oceanography to problems that affect the world around them at a personal, community, and global level.
4. Evaluate, interpret, articulate, and communicate scientific information as it relates to oceanography, orally and in writing. 

LEGAL 100 - Career and College Success: Paralegal

1. Demonstrate the use of learning strategies to comprehend, retain, and apply class content.
2. Identify individual strengths, skills, characteristics, and interests in order to pursue personal, academic, and career goals in the legal field.
3. Apply effective communication skills when engaging with peers, instructors, and client/service populations as well as in the college community within a culturally diverse environment.
4. Identify, access, and navigate college resources for program success.
5. Demonstrate the ability to find credible and contextually-appropriate sources for research and evaluation and to ethically incorporate those sources into their work.

LEGAL 200 - Introduction to Law and the Legal Process: CD

1. Read, understand, and analyze published cases and codes.
2. Demonstrate how to brief a case and identify case holdings.
3. Explain and distinguish among common legal terms.
4. Discuss how the civil and criminal litigation processes work in state and federal courts.
5. Explain how to file a case with state and federal courts.
6. Understand the basic resources found in a typical law library.
7. Compare and contrast the roles of lawyers, limited license legal technicians, and paralegals.
8. Identify the activities which, when performed by a paralegal, constitute the unauthorized practice of law.
9. Demonstrate good communication skills in a legal context.
10. Discuss how law may or may not result in justice, while reflecting on the role law has played in the treatment of minority groups in America.

LEGAL 205 - Civil Procedure

1. Understand the difference between substantive and procedural law and how they interrelate.
2. Differentiate among the different stages of a civil case, from pre-litigation to appeal.
3. Locate and apply the Washington State Court Rules and the various county local rules correctly.
4. Explain the concepts of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and venue as they relate to the commencement of a civil action.
5. Describe the different discovery tools available in a civil case, and how sanctions are obtained for failure to comply with a discovery request.
6. Identify the main types of alternative dispute resolution, and explain how court-mandated arbitration applies to the civil litigation process.
7. Draft basic pleadings, motions, and other papers in the proper court-approved format.
8. Demonstrate the skills necessary for a paralegal to work successfully with attorneys and other paralegals on civil litigation matters.

LEGAL 210 - Legal Research and Writing

1. Conduct legal research using both hardbound volumes and online legal research database services, including WestlawNext.
2. Locate and interpret relevant state and federal constitutions, statutes, and regulations.
3. Explain how to locate and use state and federal case reports and reporters effectively when conducting legal research.
4. Demonstrate how case digests are used to locate relevant state and federal judicial opinions.
5. Use legal encyclopedias, annotated law reports, legal periodicals, and other secondary sources to conduct legal research.
6. Prepare accurate state and federal legal citations in compliance with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation and the Washington Style Sheet.
7. Describe how online citators are used to expand and update legal research, and track the legal history of specific research and its treatment by subsequent courts.
8. Draft legal documents using the standard components for client correspondence, legal opinion letters, and legal memoranda.
9. Identify effective strategies to organize and perform legal research and writing projects.

LEGAL 214 - Legal Ethics

1. Identify and apply the ethical standards and rules of professional conduct that govern paralegals and other legal professionals in Washington State.
2. Summarize what constitutes the practice of law, and identify methods to avoid engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.
3. Distinguish among, and apply the ethical rules required to protect, client confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, and attorney work product.
4. Analyze and discuss the methods for resolving potential conflicts of interest faced by paralegals and attorneys, including concurrent and successive representation, business transactions with clients, gifts from clients, imputed conflicts, and disqualification.
5. Differentiate between advertising and solicitation, and describe the limitations that exist on attorney advertising and solicitation of clients in Washington State.
6. Explain the different fee arrangements made with clients, what constitutes a reasonable fee, the rules regarding fee-splitting and referral fees, and how client property and client trust accounts must be handled in Washington State.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of the elements that contribute to legal competence for paralegals and attorneys in Washington State, and the disciplinary actions that exist for incompetence.
8. Describe the current issues involving paralegal licensing and certification at the state and national levels, as well as the limited licenses available to paralegals in Washington State.

LEGAL 215 - Administrative Law

1. Explain the relationship and function of administrative agencies at all levels of government.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the methods used by the branches of government, at both federal and state levels, to maintain accountability and control of administrative agencies.
3. Explain the application of constitutional concepts of federalism, separation of powers, due process, equal protection, delegation doctrine, Fourth and Fifth Amendments to an administrative law problem.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the provisions of the federal and Washington Administrative Procedures Acts applicable to agency rulemaking, agency adjudications, and judicial review.
5. Analyze the major issues and apply substantive and procedural federal and state administrative laws and rules in resolving an administrative law problem.
6. Locate, acquire, evaluate and apply information from federal and state statutes, agency rules and case law in hardbound and electronic sources in response to an administrative law problem.
7. Prepare appropriate documents for various procedures common to administrative agencies, in compliance with the applicable administrative procedures act and agency rules.

LEGAL 220 - Real Estate and Property Law

1. Distinguish between the concepts of real property and personal property.
2. Explain the most common types of real estate transactions and conveyances, including deeds, contracts, leases, and deeds of trust.
3. Describe a typical real estate transaction, including file preparation, contract review, deed preparation, financing options, title examinations and insurance, and closings.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of Washington State’s system of recording and searching for public documents, including title.
5. Identify the rights and duties owed to landlords and tenants under Washington’s Residential Landlord Tenant Act.
6. Perform the basic duties of a real estate and property law paralegal, and identify activities that would constitute the unauthorized practice of law if performed by a paralegal.
7. Identify and draft various documents involved in the conveyance of real property through sale, lease, or other transaction.

LEGAL 222 - Dispute Resolution

1. Explain the negotiation, mediation, and arbitration processes by identifying participants, decision-making authorities, best alternatives given the circumstances of a particular dispute, and the role a paralegal plays in each process.
2. Evaluate a client’s negotiation position in terms of the strengths and weaknesses of the client’s case.
3. Describe the meaning and effect of mediation agreements and how they influence a party’s future rights.
4. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration, and assist in determining whether arbitration is appropriate and/or required in a given situation.
5. Define the state and federal laws governing arbitration, including court mandated arbitration.
6. Describe the various nontraditional alternative dispute resolution processes, and determine when each process is best applied.
7. Recognize the ethical issues that may arise in the dispute resolution process and the professional guidelines and rules used to respond to these issues.