A survey of the microbial world including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, algae and fungi, relationships of microorganisms to man and to the environment including health and disease, cultivation, isolation, microbial metabolism and genetics, with emphasis on antisepsis and medical microbiology for students entering health related fields as well as applied microbiology related to water quality. Appropriate for students in general education and science and health related programs.

Recommended: high school biology or BIOO 160
Course Fee: $25.00
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement.
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Laboratory for BIOM 250

This course taken in conjunction with the lecture portion of the course (BIOM 250) meets the laboratory science requirement.
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An introduction to the form and function of the parts of the human body, with studies on the tissues, bones, muscles, respiration, and circulation.

Includes lecture and laboratory hours.
Prerequisite: High School Biology
Course Fee: $13.00
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement including the laboratory requirement.
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Emphasis on the regulations of the energy supply and the internal environment. Units covered are nerves, endocrine, digestion, respiration, blood, cardiovascular, immune, cell metabolism, excretion, acid base balance and reproduction.

Includes lecture and laboratory hours.
Prerequisites: BIOL 241 or equivalent course
Course Fee: $13.00
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement including the laboratory requirement.
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This course introduces students to the science of chemistry. The course covers the physical states of matter, including the nomenclature used in chemistry, along with atomic structure, elements, the periodic chart, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, and acid-base theory. This course is a general overview for non-science majors.

Course must be taken concurrently with CHMY 122
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement.
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Course must be taken concurrently with CHMY 121
Course Fee: $20.00
This course taken in conjunction with the lecture portion of the course (CHMY 121) meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) laboratory requirement.
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This course surveys a wide variety of topics including: properties and theorems of the real and complex number systems, the function concept including inverse functions, graphing techniques, linear, quadratic, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions, solving systems of equations in two or more variables using matrices, determinants, and matrix algebra. The development of problemsolving skills is emphasized.

Prerequisite: M 095
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Mathematics (CAT II) requirement.
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This course introduces the student to the profession of nursing. Students will study the characteristics of the nursing process, critical thinking and time management. Learning styles, communication ability and test taking skills as well as legal/ethical/cultural issues, nursing history and basic concepts of human behavior are explored.

This theory and lab course introduces the nursing principles and clinical skills that are essential for the nursing roles of provider of care, manager of care and member of the discipline in nursing. Emphasis is on the role of provider of care and human health needs of clients. Theoretical and practical concepts of the nursing process, critical thinking, and health promotion to meet the needs of individuals in a variety of health care settings are presented. The course provides for the application of basic nursing skills.

Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing Program
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 131 Lab is required.
Course Fee: $35.00

Lab for NRSG 130.

Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 130 Lecture is required.

This course is an introduction to clinical drug therapy. Content areas include groups of therapeutic drugs, prototypes of drug groups, commonly prescribed drugs, drug interactions and the role of the nursing process in prescribed drug therapy regimens. Students examine drug therapy using critical thinking and clinical decision making.

Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing Program

This course addresses current issues relevant to the nursing care of the aging population. Economic, social and ethical issues and expected age related conditions affecting the aging population are explored. The clinical component provides the opportunity for the student to apply these principles while meeting health promotion, maintenance and restoration needs.

Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing Program
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 139 Clinical is required.
Course Fee: $15.00

Clinical for NRSG 138.

Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 131 Lecture is required.

This theory and practicum course prepares the student to provide nursing care to patient’s experiencing common, well-defined health/ illness needs. The focus is on use of the nursing process and critical thinking in settings where stable patients are anticipated. Recognition and emergent treatment of rapidly changing patient physical conditions will be introduced.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 130, NRSG 135 and NRSG 138
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 141 Clinical is required.
Course Fee: $35.00

Clinical for NRSG 140.

Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 140 Lecture is required.

This course introduces the student to the provider of care role in meeting the needs of the mother, newborn, child, and family unit. The course includes growth and developmental patterns as well as care of the well and sick child. The student will demonstrate acquired knowledge when caring for the mother, newborn and child in institutional and community based settings.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of NRSG 130, NRSG 135, and NRSG 138
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 143 Clinical is required.
Course Fee: $15.00

Clinical for NRSG 142

Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 142 Lecture is required.

This theory course explores physiological, sociological, spiritual, and environmental factors associated with Mental Health/Illness needs which effect individuals, families, and communities. Focus is on the use of the nursing process and therapeutic communication skills when caring for clients with basic psychiatric disorders. Therapeutic modalities and psychopharmacological management is presented.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 130, NRSG 135, and NRSG 138

This course facilitates transition of the LPN student into the ASN program. The nursing process, critical thinking, and the clinical decision making process are discussed. Clinical nursing competency is demonstrated.

This course prepares the student to provide care to maternal/child patients experiencing acutely changing conditions in settings where the outcome is less predictable. Topics include care of the patient during childbirth, high risk pregnancies, obstetrical emergencies, neonatal emergencies and infants, children and family units requiring complex collaborative care.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 140, NRSG 142, and NRSG 144
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 253 Clinical is required.
Course Fee: $15.00

Clinical for NRSG 252.

Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 252 Lecture is required.

This course explores mental health/illness needs of special populations with emphasis on individuals, families and communities. Focus is placed on psychotherapeutic management in the continuum of care, milieu management and behavioral interventions with clients experiencing acute and chronic psychiatric disorders. This course provides for clinical application of mental health nursing skills and the use of therapeutic communication in institutional and community based settings.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 140, NRSG 142, NRSG 144
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 255 Clinical is required.
Course Fee: $15.00

Clinical for NRSG 254.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 140, NRSG 142, NRSG 144
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 254 Lecture is required.
Course Fee: $15.00

This course introduces the student to the principles and processes of pathophysiology and its effect on human body systems. Pathophysiology of the most common body system alterations are discussed within the context of the provider of care role. Evidence based research in the nursing of clients with body system alterations are presented.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 140, NRSG 142, and NRSG 144.

This course provides the opportunity for the student to provide nursing care to the adult with complex health/illness needs, including those with acute health conditions. Emphasis is on clinical decision making when providing care for clients and family members with rapidly changing health conditions.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 252, NRSG 254, NRSG 256, and BIOM 250.
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 263 Clinical is required.

Clinical for NRSG 262.

Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 262 Lecture is required.

This course prepares the student to assume the provider of care role while implementing complex nursing interventions. This skills lab allows students to practice advanced nursing skills utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking to demonstrate clinical decision making.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of NRSG 252, NRSG 254, NRSG 256, and BIOM 250
Course Fee: $15.00

This course addresses the transition of the student nurse into the role of the associate degree registered nurse and includes preparation for the NCVLEX-RN. Emphasis is on application of the manager of care role when caring for groups of clients while working in a supervised healthcare environment.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of NRSG 252, NRSG 254, NRSG 256, and BIOM 250
Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 267 Clinical is required.
Course Fee: $15.00

Clinical for NRSG 266

Concurrent enrollment in NRSG 266 Lecture is required.

This course is an introduction to normal and clinical nutrition. The fundamentals of nutrition and nutritional needs throughout the life span will be addressed. The appropriate uses for diet therapy in restoring and maintaining health will also be covered.

An introductory survey of the scientific discipline of psychology. Attention will be given to such standard topics as the nature of empirical, scientific research, and the learning process, intelligence, perception, personality, motivation, emotion, cognitive processes, abnormal behavior, human sexuality, psi-phenomena, major systems of psychotherapy, human growth and development, psychobiology and physiology, social psychology, memory, stress, forensic and industrial psychology. Students will be guided towards an appreciation of the six major theoretical perspectives that psychology has to offer. As psychology is intended to describe, predict, understand, and to control behavior, students should emerge from the course with an increased degree of enlightened control over their lives.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement.
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Study of the concepts and principles of group behavior and of the impact which society has upon the programming of the mind and thought processes. Analysis of the components of culture and of the structure of society, as well as social organization and differentiation will also be emphasized. Introduces the essentials of micro sociology and macro sociology.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement
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Emphasizes argumentation and research writing. Students will write at least six essays and a significant research paper including a thorough bibliography. Students will be introduced to library research methods, the avoidance of plagiarism, and formal documentation.

Prerequisite: Completion of WRIT 095 or in accordance with Board of Regents Policy 301.16. See "General Education Course Placement" in the "Graduation and General Education Requirements" of this catalog.
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Communication (CAT I) requirement.
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