Courses
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- Offered: Fall Winter
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in OIS 161.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: OIS 161.
Emphasis is on grammar, usage and the chief elements of style: punctuation, number expression, capitalization, word choice, abbreviations, plurals and possessives. Students develop skill in processing text from oral to printed form by transcribing on the computer from recorded media or through the use of voice recognition software.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in OIS 161.
Students will apply and expand their knowledge of medical terminology while developing transcription abilities through the production of a variety of common medical reports. The transcription will cover a wide range of medical specialties.
- Offered: Fall
This lecture/application course covers health information processing activities in hospital and other inpatient settings.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: OIS 183 and OIS 270.
A lecture/application course that emphasizes processing health information in ambulatory care settings including but not limited to physicians’ offices, outpatient surgery and medical clinics. Students will use office management and billing skills as they apply to the health care industry
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in OIS 270.
Development of entry-level medical diagnostic and procedural coding skills using current protocol, International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). Emphasis is placed on accurate and ethical coding practices as they affect reimbursement for health care.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: OIS 261, OIS 262 and OIS 280.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in OIS 161 and OIS 185.
Students further develop skills using spreadsheet and database software and develop skills integrating all components of an office suite including word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in OIS 161 and OIS 185.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Graded: S/U
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: Admission to the methods phase of teacher education.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: OIS 250 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: Junior standing and College of Business permission.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission.
- Offered: Contact department for information
- Prerequisites: Junior standing and College of Business permission.
- Offered: Fall
This course provides a foundation of plant wellness with the overall goal of applying this knowledge in a retail or other applied wellness setting. This course provides students the skills needed to summarize herbal safety and efficacy. Students will understand the legal issues related to discussing in a retail environment the effects of applying and ingesting herbs and other plants and will be able to convey their knowledge to customers in an accommodating, respectful way.
- Offered: Fall
Fundamentals of Natural Wellness serves as an overview of plant-based wellness. Students will be introduced to a variety of topics, including plant wellness history, how various cultures used plants for better health, and how to evaluate available plant products. Business opportunities in the field of natural wellness, such as horticulture, plant processing, and distribution will also be featured.
- Offered: Winter
This course will examine ways plant-based substances can impact well-being. Topics will include
wellness-based plants, specific active ingredients within these plants, and synthetic analogs of plant
ingredients. The course will introduce the relationship of plant application or ingestion to changes in
the nervous system and how these actions might affect mental functioning and behavior. An emphasis
will be on teaching students how to find and summarize published articles in this area of study.
- Offered: Winter
This course will prepare students to communicate plant properties clearly in a plant-based
wellness retail environment. Students will learn effective communication, active listening, and
emotional intelligence to promote positive front-line customer relationships. This course will
provide students with a foundational, applied understanding of growing and developing plants
for use in natural wellness sectors. It includes a brief overview of seed germination, soil and
water management, plant anatomy, growing, and harvesting techniques.
- Offered: Contact Department
- Graded: S/U
- Co-requisites: Registration for graduation.
All graduating majors must take an exit assessment for the Cannabis and Plant-Based Wellness Operations A.A.S. as part of the program's outcomes assessment efforts. This assessment will be given in the final semester for all graduating students. Students must enroll in this course concurrently with graduation registration.