Course Descriptions

This course studies the value of sports nutrition, with emphasis on nutrition as it applies to fitness, sport-specific training and peak athletic performance. It also studies nutrient requirements and dietary recommendations for multiple sports and levels of performance, energy metabolism and essential nutrient needs during training and competition. Students examine the importance of proper nutrition for a healthy mind and body to achieve peak athletic performance.

This course is an introduction to the structure and function of the human body. Focus will be on the study of each individual organ system and the interaction of each system with the rest of the body.

This course studies the dimensions of wellness and how each dimension is affected by personal health choices. It also studies how the personal choices of society affect the community. This course is designed to help the student maintain good physical, mental and social well-being. Some of the topics covered include anatomy and physiology, emotional and mental health, drug use and abuse, and nutrition and fitness. We will examine the importance of communities in providing access to personal health choices and health care, and how as a society we restrict personal health choices socioeconomically, racially and by gender.

This course provides an introduction to the concepts of infection control, safe and clean environment, communication, lifespan issues, basic human care needs and special population care needs. The primary focus is on basic nursing care and the skills needed to safely and competently perform personal holistic care under the supervision of a registered nurse to clients in long-term and acute-care settings. It meets the requirements for the Minnesota Department of Health Nursing Assistant course, and successful completion allows the student to be eligible to take the State Registry Exam for Nursing Assistant.

This course covers prefixes, suffixes and root words used to compose medical terms. The student learns to spell, pronounce, define, analyze and formulate terminology related to body structure, disease, diagnosis and treatment. Medical abbreviations are also included.

This course teaches basic life support using American Heart Association or American Red Cross guidelines and first aid using American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons(AAOS) or American Red Cross guidelines.

The first responder-level course covers regular and more advanced first aid practices and procedures including extrication and transportation, professional-level CPR, oxygen administration, long bone splinting, blood pressure monitoring, emergency childbirth, patient assessment, backboarding and stress management.

This course follows the current National Standard Curriculum and will include all skills and classroom information necessary to provide emergency care at the basic life support level. Modules presented include preparation of the EMT-B, airway, patient assessment (medical and trauma), medical/behavioral emergencies and OB/GYN, trauma, infants and children, ambulance operations and interventions (medications and semi-automatic defibrillation). Upon successful completion of the EMT-B course, the student will be eligible to take the state/national registry computer and practical examinations.

This course is an introduction to the basic principles of human resource functions and services. It provides a background and understanding for further human resource courses.

This course covers the basic knowledge of the factors to be considered and the strategies used in the employment process.

This course covers basic knowledge and information about the various types of benefits that are typically offered by employers for their employees.

This course covers basic information about the characteristics of effective training and development programs in building an engaged workforce.

This course covers basic information and understanding of the need for human resources policies in an organization, types of policies, the process of policy formulation and how policies are used.

This course provides an understanding of employee compensation both direct and indirect, and how it relates to business strategy.

This course covers basic information about the history and current role of labor unions, current labor laws and the rights of employees.