New Courses for Fall 2008

Daniela here, enlightening you on the latest course additions and curriculum changes for Fall 2008.

The Health Sciences program has recently implemented new prerequisites: a GPA of at least 2.50, assessment level or completion of EN101, 101A, 102 or 109, MA 110, BI107, and for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) applicants, PH010 are now necessary to be considered for the program.

A new three-credit honors course titled Ethics/Professional Accounting entails "an examination of the major ethical issues encountered by accountants." The prerequisites for this honors class are as with any other honor class; completion of at least 12 credits, a 3.2 or higher GPA and an A or B grade in EN101/EN101A and AC 202.

Summer 2008 approved courses are expanding the Paramedic curriculum. The new offerings include Basic Emergency Medical Tech, Intro to Pre-Hospital Environment, Patient Assessment, Pharmacology, Airway Management, Trauma, Medical Emergencies, and EMS Operations. Clinical Radiology II is also now available for the Radiology program. Mostly held off-campus and requiring previous credit in several lower level health-science courses, these classes are meant for those determined to work as future hospital employees, whether it is in nursing or ambulance personnel.

To round out the health-science curriculum, new Polosomnography courses – the study of the purposes and arrangement of the cardiopulmonary and neuromuscular systems in relation to sleep pathology – have been added. Another addition is the Sleep Disorders class, which includes "relationships of physical and psychiatric disorders and the effects of various medications on sleep patterns." These courses are so new that ,as I was browsing through the Fall 2008 Schedule, PO, the category for Polosomnography was not yet available. Pretty exciting, if you ask me!

On the other side of campus, the Communication Arts Technologies department has created three brand new interactive options for existing courses: Graphic Design, Photography and Broadcasting, featuring "full audio/video lectures and demonstrations in addition to Q&A sessions... perfect for the students who can't be in a classroom.'"

For a closer look at descriptions, credits hours, and prerequisites, go to http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/credit/WhatsNew/Fall08whats%20new.pdf

Daniela Pila
Technical Director