Course Descriptions
Effective January 21, 2014, the following course descriptions have been added to support the RN to BSN and RN to MSN distance education programs.
CAPS 401 General Education Capstone Seminar
3.0 Semester Credits
The capstone seminar is a culminating in-depth experience whereby students formulate their integrated General Education learning experiences into a final oral and written research based project, which comprehensively addresses a pressing issue in health care and advances a proposed defensible solution. The application of learned methods, concepts, and theories into the construction of this project serves as the culminating summative evaluation of General Education Program Learning Outcomes achievement following completion of the General Education courses.
Prerequisites: None.
NURS 342LRN Public Health Nursing Practicum
3.0 Semester Credits
This course prepares RN students for population-focused practice in public health and community health nursing by applying the public health theories, prevention and health promoting and protective nursing care to the individual, family, and community.
Prerequisites: RN Licensure
MATH 211 Statistics
3.0 Semester Credits
This course covers descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on real world applications related to the healthcare industry. Course topics include collecting and organizing data, visualizing data using graphs, summarizing data using sample statistics, estimating population parameters using confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing on population parameters. Linear correlation, regression analysis, and basic probability concepts are also covered.
Prerequisites: None.
PLA 100 Prior Learning Assessment
3.0 Semester Credits
This course offers students the opportunity to receive prior learning credit through a portfolio assessment process by which prior learning can be analyzed, articulated, documented and assessed for academic credit. A student must demonstrate achievement of prior learning outcomes based on the evaluation of evidence that is valid, authentic, sufficient and occurred within the last 10 years. College-level knowledge, skills and abilities may have been acquired through work experience, formal corporate or military training, operating a business, working with a volunteer or community organization, civic leadership, and independent study.
Prerequisites: None.