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2016-2017 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Master Course List
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✽ - Applies to CMC AA/AS degree
◆ - Colorado State Guaranteed Transfer Course
For more information see Degree & Certificate Descriptions & Requirements .
NOTE: Not all courses are offered at every campus each term. Not all programs/courses are available at every campus and may require travel to another campus or access via distance learning (IVS, hybrid, or online).
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Natural Resources NRE |
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NRE 287 - Cooperative Education 1.0 Credits
Provides students an opportunity to gain practical experience in applying their occupational skills and/or to develop specific skills in a practical work setting. The instructor will work with the student to select an appropriate work site, establish learning objectives, and to coordinate learning activities with the employer or work site supervisor.
Prev. Course Codes: NRM-287
COOP 45 Clock hours
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NRE 289 - Capstone 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: ENV 101 , NRE 121, NRE 127 , and AGY 240 ; Minimum grade C-.
Provides a demonstrated culmination of learning within a given program of study.
LEC 15 Contact hours LAB 30 Contact hours
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NUA 101 - Nurse Aide Health Care Skills 4.0 Credits
Co-requisites NUA 170
Prepares the student to perform the fundamental skills of the nurse aide. Basic nursing skills, communication skills, restorative services, personal care skills, safety, and emergency care issues are covered. Includes knowledge and/or principles of asepsis, OSHA and HIPAA regulations. Ethical behaviors, cultural sensitivity, and principles of mental health will be addressed, as well as patient/resident rights.
LECLB 90 Clock hours
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NUA 170 - Nurse Aide Clinical Experience 1.0 Credits
Co-requisites NUA 101
Applies knowledge and skill gained in NUA 101 to patient care.
Prev. Course Codes: NUA-102
CLIN 45 Contact hours
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NUA 175 - Special Topics 0.5 - 6.0 Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
LEC 7.5 Clock hours
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Nursing NUR |
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NUR 101 - Fundamentals of Nursing with Lab 5.0 Credits
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of nursing care and the theoretical basis for assessing the health status of individuals using evidence-based guidelines. Acquisition of foundational concepts necessary for safe, quality, patient-centered nursing care and patient assessment. Introduces legal and ethical responsibilities while emphasizing cultural diversity within nursing care. Introduces critical thinking applied to nursing, the nursing process, and communication techniques used when interacting with patients and members of the interdisciplinary team. Introduces students to the role of the nurse in identifying normal findings and deviations from normal in patient assessment. Provides students with practice using cognitive and psychomotor skills while conducting a systematic, holistic health history, physical assessment, and providing fundamental nursing care. The lab component covers basic psychomotor skills, fundamental nursing skills, and patient assessment skills.
LEC 60 Clock hours LAB 45 Clock hours
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NUR 121 - Pharmacology I 3.0 Credits
Acquisition of the general principles of pharmacology as they relate to safe, quality, patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care of individuals focusing on developmentally and culturally appropriate interventions. Introduces pharmacotherapeutics related to diverse patient populations. Focuses on safety and quality improvement in the administration of medications. Includes instruction on dosage calculations and psychomotor skills related to medication administration.
LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 45 Clock hours
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NUR 122 - Pharmacology II & IV Therapy 2.0 Credits
Acquisition of nursing theory and critical-thinking skills necessary for safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care related to medication administration, intravenous therapy, and venous blood withdrawal. Advanced concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics correlated to common diseases are presented. Emphasizes the steps of the nursing process and information technology used in IV placement and care, venous blood withdrawal, and the administration of medications for safe, quality, patient-centered care to diverse patient populations. Integrates patient teaching related to all routes of medication administration. Emphasizes the nurse’s role as patient advocate. This course with the completion of simulation skills meets the requirements of LPN IV certification of the Colorado State Board of Nursing.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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NUR 140 - Introduction to Gerontology 1.0 Credits
Acquisition of current evidence-based practice related to the aging population and health care as well as the impact of the growing aging population on the healthcare system. Emphasizes the theoretical basis for safe, quality patient-centered nursing care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate for the aging patient, focusing on common health concerns. Differentiates normal from abnormal health history and physical assessment findings in the aging patient. The student is introduced to the experience of aging through various strategies including repeated contact with an older adult.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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NUR 141 - Basic Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing 3.0 Credits
Acquisition of knowledge, critical-thinking skills, and the nursing process necessary for safe, quality, patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to diverse populations of adult patients experiencing common medical/surgical conditions. Includes the standards of practice, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the nurse as applied in the acute care setting. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in interprofessional collaboration and culturally-competent care.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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NUR 155 - IV Therapy for LPNs 2.0 Credits
Acquisition of nursing theory and critical-thinking skills necessary for safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care related to intravenous therapy and venous blood withdrawal. Integrates the standards of practice, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the nurse. Provides learning related to both theory and psychomotor skills. This is the first of two courses that meet the requirements of IV certification of the Colorado State Board of Nursing. This course is available to Licensed Practical Nurses who need IV certification to practice IV therapy in the state of Colorado. To register for this course all students must have preapproval from the Director of Nursing Education.
LEC 15 Clock hours LAB 45 Clock hours
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NUR 161 - Basic Concepts of Maternal-Newborn & Pediatric Nursing 2.0 Credits
Acquisition of nursing theory and critical-thinking skills necessary for safe, quality, maternal/child/family-centered nursing care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate. Care of both the well and ill patient who is pregnant, the newborn, and the child is covered. Professional standards, legal, and ethical responsibilities, and the roles of the nurse are included.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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NUR 170 - Clinical I: Fundamentals 2.0 Credits
Application of foundational psychomotor skills, psychosocial concepts, critical thinking, communication, fundamental nursing concepts, and the nursing process to safe, quality, patient-centered nursing care for the aging patient in a long-term care setting. Identifies the role of the nurse when collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team. Studies the long-term care setting and care guidelines related to the National Patient Safety Goals. Identifies the legal and ethical responsibilities in the role of provider of care. Simulation is utilized in this course for students to apply principals of fundamental nursing and develop critical thinking skills.
CLIN 90 Clock hours
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NUR 171 - Clinical II: Medical-Surgical 4.0 Credits
Application of the theoretical basis and psychomotor skills for safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care for the patient undergoing various medical/surgical interventions. Focuses on care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate. Integrates standards of practice, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the nurse while collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Applies communication theory when interacting with patients, as well as using information technology to locate, use, and communicate patient care information. Compares and contrasts care delivered in a variety of health care settings.
CLIN 180 Clock hours
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NUR 172 - Clinical III: Maternal-Newborn & Pediatric Nursing 1.0 Credits
Co-requisites NUR 161
Application of the theoretical basis and psychomotor skills for safe, quality, evidence-based, patient/child/family-centered nursing care during the reproductive experience, focusing on wellness, common deviations from normal, and effects of common illnesses. Focuses on care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate. Integration of standards of practice, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the nurse while collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Applies communication theory when interacting with patients as well as using information technology to locate, use, and communicate patient care information. Simulation is utilized in this course for students to apply principles of maternal-newborn nursing and develop critical-thinking skills.
CLIN 45 Clock hours
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NUR 175 - Special Topics 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as-needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
LEC 15 Contact hours per credit
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NUR 179 - Transition to Practical Nursing Clinical 2.0 Credits
Application of the theoretical basis and psychomotor skills for safe, quality nursing care within the scope of the practical nurse. Includes experience providing culturally and developmentally appropriate nursing care to a diverse patient population in a variety of healthcare settings. Integration of the practical nurse scope of practice in Colorado, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the nurse while collaborating with members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team. Application of professional communication when communicating with patients, families and members of the healthcare team. Differentiates the roles and scope of practice of the Practical Nurse and the Practical Nurse as defined by the Colorado Nurse Practice Act with exploration of the safe and appropriate delegation. Simulation may be utilized in this course for students to apply principals of the role of the practical nurse in a variety of healthcare situations involving principals of mental health nursing care, obstetric nursing care, pediatric nursing care, geriatric nursing and adult nursing care.
CLIN 90 Clock hours
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NUR 212 - Clinical IV: Complex Medical-Surgical Nursing Experience 4.0 Credits
Integration of the theoretical basis for safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care covering a variety of illnesses affecting patients and their support persons. Covers nursing care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate in an acute care setting. Emphasis on the legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the professional nurse. Also focuses on collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide and improve patient care. Provides experiences to assist students to develop a professional identity emphasizing the nurse’s role as manager of care. Applies communication theory when interacting with patients as well as using information technology to locate, use, and communicate patient care information. Simulation is utilized in this course for students to apply principles of complex medical-surgical nursing and develop critical-thinking skills.
CLIN 180 Clock hours
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NUR 215 - Complex Medical-Surgical Nursing I 3.0 Credits
Acquisition of the theoretical basis for safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care to patients who are acutely ill with complex healthcare issues. Covers nursing care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate for diverse patient populations. Emphasizes standards of practice, and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the nurse. Also focuses on collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide and improve patient care. Provides experiences to assist students to develop a professional identity, incorporating the five roles of the professional nurse (provider, manager, member of the profession, teacher, and advocate).
LEC 45 Clock hours
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NUR 216 - Leadership & Nursing Management 2.0 Credits
Acquisition of the theoretical basis of the leadership and management role in a variety of health care settings for the purpose of providing evidence-based patient care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate. Emphasizes the nurse’s role as leader while providing care to individuals and groups of patients with exploration of the five roles of the
nurse including provider, manager, teacher, member of the profession, and advocate as implemented in today’s health care environment. Focuses on the critical thinking and problem solving related to planning, organizing, directing, and controlling resources for safe patient-centered care. Synthesis of theories, principles, concepts and processes relating to continuous quality improvement to produce quality patient outcomes of individuals and their support persons across the lifespan. Application of teaching/learning principles used by the nurse manager in the health care setting.
LEC 30 Contact hours
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NUR 217 - Complex Medical-Surgical II 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites NUR 212
Acquisition of nursing theory and critical-thinking skills necessary for safe, quality, patient-centered nursing care related to complex medical/surgical problems covering a variety of illnesses affecting patients and their support persons. Emphasizes standards of practice, and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the professional nurse. Application of critical thinking to planning nursing care including the nursing process, communication techniques, and teaching/learning principles used when interacting with patients and members of the interprofessional team.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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NUR 220 - Complex Concepts of Obstetric & Pediatric Nursing Care 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites NUR 221
Acquisition of nursing theory and critical-thinking skills necessary for safe, quality, patient-centered nursing care related to complex problems affecting the patient who is pregnant, the newborn, and the child. Emphasizes standards of practice, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the nurse. Best practices using evidence-based nursing for improving patient outcomes will be studied. The nurse as leader and advocate demonstrating professional accountability while collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team is emphasized. Application of teaching/learning principles is covered.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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NUR 221 - Clinical V: Complex Obstetric & Pediatric Clinical Experience 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites NUR 220
Integration of nursing theory and critical-thinking skills necessary for safe, quality, patient/child/family-centered nursing
care during the reproductive experience focusing on complications and abnormal conditions and their effects. Focuses on care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate. Integration of standards of practice, and legal and ethical
responsibilities of the roles of the professional nurse. Integrates the nursing process, communication theory, critical thinking, evidence-based nursing practice, information technology, and collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Students integrate the principles of teaching/learning into the care of the pregnant patient, child, and family. Analyzes patient situations for the purpose of improving patient outcomes. Simulation is utilized in this course for students to apply principles of complex obstetric and pediatric nursing and develop critical-thinking skills.
CLIN 90 Clock hours
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NUR 230 - Mental Health Nursing 2.0 Credits
Acquisition of nursing theory and critical thinking skills necessary for safe, quality, patient-centered nursing care related to the enhancement of mental health, prevention of mental illness, and care of patients with mental health disorders. Integrates principles of care to individuals, groups, and family systems. Focuses on culturally-competent care of diverse patient populations across the life span with a variety of mental health conditions. Integrates standards of practice, and legal and ethical concepts to the care of patients. Provides experiences to assist students develop a professional identity, incorporating the five roles of the professional nurse (provider, manager, member of the profession, teacher, and advocate).
LEC 30 Clock hours
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NUR 231 - Clinical VII: Mental Health Nursing 1.0 Credits
Integrates the theoretical basis for safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care for the enhancement of mental health, prevention of mental illness, and care of diverse patients across the life span with mental health disorders. Focuses on individuals, families, and groups. Focuses on care that is developmentally and culturally appropriate. Integration of standards of practice, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the roles of the professional nurse. Integrates the nursing process, critical thinking, evidence-based nursing practice, information technology, teaching/learning principles, and collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Simulation is utilized in this course for students to apply principles of mental health nursing and develop critical-thinking skills.
CLIN 45 Clock hours
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NUR 260 - Capstone 3.0 Credits
Co-requisites NUR 217
Synthesis of the theoretical basis and advanced nursing concepts for safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care for diverse patients in a variety of health care settings. Focuses on transition from student to graduate nurse by applying the major concepts of the nursing program to patient care while implementing the roles of the professional nurse (provider of care, manager, member of the profession, teacher, and advocate). Simulation may be utilized in this course for students to apply principles of nursing and develop critical-thinking skills.
CLIN 135 Clock hours
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NUR 275 - Special Topics 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as-needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
LEC 15 Contact hours per credit
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NUR 310 - Dimensions of Professional Nursing Practice & Transition 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Apply frameworks, theories and trends within professional nursing practice. The scope of application is broad, including the healthcare delivery systems on regional, national, and global levels. The focus of this course will be on understanding, developing, and integrating the professional roles and values of the baccalaureate nurse. Topics will include: history of nursing, nursing frameworks and theories, current healthcare trends, leadership, safety and quality improvement, and other issues which shape the profession of nursing.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 320 - Nursing Ethics and Legalities of Healthcare 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to BSN program or department approval.
Identify and develop an understanding of ethics and legalities in healthcare. Ethical principles and theories and how to relate them to challenges facing the professional nurse will be discussed and contemplated. Critical thinking and ethical behavior and application of ethical behavior in relation to all aspects of healthcare delivery will be covered in the course. The strong influence of laws and regulations in healthcare delivery will be discussed. The role of the nurse as a member of the healthcare team in providing healthcare within federal and state laws and regulations will be included in the course. Legal factors will be examined in relation to their impact on professional nursing practice.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 330 - Advanced Health Assessment 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Extend concepts of health assessment skills and knowledge necessary to gather a complete and comprehensive database to determine the health status of patients throughout the lifespan. Interviewing skills and history taking, as well as the physical, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of clinical assessment are emphasized. The health status appraisal information is then utilized to assist the patient in maintaining a maximum level of health by guiding patients to adopt preventative health practices and/or reduce risk behavior.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 350 - Advanced Gerontology 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Examine the older adult population while building upon previous general and liberal arts education, nursing knowledge, and clinical skills to promote quality, safe, evidence-based nursing practice. The course incorporates theories and concepts of aging and the nursing process to assess, plan, and evaluate older adult healthcare while utilizing a framework to address individualized aging complexity of care and vulnerability during life transitions. The student will utilize current resources to expand knowledge of evidence-based research that promotes interdisciplinary care of the elderly in a variety of settings. This course addresses complex ethical and legal issues incorporating an interdisciplinary approach in the care of the aging adult.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 370 - Community and Public Health Nursing 5.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Breakdown and present the foundations of community and public health nursing with focus on the community as the patient; as well as promoting and protecting the health of vulnerable populations. Community healthcare is an essential aspect of the United States Healthcare system and professional nurses need to have a strong understanding of community health theories and practice. Providing care for the community requires the ability to perform community assessments. Didactic and field experiential learning focuses on the nursing roles of provider, manager, member of the profession, teacher, and educator in the context of vulnerable populations, and community and public health settings.
LEC 60 Contact hours CLIN 45 Contact hours
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NUR 380 - Healthcare Finance and Economics 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Explain how healthcare services are organized and financed. Regulatory environments will be discussed in relation to their influence on reimbursement structures, workplace safety, and patient care quality. Healthcare policy development regarding political processes will also be discussed. Advocacy for vulnerable populations to promote social justice will be explored. Basic financial principles including reimbursement, economics, accounting, financial statements, cost determination, and management and budget development will be emphasized.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 415 - Trends, Advancements, Alternatives 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Assemble knowledge of current trends and advancements within the healthcare delivery system with an introduction to the use and efficacy of alternative healthcare practices and complementary therapies. There will be a focus on the ever-changing continuum of care and health care accessibility. The processes of research, development, and clinical trials for pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and medical interventions will be discussed. The course will integrate global health issues with a focus on the role of international and non-profit healthcare organizations. The course will also examine multiple alternative/complementary approaches both nationally and globally from a historical, efficacy, safety, financial, social, and cultural perspective with a discussion of legal and ethical implication of alternative interventions.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 430 - Nursing Research 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: and admission to the BSN program, or department approval.
Analyze overview of scholarly research and evidence-based practice. An overview of the research process will be outlined. Discussions of the role of the professional nurse in utilizing research and the professional nurse as researcher. The use of research to create evidence-based practice in healthcare. Quantitative and qualitative research methods will be explored as it relates to health care. The process of critiquing research studies and utilization of research in evidence-based practice will be covered. In addition, basic statistical interpretation will be reviewed and applied to research studies.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 435 - Guided Research 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: NUR 430
Applies concepts relating to nursing research and evidence-based practice. Building on the concepts and principles of research and evidence-based practice, students develop a plan of inquiry for a specific topic utilizing quantitative and/or qualitative methods. Students will learn how to devise a plan that defines a problem, incorporate a literature review, develop a research question, choose how the sample will be defined and the setting for the inquiry, determine the measurement and how the data is collected, determine if an IRB approval is required for the project, outline how the data would be analyzed, interpreted, and how findings would be reported. This course moves the student from understanding research concepts to applying research concepts.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 440 - Information Management, Healthcare Systems & Processes: Safety, Quality & Sustainability 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Examine the issues of information management and processes for safe, quality, sustainable healthcare within the local, regional, and national healthcare delivery system. The course will focus on protected patient and other health information management within healthcare systems including the technology related to healthcare information management. The topic of safe, quality healthcare delivery will be discussed with the integration of Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) and The Joint Commission (TJC) to provide an understanding of the role accreditation has in providing safe and quality patient care. The course will also provide an understanding of the fiscal and physical sustainability of the healthcare delivery system and the role of the nurse in improving healthcare.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 460 - Leadership: Professional Role as Communicator, Collaborator & Change Agent 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Explore professional roles of the nurse and development of leadership and management skills. Organizational and systems leadership issues will be discussed in relation to providing quality care and improving patient safety. Development of inter-professional, intra-professional, collaboration, and socialization skills will be emphasized including communication with diverse cultures. The role of the nurse as a change agent will be examined. Group dynamics, conflict resolution, and negotiation strategies will be discussed to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based, patient-centered care.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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NUR 490 - Senior Synthesis Project 5.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program or department approval.
Synthesize and integrate nursing knowledge and complex concepts relevant to the professional nurse scope of practice. Students will incorporate concepts and skills from all of the nursing baccalaureate course work to develop a synthesis healthcare project to improve healthcare within a local healthcare delivery system. The course will focus on all roles of the professional nurse across the continuum of care with an emphasis on advancing the practice of nursing through the synthesis project.
LEC 45 Contact hours CLIN 90 Contact hours
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OSH 117 - 10-Hour Voluntary Compliance 1.0 Credits
Provides a 10-hour OSHA certification course for general industry, and participants will review the current OSHA standards contained in 29 CFR 1910. Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion from the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The course is taught by instructors certified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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OSH 120 - Safety Program Management & Recordkeeping 3.0 Credits
Discusses the role of safety in the business community. Emphasizes philosophy of safety and health efforts by management. Examines the role of the safety manager and the types of and need for accurate recordkeeping.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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OSH 127 - 10-Hour Construction Industry Standards 1.0 Credits
Provides a 10-hour OSHA certification course for the construction industry and participants will review the current OSHA standards contained in 29 CFR 1926. Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion from the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The course is taught by instructors certified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
LEC 15 Contact hours
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OSH 146 - Hazardous Materials 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading.
Explores the safety and health hazards associated with hazardous materials in a workplace, including the use, transportation, storage and disposal of hazardous materials; industry practices for exposure prevention and monitoring; standards used to develop and implement a comprehensive hazardous materials management program; and roles and responsibilities in emergency response.
LEC 30 Contact hours
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OSH 152 - Hazardous Waste: Operations & Emergency Response 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading.
This course meets the 40-hour O.S.H.A. training requirement for working on hazardous waste sites and reviews chemical interactions and effects with an emphasis on health and safety plans. Also includes use of personal protective apparatus and monitoring instruments. Sampling, handling, labeling, emergency responses, decontamination, and right to know” laws are covered.”
Prev. Course Codes: EPT-152, HWM-211
LEC 45 Clock hours
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OSH 245 - Safety Program Planning/Administration 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: OSH 215; Minimum grade C-.
Explores the practical application methods used in developing and administering a safety and health/accident prevention plan. This plan will be developed to meet the current Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s standards.
LEC 45 Contact hours
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OUT 100 - Non-Technical Mountaineering 1.0 Credits
Presents intermediate-level skills required for non-technical mountaineering, which include high altitude camping techniques, navigation, dealing with emergencies, 3rd class and non-technical 4th class climbing, mountain weather, and judgment. Safety will be stressed.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-156
LAB 30 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 102 - Backcountry Navigation 1.0 Credits
Teaches efficient backcountry navigation in a field-based or classroom setting using topographic maps and other appropriate navigation tools.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-120
LAB 30 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 104 - Trekking 1.0 Credits
Teaches basic trekking skills and equipment. The climbing history and basic natural history of each peak climbed are discussed.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-180, PAC-157, PAC-155, PAC-151MD, PED 225
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 105 - Land & Water Navigation 3.0 Credits
Students will become proficient with back country land and water navigation. Efficient wilderness travel abilities will be developed through understanding and proper use of paper and digital topographic maps, paper and digital marine charts, various types of magnetic compasses, GPS, and other associated navigational tools.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 106 - Map & Compass for the Outdoors Person 3.0 Credits
Covers the reading of highway, forest service, and topographical maps including symbols, legends, border information, and contour lines. Explores the use of magnetic compasses in an outdoor environment and functions that plot a course on maps. Supplemental navigation skills are included.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-162
LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 112 - Mountain Orientation 2.0 Credits
A concentrated field experience in the Colorado mountain environment is provided in this course. Emphasis is on backpacking skills, safety procedures, ecology, geology, geography, and group dynamics.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-151, OUT-111
LAB 60 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 113 - Desert Orientation 2.0 Credits
A concentrated field experience in a desert environment is provided in this course. Emphasis is on procedures for group travel and camping, ecology, geography, and safety.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-152, OUT-112
LAB 60 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 114 - Canyon Orientation 2.0 Credits
A concentrated field experience in canyon environments is provided in this course where students develop proficiency in canyon travel, group camping, and will explore the geology, geography, and ecology of the canyon country.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-113
LAB 60 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 115 - Snow Orientation 2.0 Credits
A concentrated field experience in snow-covered terrain and winter mountaineering is provided. Emphasis is on orienteering, natural shelter construction, site selection, and survival first aid.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-154, OUT-114
LAB 60 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 116 - River Orientation 2.0 Credits
Provides whitewater boat handling and water reading skills through experience on selected rivers. Students will learn river trip planning, river safety procedures, equipment, logistics, camp management, hazard evaluation, the natural history and archeology of river environments, and minimum environmental impact on river environments. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-118
LAB 60 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 117 - Ocean Orientation 2.0 Credits
Provides marine navigation, sea kayak handling, and skills necessary for safe and efficient marine travel. Students will learn trip planning, safety, equipment, camp management, hazard evaluation, and environmental impact on ocean environments. Navigation skills, safe and efficient travel, leadership, and judgment development will be emphasized. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
LAB 60 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 118 - Fly Tying 1.0 Credits
Introduces the student to the elements of fly tying including equipment selection and use, materials, and techniques to tie a wide variety of flies. Basic entomology of insects and life cycle stages imitated by the flytier will be discussed.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-228
LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 119 - Flyfishing I 1.0 Credits
Enables the student to gain the knowledge and skill of the fine art of fly-fishing, including selection and use of appropriate equipment, fly-casting techniques, fly-fishing entomology, and guiding techniques. Includes several field trips to local fly-fishing areas. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-185, PED-185A, PAC-245, PED-127
LAB 30 Clock hours
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OUT 121 - Flyfishing Boat Handling 3.0 Credits
Introduces students to the basics of boat handling for fly fishing clients. Time will be spent both in the class and on the river learning boating safety, transport and boat care, reading whitewater, and getting assisting clients to locate the best fishing sites.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-122
LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
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OUT 122 - Professional Fly Fish Guide I 2.0 Credits
Introduces students to the basic skill set required for a successful fly fishing guide experience. Basic skills such as rods, reels, casting, fly types, and reading water will be covered. Students will gain knowledge of how to convey this information to their clients.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-117
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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OUT 123 - Professional Fly Fish Guide II 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: OUT 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
Introduces students to the higher-level skill set required for a successful fly fishing guided experience. Topics will include lake and river dynamics and finding the fish, and fly tying as well as the effects of weather on guided experiences. Methods of guiding the client to the best fishing locations will be discussed. These include wading, floating, and moving water as well as a variety of both hard and inflatable boats. Methods will be taught on the presentation of the fly, successfully striking the fish, and catch and release techniques. Other topics directly related to the business of fly fishing such as risk management, etiquette, permitting, and types of related careers will be discussed.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-217
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 124 - Bicycle Touring 1.0 Credits
Introduces bicycle touring over a variety of terrains and distances. Selection and maintenance of equipment, pre-tour conditioning, safety, and dietary factors will be covered.
Prev. Course Codes: PAC-205A, PAC-150, PAC-151L, PED-174
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 126 - Mountain Biking 1.0 Credits
Introduces basic mountain biking skills and techniques. The primary emphasis is to gain an understanding of the basic principles of mountain biking. Students develop skills and techniques for all riding situations, review bicycle anatomy, and basic maintenance and repairs.
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 127 - River Kayaking 1.0 Credits
Provides basic kayak and water reading skills. The student will learn boating safety, hazard evaluation, terminology, whitewater river reading skills, paddling strokes, bracing techniques including wet exits, Eskimo rescues, and introduction to the Eskimo roll. Safe, efficient river travel, leadership, and judgment will be emphasized. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-127
LEC 10 Clock hours LAB 15 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 129 - Ice Climbing I 1.0 Credits
Introduces technical (roped) ice climbing, including equipment selection and safety, knots, belaying and climbing, rappelling, and climbing safety. Students must be at least 18 years of age on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-173, OUT-126, PED-152
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 130 - Ice Climbing II 1.0 Credits
This course continues to develop proficiency in technical ice climbing, including equipment selection and safety, knots, belaying and climbing, rappelling and climbing safety. Safe, fast, and efficient ice climbing, leadership, ice climbing site management, and judgment development will be emphasized.
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 132 - Rock Climbing II 2.0 Credits
Introduces lead climbing skills and techniques, problem-solving skills, and physical fitness. Emphasizes the general principles of lead climbing, proper usage of equipment, development of lead climbing skills and techniques, climbing ethics and safety, and terminology. Students must be at least 18 years of age on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: PED 151
LAB 60
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✽ OUT 133 - Technical Canyoneering 2.0 Credits
Introduces students to a variety of travel techniques for non-technical and technical canyon environments. Topics include: weather, canyon geography, navigation, group management and safety, technical rope work, climbing skills, and self-rescue. A variety of wet and dry canyon travel techniques will be practiced including: walking, scrambling, climbing, rappelling, jumping, and swimming. Leave No Trace techniques in a desert canyon environment, as well as a general knowledge of natural history and cultural history of the region, will be emphasized.
LAB 60 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 135 - Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals 1.0 Credits
Introduces risk management in the outdoor environment. Students will gain a better understanding of the inherent risks associated with various outdoor activities. They will learn how to analyze and minimize those risks, how to establish emergency protocols to react to those risks, and how to take the proper steps to resolve the consequences from those risks. After learning to identify, assess, and reduce the risk, students will write a risk management plan specific to their area of interest. This course will cover outdoor leadership skills and delve into backcountry emergency situations and scenarios.
LEC 15 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 137 - Kayaking 1.0 Credits
Provides basic kayak and water reading skills. The students will learn boating safety, hazard evaluation, terminology, whitewater river reading skills, paddling strokes, bracing techniques, peel out and eddy turns, and rescue and self-rescue techniques including wet exits, Eskimo rescues, and introduction to and practice of the Eskimo roll. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: PAC-251, PED-179, PED-161
LAB 30 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 138 - Whitewater Rafting 1.0 Credits
This field experience course provides whitewater boat handling and reading skills through experience on selected rivers in Colorado and Utah. Students will learn river trip planning, safety procedures, equipment, logistics, camp management, hazard evaluation, and minimum environmental impact. Safe and efficient river travel, leadership, and judgment development are emphasized. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 140 - Swift Water Rescue Technician I 1.0 Credits
Trains and certifies river professionals and recreational users how to handle emergencies and rescue situations on the river. Topics include shallow water crossing, river swims, swimming rescues, shore-based rescues, boat handling and boat based rescues, related equipment, and communication in a variety of rescue situations. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-119
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 144 - Backcountry Cooking 1.0 Credits
Focuses on menu planning, nutritional requirements for wilderness camping, and meal preparations. Includes cooking a backcountry meal.
Prev. Course Codes: PER-161
LEC 15 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 146 - Nordic Skiing 1.0 Credits
Provides the student with the fundamental skills of nordic skiing. Emphasizes skiing technique, conditioning, safety, and equipment. The course incorporates classroom and activity sessions. Conditioning in the fitness center and trips to local ski areas are covered. Students must complete a health waiver.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-131
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 147 - Telemark Skiing 1.0 Credits
Co-requisites OUT 148 and OUT 215
The skills of telemark, or backcountry nordic skiing techniques used on beginning to intermediate terrain, safe and efficient backcountry ski travel, leadership, and judgment development will be emphasized.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-147
LEC 10 Contact hours LAB 15 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 148 - Telemark Skiing II 1.0 Credits
This course provides instruction in intermediate telemark skiing techniques. Topics include ski travel on intermediate terrain. Safe and efficient backcountry telemark skills, judgement, leadership, communication, group handling, and telemark ski technique will be emphasized.
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 149 - Alpine Skiing I 1.0 Credits
Presents a basic Alpine skiing course designed for those who have had little or no prior downhill skiing experience. The course will consist of a combination of on-the-snow classes at an established ski area and classroom instruction at the college. For purposes of instruction, students will be assigned to small groups based on their present skiing ability. All on-snow instruction will be by certified ski instructors employed by the ski area.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-141
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 150 - Alpine Skiing II 1.0 Credits
Presents an advanced skiing course designed for students who are ready for advanced instruction in parallel skiing. The course will consist of a combination of on the snow classes at an established ski area and classroom instruction at the college. Students will be divided into small groups and assigned to instructors based on demonstrated skiing ability. All on snow instruction will be by certified ski instructors employed by the ski area.
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 151 - Snowshoeing 1.0 Credits
Emphasizes the basic skills, equipment, clothing, and techniques of snowshoeing. It includes the objective dangers involved with winter recreation.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-132
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 152 - Snowboarding I 1.0 Credits
Serves as a basic snowboarding course designed for those who have had little or no prior snowboarding experience. Incorporates a combination of on the snow classes at an established ski area and classroom instruction at the college. For purposes of instruction, students are assigned to small groups based on their snowboarding ability. Snow instruction is taught by certified ski instructors.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-152, PAC-116, PAC-119, PED-133
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 153 - Snowboarding II 1.0 Credits
Prerequisites: OUT 152 ; Minimum grade C-.
Introduces advanced snowboarding designed for those with prior snowboarding experience and can link skidded turns with good speed and control on green and blue terrain. Covers a combination of on the snow classes at an established ski area and classroom instruction at the college. Students are assigned to small groups based on their present snowboarding ability. Snow instruction is taught by certified ski instructors.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-154, PAC-118, PAC-119C, PED 134
LAB 30 Clock hours
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OUT 154 - Backcountry Snowboarding 1.0 Credits
Backcountry snowboarding skills and control techniques will be covered in this course. An introduction to the skills of carving and negotiating backcountry terrain, freestyle, and moguls will also be taught. Students will learn how to travel safely and efficiently in the backcountry environment. Outdoor leadership and group handling will be emphasized.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-128
LECLB 22.5 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 155 - Ski Mountaineering 1.0 Credits
Prerequisites: OUT 115 or OUT 168 or OUT 169 ; Minimum grade C-.
This course provides students with an introduction to foundational knowledge and skills necessary to meet the challenges and enjoyment of skiing or snowboarding backcountry slopes. Using alpine touring, telemark, or snowboard gear students will learn techniques for ascending and descending peaks safely and efficiently. The course also focuses on judgment, decision-making, and leadership in ski mountaineering.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-209
LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 156 - Survival Plants in Summer I 2.0 Credits
Introduces the student to the summer season genus and species recognition of wild useful plants (edible, medicinal, poisonous, and tool-craft) in all life zone categories (alpine, sub-alpine, mountain, foothill, and desert) of Colorado. Other topics covered will be summertime identification challenges, macro and micro environments, dangerous lookalikes, and soils, latitudinal and elevational effects. Note: The Survival Plant series of classes can be taken in any order because each course academia is seasonal specific and not nomenclature specific.
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 164 - Alpine Rescue: Snow, Ice, Crevasse 2.0 Credits
An intensive field course covering rescue in alpine environments. Students will review patient assessment, treatment, and evacuation. Students will have an opportunity to review rope-work, anchor systems, rappelling, ascending, and belaying. In a backcountry alpine setting students will learn the challenging techniques of crevasse, and snow and ice rescue. Specific attention will be placed on safe travel techniques, escaping belays, lowering, and uphauls. Students will participate in a mock rescue situation, challenging their knowledge of patient assessment and their abilities to perform a safe, quick response to a rescue in a wilderness setting. Must hold a current Wilderness First Responder certification or a current EMT-Basic certification and have experience with climbing and rope handling.
LECLB 45 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 165 - Climbing Self Rescue 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: OUT-131 or OUT 212 or OUT 213 ; Minimum grade C-.
Informs climbers how to confidently handle vertical rescue scenarios ranging from simple to complex in a two-to-three person climbing team. Scenario-based instruction will cover technical lowers and raises of the injured climber, pick-offs, knot passes, and load transfers. This course does not intend to teach first aid practices for climbers but instead focuses on the technical skills necessary for a climbing party to extract an injured climber from a vertical setting.
LECLB 45 Contact hours
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✽ OUT 166 - High Angle Rescue 2.0 Credits
An intensive rigging course that addresses rescue in vertical terrain. The course will review safety systems, anchor systems, and lowering/uphaul systems. Scenario-based instruction will cover technical lowers and uphauls of the injured climber, guidelines, pickoff, third man medical, and other practical high-angle rescue techniques.
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 167 - Basic Search and Rescue 3.0 Credits
Covers the basic fundamentals required for search and rescue in a wilderness environment. Includes tracking techniques and field trips.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-167
LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 168 - Avalanche Awareness Level I 1.0 Credits
Emphasizes the latest information available about the study of avalanches, snow science, rescue equipment, and rescue techniques. Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to help instill good judgment and sound skills when making day-to-day travel decisions in the winter environment. This course provides Basic Level 1 training as recognized by the National Ski Patrol (NSP) or American Avalanche Association (AAA) or American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) requirements.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-160, PER-152
LECLB 24 Clock hours
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OUT 169 - Avalanche Awareness Level II 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: OUT 168 ; Minimum grade C.
Enhances students’ understanding of snow and avalanche phenomena, hazard evaluation, rescue, avalanche forecasting, and avalanche hazard mitigation. This course will be taught to the Level 2 standards as recognized by the National Ski Patrol (NSP) or American Avalanche Association (AAA) or American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) requirements.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-260, SAO-162, SAO-160, SAO-047, SAO-247AC, PED-154
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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OUT 175 - Special Topics 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
LEC 15 Contact hours per credit
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✽ OUT 187 - Cooperative Education Internship 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Provides students an opportunity to gain practical experience in applying their occupational skills and/or to develop specific skills in a practical work setting. The instructor will work with the student to select an appropriate work site, establish learning objectives a, and to coordinate learning activities with the employer or work site supervisor. Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT-130B, OUT-280, REC-221, REC-258
COOP 45 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 201 - Scuba Diving 1.0 Credits
Prerequisites: PED 200 ; Minimum grade C-.
Provides basic instruction in scuba diving. Focuses on the knowledge and skills related to swimming and snorkeling, diving equipment, communications, the environment, safety, dive tables, and other pertinent information a student needs for safe scuba diving. This course prepares the student for open water (PADI) certification.
Prev. Course Codes: PED-1662, PAC-143, PAC-151H PED-129
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 210 - Kayak Touring Leadership 4.0 Credits
Provides basic and intermediate sea kayaking skills. Students will learn boating skills, kayaking packing, safety evaluation and avoidance, navigation, terminology, basic paddle strokes, bracing, launching and landing in flat water, marine communication protocols, deep water wet exits and assisted/unassisted wet entries, safe and efficient kayak touring, leadership and judgment related to sea kayaking, rough water capsize procedures, towing, launching and landing in moderate surf, tides and currents, rough water assisted/unassisted entries, Eskimo rolls, Maritime Rules of the Road, teaching techniques, safety, group management on the water, rescue, transporting injured boaters, and ethics. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT 230
LECLB 90 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 211 - Mountaineering Leadership 4.0 Credits
This course covers beginning through intermediate skills required for technical mountaineering in an alpine environment. Topics include land navigation, route finding, hiking, techniques necessary for safe and efficient technical mountain travel, rope and steep snow climbing, crevasse rescue, and glacier travel techniques. Interpersonal topics including mountaineering leadership, communication, group handling, and the development of judgment relating to groups traveling in the mountain environment will be emphasized. Students will also develop knowledge, techniques, approaches, and methodology for teaching and leading safe mountaineering expeditions.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT 232
LECLB 90 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 212 - Rock Climbing Leadership 4.0 Credits
A multi-day rock climbing course for Outdoor Recreation Leadership majors. This course includes developing skills in beginning and intermediate rock climbing techniques on a variety of rock media; rope handling; knots; rappelling and rescue techniques; safety procedures; rock site management; top rope and lead climbing anchor placements; top belay; sling-shot belay; and mock-lead climbing; equipment care, use, and maintenance; and communication, group handling, and judgment in the context of rock climbing. Students will also develop knowledge, techniques, approaches, and methodology for teaching and leading all aspects of rock climbing expeditions. Emphasis will be on safety and judgment in teaching and leading rock climbing activities.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT 234
LECLB 90 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 213 - Ice Climbing Leadership 4.0 Credits
Develops the knowledge, ability and leadership skills necessary to instruct and safely lead a group on an ice climbing experience.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT 236
LECLB 90 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 214 - Backcountry Winter Travel Leadership 4.0 Credits
Develops student knowledge, ability, and leadership skills necessary to lead a group on a winter backcountry ski and/or snowboarding travel experience with a focus on safety.
Prev. Course Codes:
LECLB 90 Clock hours
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✽ OUT 215 - Whitewater Paddling Leadership 4.0 Credits
Develops the knowledge and skills necessary to instruct and safely lead a group on a whitewater paddling experience using either whitewater rafts or kayaks. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course.
Prev. Course Codes: OUT 240
LECLB 90 Clock hours
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OUT 216 - Challenge Course Facilitation 2.0 Credits
This course provides approaches to challenge course management including construction and maintenance of high and low elements, facilitation and group dynamics, risk management and safety, and challenge course philosophies.
LECLB 45 Contact hours
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