NURS 4639 - Nursing Care of Children with Hematology and Oncology Disorders
This course focuses on the complex nursing management of the pediatric hematology/oncology patient and their families. The emphasis is on nursing care to promote, maintain, and restore health for children and their families during all stages of treatment for cancers of blood disorders.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3103 or NURS4305 and NURS4310
*Senior level status or permission of the instructor*
This course focuses on the development of basic competencies in scientific inquiry, nursing education, or simulation for clinical practice. Innovative online and practicum experiences are designed to give the student a unique one-on-one experience with a faculty member. This course was also designed to increase the opportunities for students to be mentored and encourage them to pursue their interests while exploring one of the many roles of a nurse scholar.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3105 and NURS3106 and NURS3107 and NURS3108 and NURS3109 and NURS3110 and NURS3206 and (NURS3205 and NURS3210 and NURS3215)
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Program Restrictions: BSNC_NURL-RN to BSN, BSN_NURS-Nursing Class Restrictions: Senior-Semester
This course focuses on the nursing care of individuals with acute and chronic mental health alterations. Therapeutic communication is used to attain a comprehensive mental status assessment and implement nursing interventions. Critical thinking skills and knowledge of growth and development are used to develop evidence-based care that promotes, maintains, and restores mental health for individuals and their families across the lifespan. Diverse clinical settings and simulated experiences reinforce these concepts.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3800 and NURS3801 and NURS3802 and NURS3803 and NURS3804 and NURS3805 and NURS3806 and NURS3807
This course builds on previously introduced concepts and focuses on the nursing care of adults. Emphasis is placed on acute and chronic health alterations including care of patients with multi-system concerns. Critical thinking skills are used to develop evidence-based care that promotes, maintains, and restores health for adults and their families. Diverse clinical and simulated experiences reinforce these concepts.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3800 and NURS3801 and NURS3802 and NURS3803 and NURS3804 and NURS3805 and NURS3806 and NURS3807
This course focuses on the nursing care of childbearing women, children, and families. Emphasis is placed on the use of critical thinking skills to develop evidence-based care that promotes, maintains, and restores health for women, children, and their families. Diverse clinical and simulated experiences reinforce these concepts.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3800 and NURS3801 and NURS3802 and NURS3803 and NURS3804 and NURS3805 and NURS3806 and NURS3807
NURS 4803 - Leadership, Management, and Contemporary Nursing Topics
This course focuses on leadership skills, management styles, and roles of the professional nurse. Critical analyses of global socio-political, economic, cultural, ethical-legal, and professional issues affecting nursing and healthcare are conducted.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3800 and NURS3801 and NURS3802 and NURS3803 and NURS3804 and NURS3805 and NURS3806 and NURS3807 and NURS4800 and NURS4801
NURS 4804 - Synthesis of Advanced Nursing Concepts
This course synthesizes the skills and knowledge learned from the humanities, sciences, and nursing practice. The focus is on student-led case scenarios that incorporate complex mental, physical, and sociological health alterations across the lifespan.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3800 and NURS3801 and NURS3802 and NURS3803 and NURS3804 and NURS3805 and NURS3806 and NURS3807 and NURS4800 and NURS4801
This course focuses on the theories and principles of community and public health nursing. Emphasis is placed on community assessment, vulnerable populations, and partnering with communities to improve health. Trends in public health and global health issues are explored. Diverse clinical experiences reinforce these concepts.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3800 and NURS3801 and NURS3802 and NURS3803 and NURS3804 and NURS3805 and NURS3806 and NURS3807 and NURS4800 and NURS4801
NURS 4806 - Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
This course focuses on the clinical synthesis of the knowledge and skills gained from the humanities, sciences, and previous nursing courses for entry-level professional practice. Diverse clinical and simulated experiences reinforce these concepts.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS3800 and NURS3801 and NURS3802 and NURS3803 and NURS3804 and NURS3805 and NURS3806 and NURS3807 and NURS4800 and NURS4801
NURS 4808 - Conceptual Basis of Professional Nursing
This course provides an examination of advanced concepts related to professional practice and levels of complexity in nursing and health care systems. Exploration of human transition across the lifespan will be examined. Students will complete a project integrating professional nursing concepts in a clinical population of interest.
NURS 4809 - Application and Integration of Pathophysiologic and Pharmacologic Concepts I
This two course series focuses on an integrated systems approach to physiological and pharmacologic concepts necessary for safe nursing practice. Special emphasis is placed on the clinical application of physiologic and pharmacologic principles within the context of the nursing process.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 4 College Restrictions: College of Nursing
NURS 4810 - Concepts of Healthcare Systems, Policy and Trends
This course focuses on complex concepts affecting healthcare systems including health policy, informatics, quality improvement, and their influcence on current trends. Global health concepts and perspectives related to cultural diversity, patient and family centered care, complementary and alternative practices, and disparities in health care will be examined as they relate to professional nursing practice and healthcare outcomes.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 4 College Restrictions: College of Nursing
NURS 4811 - Application and Integration of Pathophysiologic and Pharmacologic Concepts II
This two course series provides a focus on an integrated systems approach to physiological and pharmacologic concepts necessary for safe nursing practice. Special emphasis is placed on the clinical application of physiologic and pharmacologic principles within the context of the nuring process.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 4 College Restrictions: College of Nursing
A study of concepts and principles in special topics related to the nursing profession and the health care environment. Prerequisite(s): Permission by Instructor.
This course combines knowledge and skills from public health science and professional nursing practice to guide students in the promotion of population health. Through assessment and analysis of the health status of a chosen population, students intervene to influence change and promote health. Emphasis is placed on professional nursing judgment, partnership development and empowerment of populations for the improvement of the health. Students have an opportunity to develop competencies of leadership through collaboration with community leaders, decision makers, healthcare providers, and the people of the community. Epidemiological, educational and change models are used to design and evaluate interventions aimed at the promotion of population health.
NURS 4993 - Health Appraisal and Promotion for the Individual and Family
This online course present the knowledge and skill base for health assessment of individuals and families across the lifespan. Nursing interventions related to the promotion of health for individuals and families based on state and national priorities are emphasized. Community based clinical experiences allow the student to demonstrate the integration of knowledge and clinical skills.
This online courses focuses on the application of professional nursing practice. Opportunities exist for students to synthesize and integrate theory in development of the professional role. Concepts related to leadership, management, policy, resource utilization, and planning/evaluating services are critically examined. Students choose a track (education, management, health policy, research or professional practice) for their clinical experience for professional development within an area of interest.
This course focuses on the transition to professional practice. Basic issues impacting nursing and health are analyzed. Individual philosophy, goals, and career strategies will be explored.
This initial clinical course focuses on the synthesis of advanced assessment and clinical decision making for adult and elderly individuals with complex needs in the acute care setting. The course is designed to deepen the students’ understanding of the ACNP skill set and role and ethical principles involved in acute care. The course addresses evidence-based management of chronic and acute health problems and issues commonly encountered in the acute care setting. It will also develop and strengthen students’ abilities to accurately interpret diagnostic tests and enhance clinical decision making. The clinical practicum provides opportunities to apply health assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills to improve outcomes for adults and elderly individuals with moderately complex chronic and acute illnesses in the acute care settings.
NURS 7726 - Advanced Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics for the ACNP
This course is designed to introduce students to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures commonly used in the management of adults and elderly clients in the acute care setting. Students will learn interpretation of common diagnostic testing in the acute care setting. Indications, contraindications, interpretations, risks, complications, and expected clinical outcomes of common procedures utilized in the acute care setting in an active learning environment using simulation. Students will have opportunities to develop and practice skills such as chest X-ray and 12 lead EKG interpretation, suturing, endotracheal intubation, and central line placement and apply these skills in realistic and complex simulated clinical scenarios. Students will also be able to evaluate their own performance and receive feedback from peers and expert faculty in a safe environment.
A critical analysis of the emergence of philosophy and its attempt to explain the meaningfulness of human experience in the world from ancient and modern. A grade of C or better is required for all majors and/or minors in Political Science.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL1101 >= C or ENGL1113 >= C
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
The course offers a philosophical account of the moral relationship between human beings and their natural environment with attention to animal interests and rights as well as our responsibilities to species and ecosystems. The course also investigates such environmental theories as deep ecology, social ecology and ecofeminism which attempt to explain the origins of environmental degradation. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
The course examines the major ethical theories and philosophers as represented in the virtue-ethics, utilitarian and deontological ethical traditions. The focus of the course will be on a critical examination of the rational basis of our moral duties and will raise questions about the status of moral beliefs and judgments. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A critical, analytic examiniation of contemporary ethical issues such as abortion, captial punishment , torture, and penalties for hate speech. Students will learn how to assess the pros and cons of an ethical position, how to develop an ethical argument in support of a position, and how to critically evaluate an opposing point of view. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of the instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
This course investigates the philosophical basis of the values and goals of medicine. Ethical concepts, principles, and theories are applied to an analysis of clinical case studies; the ethical and philosophical significance of the experience of illness and suffering are considered; the course also examines contemporary bioethical issues such as abortion and euthanasia. Prequisite(s): Junior or senior semester, or permission of the instructor.
A critical inquiry into the questions of the human condition and the realms of experience that generate the framework for thinking and acting, such as myth/religion, knowledge, art, science and the ethical/political. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A critical examination of ancient Greek political philosophy in the writings of Plato and Aristotle and their expressions of fundamental theoretical and practical approaches to political experiences of regime and citizenship. Their contemporary relevance will be scrutinized. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
In its search for meaning rather than truth, existential philosophy understands the human condition as individual choice in the pursuit of self-knowledge. Its discursive language includes vocabularies on love, belief, the other, responsibility, suffering, anxiety, despair, and death. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
To acquaint students with fundamental texts in philosophy. This course undertakes a critical reading of the work of one or two philosophers alternating ancient with modern in order to examine the meaning, language, and philosophical value of these texts. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
The development of modern political ideas underlying democratic theory and liberalism as found in the works of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Mill. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
An analysis of political ideas, theories, ideologies, and issues as presented in the writings of contemporary thinkers. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
This course undertakes a critical study of the writings of Plato and Aristotle focusing on major teleological, ontological, and epistemological concepts such as Plato’s forms and their ground in the “good ” and Aristotle’s “being” and its ground “presence.” Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A critical analysis of the major ideas and theories of significant 19th century European philosophers such as Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Nietsche and Kierkegaard. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A study of selected philosophers and philosophical issues, problems, questions and schools of thought in the 20th century. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A study of some of the significant thinkers from the early modern period of philosophy such as Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley and Hume; selected topics include epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics and philosophy of mind. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
An intensive study of a selected philosophical issue, problem or school of thought not addressed in the current curriculum. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
Independent research that focuses on a particular philosophical theme or philosopher of the student’s choice under the direction of the philosophy instructor. Emphasis will be on the development of sound philosophical ideas and approaches. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A survey of physics including motion and energy. May include heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, relativity, atoms and nuclei. Simple applications in problem solving. Credit may not be earned for both PHSC 1101 and PHSC 1100. Prerequisite(s): MATH 1001 or MATH 1111.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MATH1001 >= D or MATH1111 >= D or MATH1101 >= D
A study of basic physics principles including momentum, force, motion, energy, electricity, magnetism, heat, and fluid motion. Specific focus will be on the application of those physics principles to environmental issues. Credit may not be earned for both PHSC 1100 and PHSC 1011. Prerequisite(s): Recommended but not required: Math 1101 or MATH 1111.
Learn and develop effective terminology and communication skills for eliciting patient histories and communicating this information to other members of the healthcare team. Emphasis given to performing competent medical interviews. Skills practiced in Clinical Medicine I and II.
Exposure to social psychology applied to general medicine practice. Topics include interpersonal relations, family problems, human sexuality, children’s special needs, minority group health needs, effects of chronic illness, and death and dying.
required rotation generally selected as the last rotation during enrollment. Students may select from any primary care area such as family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine or general surgery.
Prerequisite: All Phase I and II courses
Prerequisite: All Phase I courses
Evaluate and manage patients with a variety of medical problems such as diabetes, hypertension, respiratory diseases, cardiac diseases and other major system disorders.
Prerequisite: All Phase I courses
Students encounter principles of surgical management of patients including: preoperative, postoperative and operating room care.
Prerequisite: Phase I courses
Learn to evaluate and manage a variety of problems that typically present to a hospital ER and to master procedures that are commonly performed.
PHYS 1010 - Fundamentals of Physics: Selected Topics
An exploration of principles, conceptual understanding, and problem-solving in physical science oriented around a central theme. Does not include a laboratory component.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MATH1111 or MATH1001 or MATH1101
A trigonometry-based study of mechanics, heat, waves and sound. Emphasis on problem solving. Credit may not be earned for both PHYS 1111 and PHYS 2211. Prerequisite(s): MATH 1113 ( C or better).
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MATH1113 >= C or MAT115 >= C
A trigonometry-based study of electricity and magnetism, light, and modern physics. Emphasis on problem solving. Credit may not be earned for both PHYS 1112 and PHYS 2212. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 1111 (C or better) or 2211 (C or better).
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS1111 >= C or PCS201 >= C or PHYS2211 >= C or PCS211 >= C
A calculus-based study of mechanics, heat, waves and sound. Emphasis on problem solving. Credit may not be earned for both PHYS 2211 and PHYS 1111. Prerequisite(s): (Co-requisite) MATH 2012 concurrently.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MATH2012 or MAT202 >= C or MAT203 >= C
A calculus-based study of electricity and magnetism, light, and modern physics. Emphasis on problem solving. Credit may not be earned for both PHYS 2212 and PHYS 1112. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2211 (C or better) and MATH 2012 (C or better).
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS2211 >= C and MATH2012 >= C
An introduction to nuclear models and structure, natural and artificial radioactivity, interactions of radiation with matter, nuclear reactions, neutron physics and reactors. Prerequisite(s): MATH 2011 (grade of C or better) and either PHYS 1112
or PHYS 2212 (grade of C or better). Credit may not be earned for both CHEM 3000 and PHYS 3000
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MATH2011 >= C and (PHYS1112 >= C or PHYS2212 >= C)
An introductory course on scintillation counters, semiconductor detectors, nuclear electronics, nuclear spectroscopy, counting statistics and shielding. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3000 or PHYS 3000 (grade of C or better). Credit may not be earned for both CHEM 3010 and PHYS 3010.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: CHEM3000 >= C or PHYS3000 >= C
Alternating current theory, filters, wave-shaping, power supplies, transistors, amplification, integration, feedback, operational amplifiers and their application. Applicable solid-state theory will also be discussed. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2212 (C or better)
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS2212 >= C or PCS212 >= C
A study of applications of nuclear science to include characterization of radiation, the effects of radiation and radioactive materials, dosimetry and dose calculations, radiation exposure and basic nuclear safety. Other topics may include nuclear reactors, criticality, poisons, neutron life cycle, isotopic dating, nuclear medicine and imaging, neutron activation work/tracers, and environmental radioactivity. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3000 or PHYS 3000 (grade of C or better). Credit may not be earned for both CHEM 3020 and PHYS 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: CHEM3000 >= C or PHYS3000 >= C
Geometric properties of light. Reflection and refraction at boundaries. Thin and thick lenses. Wave optics, diffraction and interference. Spectroscopy and absorption of light. Polarization. Modern optical techniques. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2212 (C or better)
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS2212 >= C or PCS213 >= C
Newtonian mechanics. Particle kinematics and dynamics in two and three dimensions. System of particles. Simple, damped and forced harmonic motion. Rigid body motion. Vibrating systems. Lagrange’s equations. Hamilton’s equations. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2211 (C or better), MATH 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS2211 >= C and MATH3020 >= D
Introduction to computationally based problem solving in physics. Emphasis on understanding and applying various numerical algorithms to different types of physics problems. Topics will include realistic mechanical systems. Monte Carlo methods and time independent as well as time-dependent quantum physics problems. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2211 (C or better), CSCI 1301 or 2060 (2060 preferred) (C or better), and MATH 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS2211 >= C and (CSCI2060 >= C or CSCI1301 >= C) and MATH3020 >= C
Theory of Special Relativity. Quantum Physics: Blackbody radiation, Photoelectric effect, Compton effect, X-rays; Bohr model of the atom; wave properties of matter; the uncertainty principle. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2212 (C or better).
Experiments are conducted in various fields of physics including modern physics and optics. Evaluation, analysis and interpretation of experimental data is emphasized. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3300 (C or better) or permission of the instructor.
Vector analysis. Electrostatics and Gauss’ law. Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations applied to Electrostatics problems. Electric fields, energy and potential. Dielectrics and electrical properties. Currents and magnetic fields. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2212 (C or better), MATH 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (PHYS2212 >= C or PCS212 >= C) and (MATH3020 >= D or MAT302 >= D)
Magnetization, magnetic fields and properties of matter. Electromagnetic induction. Maxwell’s equations and applications. Electromagnetic radiation, propagation of electromagnetic waves in free space and in dielectric materials. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 4051 (C or better), MATH 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (PHYS4051 >= C or PCS405 >= C) and (MATH3020 >= D or MAT302 >= D)
Thermodynamics and the relation between microscopic systems. Statistical descriptions of microscopic systems. Equilibrium, reversible processes, heat and temperature. Ideal gas, specific heats, expansion or compression, and entropy. Equipartition of energy. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2211 (C or better), MATH 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (PHYS2211 >= C or PCS211 >= C) and (MATH3020 >= D or MAT302 >= D)
Apply mathematical techniques to specific physics problems. Vector theorems. Variational calculus. Special functions. Applications of partial differential equations and integral transforms to problems in physics. Complex variables. Tensors and eigenvalue problems. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2212 (C or better), MATH 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS2212 >= C and MATH3020 >= D
Non-relativistic wave mechanical treatment of physical systems. Definition and interpretation of state functions; construction of wave packets; solutions of the Schrodinger equation for simple one-dimensional systems; the hydrogen atom; various approximation methods, including perturbation theory. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3300 (C or better), MATH 3020.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS3300 >= C and MATH3020 >= D
An internship is a service-learning experience based in an institution or agency, emphasizing the completion of a specific task and the acquisition of specific knowledge and skills under the supervision of Georgia Regents University and the cooperating institution or agency. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Individual modern physics research. A minimum of three hours of laboratory work per week for each semester hour of credit. Report/thesis required. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
The course introduces the physical principles and instrumentation associated with the production of sound waves for diagnostic purposes. Topics include waves and wave formation, attenuation, pulsed waved operation, transducers, system operation, and artifacts.
PYCS 3210 - Radiation Health: Physics, Protection, and Biology
Prerequisite: Admission to BRT program, or permission of instructor.
Regulations, principles and practices of radiation protection, and information particular to each radiologic specialty and/or modality. Medical aspects of radiobiology including cellular, systemic and total body responses.
PYCS 3215 - Radiation Health: Physics, Protection, and Biology Lab
Prerequisite: Admission to BRT program, or permission of instructor.
Regulations, principles and practices of radiation protection, and information particular to each radiologic specialty and/or modality. Medical aspects of radiobiology including cellular, systemic and total body responses
Prerequisite: Pre-calculus
Advanced applications of medical digital images and computer systems. Didactic lecture series and hands-on exercises emphasize specialized areas of clinical utilization of computer hardware and software available in medical imaging departments as an instrument of medical diagnosis and therapy. Emphasizes three-dimensional reconstructive techniques.
Prerequisite: Admission to BRT program, or permission of instructor.
Principles of the production of x-ray including x-ray tubes and generators. Concepts of CT physics and instrumentation. CT scanner equipment fundamentals from first generation to multi-slice spiral and cline CT.
The course refines the physical principles and instrumentation associated with the production of sound waves for diagnostic purposes. Topics include Doppler, bio-effects, contrast, harmonics, quality assurance, fluid dynamics, and hemodynamics.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Dosimetry program
Principles of radiation to include radioactive decay, x-ray production, radiation quality, interactions with matter, detection and measurement of radiation, and radiation safety issues are reviewed. The theory and operation of external beam linear accelerators are discussed. Concepts of clinical radiation transport along with methods to accurately calculate dose are emphasized. Various calculational algorithms, with their clinical implementation, are presented.
Prerequisite: BRTC 3210, or permission of instructor.
Theory of operation of nuclear medicine detection and imaging instrumentation presented in lectures coordinated with weekly experiments in directed laboratory sessions. Major emphasis on quality control of nuclear medicine detection and imaging instrumentation.
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSRS_NUMT-Nuclear Medicine Technology Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester
Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in PYCS 4600, or permission of instructor.
Laboratory exercise in radiation physics and instrumentation of Nuclear Medicine.
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSRS_NUMT-Nuclear Medicine Technology Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester
Prerequisite: PYCS 3100 & PYCS 4600
Applications of nuclear medicine computer systems. Didactic lecture series and hands-on laboratory exercises emphasize the specialized areas of clinical utilization of computer hardware and software currently available in nuclear medicine departments as an instrument of medical diagnosis. Course also addresses physical principles and quality control of SPECT and PET imaging.
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus or permission of instructor
Introduction to radiation physics with emphasis on radiation therapy physics. Basic principles of radiation such as radioactive decay, production of x-rays, radiation quality, radiation interaction with matter, radiation detection and measurement, and radiation safety. Design and principles of operation of radiation therapy equipment are included.
Prerequisite: PYCS 4800.
Application of physics learned in PYCS 4800 to radiation oncology. Concepts of dose distribution in tissue patient treatment approaches and planning techniques. Calculation systems for photon, electron, and Brachytherapy treatments included and all modification factors for treatment devices, patient geometry, and machine parameters considered in-depth. Course designed to augment the student’s clinical knowledge from rotations in radiation therapy and radiation dosimetry.
An introductory course covering the essential facts of federal, state and local governments in the United States. A satisfactory grade will exempt a student from the requirement of passing an examination on the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Georgia before graduation.
An introductory examination of the nature of crime, the consequences of crime for society, and an intensive examination and evaluation of the law as a social device for coping with crime. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: POLS1101 >= C or POL101 >= C
This course is designed to provide a foundation for and a focus on the theories and language of the discipline and on political inquiry. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: POLS1101 >= C or POL101 >= C
The course outlines the historical origin and development of the EU, its institutions, processes, their structures and functions. The course also examines current EU policies and issues. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (POLS1101 >= C or POL101 >= C) and POLS3800 >= C
This course describes and analyzes the major political systems in Western Europe. It includes France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain. It compares and contrasts the constitutions of these four countries and their political and economic developments after the Second World War. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (POLS1101 >= C or POL101 >= C) and POLS3800 >= C
A study emphasizing how the new Commonwealth of the Independent States is governed; economic, political, and social change following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the most pressing issues confronting the former Soviet states. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
An introduction to the three major areas of law, civil, criminal and administrative, their institutions and functions. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (POLS1101 >= C or POL101 >= C) and POLS3800 >= C
An examination of judicial decision making in contemporary American political life. This course presents a detailed analysis of Courts, Judges, Legal Reasoning, Philosophy, and the politics of Law. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: POLS1101 >= C and POLS3800 >= C
A detailed study of the American Congress and the Presidency, considering their constitutional basis, selection process, contemporary roles, and relationships with other elements of the political system. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (POLS1101 >= C or POL101 >= C) and POLS3800 >= C
A critical examination of ancient Greek political philosophy in the writings of Plato and Aristotle and their expressions of fundamental theoretical and practical approaches to political experiences of regime and citizenship. Their contemporary relevance will be scrutinized. Prerequisite(s): POLS 1101, grade of C or better.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: (POLS1101 >= C or POL101 >= C) and POLS3800 >= C