Pharmacology

NURS 113 – Pharmacology

Prerequisite:
SCI 210 or concurrent with SCI 210

Introduction to pharmacological agents, their sources, actions, uses, side effects, and metabolism within the body. Reviews system of measurement and dosage calculation. Includes nursing actions relative to safe drug administration and control.

Fundamentals of Nursing

NURS 110 – Fundamentals of Nursing

Prerequisites:
SCI 210 or concurrent with SCI 210

Introduces students to the conceptual framework of nursing practice.  Provides skills needed in performing basic therapeutic interventions for individuals with common health alterations.  Obtains nursing skills  provided by demonstration and simulation in the nursing labs and in the clinic practice setting.

Nutrition

AH 114 – Nutrition

Prerequisite:
C or better in ENG 101

Presents basic nutrition concepts and their application in planning nutritional meals for persons of various age groups. Consideration is given to physiological, economic, psychological, geographic, and cultural factors of food acceptance and availability. Special and therapeutic diets and their rationale are studied.

English for Maritime Students

MART 107 – English for Maritime Students

Designed to provide instruction in the fundamentals of writing, reading, listening and speaking in English with emphasis on nautical terminology.

Seamanship I

MART 106 – Seamanship I

Designed to provide instruction in basic seamanship skills necessary for employment aboard ocean vessels.

Mathematics for Mariners I

MART 105 – Mathematics for Mariners I

Designed to provide instruction in basic math skills necessary for employment aboard seagoing vessels.  Emphasizes practical application problems relating to shipboard work.

Shipboard Life Skills

MART 104 – Shipboard Life Skills

Designed to provide instruction in safety, health and hygiene in a shipboard environment.

SPC Basic Fisheries Observer

MART 090 – SPC Basic Fisheries Observer

Designed to meet the minimum requirements set forth by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) for the training and certification of Fisheries Observers employed aboard purse seiners and long line vessels.  Include internationally recognized qualified under the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-Keeping for Seafarers (STCW).  Also includes additional instruction in the use of electronic information gathering, professional ethics, navigation and seamanship to better prepare students for the challenges and responsibilities of working at sea as an Observer.

Crewmember

MART 080 – Crewmember

Provides entry-level fisheries industry workers with the basic skills needed to successfully function as a member of a deck crew on a purse seine or long line fishing vessel  This course is being developed according to the recommendation included in the SPC “Purse Seine Crew Course” (2012).

STCW Basic Safety Training

MART 070 – STCW Basic Safety Training

Provides maritime and fisheries industry workers of all levels of experience with mandatory basic safety training.  Covers basic marine firefighting; first aid/CPR; personal safety and social responsibility; and personal survival.  The course meets the requirements of the IMO Convention of Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-Keeping for Seafarers (STCW) and is also suitable for first responders such as municipal and airport firefighters, industrial workers, police officers and ambulance attendants.