School of Health Sciences

Early College Dual Credit with Riverside High School

Course Syllabus

Health Careers  AHS 119

Credit/Contact Hours: 3.0

Prerequisite: Health Sciences Instructor permission/recommendation

Co-requisite: NA

Course Description: This course provides information on various health careers to include job responsibility and personal and educational requirements as well as an over view of the health care system with its unique nomenclature and delivery of care.  

Purpose of Course:

The purpose of this course is to offer an introduction to a variety of different health care careers to the perspective student who may want to enter a medical field upon graduating high school. 

Required Texts:

Diversified Health Occupations 8th Ed. (provided in class)

Additional Materials:

Workbook to accompany Diversified Health Occupations 8th Ed.

iceV software (provided)

Course Outcomes:

During and after completion of this course, the student will be able to:

A.    Integrate classroom knowledge to understand the different modalities of health care careers.

B.    Describe the major body systems by identifying appropriate anatomy and related physiology. 

C.    Understand health care career appropriate behavior and performance qualities.

D.    Demonstrate ethical and cultural behavior skills.

E.    Demonstrate the ability to create a resume’, develop employment skills and   foundation skills.

F.     Demonstrates competency in using sterile technique and Universal precautions (Standard Precautions).

**Specific objectives will be provided on a weekly basis prior to the start of lecture.

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

         A.    Discussions

         B.    Handouts

         C.    Performance tests

         D.    Demonstrations

         E.    Presentations

Instructional Agreement:

This syllabus is an agreement between the student and instructor concerning course objectives, course content, grading, and other policies and procedures particular to the course as well as any posted program, departmental, and divisional policies.  It is also the student’s responsibility to become familiar with the Student Handbook/College Catalog found in the Student Resources area of Blackboard.

Grading Scale:

Evaluations will be practical, written, and verbal. The final course grade will be derived from the following:

EVALUATION:

Assignments/quizzes:        20%                                                  

  Participation/lab                    10%       

    Tests 40%

        Final Exam 20%  

        Project       10%        

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TOTAL                                  100% 

Grading Scale

90-100 = A

80-89 = B

70-79 = C 

60-69 = D

59-0      =      F                                                                                    

Instructional Continuity:

In the event of a disruption to the normal class schedule or planned activities for this course, alternate learning activities that may include other methods of instruction or locations may be implemented. If disruption occurs, your instructor will communicate through your GTC email (Gmail) account. Additionally, please make sure your contact information is accurate in GTC’s emergency alert system (accessible in GTC4Me/Quick Access/GTC2me – Emergency Messaging).

Assessment of Student Learning:

Greenville Technical College is committed to continuous improvement of teaching and learning. Tests, assignments, and/or projects required in this course may be shared with college faculty and used for assessment purposes. Also, student input is necessary for improving instruction and is requested through course evaluations. Students will be notified when evaluations are available.

Administrative Withdrawals:

Students may be administratively withdrawn from this course for the following reasons:

·         Not attending a course during the drop/add period including failure to meet the attendance criteria in an online course. In this case, a grade of WA will be assigned. This WA will not count as an attempt and will not affect GPA.

·         For recorded absences exceeding 15% of the course contact hours prior to the withdrawal date. A grade of W will be assigned. For students who receive financial aid, this W will count as a course attempt but will not affect GPA.

·         For non-attendance for 14 consecutive calendar days during any time in a semester (including non-class days, holidays, and weekends). A grade of FA (Failure due to Absences) will be assigned. For students who receive financial aid, this FA will count as a course attempt and will affect GPA. The college will use a grade point of zero for each credit hour to calculate the student’s GPA.

Dropping, Adding, and Withdrawing From Courses

Students may drop courses during the add/drop period for each course; student may add courses during the same period only before the class actually meets. Courses dropped during this period will not appear on the transcript. Students who withdraw from a course prior to the withdrawal deadline will earn a grade of W for that course, and the W will be reflected on the transcript. Refer to the college refund policy for information concerning refunds. Students should not assume that they will be administratively withdrawn if they stop attending classes. It is the student’s responsibility to complete the process to withdraw from a course or courses prior to the published withdrawal deadline. Students may withdraw from any or all courses either electronically or through the Office of Student Records. Some students such as transient and career development students must complete the withdrawal process through the Office of Student Records. Any hold on a student’s account (due to fines owed or similar obligations to the college) will prevent a student from withdrawing electronically.  The dates for add, drop, and withdrawal are tied to the particular session code and class section number as well as the start and end dates for a course. For example, a student who withdraws from a first session course and adds a second session course will incur tuition charges for the second session course.  Note: Students are responsible for meeting the posted course withdrawal deadlines.

Course Policies:

ATTENDANCE:

Class attendance is necessary in order to receive maximum benefits from the educational process and to achieve academically. It is the student’s responsibility to attend class and to be punctual. A student MAY BE administratively withdrawn when failing a course or when more than 15 percent of the class contact hours in a given course have been missed without providing the faculty official documentation of excusable reasons for the absences prior to reaching the 15 percent limit. Students will be notified by the faculty in writing, including electronic forms of communications, if the limit has been exceeded and if they are being administratively withdrawn (WA).

Seminar /Lab - The number of missed hours may not exceed 9 hours for this course.  This equals to three classes at Riverside!

EXCUSED ABSENCES:

Excused absences are those that the instructor has been notified of prior to the absence and must have a valid explanation to allow any make up work.  It is the STUDENT’S responsibility to notify the instructor prior to class of absences. 

TESTS/QUIZZES/ASSIGNMENTS:

Tests will be given as per the class calendar unless a change is announced at least one week in advance.  If a student is absent, the student will only be permitted to make-up a test if the student had an excused absence.  The make-up test can be of any format that the instructor chooses.  Students who are tardy to a scheduled test and do not notify the instructor prior to the test beginning will not be permitted to take the test. 

Quizzes will be given as warranted, and may be announced or unannounced at the discretion of the instructor.  Students who arrive to class tardy may not be allowed additional time to complete the quiz and will join the class already in progress. 

Assignments will be turned in on dates announced.  Late work will be accepted BUT the grade will be lowered 10 points for every day late.

It is the STUDENT’S responsibility to obtain notes, handouts, and assignments for any missed classes.  These are available from the instructor or the student may have a classmate collect these items during class.

EXPECTED CONDUCT:

Students are expected to behave appropriately in all college settings including the classroom, library and lab.  Disruptive or unprofessional behavior will be managed according to the college policies outlined in the college catalog. This also applies for classroom guest speakers and class activities outside of the classroom.   Refer to the college catalog.  www.gvltec.edu/catalog

DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE:

Refer to the college catalog.  www.gvltec.edu/catalog

Cellular Phones, ELECTRONIC DEVICES:

These devices are permitted on the Greenville Technical College campus but must only be activated in the classroom if warranted.  Please see college policy manual for department policy.  While participating in class while on the campus of any Greenville County School students are expected to follow the school district policy for electronic devices.

Students with Disabilities:  Students with disabilities, including those who were served in Special Education (resource or tutorial), should contact Student Disability Services (SDS) to discuss their need for services and accommodations. This must be done each term. The main SDS office is located on the Barton Campus in the Student Center Building 105, office 113.

Students may reach staff by phone at (864) 250-8202 or via email to DisabilityServices@gvltec.edu. Appointments are available at all satellite campus locations. Please check the GTC website for more information concerning Student Disability Services. Visit http://gvltec.edu/disability-services for more information.

The college is committed to providing materials that are accessible to all students. However, if you experience any difficulty accessing materials, please notify your instructor immediately so that we can provide a solution. You may also contact Student Disability Services directly at (864) 250-8202 or by email at DisabilityServices@gvltec.edu.

Students who need a PDF reader to access course documents presented in PDF formats may download Adobe Reader from https://get.adobe.com/reader.

 Academic Integrity Policy

Greenville Technical College values academic integrity as an unconditional requirement for reputable scholarship. Conversely, the college rejects all forms of academic misconduct. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, fabrication, and sabotage whether in person, in writing, or electronically: Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the following actions:

Copying from another student’s test or any other assigned work.

Using unauthorized materials or equipment during a test or assignment.

Collaborating with any other person on any academic work without permission.

 Knowingly obtaining, using, buying, selling, transporting, or soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of a test or other assigned work.

Posting or allowing others to post parts or all of tests or graded assignments electronically so that others may view them.

Bribing or coercing any other person to obtain tests or information about a test or other assigned work.

Substituting for another student, or permitting any other person to substitute for oneself.

Cooperating or aiding in any of the above for any other person or oneself.

Collusion occurs when one accepts, solicits, or knowingly assists another person in an act of academic misconduct.

Fabrication means the known use of false, misleading, or invented information in a test or other academic work including the sources of information.

Plagiarism occurs when any portion of another person’s work is presented as one’s own without properly acknowledging the original author. Self-plagiarism is the reuse of significant, identical, or nearly identical portions of a student’s own work without acknowledging that (s)he is doing so or citing the original work. With the exception of common knowledge, students are responsible for crediting all sources of information; what is considered common knowledge may differ from course to course.

A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, opinions, theories, formulas, graphics, or pictures of another person without acknowledgment.

A student must give credit for originality and acknowledge the source whenever:

Directly quoting another person’s actual words, whether oral or written;

Using another person’s ideas, opinions, or theories;

Paraphrasing the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of others, whether oral or written;

Borrowing facts, statistics, or illustrative material;

Offering materials assembled or collected by others in the form of projects or collections without acknowledgment.

Self-plagiarism is the reuse of significant, identical, or nearly identical portions of one’s own work in the same or different context without acknowledging that one is doing so or citing the original work.

Note: Students are advised to take advantage of safeguards that the college has in place to help them avoid committing plagiarism.

Sabotage occurs when one purposely attempts to undermine the academic work of another student or an instructor.

Dropping,

Incomplete Policy

An Incomplete is defined as academic work that has not been finished at the end of the term due to unforeseeable, emergency and justifiable reasons. Examples of justifiable reasons include documented medical issues, family death, and military service. Emergencies and justifiable reasons do not include the following: an opportunity to raise the grade earned; a student not taking the final exam without notification to the instructor as to why; or, using the incomplete as a means to retake a portion of the course due to a non-passing grade.

Guidelines:

Student must have completed a vast majority of the work required for the course. Usually, the vast majority of work means at least 75% of the assignments required for grading must have been completed.

Student must be passing the course with a C or better average.

No incompletes will be given prior to the last day to withdraw.

Student must request an incomplete.

Incomplete petitions must be approved prior to an instructor’s submission of final grades.

Instructor files with the Department Head a written record of conditions for removal of an Incomplete, or “I” grade, and the assigned grade in lieu of removal. A copy is given to the student

Students receiving an Incomplete cannot enroll in a class for which the course receiving an “I” is a prerequisite. The “I” must first be replaced by a final letter grade.

The Incomplete may be made up no later than one semester after the end of the term in which it was assigned, at which time, the instructor’s grade shall be entered on the record.

The annotation of the record shall indicate the change from “I” to the grade earned.

A student may petition for an extension of one semester due to unusual circumstances. Such a petition will be reviewed by the instructor whose decision shall be forwarded to the Department Head.

Nondiscrimination Statement:

Greenville Technical College provides equal opportunity and affirmative action in education and employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

The college complies with the provisions of Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Higher Education Amendments of 1986; Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the South Carolina Human Affairs Law of 1972; and with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 as well as the ADA Amendments of 2008 (ADAA).

For additional information on nondiscrimination policies, students should contact Student Disability Services, which coordinates Title II of the ADA/ADAA, Section 504 at (864) 250-8408 v/TTY; Title IX Coordinator at (864) 250-8144.

Title IX Policy:

Greenville Technical College does not discriminate against any student on the basis of pregnancy or related conditions and will comply fully with Title IX regulations.  Absences due to medical conditions relating to pregnancy and maternity leave will be excused for as long as deemed medically necessary by a student’s doctor, and the student will be given the opportunity to make up missed work. Documentation from the student’s doctor is required. Students needing assistance may seek accommodations from the Title IX Coordinator or Student Disability Services. Please contact the Title IX Coordinator (TitleIX@gvltec.edu) or Student Disability Services (DisabilityServices@gvltec.edu) for additional information.

Blackboard Ally

Blackboard Ally is a tool to improve students’ experiences within online courses. It enables students to convert files in a course to more accessible formats such as HTML, electronic braille, audio and more. For more information, refer to Blackboard Ally for Students  located in Student Resources in the course menu.

Technology Statement:

Greenville Technical College is not responsible for personal technology or internet access. Problems with computers, devices, or internet access are not acceptable for late work. When completing gradable coursework online, be sure to access a secure, reliable internet connection (preferably hardwired).  All technical questions should be directed to technical support. For details, visit https://www.gvltec.edu/about_greenvilletech/tech_support.  Students can access due dates for all assignments and quizzes/tests on the Course Schedule/Plan of Instruction. All graded work is time-stamped when submitted, so your instructor can check the time of submission. In addition, you will receive a confirmation email message when you submit assignments via Blackboard. You must provide this confirmation information in case of any dispute regarding the submission.

Computer labs are available at multiple campus locations and offer various hours as well as staff who are available for assistance. For more information, please visit https://www.gvltec.edu/student_resources/computer_labs.

Student should use Microsoft Office programs or PDF format for submitting assignments in Blackboard. Students can access http://portal.office.com, log in with their <username>@my.gvltec.edu email address and Blackboard/GTC4me password, then follow the prompts to install Microsoft Office free of charge.

FERPA Policy:

Because Greenville Technical College abides by FERPA privacy guidelines, personal email accounts may not be used for any College-related communication. Faculty and students must use the college Gmail system only.