Courses numbered 1100-4399 are college-level credit courses. A credit course is a part of an approved educational program or major. The credit awarded by Midland College for completion of most courses is accepted as a completion of a portion of an appropriate educational sequence leading to a Certificate, Associate Degree, or Baccalaureate Degree. The second number in the four-digit sequence represents the number of semester credit hours (SCH) awarded for a particular course. For example, COMM 1307 is a 3 semester credit hour course in Communication, and ACNT 2401 is a 4 semester credit hour course in Accounting.
Developmental Education Courses
Courses numbered 0100-0399 are offered for credit but do not count toward completion of a program or major. These are designed for students who score lower than college-level on English, Math, and Reading placement exams. For each student who fails to meet passing standards on placement exams, Midland College has established a program to advise the student and determine a plan regarding the sequence of development education courses necessary to assure the readiness of that student in performing freshman-level academic course work.
Key to Course Codes
Some subjects may have more than one course code.
Course Descriptions
Numbers in parentheses identify the number of classroom and lab hours per week. For example, (3-2) indicates three hours in the classroom plus two hours in the lab.
When present, a third number indicates clinical, practicum or internship hours.
1 Hour(2-1) Beginning piano. A series of introductory courses designed for students with little or no previous piano playing experience. Topics explored include physical technique, practice methods, repertoire, style and interpretation, comfort in performance settings, improvisation, and appropriate concepts from music theory and history.
1 Hour(2-1) Beginning piano. A series of introductory courses designed for students with little or no previous piano playing experience. Topics explored include physical technique, practice methods, repertoire, style and interpretation, comfort in performance settings, improvisation, and appropriate concepts from music theory and history.
1 Hour(2-1) Class instruction in the fundamentals of correct breathing, tone production, and diction. Laboratory course designed for students with little or no previous voice training. Aids in developing a pleasing tone quality that is produced with ease and proper enunciation.
1 Hour(2-1) Class instruction in the fundamentals of correct breathing, tone production, and diction. Laboratory course designed for students with little or no previous voice training. Aids in developing a pleasing tone quality that is produced with ease and proper enunciation.
3 Hours(3-0) A preparatory course for music majors, not applicable toward the music degree. MUSI 1301 examines the fundamentals of rhythm, melody, harmony, ear-training, sight singing, and keyboard.
MUSI 1304 - Public School Music Methods and Materials
3 Hours(3-0) A course which examines techniques and materials for music instruction in kindergarten and grades one through six. Participation includes experience in part singing, playing, listening, voice testing, rhythmic, and creative activities.
3 Hours(3-0) A course designed to provide an overview of music from antiquity to the present. Course is designed to enable student to investigate music in the context of social and cultural history.
3 Hours(3-0) A course designed to enable student to examine music critically, including its development and its function in culture from antiquity to 1750. Course utilizes primary sources and listening selections.
3 Hours(3-0) A course designed to enable student to examine music critically, including its development and its function in culture from 1750 to present. Course utilizes primary sources and listening selections.
MUSI 1310 - American Music: History of Country Music
3 Hours(3-0) A course designed to enable student to trace the development of country music and its function in American culture from Appalachia in the 1920s to present. Credit will be given only once for MUSI 1310.
3 Hours(3-0) A course designed to enable student to examine genesis and history of Jazz in America and to probe its influence on American music, culture, and society. Credit will be given only once for MUSI 1310.
3 Hours(3-0) A course designed to enable student to examine the effect of historical events on American popular music culture. Course includes listening and reporting on music in context of recent American History. Credit will be given only once for MUSI 1310.
3 Hours(3-3) First principles of chord progression and phrase harmonization. A study of more advanced chord structures and their placement within the phrase. The student receives a broad summary of classical harmony and then explores the techniques of the twentieth century. Written exercises, analysis, and correlated keyboard projects are required. Prerequisites: MUSI 1301 or a passing score on placement test.
3 Hours(3-3) First principles of chord progression and phrase harmonization. A study of more advanced chord structures and their placement within the phrase. The student receives a broad summary of classical harmony and then explores the techniques of the twentieth century. Written exercises, analysis, and correlated keyboard projects are required. Prerequisites: MUSI 1301 or a passing score on placement test.
3 Hours(3-0) These courses employ Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). Students compose music on the computer; write music from a piano being played; record real time from microphones; sequence, store, and edit sounds; and overdub and mix blocks of sound.
1 Hour(2-1) Beginning piano. A series of introductory courses designed for students with little or no previous piano playing experience. Topics explored include physical technique, practice methods, repertoire, style and interpretation, comfort in performance settings, improvisation, and appropriate concepts from music theory and history.
1 Hour(2-1) Beginning piano. A series of introductory courses designed for students with little or no previous piano playing experience. Topics explored include physical technique, practice methods, repertoire, style and interpretation, comfort in performance settings, improvisation, and appropriate concepts from music theory and history.
1 Hour(2-1) Class instruction in the fundamentals of correct breathing, tone production, and diction. Laboratory course designed for students with little or no previous voice training. Aids in developing a pleasing tone quality that is produced with ease and proper enunciation.
1 Hour(2-1) Class instruction in the fundamentals of correct breathing, tone production, and diction. Laboratory course designed for students with little or no previous voice training. Aids in developing a pleasing tone quality that is produced with ease and proper enunciation.
3 Hours(3-3) First principles of chord progression and phrase harmonization. A study of more advanced chord structures and their placement within the phrase. The student receives a broad summary of classical harmony and then explores the techniques of the twentieth century. Written exercises, analysis, and correlated keyboard projects are required. Prerequisites: MUSI 1301 or a passing score on placement test.
3 Hours(3-3) First principles of chord progression and phrase harmonization. A study of more advanced chord structures and their placement within the phrase. The student receives a broad summary of classical harmony and then explores the techniques of the twentieth century. Written exercises, analysis, and correlated keyboard projects are required. Prerequisites: MUSI 1301 or a passing score on placement test.
3 Hours(3-0) These courses employ Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). Students compose music on the computer; write music from a piano being played; record real time from microphones; sequence, store, and edit sounds; and overdub and mix blocks of sound.
1 Hour(0-3-0) This course covers dosage calculations includes reading, interpreting and solving calculation problems encountered in the preparation of medications, and conversion of measurements within the metric, apothecary, avoirdupois and metric systems. Prerequisites: Approval of instructor.
1 Hour(0-0-6) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Clinical education is an unpaid learning experience. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
1 Hour(0-0-3) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Clinical education is an unpaid learning experience. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
RNSG 1200 - Introductory Concepts of Clinical Decision Making
2 Hours(2-1-0) This course is an examination of selected principles related to the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of a profession. The course emphasizes clinical decision making for clients in medical-surgical settings experiencing health problems involving pain, perioperative care, infection, eye-ear-throat disorders, and integumentary disorders. Included in the course is a discussion of knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
2 Hours(2-1-0) This course is an introduction to the science of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of each drug classification. Topics will include the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in safe administration of medications within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: BIOL 2401.
2 Hours(1-3-0) This course covers the development of skills and techniques required for a comprehensive health assessment within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: Admission to the program.
RNSG 1227 - Transition from Vocational to Professional Nursing
2 Hours(1-3-0) Topics covered in this course include health promotion, expanded assessment, analysis of data, nursing process, pharmacology, multidisciplinary teamwork, communication, and applicable competencies in knowledge, judgment skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework throughout the life span. Prerequisites: Admission to the program.
RNSG 1412 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family
4 Hours(3-4-0) This course is a study of the concepts related to the provision of nursing care for childbearing and childrearing families; application of systematic problem-solving processes and critical thinking skills, including a focus on the childbearing family during preconception, prenatal, antpartum, neonatal, and postpartum periods and the childrearing family from birth to adolescence; and competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: Admission into the program and PSYC 2314.
4 Hours(0-0-12) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Clinical education is an unpaid learning experience. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
5 Hours(4-3-0) This course is an introduction to the role of the professional nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of the profession. Topics include but are not limited to the fundamental concepts of nursing practice, history of professional nursing, a systematic framework for decision-making, mechanisms of disease, the needs and problems that nurses help patients manage, and basic psychomotor skills. Emphasis on knowledge, judgment, skills, oral communications and professional values within a legal/ethical framework will be included. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
RNSG 2130 - Professional Nursing Review and Licensure Preparation
1 Hour(1-1-0) This course is a review of concepts required for licensure examination and entry into the practice of professional nursing. The course includes application of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) test plan, assessment of knowledge deficits, and remediation. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
RNSG 2205 - Intermediate Concepts of Clinical Decision Making II
2 Hours(2-1-0) This course is an integration of previous knowledge and skills into the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of a profession, The course emphasizes clinical decision making for clients in medical-surgical settings experiencing health problems involving reproductive and sexual disorders and musculoskeletal disorders. Included in this course is a discussion of knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
2 Hours(1-3-0) This course is an introduction to selected concepts related to the role of the professional nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of the profession. The course will review trends and issues impacting nursing and health care today and in the future. Topics will include knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: Approval of program director.
2 Hours(2-1-0) This course covers principles and concepts of mental health, psychopathology, and treatment modalities related to the nursing care of clients and their families. Prerequisites: Approval of the program director and PSYC 2301.
2 Hours(0-0-6) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Clinical education is an unpaid learning experience. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
3 Hours(3-1-0) This course is an application of complex concepts and skills for development of the professional nurse’s role in complex client/nursing situations. The emphasis is on clinical decision making for clients in medical-surgical settings experiencing health problems involving complex cardiovascular disorders; neurologic disorders; renal and urinary disorders; hematologic disorders; and complex oncological concepts. The focus will be knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
RNSG 2400 - Intermediate Concepts of Clinical Decision Making I
4 Hours(3-3-0) This course is an integration of previous knowledge and skills into the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of a profession, The course emphasizes clinical decision making for clients in medical-surgical settings experiencing health problems involving fluid and electrolyte disorders, respiratory disorders, peripheral vascular disorders, immunologic disorders, liver, biliary, and pancreatic disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, and endocrine and metabolic disorders. Included in this course is a discussion of knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
4 Hours(0-0-15) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Clinical education is an unpaid learning experience. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
5 Hours(0-0-21) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Clinical education is an unpaid learning experience. Prerequisites: Admission into the program.
1 Hour(1-0-0) This course is an overview of the normal physical, psychosocial, and cultural aspects of the aging process including common disease processes of aging and exploration of attitudes toward care of the older adult.
1 Hour(1-0-0) This course is an introduction to the principles and theories of positive mental health and human behaviors, including emotional responses, coping mechanisms, and therapeutic communication skills.
VNSG 1219 - Leadership and Professional Development
2 Hours(2-0-0) This course is a study of the importance of professional growth and development of added nursing skills. Topics will include the role of the licensed vocational nurse in the multi-disciplinary health care team, professional organizations, and continuing education.
2 Hours(2-1-0) This course covers the utilization of the nursing process in the assessment and management of the childbearing family. Emphasis will be on the bio-psycho-socio-cultural needs of the family during the phases of pregnancy, childbirth, and the neonatal period including abnormal conditions.
2 Hours(2-1-0) This course is a study of childhood diseases and childcare from infancy through adolescence. The focus is on the care of the well and the ill child utilizing the nursing process.
2 Hours(2-0-0) This course is a study of human behavior with emphasis on emotional and mental abnormalities and modes of treatment incorporating the nursing process.
3 Hours(3-0-0) This course is an introduction to the nursing profession including history, standards of practice, legal and ethical issues, and the role of the vocational nurse. Topics will include mental health, therapeutic communication, cultural and spiritual diversity, nursing process, and holistic awareness.
VNSG 1420 - Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health
4 Hours(3-2-0) This course is an introduction to the normal structure and function of the body including an understanding of the relationship of body systems in maintaining homeostasis.
4 Hours(2-6-0) This course is a mastery of entry level nursing skills and competencies for a variety of health care settings. The nursing process will be utilized as the foundation of all nursing interventions.
2 Hours(0-0-9) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
2 Hours(0-0-9) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
4 Hours(2-6-0) This course is a mastery of advanced level nursing skills and competencies in a variety of health care settings utilizing the nursing process as a problem-solving tool.
4 Hours(0-0-15) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
5 Hours(0-0-19) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
5 Hours(0-0-19) This course is a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
3 Hours(3-0) An introduction to descriptive statistics and statistical inference for technical managers. Topics include sampling techniques, estimation, hypothesis testing, and simple regression.
3 Hours(3-0) A study of the skills necessary to communicate effectively in the workplace. Topics include selection of the proper channel and medium for information delivery, team building, business etiquette, and professionalism. Students will analyze and prepare correspondence, proposals, and reports. Students are required to deliver industry-related oral presentations of each student’s choosing.
3 Hours(3-0) A comprehensive analysis of individual and group behavior in organizations. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of how organizations can be managed more effectively and at the same time enhance the quality of employee work life. Topics include motivation, goal setting and rewards, job design, group dynamics, work stress, power and politics, international aspects of organizations, organizational structure, communication and organizational change and development.
3 Hours(3-0) This course addresses the overview of marketing mix, functions, processes, and impact predictions and assessments. The course includes identification of consumer and organizational needs and the relationship of environmental issues. Students will identify the marketing mix components in relation to market segmentation; explain the environmental factors that influence consumer and organizational decision-making processes; complete a marketing plan; and use assessment methodology to predict impact on organizational performance.
3 Hours(3-0) Analytic and systematic approach to the study of decision making through management science processes and techniques. Topics include quantitative analysis and decision-making relationships, simulation and risk analysis, and decision analysis using various criteria.
3 Hours(3-0) This course examines the major trends in human resources management, including problems and issues faced by organizations and individuals in times of change. Responsibilities of the human resources department and the roles that every manager plays, both as a supervisor and as a client of the human resources department, are studied. Topics include human resources forecasting and planning, job design, employee selection, equal employment opportunity laws and judicial rulings, performance appraisal, compensation and benefits, career development, and labor relations.
3 Hours(3-0) This course explores the State and federal laws that affect management behavior and organizational practices including contracts, business organizations, employment law, products liability, safety issues, and environmental regulation. Prerequisites: BUSI 2301 or Instructor Permission
3 Hours(3-0) A study of economics and its role in managerial decision making. The course is focused on modern economic thinking and its relevance to business and management. Topics include market structure, production and cost, and public policy towards business. Prerequisites: ECON 2301, ECON 2302 or instructor permission.
3 Hours(3-0) The use of accounting information by non-financial managers. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation, rather than the construction, of accounting information. The course will examine the technical managerial skills required to sustain and enhance the organizations performance through the accounting and finance processes of reporting, compliance, research, analysis, interpretation and application. Topics such as activity-based costing, cost accounting, break-even and decision analysis, and budgeting and control are covered. Prerequisites: ACCT 2401, ACNT 1403 or instructor permission.
TMGT 3347 - Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
3 Hours(3-0) This course will examine the role of ethics and social responsibility in the management of public and private sector organizations. An emphasis will be on contemporary trends in corporate responsibilities with respect to ethical, legal, economic and regulatory conditions in the global marketplace.
3 Hours(3-0) This course presents a comprehensive study of the various factors of production in meeting the needs of consumers in creative and profitable ways. Topics include market segment research, starting a new enterprise, forming an entrepreneurial team, venture capital sources, and formulation of a business plan.
3 Hours(3-0) This course provides an overview of the international business environment and conditions affecting firms conducting business overseas. Special emphasis will be placed on managerial functions and elements of the management process in a firm operating under foreign economic, technological and political, social, and cultural environments.