College of the Redwoods
C URRICULUM P ROPOSAL
1. Division: Business Technology
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Course ID and Number: BT 150
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Course Title: MEDICAL VOCABULARY
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Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web address and paste into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf
]
Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply):
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Check one of the following:
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New Course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
BUS 150M
Change to existing course (course discipline and number are not changing)
Should another course be inactivated? No Yes Inactivation date: December 16, 2007
Title of course to be inactivated: BUS 150M
Is course part of a CR Degree/Certificate Program? (If New is selected above, check No) No Yes
If yes, specify program code(s). (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/
Curriculum/Degree and Certificate Programs/Course Program Requirement Reverse Index):
Certificate of Achievement - Medical Office Business Skills
Required course
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Restricted elective
Provide explanation and justification for addition/change/deletion:
This change updates the course outline and makes it consistent with new curriculum guidelines
7.
List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
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Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No Yes
Fee: $
Submitted by: Martha Racine Taylor Tel. Ext. 2684 Date: 4/24/2007
Division Chair: Helen Edwards Review Date: 4/26/07
C URRICULUM C OMMITTEE U SE O NLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No Yes Date: 9/14/07
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 11/6/0
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 9.5.06)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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S UMMARY OF C URRICULUM C HANGES
FOR AN E XISTING C OURSE
FEATURES
Catalog Description
(Please include complete text of old and new catalog descriptions.)
Grading Standard
Total Units
OLD
An introduction to medical terminology. A basic medical vocabulary will be acquired by learning a word-building system of roots, suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms.
Select
NEW
An introduction to medical terminology for students planning a career in medical office work.
Basic medical vocabulary will be acquired by learning a wordbuilding system of roots, suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms.
Select
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and proposed changes.
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College of the Redwoods
C OURSE O UTLINE
DATE: 4/24/2007
DISCIPLINE AND COURSE NUMBER: BT 150
COURSE TITLE: Medical Vocabulary
FIRST TERM NEW COURSE MAY BE OFFERRED: Spring 2008
TOTAL UNITS:
TOTAL HOURS:
1.0 [Lecture Units: 0
54 [Lecture Hours:
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 30
0
Lab Units: 1.0
]
Lab Hours: 54 ]
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only CR/NC Only Grade-CR/NC Option
Is this course repeatable for additional credit units : No Yes If yes, h ow many total enrollments?
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The catalog description should clearly state the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds of student goals the course is designed to fulfill .
An introduction to medical terminology for students planning a career in medical office work. Basic medical vocabulary will be acquired by learning a word-building system of roots, suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms.
Special notes or advisories:
PREREQUISITES
No Yes Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
COREQUISITES
No Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
Course(s):
RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No Yes Course(s): English 350 or equivalent with a "C" grade or better or assessment recommendation for Eng 150 or 1A
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
Basic written communication and reading skills.
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
What should the student be able to do as a result of taking this course? State some of the objectives in terms of specific, measurable student accomplishments .
Students will be able to:
1. Pronounce, spell, and define medical terms used in today's healthcare settings.
2. Understand medical terms by breaking them into their component parts.
3. Construct medical terms from root words, suffixes,and prefixes.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes : What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. Recognition of word parts: roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
2. Accuracy in spelling and combining word parts.
Concepts : What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Word dividing: Identifying and defining each part of a medical term to determine the meaning of the word.
2. Word building: using root words, prefixes and suffixes and combining them to produce new medical terms.
Issues : What primary issues or problems, if any, must students understand to achieve course outcomes (including such issues as gender, diversity, multi-culturalism, and class)?
Skills : What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Ability to pronounce and spell Latin and Greek root words, suffixes, and prefixes.
2. Ability to combine word parts into meaningful medical terms.
3. Ability to define complex medical terms by dividing them into word parts.
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What will students be doing (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending a field trip)? Relate the activities directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
1. Using a programmed text/workbook, writing root words, prefixes and suffixes, combining them, and recombining them to produce medical terms.
2. Completing review sheets and self-tests.
ASSESSMENT TASKS
How will students show evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes? Indicate which assessments (if any) are required for all sections .
Representative assessment tasks :
Objective tests requiring students to both define and produce complex medical terms.
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to :
Same as above
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EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author
Shirley Steiner
Title
Quick Medical Terminology
Date
2003
Author Title Date
Author Title Date
Author Title Date
Other Appropriate Readings :
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PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY: CSU UC None
If CSU transferability is proposed (courses numbered
1-99), indicate whether general elective credit or specific course equivalent credit is proposed.
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give course numbers/ titles of at least two comparable lower division courses from a UC, CSU, or equivalent institution.
General elective credit
Specific course equivalent
1. ,
(Campus)
2. ,
(Campus)
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR CR GE Category :
CSU CSU GE Category :
IGETC IGETC Category :
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
Natural Science
Social Science
Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign
Language
B. Science and Math
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-
Development
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral
Science
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category : Same as above
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Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
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PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER BT-150
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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Department: INFSC Information Science
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Subject: BT
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Short Title:
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Long Title:
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National ID (CIP):
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Local ID (TOPS):
051420
Course No:
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Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
Medical Vocabulary
Medical Vocabulary
51.0716
150
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Credit Type: D Credit Degree Applicable
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Min/Maximum Units: 1.0
to variable units
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Course Level: D Possibly Occupational
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Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
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Course Types:
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Level One Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills
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Level Two Work Experience:
NWE Not Coop Work Experience
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Level Three: Placeholder for GE OR
DOES NOT APPLY
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Level Four: If GE : Choose One:
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Instructional Method:
Lab Laboratory/Studio/Activity
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Lec TLUs: Contact Hours:
Lab TLUs: 3.0
Contact Hours: 54
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Prerequisite: None
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
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CoRequisite Course: None
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Recommended Prep: ENGL-350
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Maximum Class Size: 30
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Repeat/Retake: NR No repeats
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Count Retakes for Credit: yes no
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Only Pass/No Pass: yes no
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Allow Pass/No Pass: yes no
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VATEA Funded Course: yes no
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Accounting Method: W Weekly Census
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Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
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Billing Method: T-Term
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Billing Period: R-Reporting Term
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Billing Credits:
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Purpose:
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Articulation No.
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Transfer Status:
1.0
I Occupational Ed
Articulation Seq.
(CAN) :
(CAN) :
C Not transferable
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Equates to another course? (course number).
34.
The addition of this course will inactive (course number) . Inactive at end of term.
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Curriculum Approval Date:
9/14/07
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 9.5.06)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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