This course is designed to investigate the direct current and voltage behavior of series and parallel circuits using Ohm's and Watt's laws. Natural and direct current electromagnetism will also be presented. Students will perform lab projects on all subject matter by use of an interactive lab network computer.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: fall

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student is expected to spend at least 3 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is crucial in this class.

This course introduces the principles of alternating current. Circuits will consist of resistive, capacitive and inductive devices. Ohm's and Watt's laws, along with Norton's and Thevenin's theorems will be used to simplify complex combinations of RCL circuits. Test equipment introduced includes the VOM (volt-ohm-meter), DMM (digital-multimeter), signal generator and oscilloscope. The course concludes with resonating circuits.

Prerequisites: BMET1112 or equivalent. Offered: fall

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student will spend at least 8 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course provides students with an industry overview/perspective in the biomedical technology field. In this course students will learn the relationships between equipment and patient care.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Classes will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays for four hours. Students are expected to be prepared for class by completing reading assignments or projects.

This course will introduce students to a wide range of active solid state devices such as transistors, unijunction transistors, and silicon-controlled rectifiers. It also teaches how these devices are used in practical circuits such as amplifiers, speed controls, switching circuits, and timing circuits. The student will compute component and circuit parameters. These will then be compared with measured data. Circuits will be designed and evaluated by breadboarding and/or computer simulation software.

Prerequisites: None.

Credit Breakout:  3.00  lecture,   2.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Developed by the primary instructor

This course introduces students to the basic operation of hospitals; the requirements of regulatory agencies; biomedical department policies and procedures and the managing of information, work orders and vendors

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  3.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Classes will meet according to the posted course schedules on the DCTC website. Students are expected to be prepared for class by completing reading assignments or projects.

This course will consist of class lecture and practical exercises. The student will learn to differentiate between internal and external customers in the Health Care Environment. They will be able to identify good customer service when they see it. They will understand the three areas of focus for customer service improvement. Customer service issues specific to the Health Care field and technical service will be covered.

Prerequisites: None.

Credit Breakout:  1.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course studies the various technologies used in the medical care field. Areas of study will cover the use of various test equipment, performing preventive maintenance and the use of testing equipment for maintaining proper operation. Students will also learn to read schematics and following instructions in service manuals for performing test and maintenance.

Prerequisites: BMET1112, BMET1123, and BMET1110. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   2.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Classes will meet per the posted schedule. Students are expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class.

This course provides a foundation in the theory and operation of medical laboratory equipment, fiber optics, computers, radiology, nuclear medicine and ultrasound.

Prerequisites: BMET1220. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   2.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of hydraulics and pneumatics and basic mechanical applications. The curriculum incorporated in the system includes instruction in the mathematics component of hydraulics and pneumatics, and provides experiences in problem solving, data management, and self-directed learning.

Prerequisites: None.

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student will spend at least 4 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course covers the basic and advanced digital logic used in integrated circuits and their application. Logic diagrams and analysis will be covered. Microprocessor control and feedback systems using sensor feedback will be studied. Training will be accomplished using the LabVolt system and handouts selected by the instructor.

Prerequisites: BMET1112, BMET1123, BMET1116 or equivalent

Credit Breakout:  0.00  lecture,   3.00  lab,  0.00  other.

In this course students work full shifts in a clinical site within the Biomedical Engineering Department. They are expected to observe and apply all of the BMET skills learned thus far - the same skill that would be expected of an employee.

Prerequisites: BMET1110, BMET1220.

Credit Breakout:  1.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:The student will be required to be at the clinical site for a period of 16 hours. Students with a disability that might affect their performance in this class are encouraged to contact the instructor at the beginning of the course.

This course is an introduction to the structure and function of the human body. Focus will be on the study of each individual organ system and the interaction of each system with the rest of the body.

Prerequisites: OFFC1045, HEAL1502. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer **Articulated**

Credit Breakout:  4.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student will spend at least 7 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course is an introduction to building medical terms and learning the meanings. Students will learn combining forms, word roots, prefixes and suffixes, and how these word parts apply to building medical terms. Students will also learn common medical abbreviations and symbols. THIS COURSE IS THE SAME AS OFFC1045.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student will spend at least 4 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course is designed for the PC novice to learn how to maintain, upgrade, and repair personal computers. Participants will remove and replace motherboards, and various input/output devices. Hard drives maintenance procedures (formatting) and loading operating systems will be covered.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course presents an introduction to OSI 7-layer Reference Model used in data communication and computer networks with emphasis on network infrastructure design, configuration, implementation and subnetting. This course is the first in a four-course sequence designed to prepare students to take the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) examination.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course is the second course in a four-course sequence designed to introduce students to local area network hardware router installation and configuration. The course is designed around OSI 7-layer Reference model and is the second course in the sequence to help students prepare to take the CCNA certification exam.

Prerequisites: ISTC1040

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course is an introduction to layer-2 switching, IPX, VLANs, Access Control Lists, and IGRP. This is the third course in a four-course sequence designed to prepare individual students for the CCNA certification exam.

Prerequisites: ISTC2005

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course focuses on WANs and Broadband infrastructure design, configuration and implementation as it relates to the 7 layer OSI model used in data communications and computer networks. WAN technology and terminology, Cable modems, Port Address Translation, Network Address Translation, DHCP, xDSL, and PPP. This is the final course preparing the student to take the CCNA exam.

Prerequisites: ISTC2010

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course provides students with an industry overview/perspective in the biomedical technology field. In this course students will learn the relationships between equipment and patient care.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Classes will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays for four hours. Students are expected to be prepared for class by completing reading assignments or projects.

This course introduces students to the basic operation of hospitals; the requirements of regulatory agencies; biomedical department policies and procedures and the managing of information, work orders and vendors

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  3.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Classes will meet according to the posted course schedules on the DCTC website. Students are expected to be prepared for class by completing reading assignments or projects.

This course studies the various technologies used in the medical care field. Areas of study will cover the use of various test equipment, performing preventive maintenance and the use of testing equipment for maintaining proper operation. Students will also learn to read schematics and following instructions in service manuals for performing test and maintenance.

Prerequisites: BMET1112, BMET1123, and BMET1110. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   2.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Classes will meet per the posted schedule. Students are expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class.

This course provides a foundation in the theory and operation of medical laboratory equipment, fiber optics, computers, radiology, nuclear medicine and ultrasound.

Prerequisites: BMET1220. Offered: Varies

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   2.00  lab,  0.00  other.

This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of hydraulics and pneumatics and basic mechanical applications. The curriculum incorporated in the system includes instruction in the mathematics component of hydraulics and pneumatics, and provides experiences in problem solving, data management, and self-directed learning.

Prerequisites: None.

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   1.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student will spend at least 4 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

In this course students work full shifts in a clinical site within the Biomedical Engineering Department. They are expected to observe and apply all of the BMET skills learned thus far - the same skill that would be expected of an employee.

Prerequisites: BMET1110, BMET1220.

Credit Breakout:  1.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:The student will be required to be at the clinical site for a period of 16 hours. Students with a disability that might affect their performance in this class are encouraged to contact the instructor at the beginning of the course.

This course is an introduction to the structure and function of the human body. Focus will be on the study of each individual organ system and the interaction of each system with the rest of the body.

Prerequisites: OFFC1045, HEAL1502. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer **Articulated**

Credit Breakout:  4.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student will spend at least 7 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course is an introduction to building medical terms and learning the meanings. Students will learn combining forms, word roots, prefixes and suffixes, and how these word parts apply to building medical terms. Students will also learn common medical abbreviations and symbols. THIS COURSE IS THE SAME AS OFFC1045.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credit Breakout:  2.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:Each student will spend at least 4 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

Identify how supervisors can plan for and support excellent customer service through developing a service strategy. Examine the impact of employee training and decision making authority on customer service. Analyze models of service for internal and external customers. Learn tools and techniques for gathering feedback and handling complaints. Consider the relationship between customer service and quality.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Spring

Credit Breakout:  1.00  lecture,   0.00  lab,  0.00  other.

Student Expectations:You will be expected to come to class prepared, participate in class discussions and share personal and professional experiences. You are expected to work collaboratively with classmates and complete all class exercise, individual projects and small