COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College

Health Sciences Department
Science
SCS150 Mentoring: The Helping Relationship
3 credits; 3 hours
This course offers a study of, and experience in, the helping relationship.
Theoretical approaches to the helping process will be
covered as well as specific skills. Topics and guest presentations
include peer tutoring, problem solving, adolescence, peer counseling
and use of a mentor in career development. Students will be
involved in seminar discussions, training, and field visits. Each participant
serves as mentor in a supervised experience with a high
school student.
Prerequisite: MAT095, ENC/ENG101 and one of the following:
ENG104 or HSC102, or HUC101 or SSY101, minimum
cumulative GPA of 2.0
SCN194 AIDS in New York City
3 credits; 3 hours
This course is a comprehensive examination of what is currently
known about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and
its impact on the New York health care system. Topics to be
addressed will include the history of AIDS; definition and transmission;
symptoms, diagnosis and treatment; prevention and risk
reduction techniques. Students will learn about the political, economic,
epidemiological, psychosocial and sociocultural aspects of
HIV infection. Visits to AIDS health care facilities are included.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101
This is a Writing Intensive course.
SCN195 Community Health
2 credits; 2 hours
This course is a basic orientation to public and community health
including: the role of science, policy and ethics; the nature of
health and disease; prevention of disease and public health measures;
healthcare systems; and careers in health. NYC Department
of Health initiatives and data, as well as NYC historical events in
health are used to illustrate course concepts. Students will apply
knowledge of course material through two short research reports.
Prerequisite: CSE099, MAT096,
Corequisite: ENC/G101
This is a Writing Intensive course.
Veterinary Technology
SCV101 Introduction to Veterinary Technology
3 credits; 3 hours
This is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles
of animal science. Subjects covered include genetics and
breeding, growth and senescence, environmental physiology, nutrition
and feeding and animal behavior. In addition students will
begin the study of basic animal care and management, dosage
calculations and animal diseases. There will be field trips to
selected animal facilities in the metropolitan area.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT096
SCV150 Principles of Animal Control
2 credits; 2 hours
This course is designed to prepare students to work in animal care
and control programs in municipalities and other government
agencies. It will cover the philosophy and history of such programs,
as well as the federal, state and local regulations that
govern their use. Students will study the design and operation of
animal shelters including the procedures by which animals are
apprehended, cared for and disposed of. The characteristics of
common and exotic animal species will be discussed, as well as the
important diseases of each group.
Prerequisite: ENG101, MAT106, SCV101
SCV201 Research Animal Technology
4 credits; 6 hours (3 lecture, 3 lab)
This course prepares students to work with rodents, rabbits, and
other animals used in research. Laboratory sessions provide
hands-on training in restraint, drug administration, sample collection,
anesthesia and research techniques. Classroom periods
will cover husbandry, diseases, and sanitation, as well as the principles
and ethics of animal research. Students will participate in
the operation of the College’s animal facility.
Prerequisite: ENG101, MAT106, SCC210, SCV101
SCV210 Veterinary Nursing I
4 credits; 6 hours (3 lecture, 3 lab)
This course introduces students to the technical procedures of
veterinary practice. The major disciplines to be covered in lecture
sessions are anesthesiology, parasitology, and small animal diseases.
In the laboratory students will anesthetize dogs and cats and
perform basic diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. They will
also prepare patients for aseptic surgery, employ techniques of
surgical assisting and learn the principles of cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
Prerequisite: SCB209, SCV201
SCV211 Veterinary Nursing II
4 credits; 6 hours (3 lecture, 3 lab)
This course deals with advanced technical procedures in veterinary
practice and laboratory animal science. Lecture sessions will
cover animal diseases, emergency care, pharmacology and gnotobiology.
In the laboratory, students will receive training in the care
of sick and injured animals, including dentistry, catheterization,
fluid and drug administration and the use of monitoring devices.
In addition, students will maintain a germfree isolator and
perform minor surgical procedures on rodents.
Prerequisite: SCV210; Pre- or Corequisite: SCB260
SCV212 Veterinary Radiography
3 credits; 5 hours (2 lecture, 3 lab)
Explore the theory and principles of radiography. The laboratory
will provide students with training in the operation and maintenance
of the x-ray machine, automatic and manual film processing,
animal restraining and positioning, health and safety pre-
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