MAP 550 - Health and Disease in the Human Body I

Prerequisites:
Grade of A- or better in College Preparatory Writing I (ENG 060 ), or grade of C+ or better in College Preparatory Writing II (ENG 061 ), or equivalent ACCUPLACER score, or equivalent COMPASS score, or equivalent ACT score within the last 5 years.
Career & Technical Education
3 credit(s)

Incorporate crititcal thinking skills based on knowledge of course competencies to identify human anatomy and physology, including interrelationship of organ systems. Common pathology, etiology, diagnostic aids, and treatment options and prognosis including pharmacology related to each body system. Study of interaction that occurs between systems and changes to the structure and function that occur across the life span. Wellness and prevention reviewed with each unit. Medical terminology, definition and pronunciation with key terms for each unit of study. Units studied are structural organization, disease process, immunity, neoplasms, integumentary, skeletal, muscular, blood, cardiovascular, and lymphatic. Remaining systems studied in MAP 551.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe structural and functional organization of the human body.

2. Identify body planes, directional terms, quadrants, and body cavities.

3. Compare body structure and function of the human body across the life span.

4. Explain the effects of disease and treatment on the human body in a health care setting.