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This course will introduce the physical structure of the body's organ systems and explain how the structures of the body work, known as systemic anatomy and physiology. It will also examine how the different organ systems work together to keep you alive.

If the idea of human anatomy and physiology seems scary, don't worry. This course will alleviate any fears you may have by covering these topics in an approachable and relatable format. This course will enable you to feel more confident about how all the intricate functions and systems of the human body work together and connect what you learn about anatomy and physiology to what you already know about your own body. Consider this your user guide to the human body. Some may say you can't live without it!

This course will also cover the major systems of the body and explain how they work and why they don't sometimes. In addition, it will examine different diseases and disorders, recent advances in medicine, and ways to take care of your body. Lessons include real-life examples and interactive exercises, allowing you to think critically about your own experiences and make connections with the lesson. Printable flashcards are used throughout the lessons that provide you with necessary study material to keep for this course and beyond as you continue your education or career. By the end of this course, you will have a greater appreciation and understanding of the marvelous complexity of the human body.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

1. Introduction to the Living Processes
2. The Human Cell
3. Understanding Heredity
4. The Nervous System
5. The Skeletal System
6. The Muscular System
7. The Respiratory System
8. The Circulatory System
9. The Lymphatic System and Fighting Disease
10. The Integumentary and Urinary Systems
11. The Digestive System
12. The Endocrine and Reproductive Systems

This course will build on the knowledge you gained in Human Anatomy and Physiology I. It covers the basics of histology, the different senses, cellular metabolism, important chemicals in the body, and events that occur during the human life span from prenatal development to late adulthood.

In this course, you will cover topics that weren't covered in Human Anatomy and Physiology I. You will start with basic histology and study of the different tissues in the body. From there, you will move on to a discussion of the different senses. You will also delve into the important topic of cellular metabolism (the chemical reactions that occur in cells), and you will learn the roles water, acids, bases, and salts play in keeping you alive.

You will then turn your focus to the human lifespan from prenatal life to late adulthood. You will also learn ways to stay as healthy as possible as you age. By the end of this course, you will have a greater appreciation of the complexity and wonder of the human body!

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. The Four Types of Tissues
2. Cutaneous Sensation
3. The Senses of Proprioception and Equilibrium
4. The Sense of Vision
5. The Sense of Hearing
6. The Senses of Smell and Taste
7. Cellular Metabolism
8. Water, Acids, Bases, and Salts
9. Prenatal Development
10. Pregnancy, Childbirth, the Postpartum Period, and Breastfeeding
11. The Neonatal Period, Infancy, and Childhood
12. Puberty, Adulthood, and Old Age

What you will learn

• Recognize the four types of tissues present in the human body
• Explain the perception of skin sensations by the brain
• Describe the senses of proprioception and equilibrium
• Explain the visual process involving the structures of the eye and the brain
• Describe the production and perception of balance and hearing sensations
• Identify the structures associated with the senses of taste and smell
• Describe the chemical reactions occurring during cellular metabolism
• Explain the structure and function of water, acids, bases, and salts
• Identify events that occur during prenatal development
• Describe the effects of pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and breastfeeding on the parent
• List the major events in neonatal, infancy, and childhood development
• List the significant events in puberty, adulthood, and late adulthood

How you will benefit

• Gain an even greater appreciation and understanding of the human body
• Be well-prepared to continue your education with courses like Introduction to Biology
• Discover a new passion or career path

Gain a solid foundation in the basics of chemistry and see how everything that goes on in your body depends on a chemical reaction.

Even if chemistry tormented you in high school or college, you can master its principles! In this course, you'll gain a solid foundation in the basics of chemistry. Along the way, you'll learn how everything that goes on in your body depends on a chemical reaction.

You'll gain interesting insights about your body's use of food, the role of isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, nutritional deficiencies, the importance of enzymes, and the function of many specific chemicals in your body. This course also prepares you for a health-related career or for success in a college chemistry course.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. Understanding Matter
2. Understanding Energy
3. Measurements in Chemistry
4. The Structure of an Atom
5. The Periodic Table of the Elements
6. Chemical Bonds
7. Chemical Equations
8. Chemical Kinetics
9. Stoichiometry: The Arithmetic of Chemistry
10. Solutions
11. Acids, Bases, and Salts
12. Organic Molecules

Improve your understanding of data and learn how to develop graphs and charts.

Do you need an introduction to statistics or maybe just a refresher? Do you want to improve your understanding of data and use it to make decisions? If you're looking for help with statistics, this online statistics course is for you!

With easy-to-understand examples combined with real-world applications, this course provides you with the skills and knowledge you need to start analyzing data. You will learn how to use, collect, and then apply data to real-life problems with charts, numbers, and graphs.

Beyond that, you will learn ways to visualize and measure relationships to make forecasts and predictions. Throughout the course, you will use real data and a variety of examples drawn from business and industry, health care, sports, education, politics, and the social sciences.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

What Is Statistics, Anyway?

What do you know about statistics? How do you collect reliable data and use it to make informed decisions? In this lesson, you will learn some of the concepts and terms needed throughout the course. You will also find out how statistics affect events in the news and in your everyday life.

Quantitative Data: From Averages to z-Scores

Once you have a set of data, how can you summarize and interpret it to figure out what it really means? In this lesson, you will learn to summarize data and describe its center along with its variability. You will see how statistics plays a part in medicine, human resources, education, politics, finance, and marketing.

Displaying Quantitative Data: Dots, Plots, and Histograms

Is there an easier way of understanding data than peering at column after column of numbers? Yes. In this lesson, you will see quantitative data displayed in dot plots, histograms, and many other forms. Knowing how to read and construct these graphs will help you see patterns and spot unusual values in data.

Displaying Qualitative Data: Percentages, Charts, and Graphs

"How much satisfaction do you get from your friendships?" "Which mountain is most dangerous to climb?" This lesson focuses on summarizing and displaying qualitative data from questions like these. You will use charts and tables to analyze real-world examples in business, medicine, and more.

Is There a Link? Scatterplots and Correlation

Is there a link between the poverty rate and the crime rate? Is your score on a math exam related to your anxiety level? This lesson looks at relationships between two quantitative variables. You will learn to make scatterplots and describe what you see.

Linear Regression: How Can We Predict the Future?

Can we predict the next world-record time in the mile run? How can we forecast CO2 levels in the atmosphere? This lesson dives into describing and measuring the association between variables. You will use linear regression to find an equation that models the data and use the equation to make predictions.

What's the Chance of That? Probability Concepts

What's the chance you will have a coin come up "heads" five times in a row? This lesson explores the basics of probability. You will learn the rules that govern probability and see how to apply them in a variety of situations.

Probability Models: What's Normal?

What should you expect to happen in a game involving chance? How can you estimate the probability that a healthy baby will be born underweight? This lesson focuses on probability models and expected value. You will learn about the most common probability model in statistics: the normal model.

The Key to Inference: Sampling Distributions

How do you move beyond the sample at hand to make predictions and draw conclusions about the population? In this lesson, you will discover the key that lets you make inferences about the population. You will see the most important result in all of statistics—the central limit theorem.

How Certain Are We? Confidence Intervals for Proportions

"The margin of error for this poll is plus or minus 3%." What does that mean, anyway? This lesson introduces statistical inference and focuses on confidence intervals for proportions. You will learn to calculate the margin of error and use it to build an interval for estimating a population proportion.

Trial by Data: Testing Hypotheses About Proportions

Is there really a home team advantage in sports? Did that television ad your company bought result in increased awareness of your product? In this lesson, you will learn to answer questions such as these by testing an appropriate hypothesis using proportions.

Inference About Means

How do you test hypotheses about means? For example, can you use a confidence interval to estimate the average number of hours Americans use the Internet each week? Your last lesson introduces inference for means. You will learn to calculate and interpret confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for a mean. And you will find out what the history of statistics has to do with the quality of beer in Ireland.

Gain confidence in your basic math skills and start using math to your advantage.

Math isn't about plugging numbers into formulas. It's about knowing enough to make the numbers and formulas work for you. Math can be incredibly useful - but only if you understand how and when to apply it in your everyday life.

This course will show you how to use math to your advantage. You won't find any theory or memorization here. The lessons that make up this course are filled with practical exercises and information that you can put to immediate use. You will find out some very interesting things about how calculators work, and then you will discover how best to get a handle on your income and expenses. You will be able to check your paystub, invoices, and bank statements for errors and overcharges, and you will become more skilled at handling money and comparing investment opportunities.

You will learn how to calculate percentages, including the proper amount to pay in tips, commissions, taxes, and discounts. You will find out how to calculate interest rates and you will develop a better understanding of mortgages, credit cards, and other types of loans. You will discover a handy method for converting one type of measurement to another, and you will be able to calculate areas correctly, so you don't overspend on your next home improvement project. You will become adept at interpreting graphs, calculating the probability that something will (or won't) happen, and understanding the statistics embedded in test results, polls, and even news stories.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
• A basic calculator with the ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and calculate square roots.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Integers and Other Mathematic Equations

This lesson will recall childhood memories about math by reviewing some basic number properties. You will learn about integers, exponents, roots, and multiple-step problems. Doing these types of problems just for practice can be tedious, but you're going to take what you learn and put it to use in every other lesson in this course.

Percentages in Retail

Whether it's discounts, taxes, or a tip, most of us deal with percentages every day. This lesson focuses on the percentages found in retail from both a consumer and a managerial perspective. You will learn about discounts, sales prices, and sales tax. And last but not least, this lesson covers about tipping, markup, and handling money in the retail work environment.

Income, Deductions, and Expenses

This lesson is all about income. Are you paid hourly, are you a salaried employee, do you receive a commission, or some combination of these? In this lesson, you will learn how to calculate your paycheck no matter how you're paid. Once you receive your check, you need to know how you spend. In the last part of the lesson, you will learn how to find out where your money goes once you have it.

Opening and Balancing a Checking Account

Now that you have your paycheck, you need somewhere to put it. It's time to talk about financial institutions; banks, credit unions, and savings and loans. In this lesson, you will discover what to look for in an institution and what questions to ask about checking, savings, and other accounts.

Earning Interest

Investing is an ominous word for most of us. Financial professionals can sound like they're speaking a foreign language. This lesson will unravel some of this terminology and the math that goes with it. You will learn the basics of earning interest and find out what questions to ask the professionals, like types of interest earning investments; bonds, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts.

Paying Interest

As you know, you can't just earn interest—you also have to pay interest. Credit cards and loans cost you money in interest and fees. In this lesson, you will study what happens when you pay only the minimum balance on a credit card each month. And then you will see what happens when you pay as little as $10 or $20 extra each month.

Mortgage Math

Interested in buying a home, but not sure where to start? There are realtors, attorneys, and loan officers to get you through this process. In this lesson, you will explore the different aspects of a mortgage payment (principle, interest, taxes, and insurance or PITI) and the amount of money you will need up front.

Ratios

This lesson is a student favorite. You will find out that you can solve most problems with some sort of ratio and learn to set up ratios and proportions step-by-step. And after this lesson, you will be able to convert even the most complicated measurements.

Measurement

In this lesson, you will learn how to calculate area in different units of measurement and how to convert between them. This will let you figure out how much carpet, paint, or tile you need for those home projects. You should be able to check your measurements and calculations. You will also learn a little about metrics and a very simple conversion method.

Probability

You will learn all about probability in this lesson. It's used in the gaming industry, in forecasting weather, and in determining insurance rates. How does the insurance industry know there's a 10% chance you will be in an accident? Or how does a casino predict a 3% chance you will win at blackjack? You have to know which numbers to divide and how to find them.

Statistics

Our society is bombarded with information and statistics all day, every day. This lesson is about statistical data and how it's chosen. You will also learn about the four most commonly used statistical measures: mean, median, mode, and range.

Statistical Graphs

A great way to understand all those statistics you just learned about is to put them on a graph. Graphs can help you look at the big picture by summarizing information. Just as there are different types of information and relationships, there are different types of graphs. Each one is best suited for displaying a particular type of information or relationship.