Course Description
1. General Education Courses
A) General Education Courses
1. Humanities and Social Science Courses
Prerequisite: - Well-rounded graduates; key issues affecting society and the environment with respect to one’ particular context; holistically integrated knowledge to identify the key factors; speaking and writing to target audiences with respect to objectives; being accountable; respecting different opinions; a leader or a member of a team and work as a team to come up with a systematic basic research-based solution or guidelines to manage the key issues; mindful and intellectual assessment of both positive and negative impacts of the key issues in order to happily live with society and nature |
Prerequisite: - Concept of digital technology and health informatics system; data science and health technology; communication in the digital era; information law and ethic; searching health information; evaluation of health information; information system in health education; research; administration; and practice; hospital information system; development of health information system; innovation and design thinking concept; design of instructional media in healthcare; design and create health mini-database; apply digital technology for promoting health professionals |
Prerequisite: - Basic knowledge and principles of marketing and small business founder; concept of business plan and self-learning with innovation; Information retrieval and analysis for social media; techniques for innovation design of product and service; techniques for marketing and advertising; development of small business prototype; elements of being ownership; value of leadership; emotional Intelligence; positive thinking behavior and wellness; forms of guerrilla marketing |
Prerequisite: - Concepts; significance; benefits of breastfeeding; basic principles of breastfeeding; communication; practicing to enhance mothers and infants to be successful in breastfeeding from antenatal period to early childhood; analyzing and planning for problem solving in breastfeeding; breastfeeding counseling |
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Physics Working principles of innovation for future entrepreneurs such as advanced technology instruments; physics and smart devices for health cares; physics and energy saving; physics and safety; physics and environmental issues; presenting new ideas about developing innovation based on physics through team working and communicating to others |
Prerequisite: - Fundamentals of design and product development; process management concepts; service development; innovation management structure; customer need identification; conceptual design and selection; concept testing; industrial design; design for production; project management; case studies for product development; ethics and design for environment |
Prerequisite: - Theories and practices concerning asean knowledge for entrepreneurship; including entrepreneurship; creative economy; business administration; history; society; economic; cultural; political; ethnic groups; tourism; religion and believe; environment and establishment and co-operation of asean economics community |
Prerequisite: - Concepts of “health” and “environment”; dimensions and levels of health and factors determining health and environment; the health system reform; strategic development of health and the environment promotion; the public policy for health; health and the environmental impact assessment; integrative research for health and environment; indicators of well-beings; information system for promoting health and environment; communication for health and environment; learning process for developing the quality of life; living for health and environment; self-sufficiency economy; techniques for integrating health and environment; relation between health; environment and occupations |
Prerequisite: - Fundamentals of innovations; techniques for developing creative thinking; creative design for the health; environment; and quality of life development; innovation management process; innovations in energy and environment; food product innovations and food safety; innovations in agriculture; Innovations in health; innovations for sustainable development and the sufficiency economy; ethics and intellectual property; project management planning; field trip |
Prerequisite: - Energy and environmental situations; fundamentals of energy; energy resources and categories; lifestyle and energy consumption; relationship between energy; environment; and the quality of life; energy conservation in the daily life; future energy consumption; sustainable energy planning and management; field trip; an application of information technology to the energy and environmental management |
Prerequisite: - Philosophy and meaning of life; goal and life planning; roles of family; safety in life; seminar on life; life design in physical world; life vaccination and innovation; life design in virtuality World; brain architecture; life entrepreneurs; life critiques; power of positive mindset; presentations of student’s projects |
Prerequisite: - Data science concepts; current applications to the data science at present; complicated and the big data management; data analysis and decision making by machine learning; the searching data for planning collaboration; data presentation techniques |
Prerequisite: - Viral content in the online social media; health food supplement advertisements; herbal medicine advertisements; antioxidants in cosmetics and consumer goods; skin care; plastic surgery; stem cells in consumer goods; exercise for weight management diet pills; practice of critical thinking skill; practice of information searching skills and information technology; skills for working on group assignments and conducting classroom presentations; copyright law |
Prerequisite: - Meaning of group dynamics; nature; types of group and group behavior; team development; teamwork; group leadership; group communication; management of group conflict; group ethics and manners |
Prerequisite: - Meaning of technology; history of technology; philosophy of technology and information; the relationship between human and digital technology; self; identity and risks in the digital world; ethics of technology and artificial intelligence; impacts of digital technology on culture and religion |
Prerequisite: - Meanings and components of culture; socialization; cultural diversity; religion and culture; globalization; popular culture; internet culture; and comparison of different cultures |
Prerequisite: - Concepts and theories of leadership; meanings and scope of rhetoric; the importance of rhetoric for leadership; logos; ethos; pathos; telos; and kairos in leaders’ verbal and non-verbal communications; analyzing examples of leaders’ rhetoric |
Prerequisite: - Basic rhetorical principles; meanings and importance of Arts of Master of ceremonies; basic qualifications and personality of Arts of Master of ceremonies; roles and duties of Arts of Master of ceremonies; an application of rhetorical principles for Arts of Master of ceremonies; script writing and information preparations for Arts of Master of ceremonies; manners and ethics for Arts of Master of ceremonies |
Prerequisite: - Innovation; Principles of self-directed learning (SDL) innovation design; learning with innovation; information retrieval and analysis for innovation design; techniques for innovation design; the ‘play and Learn’ innovation design technique; development of innovation prototype; elements of exercises; benefits of exercises; emotional intelligence; appropriate exercises and wellness; forms of exercises and creative exercise design; prototype design of exercise innovation |
Prerequisite: - Concepts of happiness; the importance of happy living; dimensions of happiness; skills for happy living; the balance of happy living among social wellbeings; mental health; health care and environment |
Prerequisite: - Sufficiency economy philosophy; understanding of sufficiency economy philosophy; moral ethics; normal living happiness; moderateness; reasonableness; carefulness; immunity; morality; knowledge; discreetness |
Prerequisite: - Humans are over-using the natural resources of the planet and cause environmental crisis; widespread worse situation in the world such as waste; global warming and disaster are caused of social-economic-environment imbalances; according to the concept of United Nation; one of the vital roots was people lacked the world phenomenal realness perception; the basic understanding of natural resources efficient use with sustainable development concept raised nurturing the environment; learning through thinking; design and doing process with easily making innovation for environment in daily life generate individual point of view and direct experience to help better environment |
Prerequisite: - Principles and concepts of project; project planning; writing principal and project assessment; principles and concepts of project evaluation; model of project evaluation; examples of project as-assessments and case studies |
2 Language Courses
Prerequisite: - Art of Thai language and of speaking; listening; reading; writing and thinking skills in accurately and appropriately communicating |
Prerequisite: - Study of vocabulary; expressions and information about nursing; communicative practice in real work situations in speaking; listening; reading; and summarizing in the nursing context |
Prerequisite: - English structure; grammar; and vocabulary in the context of the daily language use; integration of listening; speaking; reading; and writing skills; reading strategies; sentence writing; listening for the gist; pronunciation; and classroom communication |
Prerequisite: - Vocabulary; expressions; grammar; and contextualized social language; essential communicative skills in small groups; simulations in various situations; writing practice at a paragraph level; and reading and listening from various sources |
Prerequisite: - Essential strategies for four language skills: reading and listening from various sources; speaking in everyday use and writing at a paragraph and short essay level; including sub-skills; i.e.; grammar; pronunciation; and vocabulary; focusing on English in everyday life and in academic reading and issues enhancing students’ world knowledge |
Prerequisite: - Integrating four English skills by practicing reading news; research articles; commentaries; and academic texts; for comprehension and critical thinking; from various sources focusing on the issues enhancing students’ world knowledge; listening to news; lectures; and speeches via multimedia and the Internet; making conversations in various situations including speaking in the public; giving oral presentations and making simulations; writing essays in various types using citations and references; practicing sub-skills such as grammar; pronunciation; and vocabulary used in appropriate contexts |
Prerequisite: - Principles and components of the TOEIC examination; the necessary English language skills for test preparation covering listening; reading; and writing leading to greater precision; fluency and a higher proficiency; information technology for vocabulary enhancement |
Prerequisite: - Advanced contents and principles to maximize the students’ competency for the TOEIC examination through the essential techniques covering listening; reading; and writing with great precision and high proficiency |
Prerequisite: LAEN 103 and LAEN 104 Principles and components of the TOEFL-iBT examination; necessary English language skills; namely; listening; speaking; reading; and writing; integrated skills; workshops to prepare for the TOEFL-iBT examination with accuracy; fluency and higher proficiency; opportunities of critical thinking skills and information technology skills for vocabulary enhancement |
Prerequisite: LAEN 105 and LAEN 106 Advanced preparatory for the TOEFL-iBT examination; maximizing necessary English language skills; namely; listening; speaking; reading; and writing; the integrated skills; empowering the students with greatest precision and highest proficiency; tackling with the exam and enhancing their critical and analytical thinking skills; opportunities for advanced information technology skills and exams analysis skills |
Prerequisite: - Principles and components of the examination; necessary English language skills for test preparation such as speaking; listening; reading; and writing leading to greater precision; fluency and a higher proficiency; information technology assistance for critical and analytical skill development; language use in different situations and context; vocabulary enhancement and examination preparation |
Prerequisite: - Covering English for students to prepare for the IELTS examination; including the practices of the English skills of listening; speaking; reading; and writing; covering the English vocabularies; grammar; and other integrated skills and soft skills (information technology; analytical; and critical thinking) with the contents in width and depth at the BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) and CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) levels with the IT aids |
Prerequisite: - Korean alphabet (Hangeul); consonant phonemes; vowel phonemes; syllabic structures; vocabularies; grammatical rules; basic Korean sentences essential in daily life; and Korean cultures |
Prerequisite: - Pronunciation of standard Chinese consonants; vowels and tones; Mandarin Chinese phonetics Pinyin Romanization; Chinese listening; speaking; reading and writing skills used in the context of daily life including 500 Chinese words |
Prerequisite: - Elementary vocabulary and grammar of French, practicing in basic language use: listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, focusing on everyday language use |
3. Science and Mathematics Courses
Prerequisite: - Concepts of data collections; types of data; presentations of quantitative data; Using appropriate methods and tools for the data analysis; conclusions and discussions in order to make decisions in solving problems using principles of statistics |
B. Core Courses
1. Foundation of Professional Education Courses
Prerequisite: - Health policies; strategies; the health insurance system at the national and international levels; global and national health situations; issues and trends; determinants of health; concepts of the health promotion; strategies of the health promotion; the health promotion for health behaviors; the nutritional health promotion; communication and the mental health promotion; digital health promotion innovations in all life span |
Prerequisite: - Dysfunction of the nervous system; the endocrine system; the immune system; the circulatory system; the respiratory system; the urinary system; the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary system; pancreas that may cause diseases of a system or multisystems; impacting the physical balance disturbance of homeostasis; tumors of body systems |
Prerequisite: - The foundation of pharmacokinetic; pharmacodynamics; mediators in pharmacology; pharmacology and the basic clinical use of respiratory drugs; cardiovascular drugs; neurological drugs; gastroenterological drugs; endocrine drugs; dermatological drugs; analgesics; antipyretics; anti-inflammatory drugs; the drugs use in gout; skeletal muscle relaxants; reproductive drugs; antimicrobial drugs; anticancer drugs; immunosuppressive drugs; supplemental vitamins and minerals; principles of the medication administration and concepts of the rational drug use for all ages |
Prerequisite: - The basic concept of living cells; organs and systems of the human body; emphasizinaong the relationship of human structures and functions utilizing human skeletons and cadavers in the laboratory study |
Prerequisite: - Introduction to the basic principle of immunology, microbiology and parasitology including morphology and growth of microorganisms and parasites; methods of microbial genes transfer and drug resistant genes transfer; role of microorganisms in nature; pathogenicity of microorganisms; host immune responses; medically important parasites; basic laboratory tests to detect microorganisms, virus, and parasites |
Prerequisite: - Structures and functions of 4 biomolecules, carbohydrate, lipid, proteins, nucleic acid; metabolic processes and regulation of metabolic pathways of 4 biomolecules; flow of genetic information and gene regulation; DNA technology; role of biomolecules in normal physiological systems; some medical applications |
2. Professional Education Courses
2.1 Theory
Prerequisite: - The evolution of nursing sciences; concepts and nursing theories; nursing professionals; nursing principles and skills; demonstrate and practice physical examination; practice analyzing health information; practice diagnosing health problems; from children to the elderly in normal and abnormal conditions; including physical and psychological aspects; person-centered approach; concerns of safety; patient's rights; and the professional code of ethics |
Prerequisite: - Principles and basic nursing procedures related to daily activities; therapeutic nursing care for dependent patients and older persons; including vital signs; the medication administration; the wound care; position; the universal precaution control; communication for caring and health promotion techniques; safety of patients; nurses and the environment; using the nursing process; considering the cultural diversity; patients’ rights; and the code of professional ethics |
Prerequisite: NSID 227 Principles and fundamental nursing for the hygiene and daily routine care in acute and critical patients, the basic nursing care of patients with health problems in the respiratory system; the cardiovascular system; the gastrointestinal system; the urological system and infection, the drug administration in the hospital, admission and discharge, applying fundamental nursing knowledge considering safety; the cultural diversity; patients’ rights and professional ethics |
Prerequisite: NSID 110 Significance of the nursing research; nursing evidences; and the routine to research; research method-ology; research design; research measurement; research statistics; research ethics; academic dishonesty; the process of the evidence-based practice; the routine to research development in the nursing practice |
Prerequisite: NSID 111 Concepts of ethics and the code of conduct in the nursings profession; concepts of law regarding the nursing profession; rights and responsibilities of nurses; rights of patients; ethical and law issues in the nursing profession |
Prerequisite: NSID 227 Conceptual of nursing the elderly; attitudes; code of professional ethics; patients’ rights; theories of aging; the aging process; the drug administration; the comprehensive geriatric assessment; health promotions; health preventions; common health problems; chronic illnesses; rehabilitation; the continuing care; the palliative care; the end of life care and coordination with the multidisciplinary; disciplines; families and communities in takings care of the elderly |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Children health’s policy; children’s rights; children’s health situations in Thailand; the health assessment; the growth development; nutrition; prevention of accidents by age; nursing care for children from birth through adolescence with illness in the gastro intestinal system; the respiratory system; the cardiovascular system; the urological system; the endocrine system; the neurological system; the hematological system; cancer in children; infectious diseases; children undergoing surgery; and the pain management based on the concept of the family-centered care covering the acute; rational drug use; chronic and the end of life phrase based on the critical thinking process |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Roles and functions of nurses in history taking; physical examinations; laboratory examinations and interpretations; the differential diagnosis; the primary treatment due to health problems; triage and emergency care; the rational drug use; referring; concerning law, the code of ethics and professional the conducts |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 The nursing care for women during the preconception; prenatal; intrapartum and postpartum periods; the premarital and preconception counseling; infertility; family planning; the fetal development; physio-psychosocial changes during the pregnancy; labor; and postpartum periods; the standard antenatal care; preparations for childbirth; the labour process; attending during the labor; the newborn care; promoting parenting roles and the family relationship; trend and legal issues related to the maternal-newborn nursing and midwifery |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Nursing care of adult and elderly patients with health problems in acute; critical; and chronic stages among respiratory system; cardiovascular system; hematological system; integumentary system; immunological system; in-fection; neurological system; urological system; fluid, electrolyte and acid base balance; gastroenterological system; endocrine system; cancer; end of life care; and palliative care by applying nursing process and empirical evidence to health care; health promotion; complication prevention; rehabilitation; mitigation health-threatening problems and enhancing the proficiency in holistic health care of patient; family or caregiver based on patient safety; rational drug use; patient rights; morality; ethics; professional ethic; and law |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 The nursing care of adults and geriatric patients with health problems in the cardiovascular and thoracic systems; the fluid electrolyte and the acid-base system; the urological system; the gastrointestinal system; the endocrine system and breast; the reproductive system; eyes ears nose and throat systems; the neurological system; and the musculoskeletal system with the surgical treatment in pre-operative, operative and post-operative phases; the emergency care nursing and the nursing care of the life-threatening condition in trauma and critical patients; and the nursing care promoting recovery and discharge planning using the patient centered care and evidence-based practices |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 The health policy; nursing leadership; nursing care teams; the health situation analysis; the resources management; networking and public assistance resources; the nursing management; the quality improvement in nursing; monitoring and evaluating outcomes of the nursing management in the primary care and healthcare facilities |
Prerequisite: - Basic principles of mental health and psychiatric nursing; theories of psychological development, promoting the development, mental health and the prevention of mental health problems; theories of mental illness and psychiatric interventions; rational drug use; the nursing care for individuals with psychiatric illnesses across the lifespan in both acute and chronic phases; the discharge planning, and continuing care in communities; the nursing process and the empirical evidence utilization; safety; patients’ rights; the mental health act; ethics and the professional code of ethics |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Concepts of the community health nursing; the public the health system; health development plan; public health innovations; epidemiology; the eaning healthy individuals and families including risk factors and diseases; eaning aggregated populations; school health; environmental health; occupational health; the disaster management in the community; clinical communication with patients; relatives and health teams; evaluating and using appropriate resources for each patient; related law, and professional code of ethics |
Prerequisite: NSOG 306 The holistic nursing care of childbearing women and newborns at risk with medical/surgical/obstetrical complications during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods; including the nursing care management of the induction of labor; operative vaginal/abdominal deliveries; and obstetrical emergencies; the integrative care management using evidence-based practice guidelines; the rational drug use and the neonatal resuscitation |
2.2 Practicum
Prerequisite: NSID 227 The nursing practicum focusing on the holistic care; health promotions; health preventions; chronic illness and rehabilitation for healthy aging; risk aging; and common geriatric syndromes including the continuing care; the palliative care and coordination with the multidisciplinary; family, community for older persons; applying the concept of gerontological nursing; sciences and the evidence based practice concerning patients’ rights and the professional code of ethics |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Practicing the holistic family-centered care for infants; children and adolescents both wellness and illness in the gastro intestinal system, the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, the urological system, the endocrine system, the neurological system, the hematological system; cancer in children; infectious disease, children undergoing the surgery; and the pain management covering acute, chronic, the end of life phrases and continuing care based on the critical thinking process; patients’ rights; safety; rational drug use; the professional code and ethics |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 The medical nursing practice as professional standards in adults and older persons with health problems in the respiratory, cardiovascular, hematology, blood circulation, neurological, gastrointestinal, hepa-to-biliary, pancreas, endocrine, immunology, dermatological, urological systems; infection, water electro-lytes, acid-base imbalance, and oncology in acute, critical, and chronic situations with the medical treatment and advanced technological procedures; applied knowledge; health digital technology; the integration of nursing theories; science related; and evidence-based concepts for the holistic nursing incorporation of care; health promotion, complication prevention, rehabilitation promotion to resolve the threatening health problems; and the nutritional promotion; palliative care considering patients’ safety; rational drug use; patients’ rights; virtue, code of professional ethics, and professional law |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 The nursing practice in adults and geriatric patients with health problems in: the cardiovascular and thoracic system; the fluid electrolyte and acid-base system; the urological system; the gastrointestinal system; the endocrine system and breast; the reproductive system; eyes, ears, nose and throat systems; the neurological system; and the musculoskeletal system with the surgical treatment in pre-operative, operative and post-operative phase; the emergency care nursing and the nursing care of the life-threatening condition in trauma and critical patients; and the nursing care promoting recovery and discharge planning using patient centered care and evidence-based practices |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Practicing for history taking; physical examinations; checking and interpreting laboratory results; diagnosies; treatments for primary diseases according to various health problems of the body systems and primary treatments in emergency illnesses; the rational drug use; writing reports; providing appropriate advice; referring; concerning law; the code of ethics and the professional conduct |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Practicing maternal and newborn nursing during prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum periods and referral in case of the high risk; attending and conducting the normal delivery case; the maternal–newborn relationship concerning the holistic care; the cultural diversity and rational drug use based on moral, ethical, regal, and the code of professional ethics |
Prerequisite: NSID 230 Applying the innovation process; the innovative design process and prototype; developing clinical/community innovations for solving health problems and improving the nursing quality; presentations of innovations in the form of the innovation business contest |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 The practicum of leadership skills and the healthcare management; the health situation analysis; healthcare project developing and the nursing quality improvement; assignment; communicating and coordinating; networking and public assistance resources; resources management; and monitoring and evaluating outcomes of the nursing management in the primary care and healthcare facilities |
Prerequisite: NSID 495 The clinical practice as the professional nurse role in the selected clinic; the inter-professional health care teamwork; the integrative nursing and relevant sciences; the evidence-based practice; rational drug use; patient-centered care; consideration of patients’ rights,scope, regulations, professional ethics |
Prerequisite: - The practicum promotion of mental health; the prevention of mental health problems and mental health illness; the nursing care for individuals with psychiatric illnesses across the lifespan in both acute and chronic phases, the discharge planning, rehabilitation; the nursing process and empirical evidence utilization; rational drug use; safety, Patients’ rights, the mental health act, ethics and professional code of ethics |
Prerequisite: NSID 228 Practicing health care for individuals and families in communities; normal group, risk group, and patient group; the clinical communication with patients; caregivers and health care teams; evaluating and using technology and resource appropriately in patients and families; the code of ethics and professional conduct |
Prerequisite: NSOG 385 The nursing practice with the holistic care for pregnant women and newborns having risk; complications; or the obstetric emergency during prenatal intrapartum and postpartum periods; receiving the induction of labor or the operative vaginal delivery; attending and delivering for the normal pregnancy; the basic neonatal resuscitation; and referral concerning the cultural diversity and the rational drug use based on morality, ethics, law, and the code of professional ethics |
3. Elective Courses
Prerequisite: - The nature of mind; stress affecting thoughts; emotions; and behaviors; attitudes and roles of counselors; the therapeutic relationship; communication skills; counseling process; techniques of counseling; the digital technology and counseling; and the individual counseling practice for the healthy mind |
Prerequisite: - The process and skills for the personal development; the ultimate goal of life. Fundamental Buddhist teachings; understanding of the Dhamma; ones that should be relinquished; and ones that should be cultivated and practiced; spiritual awakening, growth, and well-being |
Prerequisite: - Principles of the sexuality development; sexual health; sexual roles and gender rights; the sexual relationship; society and culture; gender diversity; appropriate sexual lifestyles; management skills in sexual problem situations; critical thinking in sexual health; positive communication about sexuality; positive attitudes about sexuality |
Prerequisite: - Concepts of the transcultural health care; cultural competence; factors and issues on the transcultural health care; concepts of the interprofessional health care practice; roles, duties, and responsibilities, communication, teamwork; health care planning for culturally diverse clients by the interprofessional health care team |
Prerequisite: - Concepts of the transcultural health care, cultural competence; factors and issues on the transcultural health care; concepts of the interprofessional health care practice; roles, duties, and responsibilities; communication, teamwork, health care planning for culturally diverse clients by the interprofessional health care team |
Prerequisite: - Basic concepts of culture and health; concepts of human rights and equality; cross cultural communication, roles of cultures and the ethnic heritage importing health and illness of individuals; family, and society, health beliefs and health care behaviors in individuals; families; and society under the cultural diversity; the nursing care among the cultural diversity |
Prerequisite: - An introduction to the science of safety; how it relates to problems with patient safety in the health care system; role of individuals and inter-professional health care team in problem-solving; team work; inter-professional project planning for improving patient safety |
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