COURSES
ENGLISH 1050
Summer 2022
Students will grow academic-writing skills, becoming familiar with various sources, preparing students to communicate effectively by researching, organizing, writing, and editing. Students are oriented toward writing for an academic/professional audience, with a strong emphasis on APA format, style, and thesis creation. Students will hone skills of summarizing in preparation for next-level course (ENGL 1050). Students will begin creating midwifery-specific documents such as a resume and professional presentations. Course emphasizes peer-review partnering and giving/receiving feedback on academic writing and APA.
MIDWIFERY 1050
Fall 2022
This course helps student midwives prepare to become efficient, trustworthy, and competent assistants. It is designed to give students an understanding of the requirements and duties of a midwife's assistant. After having completed this course, students will be prepared with the theoretical background necessary for their clinical practicum. Students will understand the scope and principles of general skills used in a prenatal setting and will explore the role of the assistant through case studies.
BIOLOGY 1050
Summer 2022
This course covers pelvic bones, joints, ligaments and classifications, musculature of pelvic floor and perineum, fetal skull, fetopelvic relationships, reproductive organs, the reproductive cycle, natural child spacing, fertilization and early development, fetal circulation, and the female urinary tract.
MIDWIFERY 1030
Summer 2022
Students will learn about the historical and cultural background of human lactation, anatomy and physiology of lactation, human milk and the infant, the infant feeding process, and possible problems.
SOCIOLOGY 1010
Summer 2022
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the foundational concepts of equity, anti-oppression, and cultural humility in midwifery care, and to engage critical learning of how difference, power, discrimination, and privilege intersect to produce documented disparities in perinatal health outcomes and practices in the United States. Students will have the opportunity to study and explore three broad areas of cultural humility, equity and (anti)oppression practices, and their impact on maternity care through historical and current sociopolitical frameworks: 1) Social identities, racism, and privilege; 2) Health disparities, inequities, and inequalities; and 3) Cultural humility and equity care models. Collectively, students will acquire foundational skills necessary for the provision of culturally safe care and the actualization of anti-oppression midwifery professional practices—in commitment to access and equity in perinatal health for all childbearing persons.
COMMUNICATIONS 1010
Summer 2022
This course explores the way in which we think about and see others (mindset), and our ability to develop and maintain the free flow of information (dialogue) is fundamental to effectiveness, productivity, and satisfaction in our work environments, the communities we live and serve in, and our intimate relationships. Students will learn the models, tools, and skills to engage in an “Outward Mindset,” and successfully navigate “Crucial Conversations” in work and private life.
MIDWIFERY 1010
Winter 2021
This course will provide the learner with a foundational understanding of childbirth as a human right. Students will examine models of care that work, diving deeply into understanding the Medical Model and the four tenets of the Midwifery Model of Care. The current care system will be examined for its flaws with an eye toward effective change with a focus on the safety of out-of-hospital birth. Students will interact with local midwives and OB/Dr.’s and begin to build relationships within their community. Disparities in childbirth will be explored and students will emerge from this course understanding the power, value and importance of access to midwifery care for all who choose this maternity care option.
MATH 1010
Winter 2021
This course teaches basic math skills to enable the midwife to make correct calculations and interpret data.
ENGLISH 1010
Winter 2021
Students will grow academic-writing skills, becoming familiar with various sources, preparing students to communicate effectively by researching, organizing, writing, and editing. Students are oriented toward writing for an academic/professional audience, with a strong emphasis on APA format, style, and thesis creation. Students will hone skills of summarizing in preparation for next-level course (ENGL 1050). Students will begin creating midwifery-specific documents such as a resume and professional presentations. Course emphasizes peer-review partnering and giving/receiving feedback on academic writing and APA.
BOTANY 1010
Winter 2021
This course will guide aspiring midwives in acquiring knowledge and experience in the herbal healing arts for people in the childbearing year. Incorporating texts rich with applicable knowledge, students will apply their studies to hands on experience incorporating fieldwork in identifying, harvesting & preserving plants, creating multiple herbal remedies, growing plants, taking herbal walks, creating a resource of plant profiles, exploring herbal applications for midwifery practice and culminating in a final project that fits the student’s pathway.
HISTORY 1010
Fall 2021
The purpose of this course is to give students an overview of the history of midwifery, from ancient times through the present
HEALTH 1010
Fall 2021
This course is intended to be an introduction-level class covering basic word structure; suffixes, prefixes and terminology associated with the prenatal period, labor and birth, postpartum and the newborn. Additionally, charting guidelines and rules will be examined and applied with specific focus on applications for the childbearing year.
BIOLOGY 1010
Fall 2021
This course aims to acquaint students with basic human biology and the human body's major anatomical systems. Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology is an indispensable component of midwifery training. This course covers the identification and essential functions of various body systems including the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic and immune, respiratory, digestive, and urinary systems. There is also a discussion on how pregnancy affects these body systems.