Courses

• PDP DA 340: Modern Dance, High Intermediate
  Prereq: PDP DA 240 or previous experience. A technique course designed to enhance the experienced dancer's kinesthetic awareness and performance capabilities.
• PDP DA 370: Tap Dance, High Intermediate
  Prereq: PDP DA 270 or previous tap experience. Course develops students technical skills and performance capabilities.
• PDP DA 380: Jazz Funk, High Intermediate
  Prereq: PDP DA 280 or the equivalent. Practice in the fast, dynamic jazz dance style associated with Broadway, hip-hop, and dance video with an emphasis on style and sound anatomical technique. Students must be at the intermediate/advanced level and be ready for a workout.
• PDP DA 400: Repertory and Performance
  Prereq: Previous dance training and the instructor's consent. Students are part of the choreographic process as faculty members create or rework pieces. Dances are performed in a Dance Theatre Group concert.
• PDP ER 100: Basic First Aid
  This course teaches basic treatment and care for a variety of injuries and sudden illnesses. Topics include but are not limited to bandaging, splinting, and wound care. Those who complete the class will be certified in Standard First Aid for two years. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 110: Pediatric First Aid
  This 5 hour course teaches basic assessment and treatment for a variety of injuries and sudden illness that occur to children and infants. Topics include but are not limited to sudden illnesses, splinting, and wound care. Those who pass a written exam become certified in Pediatric First Aid for two years. Class fee includes required texts.
• PDP ER 150: Community CPR
  This course trains students in the lifesaving skills used in respiratory and cardiac emergencies. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for adults, children, and infants is taught through lectures, readings, and video, then reinforced through practice on manikins. Those who complete the classs will be certified in Layperson CPR for two years.Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 171: Sports 1st aid
  This course is designed to teach coaches and athletes how to identify and minimize hazardous conditions and to recognize and treat emergencies until medical help arrives. Sports safety and first aid skills are taught with a combination of lectures, video and discussion and then reinforced with hands on practice. Students who pass the written exam earn a two-year certification in Sports First Aid and Injury Prevention.
• PDP ER 180: Pet CPR and First Aid
  This course trains individuals in the skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care in pet emergencies. CPR and first aid skills for dogs and cats are emphasized through lectures, readings, and video, and then reinforced through hands-on practice on manikins. Topics include but are not limited to choking, medical emergencies, and care for injuries. Those who complete the course will be certified in Pet First Aid/CPR for two years. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 210: Wilderness First Aid
  Prereq: Adult CPR and standard first aid. An intermediate first aid course designed for anyone who spends leisure time where medical care is an hour or more away. Students learn how to recognize and treat illnesses and injuries encountered in remote locations. Those who pass a written exam and complete the course requirements earn a two year certification in Wilderness First Aid. Class fee includes the required text.
• PDP ER 250: CPR for Healthcare Provider
  Students learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for adults, children, and infants using a resuscitation mask, bag-valve mask, and automatic external defibrillator,(AED) as well as more advanced techniques for special rescue situations. This class is equivalent to Basic Life Support (BLS) for the Healthcare Provider. Those who pass a written exam and complete the course requirements earn a two-year certification in CPR for the Healthcare Provider. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 300: Advanced First Aid
  Prereq: Intermediate First Aid. This course increases the rescuer's knowledge of first aid and emergency care. Topics include face, chest, and abdominal trauma, advanced medical emergencies, childbirth, and pediatric and geriatric emergencies. Upon successful completion of all practical skills and written exam, students will be certified in Advanced First Aid for 3 years. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 301: First Responder
  This ourse prepares students to manage most medical emergencies including but not limited to: respiratory and cardiac emergencies, spinal and head injuries, poisoning and overdose, shock, trauma, sudden illness, childbirth, and more. Students who attend all class sessions and pass both written and practical skill course requirements earn a two-year certification in First Responder. This class fulfills the first responder training requirement mandated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 350: CPR and First Aid Instructor
  Prereq: Community CPR, AED, and First Aid Certification. This class certifies individuals to teach Adult, Child, and Infant CPR with AED, as well as Basic First Aid for the Emergency Care and Safety Institute, National Safety Council, American Red Cross or American Heart Association. Class fee includes required texts.
• PDP ER 400: Emergency Medical Technician
  This 140+ EMT course prepares students to take the written and practical EMT exams issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the National Registry of EMT's. Students learn all aspects of pre-hospital emergency care for injuries and illnesses, as well as practice patient assessment and emergecny procedures. Emergency room and ambulance observations are additional components of the course. There are no course prerequisites, but students must attend all class sessions and pass written and practical exams. Class fee includes required texts and CPR training.
• PDP ER 405: EMT-B Refresher
  Prereq: Emergency Medical Technician. The EMT Refresher is a continuing education training course required for EMT recertification. All topics of pre-hospital emergency medicine are discussed and reviewed as well as changes in state protocol. Knowledge and skills are tested at the conclusion of the course.
• PDP ER 410: International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
  Prereq: First Responder or Emergency Medical Technician Certification. International Trauma Life Support for the EMT-B and First Responder is a hands-on continuing education training course offering basic EMS personnel complete training in the skills necessary for rapid assesment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transportation of trauma patients. The course is designed for providers performing initial evaluation and stabilization of the trauma patients. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 422: Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS)
  Prereq: First Responder or Emergency Medical Technician. This course is designed to equip the provider to identify a pediatric victim at risk of severe cardiopulmonary distress, intervene early to stabilize the child and contact the next level of care early. PEARS is a video-based, instructor-led pediatric course designed to prepare healthcare providers and first responders who infrequently see ciritically ill children to initiate and manage the first few minutes of a pediatric arrest or prevent the arrest of a pediatric victim. This class is intended for healthcare providers and first responders who are not required to have Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) credentials but who might encounter pediatric patients in the course of their work, such as physicians, nurses, prehospital providers, in-hospital providers outside of critical-care areas, outpatient clinical staff and school-based providers. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP ER 430: Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services (GEMS)
  Prereq: First Responder or Emergency Medical Technician. Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services is a continuing education training course developed by the American Geriatric Society and the National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators. GEMS is an exciting curriculum designed specifically to help EMS providers address all of the special needs of the older population. GEMS represents the most credible and complete source of prehospital medical information for older adults. Class fee includes required text.
• PDP FT 102: Condition and Tone
  Designed to enhance upper and lower body muscle tone. Includes a warm-up stretching phase, and intensive floor work.