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MUED 3340:Music for Early and Middle Grades 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education program.
A course designed for preparing elementary school educators to integrate meaningful musical experiences into the classroom. Prospective elementary classroom educators will develop basic concepts, skills, methods of instruction, and teaching competencies in the specific areas of music.
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MUED 3351:String Techniques 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
This course provides basic teaching and playing competencies on violin, viola, cello and bass. Students learn technical skills on the instrument and a variety of pedagogical strategies to be used while teaching in a group or individual setting. Students gain the ability to correctly sequence teaching episodes and diagnose and correct common problems in upper-level string playing.
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MUED 3352:String Techniques Class II 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
This course provides basic teaching and playing competencies on cello and/or double bass. Students learn technical skills on the instrument and a variety of pedagogical strategies to be used while teaching in a group or individual setting. Students gain the ability to correctly sequence teaching episodes and will be able to diagnose and correct common problems in lower string playing.
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MUED 3353:Guitar Techniques Class 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument Techniques are REQUIRED for all music education majors. They are taken by advisement according to track and concentration. Guitar Techniques Class provides for basic teaching and playing competencies on guitar.
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MUED 3355:Voice Techniques Class 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major
Instrument Techniques are REQUIRED for all music education majors. They are taken by advisement according to track and concentration. Voice Techniques Class provides for basic teaching competency and basic vocal technique in the area of voice.
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MUED 3357:Percussion Techniques Class 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument Techniques are required for all music education majors. They are taken by advisement according to track and concentration. Percussion Techniques Class provides for basic teaching competency in the area of percussion instruments.
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MUED 3360:(Name of Instrument) Techniques 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument Techniques are required for all music education majors. They are taken by advisement and provide for the necessary competencies in each of the music education track specializations.
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MUED 3361:Brass Techniques 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrumental techniques are required for all music education majors, and taken by advisement according to concentration. Brass Techniques Class provides basic teaching and playing competency on trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba.
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MUED 3362:Brass Techniques Class II 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument techniques are required for all music education majors. They are taken by advisement according to concentration. Brass Techniques Class II provides for basic teaching and playing competency on trombone, euphonium and tuba.
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MUED 3363:Brass Techniques Class III 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major and have the permission of the instructor.
Advanced Techniques in Brass Instrumental pedagogy and performance competency.
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MUED 3365:Woodwind Techniques Class I 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument Techniques are required for all music education majors. They are taken by advisement according to concentration. Woodwind Techniques Class I provides for basic teaching and playing competency on clarinet and saxophone.
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MUED 3366:Woodwind Techniques Class II 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument Techniques are required for all music education majors. They are taken by advisement according to concentration. Woodwind Techniques Class II provides for basic teaching and playing competency on flute and oboe.
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MUED 3367:Woodwind Techniques Class III 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major and have the permission of the instructor.
Advanced Techniques in Woodwind instrumental pedagogy and performance competency.
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MUED 3370:Marching Band Techniques 0 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
This course provides a practicum in budgeting, organizing, parent groups, rehearsing, planning, and performance of a marching band program at the high school level. Drill software will be used to facilitate the creation of formations, transitions, and overall design of marching band shows.
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MUED 3371:Brass/Woodwind/Percussion Techniques 1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument Techniques are required by all music education majors and taken by advisement according to concentration. Brass/Woodwind/Percussion Techniques provides a semester overview, including pedagogical principles designed for Choral, General, Guitar, and Piano Majors.
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MUED 3372:Strings/Guitar Techniques 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must be a fully admitted music major.
Instrument Techniques are required by all music education majors. They are taken by advisement according to track and concentration. Strings/Guitar Techniques provides a split-semester overview, including pedagogical principals designed for Choral, General, and Piano Concentration (not Instrumental, Guitar or String.)
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MUED 3396:Cooperative Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the coordinator of cooperative education/internship (Career Services).
A supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a site in business, industry or government. For sophomore-, junior-, or senior-level students who wish to obtain successive on the job experience in conjunction with their academic training.
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MUED 3398:Internship 1-12 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Previous baccalaureate degree, acceptance into the Teacher Education program, and approval of music education program coordinator.
Full-time teaching experience in a work setting, supervised by music education faculty. Student must comply with requirements indicated by the Center for Education Placements and Partnerships of the Bagwell College of Education. The student attends regularly scheduled team-taught music education seminars.
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MUED 4000:Advanced Pedagogy and Arranging 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Teacher Education program.
Students will gain advanced skills in diagnosing and correcting pedagogical issues appropriate for secondary music students. Students will learn to utilize appropriate technology and skills to arrange music for developmental students.
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MUED 4400:Directed Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor, major area committee, and director of the School of Music prior to registration.
Selected topics of an advanced nature, which may include original research topics.
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MUED 4470:Student Teaching/Seminar 12 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Student Teaching and successful completion of senior recital.
Full-time teaching experience in music education with a designated school district, under the supervision of a cooperating teacher in the field, and a university supervisor. The student must have approval from the School of Music and the Center for Education Placements and Partnerships. The student attends a regularly scheduled team-taught music education seminar.
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MUED 4490:Special Topics in Music Education 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and Director of School of Music prior to registration.
Selected special topics in music education, which are consistent with research, curriculum, and/or creative practices.
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MUED 4650:Yearlong Clinical Experience I 0 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Music Education Admission to Teacher Education Admission to Yearlong Clinical Experience Issued Pre-service Certificate Corequisite: EDUC 4610
This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive coteaching yearlong clinical experience in music education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This course includes regularly scheduled professional seminars. Proof of liability insurance is required.
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MUED 4660:Yearlong Clinical Experience II 0 Class Hours 40 Laboratory Hours 10 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MUED 4650 , Educator Ethics Assessment 360 Eligibility, and GACE Eligibility
This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in music education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This course includes regularly scheduled professional seminars. Proof of liability insurance is required.
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NURS 3209:Theoretical Basis for Holistic Nursing & Health 4 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BIOL 3317 (may be taken concurrently). Corequisite: NURS 3309
The first nursing course is designed to introduce the student to the philosophical and theoretical basis for professional nursing in primary and secondary care settings. The student is encouraged to be self-assessing, self caring, and self directive. Emphasis is on the six processes of nursing, self care requisites, and holistic health. Learning experiences are provided in the Nursing Learning Resource Center, KSU’s Wellness Center and selected primary and secondary care settings.
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NURS 3302:Professionalism and Ethics in Nursing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209 , NURS 3309 and BIOL 3317 Corequisite: NURS 3303 and NURS 3313
Students analyze historical, contemporary, and global perspectives on the role of nursing in society, and on professional nursing roles within the context of contemporary health care delivery systems. Primary emphasis is on the ethical and legal foundations of nursing, including exploration of common ethical and legal dilemmas encountered at the beginning and end of life, as well as in everyday nursing encounters. In addition, students develop communication skills essential to collegial nursing practice and to collaborative roles within interdisciplinary health care teams. Students apply and critique selected models of ethical decision-making, and explore their utility for nursing practice and for assuming responsibility and accountability for nursings’ ethic of care and commitment to client advocacy.
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NURS 3303:Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209 or registered nurse status.
An introduction to fundamental pharmacologic principles and their application. The nursing process approach will provide the theoretical base for the knowledge and skills needed to safely administer medications.
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NURS 3309:Health Assessment 2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BIOL 2261 Corequisite: NURS 3209
Introduction to basic interviewing and physical assessment techniques involved in the process of health assessment of clients. Emphasis is placed on recognition of normal findings, and common deviations association with pathologies.
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NURS 3313:Adult Health Nursing 3 Class Hours 9 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209 , NURS 3309 and BIOL 3317 Corequisite: NURS 3302 and NURS 3303
Application of the processes of nursing to commonly encountered problems of middle-aged and elderly adults.
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NURS 3314:Mental Health Nursing 2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209 , NURS 3302 (or concurrent with accelerated program status), NURS 3303 (or concurrent with accelerated program status), NURS 3309 , NURS 3313 , (or concurrent with accelerated program status), and BIOL 3317
Application of the processes of nursing to commonly encountered mental health problems across the lifespan.
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NURS 3318:Parent-Child Nursing 3 Class Hours 9 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209 , NURS 3302 , NURS 3313 , NURS 3303 , and BIOL 3317
Application of the processes of nursing to commonly encountered problems of young adults in the childbearing years, and newborns, children, and adolescents.
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NURS 3330:Health Systems and Health Policy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHE 2100 or IHS 2100 or NURS 3209
This course provides an overview of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system, including its major characteristics, foundations, components, finance, and future; health policy development process; and the impact of health policy on health systems and population health.
Notes: This course is crosslisted with PHE 3330
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NURS 3396:Cooperative Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the department chair.
A supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a site in a health care agency. Work experience is combined with seminars conducted at intervals during the semester. For senior level students who wish to obtain on the job experience in conjunction with their academic program. Credit is allowed only in elective areas.
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NURS 3398:Internship in Health Care 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the department chair.
A supervised work experience program for one academic semester in a health care agency. Work experience is combined with seminars conducted at intervals during the semester. For students who wish to obtain on the job experience in conjunction with their academic program. Credit is allowed only in elective areas.
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NURS 4000:Service Learning in Nursing 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: 60 hours and permission of the instructor and department chair/program director.
A community activity which links learning to life by connecting meaningful community service activities with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility. Activity will be designed with the instructor and approved by the chair/program director.
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NURS 4400:Directed Study in Nursing 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
Selected topics external to regular course offerings, which may include original research projects.
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NURS 4402:Nursing Research for Evidence-based Practice 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209 (may be taken concurrently for accelerated students) and STAT 1401
This course prepares students to understand the role of research in evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare. Students learn to locate, appraise, and integrate reliable sources of evidence based on models of evidence-based practice as a scholarly endeavor.
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NURS 4404:Pediatric Specialty Nursing 1 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313 and NURS 3303
This elective course is designed to provide opportunities for students to better understand the multiple specialty roles of pediatric nursing in the acute and ambulatory settings. Through didactic material and clinical experiences, the student has the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the clinical skills needed for providing safe, family centered care in a variety of pediatric specialty sites.
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NURS 4412:Community Health Nursing 2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 5 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313 and NURS 3314 and NURS 3318
Application of the processes of nursing to commonly encountered health problems of families within the community.
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NURS 4414:Complex Health Nursing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313 , NURS 3314 , NURS 3318 (or concurrent with accelerated program status). Corequisite: NURS 4412 (except for accelerated students).
This course applies the processes of nursing to individual clients and their families. The focus is on individual clients who are experiencing complex health problems.
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NURS 4416:Leadership in Nursing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 4414
Designed to develop the leadership skills necessary for the beginning practice as a registered nurse. Focuses on the role of the nurse as part of the larger health care delivery system, with emphasis on the development of leadership and management skills useful in delivery of high quality, client focused care. Topics include client care/case management, budgetary management, development of teamwork, roles of health care providers and health care coordinators, integration of community health care systems, and health program development and evaluation.
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NURS 4417:Advanced Clinical Practicum 0 Class Hours 12 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 4412 and NURS 4414
Designed to provide a precepted clinical experience for the non-licensed and registered nurse student. Provides an opportunity to practice under the guidance and supervision of a preceptor, and assume the role of the professional nurse in a variety of settings. For the registered nurse student it provides an opportunity to practice in a new area or develop new clinical skills. The course focuses on the role of the professional nurse as care provider, communicator, teacher, leader and manager of care for a group of clients, and as a consumer of research that is applicable to individual clients and groups of clients. An appropriate clinical project demonstrates application of principles of nursing care and/or organizational development.
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NURS 4421:Acute Patient Deterioration 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior or senior status with successful completion of NURS 3313 or Registered Nurse status.
This course is designed to enhance students’ abilities to recognize and respond appropriately to common acute patient deterioration situations in a medical-surgical setting. Through delivery of didactic material, video vignettes, case studies, concept mapping, pattern recognition exercises, online web site tutorials, clinical narratives, simulation scenarios, and fieldwork, students will have the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the necessary actions to effectively and efficiently manage a crisis situation.
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NURS 4422:Women and Health 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
This course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of health issues affecting women across the life span. Women’s health issues and problems as they are influenced by physiological, psychological, economic, cultural, emotional and social factors will be reviewed. The course will focus on topics such as the politics of women’s health care, the reproductive system and its relation to the allopathic treatment of women, fertility control and reproductive alternatives. Issues of mental health, substance use and abuse, violence and aging will be examined.
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NURS 4423:International Health Policy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Completion of 60 hours or permission of the instructor.
Designed to serve a variety of students who are interested in international or global health policy issues. Beginning with an historical overview of global health, the course progresses through the developmental levels of countries and people, incorporating a macro and microanalysis, and considering cultural, social, economic, political, environmental, demographic, biological, technological and ethical issues which impact international health policy.
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NURS 4424:Advances in Cardiovascular Nursing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313 or Registered Nurse status.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with an in depth knowledge of cardiovascular nursing, including, assessment, diagnostic tests, complications and medical and nursing management. Students will be given an opportunity to participate in selective observational and simulated experiences related to cardiovascular problems.
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NURS 4425:Nursing as Caring 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior level or permission of the instructor.
Designed to explore the multiple perspectives of caring as the foundational science of nursing. Developing a personal meaning of caring will be emphasized as it relates to caring for self, caring for others, and caring as a member of the nursing profession.
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NURS 4426:Nursing Practicum in Oaxaca 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Sophomore nursing status plus one Spanish course or fluency in Spanish from any other source.
This course is designed for nursing students or practicing nurses to work within the Oaxaca, Mexico Department of Public Health Clinics, live with a local family, receive daily Spanish conversational tutoring from faculty from the University of Oaxaca, and learn about Spanish culture.
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NURS 4427:Laying the Foundations for Technological Competence 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313
Designed to promote technological familiarity in nursing with emphasis placed on the nursing management of clients with specialized equipment. Detailed in-services will be conducted at selected agencies.
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NURS 4428:Survivorship: The Cancer Model 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of faculty.
This course will introduce students to the growing phenomenon of cancer survivorship. Issues related to medical care, quality of life, economics, political influences, genetic implications, access to health care and adaptation for the cancer survivor will be explored. This is an elective course, which augments and enhances the basic oncology concepts of the curriculum, and exposes the student to new ways of thinking about cancer survivors.
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NURS 4429:Disaster/Emergency Preparedness 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313 or Registered Nurse status.
This course is designed to enhance emergency and disaster preparedness for students by providing knowledge and training in preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
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NURS 4430:Gerontological Nursing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3309
This course is designed to serve nursing students who are interested in the health care of the aging adult. The course, within the context of cultural perspectives, addresses the healthy aging process and health promotion strategies; pathophysiological aspects of aging and treatment regimes; and end of life issues.
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NURS 4431:Psychoneuroimmunology: Mind Body Pathways 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: One 3000-level Nursing course or permission of the instructor.
This course takes a novel approach to the interdisciplinary field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) by exploring research and providing practical applications that illustrate how stress over time may impact psychological and physical well-being. Students will be exposed to current PNI literature, experientially explore effects of stress and coping strategies, and participate in a PNI laboratory assignment. Topics will include, but are not limited to: Mind-Body Pathways; Stress and Illness; Metabolism, Growth, and Stress; Sleep and Stress; Coping and Stress Management.
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NURS 4432:Nursing in Faith Communities 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313 or Registered Nurse status.
This nursing elective provides a basic overview of the role and responsibilities of the nurse working in faith communities. The student will gain an understanding of meeting, managing, and promoting the health of persons in faith communities that address models of faith community nursing, diverse faith traditions, persons with special health care needs, legal and ethical issues, strategies and techniques to meet health and spiritual needs across the life span, and developing inter-collegial support systems.
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NURS 4433:Issues of Nursing Practice in a Multicultural Setting: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209 , NURS 3309 , and BIOL 3317
This seminar course focuses on aspects of providing nursing care to patients in a multicultural setting. Extensive experiential activities are designed to provide the student with opportunities for analysis of nursing care by licensed nurses from diverse backgrounds to a multicultural patient population. The experiential activities will occur in acute and community care settings in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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NURS 4434:Vulnerable Populations 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This elective nursing course focuses on aspects of providing health-related care and programs to vulnerable or at-risk populations. The course is a lecture-seminar with fieldwork activities designed to provide the student with in-depth knowledge of a specific vulnerable population of the student’s choice as well as a broad overview of many vulnerable populations.
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NURS 4435:Nursing Practicum in Italy 1 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209
This study abroad course takes place in Montepulciano, Italy. Students learn about Italian culture and healthcare. Teaching and learning strategies may include observational experiences in acute care hospitals and outpatient settings, Italian conversational language lessons, and guided tours of cultural sites.
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NURS 4436:Foundations for Perioperative Practice 1 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313
This course is designed to provide the student with a dynamic learning experience in a perioperative environment to enhance the knowledge, cognitive, and psychomotor skills to care for one or more patients undergoing operative or invasive procedures. The course addresses patient-centered care, patient safety, physiologic responses, and behavioral responses of the surgical patient and family. This course involves classroom didactic and clinical hours (simulation, skills, and clinical experience) in the perioperative setting.
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NURS 4438:Transforming Nursing Leadership 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3209
This course focuses on the use and understanding of nursing personal influence and power within organizational dynamics from environmental, psychological and relational perspectives. The dynamic relationship between nursing leadership, gender, power, knowledge, social forces and individual healthcare agency are explored. Students learn ways to create a shared collaborative nursing leadership vision within organizational culture.
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NURS 4440:Palliative and End of Life Care 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: NURS 3313 or Registered Nurse status.
This course is an exploration of the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and ethical issues surrounding care of persons in need of comfort, palliation, and excellent end-of-life care. The course employs the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium standards and guidelines as a framework for learning.
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NURS 4490:Special Topics in Nursing 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
Selected special or currents topics of general interest to nursing faculty and students
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PAX 1102:Understanding Peace and Conflict 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course explores conceptions and practices of peace and justice. Examining peace and justice from western and non-western perspectives, and through a variety of disciplinary frameworks, this course focuses on the diverse forms of peace and justice, as well as the social and cultural contexts that have been shaped by these perspectives.
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PAX 3100:Peace and Religion 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or PAX 1102
This course examines selected world religions and peace through an interdisciplinary lens. Drawing primarily on religious and philosophical resources and other cultural texts, the course analyzes the conduct of religions in peace work and religious ideas about peace and peacebuilding.
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PAX 3220:Peace and Film 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or PAX 1102
This course offers an interdisciplinary survey of international cinema’s use of film in peace work and the depiction of peace in film.
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PAX 3300:Peace and the Environment 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or PAX 1102
This course is a survey of some of the major figures, traditions and texts on the relationship between peace and the environment from Western and non-Western perspectives. The course also poses important questions such as “How can we make peace with the environment?” “What are the most challenging threats to the environment today?” and “How can we live harmoniously with the non-human world?”
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PAX 3600:Theories of Non-violence 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or PAX 1102
This course is a survey of the major figures and texts on the topic of non-violence from both Western and non-Western perspectives.
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PAX 3780:Trends in Peace Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1101
This course focuses on current issues, trends, and activism in the field of Peace Studies. The course is interdisciplinary and includes international content in English. Course may be repeated with a change in content.
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PAX 4000:Peacebuilding Methods 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or PAX 1102
This course covers the basic skills, tools, processes and frameworks required for effective peacebuilding across cultures. Students apply theoretical and practical knowledge of peace and peacebuilding to real life peacebuilding campaigns as they identify and execute fundamental techniques of non-violent activism.
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PAX 4400:Directed Study in Peace Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Directed Study in Peace Studies. Covers special topics and seminars of an advanced nature and external to regular course offerings.
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PAX 4490:Special Topics in Peace Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1101
A study of selected special topics of interest to faculty and students. Course may be repeated with a change in content.
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PAX 4499:Seminar in Peace Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHIL 3120 and completion of 60 credit hours.
A seminar course for the Peace Studies Minor that integrates students’ prior coursework with the field of peace studies. Working in a collaborative manner, students design their own capstone learning projects in consultation with faculty.
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PERS 2700:Perspectives on the World of Work 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course will examine trends in the workplace as they pertain to today’s undergraduates. Students will examine how “work” has evolved to become interdisciplinary, regionally and globally interconnected, technology-driven, and collaborative.
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Philosophy |
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PHIL 2010:Introduction to Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course is part of the General Education Program at Kennesaw State University. Drawing on texts from Western and non-Western philosophy, this course explores enduring questions such as the nature of the self, the existence of God, how we should live our lives, the nature of justice and a good society, the nature of reality, whether we are free or determined, and the meaning of life.
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PHIL 2100:Values and Society 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1101
The course is a philosophical examination of contemporary values and their place within society from a global perspective, focusing on issues of global inequality, cultural relativism, and the question of a global ethic.
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PHIL 2110:Religions of the World 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1101
The course is a study of selected world religions with concentration on the origin and major periods of the conceptual, scriptural, and doctrinal development of these religions. Some topics include the nature and identity of religious experience, hermeneutics, mysticism, religious practice, and the place of religion in contemporary society.
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PHIL 2200:Ways of Knowing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
A philosophical, critical examination of the different ways of knowing and thinking in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences including ethical and religious perspectives. Emphasis is on the nature and purpose of philosophical inquiry as applied to selected issues within philosophy and the broader implications of these methods and questions for other disciplines and in everyday contexts.
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PHIL 2500:Logic 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
The course is an introduction to deductive logic with focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of categorical propositions and syllogisms, truth function logic, the method of natural deduction, and predicate logic.
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PHIL 2700:Methods and Themes in Comparative Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1101
This course focuses on differing methods and conceptions of philosophical thought and practice articulated primarily in Non-Western traditions. Students develop skills in close reading of texts, analyzing concepts orally and in writing, and understanding the significance of historical/social contexts in the formation of philosophical traditions. Themes may address topics such as conceptions of reality, self, and society. Philosophies considered may include East Asian, South Asian, Latin American, African, Middle Eastern, and Indigenous.
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PHIL 3000:Ancient and Medieval Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a study of the topics, problems, and doctrines of ancient and medieval western philosophers including the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas.
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PHIL 3010:Modern Western Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a study of the topics, problems, and doctrines of modern western philosophers beginning with Descartes and concluding with Kant.
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PHIL 3020:American Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a study of major topics and philosophers in the United States from the colonial period through the twentieth century including Jefferson, Emerson, Royce, DuBois, James, and Dewey.
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PHIL 3030:Existentialism 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A study of Existentialism and Phenomenology including their historical roots in the nineteenth century, their major exponents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and their impact on philosophy, literature, and other academic disciplines.
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PHIL 3100:Ethics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a study of the major approaches to ethical thought and the applicability of these approaches to selected issues in the humanities, sciences, and professional areas including business, medicine, and education.
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PHIL 3110:Social and Political Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a survey of the foundational figures and texts in the history of social and political philosophy, with focus on the concepts of freedom, obligation, authority, power, legitimacy, and social differences in the formulation of the purpose and foundation of political society.
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PHIL 3120:Philosophies of Peace 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Philosophies of Peace introduces students to the texts, figures, movements, theories, and practices in the study of peace from western and non-western perspectives. Figures may include Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Thoreau. Selected topics include just war theory, positive and negative peace, nonviolence, and art and peace.
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PHIL 3130:Feminist Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a study of the main currents of feminist philosophy, including criticisms of traditional philosophical paradigms and new frameworks for approaching the diversity of human experience.
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PHIL 3200:Asian Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a survey of the major texts, figures, and schools in the philosophies of India, China, and Japan. Texts include the Vedas, Upanishands, Analects, and Zhuangzi. Major figures include Shankara, Patanjali, Confucius, Mencius, Dogen, and Nishida.
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PHIL 3210:Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course is a survey of the central concepts, themes, and figures of Latin American and Caribbean philosophy. Some of these figures may include: Enrique Dussel, Lewis Gordon, Frantz Fanon, Sylvia Wynter, Maria Lugones, and Jose Marti.
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PHIL 4000:Nineteenth Century Western Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a survey of post-Kantian thought in continental Europe and/or the Anglo-American world with focus on the concepts of critique, history, modernity, idealism, and the significance of the human sciences. Figures may include Mill, Hegel, and Marx.
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PHIL 4030:Phenomenology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course introduces students to a selection of major themes in phenomenology. Students reflect on the phenomenological method and critically examine the justifications phenomenologists give for their claims. The course also takes a comparative approach insofar as students will be encouraged to identify and explore parallels between different positions and practices (East and West) within a broadly speaking phenomenological framework.
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PHIL 4200:Indian Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a study of important texts, schools, and figures of the Indian philosophical and cultural tradition. Texts include the Vedsa, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, and Yoga Sutras. Figures include Buddha, Mahavira, Patanjali, Sankara, Ramakrishna, Aurobindo, and Gandhi.
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PHIL 4210:Chinese Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a study of the representative thinkers and schools in the Chinese philosophical and cultural tradition starting in the classical period. Important figures include Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Sunzi, and Huananzi.
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PHIL 4220:Japanese Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
The course is a survey of Japanese philosophical thought from ancient times to the present, including its cultural, religious, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions. While providing a broad overview of the development of Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism in the Japanese context, the course also examines the contributions of contemporary Japanese thinkers to world thought.
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PHIL 4400:Directed Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair prior to registration.
Special topics of an advanced nature not in the regular course offerings.
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PHIL 4450:Major Figures in Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: At least 60 earned credit hours
An in-depth examination of a major figure in western or non-western philosophy from the ancient to contemporary periods. Figures may include Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Patanjali, Dogen, Spinoza, Irigaray, Heidegger, and James. Course may be repeated if the course content is different.
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PHIL 4460:Major Themes in Philosophy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: At least 60 earned credit hours
An in-depth examination of a major theme in the history of philosophy. Topics may include time, justice, love and friendship, beauty, materialism, aesthetics, epistemology, and metaphysics.
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PHIL 4490:Special Topics in Philosophy 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A study of selected topics within philosophy.
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PHIL 4499:Senior Seminar 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Departmental Approval; PHIL 4450 or PHIL 4460
The course is a combined tutorial and seminar in which students research and write a senior thesis in addition to making a computer-based presentation in class.
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PHYS 1111:Introductory Physics I 4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 1113 or MATH 1190
This is an introductory algebra and trigonometry-based course on classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves. The student will be able to apply Newton’s laws and conservation of energy and momentum to various problems in kinematics and dynamics, use the law of universal gravitation to falling objects and orbital motion, describe simple harmonic motion, oscillations, and waves, and explain temperature, heat, and entropy.
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PHYS 1111L:Introductory Physics Laboratory I 0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Corequisite: PHYS 1111
PHYS 1111L is an introductory laboratory for the trigonometry-based course on classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves. The student will be able to apply Newton’s laws and conservation of energy and momentum to various problems in the laboratory, and perform measurements of simple harmonic motion, oscillations, waves, temperature, and basic fluid dynamics. The analysis of sources of error and formal propagation of uncertainties will also be developed.
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