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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Music - Applied

Composition Courses, and Pedagogy Courses — Course Work with Special Fees

Applied music encompasses the areas of instrumental and vocal performance requiring individual studio instruction. Other courses in music requiring highly specialized individual application such as composition and pedagogy are also taught through corresponding individual studio instruction. Studio instruction is offered in applied music performance courses for one (1) to two (2) hours of credit. Studio instruction is offered in composition for two (2) hours of credit and in pedagogy for three (3) hours of credit. Studio instruction is limited to music majors. A special fee will be charged for registration in applied music, composition, and pedagogy courses offered in a studio lesson format. The registration fee for one 50-minute private lesson per week is $150 per semester. In applied music and pedagogy courses, the particular instrument will be listed on the student’s transcript as part of the course title.

Performance Courses

Advancement to the succeeding level requires a faculty jury recommendation. All junior and senior recitals must be preceded by a faculty jury recommendation.
  

  • MUAP 4621:Applied Lessons

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
  

  • MUAP 4622:Applied Lessons

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
  

  • MUAP 4623:Applied Lessons

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours

Music and Entertainment Business
  

  • MEBU 1101:Introduction to the Music and Entertainment Business

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    An introduction to the fundamental concepts of the business practices related to the music and entertainment industry. The course will focus on skills necessary for beginning and maintaining a professional career in the music and entertainment industry. The course will have an emphasis on practical applications of classroom knowledge to the music business and entertainment environment.
  

  • MEBU 2270:Entertainment Media Production

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of MEBU Director and class instructor
    This course is designed to equip students with the skills to gain a basic working knowledge of media production as it applies to the entertainment industry. Specifically, students are introduced to audio and video production techniques through hands-on learning modules, relevant lectures, and real world technology project development and implementation. This course will establish a solid foundation for both immediate student application and further specialized media production studies.
  

  • MEBU 3100:Fundamentals of the Music and Entertainment Business

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 90 credit hours, recommended minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8, application and acceptance to the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate program, and permission of the MEBU director.
    This course is a survey of the music and entertainment industry, its various prominent commercial and regulatory organizations, and its developmental history and future directions. Specific topics covered in this course include music and entertainment company operations, income generation, distribution models, publishing technologies, film, television, new media, and emerging trends.
  

  • MEBU 3370:Fundamentals of Audio Production and Technology

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in MEBU 2270  
    This course provides students with fundamental learning opportunities focused specifically on the field of audio production & technology. Students will gain specialized knowledge, vocabulary, and skills related to audio recording techniques, the principles of sound and hearing, computer software/hardware, live sound production, studio equipment, and a broad range of audio production competencies. Students learn through a balance of relevant lectures, hands-on workshops, and real-world recording, mixing, and mastering projects.
  

  • MEBU 3398:Internship in the Music and Entertainment Business

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 90 credit hours, recommended minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8, application and acceptance to the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate program, successful completion of MEBU 3100  , and permission of the MEBU director.
    This internship is intended for music and entertainment business program students who show interest in an area of study and wish to pursue a discipline of practical and applied experience in greater depth. Student must be directed by the program director and sponsored by an approved music or entertainment business.
  

  • MEBU 4100:Emerging Trends of the Music and Entertainment Business

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 90 credit hours, recommended minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8, application and acceptance to the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate program, successful completion of MEBU 3100  , and permission of the MEBU director.
    This course is an in-depth study of topics of specific relevance to the music and entertainment industry, with a strong emphasis on emperiential learning and practical application of classroom knowledge to the music and entertainment business environment. In-depth focus on entrepreneurship, business plans, practical experiences, on-the-job training, resume-building and exploration of career opportunities in the music and entertainment industry.
  

  • MEBU 4200:Current Topics in the Music and Entertainment Business

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 90 credit hours, recommended minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8, application and acceptance to the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate program, successful completion of MEBU 3100  , and permission of the MEBU director.
    Selected current topics of interest to faculty and students that focus on the Music and Entertainment Business. In-depth focus on ethics and ideologies, convergence, sponsorships, endorsements, technologies, brands, licensing and applications of copyright law, business plans, intellectual property rights and the future of the music and entertainment industry.
  

  • MEBU 4470:Advanced Audio Production and Technology

    2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in MEBU 3370  
    This course is an advanced exploration into audio recording techniques and studio production. This course is taught in the classroom and a professional studio environment providing students with an immersive experience to learn, practice, and implement real-world audio production techniques. Students will gain up-to-the-minute skills by utilizing state-of-the-art recording equipment and shadowing audio industry professionals. Students will gain practical audio project management and implementation experience by overseeing a large-scale recording studio project.
  

  • MEBU 4490:Special Topics in the Music and Entertainment Business

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 90 credit hours, recommended minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8, application and acceptance to the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate program, successful completion of MEBU 3100  , and permission of the MEBU director.
    Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students that focus on the Music and Entertainment Business.

Music Education
  

  • MUED 2210:Music Education Colloquium

    1 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 0-1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Formal admission to the School of Music.
    Music Education Colloquium is an introduction to the development of instructional materials and professional artifacts through observations, peer teaching, and the application of technological resources.
  

  • MUED 3301:General Methods, Materials and Curriculum

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2222  , EDUC 2110  , and admission to the Teacher Education program.
    The development of specific teaching skills, techniques and materials to support the role of the elementary/general music teacher. The course prepares prospective general track music specialists for all aspects of the role including curriculum design and the incorporation of a wide variety of methodologies into classroom instruction. Field component and peer teaching required. This course is a requirement for all music education majors.
  

  • MUED 3302:Choral Methods, Materials, and Curriculum

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2222  , MUSI 4434  , EDUC 2110  , and admission to the Teacher Education program.
    The development of the specific teaching skills, techniques and materials to support the role of the choir director and vocal music teacher. The course prepares prospective choral/vocal track music specialists for all aspects of the role including curriculum design, rehearsal procedures, methodologies, and the study of appropriate choral literature. Field component, peer teaching and laboratory conducting are required. This course is a requirement for all choral/vocal music education majors.
  

  • MUED 3303:Instrumental Methods, Materials and Curriculum

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2222  ,EDUC 2110  , and admission to the Teacher Education program.
    The development of specific teaching skills, techniques and materials to support the role of band director and instrumental music teacher. The course prepares prospective instrumental track music specialists for all aspects of the role including curriculum design, rehearsal procedures, methodologies and the study of appropriate band literature. Field component, peer teaching and laboratory conducting are required.
  

  • MUED 3305:Educational Literature and Technology

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2222  , EDUC 2110  , and admission to the Teacher Education program.
    This course will examine musical literature appropriate for P-12 music classrooms and assist in developing teaching strategies appropriate to a wide range of skill levels. In addition, students will learn to utilize various technology programs in the classroom to assist with course development, ensemble performance, and overall student achievement.
  

  • MUED 3308:Music Education for Exceptional Students

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2222  ; admission to the Teacher Education program.
    Focus on characteristics and abilities of individuals with disabilities and the effect upon musical learning and performance. Students will develop materials and teaching strategies in music appropriate to students with special needs. Content includes current legal, educational, and therapeutic issues as they relate to the teaching of music. This course requires field experiences.
  

  • MUED 3314:Choral Literature

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1110   and MUSI 2222  
    A survey of large and small choral works from the Renaissance to the present with emphasis on practical performing editions and special attention to contemporary literature.
  

  • MUED 3334:Foundations of Music Education

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1122  
    An exploration of the interaction of historical, social, and philosophical forces and the development of music education, and the justification of a music education program in schools. Issues of career opportunities in music education are included. This course is required for all music education majors.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

     
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.)
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

     
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

Nursing
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • NURS 3330:Health Systems & Health Policy

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: WELL 1000  or Permission of the Instructor 
    This course integrates health policy with public health systems in the United States in order to examine the impact on the health of Americans and priority populations. A comprehensive comparison of American health systems to those of other countries and the availability and delivery of health services and impact on health will be included.

    Notes: This course is crosslisted with PHE 3330
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 1107  
    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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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. 
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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

Peace Studies
  

  • PAX 1102:Understanding Peace and Conflict

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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?”
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • PAX 4499:Seminar in Peace Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PHIL 3303 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.

Philosophy
  

  • PHIL 2100:Values and Society

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements 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.
  

  • PHIL 2110:Religions of the World

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements 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.
  

  • PHIL 2200:Ways of Knowing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of English Learning Support, Successfull completion of Mathematics Learning Support or concurrent registration.
    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.

    Notes: Offered as an online course.
  

  • PHIL 2500:Logic

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102   and MATH 1101   (or equivalent).
    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.
  

  • 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.  
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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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