Jun 26, 2024  
Mansfield University 2010-2011 Graduate Catalog 
    
Mansfield University 2010-2011 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • MEN 5501 - Festival Chorus


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5502 - Opera Workshop


    The study and performance of operatic scenes or full scale operatic productions chosen according to the abilities of the students in the workshop.  Under supervision, students perform in, musically direct, coach, accompany, conduct and stage direct various scenes. 

    Credits: 1 SH Dual Listed: MEN-3302

  
  • MEN 5503 - Mansfieldians


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5504 - Chamber Singers


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5505 - Vocal Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5506 - Musical Theatre Production


    The study and performance of a full-scale musical production done in conjunction with the department of speech, communications and theatre.  Students will participate in all performance and technical aspects of the production. 

    Credits: 1 cr.
  
  • MEN 5510 - Piano Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5530 - Concert Wind Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5531 - Mountie Marching Band


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5532 - Symphonic Band


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5533 - Woodwind Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5534 - Brass Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5535 - Concert Jazz Band


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5536 - Small Jazz and Commercial Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5537 - Summer Music Institute Ensemble


    This ensemble is designed for master’s degree candidates during the summer music institute.  The group serves as a lab group for conductors and also provides performance opportunities for students in the master of arts degrees in music education and collaborative piano.

    Credits: 1
  
  • MEN 5550 - Orchestra


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5551 - String Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5557 - Guitar Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MEN 5560 - Percussion Ensemble


    Participation in these university organizations is open to qualified graduate students and is strongly encouraged as an integral part of advanced music study.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MU 5241 - General Music Methods K-12


    Studies the developmental and musical characteristics of children ages 5-18. Emphasizes teaching the elements of music through age-appropriate activities. Includes a survey of current materials as well as observation/participation in the local schools. Particular attention is given to curricular development for general music classes and elective courses in grades K-12.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MU 5500 - Methods and Materials of Research


    Basic techniques, procedures and sources. Selections of a research problem; methods for locating, evaluating and interpreting evidence; types of research; formal writing style; and use of the library.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5501 - World Musics


    Musics of the five continents are explored with particular emphasis on each tradition’s cultural function. Provides the fundamental research and comparative skills needed to understand and listen to selected non-Western music. Includes discussions of how Western art and popular music incorporate these styles. Field study and ethno-musicological techniques are explored.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5505 - Techology in Music Education


    Studies current trends in technology for the music classroom. Special focus on educational software, online resources, Smartboard, notation software, and application to the music classroom and ensemble rehearsal.

    Credits: 1
  
  • MU 5510 - Form and Analysis


    Various methods of musical analysis are studied and applied to compositions representative of various periods of music history.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5513 - Electronic Music


    Survey of electro-acoustic music technology with emphasis on MIDI applications. Provides hands-on experience with computer-based sequencing and audio editing notation.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5514 - Computer-Based Music Notation


    The course provides hands-on instruction in computer-based music notation. Common software applications (Finale, Sibelius, etc.) and standard conventions and techniques of music notation are explored.

    Credits: 1 SH
  
  • MU 5515 - Instrumental Scoring


    Arranging for various families and choirs of instruments, culminating in an arrangement of a suitable organ or piano composition for a concert group. Pre-requisite: An undergraduate course in orchestration.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisite: An undergraduate course in orchestration.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • MU 5518 - Advanced Composition


    Students develop and work on individual compositions, thus deepening their knowledge and skill in musical composition.

    Credits: 1-3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course Notes: May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 6 SH.
  
  • MU 5519 - Interpretation of Selected Repertory


    Interpretative techniques are studied and applied to repertory selected by both student and instructor. The student may wish to select music (1) to be learned or reviewed for performance purposes, (2) to be taught in his/her professional work as teacher or conductor, (3) to be of particular interest for study. Additional repertory will be selected as needed to illustrate particular interpretative aspects.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • MU 5520 - Song Literature


    The development of monophonic song from the days of the troubadours and trouvers to the present. Emphasis is on the history of the German lied, French Melodie, Italian, Spanish, and solo song in the British Isles and the United States.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5521 - Choral Literature


    A history of choral literature from the end of the Renaissance to the present time with attention to the conventions governing composer and the period in which he worked. Emphasis is on style and interpretation in light of latest research. Major choral works of the different periods and the historical and cultural influences upon them.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5523 - Studies in Keyboard Literature


    Keyboard literature including organ, “clavier” and piano. Examples are drawn from early and later sources according to the interests and requirements of the student.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5528 - American Music


    The development of American music from the Colonial era to the present. Psalmody, secular songs, folk and dance music, plays with music, operas, concert life, and music publishing, songs, and piano compositions, oratorios, orchestral works, jazz, music in education, the American “schools” of composition.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • MU 5529 - Seminar in Music Literature


    An intensive study of selected examples of musical literature with emphasis on comparative, historical, and stylistic developments.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5537 - Wind Band Literature


    The study of wind band literature considered standard in performance repertoire with an emphasis on developing the skills to recognize works that are artfully crafted.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: none for MA candidates, MU 3351 Advanced Conducting and MU 3315 Orchestration for undergraduates.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5538 - Conductor’s Literature


    The study of standard literature in the performance repertoire of wind band and orchestral ensembles. An emphasis on developing the skills to recognize works that are artfully crafted, explore the origins of wind-band music, identify great literature for both wind-band and orchestra and assess the development and direction of current trends. While repertoire emphasized will be of the highest quality, one of the major benefits of the course will be to explore literature for all levels of programming, from beginning to professional levels.

    Credits: 2
  
  • MU 5540 - History and Philosophy of Music Education


    Philosophical and historical foundations of music education from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present. Special emphasis on music education in the U.S. and music as an aesthetic experience.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5541 - Instrumental Methods


    The role of the music educator in positions of administration and supervision. An analysis of administrative functions including the definition of purpose, planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and improving school music programs.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5543 - Seminar in Music Education


    Identification and formulation of the principles, philosophies, and objectives of music education.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5545 - Vocal/Choral Music Methods


    The study of a suitable choral program in an institutional setting. The course emphasizes the teaching of voice and ensemble singing through the developmental stages of singers, from child to adult. Students observe and participate in vocal/choral music-making with elementary through collegiate level choirs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: undergraduate music degree and MU 5550.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5547 - Orff-Schulwerk: Level I


    This course will prepare music teachers, music therapists, church musicians, administrators, and classroom teachers in the introductory techniques and materials of Orff-Schulwerk. Participants will learn how to work developmentally with children so that they may experience and understand the concepts of music through active participation. Successful completion of the course will result in the awarding of the Level I certification according to the guidelines of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5550 - Advanced Choral Conducting


    An advanced course for students who show particular aptitude in conducting.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5551 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting


    Study and analysis of all phases of baton techniques, rehearsal methods and score reading.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5552 - Diction I for Singers


    This course will use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to present a systematic approach to the pronunciation of vocal literature in Italian, Latin and German, examining those elements of pronunciation, which must be modified from the spoken language into the singing language. The course will require solo and group preparation of songs in each language, including precise translations for foreign language literature and will provide for class criticism and discussion of performance in an effort to develop critical hearing.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5553 - Diction II for Singers


    This course will use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to present a systematic approach to the pronunciation of vocal literature in English and French, examining those elements of pronunciation, which must be modified from the spoken language into the singing language. The course will require solo and group preparation of songs in each language, including precise translations for foreign language literature and will provide for class criticism and discussion of performance in an effort to develop critical hearing.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5557 - Music Theatre Production


    A course providing the non-professional stage director with a working knowledge of the skills needed to stage and direct a musical production.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5558 - Instrument Repair


    Through lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory work this course will present the nomenclature, techniques of proper care, and effective means of treating the various repairs, which can be made with simple equipment usually available to instrumental teachers in the schools. It will be limited to band and orchestra instruments in the brass, woodwind, percussion, and string families.

    Credits: 1 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • MU 5559 - Marching Band Techniques and Materials


    A detailed study of the marching band including organization, music, materials, care of instruments and uniforms, marching essentials, and contemporary techniques.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5560 - Practical Leadership and Administration in Music


    Practical Leadership and Administration in Music is designed to prepare music professionals for many duties associated with, but outside of the typical musical aspect of their profession.  Topics covered will included budgeting; development; advocacy; public relations; program management; programming/ event planning; recruitment; inventory and maintenance; uniform acquisition; equipment purchase; travel planning; assessment; library management, and; scheduling. This course is offered in summers only and a one day residency is required as part of the course. Students will create projects in all areas that may be useful in developing a job search portfolio. 

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5561 - Jazz Improv I


    A course in the study of the fundamentals of jazz improvisation. Includes study of standard chords types found in major keys and scales related to those chords. Develops ability to improvise over blues and tunes that focus on turnarounds in major keys.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5562 - Jazz Improv II


    Continuation of MU 5561. A course in the study of the fundamentals of jazz improvisation. Includes study of standard chord types found in minor keys, altered dominant chords and the scales related to those chords. Develops ability to improvise over tunes that focus on turnarounds in major and minor keys.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5563 - Jazz Materials and Techniques


    Acquaints current or prospective director of secondary school jazz ensembles with materials and techniques appropriate to the idiom.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5564 - Jazz Arranging I


    A course in the study of the fundamentals of jazz arranging.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5566 - Advanced arranging


    This online course is designed to develop advanced arranging skills for the professional musician. Orchestration techniques for marching band, jazz band, concert band, chamber music, orchestra and chorus will be covered.  Students will select projects that are directly linked to their specialty in music and will be mentored through the realization of two to four arranging activities.  Students must have access to finale and/or Sibelius software.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Students should have taken an orchestration course prior to entering this course.

    Credits: 2
  
  • MU 5571 - Vocal Pedagogy


    Includes teaching problems and materials, techniques, and literature related to Vocal Pedagogy.

    Credits: 2-3 SH Dual Listed: Dual listed with 4471. May be taken for 2 or 3 credits.
  
  • MU 5572 - Piano Pedagogy


    Includes teaching problems and materials, techniques, and literature related to Piano Pedagogy.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5574 - String Pedagogy


    Includes teaching problems and materials, techniques, and literature related to String Pedagogy.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5575 - Woodwind Pedagogy


    Includes teaching problems and materials, techniques, and literature related to Woodwind Pedagogy.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5576 - Brass Pedagogy


    Includes teaching problems and materials, techniques, and literature related to Brass Pedagogy.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5577 - Percussion Pedagogy


    Includes teaching problems and materials, techniques, and literature related to Percussion Pedagogy.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5578 - Pedagogy of Music Theory


    A study of the techniques and materials used in teaching the various skills included in courses in music theory. Special emphasis will be placed on theory instruction in the public schools.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • MU 5593 - Music Graduate Oral Examination


    During the final semester of study and prior to graduation, a comprehensive oral examination must be passed. The comprehensive examination will cover music theory, music history and the primary concentration. The exam should be completed no later than two weeks prior to the final exams of the last term of study. A meeting to schedule the examinations should occur with the department chair at the start of final semester of study. Consult the music department for preparation of this examination.

    Credits: 0
  
  • MU 5594 - Qualitative Research in Arts Education


    Basic methods and procedures of qualitative research; APA writing style; leads to development of thesis or research project proposal.

    Credits: 3 SH Dual Listed: ARE 5594
  
  • MU 5595 - Creative Project


    Students doing musical transcriptions or writing a music composition in lieu of a thesis or research project register for this course.

    Credits: 1-6 SH Notes: (See Research Options)
  
  • MU 5596 - Recital


    A formal recital given in the major performing medium represents the culmination of study in the applied area.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: four graduate SH in the performing medium of the recital program.

    Credits: 2 SH
  
  • MU 5597 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1-3 SH
  
  • MU 5598 - Research Project


    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • MU 5599 - Thesis


    Credits: 6 SH
  
  • NUR 5500 - Advanced Physical Assessment and Pathophysiology across the Life Span


    Advanced Physical Assessment and Pathophysiology across the life Span is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills to perform an advanced physical examination. Physical assessment skills will be incorporated with related pathophysiological abnormalities. Interviewing techniques and basic head-to-toe physical assessment will be reviewed. The course will then concentrate on the focused systems assessments necessary for providing care to clients across the lifespan. Students will be expected to perform an advanced physical assessment upon a designated client (which will be taped) and effectively communicate such findings. The integration of laboratory findings, pathophysiology, and physical exam findings will also be addressed.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5505 - Reforming Nursing: Historical Trends in Nursing Education


    This course explores the existing historiography on the topic of higher education and professional studies in the United States. The focus is on historical literature, which provides perspectives on individuals, social movements, and institution building that contributed to transformations in nursing education. Comparisons to developments in related professional education programs provide the context for understanding issues of class, gender, and social power. Readings include both classic and recent historical studies.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5510 - Teaching and Learning for Nurse Educators


    In this course, students explore the role of the teacher as well as the faculty role.  As part of exploring the role of the teacher, students appraise the philosophical foundations of nursing education, analyze and apply learning theories to individual learning styles and types of learning. Epistemological differences between andragogy and pedagogy are explored.  Exploration of the role of faculty in higher education includes specific topics such as tenure, promotion, self-governance, and scholarship expectations. 

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • NUR 5515 - Measurement and Evaluation in Nursing Education


    In this course, students explore various theories of measurement and evaluation.  They will analyze the relationships among assessment, instruction, and learning.  Students will write objectives, develop test questions based on a test blueprint, and analyze various methods of establishing reliability and validity for testing procedures. Students will explore the implications of standardized testing in nursing education.  Other focus areas include overall student, course, and program evaluation. 

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5520 - Nursing Theories


    This course is designed to encourage the graduate student to incorporate theory and theoretical frameworks into nursing education. It explores the partnership between nursing theory and nursing theory with an emphasis on individualism. The premise of this course is that learning and knowing transform the human spirit. This course further attempts to answer the practical question: What does theoretically driven learning look like and how might it shape the future of nursing education?

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5525 - Teaching and Learning in the College Setting


    This course allows the graduate nursing student to work with a preceptor in a college or university setting. The graduate student has the opportunity to select and operationalize an aspect of the teaching and faculty role in an area of interest, and to examine issues in higher education from the perspective of a faculty member. Integration of theoretical concepts and socialization into the role of nurse educator is a major focus.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: NUR 5510, NUR 5515, NUR 5520, NUR 5545.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5530 - Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Setting


    This course allows the graduate student to utilize and apply theories and principles of teaching and learning in a clinical specialty setting of interest to the student. A major emphasis will be on clinical teaching, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: NUR 5520, NUR 5515, NUR 5525 (Prerequisite or Co-requisite), NUR 5545.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5535 - Research I


    This course introduces the basic concepts of research. A comparison of qualitative and quantitative research perspectives will assist the student in seeing basic differences and similarities between the two major types of research methodologies used in nursing. The major emphasis in this course will be on student dyads developing a complete qualitative research proposal.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Corequisites: NUR 5520.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5540 - Research II


    This course will focus on designing a research project. Quantitative research and the topics unique to that methodology will be explored. Different research designs commonly used in for teaching, curriculum development, evaluation, and other research based projects will be investigated. Individual proposals for a research project will be written.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: NUR 5535.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5545 - Curriculum Design in Nursing Education


    The central focus on this course is to define the interrelationship between course development and curriculum design. The course will explore the teaching/learning process with an emphasis on diversity, a learning-centered syllabus, and the implementation and evaluation of learning outcomes. Links between individual student generated courses will shape a blueprint for a curriculum design.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: NUR 5510, NUR 5515 and NUR 5520.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5550 - The Nurse in Academe: Issues in Higher Education


    This course introduces the graduate nurse to the tripartite role of the faculty member in higher education. General issues such as tenure and promotion, self-governance, legalities and ethics of teaching, academic freedom, and the nature of scholarship as it relates to injury, integration, application and teaching are explored. Issues specific to nursing such as the dichotomous nature of nursing practice and higher education are also a major focus of discussion.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: NUR 5510.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5560 - Nurse Educator as Leader in Healthcare


    This course will explore the role of the nurse educator as a leader in the health care arena, with particular emphasis on the emerging trends in health care and world health systems. Students will conduct an analysis of healthcare systems, with particular emphasis on power dynamics, governmental influences, funding sources, educational systems and inequalities, both on the national and global scale. Examination of healthcare from a variety of theoretical perspectives will provide students with the opportunity to rethink current educational and work practices, with an eye towards promoting empowerment and change within the health care system.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5565 - Leadership Through Scholarly Growth


    The concept of being a nursing leader through engaging in scholarly activity will be explored in this course. The major activity in this course will be the completion of a research project that is considered to embody the precepts of scholarly growth. Individual research projects will be carried out by each student thus providing them with an opportunity to integrate the growth achieved throughout the program and give them the opportunity to demonstrate the capability to carry out independent scholarly inquiry.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: NUR 5535: NUR 5540.

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5570 - Nursing Leadership and Administration I


    This course provides the graduate student with the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in prerequisite courses to nursing.  The content focuses on healthcare organizations, the forces that are changing healthcare, managing and improving the quality of healthcare, models of care, and regulatory issues.  Through mutual agreement, the student and course instructor choose an area of concentration and clinical practice site appropriate for meeting course and student goals.  Eighty hours of practicum are required. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite:  Take ORL-5501, ORL-5510, ORL-5520

    Co-requisite:  ORL-5540

    Credits: 3 SH

  
  • NUR 5575 - Nursing Leadership and Administration II


    This course provides the graduate student with the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in prerequisite courses to nursing.  The content focuses on human resource management, evidence-based practice, managing interdisciplinary teams, collaborative decision making and communication in healthcare and legal issues of management in a healthcare environment. Through mutual agreement, the student and course instructor choose an area of concentration and clinical practice site appropriate for meeting course and student goals.  Eighty hours of practicum are required. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL-5501, ORL-5510, ORL-5520, ORL-5540

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5580 - Inferential Statistics for the Health Sciences


    Survey of descriptive and inferential statistical methods used commonly in health sciences.  Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, standardized scores, probability, correlation, regression, t-tests, and ANOVA. Students will learn how to interpret results and apply their knowledge when reading scientific articles.  Analyses using SPSS or other appropriate statistical software will also be a major focus. 

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • NUR 5585 - Power and Politics in Healthcare


    This course will introduce the student to the relationships between power and political behavior and how this interaction affects outcomes. Students will learn effective methods to anticipate and respond to political situations, as well as develop strategies for building collaborative relationships with the multiple constituencies in health care. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL-5501

    Credits: 3 SH
  
  • ORL 5501 - Organizational Leadership: Theory and Practice


    This first course in Organizational Leadership will examine key concepts, issues and practices that contribute to effective leadership in a variety of organizations both nationally and internationally.  Through a focus on self-reflection and awareness, participants in the course will examine their leadership styles, strengths and challenges and receive useful practical suggestions for improving leadership skills. 

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5510 - Organizational Behavior and Change


    This course focuses upon managing for the future and preparing people for a continuous organizational learning pattern leading to innovation and change.  It approaches change from understanding organizational behavior through structural, strategic, political and cultural lenses. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL 5501

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5520 - Organizational Planning and Administration


    This course focuses on the role of leaders in planning and administration of both profit and non-profit organizations.  Includes understanding how to assess the practices of an organization, lead others in strategic planning and decision making and understanding the basics of budgeting and finance, developing a business plan, grant writing and facilitating an environment to empower employees. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL 5501

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5530 - Governance and Community Relations


    This leadership course examines organizational governance, the relationships between organizations and their stakeholder communities and strategies for building and improving those relationships.  Emphasis is placed on governance relationships, understanding  community context and building improved outreach and marketing efforts. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL 5501

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5540 - Leadership Ethics and Legal/Regulatory Environment


    This course focuses upon ethical leadership practices in organizations.  The course takes an interdisciplinary approach using elements of law, political economy, international business, ethics, and social responsibility.  Organizations have social as well as economic responsibilities to society.  Ethics and integrity are essential to the process of developing and monitoring organization practices. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL 5501

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5550 - Research, Program Assessment and Evaluation


    This course introduces the skills, attitudes and methods to analyze services offered to both public and private organizations in a wide range of fields.  In addition, basic research methodology is covered to illustrate the importance of a scientific approach to organizational research and problem-solving projects.  Students will learn to formulate a problem, choose research methods, clearly articulate the past research and then collect, analyze and present new data with new interpretations and conclusions. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL 5501

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5571 - Leadership In A Global Society


    This course focuses upon understanding the nature of communicating, collaborating and negotiating in diverse cultures across the globe.   Examination of one's ethnocentric viewpoint will be emphasized through experiential activities. Understanding others' cultural values, learning to communicate in diverse populations and becoming aware of global etiquette will also be emphasized in this course. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take COM 5545

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5572 - Entrepreneurial Leadership


    Entrepreneurial leadership encompasses an understanding of how to analyze the calculated risks necessary to launch into a new venture.
    This course covers the process of starting and operating a new organization, through assembling resources, examining the risks and potential benefits of moving forward, examining the market, developing a business plan and recruiting the right team of people.  At each stage, participants will examine how these processes must be viewed through analysis of individual, group and societal contexts. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL 5501

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5573 - The Drama and Rhetoric of Leadership


    Although the concepts dramaturgy, rhetoric, sense making, organizing, and storytelling are well established in the literature on philosophy, cognitive studies, organization studies, sociology, theatre, cinema, psychology, communication, and culture studies – the ways in which these conceptual fields are interrelated remains unexplored.  The crux of dramaturgical theory in this context is that each of us creates, throughout a complex system of everyday interactions, dramatic impressions of organizational life based on a particular framing, or staging, of various socially constructed scenes.  Dramaturgy is about the creation, maintenance, and destruction of socially constructed realities.  This interdisciplinary tactic to leadership studies has two primary aims: (1) to promote thinking about how confluent cognitive, emotional, and organization changes are socially constructed, and (2) to coach the planning and performing of rhetorical action in real teams and organizations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL-5501

    Credits: 3
  
  • ORL 5590 - Organizational Leadership Internship


    This is an applied experience in the community with focus on the type of organization the student wants to better understand.  Students can practice leadership skills in their chosen setting, while being supervised and mentored by a site supervisor.   There will be an assigned site supervisor/mentor related to the student’s desired learning outcomes.  Two-hundred forty (240) on-site hours with one hour of supervision per week is required for this course. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Take ORL 5501 and 27 credits earned

    Credits: 3 cr.
  
  • ORL 5595 - Leadership Capstone Seminar


    The Leadership Capstone course is designed as a summative evaluation experience for students in the master’s program.  A major project and portfolio will be developed with guidance by the faculty mentor.  The purpose of the project and leadership portfolio is to showcase students’ leadership skills.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisites: 21 credits completed in the Organizational Leadership Program (all required core courses).

    Co-requisites: ORL-5580

    Credits: 3

  
  • PSY 5521 - Death and Dying


    This course provides an overview of the psychological aspects of death and dying in our society. It examines the process of death in our culture, including attitudes toward and preparation for death, the terminally ill patient, funeral rituals and burial, mourning and grief, and suicide and euthanasia. Readings, lectures, and discussions will be supplemented by self-exploration and writing by students concerning their feelings, attitudes, and beliefs about death.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • PSY 5522 - Psychology of Women


    This course is an in-depth study of how psychological development, life experiences, and social change interact to affect women’s development across the life span.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • PSY 5545 - Advanced Counseling Techniques


    This course provides advanced training in counseling skills for students in the helping professions (nursing, social work, counseling/clinical psychology, criminal justice, etc.). Emphasis placed on diagnosis and treatment of clients requiring long-term intervention. Special emphasis will be placed on diagnosis and treatment of personality disorders.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
  
  • SOC 5500 - Men in Society


    Survey and analysis of traditional male sex-roles, as well as the evolution of new societal definitions of masculinity and the “New Men’s Movement.” Male/male and male/female relationships and communication are also critiqued and evaluated. The emphasis throughout is upon student application of critical thinking skills to appropriate written and media sources of sociological information.

    Credits: 3 SH When Offered: Infrequently offered course
 

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