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MU 2250 - BASIC CONDUCTING
Lecture and laboratory experiences with basic conducting techniques. Special emphasis on speaking and moving to rhythms. Students conduct class as a music ensemble.
Prerequisites & Notes: Grade of C or better in MU 2212.
Credits: 1 cr.
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MU 3221 - CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC MUSIC
Surveys Western European musical literature and musical styles of the Classic and Romantic Eras.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 2220. Music majors must earn a grade of C or better in MU 2220.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Global Awareness, Information Literacy
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MU 3222 - POST ROMANTIC AND 20TH CENTURY MUSIC
Surveys Western European and American musical literature and musical styles beginning with the Post-Romantic Era through main currents of 20th-century composition.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3221 or permission of instructor. Music majors must earn a grade of C or better in MU 3221.
Credits: 3 cr. Notes: May be taken for 2 or 3 credits only. General Education Requirement: Approaches to Knowledge – Humanities,
Global Awareness, Information Literacy
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MU 3241 - 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.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 1100, MU 2212 and Pre-Professional Experience I - non-music observations.
Co-requisites: MU-3241L.
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MU 3241L - GENERAL MUSIC METHODS LAB
General Music Methods Lab
Prerequisites & Notes: Co-requisites: MU 324L
Credits: 0 cr.
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MU 3261 - FUNDAMENTALS OF JAZZ IMPROVISATION I
Beginning course in jazz improvisation. Study of fundamental chord types and appropriate scales/modes. Concentration will be on the blues form and diatonic harmony in major keys. Focus in on generating melodic lines in the jazz idiom based on goal notes, i.e. chord tones.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 3262 - FUNDAMENTALS OF JAZZ IMPROVISATION II
Continuation of 3261. Study of more complex chord extensions and/or alterations and appropriate scales/modes. Concentration will be on the II-V-I progression in both major and minor keys. Focus will again be on generating melodic lines in the jazz idiom based on goal notes, i.e. chord tones.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 3291L - HIGH INCIDENCE DISABILITES - MUSIC LAB
The focus of this course will be the application of information taught in SPE 3291; specifically instruction with needed modifications and development of adaptations and accommodations for the PreK-12 classroom; observations, development of adapted lesson plans and materials and teaching experiences will be included. Lab to be taken concurrently with SPE 3291.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: MU 3241. Corequisite: SPE 3291.
Credits: 0 cr.
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MU 3301 - WORLD MUSICS
Music of various 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.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 3305 - TECHNOLOGY 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.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 1100.
Credits: 1 cr.
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MU 3311 - BASIC MUSIC III
Continuation of MU 2212. The study of modulation and chromatic harmony approached through written material, sight singing, and dictation.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 2211 and grade of C or better in MU 2212.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 3312 - BASIC MUSIC IV
Continuation of MU 3311 . An introduction to the study of musical form and structure including variations, rondo, and sonata form. Examination of late nineteenth-and twentieth-century harmonic practice through written work, sight singing, and dictation.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 2211 and grade of C or better in MU 3311.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 3313 - ELECTRONIC MUSIC I
Survey of electroacoustic music technology with emphasis on MIDI applications. Provides hands-on experience with computer-based sequencing and music notation.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: MU 2212.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 3314 - COMPUTER-BASED MUSIC NOTATION
This course provides hands-on instruction in computer-based music notation. Software such as Finale, Sibelius, Band-in-a-Box, Overture and Administrative applications are explored.
Credits: 1 cr.
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MU 3315 - ORCHESTRATION
Designed to provide the basic skills of notation, parts extraction, transposing and arranging, in addition to information on instrumental ranges, qualities, and usages. Strings, woodwinds, and brass are treated as distinct families. Provides a fluent understanding of skills and concepts and, as a by-product, the student will become more aware of score reading and audio awareness. Good manuscript habits will make it possible for musicians to read new music and students will be able to use these skills in graduate school.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3312 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 3323 - STUDIES IN KEYBOARD LITERATURE
Study of keyboard literature from the late Renaissance to the present day.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 3330 - CHORAL CONDUCTING
Prepares the future music educator to organize, teach, and conduct choral organizations of varying levels of achievement, particularly junior and senior high school age groups. Experience in conducting the class as a chorus is integral to the course.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 2212, MU 2250 and MAP 1123.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 3331 - INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING
Prepared for conducting instrumental groups. Emphasis on communicative and control techniques of conducting and rehearsal and performance techniques. Experience through conducting a laboratory band and orchestra. Videotaping is utilized extensively with each individual.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 2212, MU 2250 and MAP 1123.
Credits: 3 cr. Dual Listed/Cross Listed: MU 5551.
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MU 3352 - 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 cr.
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MU 3353 - DICTION II FOR SINGERS
This course will use the International Phonetic Alphabet 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 cr.
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MU 3361 - JAZZ ARRANGING I
A course in the study of the fundamentals of jazz arranging. Includes standard formats and part notation; appropriate ranges and transpositions of common jazz instruments and arranging for combos up to four horns and rhythm section.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4330 - VOCAL-CHORAL MUSIC IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Study of a suitable choral program for a public school system. The course emphasizes the teaching of voice and ensemble singing through the developmental stages of young singers. Students observe and participate in vocal/choral music-making with elementary, middle, and high schools choirs.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3241 and MU 3330.
Credits: 3 cr. Dual Listed/Cross Listed: MU 5545.
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MU 4331 - INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Study of a suitable instrumental program for a public school system. Particular attention to class teaching techniques of the various instruments. Problems of organization and administration of such a program; survey and examination of the available instructional materials.
Prerequisites & Notes: Take MU-3241 and MU-3331
Credits: 3 cr. Dual Listed/Cross Listed: MU-5541
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MU 4400 - STUDENT TEACHING
(By arrangement). Opportunity to apply knowledge and skills acquired in professional preparation. Accomplished by a field experience in university established centers under supervision of qualified cooperating teachers. Observations and conferences are scheduled by the departmental supervisor.
Prerequisites & Notes: 3.0 QPA.
Credits: 12 cr.
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MU 4400L - SENIOR LAB: BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL
The focus of this course will be to develop and refine professional competencies prior to accepting a teaching position. Topics include: development of a professional portfolio, preparing for a job search, teacher certification, current issues in music education, professional development and professional responsibilities.
Credits: 0 cr.
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MU 4410 - FORMS AND ANALYSIS
Various methods of musical analysis are studied and applied to compositions representative of various periods of music history.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3312.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 4413 - STUDIO PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
Seminar in studio production techniques, including critical listening and monitoring, application of effects processing to digital audio, sound design and syntheses, device and effects automation, mixing and mastering, and final project deliver. Students will collaborate to produce several high-quality audio projects.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3313.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 4414 - RECORDING ARTS
Seminar in digital audio workstation (DAW) recording: emphasis will be placed on sound recording, editing, and mixing processes through hands-on experience. Students will collaborate to produce high-quality recordings within several musical genres.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3313 or prmission of instructor.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 4420 - SONG LITERATURE
Studies development of monophonic song from the days of the troubadours and troupers to the present time. Emphasizes especially the history of the German lied, the French chanson or melody, and solo song in the British Isles and the United States. Also includes the major composers of song in the Slavic countries, Spain, South America, and Scandinavia.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 4429 - ADVANCED STUDIES MUSIC LITERATURE
Intensive study of selected choral, solo, chamber, and orchestral masterpieces: emphasis on formal and stylistic developments.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 2220, MU 3221 and MU 3222.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 4431 - THE SYMPHONY
Studies orchestral music from its beginning. The Mannheim composers, the Viennese classics, the Romanticists, and contemporary composers. Works will be analyzed and their historical, cultural, and philosophical backgrounds discussed.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 4437 - WIND BAND LITERATURE
The study of wind band literature considered standard in the performance repertoire at the high school level with an emphasis on developing the skills to recognize works that are artfully crafted.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3315 and MU 3351.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4438 - 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.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 3315 and MU 3351.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4459 - MARCHING BAND TECHNIQUES
Detailed study of the marching band including philosophy, styles, charting, music, materials, instrumentation, administration, and contemporary techniques.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4471 - VOCAL PEDAGOGY
A study of the teaching of singing on an individual or group basis. Study of the five elements of singing: respiration, phonation, resonation, articulation, and interpretation. An examination of various approaches to voice teaching, including a study of books on voice pedagogy.
Prerequisites & Notes: Permission of instructor. (HCC fee).
Credits: 3 cr. Notes: May be taken for 2 or 3 credits only.
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MU 4472 - PIANO PEDAGOGY
Studies procedures for class and individual instruction: emphasizes the ear approach as the basis for reading, true musical perception and intelligent understanding of the printed page. Examines and evaluates materials suitable for the first years of piano study.
Prerequisites & Notes: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4473 - PRACTICUM IN PIANO TEACHING
Introduces class and individual instruction techniques to be used with young beginners.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 4472.
Credits: 1 cr.
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MU 4474 - STRING PEDAGOGY
Evaluates string methods and materials, gives hands-on practice on feedback on string lesions, grades and organizes string music literature, present history of string teaching and offers a repertory of teaching techniques and routines.
Prerequisites & Notes: MAP 1151 and MAP 1152.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4475 - WOODWIND PEDAGOGY
Acquaints students with the woodwind instruments and their solo and ensemble literature. Lecture, demonstration, films, tapes, and recordings presented for flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and saxophone.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4476 - BRASS PEDAGOGY
Studies the techniques, teaching problems, teaching materials, history, and literature related to the brass instruments.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4477 - PERCUSSION PEDAGOGY
Studies teaching techniques and associated literature of the various percussion instruments.
Credits: 2 cr.
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MU 4481 - SURVEY OF THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC
An overview of the global music industry as practiced in the United States, this course will provide insights into a number of key areas of business related to music. Students will also explore a diversity of music industry career paths in areas such as arts management, music products and merchandizing, public relations, music production and recording, publishing, and online music distribution.
Credits: 3 cr.
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MU 4489 - INTERNSHIP: MUSIC INDUSTRY
A 14-week internship in the music industry intended as a capstone experience for the Industry program. Internships may take place in the fields of music products retail and wholesale, arts management, marketing, promotions, recording, and/or production. Students are encouraged to make contact with potential internship programs well before their internship.
Prerequisites & Notes: MU 4481.
Credits: 12 cr.
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MU 4497 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent study is an activity initiated by the student to increase his/her already advanced knowledge in a particular academic discipline. The subject is examined in an intensive manner with guidance by a faculty member who has special expertise in that field.
Credits: 1 - 3 cr. Notes: May be taken for 1 through 3 credits at one time.
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NTR 1101 - PERSONAL NUTRITION
This course covers basic principles of nutrition for personal health and wellness. Topics include carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and water, weight control and other current topics in nutrition. This is an excellent course for students wishing to improve their eating habits and health. This course DOES NOT fulfill requirements for the nursing or nutrition program.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Unity and Diversity of Humanity – Themes - Environmental, Economic, Social and Personal Sustainability
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NTR 2211 - INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION
This course examines how optimal nutrition improves health and risk factors for nutrition related diseases. It introduces the science of nutrition, nutrient needs of the body, and the foods that meet these needs. Topics covered include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, water, weight control, eating disorders, and lifecycle nutrition.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Unity and Diversity of Humanity – Themes - Environmental, Economic, Social and Personal Sustainability
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NTR 2220 - NUTRITION AND EXERCISE
An in-depth look into nutrition and exercise and how they work together to prevent chronic disease.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Wellness
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NTR 3300 - CULTURAL NUTRITION
A study of basic human nutrition and the food habits of individuals from various countries and ethnic backgrounds. This course includes an examination of the student’s own culture compared to the cultures discussed in class.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: completion of 30 credit hours or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Unity and Diversity of Humanity – Global Perspectives - Western and Non-Western Global Cultures (Option2),
Global Awareness, Information Literacy, Wellness
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NTR 3305 - PRINCIPLES OF FOOD SCIENCE
Application of physical and chemical properties of food related to the selection, preparation, consumption, and storage. This course integrates nutrition concepts into the study of food science.
Prerequisites & Notes: At least one nutrition class.
Credits: 2 lec - 2 lab.
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NTR 3305L - PRINCIPLES OF FOOD SCIENCE LAB
Principles of Food Science Lab.
Credits: 0 cr
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NTR 3314 - LIFE CYCLE NUTRITION
Nutritional requirements and assessment of humans from conception to old age, including the study of nutrition as it relates to health and disease common to each phase of the life cycle. The impact of societal and environmental factors on nutrient intake will be examined.
Prerequisites & Notes: Corequisite: NTR 2211
Credits: 3 cr.
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NTR 3315 - NUTRITION ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
An examination of managerial functions in nutrition services, including food service. Includes discussion of managerial duties, leadership, personnel management, financial aspects of nutrition services and marketing techniques.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NTR 3330 - SPORTS NUTRITION
Addresses issues of nutrition services in the community, including needs assessment, implementation, and program evaluation. Provides opportunity for students to become familiar with WIC, school lunch programs, congregated meals, cooperative extension services, etc.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NTR 4401 - MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY I
Nutritional assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation of patients with obesity, eating disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and immunological disorders. Pathophysiology and evidence-based medical nutrition therapy interventions for disease states discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes: NTR-2211 with a grade of C or better
Credits: 3 cr.
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NTR 4402 - MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY II
Nutritional assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation of patients with anemia, HIV, inborn errors of metabolism, nervous system disorders, digestive tract disorders, renal disease, neoplastic diseases and those on nutrition support. Pathophysiology and evidence based medical nutrition therapy interventions for disease states discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes: BSC 1121, NTR 2211, NTR 3325, AND NTR 4401 with a grade of C or better
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Information Literacy
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NTR 4411 - QUANTITY FOOD PRODUCTION
This course covers quantity food production, menu planning, purchasing, receiving, sanitation, and safety techniques in food service.
Prerequisites & Notes: NTR-3305
Credits: 3 cr.
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NTR 4417 - ADVANCED NUTRITION
Chemistry of nutrients, metabolism, and normal nutritional requirements throughout the human life cycle.
Prerequisites & Notes: CHM-1101, CHM-1102 and NTR-2211
Corequisites:
CHM-2201
Credits: 3 cr.
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NTR 4419 - NUTRITION FIELD EXPERIENCE
Supervised and evaluated field experience related to nutrition. Requires a comprehensive final project related to the work accomplished during the field experience and a positive performance evaluation by immediate supervisor, who must be a nutrition professional.
Prerequisites & Notes: Must have earned 60 credits including 9 credits of nutrition with a QPA of 3.0 overall and in the major
Variable Credits: 0 - 15 cr.
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NTR 4420 - NUTRITION RESEARCH SEMINAR
Students select a contemporary nutrition issue. The students will learn research methodology, how to interpret current research, and how to present their research.
Prerequisites & Notes: Must have 75 earned credits including 9 credits of nutrition
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Information Literacy
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NTR 4497 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent study is an activity initiated by the student to increase his/her already advanced knowledge in a particular academic discipline.
The subject is examined in an intensive manner with guidance by a faculty member who has special expertise in that field. May be taken for one, two or three credits at one time.
Variable Credits: 0 - 3 cr.
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NUR 1100 - FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
This course introduces first-year students to the profession of nursing. The course has two separate goals: providing a basis for academic achievement and helping students develop skills necessary for professional success. Students learn about diversity issues, examine what it means to be a college student, explore what it means to be a professional, and develop strategies for success. Discussion of the importance of a strong liberal arts foundation as the basis of professional study is an integral part of the course. Professional concepts such as communication skills, basic medical language, legal, ethical, and professional issues are introduced. This course is for nursing majors only.
Prerequisites & Notes: Nursing majors only.
Credits: 2 cr.
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NUR 1120 - PUBLIC HEALTH and SOCIAL JUSTICE
This course is designed to provide an overview of public health with an emphasis on the population perspective and the cross-cutting ecological nature of public health including the population impacts on healthcare systems. Discussions will integrate social justice issues, epidemiology and other public health concepts, with discussions primarily limited to the United States and occasional references to global implications. This course does not meet the wellness requirement for nursing or nutrition students, nor can it be used as a nursing elective.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Unity and Diversity of Humanity – Themes - Ethics and Civic Responsibility,
Wellness. *** This course does not meet the wellness requirement for nursing or nutrition students, nor can it be used as a nursing elective.
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NUR 3261 - HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
This course is designed to assist the RN to BSN student develop the skills necessary to perform health assessments. The course incorporates the principles of interviewing, comprehensive health history, sequential physical assessment, and analysis and documentation of collected data.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 3270 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING I
This course provides a theory and skills foundation for professional nursing, and the role of the professional nurse is explored. The Nursing process, health care needs of individuals, and health physical assessment are central concepts. The history of nursing and the laboratory component concentrate on acquisition of professional nursing skills.
Prerequisites & Notes: BSC 1121 and BSC 1122.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 3271 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING II
This course builds on the concepts introduced in NUR 1100 and NUR 1170. Course content focuses on developing a global awareness of cultures outside of the United States, and the impact of culture on nursing practice. There is a continuation of the application of the nursing process to human needs and responses to illness and human development. The laboratory component focuses on gaining basic clinical skills and applying them in the student’s first clinical experience.
Prerequisites & Notes: NUR 1100 and NUR 3270.
Credits: 4 cr. General Education Requirement: Global Awareness, Information Literacy
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NUR 3361 - INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH
This course provides an overview of the steps in the research process, and the ethical and legal implications involved in scientific inquiry. Emphasis is on knowledge and methods required to critically evaluate research studies and reports.
Prerequisites & Notes: NUR 3270 and NUR 3271 or equivalent courses; MA 1125; or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2 cr. General Education Requirement: Information Literacy
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NUR 3370 - NURSING CARE OF THE ADULT CLIENT
Explores the use of the nursing process with adult clients as they encounter actual and potential stressors along with the wellness-illness continuum. The clinical lab provides the student with opportunities to apply the nursing process at all levels of prevention and to observe various roles of the professional nurse within the health care system.
Prerequisites & Notes: BSC 1121, BSC 1122, BSC 3271 (or BI 3371), CHM 1110, DIT 2211, NUR 3270 and NUR 3271.
Credits: 8 cr.
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NUR 3371 - NURSING CARE OF CHILDBEARING AND CHILDREARING FAMILIES
Explores the use of the nursing process with individual and family clients. The focus of the role of the nurse in meeting the health care needs of childbearing and childrearing families at all levels of prevention and in a variety of settings. The course content focuses on growth and development, family issues and assessment, the change process, and stressors for and reaction of individuals and families.
Prerequisites & Notes: BSC 1121, BSC 1122, BSC 3271 (or BI 3371), CHM 1110, NUR 3270 and NUR 3271.
Credits: 8 cr.
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NUR 3391 - THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC BASES OF NURSING PRACTICE I
This course examines pathophysiological concepts of altered health states of selected body
systems along with appropriate pharmacologic management and nursing implications. Includes basic
principles of pharmacology; stress and adaptation; cell injury, aging and death; alterations in respiratory function, acid-base balance, fluids and electrolytes, renal function, the endocrine system, and the
gastrointestinal system.
Prerequisites & Notes: NUR 3270, NUR 3271, BSC 1121, BSC 1122 and BSC 3271 or BI 3371.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 3392 - THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC BASES OF NURSING II
This course examines pathophysiological concepts of altered health states along with appropriate pharmacologic management and nursing implications. Includes alterations in neurological function;
cardiac function; immune function; and blood pressure, coagulation, blood flow, and other blood
abnormalities.
Prerequisites & Notes: NUR 3270, NUR 3271, BSC 1121, BSC 1122, BSC 3271 or BI 3371.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4402 - WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES
Designed to explore and analyze a wide range of women’s health issues from a multi disciplinary perspective. It is presented in a seminar format utilizing feminist pedagogy. A high level of student participation is expected.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Wellness
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NUR 4410 - ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
An overview of complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) will be presented in this course. Individual therapies and their use will be examined. Current research will be analyzed. The impact of cultural diversity on the use of CAT and conflicts with traditional medicine will also be discussed.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Wellness
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NUR 4411 - CASE STUDIES IN NURSING
This course focuses on improving the student’s ability to plan and deliver high quality nursing care through the use of patient case studies. These case studies will include all aspects of nursing care and will help enhance the student’s critical thinking abilities, improve efficiency with the nursing process and contribute to communication skills.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4412 - MENTAL HEALTH CARE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
This course provides an overview of the history and current status of the treatment of the mentally ill in the United States and across the globe. Perspectives on causation and care will be explored, as well as current mental health prevention and promotion strategies. Concepts of prevention and promotion are explored across the lifespan and across cultures with a focus on the mental health of special populations and communities.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4413 - NCLEX PREPARATION
This course focuses on improving the student’s ability to utilize critical thinking and test-taking strategies to enhance readiness to take the RN licensure exam (CLEX-RN). The structure of the NLCEX-RN Test Plan is explored in depth, with emphasis on client needs and integrated processes.
Credits: 1 cr.
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NUR 4417 - COMMUNITY NURSING PRACTICE AND PRINCIPLES
This course will provide registered nurses who did not have community health principles in their basic nursing programs with information on aspects of practice unique to functioning in community and public settings. The course includes theoretical and practice models that are basic to preparing students for the specialty of Community Health Nursing. Student in this course will learn to apply the nursing process to a community client using the Neuman Systems Model. This course is only for RN students who have a bachelors degree in an area other than nursing and are planning on attending Mansfield University’s MSN program.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4427 - SHAPING THE NURSING PROFESSION: A HISTORY OF NURSING IN THE US
This course explores the existing historiography on the development of the nursing profession in the United States. The class focuses on historical literature, which provides perspectives on individuals, social movement, and institution building that contributed to transformations in the practice of nursing. Comparisons to development in related social groups provides context for understanding issues of class, gender, and social power.
Prerequisites & Notes: Must have 30 earned credits
Credits: 3cr.
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NUR 4433 - HEALTH PROMOTION
An interdisciplinary, international investigation of health promotion taught from the perspective of various disciplines with an emphasis on issues of nutrition, exercise, health behaviors and motivational theory. It is designed to familiarize students with implementing strategies for health promotion and disease prevention on the personal and community level. Active participation by the student in a health promotion project will be required.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Global Awareness, Information Literacy, Wellness
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NUR 4454 - GERONTICS/NORMAL AGING
Provides both theoretical content and interaction with the well-elderly. Assessing and assisting the aging to maintain wellness will be the major focus.
Prerequisites & Notes: NUR 3270, NUR 3271 and SOC 1101.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4460 - CURRENT ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING
This is a seminar that examines current trends, controversies, questions, and dilemmas of professional nursing as well as the influence of political, ethical/legal, economic, and societal issues on the practice of nursing. The capstone project in this course is designed to illustrate the connection between general education and the profession of nursing.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior level nursing courses.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4465 - RURAL HEALTH ISSUES
The central focus of this course is to define and conceptually explore the essence of rurality and rural health issues. A comparison of the uniqueness of rural health issues will be explored from a global and cultural perspective. Identifying the cross cutting factors that tie rural to urban health care systems will assist the student to develop and understanding of the advocacy role of rural health care providers.
Prerequisites & Notes: CHE-1120, CHE-2220 or NUR-3271 or RN status
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4471 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Explores the scope of community health nursing considering the multiple frameworks of nursing theory and process, family theory and practice, and public health principles. Emphasis is placed on studying the relationships between individual, family, and community health care needs.
Prerequisites & Notes: NUR 3370, NUR 3371, NUR 3391 or NUR 3392 or permission of instructor. (HCC fee).
Credits: 6 cr.
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NUR 4472 - MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Focuses on the mental health concepts relative to the nursing care of clients. The nursing process is examined and applied primarily with individuals, but also includes families, groups, and communities and takes place in a variety of settings. Emphasis is placed upon the nurse’s role of collaboration with other health care professionals in meeting the health care needs of clients at all levels of prevention.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior level nursing courses. (HCC fee).
Credits: 6 cr.
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NUR 4480 - LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN NURSING
Introduces the student to the theoretical foundation for the practice of independent and interdependent nursing by discussing current leadership and management concepts and their relevance to professional nursing practice.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: junior level nursing courses.
Credits: 3 cr.
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NUR 4490 - CARE OF THE CLIENT WITH MULTISYSTEM STRESSORS
Advanced concepts of acute care nursing are applied to complex health problems in clients with multisystem stressors.
Prerequisites & Notes: NUR 3370, NUR 3371, NUR 3391 and NUR 3392. (HCC fee).
Credits: 8 cr.
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NUR 4497 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent study is an activity initiated by the student to increase his/her already advanced knowledge in a particular academic discipline. The subject is examined in an intensive manner with guidance by a faculty member who has special expertise in that field.
Credits: 1 - 3 cr. Notes: May be taken for 1 through 3 credits at one time.
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PHL 1100 - METHODS OF INQUIRY
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the tools and skills they will need in order to take charge of their learning and be academically successful in college. Students will be introduced to methods for identifying and using information critically and ethically and will practice recognizing essential elements of reasoning. They will recognize basic fallacies and discover how to access their own thinking, as well as assess the ideas and arguments of others. By the end of the course, students will have learned about methods of inquiry and elements of reasoning used in the various liberal arts disciplines.
Credits: 3cr
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PHL 1191 - ETHICAL ISSUES IN ALLIED HEALTH CARE
Especially designed for individuals pursuing careers in respiratory therapy and radiology technology. Topics include informed consent, paternalism, professional accountability, access to professional services, policy implications and the control of technology, and the benefits of health-care practices. May not be used as a substitute in the Nursing Program for PHL 3380; not a General Education Humanities course.
Credits: 3 cr.
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PHL 2200 - CRITICAL THINKING
This course is designed to improve a student’s ability to recognize and evaluate arguments and claims as they occur in a variety of contexts, such as editorials, articles, debates, newscasts, speeches, advertisements, and conversations. Logical fallacies, common ways in which arguments go wrong, will be studied, along with the features of good reasoning. Various forms of inductive or informal argumentation will be analyzed, including scientific, legal and everyday reasoning.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Approaches to Knowledge – Humanities,
Humanities, Information Literacy
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PHL 2201 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Examines the basic foundational beliefs in the religious, scientific, ethical, and political dimensions of life. Exercises the student’s ability to identify his/her own basic beliefs and subject these to critical evaluation. Examples of issues discussed are whether ethical values are relative, the existence of God, the nature of justice, and human freedom.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Approaches to Knowledge – Humanities,
Humanities
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PHL 2202 - CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
Analyzes moral arguments pertaining to difficult contemporary issues, with emphasis on clarifying and evaluating these. Discussion subjects include: abortion, euthanasia, the moral status of animals, the environment, the rights of women and minorities, censorship and pornography, etc. Course goal is to enable the student to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various positions on each issue. PHL 2202 is suitable as an entry level course in Philosophy.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Approaches to Knowledge – Humanities,
Humanities
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PHL 2205 - LAW, MORALITY and AUTHORITY
This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of texts, issues and concepts fundamental in the Western tradition. It revolves around fundamental political concepts including the polis, sovereignty, citizenship, liberty, justice, law, and rights. Significant time will be spent discussing the enforcement of morals or social norms by law and the proper authority of the state over the individual. Primary sources will include (but are not limited to): Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. This course is approved in the Ethics and Civic Responsibility block of General Education and will foster students’ skill in conceptual and textual analysis.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Unity and Diversity of Humanity – Themes - Ethics and Civic Responsibility
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PHL 2259 - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Analyzes the validity of various proofs of God’s existence. Also examines religious language, the difference between faith and reason, the question of religious authority, and the reasonableness of the religious lifestyle.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Approaches to Knowledge – Humanities,
Humanities
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PHL 2350 - PHILOSOPHY AND POPULAR CULTURE
Using a variety of contemporary examples and case studies from American culture, which may change from one course offering to the next, the course will demonstrate Philosophy’s relevance in the mainstream popular culture. Course emphasizes development in critical thought, analysis, and communication skills. With instructor’s approval, may be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Approaches to Knowledge – Humanities,
Humanities
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PHL 3230 - FORMAL LOGIC
Examines forms of argumentation and formal reasoning, including inductive inference, categorical syllogisms, and propositional logic. In addition to examining both standard and non-standard categorical arguments, this course provides an introduction to symbolic notation, the use of truth tables, and the rules of natural deduction. Required for the Philosophy major.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Humanities
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PHL 3260 - TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
This course will examine both moral reasoning and ethical principles as they apply to issues and practices in such professions as business, education, law, police work, scientific research, clinical psychology and psychiatry, social work and information technology. Each offering may emphasize different professions or one specific profession.
Prerequisites & Notes: Must have 30 earned credits.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Humanities
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PHL 3300 - PHILOSOPHY OF THE ARTS
A detailed survey of both classical and modern aesthetic theories along with a criticism of each.
Prerequisites & Notes: PHL 2201 or PHL 2202 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 cr. General Education Requirement: Humanities & Approaches to Knowledge - Humanities
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