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MUS 023 - Applied Piano for the Non-Major (Beginning and Intermediate) ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit; 1 hr./wk. = 2 credits)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 024 - Applied Piano for the Non-Major (Beginning and Intermediate) ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit; 1 hr./wk. = 2 credits)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 031 - Applied Voice for the Non-Major (by audition only) ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit; 1 hr./wk. = 2 credits)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 032 - Applied Voice for the Non-Major (by audition only) ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit; 1 hr./wk. = 2 credits)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 033 - Applied Voice for the Non-Major (by audition only) ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit; 1 hr./wk. = 2 credits)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 034 - Applied Voice for the Non-Major (by audition only) ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit; 1 hr./wk. = 2 credits)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 041 - Applied Hand Drumming for the Non-Major ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit or equivalent)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 042 - Applied Hand Drumming for the Non-Major ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit or equivalent)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 043 - Applied Hand Drumming for the Non-Major ( 1 /2 hr./wk. = 1 credit or equivalent)
Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 100 - Creative Movement (3 credits)
Self-expression through creative movement; cognitive, emotional, kinesthetic, choreographic, and musical aspects of dance. As needed. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 101 - Introduction to Music (3 credits)
Basic materials of musical styles, forms, and performance media from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; music in America; the listening experience. Fall. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 103 - Exploration of Contemporary Music (3 credits)
Historical survey of jazz styles, starting with early blues and progressing through each decade of the 20th century. As needed. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 104 - Fundamentals of Music (3 credits)
Notation, rhythm, phrasing; major, minor and chromatic scales, simple and compound meter, intervals, and the fundamental laws of harmonic progression. As needed. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 105 - Music for Recreative Purposes (3 credits)
Exploration of mu sic as a recreative force in the classroom, health care facility, nursing home, group home or other residential facilities. Development of creative listening projects, organizational skills, song leading techniques, and repertoire. Service project optional. Fall, Spring. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 110 - Chorus (0-1 credit)
Anyone taking this course is automatically a member of the Saint Francis University Singers. Students taking the course for 1 credit will receive a letter grade; students taking it for 0 credits will receive a Pass/Fail grade. Additionally, students may participate in the Saint Francis University Singers as an activity with no grade assigned and no indication on the transcript of such participation. As needed.
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MUS 111 - Chorus (0-1 credit)
Anyone taking this course is automatically a member of the Saint Francis University Singers. Students taking the course for 1 credit will receive a letter grade; students taking it for 0 credits will receive a Pass/Fail grade. Additionally, students may participate in the Saint Francis University Singers as an activity with no grade assigned and no indication on the transcript of such participation. As needed.
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MUS 120 - Band (0-1 credit)
Anyone taking this course is automatically a member of the Saint Francis University Band(s). Students taking the course for 1 credit must be performing members of the band and will receive a letter grade; students taking it for 0 credits will receive a Pass/Fail grade. Additionally, students may participate in the band as an activity with no grade assigned and no indication on the transcript of such participation. As needed.
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MUS 121 - Band (0-1 credit)
Anyone taking this course is automatically a member of the Saint Francis University Band(s). Students taking the course for 1 credit must be performing members of the band and will receive a letter grade; students taking it for 0 credits will receive a Pass/Fail grade. Additionally, students may participate in the band as an activity with no grade assigned and no indication on the transcript of such participation. As needed.
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MUS 122 - Band (0-1 credit)
Anyone taking this course is automatically a member of the Saint Francis University Band(s). Students taking the course for 1 credit must be performing members of the band and will receive a letter grade; students taking it for 0 credits will receive a Pass/Fail grade. Additionally, students may participate in the band as an activity with no grade assigned and no indication on the transcript of such participation. As needed.
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MUS 123 - Band (0-1 credit)
Anyone taking this course is automatically a member of the Saint Francis University Band(s). Students taking the course for 1 credit must be performing members of the band and will receive a letter grade; students taking it for 0 credits will receive a Pass/Fail grade. Additionally, students may participate in the band as an activity with no grade assigned and no indication on the transcript of such participation. As needed.
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MUS 144 - World Drumming Ensemble (0 credits)
This course will provide an interactive, hands-on environment to learn basic hand drumming and develop a foundation in group-music making. In addition to hand drumming technique, the student will also learn culturally specific drumming repertoire from West African, Central African, Brazilian, Native American and Caribbean cultures. The ensemble will also perform publically multiple times each semester. Together the class will discuss and experience how sound can be an effective means increasing wellness. Lastly, this course will also provide a framework of how to create your own music with a strong focus on team development. Fall, Spring.
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MUS 145 - World Drumming Ensemble (1 credit)
This course will provide an interactive, hands-on environment to learn basic hand drumming and develop a foundation in group-music making. In addition to hand drumming technique, the student will also learn culturally specific drumming repertoire from West African, Central African, Brazilian, Native American and Caribbean cultures. The ensemble will also perform publically multiple times each semester. Together the class will discuss and experience how sound can be an effective means increasing wellness. Lastly, this course will also provide a framework of how to create your own music with a strong focus on team development. Fall, Spring.
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MUS 202 - Studies in Music (3 credits)
This course provides the opportunity for students to explore a specific music topic such as Women Composers, American Folk Music, World Musics, the Symphonies of Mozart, the 19th-Century Art Song, and others. Specific topics will be announced each time the course is offered. In addition to this course, students may participate in the Instrumental Ensemble or the Saint Francis University Singers on a non-credit basis.
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MUS 310 - Music, Wellness, and Conscious Life Design (3 credits)
Music, Wellness, and Conscious Life Design is a dynamic and interactive course where students discover how to use evidence based musical interventions and holistic techniques as practical tools for designing lifelong personal wellness. Fall and Spring.
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Neuroscience |
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NEUR 279 - Introduction to Neuroscience (3 credits)
This course exposes students to the history, language, scientific questions, fundamental principles, and methodology of neuroscience, and cultivates a clear understanding of the integrative nature of science. Spring.
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NEUR 450 - Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar in Neuroscience (1 credit)
This course introduces students to the primary literature of neuroscience; understanding of research design and analysis at the undergraduate level, and presentation of laboratory-based and library-based research results. Competency in basic laboratory techniques required. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: NEUR 279 . Spring.
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Nursing |
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NURS 100 - Introduction to Professional Nursing (1 credit)
The student is introduced to essential theories, concepts and values of the nursing profession. Emphasis is placed on caring from a personal and professional perspective. The student is socialized into the profession and introduced to the American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Performance. Ethics and values associated with caring in professional nursing are examined. Required of nursing majors. Spring.
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NURS 200 - Nursing Assessment of the Person (3 credits)
This course provides the student with beginning knowledge and skills needed to assess the health status of the person from infancy through old age. The physical, psychological, cultural and spiritual dimensions of the person are assessed as well as factors that influence health and wellness including multigenerational genetic history. Attention is placed on distinguishing normal from abnormal findings and judging the functional abilities of the person using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns. Nursing assessment provides a database for future identification of nursing diagnoses and a nursing care plan. The course includes clinical laboratory time following the theoretical component. Prerequisites: BIOL 205 . Corequisites: NURS 201 , BIOL 206 . Spring and occasionally summer.
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NURS 201 - Health and the Developing Person (3 credits)
This course focuses on the continuing, evolving changes that occur throughout the life of the person as he/she interrelates with the environment. These changes are identified within the perspective of Gordon’s topology of functional health patterns. Concepts from the natural, behavioral, and social sciences provide the students with a framework for identifying commonly experienced biological, psychosocial, moral, and spiritual developmental changes experienced by individuals. Implications for health promotion and anticipatory guidance for the various age groups are addressed. Prerequisites: BIOL 205 , PSYC 101 , SOC 101 . Corequisites: NURS 200 , BIOL 206 . Spring and occasionally summer.
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NURS 202 - Perspectives in Professional Nursing (3 credits)
This course focuses on nursing as a profession and the professional’s socialization for practice. Nursing as an art and science with a focus on human caring will be presented. This is the RN bridge course that can be taken after 50 general and prerequisite credits are competed. Spring and occasionally summer.
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NURS 300 - Fundamentals of Human Care Nursing (4 credits)
This course focuses on the theory and clinical practice related to nursing roles of caregiver, teacher and advocate. The student learns theory and evidence-based intervention skills fundamental to the practice of professional nursing. The caring concepts are introduced and utilized with individuals. Beginning skills in therapeutic communication are developed to establish a caring presence. Clinical in a medical surgical unit and lab simulations. The student is introduced to diagnostic reasoning, simulations, and learns to apply all elements of the nursing process in a clinical setting. Prerequisites: Junior status and admission to the professional phase of the nursing program. Fall.
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NURS 301 - Care of Childbearing Families (4 credits)
In this course, students focus on theory and clinical practice related to the care of childbearing families. The human experience of pregnancy and child birth is examined from a caring perspective and applied to nursing practice. Clinical in a maternity unit (nursery, postpartum, gyne, labor and delivery), clinics, and lab simulations. Students will examine factors influencing conception, pregnancy and birth (e.g. genetics, therapeutic nutrition, perinatal loss and fertility). Students discuss the effects that culture, society, technology, and economics have on childbearing and reproductive health. Prerequisites: Junior status and admission to the professional phase of the nursing program. Fall.
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NURS 302 - Care of Adults with Acute Alterations in Health (4 credits)
In this course, students learn and apply theory and caring concepts related to the care of adults with acute alterations in health. Care is examined within various cultural contexts. Lab simulations and clinical in a hospital setting. Prerequisite: NURS 300 , NURS 316 . Spring.
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NURS 303 - Care of Children (4 credits)
In this course, students learn and apply theory and caring concepts related to the care of children. The nurse begins to integrate genetics and evidence-based practices in nursing care. Includes children with health alterations, promoting and protecting health, maximizing optimal functioning and working with families. Lab simulations and clinical in hospitals and community settings. Prerequisite: NURS 300 , NURS 301 and . Spring.
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NURS 311 - Human Nutrition (3 credits)
This course provides basic information regarding human nutrition and its relationship to wellness. Emphasis is placed on nutritional needs of individuals throughout life. Attention is directed to nutrition in clinical practice, nutritional needs in the presence of chronic conditions, and concepts related to enteral and parenteral nutrition. The increasing problems of obesity and healthcare implications are addressed. Open to other health majors who meet the prerequisites. Prerequisites: CHEM 103 , BIOL 206 . Fall.
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NURS 316 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I (4 credits)
The student acquires a basic knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology for utilization in the professional practice of nursing. The effects of disease are viewed from a spirit-mind-body perspective. The course examines various disease processes, their treatment modalities with an emphasis on appropriate pharmacological interventions. Prerequisites: Junior status and admission to the professional phase of the nursing program. Fall.
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NURS 334 - Principles of Cross Cultural Healthcare (2 credits)
This seminar course examines the influence of cultural backgrounds, beliefs, values, and practices on the health of individuals, families, and aggregates. The role of the healthcare provider in maximizing wellness is addressed in relation to various ethnic cultures and subcultures. Emphasis on cultural diversity assists the health science student to acquire a global perspective on issues dealing with the health and well-being of people. Prerequisite: Junior level status; health science major.
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NURS 335 - Nursing/Health Elective: Intimate Human Behavior (2 credits)
The focus of this course is the exploration of concepts of intimacy and sexuality. The human experience of intimacy and sexual expression and its relationship to health is examined. Implications for the nurse and other health care providers are addressed. Prerequisite: None. Open to all majors. As needed.
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NURS 336 - Palliative Care Basics (2 credits)
This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the philosophy and principles of palliative care; the course emphasizes the unique knowledge that describes, explains, and guides the provision of hospice and palliative care. Students consider a holistic approach to care, including interventions that provide effective pain and symptom management and promote psychosocial and spiritual well-being. Students are prepared to serve diverse client populations whose diseases are life-threatening, and to perform effectively as members of an interdisciplinary team providing palliative care. All Majors. Corequisite: Junior standing.
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NURS 337 - Nursing/Health Elective: Addictions and Compulsions (2 credits)
The goal of this course is to provide a basic survey of theory, concepts, and practices relevant to addictive behavior, compulsive acts, dependency needs, and the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. A caring nursing perspective is utilized. The historical aspects and current epidemiological patterns of substance abuse and other addictive behaviors are presented. The individual, familial and societal effects of addictive and dependent behavior are emphasized. Prerequisites: None. Open to all majors. As needed.
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NURS 338 - Nursing Elective: Nursing in a Foreign Country (2 credits)
This course examines professional nursing in a selected country, viewing it within its cultural context and from ethnic, political, geographic, educational, and economic perspectives. Nursing’s commitment to caring, its professional development, and the nursing roles which are employed in the delivery of that country’s health care are studied. A trip to the foreign country comprises the focal point of this course. Prerequisite: NURS 300 . As needed.
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NURS 339 - Spiritual Dimensions in Professional Health Practice (2 credits)
This course focuses on the concept of human spirituality and its relationship to caring and healing across the health continuum. Spirituality in health care practice is addressed from a historical, contemporary, and personal perspective as the student examines the role of spirituality in the healing/grieving process. Along with an exploration of the effects of personal belief systems have on patients and families, the impact of the student’s own spiritual self-awareness on their care of clients will be identified. Evidence-based practice is used as the context for examining culturally competent and sensitive approaches to helping patients and their systems of support find their own sense of meaning in the midst of suffering. Religious beliefs/practices of diverse populations are explored in the psychosocial frameworks of prominent theorists to identify positive contributions that may be made by professionals regardless of their discipline or personal belief system. Prerequisite: Junior level status; health science major.
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NURS 401 - Care of Individuals With Life-Threatening Alterations in Health (4 credits)
Focuses on theory and evidence-based clinical practice related to the care of individuals with life threatening alterations in health. The student examines and applies the basic principles of critical care nursing theory from a caring perspective. Includes nursing and collaborative management of patients with multisystem dysfunctions. Hemodynamic monitoring and EKG interpretation skills are acquired and applied to practice. Uses concept mapping and case studies to further critical thinking skills. Prerequisites: Senior status in the professional phase of the nursing program. Fall.
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NURS 402 - Care of Individuals with Alterations in Psychiatric/Mental Health (4 credits)
The course focuses on theory and clinical practice related to the care of individuals with alterations in psychiatric/mental health. Evidence-based nursing practices and caring concepts are applied to individuals with acute and chronic psychiatric/mental health disorders. Prerequisites: Senior status in the professional phase of the nursing program. Spring.
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NURS 403 - Nursing Research (3 credits)
Provides an introduction to the research process and to quantitative and qualitative nursing research. Enables the student to critically read and appraise the research that others have conducted and to apply research findings to evidence-based nursing practice. Prerequisites: STAT 101 , junior status and admission to the professional phase of the nursing program. Corequisite: . Spring.
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NURS 404 - Care of Individuals with Chronic Alterations in Health (4 credits)
The course focuses on theory and clinical practice related to individuals with chronic alterations in health. The human experience of chronicity with all its implications is examined from a caring perspective for application to nursing practice. Prerequisites: Senior status in the professional phase of the nursing program. Spring.
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NURS 405 - Care of Human Communities (4 credits)
The course focuses on theory and clinical practice related to the care of human communities and vulnerable populations. Principles of epidemiology, environmental health and safety are included. Cultural and global health needs and comparisons are addressed. Caring concepts and evidence-based practices are applied in the home and community settings. Corequisites: Senior status in the professional phase of the nursing program. Fall.
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NURS 406 - Advanced Concepts (RN-BSN students only.) (6 credits)
This course focuses on advanced concepts related to the care of individuals/families experiencing alterations in life-threatening and chronic health. Caring philosophy will be implemented and these problems will be examined primarily using a case study approach. Clinical is based on individual educational needs. Prerequisite: NURS 202 . Corequisites: NURS 416
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NURS 410 - Nursing Management/Leadership Theory (3 credits)
This course focuses on principles of nursing management and leadership within a caring framework for the practice of nursing. Decision making, critical thinking, change, motivation, management process, operational skills and more are studied. Corequisite: Senior status in the professional phase of the nursing program. Fall.
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NURS 411 - Nursing Management/Leadership Practicum (2 credits)
This clinical course enables the student to implement beginning management and leadership skills for use in the creation of a caring environment. The student is directly supervised by a preceptor. Prerequisites: , Senior status in the professional phase of the nursing program. Corequisite: . Spring.
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NURS 412 - Professional Nursing Seminar (1 credit)
This course focuses on issues related to the role of the nurse as a member of a profession. Emphasis is placed on professionalism, current issues, and futuristic trends in order to identify strategies that impact provision of safe, quality care. Spring.
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NURS 416 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II (3 credits)
The student acquires further knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology for utilization in the professional practice of nursing. The effects of disease are viewed from a body-mind-spirit perspective. The course examines various disease processes, their treatment modalities with emphasis on appropriate pharmacological interventions. Prerequisite: NURS 316 , junior status in the professional phase of the nursing program. Spring.
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NURS 437 - Advanced Pharmacology in Nursing Practice (2 credits)
This course focuses on the principles of drug action for important classes of drugs. The chemical basis of drug receptor interactions will be discussed. The course includes fundamentals of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics and the patient response to medications. Indepth pharmacology is broken down into systems, focusing on the use of medication to treat and prevent illness and disease across the lifespan. Prerequisite: , , and .
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NURS 445 - Healthcare Informatics (2 credits)
Provides opportunity for the health care professional to acquire and apply knowledge and skills from computer sciences to the health care field. Prerequisite: Junior level status; Health science major.
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NURS 455 - Healthcare Informatics (2 credits)
Provides opportunity for the health care professional to acquire and apply knowledge and skills from computer sciences to the health care field. Prerequisite: Junior level status; Health science major.
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NURS 499 - Special Topics (1-3 credits each)
Exploration of special topics in such areas as determined by faculty and student interest. Prerequisites: vary according to course. Fall, Spring. Senior nursing students are eligible to take PHTH 553 , Special Topics: Interdisciplinary problem-based Learning (2 credits) with PT, OT, and PA majors. This is equal to a nursing elective for nursing majors. Allows additional opportunity to explore an area of interest and advanced study. Involves work with small group with faculty mentor. Spring.
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Occupational Therapy |
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OT 102 - Introduction to Occupational Therapy I (0 credit)
This course will provide pre-professional phase occupational therapy majors, and other students who have an interest in the occupational therapy field with the opportunity to interface with the professional Occupational Therapy community in informal meeting environments. Occupational Therapy practice areas and special interests area will be presented with an emphasis on Occupational Therapy roles, as well as exploration of one’s own feelings about disabilities. The course will meet a total of four times throughout the semester and each session will be 2 hours in length. Spring. NOTE: If a student transfers into the MOT Program with 28 or more credits, the Introduction to Occupational Therapy I course may be waived.
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OT 201 - Introduction to Occupational Therapy II (0 credit)
Introduction to Occupational Therapy II, similar to Introduction to Occupational Therapy I, will provide pre-professional phase occupational therapy majors, and other students who have an interest in the occupational therapy field with the opportunity to interface with the professional Occupational Therapy community in informal meeting environments. Occupational Therapy practice areas and special interests area will be presented with an emphasis on Occupational Therapy roles, as well as exploration of one’s own feelings about disabilities. In addition, this course will prepare the student with an overview of the professional phase of the MOT program. This course will meet four times throughout the semester and each session will be two hours in length. Fall. NOTE: If a student transfers into the MOT Program with 56 or more credits, the Introduction to Occupational Therapy I course may be waived.
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OT 301 - Occupational Therapy Seminar I (1 credit)
This course will provide students with an introduction to the concept of occupation, the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, professional behaviors in occupational therapy and the opportunity to interface with the professional OT community in both classroom and informal meeting environments. Basic skills in interviewing and observation are included as well as self-reflection and personal development. Occupational Therapy practice areas and special interest areas will be presented with an emphasis on Occupational Therapy roles, functions, and relationships to the interdisciplinary team. A module of medical terminology is also incorporated in preparation for the Professional Phase of the program. Prerequisite: Junior status and admission to the pre-professional phase. Fall.
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OT 302 - Occupational Therapy Seminar II (1 credit)
This course will offer students the opportunity to further explore the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, the Americans with Disabilities Act, professional behavior skills including interviewing and development of the Occupational Profile. Occupational therapy practice areas and special interests area will be presented with an emphasis on occupational therapy roles, functions, and relationships to the interdisciplinary team through an interdisciplinary health care team project. A module of medical terminology is also incorporated in preparation for the Professional Phase of the program. Prerequisite: OT 301 or equivalent. Spring.
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OT 401 - Occupational Therapy I (12 credits)
This course is designed to provide the introductory foundations of Occupational Therapy upon which all subsequent professional content is built. The Occupational Therapy process including introductory content from all major domain areas are included, as well as Occupation Across the Lifespan and foundational principles of the history and philosophy of Occupational Therapy. Special emphasis on psychosocial approaches is included. Basic practice skills are utilized in addition to scholarship, management/leadership skills and ethical principles. Learning approaches are primarily through comprehension and analysis. Safety skills, Level I fieldwork directed observation and participation in selected aspects of the OT Process, self-analysis and professional development opportunities are also included in this course. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all pre-professional requirements including general education and collateral coursework, and having met all progression standards outlined in the Departmental Handbook. Summer.
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OT 402 - Occupational Therapy II (15 credits)
This course expands and explores in depth the theories, components and treatment approaches employed in Musculoskeletal Domain of OT, Neurological Domain of OT, Pediatric Domain of OT, along with Occupation Across the Lifespan. Occupational Therapy analysis skills continue to be utilized along with scholarship, management/leadership skills and ethics. Learning approaches are primarily through comprehension and analysis. Safety skills, Level I fieldwork directed observation and participation in selected aspects of the OT Process, self-analysis and professional development opportunities are also included in this course. Prerequisite: OT 401 Fall.
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OT 403 - Occupational Therapy III (15 credits)
This course expands and explores in depth the theories, components and treatment approaches employed in Psychosocial Domain of OT, Gerontological Domain of OT, Emerging / Specialty Domains of OT, along with Occupation Across the Lifespan. Occupational Therapy analysis skills continue to be utilized along with scholarship, management/leadership skills and ethics. Learning approaches are primarily through comprehension and analysis. Safety skills, Level I fieldwork directed observation and participation in selected aspects of the OT Process, self-analysis and professional development opportunities are also included in this course. Prerequisite: OT 402 Spring.
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OT 501 - Occupational Therapy IV (15 credits)
The purpose of this course is to prepare students for Level II Fieldwork in all domain areas including the preparation for and successful completion of practical Advanced Competency testing, to complete significant steps toward the implementation of the Scholarly Project, and to provide structured, practical learning experiences by working closely with a Registered Occupational Therapist during the Level II Fieldwork experience. Students will be provided with direct opportunities to utilize the OT Process with clients engaged in occupations that are appropriate for their respective cognitive, psychosocial and physical stage of development. The focus is on learning through integration and synthesis of concepts. Prerequisite: OT 403 Fall.
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OT 502 - Occupation Therapy V (15 credits)
The purpose of this course is multi-faceted: 1) to provide structured, practical learning experiences by working closely with a Registered Occupational Therapist, 2) to present and defend OT Scholarship/Research before a public audience, and 3) to prepare for the NBCOT exam and complete requirements to obtain temporary licensure. Students will be provided with direct opportunities to utilize the OT Process with clients engaged in occupations that are appropriate for their respective cognitive, psychosocial and physical stage of development. The focus is on learning through integration and synthesis of concepts. Prerequisite: OT 501 Spring.
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Paralegal |
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PRL 401/ 501 - Basic Legal Principles (3 credits)
This course will give students a basic understand of various legal subjects and how to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant facts. In addition, the student will determine and learn to recognize which circumstances and set of facts involve torts, contracts, criminal law, real estate, estates and trusts and family law issues. The student will also learn the proper use of legal terminology through reading and practice. The course will also give the student a brief overview of the paralegal profession, the job requirements, and career opportunities.
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PRL 402/ 502 - Professional Responsibility/ Ethics (3 credits)
Students will review and have an understanding of the American Bar Associations (“ABA”) Model Guidelines for the use of paralegal services. This course will focus primarily on legal ethical challenges from the paralegal perspective. They will be presented with challenges that relate to conflicts of interest, client confidentiality and other ethical dilemmas. The students will be presented with hypothetical situations where they must apply the rules to the facts and determine a conclusion.
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PRL 403/ 503 - Legal Research (3 credits)
In this course students will learn various methods of legal research by using online tools and library resources. They will learn the difference between primary and secondary law. Students will then learn how to use the five primary resources of law: the Constitution, Case Law, Statutory Law, Regulatory Law and Executive Orders. Students will learn correct citation format and how to shepardize a case to determine if the case has been overturned. Furthermore, students will learn the hierarchy of both the Federal and State Court system and the appeals process. They will be given hypothetical fact patterns where they will have to find cases and statutes that may pertain to the issues presented in the facts.
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PRL 404/ 504 - Legal Writing (3 credits)
In this course students will learn the distinction between a factual and legal issue. They will learn how to incorporate the factual issues with the legal issues to formulate an argument, incorporate the rule of law regarding that issue, and analyze the facts of the case and determine a conclusion. In addition, students will learn how to read case law to determine whether the case is relevant to the issues presented. Furthermore, students will learn how to prepare legal correspondence, legal case briefs and other written legal documents.
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PRL 405/ 505 - Litigation (3 credits)
Students will learn the basics regarding civil discovery. Students will learn how to prepare and assist an attorney with trial. Students will learn discovery procedures such as conducting the initial client interview, initiating an investigation, filing a complaint, preparing interrogatories, and request for production of documents, depositions and medical examinations. They will learn the importance and roles experts and witnesses play during the discovery process. In addition, they will learn the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and certain State Civil procedure rules, including but not limited certain privileges regarding common law and statutory privileges against disclosure, marital privilege, the attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine. Students will have the opportunity to review the discovery rules, analyze case law and apply discovery procedures. Students will be taken through a hypothetical trial where they will learn practical skills used prior to and during trial.
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PRL 420/ 600 - Real Estate Law (3 credits)
This course will cover concepts regarding the law of real property. The Student will learn the different types of estates and ownerships, and encumbrances. The student will learn how to create leaseholds and how to transfer title. The student will also learn how to prepare landlord tenant agreements and land sale agreements. The student will also learn about the documents and the process involved in real estate closings. The student will learn how to conduct a title search and examination, and how to record and register property instruments. In addition, the student will get a brief overview on municipality law.
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PRL 421/ 601 - Torts (3 credits)
This course prepares students to perform paralegal support functions in personal injury and other tort litigation. Students learn underlying social policies, elements and defenses for actions in negligence, intentional tort and strict liability cases. They also learn how to analyze potential liability in a wide number of factual situations.
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PRL 422/ 602 - Family Law (3 credits)
This course examines substantive and procedural family law. The course explores the paralegal’s role in preparing antenuptual agreements, separation and custody agreements. Students will also learn how to draft documents relating to divorce, annulment, marital property settlement, and custody proceedings. In addition, students will learn the process of enforcing the agreements and decrees listed above.
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PRL 423/ 603 - Criminal Law (3 credits)
This course reviews the fundamentals of criminal litigation enhanced with practical skills needed to work in this field. Students investigate criminal law, including categories, elements and defenses of crimes, procedural criminal law, the criminal legal process and constitutional considerations.
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PRL 424/ 604 - Wills, Estates & Trusts (3 credits)
Students will learn law relating to several types of ownership of property, testate and intestate succession, and estate distribution. Students will learn the formal requirements for making a will, and issues involving its interpretation. In addition, students will learn about Will Substitutes and primarily how to take an estate through the probate process. Students will also learn about trusts, their formation, execution and management.
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PRL 425/ 605 - Law office Procedures and Computer Technology for Paralegals (3 credits)
The student will learn how to research federal and state statutes, and case law using Westlaw and other computer programs. This course familiarizes students with practical inner workings of a law office. Topics include office organization, legal terminology, fees and billing procedures, scheduling and calendaring, preparation and maintenance of case files, preparation of law office forms, and an introduction to a variety of legal-specific software applications.
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PRL 426/ 606 - Contracts/ Sales (3 credits)
This course pertains to the law of contracts, including but not limited to, contract formation, resolution, execution and termination, breach, defenses and the Uniform Commercial Code. Students will learn how to draft simple contacts using online resources and the library.
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PRL 427/ 607 - Bankruptcy Law (3 credits)
This course provides theoretical and practical knowledge of bankruptcy litigation.
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PRL 428/ 608 - Business Organizations (3 credits)
The student will learn law of corporations, their formation and dissolution of sole proprietorships, general and limited partnerships, limited liability corporations and companies. More specifically, the student will learn the different rights, responsibilities and relationships associated with each entity; how to prepare and maintain the corporate documents, bylaws and minutes with the state of incorporation and how to notify board members and other members of their voting capacity.
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PRL 429/ 609 - Cyber Law (3 credits)
This course provides a theoretical and practical knowledge of cyber law.
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PRL 433/ 613 - Legal Internship (3 credits)
Students should complete all legal courses prior to conducting a legal internship. The legal internship can be completed during summer, on a full or part time basis, with or without pay or throughout the semester. The paralegal internship will give students practical experience in a legal environment. Students, under the supervision of attorneys, or paralegal manager will perform hands-on applications in a law office environment. Students should be expected to perform advanced duties, such as preparing exhibits and evidence, working with clients to obtain information, filling out necessary forms, assisting in preparation for pretrial conferences and case settlements, researching primary and secondary law, assisting in drafting contacts and agreements, and creating internal and external legal memoranda. Students will then be expected to submit a weekly log describing the duties they performed during the week. Elective for paralegal certificate students with at least 15 credits.
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PRL 436/ 616 - Legal Internship (6 credits)
Students should complete all legal courses prior to conducting a legal internship. The legal internship can be completed during summer, on a full or part time basis, with or without pay or throughout the semester. The paralegal internship will give students practical experience in a legal environment. Students, under the supervision of attorneys, or paralegal manager will perform hands-on applications in a law office environment. Students should be expected to perform advanced duties, such as preparing exhibits and evidence, working with clients to obtain information, filling out necessary forms, assisting in preparation for pretrial conferences and case settlements, researching primary and secondary law, assisting in drafting contacts and agreements, and creating internal and external legal memoranda. Students will then be expected to submit a weekly log describing the experience.
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PHIL 205 - Discovering Philosophy Reasoning and Responsibility (3 credits)
An introduction to the basic philosophical issues of ethics, engaging students in the excitement and the discipline of examining their most intimately held beliefs and values. Investigations of the foundations of ethical principles in theories of human nature, knowledge, religion, and reality. Discussions of both the cultural and the personal development of such principles. Counts toward Ethics minor. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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PHIL 300 - History of Philosophy: Ancient (3 credits)
The foundations of philosophical (especially ethical and political) discussion in Pre-Socratic fragments, Plato’s Republic, and Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics. Fall.
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PHIL 301 - History of Philosophy: Medieval (3 credits)
This course examines questions of human nature, the existence and nature of God, and metaphysics from the viewpoint of thinkers in the Middle Ages, including St. Augustine, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus. Spring.
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PHIL 302 - History of Philosophy: Modern (3 credits)
An examination of the modern period of philosophy (roughly 1600-1900) featuring the Rationalists (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz), Empiricists (Locke, Berkeley, Hume), and subsequent thinkers (Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Nietzsche). Fall.
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PHIL 305 - Philosophy of Knowledge (3 credits)
Human knowledge and the quest for certitude, meaning and value. Special emphasis placed upon classical, modern, and contemporary conceptions of truth, the probable limits of human knowledge, and humankind’s continual search for meaning in life. Prerequisite: PHIL 205 . Fall.
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PHIL 307 - Environmental Ethics (3 credits)
Why care about the planet or its non-human residents? What is our place in the cosmos? Do we have duties to non-human animals and ecosystems? This course will address and rethink the relations between God, humans, and nature. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: PHIL 205 . As needed.
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PHIL 308 - Peace, Justice and Human Relations (same as Religious Studies 308) (3 credits)
Examines the ethical implications of contemporary economic, political, social, and environmental policies. The human impact of public policies is evaluated in light of Catholic Social Teaching and modern theories of justice. Issues to be examined include: social justice, economic justice, public policies, racial justice, poverty, the workplace, war & peace, violence & nonviolence, foreign policy, justice in the Third World, and personal & social responsibility. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: PHIL 205 . Fall.
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PHIL 309 - Moral Philosophy (3 credits)
Moral philosophy is the attempt to achieve a systematic understanding of the nature of morality and what it requires of us – in Socrates’ words, of “how we ought to live,” and why. Examination of thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Mill, contemporary feminist thinkers and the application of rival moral theories to professional and social ethical issues. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: PHIL 205 . Fall.
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PHIL 311 - Logic (3 credits)
Introduction to classical deductive and modern symbolic reasoning. Practice with systematic thinking. Spring.
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PHIL 312 - Health Care Ethics (3 credits)
A study of ethical theory and the practical issues of an ethical nature in contemporary health care. Issues include life and death questions, questions surrounding advanced technology as applied in health care settings, ethical requirements for health care professionals, and macro-ethical issues such as allocation and rationing of health care resources. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: PHIL 205 . Fall and spring.
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PHIL 313 - Business Ethics (3 credits)
An examination of principle ethical paradigms and the application of such theory to concrete problems in the business world. Selected topics include: corporate responsibility, government regulation, consumer protection, environmental concerns, drug testing, affirmative action, sexual harassment, business bluffing. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: PHIL 205 . Fall.
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PHIL 315 - Philosophy of God (3 credits)
An investigation of God’s existence and essence, with special emphasis on the relations between God, humans, and nature. The course entails both a rational and a mystical approach to God. As needed.
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PHIL 317 - Morality and Law (3 credits)
An in-depth examination of the complex interplay between morality and the law within the context of contemporary ethical concerns: abortion, suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, etc. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: PHIL 205 . As needed.
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PHIL 318 - Philosophy of Science (3 credits)
This course will focus on the foundations, assumptions and implications of science, dealing in particular with the central metaphysical and epistemological problems of science as a whole. Such questions include, but are not limited to: What are the aims of Science? How are Scientific interpretations to be interpreted? What is the standard of truth and certainty in science? To what degree can science be said to explain a phenomenon? Does objectivity in science exist? What are the grounds of validity of scientific reasoning? These questions will be contextualized within a larger historical framework in order to show how our perceptions of scientific truth have changed along with our innovations in science.
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PHIL 320 - Philosophy of Human Nature (3 credits)
Study of major theories of human nature as rooted in theories of reality and implying theories of ethics. Topics include: Spirituality, Intelligence, Freedom, Immortality, Love and Sexuality. Every other spring.
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PHIL 330 - Death, Dying, and the Near-Death Experience (same as Religious Studies 330) (3 credits)
This course examines philosophical and religious aspects of death and dying. The course begins with a discussion of the “meaning” of death and the significance of death as the final terminus of life. Further topics include: the stages of dying and bereavement; legal issues in death and dying; how the major world religions treat death and dying, and the significance and possible meaning of recent scientific inquiry into the near-death experience. As needed.
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PHIL 350 - Sports and Ethics RLST 350- Sports and Ethics (3 credits)
Sports and Ethics examines the ethical implications and impact of contemporary moral issues in the world of sports. The course focuses on defining, understanding, and working on solutions to crucial ethical questions facing the human community by examining the moral dimensions of sports and athletics. As needed.
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PHIL 399 - Philosophy Internship (2-15 credits)
For students of philosophy, an internship is an opportunity to experience the practical application of those great ideas discussed and mastered in the classroom. It is a chance to examine how theories of reality, knowledge, ethics, and politics are put into action, as well as to envision and propose alternate courses of action, based upon alternative philosophical argumentation. Students are individually assigned to a cooperating government agency, political party, interest group, or attorney’s office (for pre-law students) for a semester or a summer, full-time or part-time, with or without pay. No more than six credits are applicable to the minimum requirement for major; no more than three to minimum requirement for minor; additional credits counted as free electives. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: Twelve credits in philosophy courses, and consent of the chair of the department and the Provost. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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