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ATHC 700 - Coaching Theory, Methods and Issues
This course covers methods of teaching sport skills, and sport management skills and to promote athletes’ growth, development, and learning, while teaching age-appropriate skills. Includes analysis of National Coaching Standards.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 702 - Sports Coaching Psychology
The course covers the ethical and psychosocial foundations and mental skills that govern athlete development and sport performance and the skills related to ethical decision-making, interpersonal communication and group development, and mental skills to improve sport performance and athlete well-being. Best-practice knowledge and understanding of how to use it to shape coaching behaviors and the application of psychological principles as they relate to sports coaching and athletic performance is also covered.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 703 - Coaching Fundamentals of Speed Development and Conditioning
This course integrates sport training programs for individuals and teams and includes proper resistance training, nutrition and conditioning to allow students to construct a year-long training guide for optimal athletic performance.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 705 - Sports Nutrition
This course covers the essentials of human nutrition that improve and sustain optimal performance for sport and exercise and the effects of eating disorders (in both male and female athletes), weight management, and sport nutrition resources are also discussed.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 710 - Performance Enhancement
This course covers the application of the physiological principles of human movement as they relate to the response to exercise training, training for sport performance, sport nutrition, and ergogenic aids.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 715 - Research Methods and Sports Analysis
This course reviews graduate level research techniques and professional portfolio development. Current uses and application of technology in sports such as video analysis of skill, analysis of computer data printouts, and integration of technology with coaching and administration applications will be discussed. Students will apply skills, strategies and tactics learned in applied analysis of training in a practicum.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 720 - Ethics in Sports Coaching
This course includes the examination and analysis of the philosophy and ethics of coaching and how values are communicated to facilitate positive social and emotional growth. Students will write personal statements on their philosophy of coaching, and will work through ethical dilemmas in sport.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 725 - Sports Medicine
The course covers recognizing and caring for sport injuries. Included will be basic physical evaluation and taping skills, as well as purposes and procedures for adequate care of injured athletes. An application of nutrition information and eating to win is also included. Introductory athletic training principles and techniques for coaches/students and emphasis on the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries is also covered.
Credits: 3
Notes: CPR/first aid certification is recommended.
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ATHC 726 - Legal and Administrative Aspects of Coaching
This course covers responsibilities associated with providing and maintaining educationally sound athletic programs for amateur athletes and the risks associated with participation in physical activities. Issues surrounding the topics of negligence, supervision, corporal punishment, contracts, termination of employees, due process, defamation, roles of independent contractors, gender equity, sexual harassment and the abuse of power, products liability, expected standard of care, waivers, essential records, transporting athletes and eligibility are also discussed and the legal aspects of sport administration and coaching, including analysis of liability, application of sport law, and risk management will be included in case reviews.
Credits: 3
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ATHC 730 - Leadership in Athletic Coaching
This course addresses the diverse needs of the coaching profession and response to the changing needs of prospective and practicing coaches. The course is not sport specific. Principles of leadership, organization, and management of sport programs. Included will be leadership skills and techniques, communication, scheduling, and program reviews are included.
Credits: 3
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CJ 700 - Administration of Organizations in Criminal Justice
This course will provide students with the knowledge to conduct general systems-based analysis of criminal justice organizations and to develop programs to improve the efficiency of such organizations and focuses on the court system.
Credits: 3
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CJ 705 - Criminal Law
This course is intended to provide a functioning knowledge of constitutional law as it pertains to law enforcement and criminal justice.
Credits: 3
Online
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CJ 710 - Criminological Theory
This course examines the theories of criminality, ranging from classical explanations to recent paradigms.
Credits: 3
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CJ 715 - Diversity in Criminal Justice
This course examines the interrelationship of race, class, and gender with the criminal justice system in law enforcement and the correctional system.
Credits: 3
Online
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CJ 725 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
This course is designed to provide advanced social science research skills and to allow students to put those skills into practice with a required research project.
Credits: 3
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CJ 735 - Crime Mapping
This course will provide students with the theoretical, analytical, and technical skills necessary for studying crime in a geographic context. The course will involve a combination of approaches to the subject, including development of base maps, geocoding (pin mapping), hot spot and choropleth mapping, special analysis, and layouts, including map books.
Credits: 3
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CJ 745 - Leadership Strategies
Provides students with an opportunity to investigate, analyze and apply various theories of leadership and associated concepts. These include, but are not limited to, effective leadership qualities and human relations, power of vision, leadership ethics, communication, and empowerment of personnel through goal-oriented professional development.
Credits: 3
Online
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CJ 750 - Topics in Criminal Justice
This course is a survey of current topics in criminal justice including such issues as diversity, ethics, and homeland security.
Credits: 3
Online
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CJ 790 - Special Problems
A course not currently listed by the department and offered on an experimental basis.
Credits: 1-6
Prerequisite: Special permission may be required as needed for admission to the course.
Online
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CJ 791 - Independent Research and Study
Research and Reading. Open to qualified students.
Credits: 1-6
Online
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CJ 795 - Capstone Course 1: Needs Analysis Research
This is a project-based course in which the student will identify an opportunity for organizational improvement through analysis of the chosen organization. Students will complete a literature review to identify alternatives to improve the organization and collect data to further inform the development of an implementation plan.
Credits: 3
Online
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CJ 796 - Capstone Course 2: Implementation Plan
Under the guidance of the faculty adviser, the student will complete the development of an implementation plan for the project.
Credits: 3
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Education |
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EDU 500 - Overview of Childhood Trauma
This course is a comprehensive overview of childhood trauma to include types and categories of trauma, responses to trauma, long-term effects of childhood trauma, and established brain pathways. Students will also reflect on how their own stressors and trauma impact their classrooms.
Credits: 3
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EDU 505 - Trauma Informed Practices in Education
This course is an overview of how trauma looks in the classroom. Students will learn how to look beyond the behavior to find and treat the stressor instead of using traditional consequences. Students will apply trauma informed practices to case studies as well as their own classrooms to improve discipline policies, student resilience and educational outcomes.
Credits: 3
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EDU 510 - Mental Health Informed Practices in Education
This course is an overview of how mental health illnesses present themselves in children and adolescents in K-12 classrooms. Students will learn interventions and strategies to help their students find success in the educational setting while living with a mental illness.
Credits: 3
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EDU 515 - Living in Poverty
This course will examine theories of the culture of poverty and how certain population, especially children, are impacted.
Credits: 3
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EDU 520 - Social Emotional Learning
Students will define social-emotional learning and evaluate assessments of social-emotional skills to determine the best interventions to implement through classroom instruction. Students will determine which interventions are best to enhance student learning and develop social interactions, self-awareness, and self-regulation.
Credits: 3
OnlineCrosslisted as: SOWK 520
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EDU 587 - Professional Research
During this course, candidates will complete an overview of action research processes and complete a literature review. Knowledge grained will then be used in the development of a professional presentation for submission/review.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of program coursework.
Mandatory
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EDU 632 - Exceptional Learners
An introductory course in the understanding of the concept of exceptionality for approved Columbia College Music majors interested in pursuing an MAT. Educational theories and practices for meeting the needs of exceptional children and youth will be defined and applied. Topics include identification, characteristics, programs, service delivery, legal requirements and current issues/trends.
Credits: 3
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EDU 711 - Integrating Technology into Teaching
Students will expand their knowledge of technology and how its integration improves the teaching and learning of the divergent learner. Direct emphasis will be placed on the instructional incorporation of student-centered technology activities, exercises and assignments designed to enhance learning across all content areas and grade levels. The major focus of the course includes how educators operate technology, use the technology to enhance instructional classroom productivity, and apply technology in a learning/instructional environment.
Credits: 3
Grading Type Mandatory
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EDU 723 - Effective Assessment Tools
This course focuses on alternative approaches to the assessment of student learning that are more appropriate for use with divergent learners. Integrating assessment with instruction will be emphasized.
Credits: 3
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EDU 725 - Effective Teaching Strategies
The course is designed to provide opportunities to become knowledgeable about nontraditional instructional strategies and apply and practice these strategies in a collaborative and constructive setting. Methods of enhancing traditional approaches will be discussed. Integrating assessment with instruction will be emphasized.
Credits: 3
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EDU 728 - Civic Awareness: Relevance of the Holocaust Today
A survey of the Holocaust landscape with special attention to opportunities to include Holocaust Studies in social studies, language arts, and personal citizenship. A variety of materials, methods, and technology will be demonstrated. Critical thinking skills are emphasized.
Credits: 3
Notes: May be taken multiple times for credit.
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EDU 732 - Characteristics of the Divergent Learner
This course presents the characteristics of the divergent learner as they bear on the instructional program, including intellectual, language, personal, and social areas. This course is designed to foster a deep comprehension of students in unusual circumstances and to present alternative methods of building support networks for unusual and problematic students. The focus is on a population of students who have become “at-risk” of failure or dropout in the traditional educational system because of thinking, learning, behavioral, and phenomenological divergence, which renders the students at odds with the traditional school environment. Causes that contribute to these students’ becoming at-risk such as personality traits, learning styles, and inadequate developmental support from the home and school will be discussed.
Credits: 3
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EDU 733 - Interdisciplinary Teaching
The course will bring together the knowledge, skills and dispositions gained throughout the degree program. After exploring how to apply a global perspective to content areas, how to link student perspective to content, how to consider a student’s holistic development and match content, how to imbed future career and work options for students, how to view each discipline as dynamic and changing content, and how to use technology appropriately, students will incorporate their prior learning and work in groups to create a curriculum and environment that is interdisciplinary, engaging, and relevant to both divergent and traditional students in the 21st century.
Credits: 3
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EDU 734 - Principles and Strategies for Teaching English Speakers of Other Languages
This course provides pre-K through grade 12 educator’s strategies for inclusion of ESOL students and a knowledge of principles, methods, legalities, and techniques for promoting acquisition of a second language through academic content. Emphasis is on presenting a variety of instructional strategies that can benefit all students in a multicultural classroom.
Credits: 3
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EDU 736 - Field Experience & Professional Learning Seminar I
Participants will observe and implement effective teaching and classroom management strategies in public schools. Participants will observe the practices of a mentor teacher and will gain experience working with students. Through regular discussions and collaboration, participants will connect their experiences in schools with educational research and theory.
Credits: 3
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EDU 737 - Field Experience & Professional Learning Seminar II
Participants will observe and implement effective teaching and classroom management strategies in public schools. Working with a mentor teacher, participants will plan and implement engaging and developmentally appropriate classroom instruction. Participants will also assume classroom responsibilities as requested by the mentor teacher. Through regular discussions and collaboration, participants will connect their experiences in schools with educational research and theory.
Credits: 3
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EDU 740 - Education in a Modern Society
The course addresses the basic relationship of the school to the social order and the educational implications of recent social change in American life. Current issues in education will be discussed including cultural trends, legal issues, diversity, inclusion and working with exceptional students. The course will also explore teachers’ capacity to demonstrate leadership in their classrooms, schools and communities.
Credits: 3
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EDU 745 - Learning Processes and Styles
This course presents a comprehensive investigation and the fundamentals of creating a brain-compatible learning environment which recognizes and supports individual learning styles and multiple intelligences. This course is designed to foster a deeper understanding of current brain research and its implications for learning and instruction. This understanding will include sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory, concepts, and concept formation. The basics of learning styles and multiple intelligences will be explored along with planning lessons and assessments to match different styles and intelligences. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the similarities of the brain’s needs in the learning process in contrast to the differences and unique needs of each learner.
Credits: 3
Notes: Not open to students who have previously taken EDU 726 and EDU 760.
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EDU 746 - Foundations of Reading
This course is designed to foster a deep comprehension of the theoretical foundations in reading and writing processes and critique their implementation in the classrooms of Pre-K through elementary teachers. Areas that will be addressed include: effective instructional approaches; oral language development; vocabulary and literacy development; family and community relationships; and practical implementation.
Credits: 3
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EDU 747 - Instructional Practices in Literacy
This course will focus on providing in-service teachers with the ability to utilize instructional approaches, materials, and an integrated, comprehensive, balanced curriculum to support student learning in reading and writing: and have the knowledge to create a literate environment that fosters reading and writing by integrating foundational knowledge, instructional practices, approaches and methods, and curriculum materials. Students will develop awareness, understanding, respect, and a valuing of differences in society.
Credits: 3
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EDU 748 - Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas
This course will focus on equipping teachers to use instructional approaches, materials and an integrated, comprehensive, balanced curriculum to support student learning in reading and writing across the disciplines. Teachers will be engaged with literary practices that develop awareness, understanding, respect and a valuing of differences in our society, as well as those which support dual language learners. Teachers will continue to develop an understanding of the elements of creating a literate environment in the elementary school. Teachers will apply principles and strategies in their classrooms, assess the efficacy of a variety of approaches, and synthesize their findings.
Credits: 3
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EDU 749 - Assessment of Literacy
This course will focus on literacy assessment and evaluation. Teachers will use a variety of assessment tools to plan and evaluate effective reading and writing instruction. Teachers will be able to communicate assessment results and implications for interventions for all children including learners with diverse backgrounds, dual languages, or exceptionalities.
Credits: 3
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EDU 751 - Foundations for Teaching Reading and Writing in Middle and Secondary Schools
This course is designed to enhance middle level and secondary education teachers’ ability to develop adolescent literacy skills in the classroom. This course will emphasize the theoretical foundations of reading and writing. The course will also develop teachers’ understanding of reading and writing instruction and their ability to appropriately assess students’ reading and writing skills. Teachers will also learn to create literacy instruction based upon assessment results. Upon completion of this course, teachers will understand the principles of evidence-based reading and writing processes and the methods for promoting students’ literacy development.
Credits: 3
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EDU 752 - Content Area Literacy for Middle and Secondary Educators
This course is designed to enhance middle and secondary teachers’ understanding and use of literacy skills and strategies in the teaching of the academic disciplines. This course will emphasize assessing students’ background knowledge, culture, and learning needs to plan and implement instruction; identifying and evaluating appropriate instructional resources; incorporating effective learning strategies to develop students’ literacy skills; identifying assessment strategies and tools to assess learning and adapt instruction; and using texts and other supplemental resources to develop students’ knowledge of content.
Credits: 3
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EDU 755 - Mediation and Educational Procedures in the Classroom for Divergent Learners
This course is designed to present a variety of models and methods to assist educators in effectively dealing with divergent learners for the purpose of promoting success in the classroom. Participants will study various research-based programs that provide methods for establishing a classroom environment that is conducive for promoting positive behavior, learning, and team interaction. Examination of conflict resolution strategies, mediation, and negotiating skills for both teachers and students will be studied and practiced during the course. Participants will study the instructional strategies and educational procedures necessary to accommodate the needs of divergent learners. The course delves more deeply into instructional issues and environmental modifications to relieve the plight of students in the traditional educational system.
Credits: 3
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EDU 770 - Practicum
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement.
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
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EDU 787 - Action Research I
During this course, candidates will develop the research methodology, gather data, and finalize their literature review.
Credits: 3-4
Prerequisite: Or concurrently enrolled: EDU 732
Mandatory
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EDU 788 - Action Research II
During this semester, candidates will analyze the data collected during EDU 787, develop conclusions, complete the writing of the article, and make presentations.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDU 787
Mandatory
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EDU 790 - Special Problems
A course not currently listed by the department and offered on an experimental basis.
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite: Special permission may be required as needed for admission to the course.
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EDU 791 - Independent Research and Study
Research and reading. Open to qualified students.
Credits: 1-6
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EDU 792 - Independent Research and Study
Research and reading. Open to qualified students.
Credits: 1-6
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Health Care Administration |
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HCA 500 - Social Dimensions and Ethics in Healthcare Administration
The course covers social and ethical dilemmas encountered in health care organizations.
Credits: 3
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HCA 504 - Health Care Operations (COO v CFO v CEO)
The course discusses the daily operations and issues of various health care facilities from rural or community hospitals to assisted living facilities to trauma center and university magnet hospital systems.
Credits: 3
OnlineCrosslisted as: MBA 521
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HCA 508 - Health Care Financial Management
The course discusses various financial management strategies for health care organizations of all sizes and structures from private for profit operations to quasi-governmental facilities and non-profit health care centers.
Credits: 3
OnlineCrosslisted as: MBA 522
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HCA 510 - Research Methods and Statistics of Health Care
This course explores various metrics and statistical data and its use to improve patient outcomes and organizational efficiency.
Credits: 3
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HCA 515 - Organizational Theory and Behavior in Health Care Organizations
Health care organizations have many structures. The course discusses examples of for profit, non-profit and governmental health care operations and the organizational theory and culture of the typical workforce.
Credits: 3
Online
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HCA 520 - Current Issues in Health Care Policy and Politics
The course discusses current issues in healthcare, healthcare administration and healthcare policy with a focus on strategic leadership skills for todayÆs changing environment.
Credits: 3
OnlineCrosslisted as: MBA 523
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HCA 525 - Human Resource Management
A practical course in human resource management and the issues faced in todayÆs workforce. In addition to the usual HR concerns of organizations, healthcare facilities are concerned with various and multiple employee licensing, student trainees, residency programs, compliance and regulatory issues, etc that most businesses do not have. This course addresses those issues and others specific to a healthcare environment.
Credits: 3
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HCA 530 - Health Care Legal Review
A review of important legal cases for the health care industry and current legal issues facing health care organizations.
Credits: 3
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HCA 535 - Health Information Systems and Technology
A review of technology used in the health care industry with discussion of privacy and a look into the future.
Credits: 3
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HCA 540 - Quality and Performance Improvement in Health Care Organizations
The course covers selected accreditation standards and metrics for organizational improvement. The course includes discussion in drafting policies and procedures and training objectives for instituting those policies and procedures.
Credits: 3
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HCA 550 - Community and Rural Health Care Administration
An in depth look at rural and community health organizations and the special challenges these organization face.
Credits: 3
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HCA 560 - Health Care Marketing
The course discusses various marketing strategies for health care branding and market segmentation for growth in health care organizations.
Credits: 3
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HCA 565 - Regulatory and Accreditation Issues in Health Care Administration
An overview of the numerous regulatory agencies that have an impact of the health care organization and the subsequent issues and challenges which may be faced in the accreditation process.
Credits: 3
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HED 700 - The American College Student
This course examines major student development theories and philosophies upon which they are based. Theories to be addressed include cognitive-structural, cultural, identity, psychosocial, and typology. Application of theories in everyday practice in American higher education settings will be discussed. A special emphasis will be placed on how theoretical frameworks apply to millennial students.
Credits: 3
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HED 705 - History, Organization, and Governance of Higher Education
This course reviews the history of American higher education which establishes the context for understanding current organizational and governance patterns in public and private colleges and universities. Topics of study include higher education leadership, management, policies, practices and politics.
Credits: 3
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HED 710 - Higher Education Leadership - Theory and Practice
Leaders interact with a variety of individuals including students, faculty, alumni, parents, board members, and other off-campus constituents. This course examines different communication models and provides practical advice for interacting with the different constituents. A special emphasis will be placed on technology, organizational culture, diversity, and communicating change.
Credits: 3
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HED 715 - The Law and Higher Education
This course focuses on aspects of the law as it affects the administration of institutions of higher education. Subjects include faculty, staff, and student rights and responsibilities; liability issues; rights of individuals with disabilities; and the implications of increasing technology in higher education.
Credits: 3
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HED 720 - Program Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education
This course will provide an introduction to major principles and strategies used in program evaluation and outcomes assessment. Topics include assessment techniques, instrument selection, data analysis, and reporting of assessment findings.
Credits: 3
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HED 725 - Student Affairs Administration
This course is designed to give a historical and philosophical overview of student affairs profession. The purpose of the various student affairs functional areas will be discussed. Practitioners’ roles and responsibilities are examined. An introduction to professional associations, literature, and development will be provided.
Credits: 3
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HED 730 - Critical Issues in Higher Education
This course examines critical problems and issues facing colleges and universities. There will be a strong emphasis on change processes and improvement in performance and effectiveness.
Credits: 3
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HED 735 - Finance in Higher Education
This course examines practices and issues in the management of financial resources in higher education. Emphasis is placed on sources and methods of securing funds, asset allocation, and financial decision making.
Credits: 3
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HED 740 - Enrollment Management
This course provides theoretical and practical guidance on recruiting, admitting, retaining and graduating students. Topics of study include strategic planning, integrated marketing, student services, collaboration, financial aid, technology, best practices and assessment.
Credits: 3
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HED 745 - Action Research
During this course, candidates will develop and implement an action research study including: developing the research methodology, gathering data, creating a literature review, analyzing the data collected, developing conclusions, and presenting the final outcomes.
Credits: 3
Mandatory
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HED 770 - Practicum
This course provides candidates with additional supervised experience in the functions and duties associated with leadership at the college level and higher education management. It is designed to emphasize to candidates the behaviors, best practices and dispositions of management leadership.
Credits: 3
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MBA 501 - Business Leadership
This course highlights the essential skills for individuals to lead and manage diverse, high-performing global organizations in ethical ways. Strategies on developing ways to influence and build effective teams and organizations are taught with an opportunity for practicing influence, stakeholder analysis, and action planning skill.
Credits: 3
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MBA 502 - Business Communication and Negotiation
Effective techniques, strategies and tactics of successful business negotiations are studied in this course. Relying on experiential learning, students enhance their power of persuasion to achieve desirable outcomes and gain the capability to solve situations where different values, needs, interests and goals clash.
Credits: 3
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MBA 503 - Marketing Management
This course explores the managerial aspects of the marketing function by blending theory and practice. In developing an effective marketing strategy, emphasis is placed on six key skill areas: market attractiveness analysis, customer insight identification, market trend analysis, segmentation, targeting, and positioning. Learning tools include cases, discussions, lectures, guest speakers, individual assignments, and group projects.
Credits: 3
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MBA 504 - Financial Accounting
The basic concepts of corporate financial accounting and reporting are studied in this course. This information is widely used in making investment and operational decisions, corporate and managerial performance assessment, and valuation of firms.
Credits: 3
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MBA 505 - Managerial Economics
Managerial Economics is concerned with the application of economic principles and methodologies to key management decisions within organizations. It provides principles to foster the goals of the organization, as well as a better understanding of the external business environment in which an organization operates.
Credits: 3
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MBA 506 - Human Resource Management
This course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing todayÆs organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, development, appraisal, retention, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised and current issues such as diversity training, sexual harassment policies, and rising benefit costs are analyzed.
Credits: 3
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MBA 507 - Global Business Environment
The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the global environment and the impact it has on business operations. Students learn to assess risks and opportunities that are associated with the wider scope of operations gaining greater depth and breadth in their decision making.
Credits: 3
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MBA 508 - Management Information Systems
This course helps students see the connection between information systems (IS) and business performance. The concept may include systems termed transaction processing system, decision support system, expert system, or executive information system. By so doing, students are able to assess the opportunities and problems that managers face as they attempt to use these IT applications to add value to their businesses. It also aims to help students understand transformational changes within and across industries. These changes have strategic implications for many businesses.
Credits: 3
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MBA 509 - Business Analytics and Decision Making
This course considers the extensive use of data, methods, and fact-based management to support and improve decision making. It discusses the benefits of employing analytics and a structured approach to problem-solving in management situations.
Credits: 3
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MBA 510 - Capstone Course
Students will develop a detailed proposal and complete a final capstone project that links the core business concepts to their selected area of concentration. The final written project will consist of research, reviews, and analysis targeted towards a specified audience. A presentation of the project is required.
Credits: 3
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MBA 511 - Special Topics in Business Management
This course enables students to gain an in depth understanding of practical applications in business management. Focusing on the case study approach, a comprehensive and detailed analysis of advanced topics are presented and discussed.
Credits: 3
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MBA 512 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Students in this course are provided with the tools that allows them to build a startup, or who are seeking innovative ideas to implement that would generate opportunity for growth and development.
Credits: 3
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MBA 521 - Health Care Operations (COO v CFO v CEO)
The course discusses the daily operations and issues of various health care facilities from rural or community hospitals to assisted living facilities to trauma center and university magnet hospital systems.
Credits: 3
Crosslisted as: HCA 504
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MBA 522 - Health Care Financial Management
The course discusses various financial management strategies for health care organizations of all sizes and structures from private for profit operations to quasi-governmental facilities and non-profit health care centers.
Credits: 3
Crosslisted as: HCA 508
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MBA 523 - Current Issues in Health Care Policy and Politics
The course discusses current issues in healthcare, healthcare administration and healthcare policy with a focus on strategic leadership skills for todayÆs changing environment.
Credits: 3
Crosslisted as: HCA 520 and NURS 506
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MBA 531 - Service Management for Tourism and Hospitality
This course provides an introduction to the underlying principles of service management in the tourism and hospitality industry. It is focused on the strategies, systems, processes and design aspects of creating and evaluating service delivery, service excellence and service orientation. Topics include understanding the æservice-dominant logic approach to marketing and managing service, setting service strategy, understanding customer needs, building a service-minded workforce, measuring and evaluating service quality, and drivers of service industry customer loyalty.
Credits: 3
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MBA 532 - Customer Relationships
This course concentrates on concepts and practices related to building and maintaining customer loyalty and firm profitability in the tourism/hospitality businesses. It emphasizes customer profitability analysis and the profitable management of customer relationships. It covers innovative approaches to calculating the value of customers, managing customer portfolios, and making strategic decisions necessary to increase customer equity using value propositions. Some data mining/management examples will be used to illustrate the relevant customer relationship techniques.
Credits: 3
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MBA 533 - Special Topics in Tourism and Hospitality Management
This seminar is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of special topics, current issues, and trends in the tourism and hospitality industry. Relevant industry problems and issues facing management and personnel in the related industries will be discussed.
Credits: 3
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MBA 541 - Insurance and Risk Management
This course covers the legal principles underlying insurance, the basics of risk management, the application of risk management techniques to personal risk management problems, personal property and liability insurance contracts including the personal auto policy and the homeownerÆs package, insurance regulation, and the insurance marketplace.
Credits: 3
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MBA 542 - Life and Health Insurance
Study of types of life insurance and annuity contracts and their uses; regulations of life and health insurers; development of financial plans utilizing life insurance products; Social Security; group and individual health insurance products including major medical, disability income and long-term care policies and analysis of the marketplace.
Credits: 3
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MBA 543 - Property and Casualty Insurance
This course examines the fundamental coverage and policy provisions of the major types of commercial and personal property and liability insurance contracts. Also examined are the fundamentals of property and casualty insurance, including analysis of contracts, rating, underwriting, regulation, and financial strength of insurers.
Credits: 3
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NURS 500 - Foundational Concepts & Applications
The practice of advanced nursing requires a higher level of knowledge and skill, but it is still built upon the fundamental moral commitment of caring in nursing. In this course, a variety of thought-provoking research methodologies and experiences which illustrate these concepts and ideas are explored as students strive to answer questions like: What is caring? What do we do as caring nurses? Why do we care? How do we care? Answering these questions requires students to employ rigorous thinking, solid knowledge (i.e., theoretical understanding of nursing), critical thinking, and practice skills.
Credits: 3
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NURS 501 - Advanced Nursing Practice for the Infant and Child
The course focuses on life stages and the disorders commonly associated with infants and children and includes differential diagnosis and treatment of mind and body to include health strategies for immediate family members in various situations such as caring for a new baby or a chronically ill child.
Credits: 3
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