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MUS 524 - Music Literature: Piano I
A survey of keyboard literature up to 1830. For piano majors only, others with permission of the School.
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MUS 525 - Music Literature: Piano II
A survey of keyboard literature from 1830 to the present. For piano majors only, others with permission of the School.
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MUS 552 - Accompanying
A workshop course in applied accompanying, either under faculty supervision or by applied faculty approval. A half credit is awarded for each twenty hours of University-approved accompanying with a maximum of two credits per semester.
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Credits: 0.5-2
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 556 - Diction for Singers 1: Italian and French
A study in the principles of Italian and French diction through the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). An application of these basic principles to vocal literature through written, singing, and aural transcription exercises.
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Credits: 2
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 557 - Diction for Singers 2: French and German
A continuation of study in the principles of French diction and the principles of German diction through the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). An application of these basic principles to vocal literature through written, singing, and aural transcription exercises.
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Credits: 2
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 560 - Advanced Keyboard Skills I
This course provides practical instruction in the advanced keyboard skills of score reading, transposition, harmonization of melodies, and realization of continuo. These performance skills will be taught with emphasis on the preparation of examples outside the class as well as the active participation by students in class.
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Credits: 2
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 561 - Advanced Keyboard Skills II
The second semester continuation of Advanced Keyboard Skills I.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 560 .
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Credits: 2
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 563 - Topics in Keyboard Studies
Critically and analytically pursue a topic of keyboard study or performance either independently or in a group.
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Credits: 3
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MUS 565 - Topics in Vocal Studies
Critically and analytically pursue a topic of vocal study or performance either independently or in a group.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 568 - Topics in Conducting
Critically and analytically pursue a topic of conducting either independently or in a group.
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Credits: 1-3.
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 570 - Topics in Contemporary Music Technology
Intensive study of one or more areas of music technology in the context of producing music compositions, creating pedagogical multimedia applications, performing music with interactive applications, or recording and editing digital audio/video. A substantial final project is required.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 571 - Advanced Topics in Contemporary Music Technology
This course will further skills in music production. It will provide ear training pertinent to audio and music production. The student will have hands-on experience with recording equipment and will learn techniques of multi-track recording.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 271 or MUS 570 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 572 - Vocal Pedagogy
A study of the teaching methods and materials for voice. Normally the voice sessions will be offered in alternate years. For performance or pedagogy majors. Other music majors only with permission of the School.
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Credits: 2
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Course Type: Music
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MUS 575 - Pedagogy of the Major Instrument
A study of the teaching methods and materials for instruments, excluding piano or voice. This class will be scheduled as additional applied music time with an instrumental specialist. For performance majors only. Other music majors with permission of the School director.
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Credits: 2
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MUS 576 - Class Piano Teaching I
This course provides an overview of teaching group piano to adult beginners. Students spend the semester observing the teaching of MUS 150 Piano Class I and meet with the teacher weekly for discussion and additional instruction. Piano majors or permission of the School director.
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MUS 578 - Pedagogy of the Major Instrument: Piano I
A study of the teaching methods and materials for piano. This class will be scheduled as additional applied music time with an instrumental specialist. For performance or pedagogy majors only. Other music majors with permission of the School director.
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Credits: 2
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MUS 579 - Pedagogy of the Major Instrument: Piano II
This course is the second semester continuation of MUS 578 . Students will observe weekly lessons, research and prepare repertoire and lesson plans, and evaluate their peers’ teaching. Each student teaches at least one group lesson. This class will be scheduled as additional applied music time with an instructor. For performance or pedagogy majors only. Other music majors with permission of the School director.
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Credits: 2
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MUS 582 - Advanced Pedagogy: Keyboard
An advanced study of the teaching methods and materials for keyboard instruments. This course is a second semester continuation of MUS 575 .
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MUS 584 - Advanced Pedagogy: Voice
An advanced study of the teaching methods and materials for voice. This course is a second semester continuation of MUS 572 .
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MUS 585 - Chamber Jazz Ensemble Evolution and Analysis
Advanced analysis and examination of the historical evolution of the chamber jazz ensemble, including detailed listening and critical discussion.
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MUS 586 - Large Jazz Ensemble Evolution and Analysis
Advanced analysis and examination of the historical evolution of the large jazz ensemble, including detailed listening and critical discussion.
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MUS 596 - Topics in Jazz
Critically and analytically pursue a topic of interest independently or in a group.
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Credits: 3
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MUS 598 - Independent Study
A project requiring directed research and readings, culminating in a final document. Consent of the instructor required.
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Credits: 3
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MUS 694 - Internship
A field application of theory and practice. The project will be jointly defined by student, professor, and employer. Graded CR/NC.
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Credits: 3
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MUS 695 - Thesis
Credit given on acceptance of thesis.
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MUT 530 - Seminar in Music Theory
Advanced study of one or more topics in music theory, including both a reading and an analytical component, and the pedagogy of music. A substantial final project is required.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Music Theory
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MUT 532 - Counterpoint
Analysis and writing of tonal counterpoint. Emphasis is given to the study of canon, invention, fugue, chorale prelude, and continuous variations, using eighteenth-century works as models for composition.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Music Theory
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NUR 601 - Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
This course builds upon undergraduate understanding of pharmacological principles and agents by preparing students to evaluate and prescribe medications for common preventative, acute, and chronic health problems across the lifespan. The regulatory aspects of drug administration and prescription from the perspective of advanced nursing practice are examined. The development of clinical decision-making skills essential to safe, effective, and ethical pharmacological interventions are the focal point of the course. Current concepts in pharmacogenomics and pharmacological therapies as part of the treatment of commonly encountered health problems are stressed.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 602 - Advanced Health Assessment
This course builds upon and extends undergraduate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and health assessment of individuals across the lifespan. Physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills needed for advanced practice nurses are emphasized. Abnormal assessment findings are related to underlying pathophysiology.
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Credits: 4
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 603 - Nursing Theory and Knowledge Development
Contemporary issues in theory development and the social production of knowledge for nursing are explored in this course. The social and historical context of knowledge development in nursing are examined with an emphasis on the relationship between theory, research, and practice in nursing.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 604 - Nursing Research
The appraisal and use of research and other evidence to provide high quality health care, to initiate change, and to improve nursing practice are the foci for this course. Emphasis is on developing relevant clinical questions, searching for evidence, systematic appraisal of evidence, and determining whether and how to apply the findings. Commonly used research designs and ethical principles to ensure human subject protection are examined. Strategies for organizing evidence and implementing evidence-based practice changes are explored. This course is a prerequisite for NUR 658 .
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Credits: 3
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NUR 606 - Leadership, Health Policy, and Role
This course examines the complexity of the U.S. Health Care System, international systems, and current efforts directed at health care reform. Past, current, and potential roles of graduate prepared nurses related to access, equity, and goals of Healthy People are examined. Socio-political, economic, and ethical issues embedded in public policy decisions are explored. Attention is given to the role of graduate prepared nurses in influencing, creating, and implementing policy for diverse populations across the lifespan.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 608 - Behavioral and Psychosocial Health of the Family
Individuals and families at risk for behavioral and psychosocial health problems will be the focus of this course. Students will investigate problems facing this population and learn evidence-based care processes including motivational interviewing, psychopharmacological, and collaborative approaches. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, generational, and developmental risk factors will be investigated. Emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of interprofessional communication skills with an additional exploration of contemporary mental health care policy.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 641 - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Theory I
This is the first of three sequential theory courses in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) concentration. This course is designed to develop theoretical and clinical competencies in the care of adults and older adults with acute, critical and/or complex chronic health conditions or injury. It builds upon concepts and skills derived from prerequisite courses and emphasizes the utilization of critical thinking and evidence-based practice to support the diagnosis and management of these patients.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 642 - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Practicum and Seminar I
This is the first of three sequential clinical practicum and seminars in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) concentration. This clinical experience allows the student to apply theoretical, scientific and evidence-based clinical knowledge in a supervised practicum to manage patients across the adult-older adult continuum.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 643 - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Theory II
This is the second of three sequential theory courses in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) concentration. This course continues to develop theoretical and clinical competencies in the care of adults and older adults with acute, critical and/or complex chronic health conditions or injury. It builds upon concepts and knowledge developed in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Theory I and focuses on the refinement of critical thinking skills and evidence-based practice to support the diagnosis and management of these patients.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 644 - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Practicum and Seminar II
This is the second of three sequential clinical practicum and seminars in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner(AGACNP) concentration. This clinical experience promotes refinement of skills in assessment, diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making, developing plans of care, and implementing interventions for adults and older adults with acute, critical and/or complex chronic health conditions or injury.
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NUR 645 - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Theory III
This is the last of three sequential theory courses in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) concentration. This course continues to expand theoretical and clinical competencies in the care of adults and older adults with acute, critical and/or complex chronic health conditions or injury. It builds upon concepts and knowledge developed in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Theory I and II and focuses on the refinement of critical thinking skills and evidence-based practice to support the diagnosis and management of these patients.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 646 - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Practicum and Seminar III
This is the last of three sequential clinical practice/seminars in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) concentration. This final clinical course emphasizes the increased independence in the assessment, diagnosis and management of the adult and older adult experiencing acute, critical and/or complex chronic health conditions or injury. Clinical experiences and seminar sessions are designed to assist the student to integrate and synthesize previously learned concepts in managing acutely ill adults and geriatric populations across the continuum of acute care.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 650 - Primary Care of the Adolescent
The emphasis in this course is on evidence-based assessments and interventions for adolescents. Anticipatory guidance and education for the parents of these adolescents and strategies for prioritizing adolescent and family health care and health education needs are emphasized.
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Credits: 1
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NUR 651 - Women’s Health in Advanced Practice
This course is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to provide women’s health care from adolescence to geriatrics in the primary care setting. The emphases are on prevention, promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health. Evidence-based approaches to assessment, intervention, and evaluation of women’s health issues are addressed.
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Credits: 1
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NUR 652 - Pediatric Primary Care
The emphasis in this course is on evidence-based assessments, interventions, and anticipatory guidance for well infants and children, and on assessment and interventions for infants, children, and adolescents with common episodic health problems. Development of physical and psychosocial assessment and intervention skills specific to the pediatric population in the primary care setting are addressed. Education for parents and children, including strategies for prioritizing child and family healthcare and health education needs, are emphasized.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 654 - Prenatal Care in Primary Care
This course is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to provide primary care to the well prenatal woman. Focus is on health promotion, assessing and minimizing risk, and preventing complications. Emphasis is on collaboration and ensuring continuity of care.
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NUR 658 - Graduate Clinical Project
This course is designed to promote the effective application of research and other evidence to clinical practice. Examples may include evaluating and/or modifying current practice standards, disseminating research results, increasing clinical application of evidence-based interventions, or adapting and designing a research-based intervention.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 604 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 660 - Continuing Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Supervision
Supervision is central to training and professional development for mental health clinicians conducting psychotherapy. An interpersonal/relational model of supervision is utilized, whereby the focus is on coparticipation and mutual engagement. Supervisor and supervisee conduct a dialogue about a field of inquiry that includes the relationship between them, although the explicit focus is the therapy being supervised. Issues of transference and countertransference are explored during case review as well as current psychopharmacological treatment.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 664 - Primary Health Care of the Adult I
This is the first of three sequential theory courses in the family nurse practitioner concentration. Emphasis is on the provision and primary care to individuals and families in the context of community. Assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and management strategies related to common simple acute and chronic health problems are explored. Health maintenance of adolescent, adult, and older adult populations are stressed. Particular focus is on development of physical, psychosocial, and cultural assessment and intervention skills specific to these populations in primary care settings.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 545 , NUR 601 , and NUR 602 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 665 - Primary Health Care of the Adult II
This is the second of three sequential theory courses in the family nurse practitioner concentration. Emphasis is on the provision of health promotion and primary care to adolescents through older adult in the context of community. Within the context of chronicity, the emphases are on assessment, diagnostic, intervention, and management strategies related to long-term health problems and the accompanying social and cultural issues in adolescent, adult, and older adult populations. Particular focus is on the interdisciplinary and collaborative aspects of the advanced practice, direct care for selected groups, and principles of evidence-based practice.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 664 and NUR 667 .
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Credits: 3
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NUR 666 - Primary Health Care of the Adult III
This is the final of three sequential theory courses in the family nurse practitioner concentration. Emphasis is on the provision of health promotion and primary care to older adults. The focus is on gerontological concerns and complex health issues. Emphasis is on evidence-based approaches to assessment and management of older adults within the context of family and community across settings.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 665 and NUR 668 .
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Credits: 3
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NUR 667 - Clinical Practicum and Seminar I
This is the first of three sequential practicums/seminars in the family nurse practitioner concentration. Emphasis is on providing health promotion and primary care to individuals and families in the context of community. The application of assessment, diagnostic, intervention, and management strategies to selected populations who need acute care and health maintenance is stressed. Particular focus is on using physical, psychosocial, and cultural assessment and intervention skill, and reflection on process issues related to clinical practice. Must be taken concurrently with NUR 664 .
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NUR 668 - Clinical Practicum and Seminar II
This is the second of three sequential practicums/seminars in the family nurse practitioner concentration. Emphasis is on providing health promotion and primary care to individuals and families in the context of the community. The application of assessment, diagnostic, intervention, and management strategies to selected populations related to long-term health problems and the accompanying social and cultural issues is stressed. Particular focus is on the integration and application of didactic information into clinical practice, development and refinement of the clinical decision-making process, critical evaluation of evidence-based decisions, and reflection on process issues related to clinical practice. Must be taken concurrently with NUR 665 .
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NUR 669 - Clinical Practicum and Seminar III
This is the final of three sequential practicums/seminars in the family nurse practitioner concentration. Emphasis is on providing health promotion and primary care to individuals and families in the context of community. The application of assessment, diagnostic, intervention, and management strategies in selected populations across the lifespan with emphasis on the older adult is stressed. Emphasis is also on the refinement of skills reflective of beginning-level competency as an advanced practice nurse. Must be taken concurrently with NUR 666 .
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NUR 671 - Foundations of Advanced Practice Mental Health Nursing
The focus of this course is the advanced practice role of psychiatric-mental health nurses. Specific emphasis is on advanced mental health assessment across the lifespan and the initial clinical interview from a theoretical and research perspective. The health care environment is discussed and implications for psychiatric mental health nursing practice and research are examined.
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NUR 672 - Biological and Behavioral Components of Mental Health and Illness
Mental health and illness across the lifespan are examined in this course. Various theories and their application to mental health are addressed. Foundations of mental health and typical clinical presentations of acute and chronic psychiatric illnesses are explored. Major psychiatric disorders and medical mimics are discussed with an emphasis on use of the DSM criteria and the formulation of differential diagnoses.
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NUR 673 - Clinical Practicum and Seminar I
The application of theory in working with adults and older adults is the focus of this clinical course with emphasis on individual psychotherapy. Pharmacological interventions and effective medication management are integrated. Must be taken concurrently with NUR 674 .
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NUR 674 - Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing I
This is the first of three sequential theory courses in the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner concentration. The focus of this course is to examine the theoretical and evidence-based practice foundations of advanced psychiatric nursing with adults and older adults. Specific emphasis is on interventions with individuals who have Axis I and Axis II diagnoses based on the DSM criteria.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 545 , NUR 601 (or concurrent), NUR 602 (or concurrent), NUR 671 , NUR 672 , and NUR 680 .
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NUR 680 - Advanced Psychopharmacology
Clinical application of pharmacotherapeutic principles to psychiatric disorders across the lifespan are examined. Theory and principles of neurobiology are analyzed and applied. Drug pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics, indications, contraindications, interactions, and side-effects are evaluated. Methods for evaluating efficacy of treatment and adjustment of pharmacotherapeutic regimens are emphasized.
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NUR 682 - Orthopedic Evaluation and Treatment for the Primary Health Care Professional
Current clinical literature on the prevention, recognition, assessment, and treatment of sports-related orthopedic conditions that occur in the physically active is reviewed in this course. A lab component is included that provides practice in common orthopedic screening techniques as part of pre-participation screening as well as practice in evaluation of sports-related injuries and initial interventions.
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NUR 685 - Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing III
This is the final of three sequential theory courses in the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner concentration. The focus of this course is to examine the theoretical foundations of complex systems, groups, and vulnerable populations across the lifespan.
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NUR 686 - Clinical Practicum and Seminar III
The application of theory and evidence-based practice in assessment, diagnosis, and management of children and adolescents in the context of families is the focus of this course. Pharmacological interventions and effective medication management are integrated. Must be taken concurrently with NUR 685 .
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NUR 687 - Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing II
This is the second of three sequential theory courses in the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner concentration. The mental needs of children and adolescents in the context of families are explored. Developmental frameworks are utilized to examine common psychiatric diagnoses including symptom clusters and comorbidities. Emphases are on the approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and management of children and adolescents with a range of mental needs reflective of evidence-based research.
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NUR 688 - Clinical Practicum and Seminar II
The application of theory in working with groups and vulnerable populations across the lifespan is the focus of this clinical. Emphasis is on integrating knowledge, attaining advanced practice competencies, and working collaboratively with members of the health care team in providing holistic care to clients. Pharmacological interventions and effective medication management are integrated. Must be taken concurrently with NUR 687 .
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NUR 691 - Clinical Practicum and Seminar Continuation
This is a clinical continuation course to provide supervised clinical experiences in a focused population for students enrolled in the Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) program for APRNs. Emphasis is on providing evidence-based care across the lifespan in the context of community. The application of assessment, diagnostic, intervention, and management strategies is stressed. Emphasis is also on the refinement of skills reflective of beginning level advanced practice nurse competency in the chosen area of population focus.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate of APRN MS or DNP program.
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Credits: 3
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NUR 695 - Directed Study
A student will select a faculty member to guide readings to a chosen topic. A research paper may be required. Credit allocation up to 3 credits is negotiated with faculty.
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NUR 701 - Ethical Approaches to Practice Dilemmas
Examination of selected ethical frameworks and their application to practice are the focus of this course. Exemplars are used to illustrate how the principles of ethics can guide decision making when a clinical, organizational, interprofessional, or research dilemma occurs. Emphasis is on development of the leadership qualities necessary for the implementation of the DNP role.
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NUR 702 - Informatics Technology
The contributions of health care information to quality assurance and improvement in patient care is the focus of this course. Factors that contribute to the adoption of health care information technologies and the challenges regarding their successful utilization are examined. Health care information technologies used in the assessment of patient outcomes, provider productivity, and health care programs are analyzed.
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NUR 703 - Professional Communication
Effective communication is a hallmark of a good leader. Examination of advanced communication skills within various clinical settings, organizations, and communities are the focus of this course. In addition, leadership styles and setting a climate that enhances communication will be analyzed.
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NUR 704 - Models of Care: Transforming the Practice Environment
The goal of this course is to provide the DNP student with the knowledge and skills necessary to assume a leadership role in transforming healthcare and educational environments. Concepts associated with evidence-based nursing practice models are introduced and examined. Strategies for creating a culture of evidenced-based practice for individuals, aggregates, and systems are identified. The concepts of information management and translation science are examined and tools to apply evidence to practice are emphasized.
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NUR 705 - Clinical Residency and DNP Project I
This is the first of two seminar/clinical practicums in the DNP concentration designed to expand the student’s breadth and depth of clinical knowledge and skills in an area of practice. Emphasis is on developing and demonstrating leadership expectations within the framework of the DNP role. This is accomplished by application of clinical knowledge to deliver or create, implement or evaluate practice interventions, health delivery systems, and clinical teaching. Each residency includes a capstone project. The focus of this project in the first residency is on assessment and either an implementation or intervention project at a group or organizational level.
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Credits: 6
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 706 - Clinical Residency and DNP Project II
This is the second of two seminar/clinical practicums in the DNP concentration designed to expand the student’s breadth and depth of clinical knowledge and skills in an area of practice. Emphasis is on developing and demonstrating leadership expectations within the framework of the DNP role. This is accomplished by application of clinical knowledge to deliver or create, implement or evaluate practice interventions, health delivery systems, and clinical teaching. This residency includes a continuation of the capstone project. The focus of this project in the second residency is on evaluation of the project implemented or intervention delivered in the previous semester and disseminating the knowledge learned.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 710 - Seminar I
This is the first in a series of seminars that provides the DNP student with mentored opportunities to develop an independent, analytic, scholarly DNP project proposal focusing on problems of practice within specific populations. Using Quality Improvement methods, students will begin to identify their DNP Project population, problem, and questions and choose a faculty mentor and project team that will work with them through the conclusion of their DNP Project. Emphasis will be placed on the student developing a focused leadership skill set appropriate for leading a QI effort and facilitating the DNP Project team’s work, as well as the development of scholarly writing skills.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 711 - Seminar II
This is the second in a series of seminars that guide the DNP student through the formulation of a DNP Project. The DNP student will work with a faculty mentor and DNP Project team to refine the design of the DNP project. Students will provide an oral presentation of the intended DNP project and complete a CITI course. Each student will be required to submit individual objectives at the end of the semester for the following semester’s plan of work. Emphasis will be placed on the continued development of effective oral and written presentation skills.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 712 - Seminar III
This is the third in a series of seminars that guide the DNP student through the development, implementation, and completion of their DNP Project. At the end of this seminar, the student will have successfully presented their DNP Project proposal, selected a practice site and preceptor, and outlined their objectives for the next semester.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 713 - Seminar IV
This is the fourth in a series of seminars that guide the DNP student through the development, implementation, and completion of their DNP Project. During this semester, the student must successfully submit their DNP Project to the IRB committee for approval and begin their project.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 714 - Seminar V
This is the fifth in a series of seminars that guide the DNP student through the development, implementation, and completion of their DNP Project. During this semester, the student will have completed their project and data gathering.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Nursing
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NUR 715 - Seminar VI
This is the final seminar in the series. During this semester the student will polish their DNP Project and present the final product to their peers, faculty, and other professionals in the community.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 611 - Advanced Pathophysiology, Integrated Health Assessment, and Pharmacology I
This course is the first in a series of two courses that explores an integrated study of pathophysiology (including genetic, biochemical, and environmental bases of diseases), health assessment, and pharmacology. The emphasis is on an understanding of the interconnectedness of these three areas of science. In NUR 611 the foci are diseases and disorders involving: genetics, cellular biology, mental health disorders, cardiovascular system, hematologic disorders, inflammation disorders, respiratory system, infectious diseases, and cancer.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 612 - Advanced Pathophysiology, Integrated Health Assessment, and Pharmacology II
This is the second in a series of two courses that explores an integrated study of pathophysiology (including genetic, biochemical, and environmental bases of diseases), health assessment, and pharmacology. The emphasis is on gaining an understanding of the interconnectedness of these three areas of science. The foci are diseases and disorders involving: renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal, neurological, musculoskeletal, and reproductive systems.
Prerequisite(s): OLME NUR 611 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 614 - Leadership in Advanced Nursing Practice
This course focuses on the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies required of an effective interprofessional leader working in complex health care environments. Leadership theories are explored that account for individual traits and behaviors, as well as the situational context within the work environment. Principles of management and leadership are contrasted. Leadership practices are appraised that support a culture of caring and mutual respect, vision and innovation, accountability, integrity, and high quality patient-centered care. Reflection and appraisal of personal leadership attributes and behaviors are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 624 - Community and Population-Based Health
An interprofessional approach to caring for communities and populations across the lifespan. Major components include concepts of health, levels of prevention, epidemiology, culturally responsive care, global health issues, emergency preparedness, and control of health problems. Community assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation applied to complex health issues.
Prerequisite(s): Prior or concurrent enrollment in NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 627 - Organizational Theory and Behavior
In this course the human factors that exist within a complex healthcare workplace are explored. Organizational behavior theories and concepts are studied in order to gain insight into individual and group behavior. Among the topics covered are individual perceptions and attitudes, organizational culture, diversity, communication, motivation, leadership, management, power, stress, conflict, group dynamics, and change. Root causes of behavioral workplace problems such as poor communication, lack of employee motivation, poor performance, high turnover, conflict, resistance to change, and stress are examined.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 629 - Health Care Operations: Human Resources, Law, and Ethics
This course examines operational issues in health care management inclusive of human resource management, and legal and ethical issues facing nurse leaders. A range of current legal and ethical issues will be explored. Emphasis is placed on planning, performance, and compliance in the health care environment. The goals are to provide students with practical knowledge to effectively manage at the micro, meso, or macro level.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 633 - Health Care Finance, Budgeting, and Planning
In this course the student will explore essential tools for financial leadership in the contemporary healthcare arena. Principles of healthcare economics, third party reimbursement, budget development, variance, and economic evaluation methods are explored. The relationship between organizational mission, fiscal responsibility, and strategic financial concepts unique to the complex healthcare environment are examined. Key elements of inter-professional strategic financial planning and budgeting processes will be emphasized. The student will apply financial leadership skills to developing program initiatives to improve quality and address population health needs.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 635 - Evaluation & Measurement in Nursing Education
This course focuses on the role of the nurse educator in the assessment and evaluation of learning. Application of key strategies to effectively measure achievement of learning outcomes in a variety of settings will be surveyed. Experiential exercises in the development, use, and critique of measurement and evaluation methods to classroom and clinical learning situations will be explored. Course topics include the role of evaluation in classroom instruction, test construction, reliability, validity, test evaluation and interpretation. Legal, ethical, and regulatory issues, and the importance of evaluating personal teaching effectiveness, are also explored.
Prerequisite(s): Prior or concurrent enrollment in NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 636 - Foundations of Nursing Education
This is the foundation course designed to prepare the professional nurse for a role in formal teaching. Various philosophical perspectives and frameworks for understanding the concepts of teaching and learning are examined. Exploration and critical analysis of historical, recurring, and current issues in nursing education will be addressed. The call for radical transformation within nursing education will be explored and specific issues concerning these changes when put into practice will be discussed. It is expected that learners in this course will develop sensitivity, knowledge, and skill in exploring the role of educator in both clinical and classroom learning environments. Students will develop a teaching philosophy statement.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 606 (or concurrent)
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 637 - Methods of Education In Nursing
This course is designed to prepare the professional nurse for teaching roles. Components of course and curriculum development including: assessment of learners’ needs, course outcomes, content selection and development, assignment development, evaluation methods, and common legal issues within nursing education are examined. An emphasis on how a paradigm shift to learning is impacted by technology and the changing relationships between education and work will be discussed. The scholarship of teaching, assessment and quality assurance, as well as the politics and process of curriculum reform will be explored. Using different methods students will design, implement, and evaluate two learning activities.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 606 (or concurrent)
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 638 - Education Practicum and Seminar
This is the culminating nursing education course designed to prepare the professional nurse for teaching roles. In this course the concept of “praxis” is fully realized. With guidance from a faculty member and preceptor, students will select educational experiences to develop, implement, and evaluate their teaching in different settings. Experiences can include, and are not limited to, in-service programs, classroom teaching, clinical teaching, simulation, or community education programs. Minimum of 30 direct contact hours and minimum of 75 hours of preparation.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 603 , NUR 604 , OLME NUR 611 , and OLME NUR 612 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 659 - Information Management and Healthcare Technology
This course provides an overview of the role of information systems and technology in healthcare. The emphasis is on how information system/technology can improve the quality and delivery of patient care in a variety of healthcare settings. Factors that contribute to the adoption of health care information technologies and the challenges regarding their successful utilization are examined.
Prerequisite(s): Prior or concurrent enrollment in NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 661 - Nursing Leadership Practicum I
This is the first in a sequence of two practicum experiences framed by core role competencies of the nurse leader. Students will explore, analyze, and apply specific theories and strategies of management and leadership to the administrative roles of the nurse across health care systems at the micro, meso, or macro level. A system level organizational assessment and evaluation will be initiated as phase one of the project, and students will identify an issue/problem to address in practicum II. Supervision of a preceptor for a minimum of 60 hours in the practice setting is required. Self-reflection on the evolving leader role is emphasized.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 662 - Nursing Leadership Practicum II
This is the second in a sequence of two practicum experiences framed by core role competencies of the nurse leader. Students will explore, analyze, and apply specific theories and strategies of management and leadership to the administrative roles of nurses across health care systems at the micro, meso, or macro level. With interprofessional collaboration students will complete the implementation and evaluation phase of their project based on the assessment and problem identification completed in NUR 661. Supervision of a preceptor for a minimum of 60 hours in the practice setting is required. Self-reflection on the evolving leader role is emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): OLME NUR 661 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 663 - Clinical Practicum and Clinical Project Nursing Education
This course provides an opportunity to synthesize advanced nursing knowledge, skills, and behaviors, which serve as the foundation for the role of the nurse educator. The emphasis is on applying research and other evidence within a given practice setting. Under the direction of a faculty member and guidance from a preceptor, students complete a clinical project aimed at improving health care outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems. The project is completed in a clinical practice setting and requires a minimum of 35 supervised hours in a direct care role.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 603 (or concurrent), NUR 604 , and OLME NUR 612 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OLME NUR 692 - Quality Improvement
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the principles and practice of quality improvement as implemented by providers of health care, systems of care, community health and public health agencies. Course content focuses on describing, measuring, improving, and evaluating the quality and safety of health services for consumers and populations. Students develop competencies in identifying opportunities for quality improvement, selecting and using quality improvement tools and methods, and presenting their work in a professional context.
Prerequisite(s): Prior or concurrent enrollment in NUR 606 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Nursing
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OPR 561 - Deterministic Models in Operations Research
Formulation and analysis of deterministic models in operations research, linear programming, integer programming, project management, network flows, dynamic programming, non-linear programming, game theory, and group projects on practical problems from business and industry.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 152 or MAT 295 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Operations Research
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OPR 562 - Stochastic Modeling in Operations Research
Formulation and analysis of stochastic models in operations research, Markov chains, birth-death models, Markov decision models, reliability models, inventory models, applications to real-world problems, and group projects on practical problems from business and industry.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 281 or MAT 380 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Operations Research
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OPR 563 - System Modeling and Simulation
Basic simulation methodology, general principles of model building, model validation and verification, random number generation, input and output analysis, simulation languages, applications to computer and communication networks, manufacturing, business, and engineering will be considered, and group projects on practical problems from business and industry.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 281 or MAT 380 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Operations Research
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OPR 564 - Queuing Networks
Queuing and stochastic service systems, birth-death processes, Markovian queues, open and closed Jackson networks, priority queues, imbedded Markov chain models, optimal control and design, stochastic scheduling, applications to computer and communication networks, manufacturing, business, and engineering will be considered, and projects on practical problems from business and industry.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 281 or MAT 380 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Operations Research
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OPR 575 - Graduate Internship and Writing
The course is intended to give students work experience with statistical data analysis through paid or unpaid internship opportunities. The student is expected to spend a minimum of ten weeks working with area businesses on statistical problems approved by the Graduate Committee. The student will submit to the Graduate Committee a formal written report on the internship experience. The report format should adhere to all the elements of a formal project/ thesis. At least one oral presentation to the public is expected before the student receives a pass/fail grade. Students within the Biostatistics track are required to take three credits; two for the internship experience and one for the writing component.
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Credits: variable
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Course Type: Operations Research
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OPR 590 - Master’s Project/Thesis
The project must be approved by the Graduate Committee in advance. Offered only as a pass/fail course.
Prerequisite(s): Full graduate standing and faculty approval.
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Credits: 6
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Course Type: Operations Research
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OPR 597 - Independent Study
An opportunity for graduate students to pursue areas not currently offered in the graduate curriculum.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Operations Research
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OTH 501 - Occupational Therapy Foundations
This course introduces students to foundational concepts of occupational therapy practice, which includes the domain and process of occupational therapy and the analysis of activities and occupations. Students will learn about these concepts through hands-on experiences and creative projects that support clinical reasoning and the therapeutic process.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Occupational Therapy
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OTH 502 - Introduction to Occupation
This course introduces students to the history, philosophy, and leaders of the occupational therapy profession, as well as foundational concepts of occupation, occupational science, and theories underlying occupational therapy practice. Models of practice and frames of reference employed in occupational therapy practice will be reviewed and applied.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Occupational Therapy
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