Nov 14, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Health Services Management and Policy

  
  • HSMP 5525 - Health Services Organization and Delivery

    (3 credits)
    Focuses on the identification and analysis of factors and interrelationships which influence the operation of health care organizations with specific attention to local health departments, hospitals, multi-institutional systems, integrated health systems, and strategic alliances. These organizations are viewed and discussed comparatively with other types of health service agencies.


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  • HSMP 5530 - Health Care Organizations and Law

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

    This interdisciplinary course is part of the Health Care Management Certificate Program that is totally online. The focus of the course is to provide an overview of the role of law in the health care system for health care administration.


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  • HSMP 5550 - Human Resource Management in Health Organizations

    (3 credits)
    This course focuses on the skills and concepts required to manage people in health service organizations, as well as the human resource implications of changes in the external environment. It focuses on the technical aspects of human resource management, as well as basic managerial skills.


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  • HSMP 5590 - Strategic Planning for Health Care

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HSMP 5505  or permission of the instructor.

    This course applies the concepts of strategic planning within the context of the health care industry. Issues associated with competing in a changing health care environment are explored with a focus on the development of solutions to problems associated with this change. The strategic management of health care delivery will be addressed from a variety of perspectives, ranging from those of the insurance industry, to public facilities, to large health care networks, to small practices of health care providers.


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  • HSMP 5700 - Studies in Health Administration

    (3 credits)
    Examines distinct aspects of the health sector of the economy by analyzing roles, positions, environments, and settings found in health services organizations. This course focuses on professional development in health administration through discussion of current events in health care, analysis of real-world scenarios and engagement with guest speakers.


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  • HSMP 5850 - Public Health Program Field Experience - Health Services Management and Policy

    (1-6 credits)
    In the field experience, students apply the principles of public health in a planned and supervised learning experience. This occurs through work in actual public health field settings. Students will observe and participate in different functions and operations of a public health agency or health service organization. Students with at least 4 years of full-time public health practice experience may be eligible to substitute part of the contact hours with additional learning activities that build on their past public health experience. Please contact the MPH Coordinator for more information.


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  • HSMP 5950 - Capstone in Health Administration

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

    Provides students the opportunity to integrate and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired throughout their previous course work and experience in an original and comprehensive health administration project. Reviews the competencies of health administrators with emphasis on professional development and effective communication. Tools and methods for needs assessment, strategic planning and budgeting, and monitoring and evaluation are applied and reinforced. The course culminates with students creating a strategic plan for a community or organization of their choice.


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  • HSMP 5957 - Special Topics - Health Services Management and Policy

    (1-6 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

    This course is developed and offered when there is sufficient demand for additional study of a specific public health topic. Consultation with the instructor is required prior to enrollment.

    Dual Listed With: HSMP 4957.


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  • HSMP 5990 - Readings and Research - Health Services Management and Policy

    (1 credit)
    Prerequisites: Permission of student’s academic advisor.

    Students who are not enrolled in other coursework but require the use of university facilities and/or faculty guidance for studies, research, or preparation of a prospectus MUST enroll for Readings and Research. Variable credits (1-3) of Readings and Research may also be used, as approved by student’s academic advisor in conjunction with other coursework, to document such activities as development of research and scholarly skills that would not be appropriately covered by other types of independent study. Readings and Research credits do not count toward degree requirements. Grading of Readings and Research will be either satisfactory completion (S), satisfactory progress (SP), or unsatisfactory (U).


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  • HSMP 6120 - Interprofessional Communication and Workforce Development in Public Health

    (3 credits)
    Provides advanced training in the principles and practices of education and workforce development, with emphasis on inter-professional approaches to improving public health. Addresses the knowledge and skills necessary to assess learning needs and to deliver training and educational experiences that promote learning and advance health across multiple settings. Emphasis is on using best pedagogical practices and inter-professional communication and collaboration.


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  • HSMP 6130 - Public Health Leadership, Policy Development, and Ethics

    (3 credits)
    This course introduces the conceptual, methodological, and ethical foundations of public health leadership leading to the development and analysis of public health policy at the federal, state, and local levels. An applied systematic approach to the practice of public health policy will be used, focusing on establishing evaluation criteria, identifying policy alternatives, using criteria to analyze alternatives, implementing the proposed policy, and evaluating the outcomes.


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  • HSMP 6310 - Population Health Management

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission from the course instructor for students not enrolled in the Doctor of Public Health Program.

    Emphasis is placed on the alignment of health policy and health systems redesign, measurement of population health management initiatives, and leadership. Population health improvement from the perspective of both local public health and health care systems is examined.


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  • HSMP 6320 - Health Services Research Methods

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission from the Course Instructor for students not enrolled in the Doctor of Public Health Program.

    Provides advanced training in research methods applied within the public health and health care organizational settings. Course content is focused on the foundational principles of empirical research and methodologies in public health and health services research. Emphasis is placed on the design of health services research studies, appropriate application of statistical methodologies, and scientific communication of research findings.


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  • HSMP 6330 - Health Policy, Advocacy, and Ethics

    (3 credits)
    Provides advanced training in the principles of leadership, policy development, and ethical decision-making within public health. Emphasizes leadership development in the areas of policy development and analysis, shared decision-making, creating organizational change, and reducing health inequities. Emphasis is placed on negotiation and consensus building methods, cultural proficiency, and effective advocacy for health policy.


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  • HSMP 6340 - Strategic Management and Resource Alignment in Public Health

    (3 credits)
    Provides students with advanced training in the principles of strategic management and resource allocation within health service practice environments. Course content is focused on the development and implementation of strategic plans and organizational change strategies, including alignment of human and fiscal resources to achieve planning objectives. Development of new resources and revenue to achieve organizational planning objectives is also examined.


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  • HSMP 6840 - Organizational Behavior in Health Services Management

    (3 credits)
    Examines organizational theory and behaviors in health delivery systems. Relationships between the attitudes of individuals and groups within multiple levels of the organization are considered. Content is focused on examining the influence of organizational governance structures, cultures, group dynamics, power structures and leadership on behaviors and attitudes within organizations.


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  • HSMP 6850 - Doctor of Public Health Practicum - Health Management and Policy

    (1-6 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission of student’s program advisor.

    This course enables students to apply the knowledge and experience gained in their DrPH courses to real life public health situations and leadership challenges in professional and community settings. Student placements, developed in consultation with the student’s practicum supervisor, focus on providing students with new experiences in practicing public health at a professional level. Students produce an analytical academic product either for publication or for presentation to the agency/organization.

    Notes: Repeatable for credit; six credits required; a total of 50 hours contact time per credits.


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  • HSMP 6960 - Doctor of Public Health Dissertation - Health Management and Policy

    (1-9 credits)
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of comprehensive examination. Supervised research toward dissertation by arrangement with the student’s graduate committee. Hours are repeatable but only 9 credits count toward the degree.


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History

  
  
  
  • HIST 5027 - The Social and Cultural History of Rock and Roll

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410 or its equivalent.

    Examination of the social and cultural fabric of post-World War II America through the prism of rock music. Focuses on influential rock musicians, as well as important political, business, and social figures and movements. HIST 3092 American Popular Culture Since World War II is recommended.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4027.


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  • HIST 5077 - American History through Film

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410 or its equivalent.

    An examination of how film has depicted, influenced and analyzed various political, social, cultural, military, economic, and other issues that have impacted American society from the nation’s origin to the present. HIST 3092 American Popular Culture Since World War II is recommended.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4077.


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  • HIST 5117 - Topics in European History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410.

    Topics in European history challenge advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore subjects reflecting the revolving research and teaching interests of faculty working in this area. Focused on writing skills, these courses enable students to evaluate academic literature, develop research topics, and construct relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4117.


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  • HIST 5187 - Colloquium in World History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410.

    Colloquiums in world history challenge advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore subjects reflecting the revolving research and teaching interests of faculty working in this area. Focused on developing oral communication skill, these courses enable students to evaluate academic literature, develop research topics, and construct relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4187.


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  • HIST 5257 - History of Women in Appalachia

    (3 credits)
    The course investigates the role of women in the history of Appalachia (primarily southern and central Appalachia) from the 18th century to the present. Featured topics are race, ethnicity, religious practice, reform, family and community, and rural life.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4257.


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  • HIST 5267 - Constitutional History: Congress, the Law and Slavery

    (3 credits)


    Prerequisites: HIST 3410  or equivalent.

     

    Upper division seminar that examines debates over slavery with analysis of historical debates over the Constitution and its effects on congressional statutes, national security, race relations, legal battles, and violence from the drafting of the Constitution in 1787 through the end of Reconstruction in 1877.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4267.


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  • HIST 5287 - Topics in American History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410.

    Topics in American History challenges advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore subjects reflecting the revolving research and teaching interests of faculty working in a particular region or time period. Focused on writing skills, these courses enable students to evaluate academic literature, develop research topics, and construct relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Course repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4287.


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  • HIST 5297 - Topics in World History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410 .

    Topics in world history challenge advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore subjects reflecting the revolving research and teaching interests of faculty working in this area. Focused on writing skills, these courses enable students to evaluate academic literature, develop research topics, and construct relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Course repeatable for credit, maximum 9 hours.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4297.


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  • HIST 5317 - Topics in Comparative American History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410.

    Topics in Comparative American History challenges advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore subjects reflecting the revolving research and teaching interests of faculty working on issues related to multiple geographic areas or time periods. Focused on writing skills, these courses enable students to evaluate academic literature, develop research topics, and construct relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Course repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4317.


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  • HIST 5337 - Topics in Comparative European History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410.

    Topics in Comparative European History challenges advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore issues related to multiple nations, regions, or cultures across the continent. Focused on writing skills, these courses enable students to evaluate academic literature, develop research topics, and construct relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Course repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4337.


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  • HIST 5347 - Topics in Comparative World History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410 or its equivalent.

    Topics in Comparative World History challenges advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore issues related to multiple nations, regions, or cultures across the world. Focused on writing skills, these courses enable students to evaluate academic literature, develop research topics, and construct relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Course repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4347.


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  • HIST 5357 - Colloquium in American History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410 or its equivalent.

    Colloquium in American history challenges advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore subjects reflecting the revolving research and teaching interests of faculty working in this area. Focused on oral communication skills, these courses enable students to discuss academic literature, communicate research topics, and present relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Course repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4357.


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  • HIST 5367 - Colloquium in European History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIST 3410.

    Colloquium in European history challenges advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore subjects reflecting the revolving research and teaching interests of faculty working in this area. Focused on oral communication skills, these courses enable students to discuss academic literature, communicate research topics, and present relevant historical arguments in a specific area of advanced study. Repeatable for credit, maximum 9 credits.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4367.


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  • HIST 5387 - History of the Holocaust

    (3 credits)
    A study of the background and origins of the Holocaust, including the legacy of anti-Semitism in Christian Europe and the emergence of racial anti-Semitism, the impact of World War I, Hitler’s ideology, and the racial ideas of the Nazi state. Emphasis will also be put on the decision for and implementation of the Final Solution, with emphasis on the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders, as well as how the initially limited Nazi killings expanded into the Holocaust as we know it. Finally, the meaning and possible uniqueness of the Holocaust will be explored.


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  • HIST 5417 - Residency I: Methods of Teaching History

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education.

    Content and methods of teaching history and social studies with emphasis in secondary education. This course earns education credit only and does not meet requirements for a major or minor in history or the MAT degree. Must be taken the fall semester prior to Residency II (student teaching).

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4417.


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  • HIST 5540 - Public History: Theory and Practice

    (3 credits)
    Offers an intensive engagement of current and significant scholarship exploring questions, concepts, and issues of concern to academics and to professionals in various fields of public history, including museums, archives, historic preservation, heritage tourism, digital history, oral history, and cultural resource management. This course includes history and evolution of public history as a discipline, relationship between public history and academic history, practical experience in public history practice, and exploration of avenues for professional employment.


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  • HIST 5827 - America in the 1960s

    (3 credits)
    The domestic history of the United States during the 1960s, with emphasis on the era’s social and cultural forces: Civil Rights (Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Power Movement), Social Policy (John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society), the impact of Vietnam and 1968 on the home front (Antiwar Protests, the Counterculture, Student Rights), Modern Feminism, environmentalism, and the popular music and literature of the decade.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4817.


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  • HIST 5837 - Women Since 1945

    (3 credits)
    An examination of the social, political, economic, commercial, legal, sexual, and racial issues faced by American women since the end of World War II. Topics will include the domestic containment of the 1950s, Betty Friedan’s 1963 groundbreaking study, The Feminine Mystique, birth control, Roe V. Wade, the origins of the protest movements, women’s liberation, defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment, and the rise of radical and conservative.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4837.


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  • HIST 5847 - American Sports 20th Century to Present

    (3 credits)
    An interdisciplinary study of sport in its historical context: the formation and evolution of various sports, including their economic, political, legal, gender, racial, and sexual aspects, as well as their treatment in popular literature and films.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4847.


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  • HIST 5927 - World War II in Europe

    (3 credits)
    A study of the background, origins, progress, and consequences of World War II in Europe. Emphasis will be placed not only on political, diplomatic, and military aspects of the war, but also on its broader social, economic, technological, and ideological ramifications.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4927.


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  • HIST 5937 - World War II in the Pacific

    (3 credits)
    A study of the origins, course and consequences of World War II in the Pacific. Emphasis will be placed not only on the political, diplomatic, and military aspects of the war, but also on the racial, technological, and ideological ramifications. The course will begin with the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War 1937 and end with the beginning of the Cold War and the rebuilding of Japan.

    Dual Listed With: HIST 4937.


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  • HIST 5950 - Introduction to Historical Research

    (3 credits)
    The objective of this course is to familiarize graduate students with research methodology and professional standards shared by practitioners in this discipline. This training is fundamental for those who expect to terminate their formal education with an M.A. as well as those who anticipate the pursuit of a Ph.D. in history.

    When Offered: Fall.


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  • HIST 5989 - Cooperative Education

    (1-3 credits)
    Students must clear arrangements for this course through the Cooperative Education Office prior to registration. Businesses, industries, and government agencies provide opportunities for planned and supervised work assignments. Students may alternate between periods (usually two semesters) of full-time study and employment with a cooperative education employer. Credit received carries full academic value, and students receive compensation as full-time employees.


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  • HIST 5990 - Readings and Research

    (1-3 credits)
    Students who are not enrolled in other coursework but require the use of university facilities and/or faculty guidance for studies, research, or preparation of a prospectus MUST enroll for Readings and Research. Variable credits (1-3) of Readings and Research may also be used, as approved by student’s advisory committee in conjunction with other coursework, to document such activities as development of research and scholarly skills that would not be appropriately covered by other types of independent study. Readings and Research credits do not count toward degree requirements. Grading of Readings and Research will be either satisfactory completion (S), satisfactory progress (SP), or unsatisfactory (U).


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  • HIST 5999 - Cooperative Education

    (1-3 credits)
    Students must clear arrangements for this course through the Cooperative Education Office prior to registration. Businesses, industries, and government agencies provide opportunities for planned and supervised work assignments. Students may alternate between periods (usually two semesters) of full-time study and employment with a cooperative education employer. Credit received carries full academic value, and students receive compensation as full-time employees.


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Human Development and Learning

  
  • HDAL 5007 - Applications of Group Process

    (3 credits)
    This course provides students in various non-counseling disciplines with an experience of group process and practice, tailored to the professional needs of the various disciplines that make use of the course. It focuses on group leadership skills, cohesion and development, group performance, and handling group conflict. This course may be offered as a study abroad.

    Dual Listed With: HDAL 4007.


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  • HDAL 5127 - Divorce: Causes and Consequences

    (3 credits)
    Explores the social-psychological impact of divorce on families. The economics, legal, social, emotional, co-parental, and former spouse consequences of divorce will be discussed. The various theoretical models explaining both the movement toward divorce, as well as the divorce transition, will be described. Special attention will be given to the impact of divorce on children.

    When Offered: Spring.
    Dual Listed With: HDAL 4127.


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  • HDAL 5137 - Youth Violence - Intervention to Prevention

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to inform and train individuals in a variety of fields that deal with children and youth. The course is a combination of defining the concept of violence in society, evaluating current research in the field, and looking at practical strategies for developing protective factors for youth. Students will view various media representations of violence patterns and solutions, review current literature, and listen to some brief lecture material. The majority of time will be spent on student interaction with each other and the instructor.

    Dual Listed With: HDAL 4137.


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  • HDAL 5147 - The Opioid Crisis

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Senior or Graduate Standing or permission of instructor.

    Provides the ethical skills and knowledge necessary for students and professionals in the helping professions to identify issues around the opiate/opioid crisis. This course embraces practices that take a systemic approach to dealing with the addicted individual and those suffering opioid use disorder in order to significantly ameliorate personal, social, and community problems and advance more adaptive approaches to individual, family and community functioning. 

    Dual Listed With: HDAL 4147. 


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  • HDAL 5167 - Trauma Theory

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission from instructor. 

    Explores the paradigm of trauma informed care and examines working with individuals across the lifespan that have been exposed to trauma. In addition, the course provides an understanding of the pervasive nature of trauma and identifies ways of promoting recovery rather than re-traumatization. Theoretical models for assessing vulnerability trauma stress reactions, trauma symptoms, for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and their treatment are discussed. 

    Dual Listed With: HDAL 4167. 


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  • HDAL 5227 - Evidence Based Trauma Techniques

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HDAL 5167  or permission of instructor. 

    Examines evidenced based models and practices used across various environments, situations, and populations in trauma informed care. The efficacy, implementation, and dynamic use of models to respond to varied types of trauma are discussed. 

    Dual Listed With: HDAL 4227. 


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  • HDAL 5820 - Psychological Assessment

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: A course in abnormal psychology, HDAL 5817, COUN 5550 , and HDAL 5230 .

    An examination of the construction and purpose of the principle objective and projective personality tests used in psychological counseling. Emphasis and practice will be on administering, interpreting, and report writing. Current issues in personality assessment will be discussed.

    When Offered: Summer.


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  • HDAL 5990 - Readings and Research

    (1-3 credits)
    Students who are not enrolled in other coursework but require the use of university facilities and/or faculty guidance for studies, research, or preparation of a prospectus MUST enroll for Readings and Research. Variable credits (1-3) of Readings and Research may also be used, as approved by student’s advisory committee in conjunction with other coursework, to document such activities as development of research and scholarly skills that would not be appropriately covered by other types of independent study. Readings and Research credits do not count toward degree requirements. Grading of Readings and Research will be either satisfactory completion (S), satisfactory progress (SP), or unsatisfactory (U).


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Human Services

  
  • HSRV 5100 - Human Services: Systems and Leadership

    (3 credits)
    Details the profession of human service including its history, foundations, ethics, mission, clientele, practitioners, theories, and skills - is detailed in this course. Management and administration of human service organizations and educational institutions are accented, focusing on leader qualities and skills, nonprofit and for profit community agencies, charter and therapeutic schools, and governmental entities. Emphasized are styles of leadership, organizational dynamics, human resources, budgeting and finance, marketing and fund raising, employee and professional supervision.


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  • HSRV 5150 - Human Services: Counseling and Case Management

    (3 credits)
    Provision of counseling and case management in Human Services as a fundamental part of their helping approach. This class emphasizes therapeutic work for specific problem areas such as substance abuse, psychopathology, and abuse as well as age groups such as children and elders. Group activities, interviewing, and interdisciplinary treatment receive intensive deliberation.


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  • HSRV 5200 - Ethics and Social Justice

    (3 credits)
    Understanding of ethics and social justice and how they intertwine within human services to follow the Ethical Standards of Human Service Professionals and the HS-BCP Code of Ethics. Instrumental for human service practitioners are issues related to advocacy and social justice. The history of social change is explored along with advanced perspectives in diversity and community activism. A service learning project is incorporated within this course


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  • HSRV 5510 - Grant and Report Writing

    (3 credits)
    Understanding grants in the human, social, and psychological sciences, how to find and apply for them as well as evaluate and document results. Students will seek grants from individual, foundation, corporate and governmental sources followed by completing grant applications and submissions.


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Immunology, Inflammation and Infectious Diseases

  
  
  • IIID 6800 - Microbial Pathogenesis

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: BIOM 6010  and BIOM 6020  and MICR 6000  and MICR 6300 , or permission of instructor.  

    Exposes students to the current understanding of microbial pathogenesis in humans. Topics focus on how pathogens modify, disrupt, and utilize host physiologic and cellular functions for their own purposes. The significance of these interactions in terms of better understanding both pathogenesis and host biology are discussed. Additionally, the course emphasizes critical evaluation of primary literature to assist in developing novel hypotheses and designing experiments that answer critical questions in the field of microbial pathogenesis research. 


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Journalism

  
  • JOUR 5107 - Reporting Public Affairs

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: A grade of 2. 0 or better in JOUR 2130.

    Provides instruction and practice in coverage of local, county, and state governments, the court system, and law-enforcement agencies. May include field trips for which students must defray personal expense.

    Dual Listed With: JOUR 4107.


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Language

  
  • LANG 5100 - Fundamentals of Translation and Interpreting Studies

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to the School of Graduate Studies and to the certificate program, which requires written and oral exams.

    A study of the history, theory, linguistic challenges, ethics, and standards of practice in the fields of translation and interpreting.


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  • LANG 5200 - Medical Terminology for Health Care Translation and Interpreting

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to the School of Graduate Studies and to the certificate program, which requires written and oral exams.

    A study of medicine and its translation from source language to target language, and from target to source language. Students translate all terminology into their second language with supervision from a language coach.


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  • LANG 5400 - Health Care Interpreting

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: LANG 5100  and LANG 5200 .

    Practical application of techniques to develop excellence in healthcare interpreting, including shadowing, memory building, note-taking skills, and cultural competency through the use of both extemporaneous and prepared materials. A ten-hour interpreting experience in a clinic, agency, or hospital is required.


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Leadership

  
  • LEAD 5467 - Leadership Studies

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of 60 credits.

    The study of leadership from a historical and contemporary perspective. Students identify, apply, and reflect on aspects of leadership development, including concepts of personal change toward effective leadership in a changing environment. Topics cover personal assessment and development, values and ethics, power and influence, followership, group dynamics, controversy with civility, and citizenship. Students observe a decisionmaking group outside of class over the course of the semester.

    Dual Listed With: LEAD 4467.


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