Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Music

  
  • MUSC 651 - Advanced Private Study: Conducting I

    Credit(s): 2
    ADV PRIVATE STUDY: CONDUCT I
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in conducting.
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students enrolled in the Masters in Music degree program and requires permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 652 - Advanced Private Study: Conducting II

    Credit(s): 2
    ADV PRIVATE STUDY: CONDUCT II
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in conducting. Continuation of MUSC 651 .
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 651 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students enrolled in the Masters in Music degree program and requires permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 653 - Advanced Private Study: Conducting III

    Credit(s): 2
    ADV PRIVATE STUDY: CONDUCT III
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in conducting. Continuation of MUSC 652 .
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 652 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students enrolled in the Masters in Music degree program and requires permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 654 - Advanced Private Study: Conducting IV

    Credit(s): 2
    ADV PRIVATE STUDY: CONDUCT IV
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in conducting. Continuation of MUSC 653 .
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 653   RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students enrolled in the Masters in Music degree program and requires permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 655 - Graduate Merit Lessons

    Credit(s): 1-2
    GRAD MERIT LESSONS
    Component: Independent Study
    Private study for qualified graduate students not enrolled in a music degree program. Student adds to course title the branch of study elected: piano, organ, voice, or wind/orchestral instrument. May include a one-hour studio class.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 8 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires audition and permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • MUSC 661 - Advanced Private Study: I

    Credit(s): 2
    ADVANCED PRIVATE STUDY: I
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced private study; instrumental or vocal.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires an audition. May be repeated once for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • MUSC 662 - Advanced Private Study: II

    Credit(s): 2
    ADVANCED PRIVATE STUDY: II
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced private study; instrumental or vocal.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 661 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated once for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • MUSC 663 - Advanced Private Study: III

    Credit(s): 2
    ADVANCED PRIVATE STUDY: III
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced private study; instrumental or vocal.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 662 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • MUSC 664 - Advanced Private Study: IV

    Credit(s): 2
    ADVANCED PRIVATE STUDY: IV
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced private study; instrumental or vocal.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 663 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated once for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • MUSC 666 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUSC 667 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUSC 671 - Advanced Private Study: Composition I

    Credit(s): 2
    ADVANCED PRIVATE STUDY: COMP I
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in composition.
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students enrolled in the Masters in Music degree program.
  
  • MUSC 672 - Advanced Private Study: Composition II

    Credit(s): 2
    ADV. PRIVATE STUDY: COMP II
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in composition. Continuation of MUSC 671 .
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 671 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 673 - Advanced Private Study: Composition III

    Credit(s): 2
    ADV. PRIVATE STUDY: COMP III
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in composition. Continuation of MUSC 672 .
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 672 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 674 - Advanced Private Study: Composition IV

    Credit(s): 2
    ADV. PRIVATE STUDY: COMP IV
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced instruction in composition. Continuation of MUSC 673 .
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 673 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 675 - Advanced General Music PreK-12

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED GENERAL MUSIC K-12
    Component: Independent Study
    Advanced methods in PreK-12 General Music.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students enrolled in the Masters in Music degree program.
  
  • MUSC 676 - Seminar in Music Education

    Credit(s): 3
    SEMINAR IN MUSIC EDUCATION
    Component: Discussion
    Advanced topics in music education.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Summer

  
  • MUSC 677 - Seminar in Music Education II

    Credit(s): 3
    SEMINAR IN MUSIC EDUCATION II
    Component: Discussion
    A continuation of advanced topics in music education (MUSC 676 ).
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to Master’s in Music students only.
  
  • MUSC 679 - Professional Development Project I

    Credit(s): 3
    PROF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT I
    Component: Discussion
    Development of a portfolio to include unit plans based on synthesis of content from prior courses.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. Taken in sequence with MUSC 680  as an alternative to thesis option.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Summer and Spring

  
  • MUSC 680 - Professional Development Project II

    Credit(s): 3
    PROF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT II
    Component: Independent Study
    Implementation of the portfolio developed in MUSC 679 .
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC 679 . RESTRICTIONS: Taken in sequence with MUSC 679  as an alternative to thesis option.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Summer and Spring

  
  • MUSC 681 - Pedagogy and Literature

    Credit(s): 3
    PEDAGOGY AND LITERATURE
    Component: Lecture
    The study of teaching methods and literature (music scores, books and other media). Shows teaching skills needed at the university level and lower.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • MUSC 682 - Graduate Vocal Pedagogy

    Credit(s): 3
    GRAD VOCAL PEDAGOGY
    Component: Lecture
    This course will give the graduate vocal performance major a more in depth look into the practical pedagogical applications for teaching voice.  The student will gain practical knowledge through lecture, reading assignments, laboratory application, and a mini-practicum.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Permission by instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • MUSC 684 - Advanced Recording Techniques

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED RECORDING TECHNIQUES
    Component: Lecture
    Covers advanced aspects of the following parameters: history of recording and recording technology; recording techniques with hands-on experiences; and aesthetics of recording and its impact on music through the 20th and 21st centuries.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MUSC105. RESTRICTIONS: Enrollment by permission of instructor.
  
  • MUSC 685 - Advanced Principles of Music Industry Practice

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV PRINCPLS OF MUSIC INDUSTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Offers an advanced understanding of the fundamental workings of the music industry. Emphasis on the advanced aspects of the theory/practice of core principles, with a focus on provisions of copyright law, standard agreements, professional organization influences, and the framework for interaction among writers, artists, performers, publishers, record companies, and producers.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Enrollment is by permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • MUSC 695 - Advanced Analysis and Interpretation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETAN
    Component: Lecture
    Examination of structural, melodic, rhythmic, harmonic and textural aspects of selected music literature and their significance in artistic performance.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Requires satisfactory score on music theory graduate placement exam or successful completion of (2 cr.) MUSC595.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • MUSC 865 - Capstone Proposal

    Credit(s): 2
    CAPSTONE PROPOSAL
    Component: Discussion
    Designed to assist students with developing proposals for the Master’s thesis or Professional Development Project.
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to Master’s in Music students only.
  
  • MUSC 866 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Discussion
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUSC 867 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUSC 869 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit(s): 1-6
    MASTER’S THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Additional University Requirement(s): First Year Experience Course Typically Offered: Fall, Summer and Spring


Music Education

  
  • MUED 566 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUED 567 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUED 666 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUED 667 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • MUED 866 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • MUED 867 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option

Neuroscience

  
  • NSCI 626 - Advanced Neuroanatomy

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED NEUROANATOMY
    Component: Lecture
    Covers the functional organization of the nervous system from a clinical perspective, with emphasis on the brain stem, cranial nerves, limbic system, and cerebral cortex. Also surveys basic etiology, signs and symptoms of injury to spinal pathways, sensory-motor systems, methods of neurologic testing, and the Mental Status Exam.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with BISC 626 , PSYC 626 .
  
  • NSCI 627 - Advanced Neurophysiology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Study of the physiology of the central nervous system, with an emphasis on the cellular and molecular basis of signal transmission in the brain.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BISC 627 .
  
  • NSCI 628 - Advanced Neuropharmacology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the actions of psychoactive drugs on neurons, neural circuits, and behavior. Focus is on drugs used in mental health, neurological disorders, and drug abuse.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with PSYC 628 .
  
  • NSCI 629 - Integrative Neuroscience I

    Credit(s): 3
    INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE I
    Component: Lecture
    The course integrates current views on various systems of the brain with the functions they support.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 630 - Integrative Neuroscience II

    Credit(s): 3
    INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE II
    Component: Lecture
    Surveys select topics in behavioral neuroscience, including nervous system development, and brain systems underlying arousal, emotion, physiological regulation, and cognitive functioning.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 632 - Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience

    Credit(s): 3
    DEVELOPMENTAL BEH NEUROSCIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    The aim is to understand behavioral development from a biological and comparative perspective. Course surveys development of sensory, motor, motivational, and cognitive processes.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 633 - Neuroplasticity

    Credit(s): 3
    NEUROPLASTICITY
    Component: Lecture
    This course focuses on neuroplasticity and requires some prior knowledge of neuroanatomy and physiology. Topics include effects of experience on neurogenesis, stress effects, and synaptic remodeling.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 634 - Stress and the Brain

    Credit(s): 3
    STRESS AND THE BRAIN
    Component: Lecture
    Course surveys clinical and experimental research on the impact of stress and experience on brain development, brain function, and behavior.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 635 - Neuroplasticity

    Credit(s): 3
    NEUROPLASTICITY
    Component: Independent Study
    Focuse on changes in the structure and function of the brain as a function of experience. Topics include neurogenesis, neuromediators, stress, protein synthesis, and synaptic remodeling.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 636 - Seminar in Spatial Cognition

    Credit(s): 3
    SEMINAR IN SPATIAL COGNITION
    Component: Lecture
    Focuse on brain mechanisms that enable acquisition of information about the environment and the use of that information in spatial navigation for both animals and humans.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 637 - Behavioral Epigenetics

    Credit(s): 3
    BEHAVIORAL EPIGENETICS
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an overview of the field of behavioral epigenetics, focusing on landmark and current studies in human and animal models. Examines multi-generational trajectories and clinical implications.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 638 - Clinical Neuropsychology

    Credit(s): 3
    CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
    Component: Independent Study
    Examines the effects of localized brain trauma on cognitive, personality, and psychosocial functioning. Focuses on neuropsychological assessment, intervention, and common neuropathological syndromes.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 639 - The Emotional Brain

    Credit(s): 3
    THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN
    Component: Independent Study
    The last 20 years has seen an explosion of research on the role of the brain in emotions. Examines the neuroscience of normal emotions and pathology of emotions in animals and humans.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 640 - The Immune System and Behavior

    Credit(s): 3
    THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND BEHAVIOR
    Component: Independent Study
    Examines the interaction of the brain and the immune system. Topics include mood alteration, motivation, and cognition, and relations to addiction, psychopathology, and learning disorders.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 641 - Hormones and Behavior

    Credit(s): 3
    HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
    Component: Independent Study
    Examines how hormones produce changes in behavior over the life course. The focus includes sexual differentiation of the brain, mating and parental behavior, aggression, stress and depression, immune function, and learning and memory.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 642 - Social Neuroscience

    Credit(s): 3
    SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Examines how neuroscience methods can help in understanding basic and complex social processes, and how social psychological methods help reveal hierarchical brain functions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 643 - Body and Space

    Credit(s): 3
    BODY AND SPACE
    Component: Independent Study
    Our bodies are our gateway to the world. Examines theories about body perception, space representation, and sense of self. Topics include phantom limbs, tool use, motor control, intention, and pain.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 667 - Seminar

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 866 - Neuroscience Colloquium

    Credit(s): 1
    NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM
    Component: Lecture
    The Neuroscience colloquia and brown bag seminars feature faculty, student, and gues presentation of recent research.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students only.
  
  • NSCI 867 - Seminar

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Laboratory
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NSCI 868 - Graduate Research

    Credit(s): 1-6
    GRADUATE RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Laboratory research.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • NSCI 869 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit(s): 1-6
    MASTER’S THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Master’s Thesis research.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option

Nursing

  
  • NURS 566 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NURS 567 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NURS 600 - Issues in School Health Nursing

    Credit(s): 3
    ISSUES SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on roles of new school nurse and healthcare needs of school-age children and adolescents. Includes testing/screening, guidance/counseling, health teaching, and skills in school health setting.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Registered nurse.
  
  • NURS 615 - Integrative Health

    Credit(s): 3
    INTEGRATIVE HEALTH
    Component: Lecture
    This course focuses on the use of integrative therapies within a holistic framework of care. Integrative interventions are examined through research, demonstrations, and experiential learning. Self-care and personal growth of the healthcare provider is developed. The use of integrative therapies as a complement to standard medical practice to manage health conditions will be explored.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Permission of instructor needed if student not a matriculated health care provider program.
  
  • NURS 616 - Primary Care In Community Health

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIMARY CARE IN COMMUNITY HLTH
    Component: Laboratory
    Focuses on community based primary care issues in relation to individual, family, and community health. Clinical component includes health promotion and disease prevention activities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 622  and NURS 621   COREQ:  NURS 620 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to majors only. Requires permission from department.
  
  • NURS 620 - Advanced Health Assessment

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Assists graduate students in acquiring advanced knowledge and proficiency in performing health assessments. Includes eliciting a complete health history and performing a comprehensive examination.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of department.
  
  • NURS 621 - Advanced Pathophysiology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Develop a basic understanding of pathophysiology and use a body system approach to explore the pathophysiologic processes of selected common disorders and diseases of individuals across the lifespan. The pathophysiologic basis of disease will be examined within the context of evidence-based practice and population-based health principles. The impact of disease processes on individual health outcomes will also be emphasized.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Permission of department required.
  
  • NURS 622 - Advanced Pharmacology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Prepares the advanced practice nurse prescriber to provide safe and effective therapeutics for individuals across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on pharmacotherapeutic systems, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics as well as adverse drug effects, precautions and drug interactions for broad categories of drugs. Therapeutic agents will be discussed within the context of specific populations with attention to genetic, cultural, legal, ethical, and economic considerations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 621 . COREQ: NURS 621 . RESTRICTIONS: Permission of department required.
  
  • NURS 623 - Management of Women’s Healthcare

    Credit(s): 3
    MGMT OF WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on gynecological and reproductive primary healthcare. Emphasizes management of gynecologic health needs and the normal reproductive cycle.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ:  NURS 622 . COREQ:  NURS 622 .
  
  • NURS 624 - Primary Care of Children

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIMARY CARE OF CHILDREN
    Component: Lecture
    This course focuses on the delivery of primary health care to children. Comprehensive health assessment of children, including health promotion needs, growth and development, family and cultural dynamics, physical and psychosocial status is addressed. Emphasis is placed on pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies appropriate for the management of children experiencing episodic illness and selected chronic illnesses and disabilities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 693  and NURS 694 . COREQ: NURS 696 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to AGNP and FNP students only.
  
  • NURS 628 - Evidence-Based Practice Research and Theory

    Credit(s): 3
    NURSING RESEARCH
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the science of nursing from theoretical and research perspectives and addresses theory as the foundation for research and evidence-based practice. Focus on the application of research and evidence-based practice including ethical aspects of research. Learn methods of qualitative and quantitative research, critical appraisal of evidence and synthesis of clinical practice literature.  Analysis of quantitative and qualitative research methods to improve health care outcomes in the practice setting will be emphasized.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    COREQ: EDUC 665  or STAT 608 . RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to MSN students.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring and Summer

  
  • NURS 636 - Adult-Gerontology I

    Credit(s): 4
    ADULT-GERONTOLOGY I
    Component: Lecture
    This course provides knowledge needed to develop core CNS practice competencies in Adult-Gerontology. These include therapeutic interventions (health promotion, disease prevention, health coaching, and restoration of health), education of patients and caregivers, evidence-based practice, consultation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and healthcare issues across the adult life span.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    COREQ:  NURS 621 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to clinical nurse specialist students only.
  
  • NURS 641 - Primary/Episodic Care: Adult-Gero

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIMRY/EPISODC CARE:ADULT-GERO
    Component: Lecture
    This clinical course focuses on care of adults needing primary care for episodic health problems. Assessment, analytic skills for differential diagnoses, and use of evidence based guidelines and holistic management are emphasized. Mentored clinical experiences on healthcare teams promote independent and interprofessional patient-centered practice.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 620 , NURS 621 . COREQ: NURS 622 .
  
  • NURS 642 - Primary/Chronic Care: Adult-Gero

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIMRY/CHRONC CARE: ADULT-GERO
    Component: Lecture
    This clinical course focuses on adults needing primary care for chronic health problems. Assessment and analytic skills for differential diagnoses, application of evidence-based guidelines and holistic management are emphasized. Mentored clinical experiences on healthcare teams promote independent and interprofessional patient-centered practice.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 620 , NURS 621 . COREQ: NURS 622 , NURS 641 .
  
  • NURS 643 - Primary/Complex Care: Adult-Gero

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIMRY/COMPLX CARE: ADULT-GERO
    Component: Lecture
    This clinical course focuses on delivery of primary health care to older adults with acute and chronic health problems, disabilities, palliative care needs, and end of life care. Content focuses on healthy aging, prevention, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management, and coordination of care with other disciplines.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 620 , NURS 621 . COREQ: NURS 622 , NURS 641 , NURS 642 .
  
  • NURS 644 - Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship I

    Credit(s): 3
    NP PRECEPTORSHIP I
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the delivery of primary care to patients in primary care practice sites across the lifespan. Serves as a part of a culminating experience in role development. Clinical practice sites will serve as an environment for students to develop primary care clinical skills as a novice nurse practitioner by working with a preceptor.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NURS 645 - Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship II

    Credit(s): 3
    NP PRECEPTORSHIP II
    Component: Lecture
    Serves as a culminating experience in role development. In conjunction with clinical practice, it provides an environment for students to examine ways to monitor and ensure quality primary care while practicing as a Nurse Practitioner. Clinical seminar topics include peer review, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, ethical decision making, political and legal issues, and other professional issues such as responsibility, autonomy, and accountability.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NURS 646 - Adult-Gerontology II

    Credit(s): 4
    ADULT-GERONTOLOGY II
    Component: Laboratory
    Provides opportunities to develop advanced skills (e.g., case management) inherent to the CNS role. Course content focuses on leadership, collaboration, citizenship, cost effective care, innovations in practice, and mentorship as they relate to care for adults across the life span.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 636 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate clinical nurse specialist students only.
  
  • NURS 654 - Nursing of Children I

    Credit(s): 4
    NURSING OF CHILDREN I
    Component: Laboratory
    Explores the scientific basis for the routine healthcare guidance required by children and their families. Focuses primarily on the acutely ill child.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ:  NURS 621 . COREQ:  NURS 621 .
  
  • NURS 655 - Nursing of Children II

    Credit(s): 4
    NURSING OF CHILDREN II
    Component: Laboratory
    Explores the biopsychosocial needs of children with chronic conditions and their families. Emphasizes the interventions of the advanced practice nurse to assist these children to attain, maintain or regain health.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 654   RESTRICTIONS: Open to matriculated graduate nursing students only.
  
  • NURS 666 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NURS 667 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NURS 668 - Advanced Clinical Neuroscience

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Explores advanced concepts of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology including structural and functional components of the nervous system. Special attention will be given to normal and abnormal neurodevelopment across the lifespan. Students will be exposed to genetic/epigenetic advances in neuroscience. Relevance to lifespan mental illnesses is a major course focus.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 621 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of department.
  
  • NURS 669 - Advanced Psychopharmacology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Explores advanced pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of all psychoactive medication classes. Emphasizes the clinical management of psychiatric symptoms within the context of lifespan mental illness. Examine evidenced-based treatment and best practices in psychopharmacologic intervention. Highlight legal/ethical issues related to prescribing.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 622 , NURS 668 . COREQ: NURS 668 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of department.
  
  • NURS 670 - Advanced Lifespan Psychopathology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Explores nosology and etiology of mental illnesses across the lifespan with emphasis on different diagnosis. Examines selected theories of psychopathology and scientific findings. Highlights trends, research, ethical implications, and limitations of nosology and labeling. Cultivates interviewing and assessment skills using simulation and/or field experiences.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 620 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of department.
  
  • NURS 671 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing I

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCH/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING I
    Component: Lecture
    Explores nosology and etiology of mental illnesses across the lifespan with emphasis on differential diagnosis. Selected theories of psychopathology and scientific findings. Trends, research, ethical implications, and limitations of nosology and labeling are highlighted. Cultivates interviewing and assessment skills. Develop strategies for health promotion, disease prevention, and management of selected major mental health conditions across the lifespan. Integrates analysis and application of selected clinical modalities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 668  and NURS 669 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to Psych NP concentration only.
  
  • NURS 672 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing II

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCH/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING II
    Component: Lecture
    Focus on continued development of strategies for health promotion, disease prevention, and management of selected mental health conditions across the lifespan. Focus on refinement of analytic skills used for differential diagnosis and clinical decision-making. Integrates analysis and application of selected clinical modalities within the context of clinical case discussion.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 668 , NURS 669  and NURS 671 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to Psych NP concentration only.
  
  • NURS 673 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing III

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCH/MENTAL HEALTH NURSINGIII
    Component: Lecture
    Continued development of strategies for health promotion, disease prevention, and management of selected mental health conditions across the lifespan. Refinement of analytic skills used for differential diagnosis and clinical decision-making, continued utilization of current evidence-based practice guidelines, and provision of holistic patient care management approaches. Integrates analysis and application of selected clinical modalities within the context of clinical case discussion.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 668 , NURS 669 NURS 671 , and NURS 672 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to Psych NP concentration only.
  
  • NURS 674 - Psychiatric/Mental Health NP Practicum I

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCH/MENTAL HEALTH NP PRACT I
    Component: Clinical
    First clinical experience for psychiatric nurse practitioner students. Mentored clinical experiences with selected patients across the lifespan. Students will develop advanced interviewing and assessment skills with selected clinical populations. Students will manage selected mental illnesses under the supervision of clinical preceptors Emphasis on providing care within an interdisciplinary health care framework.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 668 , and NURS 669 . COREQ: NURS 671 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to Psych NP concentration only.
  
  • NURS 675 - Psychiatric/Mental Health NP Practicum II

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCH/MENTAL HEALTH NP PRACT II
    Component: Clinical
    Second clinical experience for psychiatric nurse practitioner students. Knowledge learned in the didactic course will be applied in the mental health care setting during mentored clinical experiences with selected patients across the lifespan. Students will manage selected mental illnesses under the supervision of clinical preceptors. Students are expected to require less input from preceptors for clinical decision-making. Emphasis will be placed on providing care within an interdisciplinary health care framework.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 674   COREQ: NURS 672   RESTRICTIONS: Open to Psych NP concentration only.
  
  • NURS 676 - Psychiatric/Mental Health NP Practicum III

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCH/MENTAL HLTH NP PRAC III
    Component: Clinical
    Provides the third clinical experience for psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner students. Knowledge learned in the didactic courses will be applied in the psychiatric setting during mentored clinical experiences. Manage common episodic and chronic conditions at the advanced level, under the supervision of clinical preceptors.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 672  and STAT 617 . COREQ: NURS 673 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to Psych/Mental Health NP students only.
  
  • NURS 677 - Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV HLTH ASSESS & DIAG REAS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the integration of health assessment skills needed to provide culturally sensitive patient-centered care to individuals across the lifespan. Skills in comprehensive history-taking, physical examination, and the process of formulating differential diagnosis will be developed. Gain expertise in data collection, hypothesis formulation, and decision-making through practice in the laboratory setting.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • NURS 678 - Primary Care of Women (2cr.)

    Credit(s): 2
    PRIMARY CARE OF WOMEN
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on gynecological and reproductive primary health care of women over the lifespan. Management of gynecologic health care needs and the normal reproductive cycle in women will be emphasized. Strategies for health promotion, disease prevention, and management of selected episodic and chronic diseases commonly seen in primary care of women will be addressed.
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 693  and NURS 694 . COREQ: NURS 696 .
    Course Typically Offered: Summer

  
  • NURS 679 - Primary Care of Children

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIM CARE CHILDREN
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the delivery of primary health care to children. Comprehensive health assessment of children, including health promotion needs, growth and development, family and cultural dynamics, physical and psychosocial status is addressed. Emphasis is placed on pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies appropriate for the management of children experiencing episodic illness and selected chronic illnesses and disabilities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 693  and NURS 694 . COREQ: NURS 696 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to FNP and AGNP students only.
  
  • NURS 680 - Health System Leadership Practicum I

    Credit(s): 6
    HEALTH SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP I
    Component: Lecture
    Application of leadership theory and organizational business process knowledge to micro-systems in healthcare environments using problem and project based learning.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 628 NURS 813 NURS 818 NURS 843 NURS 844 NURS 870 NURS 881 ACCT 800 , BUAD 620 , and BUAD 670 . RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to matriculated Masters in Nursing: Health Systems Leadership students.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Summer and Spring

  
  • NURS 681 - Health Systems Nursing Leadership Practicum II

    Credit(s): 6
    HEALTH SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP II
    Component: Lecture
    Application of leadership theory and organizational business process knowledge to macro-systems in healthcare environment using problem and project based learning.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 628 NURS 813 NURS 818 NURS 843 NURS 844 NURS 870 NURS 881 , ACCT 800 , BUAD 620 , and BUAD 670 RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to matriculated Masters in Nursing: Health Systems Leadership students.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Summer and Spring

  
  • NURS 686 - Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Integration

    Credit(s): 4
    CLINICAL NURSE SPEC ROLE INTGR
    Component: Lecture
    Integration of theories and concepts related to roles of the clinical nurse specialist. Emphasizes advanced practice roles within the broad context of healthcare.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: All required clinical courses
  
  • NURS 687 - Nursing Science: Research Application

    Credit(s): 3
    NURS SCIEN:RESEARCH APPLICATN
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the application of research to nursing practice. Includes critical analysis of research through an organized critique process, examination of data, and examination of facilitators and barriers to research/research utilization, models of research utilization, and methods of quality management.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to majors only. Permission required from department.
  
  • NURS 691 - Primary Care I

    Credit(s): 4
    PRIMARY CARE I
    Component: Lecture
    This is the first diagnosis and management course that will prepare the family and adult-geriatric nurse practitioner student for primary care of individuals from adolescence through adulthood. Focuses on development of strategies for health promotion, disease prevention, and management of selected episodic and chronic diseases commonly seen in primary care settings.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 621 , NURS 622 , and NURS 677 . COREQ: NURS 692 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to FNP and AGNP students only.
  
  • NURS 692 - Primary Care NP Practicum I (4cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIMARY CARE NP PRACTICUM I
    Component: Clinical
    Provides the first clinical experience for family and adult-geriatric nurse practitioner students. Knowledge learned in didactic courses will be applied in the primary care setting during mentored clinical experiences with individuals from adolescence through adulthood. Manage common episodic and chronic conditions at the beginner level, under the supervision of clinical preceptors. Students are expected to require a great deal of input from preceptors for clinical decision-making at this level.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    PREREQ: NURS 621 , NURS 622 , and NURS 677 . COREQ: NURS 691 .
  
  • NURS 693 - Primary Care II

    Credit(s): 4
    PRIMARY CARE II
    Component: Lecture
    This is the second diagnosis and management course for family and adult-geriatric nurse practitioner students. The focus of this course is on continued development of strategies for health promotion, disease prevention, and management of selected acute episodic, and chronic diseases commonly seen in primary care settings.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 691  and NURS 692 . COREQ: NURS 694 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to FNP and AGNP students only.
  
  • NURS 694 - Primary Care Practicum II

    Credit(s): 4
    PRIMARY CARE PRACTICUM II
    Component: Clinical
    The second clinical experience for family and adult-geriatric nurse practitioner students. Knowledge learned in the didactic course will be applied in the primary care setting during mentored clinical experiences with adolescent and adult patients. Manage common episodic and chronic conditions at the advanced beginner level, under the supervision of clinical preceptors.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    PREREQ: NURS 691  and NURS 692 . COREQ: NURS 693 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to FNP and AGNP students only.
  
  • NURS 695 - Primary Care of Frail/Older Adults

    Credit(s): 3
    PRIM. CARE FRAIL/OLDER ADULTS
    Component: Lecture
    This course prepares the advanced practice nurse for provision of comprehensive, quality, and cost effective care for older adults. Theories of aging, physiology of aging, and the economic, socio-cultural, and ethical aspects of aging will be explored. Students will learn to recognize, evaluate and manage clinical syndromes prevalent in the older adult population. Clinical issues unique to frail/older adults and atypical presentation of disease states will also be explored.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: NURS 693  and NURS 694 . COREQ: NURS 696 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to FNP and AGNP students only.
 

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