Courses

ED 412 Senior Seminar and Clinic:elementary   3.0 Credit(s)
Addresses teaching and learning, particularly as they relate to implementing the learning cycle of planning, instructing, assessing, and reflecting. The school-based clinic experience provides candidates with opportunities to practice and apply coursework concepts. Candidates will analyze and consider instructional decisions and appropriate next steps. This seminar class presents a diversity of voices in required readings, reflections, and class discussions so that candidates learn to create culturally responsive learning environments where students' funds of knowledge are invited, centered, and respected.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

ED 416 SENIOR SEMINAR AND CLIN:SECONDARY   3.0 Credit(s)
Draws on and builds upon what was learned in the junior seminar and clinical experiences.  Candidates will explore planning, teaching, and learning through a variety of lenses and consider the implications those variations have on practice. The school-based clinical experience provides candidates opportunities to practice and apply coursework.  This seminar presents a diversity of voices in required readings, reflections, and class discussions so that candidates learn to create culturally responsive learning environments where secondary students' funds of knowledge are invited, centered, and respected.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

ED 420 METHOD & PRACTICE IN TEACHING MATH   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides a deep exploration of the mathematical concepts essential for teaching elementary students, focusing on developing both content knowledge and pedagogical understanding. The course aligns with Common Core State Standards and Mathematical Practice Standards, preparing future educators to foster mathematical thinking and discourse in their classrooms
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

ED 441 Assessment in Sec Teaching & Learning   3.0 Credit(s)
Introduces secondary teachers to the purposes of classroom and large-scale assessments and their design. The application of assessments and interpretation of their results are addressed with a focus on diverse classroom learners. The course emphasizes the alignment of curriculum standards, instruction, and assessments.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

ED 490 STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR ELEMENTARY   3.0 Credit(s)
Student teaching seminar complements the student teaching experience to address problems of practice, support the enactment of pedagogy and content knowledge into practice, and encourage reflection and collaboration with peers and colleagues in areas of elementary education. Prerequisite: TAKE ED-491
Offered: All Semesters All Years

ED 491 STUDENT TEACHING ELEMENTARY   9.0 Credit(s)
Student teaching is an immersive clinical practice experience in elementary school education, in conjunction with a weekly student teaching seminar. Student teaching addresses CAEP Standards for Elementary and the InTASC Standards.  A student teaching fee is assessed. Prerequisite: TAKE ED-490
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

ED 498 Senior Seminar & Clinic 2:SECONDARY   3.0 Credit(s)
Addresses teaching and learning, particularly as it relates to implementing the learning cycle of planning, instructing, assessing, and reflecting. The school-based clinical experience provides candidates with opportunities to practice and apply what they are learning in coursework.  Candidates consider instructional decisions and appropriate next steps. Represents diverse voices in required readings, reflections, and class discussions so that candidates offer culturally responsive learning environments where secondary students' funds of knowledge are invited, centered, and respected.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

NU 301 PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING AC   4.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the basic concepts and frameworks of psychiatric and mental health nursing and provides an introduction to the assessment and treatment of patients with mental health challenges. Traditional psychotherapeutic and alternative healing methods are discussed. Continuing themes of growth and development across the age continuum including gerontology, safety, evidence-based practice, therapeutic communications, pharmacotherapeutics, client advocacy, teaching, and person-centered care are explored. Concepts related to social / ethical /legal considerations in relation to this vulnerable population are applied. Emphasis is placed on professionalism, communication, and personal self-awareness and self-growth as well as interprofessional collaboration and communication. Students implement the nursing process and develop beginning-level clinical skills in individual and group recovery focused care at a variety of mental health agencies and with a diverse group of psychiatric clients.The course is offered in an accelerated format for second degree accelerated students. Prerequisite: Take NU-216, NU-216L, NU-310, BI-161, BI-162
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

NU 311 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AC   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on pathophysiology as it relates to the nursing actions and responsibilities needed to manage and provide care for clients who are experiencing acute or chronic physiologic health conditions. Reduction of risk potential including complications from existing conditions will also be explored as well as health promotion and disease prevention as it relates to the disease process. References to the aging process and genetics and their impact on pathophysiology will be included. Content builds on prior anatomy and physiology concepts learned in prerequisite coursework. The course is offered in an accelerated format for second degree accelerated students. Prerequisite: TAKE NU-206, NU-206L, NU-221, NU-221L
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

NU 361 ADULT NURSING II AC   6.0 Credit(s)
Adult Nursing II is the second in the two course sequence of adult nursing. This course explores the roles of the nurse in relation to providing patient-centered care to patients with complex medical/surgical health problems. Course content emphasizes health promotion, disease/injury prevention, disease management, and health maintenance. Continuing themes of pharmacotherapeutics, gerontological considerations, safety, evidence-based practice, therapeutic communication, multiculturalism, as well as patient education and advocacy are explored. This course incorporates critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment along with evidence-based practice and the utilization of informatics while promoting synthesis of knowledge and interprofessional collaboration. Course content will focus on common health problems related to pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, hematological, oncological, infectious disease, hepatobiliary, and neurological. A structured experience in the simulation lab is included to practice advanced nursing interventions required to care for high-risk emergencies in a safe, controlled environment. Clinical experiences will be conducted in high acuity acute care settings. The course is offered in an accelerated format for second degree accelerated students. Prerequisite: TAKE NU-341
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

NU 371 NURSING LEADERSHIP AC   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the nursing profession and leadership principles which are integral to the provision of healthcare for individuals, families, communities, and a global society. Students are given the opportunity to explore complex issues and trends in nursing related to the provision of cost-effective, safe, quality patient care, nursing as a profession, and global health. The development of an understanding and awareness of their need to become involved in the development of healthcare policies and changes in healthcare systems will be fostered by an analysis of current issues such as cross-cultural communication, the nursing shortage, inefficient healthcare systems, and international issues. Discussion and assignments will include implementation strategies and skills for successful transition into the workplace environment and entry into practice. The course is offered in an accelerated format for second degree accelerated students. Prerequisite: Take NU-341
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years

NU 380 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AC   5.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on providing population-focused care. Community and family assessments identify the need for intervention strategies that support health promotion and disease/injury prevention while promoting optimal functioning of various populations. Nursing services/interventions are delivered based on this assessment with an emphasis on vulnerable populations and cultural variations in the community. Collaboration with community agencies/institutions and healthcare systems provide an opportunity to practice health promotion activities that address current or emergent health needs of specific populations. The development of community partnerships is a focus and encourages student engagement. The course is offered in an accelerated format for second degree accelerated students. Prerequisite: Take NU-361, NU-373, NU-371
Offered: Obsolete - Summer Semester All Years

NU 391 SENIOR SYNTHESIS SEMINAR AC   3.0 Credit(s)
This course utilizes the concepts of professionalism, leadership, and patient centered care in preparing the student to assume the role of baccalaureate nurse generalist. Critical discussions of professional issues prepare graduates for a successful transition into their first nursing role. Students will be expected to apply and synthesize previous course content while demonstrating accountability to self, peers, and the program as they prepare to take the NCLEX exam. Students analyze and evaluate individual learning needs and develop a learning contract to meet deficiencies. Content mastery testing is utilized to prepare students for the NCLEX exam. Prerequisite: Take NU-361, NU-373, NU-371
Offered: Obsolete - Summer Semester All Years

NU 394 TRANSITION INTO PROF NURSING PRAC AC   4.0 Credit(s)
This senior level capstone course is focused on the holistic delivery of professional nursing practice in the contemporary clinical setting.  The clinically based immersion experience affords the students and opportunity to refine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to manage care as part of an interprofessional team within a healthcare system.  Theoretical learning becomes reality as students synthesize and reflect on their learning and experiences of the various roles and responsibilities of a professional nurse while being immersed in the clinical setting.  Through this course, students demonstrate and utilize evidence-based research to support clinical judgment.  The expectation is to analyze and reflect on experiences encountered during the clinical experience.  Focus is on moving the student toward autonomous professional nursing practice within their clinical setting. This course is offered in the accelerated format for second degree accelerated students. Prerequisite: Take NU-361, NU-373, NU-371
Offered: Obsolete - Summer Semester All Years

BUAN 303 DATA VISUALIZATION   3.0 Credit(s)
Visualizations are graphical depictions of data that can improve comprehension, communication, and decision making. This course is an introduction to the principles and techniques that increase the understanding of complex data and models. Emphasis is placed on the identification of patterns, trends and difference from data sets across categories, space, and time. Tools used will be Tableau and Python. Prerequisite: Take CS-111 or BUAN-301
Offered: All Semesters All Years