Courses

ENG 316 WRITING & EDITING FOR SHU LIT MAGAZINE   3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to enhance the publishing experience of the student by providing opportunities to work as a writing and editor for the SHU online/digital Literary Magazine. The goals and responsibilities of each of the editors include recruiting material for publication, contacting students (writers, artists, photographers), meeting deadlines for selecting work, selecting materials to publish, copy writing, proofreading through the various stages of the project, layout and design of the editor's assigned section. Prerequisite: Take ENG-253
Offered: All Semesters All Years

HS 347 COMMUNITY NUTRITION   3.0 Credit(s)
Students preparing for careers in nutrition and dietetics are expected to gain competency for professional practice in a wide range of disciplines and be able to effectively translate sciences including epidemiology, food, nutrition and human behavior, in a manner that strives to improve the health, nutrition, and well-being of individuals and groups within communities.This course examines the current state of knowledge regarding diet and nutritional indicators as etiologic factors in disease and teaches skills for reading and interpreting the evidence-based literature. Course Prerequisites HS-308 Nutrition Fundamentals Prerequisite: Take HS-308 or EX-255
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

CH 397 MOLECULAR MODELING AND DRUG DESIGN   3.0 Credit(s)
CH 397 is the undergraduate equivalent of CH 597. The course provides a guided and interactive introduction to molecular modeling and computer-enabled drug design. The course will emphasize the practical application of software to visualize, analyze, model, simulate and design drugs to modulate disease-associated protein targets. Theoretical lectures will be kept to a minimum, and classroom time will be mostly devoted to applied modeling and design lectures and activities. Prerequisite: Take CH-331 CH-341
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

MU 344 SENIOR RECITAL   1.0 Credit(s)
For those students within the performance concentration, two recitals are required, one during the junior year and one during the senior year. The approximate length of the recital should be a minimum of 60 minutes. In consultation and with the final approval of faculty, the students are required to select repertoire, choose accompanying musicians, create a program and send out invitations. The purpose of the recitals is for the student to demonstrate their theoretical and practical music skills but should also demonstrate the student's understanding of how to present himself or herself in a concert setting as well as how to organize and promote an event.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

CAS 360 COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES INTERNSHIP   1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
The internship in College of Arts & Sciences is offered to provide students with an opportunity to apply their academic training in a non-academic setting, such as a business, industry, non-profit, government agencies, etc. The internship combines experience in the field with the development and enhancement of job search, interviewing, and career assessment skills.
Offered: All Semesters All Years

GS 392 SUPERVISED RESEARCH   1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Conducting research in the field under the supervision of faculty.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PO 392 SUPERVISED RESEARCH   3.0 Credit(s)
Conducting research in the field under the supervision of faculty.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

EX 341 FUNDAMENTALS OF CORRECTIVE EXERCISE   3.0 Credit(s)
This course will introduce systematic approaches to corrective exercise. Students will review the fundamentals of postural and functional assessments and then learn to create individualized corrective exercise plans based on observed dysfunctions. Students will learn various techniques to manage soft tissue dysfunction and provide corrective strengthening to improve function and prevent injury in a safe and effective manner. This course will utilize a case-based approach to understanding corrective exercise and understanding functional anatomy. Prerequisite: Take EX-240 EX-260
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

HS 325 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS   3.0 Credit(s)
How do social institutions affect health outcomes of a population? What role do social relationships play in health behaviors and practices? How are meanings of illness constructed? In this course we will address such questions by examining health and illness as social phenomena. We begin this course with the premise that health is socially determined, not only by medical care systems, but by the various institutions of society. We then explore the role of the community and the family in health outcomes, with a particular focus on neighborhoods and social support. Finally, we take up issues of the personal experience of illness and the role that health plays in individual identity. At each stage, we will highlight the role class, gender, and race have in health outcomes. Prerequisite: Take HS-200
Offered: All Semesters All Years

EX 310 LIFESTYLE MEDICINE   3.0 Credit(s)
An introduction to the growing field of lifestyle medicine. Emphasis will be on the role of addressing lifestyle behaviors as a primary strategy for both prevention and treatment of chronic disease. Topics will include an exploration of the six pillars of lifestyle medicine as defined by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, along with the use of shared decision-making strategies with patients/clients and methods of collaborative conversation for the purpose of motivating behavior change. Prerequisites: EX 255 and EX 290
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

PY 320 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHYSICS   3.0 Credit(s)
Selected topics from modern calculus-based physics.  The course provides an introduction to relativity, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and modern-day climate change. Prerequisite: Take PY-152 (C or better) or PY-112 (B or better) & MA-152.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

CH 357 ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY   1.0 Credit(s)
This course includes a series of experiments in synthetic inorganic chemistry and characterization of organic and inorganic compounds. Synthetic experience will include coordination compounds, organometallic complexes, and complexes of main group metals, including both stoichiometric and catalytic reactions. Characterization techniques will include UV-Vis, IR, magnetic susceptibility, and NMR spectroscopy. Prerequisite: TAKE CH-355 OR CH-356
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

CH 381 RESEARCH METHODS:COMPCHEM AND BIOCHEM   2.0 Credit(s)
This course covers professional skills needed for independent careers in chemistry, with a particular emphasis placed on topics relevant to computational, theoretical, and biochemistry. This includes instructions on searching and reading scientific literature, writing proposals and grants, developing research questions and experiments, using logic and reasoning to interpret data, ethical conduct in scientific research, and common conventions in different subfields of chemistry.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

CH 380 RESEARCH METHODS:PREPARATIVE CHEMISTRY   2.0 Credit(s)
This course covers professional skills needed for independent careers in chemistry, with a particular emphasis placed on topics relevant to preparative and experimental chemistry. This includes instructions on searching and reading scientific literature, writing proposals and grants, developing research questions and experiments, using logic and reasoning to interpret data, ethical conduct in scientific research, and common conventions in different subfields of chemistry.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

FN 360 Compliance and Risk Management   3.0 Credit(s)
You will develop an understanding of the identification, analysis, and management of risk in business focusing on highly regulated markets and emerging risk areas. You will understand the overlapping risk areas - regulatory, legal, and operational - and how businesses address these areas. You will be introduced to the compliance function in an organization through a discussion of business ethics and moral hazard. The course culminates in a series of case studies of corporate crisis events and a tabletop exercise of a fictitious event where you will navigate through a banking scenario. Prerequisite: Take FN-215
Offered: Fall Semester All Years