Courses
FMM 372 GLOBAL LUXURY RETAILING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will provide students a comprehensive overview of the global luxury retailing industry, both from a marketing and product perspective. Through this course, students will expand their knowledge base of luxury brands and consumers. Topics covered in this course will include: (a) the origins of luxury and globalization of luxury retailers, (b) key global luxury retailing conglomerates and brands, (c) international emerging markets and consumers, (d) socio-cultural and economic considerations impacting global luxury retailers, (e) entry to- and operation of- luxury retailers in non-US markets, (f) strategies for operating global luxury retail businesses, and (g) ethics and sustainability issues and opportunities in the luxury business. Prerequisite: Take FMM-240
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HS 343 NUTRITION AND AGING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to prepare students to understand and apply nutrition principles in the geriatric population. This course examines how co-morbidities can and will have different effects on the older individual. An approach on assessing each case/client as an individual will have the best outcomes. Pre-requisite: HS 308 Fundamentals of Nutrition Prerequisite: Take HS-308 or EX-255
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ED 418 SECONDARY CURRICULUM:SPANISH 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and state curriculum standards for grades 7-12. Philosophical, psychological, and practical implementation of the curriculum in the secondary classroom is emphasized. Candidates develop subject-specific curricula appropriate to Spanish. Students will also examine and discuss a number of current curriculum issues that impact secondary school. The content of this course will focus primarily on putting theory into practice. To that end, this course will emphasize the practical aspects of how a school district writes a curriculum with an emphasis on both process and product.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
BI 346 NEUROBIOLOGY LAB 1.0 Credit(s)
Practical investigations examining the cellular, molecular, and physiological mechanisms underlying the functioning of the nervous system and how these mechanisms relate to behavior. Prerequisite: TAKE BI-112 BI-114 CH-152 CH-154
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
CH 354 BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 3.0 Credit(s)
The course provides an undergraduate introduction to biophysical chemistry that is equivalent to CH533. Topics covered include thermodynamics, molecular mechanics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, and chemical kinetics as they apply to protein structure, folding, ligand binding, and function. Biophysical experimental and computational methods and techniques used to study proteins and other biomolecules will also be covered.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
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