Courses

NU 381 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING   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. Prerequisite: Take NU-360, NU-374 and NU 370
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

NU 395 TRANSITION INTO PROF NURSING PRACTICE   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. Prerequisite: TAKE NU-360 NU-374 NU-370
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

EX 362L EXERCISE TESTING & PRESCRIPTION LAB   1.0 Credit(s)
This lab course reinforces both basic and applied scientific principles introduced in EX 362 (Exercise Testing & Prescription). Students will practice and demonstrate mastery of clinical skills associated with exercise testing of and exercise prescription for improving health related physical fitness Prerequisite: EX-362
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years

EX 363L DEV STRENGTH & CONDIT LAB   1.0 Credit(s)
This lab course reinforces both basic and applied scientific principles introduced in EX 363 (Strength and Conditioning). Students will practice, demonstrate, and coach skills related to strength and conditioning for athletic populations. Prerequisite: EX-363 Lecture
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years

NU 315 HUMAN JOURNEY IN NURSING   3.0 Credit(s)
The Human Journey in Nursing utilizes the four questions posed in the University Common core to address Nursing's role in building a just society. Concepts such as human vulnerability, resiliency, spirituality, and cultural diversity will provide the platform from which discussions about the professions and the professional nurse's role in shaping past, current, and future healthcare will be based. Reflection on service-learning experiences will personalize and professionalize the meaning and responsibility for addressing health inequities within the workplace and the perpetuation of health disparities in society. A prerequisite to NU 376 and NU 387 Prerequisite: Acceptance to the RN-to-BSN or RN-to-MSN Nursing Major and ýCIT 201/202 Catholic Intellectual Tradition Seminars
Offered: Modules Odd Semesters All Years

NU 355 LEADERSHIP:CONTEMP NURSING   3.0 Credit(s)
This course is for RNs and will focus on the professional nurse's role in applying theory and principles of leadership and management in organizations across the healthcare continuum. Focus will be placed on strategies necessary to function effectively in a changing healthcare system by exploring interrelated process of thinking systematically, developing reflective judgment, and exercising leadership. Strategies for managing the quality and cost of healthcare, as well as research utilization, are emphasized to promote effective practice.
Offered: Modules Odd Semesters All Years

NU 305 TRANSITION TO PROF NURSING PRACTICE   3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed with a focus on transitioning within the nursing profession from an Associate's Degree preparation to a Baccalaureate Degree preparation. Role behaviors of the baccalaureate practitioner will be analyzed and applied within a framework of the healthcare environment and the ethical, legal, and social issues that influence nursing practice. Critical thinking skills are developed and emphasized as an essential component of professional practice. Critical thinking is a skill that will be the basis for all assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation within nursing practice as the student evolves within this new role. It will provide the student with the sound rationale to practice safely, effectively, and professionally.  A prerequisite to NU 376 and NU 387
Offered: Modules Odd Semesters All Years

NU 335 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course is for RNs and provides an introduction to information and technology needed for the practice of nursing today. It will focus on providing material to enable nurses to be computer literate by exploring the use of emerging information sources and communication technology and their impact on healthcare. Emphasis will be placed on trends and issues in clinical technology. It will also examine key issues such as security and the use of databases.
Offered: Modules Even Semesters All Years

SP 319 LATIN AM HIS & POLITICS THROUGH CINEMA   3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

BI 398 SENIOR SEMINAR PREP   1.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed for students to begin working on their Senior Thesis.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years

EX 403 RESEARCH METHODS   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of research design, measurement, statistical analysis, and scientific inquiry as these concepts apply to understanding and evaluating published research. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to make informed decisions about the relevance of published research to their own practice and research.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

EX 401 ADV. APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an in-depth overview of work physiology, including cellular respiration, ventilation, cardiovascular dynamics, muscle physiology, the endocrine system, environmental aspects of exercise, and the anthropometric, histologic, and biochemical adaptive response to physical training. The processes of the gastrointestinal tract will be explored as well.
Offered: Fall Semester Even Academic Years

EX 402 ATHLETE TESTING AND INSTRUMENTATION   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides students with the requisite knowledge for proper selection and operation of laboratory equipment and methodologies used within Exercise and Sport Science. Proper methodological decisions will be based on current real-world applications to measure performance, physiology, and biomechanical outcomes related to sport and exercise. Students will learn and demonstrate how to collect, analyze, interpret, and report data from standard equipment and various testing methodologies.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

EX 412 FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY   4.0 Credit(s)
This course provides a review of human anatomy and movements. Both computer based simulations and the cadaver lab will be utilized.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

CT 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MEDIA PROD   3.0 Credit(s)

Offered: As Needed Contact Department