Courses
AT 555 ADVANCED UPPER EXTREMITY INJURY MGMT 6.0 Credit(s)
This course will focus on injury prevention techniques, injury evaluation processes, and injury management and treatment for upper extremity pathologies. Students will become proficient in taping, wrapping, bracing, evaluation procedures (subjective assessments, observation assessments, palpations, range of motion assessments, strength assessments, neurovascular examinations, and special tests), therapeutic modalities, and therapeutic exercises in the treatment of lower extremity pathologies. Prerequisite: Pre-Req. AT-554 Prerequisite: Pre-Req. AT-554
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
AT 577 SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2.0 Credit(s)
This course will provide students with an understanding of public health and the healthcare professional's role in the healtcare system, including the use of epidemiology to understand and solve issues in healtcare. Social and behaioral health topics will also be examined, including the identification, referral, and provision of support to patients with behavioral health conditions. Prerequisite: Pre-Req. AT-532
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SW 524 HUMAN DIVERSITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides students with the framework for understanding how diversity characterizes and shapes the human experience and is critical to the formation of identity.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SW 567 HUMAN BEHAVIOR & SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 1 3.0 Credit(s)
Theories of human development with emphais on stages of the life cycle; human diversity and the biological, psychological, socioeconomic, spiritual and cultural influences on development.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SW 575 SOCIAL WORK GEN. PRACTICE I SOCIAL WORK GENERALIST PRACTICUM 1 3.0 Credit(s)
This course emphasizes the generalist model of social work practice, the use of systems theory, the strengths perspective and progessional values and skills to facilitate the planned change and problem-solving process.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SW 578 GENERALIST PRACTICUM & SEMINAR I 3.0 Credit(s)
Two-semester course where students will participate in an approved, social work practice field placement with the focus on the development and application of knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive/affective process within generalist framework. Pre/co-requisites = SW 524, SW567, SW575 Prerequisite: Take SW-524, SW-567, SW-575
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SW 590 METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers the development of research skills for evaluation and enhancement of social work practice. Emphasizes research designs, sampling, practice evaluation, program evaluation, measurement instruments, and basic statistice.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
NU 556 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY I 2.0 Credit(s)
This course is the first of two pharmacology courses designed to provide FNP students with an understanding of the mechanisms by which drugs alter the function of living cells to relieve symptoms and physiologic manifestations of disease. The course begins with an introduction to general principles of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and then concentrates expressly on the pharmacotherapeutics germane to specific body systems. Students are taught the general properties of drug categories used to treat diseases of specific body systems and apply these pharmacologic concepts to clinical situations. Emphasis is placed on the development of problem solving and decision-making skills and patient education as they relate to the clinical use of pharmacotherapeutics and the role of the FNP in prescriptive responsibilities.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CJ 512 MENTAL HEALTH & CJ SYSTEM 3.0 Credit(s)
Introduction and exploration of the criminal justice system as it deals with an increasing number of clients with mental health issues.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
WGB 518 INTRO TO BUSINESS STATISTICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course employs extensive use of data and statistical methods to support and improve organizational decision-making. Topics include data visualizations, descriptive statistics, probability distributions, sampling, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and the use of computer software for statistical applications. The primary focus will be on the flexibility of the analysis, and the ability to present the results in an intuitive and understandable manner for greater organizational impact. The ethical issues related to big data will also be discussed.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
WGB 519 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Basic concepts and analytical techniques from micro- and macro-economics, including supply and demand, price determination, market structures, fiscal policy, the monetary system and policy and international trade.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SLP 530T PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING FOR SCHOOLS TUTORIAL 0.0 Credit(s)
A problem based learning format will be used to explore clinical cases. Students will collect, analyze, interpret and summarize findings with class members. Prerequisite: Take SLP-530
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
CJ 517 PROGRAM EVALUATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3.0 Credit(s)
The demand for evidence-based practices requires leaders in criminal justice to have the skillset necessary for proper program evaluation. This course allows for that skillset by allowing students the opportunity to think critically about planning and evaluation.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CJ 518 POLICING IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY 3.0 Credit(s)
Societies experience tensions between desires for order and liberty. This course examines the challenge that tension presents to police organizations. Using theory and research, students will understand the policies defining effective policing.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SW 565 SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY I 3.0 Credit(s)
This first course in the two-course policy sequence is designed to help students examine policy as a major component of social work practice. Through learning achieve in this course, students are expected to participate actively with others in creating new, modified, or improved service, resource, and opportunity systems.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department