Courses
CM 542 ML: DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will introduce students to the key components of designing and implementing media literacy initiatives. Students will interrogate case studies in terms of population, curricular goals, and measurement. Throughout the course students will be designing and revising their own media literacy initiative and preparing it for implementation.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 543 CHILDREN & MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will explore media consumption by children. This course will examine children as vulnerable audiences, media effects on children, and children's multiplatform use of media. Overall, this course will interrogate the media's impact on the individual and the culture.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 544 TEENS & MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course, students will explore teens and their use of media. Throughout the course we will examine teenagers as a unique audience with a distinctive relationship to media culture. The course will provide an overview of teen media usage, habits, and media effects as well as impact on identity and culture.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 545 HEALTH & MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
From advertisers marketing a variety of "healthy" lifestyles to the impact media usage can have on our physical and mental health, this course explores the relationship between health and media. In addition to examining key concepts in media and health, students will analyze the ethical implications of media health messages.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 547 GENDER, IDENTITY & MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the intersections between gender, sexuality, and identity. In particular, students will explore how gender and sexuality are portrayed in the media and how these media representations impact the individual and society.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 548 MEDIA & SOCIAL MOVEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to social movement theory with special attention given to how media has played a role in social change. Students will explore the representation of social justice initiatives in the media as well as how media technologies are used to foster change.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
PA 501 MEDICAL SCIENCE I 3.5 Credit(s)
This is the first of three courses designed to develop an understanding of homeostasis and the relationship of physiology, pathophysiology, and human genetic concepts of disease as they pertain to each organ system or area of medicine covered in the first trimester in PA 504 Principles of Medicine I. This course will incorporate anatomy within a clinical context with an emphasis on important anatomical structure and function relevant to the physical exam, diagnosis, and development of disease and in the anatomical relationships of structures to each other. Lectures, discussions, anatomy lab participation, case studies, and a multimedia approach will be used to present the material.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
PA 502 MEDICAL SCIENCE II 4.0 Credit(s)
This is the second of three courses designed to develop an understanding of homeostasis and the relationship of physiology, pathophysiology, and human genetic concepts of disease as they pertain to each organ system or area of medicine covered in the second trimester in PA 505 Principles of Medicine II. This course will incorporate anatomy within a clinical context with an emphasis on important anatomical structure and function relevant to the physical exam, diagnosis, and development of disease and in the anatomical relationships of structures to each other. Lectures, discussions, anatomy lab participation, case studies, and a multimedia approach will be used to present the material.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
PA 503 INFECTIOUS DISEASE/CLINICAL MICROBIOLOG 2.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts of medical microbiology and the principles of infectious disease. The focus will be on epidemiology, virulence, and pathogenicity of selected organisms, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and general management of infectious disease states. These topics will be explored through lecture, discussion, and case studies.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
PA 504 PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE I 5.0 Credit(s)
This is the first in a series of four courses designed to provide the study of human diseases and disorders by organ system, using a lifespan approach from newborn to the elderly. Course includes epidemiology, etiology, history, clinical signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnostic studies, therapeutic management, prevention, and prognosis of disease in clinical medicine. Organ systems covered include dermatology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, HIV, pulmonary. Emphasis will be on disease processes common to primary care practices using lecture, case study, and a problem-based learning approach.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
PA 505 PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE II 5.0 Credit(s)
This is the second in a series of four courses designed to provide the study of human diseases and disorders by organ system, using a lifespan approach from newborn to the elderly. Course includes epidemiology, etiology, history, clinical signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnostic studies, therapeutic management, prevention, and prognosis of disease in clinical medicine. Organ systems covered include cardiovascular, nephrology and genitourinary, endocrinology, hematology. Emphasis will be on disease processes common to primary care practices using lecture, case study, and a problem-based learning approach.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
PA 506 PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE III 5.0 Credit(s)
This is the third in a series of four courses designed to provide the study of human diseases and disorders by organ system, using a lifespan approach from newborn to the elderly. Course includes epidemiology, etiology, history, clinical signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnostic studies, therapeutic management, prevention, and prognosis of disease in clinical medicine. Modules covered include gastroenterology, oncology, neurology, rheumatology, orthopedics and geriatrics. Emphasis will be on disease processes common to primary care practices using lecture, case study, and a problem-based learning approach
Offered: Late Spring & Summer Semesters All Years
PA 507 PHARMACOLOGY I 2.0 Credit(s)
This is the first in a series of four courses designed to provide the study of human diseases and disorders by organ system, using a lifespan approach from newborn to the elderly. Course includes epidemiology, etiology, history, clinical signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnostic studies, therapeutic management, prevention, and prognosis of disease in clinical medicine. Organ systems covered include dermatology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, HIV, pulmonary. Emphasis will be on disease processes common to primary care practices using lecture, case study, and a problem-based learning approach.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
PA 508 PHARMACOLOGY II 2.0 Credit(s)
This is the second in a series of four courses designed to provide the student with an understanding of the mechanisms by which drugs alter the function of living cells to relieve symptoms and physiologic manifestations of disease. This course will begin with an introduction to general principles of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, and then concentrate expressly on the pharmacotherapeutics germane to the organ system modules covered in this trimester. At the end of the course, students will understand the general properties of drug categories and prototypical drugs used to treat diseases of these body systems and apply these pharmacologic concepts to clinical situations. Using lecture and case study, special emphasis will be placed on the development of problem-solving and medical decision-making skills as they relate to the clinical use of pharmacotherapeutics. This course will be a hybrid course of digital and on-campus learning.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
PA 509 PHARMACOLOGY III 2.0 Credit(s)
This is the third in a series of four courses designed to provide the student with an understanding of the mechanisms by which drugs alter the function of living cells to relieve symptoms and physiologic manifestations of disease. This course will begin with an introduction to general principles of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, and then concentrate expressly on the pharmacotherapeutics germane to the organ system modules covered in this trimester. At the end of the course, students will understand the general properties of drug categories and prototypical drugs used to treat diseases of these body systems and apply these pharmacologic concepts to clinical situations. Using lecture and case study, special emphasis will be placed on the development of problem-solving and medical decision-making skills as they relate to the clinical use of pharmacotherapeutics. This course will be a hybrid course of digital and on-campus learning.
Offered: Late Spring & Summer Semesters All Years