Courses
HINF 621 DATABASE DESIGN (ORACLE) 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HINF 622 INFO ANALYSIS & SYSTEM DESIGN 3.0 Credit(s)
This course discusses the design, analysis, and management of information systems: system lifecycle management, hardware and software selection and evaluation, the role of information systems in decision support and other functional areas of business, project management, systems development and analysis, module design, and techniques to reduce system complexity.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HINF 660 CAPSTONE PROJECT 3.0 Credit(s)
The capstone project involves practical work and research in a major area of healthcare information systems through student-led projects. This course provides an opportunity to integrate knowledge gained in the classroom with a real-world problem. All projects require a weekly seminar and are guided by faculty members who serve as mentors. Projects may be completed on-site within a healthcare facility. Students who currently work in the healthcare industry may develop a capstone at their current place of employment with the approval of the employer. Capstone will be taken as one of the last two courses in the students' program of study, after students have successfully completed the required core courses.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HINF 612 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 3.0 Credit(s)
The concepts and latest progress on emerging technologies such as health exchanges, biometrics, wireless, mobile, and web technologies will be discussed. Biomedical technologies will also be explored. Examines trends and drivers of innovation both generally and in healthcare and how emerging technologies are adapted and evaluated. Introduces how emerging technologies are applied to improve health records, computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems, regional health information organizations, personal health records, telemedicine, new imaging systems, robotic surgery, pharmacogenomics, and national-level biosurveillance. Prerequisite: Take HINF-501
Offered: As Needed All Years
HINF 613 LEGAL ASPECTS OF HIT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the extent to which law can implement or facilitate sound healthcare policy. The course will cover the following major areas: employment and contract law, patient rights (e.g., provider disclosure), healthcare accountability (e.g., medical error liability), and healthcare access (e.g., universal coverage). Particular attention will be paid to the balancing act between the patient's desires for available information over the internet with IT security that ensures patient privacy. Topics such as informed consent, electronic records over the internet, remote patient monitoring, and wireless technology privacy concerns will also be discussed. Prerequisite: Take HINF-501
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CH 600 THESIS RESEARCH 0.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
EDL 655 DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES 3.0 Credit(s)
Students have the opportunity to hear lectures delivered by distinguished guest lecturers, each of whom has particular expertise in an area of school administration. Lecture topics include: the urban principalship, restructuring schools, data analysis for continuous school improvement, teacher fair dismissal, technology and vision building, and more. Readings and assignments are frequently presented in case study format.
Offered: Spring & Summer Semesters All Years
NU 621 PRIMARY CARE II:ADVANCED PRIMARY CARE 7.0 Credit(s)
The fourth of four clinical courses designed to enable graduate FNP students to learn problem-solving skills and clinical strategies necessary to diagnose and treat common and complex primary care problems found in complex adult families and their members. Emphasis is on the leadership role component of the nurse practitioner as well as on the direct provision of primary care. In addition to classes, students participate in clinical experiences. Prerequisite: Take NU-566 NU-551 NU-552 NU-561 NU-606 NU-607;
Offered: All Semesters All Years
EDL 605 ADVANCED CURRICULUM 3.0 Credit(s)
This course engages prospective administrators in investigating and applying theories, concepts, and principles of K-12 curriculum design that emphasize the development of K-12 students' conceptual understandings and their capacity to transfer learning to solve novel and not-yet-known problems and questions. Aspiring school leaders will extend their understanding and analysis of curriculum through application of a systems approach that focuses on processes to ensure relevant, equitable, authentic, and future-focused educational and learning opportunities. Critically, future leaders will apply learning to transform mission, vision, and intentions and aspirations to standards-aligned purposeful actions, while inclusively engaging stakeholders in dialogue about curriculum, teaching and learning, and reporting. Online/technological/digital advances in curriculum will be explored.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
MSA 600 ADVANCED FINANCIAL REPORTING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers US GAAP rules related to accounting for investments, income taxes, and leases, as well as accounting changes and errors, fair value accounting, notes to the financial statements, and the statement of cash flows.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
MSA 610 ADV. ISSUES IN MGMT ACCTG 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces and examines theories and practices of managerial accounting and cost management. Emphasis is given to strategic cost management, product costing systems, cost analysis, cost allocation, responsibility accounting, performance management including balance scorecard for multinational corporations. Ethical issues faced by managerial accountants are also discussed.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
MSA 621 FEDERAL TAXATION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces the basic principles of taxation common to all types of taxpayers, with special emphasis on business taxation and planning. Topics include tax policy issues, tax planning, computation of business taxable income, and an introduction to the taxation of corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and limited-liability companies.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MSA 630 ADV. ISSUES IN FIN. ACCTG 3.0 Credit(s)
The course will focus on the development of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States. Students will become familiar with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the standard-setting process, and how the two boards interact. In addition, recent standards that have been issued by the FASB and/or the IASB and current issues being addressed by each of those standard-setting bodies will be addressed. The course will also cover the relationship of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to the FASB/IASB and the authority of and the role that the SEC plays in the standard-setting process in relation to GAAP. Discussions and analysis of current realworld corporate issues such as Sarbanes Oxley, executive pay, corporate boards, and financial statement quality (earnings management) will also be included.
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years
MSA 631 CONTEMP. ISSUES IN AUDITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines advance issues in auditing including in-depth review of the following: forensic accounting and fraud examination, litigation support and expert witness services, the use of statistical sampling in auditing, internal auditing, assurance services, and extending the attestation function. The course makes use of cases, articles, and current pronouncements in the field.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MSA 641 ACCTG. & INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces different applications and technologies essential to transacting business within the rapidly developing global Internet and web. This course also explores issues relating to management information systems that impact the accounting environment. The course makes use of cases, articles, and current pronouncements in the field.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years