Courses
OT 680 EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH ASD 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
EDS 680 CAPSTONE 3.0 Credit(s)
This seminar focuses on collaboration, co-taught classrooms, and other inclusive practices. The seminar explores characteristics of disability deficits across IDEA classification areas. Seminar sessions help the candidate process, synthesize, and reflect on work in the classroom/school setting. Candidates share experiences and ask for critiques on work samples from peers and the professor. Guest speakers range from parents/parent advocates to administrators.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
HINF 626 FIELD EXPERIENCE II 3.0 Credit(s)
This field experience/internship is a practical learning experience and is a continuation of HINF 625. Arranged with a variety of healthcare organizations, it provides a supervised educational experience for students in the Healthcare Informatics program. An internship allows a student to develop professionally through a work experience under the guidance of leaders in the fields of healthcare informatics and healthcare information technology. As an extension of the curriculum, the internship experience affords the student an opportunity to apply his/her theoretical knowledge and technical skills in a practical manner gaining valuable training, which will better enable him/her to perform with a higher level of skill and confidence.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
NU 619 PRIN. OF PATIENT & STAFF ED. 3.0 Credit(s)
The course is to prepare the graduate level nurse in the nurse educator's role of patient and staff education utilizing theory and research-based knowledge in the design, coordination, and evaluation of the delivery of patient care as well as patient and staff education. Communication skills and strategies necessary to interact and collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary health care team and the patient will be explored. The course will provide the student with the ability to develop an in-depth knowledge in a clinical specialty and to develop a simulation design that can be effectively utilized in an educational setting. Under the supervision of a preceptor, the student will apply graduate-level health assessment, pathophysiology, and pharmacology as well as principles of cultural diversity in a selected healthcare population utilizing nursing and theoretical frameworks to improve patient outcomes. This course is an education elective 3-credit course for the PM DNP Hybrid Program student. A practicum experience involving direct patient care is a required part of this course. Prerequisite: Take NU 553, NU 554, NU 605, NU 575, NU 588, and NU 589 Prerequisite: Take NU-553 NU-554 NU-605 NU-575 NU-588 NU-589
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years
NU 605 PHARMACOLOGY FOR THE NURSE LEADER 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will focus on the pharmacotherapeutic principles of drugs most commonly used and evaluated by clinical nurse leaders, nurse educators, and nurses in advanced leadership positions across healthcare settings. Basic pharmacological concepts, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics, as well as the principle classification of drugs in clinical use today are discussed in relation to physiologic and psychologic concepts. The role of nurse leaders in teaching patients safe and effective medication administration and assessment of medication management and patients with chronic disease is emphasized. Prerequisite: Take NU-602
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years
NU 617 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the current healthcare delivery system and the impact on patient care. An evaluation of the healthcare delivery system will incorporate the impact of social issues, economics, politics, culture, education, and technology. Past, future, and contemporary trends in healthcare delivery will be incorporated into the analysis of organizational micro- and macrosystems. Prerequisite: Take NU-501 NU-530 NU-601 NU-602;
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years
NU 665 QUALITY & SAFETY IN PRACTICE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an overview of quality improvement (QI) in health care. Students will build knowledge of QI frameworks and models as they design a QI project and proceed in a step-by-step progression through the continuous quality improvement (CQI) process. This approach prepares the student with the necessary skills to complete a CQI capstone project in the practicum courses. The cornerstones of QI will be addressed, including identifying data to measure impact, setting goals based on evidence/best practice, and creating changes that result in improved care or service that are sustainable over time. The course will also include a focus on measurement and analysis techniques and strategies to sustain and spread improvements. Assignments will focus on the skills needed to design and manage QI projects and practical applications of QI tools and techniques. Throughout the course, students will be challenged to look at the world through the QI lens and find ways to make innovative and effective changes that improve an issue in clinical practice. Prerequisite: Take NU-501, NU-530, NU-601, NU-602
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years
NU 672 NURSING MGT & EXEC LEADERSHIP PRACTICUM 3.0 Credit(s)
This is the next to the last course in the nursing sequence for the Nursing Management and Executive Leadership program. Nursing 672 will focus at the larger organization's macrosystem level. Students will apply and analyze the theories, competencies and concepts of previous courses in a designated clinical practicum experience using a preceptor. Further, students will share their reflections with other course participants through a weekly discussion using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives. The core role competencies for the nurse manager and executive leader frame the course activities including managing client needs and expectations, marketing, assessing quality and safety, strategic planning, designing care management systems, and developing operational plans for accountability and ethical practice. Leadership strategies for accomplishing this work are explored. Current issues and trends in health care and nursing management and executive leadership are covered in course readings and integrated into (the) course assessments/project. In this course, the student will perform an organizational assessment and evaluation (macrosystem level) in two parts and complete Part I of the capstone project. Further, students will share their reflections with other course participants through discussions using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives. Prerequisite: Take NU 617, NU-511, NU-521-NU-665, NU-576 ýAnd NU-575
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years
NU 673 CAPSTONE:NURSING MGT & EXEC LEADERSHIP 3.0 Credit(s)
This is the last course in the nursing sequence for the Nursing Management and Executive Leadership program. Nursing 673 will focus on the larger organization's macrosystem level. Students will apply and analyze the theories, competencies and concepts of previous courses in a designated role practicum experience using a preceptor. Further, students will examine the application of theories/evidence from scholarly readings and their application to practice. Students will share their reflections with other course participants through discussions using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives. The core role competencies for the nurse manager and executive leader frame the course activities and include assessing the following areas: human resource management, workforce development, succession planning, professional practice and interprofessional collaboration, budgeting and financial accountability, information management, automation in healthcare and redesign of workflow, laws, regulations and healthcare policy shaping administrative practice, executive presence and raising the bar - learning from excellence. Current issues and trends in health care and nursing management and executive leadership are covered in course readings and integrated into (the) course assessments/project. In this course, students will complete their capstone project and the organizational assessment and evaluation (macrosystem level). Prerequisite: Take NU-672;
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years
CS 662 GAME DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENT. 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course students work as a team to develop an innovative, original computer game. Group responsibilities include project planning and documentation, teamwork, presentations, and demonstrations. Students learn the technical skills involved in game architecture, including advanced character animation and nesting, game physics, sound syncing and editing, lighting simulation techniques, and game balance. Special attention will be paid to emerging game development opportunities in education, professional training, medicine, advertising, and scientific research. Prerequisite: TAKE CS-571
Offered: Spring & Late Spring Semesters All Years
MFIM 642 ADV DERIVATIVES & RISK MGMT 3.0 Credit(s)
The course emphasizes modern methods of risk management. Lectures cover risk measurement and estimation, management, control, and monitoring of risk positions. The impact of risk management tools such as derivative securities will be examined. Regulatory constraints and their impact on risk management will also be assessed. This course also provides a comprehensive and in-depth treatment of valuation methods for derivative securities. Extensive use is made of continuous time stochastic processes, stochastic calculus, and martingale methods. The main topics to be addressed include A.) European option valuation, B.) exotic options, C.) stochastic interest rate, D.) stochastic volatility, E.) American options, and F.) some numerical methods such as Monte Carlo simulations. Additional topics may be covered depending on time constraints. Prerequisite: Take MFIM-638 MFIM-636
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
MFIM 644 FIXED INCOME SECURITIES & MARKETS 3.0 Credit(s)
This courses features analyses of U.S. and foreign fixed income markets and describes the various products, where and how they are traded, how they are priced, and how they are used to achieve a variety of financial goals including capital formation, interest rate risk management, and portfolio diversification. Topics covered include treasury, agency, corporate, and municipal bonds; floating rate bonds; mortgage backed securities; term structure modeling; immunization; credit risk management; credit derivatives; and interest rate derivatives including swaps, caps and floors, and swaptions. The course also provides an introduction to the valuation of fixed income securities, the management and hedging of fixed income portfolios, and the valuation and usage of fixed income derivatives. Some of the contracts analyzed in the course include pure discount bonds, coupon bonds, callable bonds, floating rate notes, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, swaptions, inflation indexed bonds, and convertible bonds. The course covers topics such as basic theoretical and empirical term structure concepts, short rate modeling, and the Heath-Jarrow-Morton methodology and market models. Prerequisite: Take MFIM-636
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
MFIM 641 QUANTITATIVE FINANCE II 3.0 Credit(s)
The course has an emphasis on applications rather than statistical theory, and thus builds on Quantitative Finance I by emphasizing the use of financial data to conduct applied analysis. The aim of the course is to equip students with a working knowledge of important econometric techniques used in financial economics, such as event study, advanced time series analysis, and survival analysis. Substantial emphasis will be placed on the development of programming skills in computer program. The emphasis is on understanding and learning how to apply the econometric tools used by academics and practitioners working in these areas. The course will be helpful for anyone interested in pursuing a graduate degree in a quantitative field, but equally helpful for students interested in working at research institutions or financial institutions. Prerequisite: Take MFIM-636 MFIM-638;
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
MFIM 645 PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course analyzes the theory and practice of modern investment management. Topics include quantitative concepts, portfolio analysis, capital asset pricing theory model, performance measurement, efficient market hypothesis, portfolio management process, use of derivative securities, ethical and legal considerations, and professional standards. The course will also provide students with a concise introduction to recent results on optimal dynamic consumption-investment problems. Lectures will also cover standard mean-variance theory, dynamic asset allocation, asset-liability management, and lifecycle finance. The main focus of this course is to present a financial engineering approach to dynamic asset allocation problems of institutional investors such as pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds. Numerical methods for implementation of asset allocation models will also be presented. The course also focuses on empirical features and practical implementation of dynamic portfolio problems. Prerequisite: MFIM-636 MFIM-638 MFIM-640
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
MFIM 646 ADV. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides a solid foundation in the investment field. Considers aspects of accounting, economics, finance, strategic management, strategic marketing, and management science relevant to modern investment analysis. Topics include the analysis and understanding of security markets and the economy, industries, companies, and analysis and valuation of corporate securities. The course teaches students how to develop valuation techniques and technical analysis that is later used to value equities in the major industrial sectors. The variety of geographic, industrial, and other specialized circumstances requires a careful selection of the appropriate valuation methods and the interpretation of different standards of financial reporting and disclosure. The course also prepares students to analyze the firm's prospects based on forecasts of the economic environment, industrial activity, and business cycle; measures of performance and value added (EVA, MVA, CFROI); valuation for closely held companies, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; technical analysis; and alternative investments such as real estate, venture capital, investment companies, and hedge funds. Prerequisite: TAKE MFIM-636 MFIM-638 MFIM-640
Offered: As Needed Contact Department