Courses

WGB 606 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS   2.0-3.0 Credit(s)
Effective communication is an increasingly important skill for workplace success, playing an essential role in maintaining interpersonal relationships in the corporate context and leading transformational change. This course equips leaders with the insight, skills and confidence to connect with people in a way that enables and energizes collaboration for change.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 699 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FN & INVESTMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course is offered as a Special Topics course in Finance and Investment and the topic will vary from section to section.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

BU 616 SUS. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES   3.0 Credit(s)
This course discusses the concept of sustainability within a business setting. It will analyze the complex relationship between business and the environment and aress the importance of environmental and social issues. Furthermore, it aims to discuss how the talents of business might be used to solve world's environment and social problems.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

HR 637 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on how different aspects of an organization can affect employee engagement. In this course, we will take an in-depth look at the practices and systems within the workplace that can impact engagement. By the end of the course, students should demonstrate an understanding of the different theories of motiation and engagement. The ultimate goal of this course is for students to understand what factors increase or decrease an employee's engagement and how to effectively use this knowledge to maximize the efficiency of an organization
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

EDL 610 THE TEACHER LEADER   3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the role of the teacher leader. Emphasis on creating culture in our schools that support educator development and student learning in the academic content areas. Centered on Domain One of the Teacher Leader Model Standards, topics include defining teacher leadership, exploring formal and informal teacher leadership roles, adult learning theory, facilitation of group learning and discussion, facilitating conversations and building consensus, organizational change and the change process, and other skills to create inclusive cultures for professional growth (and student learning).

CS 636 SECURE PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES   3.0 Credit(s)
This course will provide an introduction on how to setup a secure development environment, go over basic practice models and secure programming techniques in language frameworks. Prerequisite: Take CS-626
Offered: Spring & Late Spring Semesters All Years

BU 655 INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE MANAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers the concepts and design for Relational Database Management Systems (DBMS)and the Structured Query Language (SQL)needed to define and manipulate data. Students will learn the concept of database and data structure, data warehouse, and data mining. They will also learn how to create conceptual, logical and physical designs of relational databases. We will use a Microsoft Access database to design the entity-relationship diagrams(ERD)and implement a working database. The course covers methods for adding data, updating data, extracting data, reading producing readable output, and creating and manipulating tables and creating and managing constraints using SQL.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

NU 604 HC RESEARCH/STATISTICAL FOUND.   3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces the student to the research-practice connection. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative research and basic statistics found in health care and related literature. Students build their research and statistical literacy to support a practice based on credible evidence from current research literature.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

NU 622 PRIMARY CARE II FOR FNP/DNP   6.0 Credit(s)
The second of three clinical courses designed to enable graduate Family Nurse Practitioner students to learn problem-solving skills and clinical strategies necessary to diagnose and treat common and complex primary care problems found in 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-562
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

NU 632 PRIMARY CARE III-FNP/DNP   7.0 Credit(s)
This is the final primary care clinical course designed to enable graduate students to learn the diagnostic and management skills necessary to complete socialization into the role of family nurse practitioner.  Class content will introduce students to methodologies used to diagnose and treat common primary care problems found in special populations, emerging families and their members. Implementation and synthesis of the role will be addressed through a focus on types of practice settings, reimbursement mechanisms, marketing strategies, employment opportunities, and collaborative relationships.  Future trends in advanced nursing practice will be explored.  The application of advanced nursing practice theory into supervised clinical practice experiences will be included and emphasized. Prerequisite: Take NU-622
Offered: Obsolete - Summer Semester All Years

CM 690 WRITING FOR FILM & TELEVISION   3.0 Credit(s)
This course prepares students for their Thesis Project with thorough personalized critiques of their scripts. Exercises, screenings and discussions also provide students with a deeper understanding of story structure and craft. Prerequisite: Pre-req CM-525 and CM-625;
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 691 DIRECTING FOR FILM & TELEVISION III   3.0 Credit(s)
In preparation for the thesis project, Directing III enhances students' directing skills by mounting in-class rehearsals of their own material that allow students to make practical use of the skills they've learned so far. This class includes workshops for directing actors and prepares students to work on professional sets by demystifying the process. Students may work in either narrative or documentary traditions, developing a fully fleshed out idea that they will produce and shoot for their thesis. Prerequisite: Pre-req CM-515 and CM-615
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PT 642 FOUNDATIONS EVIDENCE-BASED PT   2.0 Credit(s)
Includes concepts of reserach, reliability/validity, methods to analyze clinical data. Students develop a clinical question, search evidence, critically appraise evidence and integrate into evidence-based practice. Prerequisite: Pre-req: PT-611 and PT-621 and PT-631
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

CS 616 MACHINE LEARNING   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an understanding of machine learning techniques. It offers the concepts and the tools the students need to implement programs capable of learning from data.
Offered: Spring & Late Spring Semesters All Years

WGB 604 MARKETING MANAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This competency-based course will provide students with a solid understanding of the fundamental theories and principles in key business disciplines and will provide students with business skills to perform in a modern business organization. Upon successful completion of this course, students will demonstrate competencies in business writing, business presentation, design-thinking, and talent management.
Offered: All Semesters All Years