Courses
PT 953 PEDIATRIC PT RESIDENCY EDUCTION III 3.0 Credit(s)
The third course in the 3-part residency education series focuses on advanced clinical reasoning with cardiopulmonary and hematological conditions as well as the influence of COVID-19 in pediatrics. The course will also focus on special settings and diagnoses that can be encountered in advanced pediatric practice with hands on skill focus of concussion/vestibular examination and intervention. Participants will expand upon their teaching practices through creation and delivery of guest lectures to DPT students as well as in-service to Connecticut Children's staff. Participants will demonstrate their knowledge through live patient assessment as well as presentation of their independent research project. The course will culminate in review of individualized professional development plan with reflection on progression throughout the program duration. Concurrently, participants will complete their final clinical rotation at Connecticut Children's. They will progress towards graduate competency requirements on the Physical Therapy Residency Competency Evaluation Instrument. Prerequisite: Take PT-952
Offered: Late Spring & Summer Semesters All Years
FN 917 ESG AND CLIMATE FINANCE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course surveys some classical and recent research literature relating to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG); and Climate Finance-to jump-start research for DBA students. We will highlight recent accounting, management, and finance research, including disclosure, analyst forecasts, and the costs of equity capital and their linkage with ESG and climate issues. The seminar is particularly useful to DBA students with the following backgrounds: specialists in sales and security trading who interact with research departments, and professionals with a background in asset allocation, management, and accounting.
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years
ODC 700 WRITING FOR SCHOLAR-PRACTITIONERS 2.0 Credit(s)
Writing for Scholar-Practitioners focuses on scholarly and academic writing and reading, both of which are skills students develop throughout this program in working toward the dissertation project. The course focuses on the fundamentals of scholarly and academic writing at the doctoral level. The course is not designed to teach students how to write, but it is designed to re-familiarize students with academic writing, and to familiarize students with doctoral writing and program requirements and expectations.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years
ODC 730 ORG DESIGN, ASSESSMENT, & STRATEGY 4.0 Credit(s)
This course challenges students to embrace a systems view of leadership and change at the organizational level. Students compare, contrast, and critique assessment models and designs utilized to effect change in the organization. Students are required to apply their own models of organizational change, strategy, and organizational capacity building to their work experiences.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ODC 705 GROUP FAC, CONSULT & TEAM DEV 4.0 Credit(s)
This experientially-focused course examines the leadership process using team and group dynamics as a context. Students will investigate contemporary issues related to team building, interpersonal and group relations, and learn to utilize effective problem-solving and decision-making skills. Special emphasis is placed on effectively initiating collaborative approaches with internal and external stakeholders.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years
ODC 715 FOUNDATIONS & EVOLUTION OF ORG DEV 4.0 Credit(s)
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the foundations and evolution of the field of organization development and change. The course also explores systems theory and other OD theories and concepts to better understand the dynamics of change at various organizational levels, as well as the contributions of the field to the practice of organization development and change in local and global contexts. Students will explore key aspects of the OD consulting process and OD interventions and have an opportunity to apply their knowledge through various experiential learning activities and assignments.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years
ODC 725 ORG ETHICS, SOCIO-CULT DYNA., DIV. & SR 4.0 Credit(s)
This course engages students in a systematic study of organizations through an ethics and socio-cultural lens. Students are challenged to develop frameworks for ethical thinking with regards to workplace interactions and processes, with a strong emphasis on ethical challenges, including those related to multicultural issues and other organizational forms associated with workplace socio-demographics, diversity, and cultural dynamics. Emphasis is placed on the importance of morality in the workplace and in society. Students are required to investigate current research regarding issues of morality, ethics, and social responsibility in the design, governance, and operations of organizations.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ODC 720 THEORY & PRACTICE OF LEAD. & FOLLOW. 4.0 Credit(s)
This course emphasizes leadership development and practice. A review of leadership theories and their applications to business is accomplished through experiential learning and sharing the stories of each student. This requires students to critically analyze leadership theories with a strong emphasis placed on contemporary leadership perspectives. Students will be required to connect leadership theories and practices to leadership situations that are relevant to their work experiences and contemporary issues of social justice and injustice.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ODC 710 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 4.0 Credit(s)
This course covers both the philosophy of science and the fundamentals of research. In terms of the philosophy of science, this includes the ontological and epistemological foundations of science, and content surrounding indigenous science and methodology. Regarding the fundamentals of research, content covered includes the underpinnings of research, differentiating between qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, and covering the different philosophical streams and periods related to methodology. This course prepares students for more advanced methodology courses.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ODC 760 CONF, COMM & ADVANCED ORG THEORY & PRAC 4.0 Credit(s)
This advanced topics course explores the relationship of conflict with change in organization development, design, and consulting practice. Organizational, psychological, sociological, and human development theory are examined and applied. Additionally, traditional, novel, and peripheral organization development philosophies and organization science methodologies that aid in the practice and research of organization development, design, effectiveness, and change are covered in the course to complement and expand the collective body of knowledge and learning regarding practice in the field.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ODC 755 CHANGE, CHANGE MANAGEMENT & CHANGE LEAD 4.0 Credit(s)
This course brings together the core concepts of change science and theory, engaging formal and informal processes of leading and managing change. The course addresses change on numerous levels, including individual, group, organizational, community, national, and global, and within multiple contexts, including organizational, behavioral, political, and social. The content engages theories and practices of change, change processes, change roles, change structures, and existing change models from interpersonal, interdisciplinary, inter-professional, international, and intercultural lenses.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ODC 740 RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODS- QUANTITATIV 4.0 Credit(s)
This course expands student knowledge specific to quantitative methodologies within the social and behavioral sciences. Students are required to thoroughly understand the differences between methods and effectively identify the appropriate methodology that fits a given research project. Survey techniques, univariate and bi-variate descriptive statistical concepts are emphasized.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years
ODC 750 RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODS-QUALITATIVE 4.0 Credit(s)
This course expands student knowledge specific to qualitative methodologies within the social and behavioral sciences. Students will come to thoroughly understand the differences between methods and effectively identify the appropriate methodology that fits a given research project. Interviewing, case study and grounded theory approaches are emphasized.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years
ODC 765 ADVANCED RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODS 4.0 Credit(s)
This seminar focuses on the integration of your learning throughout the program, which will proceed throughout your dissertation research. This course focuses on that integration process through review of previous dissertations, exploration of advanced research methodology topics, discussion of the dissertation process with the faculty and other guests, and the completion of a multi-stage Dissertation Prospectus that will serve as an initial draft of your dissertation proposal. The prospectus will also be presented at a scholarly conference.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ODC 791 ODC-SHU TRANSFER AGREEMENT 52.0 Credit(s)
52 TRANSFER CREDITS FOR CABRINI ODC STUDENTS
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years