Courses
NUR 231 Adult Nursing III 6.0 Credit(s)
Adult Nursing III is the third of four courses focusing on adult nursing. This course explores the roles of the nurse in relation to providing patient-centered care to patients with complex medical/surgical health problems. Course content emphasizes health promotion, disease/injury prevention, disease management, and health maintenance. Continuing themes of pharmacotherapeutics, gerontological considerations, safety, evidence-based practice, therapeutic communication, multiculturalism, as well as patient education and advocacy are explored. This course incorporates critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment along with evidence-based practice and the utilization of informatics while promoting synthesis of knowledge and interprofessional collaboration. Course content will focus on common, acute, chronic, and complex health problems related to pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, hematological, oncological, infectious disease, hepatobiliary, and neurological. A structured experience in the simulation lab is included to practice advanced nursing interventions required to care for high-risk emergencies in a safe, controlled environment. Clinical experiences will be conducted in acute care settings. 6 credit hours (45 hours theory, 126 hours clinical) Prerequisite: Take NUR-123 and NUR-124 or NUR-122
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
NUR 232 ADULT NURSING IV 6.0 Credit(s)
Adult Nursing IV is the fourth course to focus on care of the adult patient. This course explores the roles of the nurse in relation to providing patient-centered care to patients with complex medical/surgical health problems. Course content emphasizes health promotion, disease/injury prevention, disease management, and health maintenance. Continuing themes of pharmacotherapeutics, gerontological considerations, safety, evidence-based practice, therapeutic communication, multiculturalism, as well as patient education and advocacy are explored. This course incorporates critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment along with evidence-based practice and the utilization of informatics while promoting synthesis of knowledge and interprofessional collaboration. Course content will focus on common, acute, chronic, and complex health problems related to pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, hematological, oncological, infectious disease, hepatobiliary, and neurological. A structured experience in the simulation lab is included to practice advanced nursing interventions required to care for high-risk emergencies in a safe, controlled environment. Clinical experiences will be conducted in acute care settings. 6 credit hours (45 hours theory, 126 hours clinical) Prerequisite: Nur-230 Nur-231
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
NUR 270 TRANSITION TO NURSING PRACTICE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course facilitates student synthesis of total program content and experiences. Students are offered opportunities to fully incorporate the values of the profession, principles of leadership, patient centered care, and legal-ethical concepts in their nursing care as they assume the role of an associates nurse generalist. Critical discussions of professional issues prepare graduates for a successful transition into their first nursing role. Students will be expected to apply and synthesize previous course content while demonstrating accountability to self, peers, and the program as they prepare to take the NCLEX exam. Students analyze and evaluate individual learning needs and develop a learning contract to meet deficiencies. Content mastery testing is utilized to prepare students for the NCLEX exam. 3 credit hours (30 hours theory, 42 hours clinical) Prerequisite: Take NUR-230 NUR-231
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
EX 201 LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE 1.0 Credit(s)
This interdisciplinary course is an examination of contemporary leadership styles for healthcare professionals. Prerequisite: EX-100 or HS-200 Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years Prerequisite: EX-100 or HS-200
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HS 210 LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE 1.0 Credit(s)
This interdisciplinary course is an examination of contemporary leadership styles for healthcare professionals.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
ENG 215 MAJOR BRITISH AUTHOR PRE-18th CENTURY 3.0 Credit(s)
British Authors pre-18th century will be studied e.g. Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Marlowe and others. Prerequisite: Take ENG-221
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HS 204 INTRO TO RESEARCH IN HEALTH SCIENCE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to provide an overview of research design, methods, and ethics for undergraduate students in health science. The course develops the basic skill of critically analyzing research findings. Research methods are introduced with emphasis placed on analyzing key elements of research reports as a basis for determining the appropriateness of the research results for evidence-based practice in healthcare. Various types of research design and methods will be explored. Students will have the opportunity to design and evaluate research projects and gain a key understanding of reliability, validity and generalizability issues related to conducting research. Course Prerequisites: Students must be a declared Health Science or Communication Disorders major and have taken either HS-200 OR CMD-200. Prerequisite: Take HS-200 or CMD-200 and MA-131
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
PS 287 INTRO TO COUNSELING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course presents the fundamentals of counseling and psychotherapy. Approaches covered include cognitive- behavioral, client- centered, and rationally- emotive therapy. Prerequisite: Take PS-110
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CIT 203 SPRINGSTEEN, SCORSESE AND SHU 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is an interdisciplinary look at how Catholic thought and imagination have intersected with culture from the 1960's to the present time. We will look at texts, films, and art.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters Contact Department
SM 245 SPORT MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the critical business principles and fundamentals related to the mass media in sport and the delivery mechanisms that drive growth in the industry. A special focus of this course are the media rights deals in U.S. and international sports leagues, especially for broadcast. The course also covers the following: media ethics; sports heroes in the media; race, ethnicity, and diversity; digital media strategies and deals; and a focus on the finances behind some of the world's most popular sporting events.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
EC 295 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ECONOMICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores contemporary topics in economics in a study abroad context. Students will study the basic economic principles that addresses allocation of scarce resources. At the local level, students will explore social issues such as provision of healthcare and education, the role of demographics and migration in production and politics, and the impact of government policies that address market failures. Students will also explore the positioning of the nation in the global economy, evaluating the institutional infrastructure and the role of international trade and finance in the promotion of economic growth.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CIT 204 SINNERS, SAINTS & SACRAMENTS 3.0 Credit(s)
This interdisciplinary course explores the themes of sin, sainthood, and sacraments, particularly as those themes are depicted in Catholic fiction and film. The Catholic sacramental tradition is based on the belief that creation and human activities (rituals, saints' lives, etc.) can somehow manifest God's presence (i.e. grace) in a sinful world. We will discuss a diverse range of topics through a sacramental lens, as well as practices, beliefs, and debates surrounding both the sacraments and the Catholic tradition of canonization. We will particularly highlight the relationship between evil and grace in our various fictional texts, and how conversion so often entails a recognition of sin, both structural and personal. Students will be asked not only to learn common issues and symbols of the seven Catholic sacraments and the Catholic piety of sainthood, but also to reflect and discuss critically how issues raised by sacraments and sainthood continue to be relevant to their own lives and the contemporary world.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CMD 200 INTRO TO COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides a general introduction to normal and disordered speech, language, and hearing in children and adults. This course considers normal development of communication behavior, the nature of communication disorders, and reviews the various conditions associated with communication disorders. Ethical standards for the practice of Speech-Language Pathology, contemporary professional issues, and information regarding certification, specialty recognition, licensure and professional credentials in Speech-Language Pathology will be presented. 3 credits; lecture format. Prerequisite: Take CMD-201
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
CMD 201 INTRO TO COMMUNICATION DISORDER LAB 1.0 Credit(s)
This course is a co-requisite for CMD 200 "Introduction to Communication Disorder." The purpose of the course is to provide students with guided opportunities to observe speech, language and hearing practice. Specifically through guided observations, students will learn how knowledge acquired in the 3 credit course can be applied to clinical practice. The CMD 200 and CMD 201 will be taken by students enrolled in the Communication Disorders major during the first year of undergraduate study. Prerequisite: Take CMD-200
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CMD 210 PHONETICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Students will be introduced to the acoustic and articulatory properties of the sound systems of human languages. The International Phonetic Alphabet will be presented, and students will learn to record speech in broad phonemic transcription. Variations among regional and cultural US dialects, as well as notation and practice of narrow phonetic transcription will be introduced. The implications of cultural and linguistic differences on speech production will be discussed.
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years