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PSY 622 Development Across the Lifespan (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of director of Masters in Community Counseling.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Theories and research findings related to human development; develop-mental crises, tasks & transitions across one’s lifespan; nature vs. nurture; theories of learning and personality development; strategies for facilitating optimal human development.
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PSY 625 Psy Testing, Measmt, & Sci Survey Mthds (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PSY 615 and PSY 616 or equivalent and Admission to MSIO psychology program or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Fall only
Psychological testing, measurements, & scientific survey methods. Construction, evaluation, and application of psychological tests, measures, and survey instruments in applied settings including construct definition, scale development, item construction, rigorous survey design, data sampling, reliability and validity analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, classical and modern test theory, test bias, and ethical test use.
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PSY 630 Occupational Health Psychology (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of health psychology. The course focuses on the basic theories and research findings that have emerged in the field, application of those theories and research, and developing a problem solving orientation to diagnosing occupational safety and health problems.
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PSY 632 Public Health (3 credits) 3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Taught: Spring Only
This course introduces the graduate student to fundamental concepts, principles, theories, research and contemporary issues in public health, including social and behavior health sciences, environmental health, epidemiology, and biostatistics. The course will focus on the application of these scientific findings in the workplace.
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PSY 635 Selection and Performance Appraisal (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSIO psychology program, PSY 615 , and PSY 620 or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Fall only
Advanced treatment of selection and performance appraisal in organizations; legal and ethical issues, recruitment, selection systems and methods, criterion theory and development; and appraisal systems and methods.
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PSY 640 Training and Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program and PSY 620 or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Fall only
Models of instructional design, psychological theory and principles relevant to learning; transfer of training; program evaluation; common types of training in organizations, computer and web-based training.
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PSY 645 Organizational Consulting (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Presents a comprehensive overview of organizational consulting, including its history, specializations, and contexts. Fundamental principles, effective practices, and emerging issues are studied.
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PSY 652 Epidemiology (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): STA 614 or PSY 615 or other graduate level statistics course.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Survey basic concepts and principles of epidemiology, including epidemiologic models, the epidemiology process, epidemiologic investigation, and application of these concepts and principles.
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PSY 660 Organizational Change and Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program and PSY 550 or consent of MSIO psychology program director.
Taught: Summer Only
Change processes, situational assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, intervention; organizational structure, values, culture, leadership, roles of consultants, and external environments.
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PSY 670 Organizational Leadership (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course offers an overview of leadership in organizational settings. The first half of the course is devoted to building a foundational understanding of leadership by working through some of the major theoretical approaches using textbook and selected readings. In the second half, that foundation is used in further exploring lines of related inquiry. Working in teams, students will also design and conduct a study on leadership using various published measures.
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PSY 675 Motivation (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course introduces the graduate student to fundamental concepts, theories, contemporary research findings and emerging issues in workplace motivation and behavior. Complementary and sometimes contradictory perspectives on motivation and its impact on organizational behavior will be discussed.
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PSY 685 Applied Research Study Capstone (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Spring only
Organization and completion of applied research portfolio; updating, revising and improving research projects; conducting additional research; formatting portfolio.
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PSY 694 Graduate Psychology Special Topics (1-3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSIO psychology program or consent of MSIO psychology director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Seminar course; topics listed in Schedule of Classes each semester, in the Master of Science in Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program (MSIO).
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PSY 699 Independent Study in Psychology (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and psychology chair prior to registration.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Supervised group study projects in selected problem areas, or individually supervised areas of study involving readings, experimental research, and/or applied problems in educational psychology. Up to 3 semester hours may be earned per semester.
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PSY 795 Practicum (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PSY 615 , PSY 616 and consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Supervised development and conduct of a project in an employment set-ting; synthesis and application of knowledge acquired in prior coursework. Repeatable for up to 6 credit hours.
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PSY 797 Thesis (1-6 credits) Hours: 1-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PSY 615 , PSY 616 and consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Supervised development and implementation of research study.
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PAD 500 Foundations of Public Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Fall and spring
Overview of key theories and concepts in the discipline of public administration; introduction to economic theories and concepts relevant to public administration and public policy; and review of research design and basic statistics.
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PAD 501 Human Resource Management (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Fall and spring
Principles and problems of recruitment, examination, rating, classification, and assignment to the job; philosophies of employee pay, promotion, motivation, and discipline; formulating and administering personnel policies, concepts, and principles; focus on American national, state, and local government systems as well as non-profit agencies.
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PAD 511 Budgeting Techniques and Applications (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Fall only
Advanced treatment of budgetary techniques and applications, such as program budgeting and zero-base budgeting; financial planning and revenue estimation techniques; tax and expenditure types; debt financing; financial reporting.
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PAD 515 Cartography (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA Program, or consent of MPA Director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Introduction to principles and concepts of cartography; hands-on experience in cartographic map design using computer cartographic software through developing maps, charts, graphics, and design materials for presentation through digital mediums. Emphasizes understanding and implementation of the principles and theories and research into relevant topics.
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PAD 519 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA Program or consent of MPA Director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Introduction to principles and concepts of remote sensing technologies; hands-on experience in manipulation of remote sensing techniques using remote sensing software. Emphasizes understanding and implementation of remote sensing theories and research into relevant topics.
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PAD 520 Advanced Remote Sensing (4 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 1 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PAD 519 .
Taught: Variable, check with department
Introduction to principles and concepts of digital remote sensing data processing technologies; hands-on experience in manipulation of digital remote sensing data processing techniques using remote sensing software. Emphasizes understanding and implementation of digital remote sensing data processing theories and research into relevant topics.
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PAD 550 Geographic Information Systems (4 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 1 lab/studio
Taught: Fall only
Fundamental GIS Concepts such as creating, editing, and georeferencing spatial data; Basic GIS applications including manipulating tabular data, querying a GIS database, and presenting data using maps and graphs.
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PAD 551 Geographic Information Analysis (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PAD 550 .
Taught: Variable, check with department
The use of GIS as an administrative or decisional tool in the public and related sector activities. GIS applications include but are not limited to planning and community development, safety, health, environment, public finance, education and not-for-profit organizations.
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PAD 560 Planning and Community Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Fall only
Statutory and structural framework for urban planning and development; technical, social, political, and economic elements in the governmental planning process; planning theories and regulatory techniques; growth management; urban redevelopment.
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PAD 602 Organizational Behavior and Theory (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Principal conceptual and theoretical bases for understanding the structure, environment, and internal processes or organizations; human behavior, attitudes, and performance within organizational settings.
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PAD 603 Public Policy Analysis (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PAD 615 .
Taught: Fall only
This course focuses on different theories, processes and analytical techniques related to public policy in federal, state and local governments. It examines the various stages of the public policy process, including formulation, implementation and evaluation. It provides knowledge and skills to define, analyze and recommend public policy choices.
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PAD 612 Administrative Law (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Spring only
Basic legal concepts, dilemmas and skills central to administrative law; varieties of legislative, judicial and executive oversight of administrative agencies; administrative rule-making and administrative adjudication, both formal and informal.
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PAD 615 Research Methods Public Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PAD 500 .
Taught: Spring only
Foundation to the theory & practice of social science research. Concepts and techniques to conduct research. Includes both the quantitative and the qualitative research methodologies. Open only to students in the MPA pro-gram.
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PAD 616 Data Analysis (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PAD 615 .
Taught: Fall and spring
Quantitative and qualitative data analysis with emphasis on the former. Univariate, bivariate analysis, probability, hypothesis testing, regression. Content analysis, discourse analysis, coding.
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PAD 620 Managing Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Development and characteristics of nonprofit organizations; scope and growth of the nonprofit sector; application of relevant theories to nonprofit organizations; human resource management; board-staff relations; nonprofit law; NGOs; issues of ethics, accountability and impact.
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PAD 621 Resource Acquisition and Management (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Variable, check with department
Concepts and practices of fundraising (direct mailing, annual, capital campaign, special events, planned giving, major gifts and resource management (budgeting, financial reporting).
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PAD 622 Volunteer Management (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Variable, check with department
History and philosophical underpinnings of volunteerism; role of volunteers in nonprofit organizations; volunteer development program including volunteer recruitment, training, performance appraisal, motivation and reward; risk management; and trends in volunteering.
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PAD 623 Grant Research and Writing (1 credit) Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Fall only
Practical, hands-on approach to grant systems and processes, including research and writing. Topics include identification of potential funding sources; requests for proposals from government and other organizations; applications for funding from foundations, corporations, and other sources.
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PAD 624 Nonprofit Strategic Planning (1 credit) Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Fall only
Practice of strategic planning in the nonprofit sector including policy direction, internal and external assessments, identifying stakeholders and key issues, development of strategies, decision making, implementation, and monitoring.
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PAD 626 Nonprofit Program Evaluation (2 credits) Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Spring only
Introduction to the concepts and practices of program evaluation in the nonprofit sector, evaluation and planning, program evaluation design and implementation.
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PAD 627 Nonprofit Information Management (1 credit) Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Summer only
Practical tools for adopting and implementing information technology in nonprofit organizations. Topics include: web page development and maintenance, fundraising and mailing list management, network and data-base integration and maintenance.
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PAD 628 Nonprofit Laws (1 credit) Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Spring only
Advanced level of understanding of laws pertaining to the nonprofit sector. In depth overview of laws pertaining to nonprofit tax exempt status, corporate governance, conflicts of interest, staff and financial operations.
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PAD 630 Ethics and Decision Making in the Public Sector (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA Director.
Taught: Fall only
Establishment of an ethical foundation for those preparing for or working in public and related careers. Increased understanding of ethical dimensions of public service including the duties and responsibilities of professional administrators. Development of awareness, skills and values to make decisions and act ethically in public management and leadership roles.
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PAD 631 Leading in Diverse Public Environments (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course explores theories and builds skills for leading and managing in diverse public environments. Students will learn about the multitude of issues involved in modern dynamic contexts including race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, ability, gender, identity, and prejudice and privilege. They will understand issues of intercultural leadership and communication.
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PAD 632 Executive Management & Public Leadership (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Spring only
The theoretical and practical development of executive and leadership skills including but not limited to visioning, planning, strategic decisional, organizational change, accountability, ethics, communications, delegation, external environments, and new concepts in management.
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PAD 640 Management of Public Information Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Departmental consent after admission to MPA program.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Issues and techniques of managing information in the public sector, e.g., procurement, document processing, quantitative analysis, public data bases, connectivity, and technology planning.
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PAD 675 Local Government Management (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Seminar on politics and administration of local government, especially in Kentucky and Ohio. Topics include but are not limited to urban government, urban administration, executive management, public works, personnel, finance, planning, and community development.
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PAD 681 Homeland Security Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Graduate course to acquaint students with the best practices for local government to meet the possible threat to our homeland security. Focus on preemptive and preventive measures that can be undertaken to assure domestic security.
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PAD 682 Emergency Management (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course will provide an overview of disaster preparedness, response and recovery. Students will learn how to evaluate governmental and non-governmental agencies involved in managing a disaster, communications, bet practices, basic budgeting and funding issues, as well as operations coordination.
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PAD 683 Terrorism (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course exposes students to the foundations of global terrorism, terrorist organizations, networks, and counter terrorism. Students will be exposed to the relevant geography, history, religion, philosophy, political, and criminal aspects of terrorism worldwide.
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PAD 694 Topics: Public Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Variable, check with department
Specialized topics in public administration; intensive reading, cases, and simulation. May be repeated once as topic varies. May be used in any area of concentration. Open only to students in the MPA program.
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PAD 695 Study Abroad in Public Administration (1-12 credits) Hours: 1-12 classroom / 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Program permission is required.
Taught: Variable, check with department
An opportunity for graduate students to engage in one or more officially-sponsored and/or program-approved MPA courses abroad, ranging from one week to an entire semester. May be repeated for credit when tropics vary.
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PAD 696 Internship: Public Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPA program or consent of MPA director.
Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
An opportunity for students to expand their professional experience and also to link course work to public service careers; students work under the supervision of managers in government and nonprofit organizations. An internship may be substituted for an elective in the MPA program with prior consent of the MPA director.
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PAD 699 Readings: Public Administration (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Department consent after admission to MPA program.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Specialized topics in public administration covered through intensive readings and/ or field projects; at the direction of a specific instructor. May be repeated once as projects vary. May be used in any area of concentration.
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PAD 793 Public Administration Capstone (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Students can take this class only during the last nine credit hours of their completion of the MPA curriculum and must obtain the instructor’s approval of their research paper or project proposals by the end of the previous semester.
Taught: Fall and spring
This course provides a holistic approach to help graduating students have a richer understanding of public administration. It provides students with opportunities to reexamine their knowledge and skills through a portfolio project and to apply their learning by developing and implementing a major research paper or project.
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REL 594 Topics In Religious Studies (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Selected topics in religious studies. May be repeated as topics vary.
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REL 599 Independent Study (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic in religious studies. May be repeated as topics vary.
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REL 692 Directed Research (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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REL 699 Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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SWK 510 Child Abuse (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Historical and contemporary perspectives; etiology, assessment, and intervention; differential and complementary roles of professions; approaches to prevention and treatment.
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SWK 515 Introduction to Child Maltreatment (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Social Work Program.
Taught: Fall only
Course designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to child abuse and neglect from a social work perspective. This course is the first of two specific course requirements for the child welfare certification available through Northern Kentucky University and the Department for Community Bases Services (DCBS).
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SWK 516 Child Welfare 2: Interventions (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into social work program and PCWCP project.
Taught: Spring only
Course is second requirement for the Public Welfare Certification. Students will learn about various practice skills and treatment interventions related to social work with abused/neglected children and their families. Students will have several opportunities to develop their own skills through a variety of teaching methods.
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SWK 520 Services to Women (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Impact of the feminist movement on the delivery of services and the development of assertiveness training, peer counseling, and self-help.
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SWK 525 Substance Use and Abuse (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Various categories of drugs; treatment and rehabilitation programs; ways of developing and implementing drug education programs.
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SWK 565 Compassion, Empathy and Forgiveness (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This is an upper-level undergraduate or graduate online course focusing on the meanings of compassion, empathy and forgiveness and the relationship of these concepts to social justice issues.
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SWK 566 Crisis Intervention (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This introductory course is designed to train students in the theories related to providing crisis intervention to a variety of client populations and the skills needed to provide proficient crisis intervention. Techniques/skills are based on the most up-to-date evidence informed practice.
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SWK 567 Mental Health Assessment (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
Taught: Fall only
This course employs a Competency-Based Assessment model of evaluating and treating people with mental health issues. This course is designed for the Bachelor’s level and Graduate level student to better understand mental health diagnoses. This course will not qualify students to make mental health diagnoses.
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SWK 568 Family-Directed Structural Therapy (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course introduces students to the theoretical origins and evolution of Family-Directed Structural Therapy. Students are challenged to think critically about approaching families as a guide rather than expert. Students will receive training in the use of Family-Directed Structural Assessment Tools, both as an initial intervention and ongoing intervention tool.
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SWK 570 Juvenile Suicide, Bullying, & Cyberspace (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course is designed as an introduction to and exploration of juvenile suicide within the context of cyber bullying. It will explore: possible causes of cyber bullying; risk factors for perpetration & victimization; possible preventive strategies; and how individuals in the helping profession can ad-dress this problem.
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SWK 571 Photography as a Social Change Agent (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
Taught: Winter Only
This course examines social problems through photography and storytelling. Photovoice is a participatory action research method that allows individuals to express their views and concerns from a contextual and cultural viewpoint. This course is experiential in nature; students will identify, research, and explore social problems and concerns from the perspectives of those impacted by such issues.
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SWK 572 Forensic Social Work (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course provides an overview of forensic social work practice and theory. It illustrates skills for working with diverse populations and settings, such as community, medical, school, child welfare, mental health/addictions, and juvenile/criminal justice settings. The course focuses on theoretical frame-works relevant to client populations affected by legal issues.
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SWK 573 Mental Health and Ethnic Minorities (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
Taught: Variable, check with department
This course is designed to give the student an introduction to the prevalence, incidences, and manifestation of mental health disorders among ethnic minority groups.
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SWK 574 Spirituality in Social Work (3 credits) 3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of department.
Taught: Variable-check w/department
An exploration of spirituality as it relates to the profession of social work. It differentiates spirituality from religion and explores how these two concepts support and conflict with each other. It provides a framework for the clarification of the learner’s values, provides opportunities for the continuing acquisition of knowledge of diverse spiritual traditions, and encourages the development of spirituality- sensitive practice interventions. A number of concepts under the definition of spirituality are explored with an emphasis on the many ways spirituality can be used in a variety of social work practice settings.
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SWK 575 Focus on Techniques and Skills in Social Work (3 credits) 3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of department.
Taught: Variable-check w/department
Demonstrates specific skills for collecting high quality information from clients, uncovering the deep structure (the story beneath the story) of client communication, building and maintaining rapport and specific techniques for helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. Aids students in discovery of what internal states, beliefs and values prevent the client from achieving the desired outcomes, and learn techniques to overcome or by-pass those obstacles.
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SWK 594 Topics: Issues in Social Welfare (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Variable, check with department
A specific aspect of social welfare practice or social welfare concern. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 12 semester hours. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings and prerequisites.
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SWK 600 Social Work Ethics (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor per-mission.
Taught: Fall only
The value and ethical dimensions of social work practice, and the responsibilities of individual professional practitioners must be viewed within the context of society’s responsibility for the well-being of all its members. This course pays particular attention to situations in which social workers face ethical dilemmas in promoting client and family well-being, and decision-making. Through the activities and assignments of this course, students are prepared to take a leadership role with peers and colleagues, in professional organizations and in contributing to the development of public policy.
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SWK 601 Multiculturalism (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor per-mission.
Taught: Fall only
A multiculturalism model is presented that advocates culturally sensitive social work practice based on the premise of a social and cultural subsystem of the larger American experience. This multisystem approach to family and children practice, and social policy enables the social work practitioner and policy maker to systematize and implement treatment plans at the nuclear and extended families level and policies at the family and systems levels.
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SWK 610 Social Work Practice I (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor per-mission.
Taught: Fall only
The Social Work Practice I course prepares social work students for generalist work in the profession. The course allows students to become familiar with the mission and knowledge base of social work. The course familiarizes students with major theories, skills and the phases of the helping process including assessment, intervention, and evaluation. The course also ad-dresses the use of research evidence to inform practice, facilitation of appropriate professional working relationships, identification of client resources and assets, the collection and assessment of information, and planning for service delivery.
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SWK 611 Practice II Communities and Organizations (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to program.
Taught: Spring only
Students will learn to respond to the contexts that shape our practice. Social workers are informed, resourceful, and proactive in responding to evolving organizational, community, and societal contexts at all levels of practice. Social workers recognize that the context of practice is dynamic, and use knowledge, skill, and evidence-based practices to respond proactively.
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SWK 612 Addiction and Family Violence (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program.
Taught: Fall only
This social work course introduces students to the characteristics and con-sequences of addictions and family violence. The subject matter allows students to become familiar with the negative effects of addictions on macro and micro systems. Students will be introduced to theories, models, myths, and misconceptions of family violence. For example, students will explore the social-psychological model of family violence. Students will examine the issues of matricide, patricide, filicide and fratricide. Also, the impact of emergent evidence from neuroscience on addictions and integration of neurobiology into social work practice will be examined. Finally, social work ethics, legal, medical and social perspectives involved in addictions and family violence are woven throughout the conversation.
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SWK 613 Social Work with Children and Families (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program.
Taught: Spring and summer
Social Work Practice with Children and Families is an advanced practice course. It is expected that students will have a foundation in human development; interviewing and communication skills, and basic skills in planning, implementing and evaluating social work interventions. The overarching goal is to prepare students for effective and responsible practice with children, adolescents and families. Given the fluid interplay between childhood, adolescence and family, the course will also explore key concepts related to the family life-stage of adolescence and clinical collaboration with parents and families. This course will take a biopsychosocial perspective to explore more specific knowledge and clinical practice with children, adolescents, and families. Special attention will be given to clinical interventions and treatment modalities related to treating children, adolescents, and families.
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SWK 614 Social Work Practice with Groups (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program.
Taught: Fall only
Social Work Practice with Groups builds upon the knowledge, skills and values learned in SWK 610 , SWK 611 , and SWK 613 . A major focus of is the development of groups, use of relationships in group work, and group membership skills. Students will become familiar with planning a group, clarifying group purpose, and assessing process and outcome. This course emphasizes a “real-life” approach to learning which will provide students an opportunity to observe a group in the community, as well as facilitating a group in respective student practicum placements. The concepts, theories principles, methods and skills relevant to group work with diverse populations will be explored in this course. This course incorporates content on types of groups, group development, problem- solving and decision making in groups. It also explores the interaction between groups and systems with their external environment.
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SWK 620 Contemporary Social Welfare Policy (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program.
Taught: Spring only
This course covers social welfare policy and services content that includes the history, mission, and philosophy of the social work profession. This con-tent covers the role of social policy in helping people in maintaining or achieving optimal health and well-being; and the effect of policy on social work practice. This course will help students understand how policy affects human rights and social and economic justice; and global connectedness of oppression and marginalization of people of color and other vulnerable populations. Students will analyze current social policy within the contemporary factors like globalization that shape policy.
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SWK 621 Family Public Policy (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor per-mission.
Taught: Fall and spring
The impact of government policies on families will be the focus of this course. The course will examine the current state of the family, family trends, and the implications for family policy. The varied effects that policies and programs can have on different types of families and different aspects of family functioning will be explored. The process of policy formation, implementation, evaluation and advocacy will be reviewed. Finally, emphasis will be placed on understanding a family perspective in policy-making and conducting family impact studies.
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SWK 630 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program.
Taught: Fall only
The dynamics of human behavior and its relationship with the social environment prepares a foundation of knowledge on which to build clinical practice skills. Through a study of systems theory and the identification of the biological, psychological, and sociological variable influencing development, students gain a theoretical base for application to the assessment in client systems. Special emphasis in this course is on the important factors of human diversity as they affect the dynamics of human behavior.
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SWK 640 Social Work Research (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program.
Taught: Spring only
This course introduces students to concepts and skills underlying a scientific and systematic approach to social work practice. These include critical thinking, empirical evidence, and the use of research in one’s own practice. Emphasis is placed on understanding the reciprocal relationship between research and practice. Students are taught to become critical consumers of research and are provided with the foundational knowledge to move to-ward becoming researchers themselves. Also considered are the value and ethical issues in the scientific approach to social work practice with special attention to issues related to race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental ability, age, and national origin. This course covers the use of both quantitative and qualitative data and lays the foundation for concentration-level evaluation courses.
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SWK 641 Applied Research I (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program.
Taught: Fall only
Students design a research proposal to implement in Applied Research II. Students’ research studies, which are focused on children & families, may involve program evaluation or a needs assessment. Developing the research proposal will help students move toward a critical appreciation and use of research. A major focus is to develop the knowledge and skills for the student to be an objective evaluator as well as to be an active participant in adding to the knowledge base of social work practice.
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SWK 642 Applied Research II (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): SWK 641 .
Taught: Spring only
Students conduct original research in social work practice in a social work setting. This course enables students to demonstrate a high level of specialized knowledge and practice expertise within the area of children and families. Faculty and students work jointly to critique and assist each other in the areas of research design, research instrumentation, data analysis, and interpretations and conclusions from the analysis. Students then prepare a writ-ten research paper, and communicate findings in a public forum.
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SWK 650 Field Experience I (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program and SWK 610 .
Taught: Fall only
This introductory field-based course under faculty direction requires that students apply and integrate generalist social work knowledge from the foundation curriculum. Students will continue to apply knowledge from prerequisite and concurrent courses in experiences, which utilize social work practice skills with individuals, families, small groups, and with organizations and communities, toward the goals of prevention, restoration, and enhancement of social functioning. Students will examine many social work roles in the delivery of social services with specific attention paid to the NASW Code of Ethics. Experiential learning of 300 hours includes weekly two-hour seminar.
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SWK 651 Field Experience II (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program.
Taught: Fall only
This advanced field-based course under faculty direction provides opportunities for students to apply evidence-informed practice skills and theoretical knowledge learned through the advanced curriculum in a field placement with family and children. Advanced field experience is conducted in a com-munity social service agency under supervision of a CSWE-accredited MSW social worker with two-years post-MSW practice experience. Social work students complete 300 clock hours within the semester to increase their ability to demonstrate advanced competencies in social work practice. A three-hour class seminar taken concurrently with the student’s field placement, builds on the student’s advanced social work practice behaviors. It is designed to provide the opportunity for integration of the advanced curriculum learning competencies, with emphasis on addressing those specific advanced content areas of competence and accompanying practice behaviors.
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SWK 652 Field Experience III (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): SWK 651 .
Taught: Spring only
This advanced field-based course under faculty direction provides opportunities for students to apply evidence-informed practice skills and theoretical knowledge learned through the advanced curriculum in a field placement with children and families. Advanced field experience is conducted in a community social service agency under supervision of a CSWE-accredited MSW with two-years post-MSW practice experience. Social work students complete 300 clock hours within the semester to increase their ability to demonstrate advanced competencies in social work practice. A three-hour class seminar taken concurrently with the student’s field placement, builds on the student’s advanced social work practice behaviors. It is designed to provide the opportunity for integration of the advanced curriculum learning competencies, with emphasis on addressing those specific advanced con-tent areas of competence and accompanying practice behaviors.
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SWK 670 Mental Health/Illness and Psychiatric DX (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor permission.
Taught: Spring and summer
Assessment of social, biological, psychological, and spiritual elements of mental health and mental illness. Extends person/environment perspective of human behavior in the field of mental health, social policy, and mental health service.
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SWK 680 Integrative Seminar (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor per-mission.
Taught: Spring only
The MSW Integrative Seminar takes place during the final semester of MSW study. It focuses on integration and synthesis of the major themes and objectives of the MSW program and on collegial consultation in preparation of a professional poster presentation delivered to Social Work faculty and members of the larger NKU community. The course will be taught in a team-teaching format, with faculty members reviewing material specific to their areas of expertise. Individual quizzes will follow the review of each substantive area. Finally, students will create and present a professional poster during the annual NKU Celebration of Student Research and Creativity based on their substantive area of research interest or service learning project.
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SWK 684 Trauma-Focused Care I (3 credits) 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.
Taught: Fall only
Shifting from a “what’s wrong with you?” to a “what’s happened to you?” paradigm includes connecting presenting behaviors to an individual’s trauma history. This course covers the trauma-informed care model, reviewing the neuroscience of trauma with associated outcomes, and exploring trauma’s impact on children/adolescent development.
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SWK 685 Trauma-Focused Care II (3 credits) 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C+ or better in SWK 684 .
Taught: Spring only
Trauma-informed professionals provide individual work and also work with agencies/schools/programs through a trauma-responsive lens. This course moves from understanding “what trauma is” to “what to do with it” by: identifying appropriate assessment and intervention strategies/skills, examining best-practice models and other resources; and analyzing treatment implications across multiple levels of care.
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SWK 694 Special Topics: Masters of Social Work (1-6 credits) Hours: 1-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Department permission.
Taught: Variable, check with department
A specific aspect of social welfare practice or social welfare concern. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 15 semester hours. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings and prerequisites.
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SWK 699 Independent Study: Social Work (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Individualized study of a topic within the social work discipline. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to 9 semester hours.
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SOC 594 Topics: Sociology (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Selected topics in sociology. May be repeated as topics vary.
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SOC 599 Independent Study (3 credits) Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic in sociology. May be repeated as topics vary.
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SOC 692 Directed Research (1-3 credits) Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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SOC 699 Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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SPI 520 Readings in Spanish (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): 300-level Spanish course.
Taught: Variable, check with department
Various literary, linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical topics. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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STA 594 Topics: Statistics (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
Taught: Variable, check with department
Topics in statistics. Topics vary.
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STA 614 Statistics for Health Care Research (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): C or better in STA 205.
Taught: Fall and spring
Review of descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing; analysis of variance; experimental design; factorial experiments; regression and correlation; nonparametric statistics; use of programmed routines; critique of published research.
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