Apr 19, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

English

  
  • ENG 584 Literary Publishing and Editing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 291 or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Current trends and challenges in publishing explored through research and practical editing of literary journals and other projects.
  
  • ENG 600 Introduction to Graduate Studies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to graduate level writing, research, and careers in English Studies. Required of all Master of Arts in English candidates.
  
  • ENG 620 The Teaching of Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Activities, materials, objectives, and curricula for secondary literature instruction. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topics vary.
  
  • ENG 622 Poetry Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    In-depth techniques for poetry writing, with emphasis on the development of style, voice, and language for poetry; intensive written analysis and in-class critique of student work.
  
  • ENG 624 Fiction Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    In-depth techniques for fiction writing, with emphasis on revision, development of voice, and preparation for publication; intensive written analysis and in-class critique of student work. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 626 Novel Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    In depth techniques for the writing of novels. Intensive written and in- class analysis of published and student-generated work. May be repeated once for credit.
  
  • ENG 628 Creative Non-Fiction Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    In depth techniques for the writing of creative nonfiction. Intensive written and in-class analysis of published and student-generated work. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 630 The Teaching of Composition (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Activities, materials, objectives, and curricula for secondary school writing instruction. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours as topics vary.
  
  • ENG 632 New Media and Professional Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Theoretical examination of technology and its implications for the practices of academic and professional writing and writers. Examines the historical impact of phenomena from the printing press through new media and other emerging technologies.
  
  • ENG 636 Issues in Professional Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of selected contemporary professional writing topics shaping the construction, reception, and delivery of professional documents. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 638 Theories of Community Literacy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Introduction to theories of community literacy and public engagement. Explores scholarly research applied to community-driven literacy initiatives.
  
  • ENG 639 Fieldwork in Community Literacy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Fieldwork in community literacy and public engagement. Students engage in at least 20 hours of supervised service-learning work and research on-site within a community organization.
  
  • ENG 642 Online Literary Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Location, analysis, use, and creation of digitized primary and secondary resources for literary study. Exploration of online collaborative environments.
  
  • ENG 644 Digital Humanities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Use and application of technology to the study of the humanities, including information retrieval, multimedia technologies, digitization technologies, and text encoding and test quality. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 645 Topics in Contemporary Rhetoric (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of contemporary rhetoric emphasizing current issues, theories, and practice. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 646 Composition and Rhetoric Practicum (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the graduate director.
    Taught: Spring only
    Introduction to history, theory, and practice of college-level writing instruction.
  
  • ENG 647 History of Rhetoric (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Seminar in the history and theory of written rhetoric from the Classical Period to the present.
  
  • ENG 648 Developing Writing Programs for Elementary and Secondary Schools I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theories of writing and planning of developmental writing programs for specific grade levels and for school-wide programs across disciplines. May be taken concurrently with ENG 649.
    Same as EDU 648.
  
  • ENG 655 Studies in British Literature before 1750 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions from earlier periods of British literature (Anglo-Saxon through 18th century May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 657 Studies in British Literature since 1800 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions related to British literature from the late 18th century to recent times. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 665 Studies in American Literature before 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions related to American literature from colonial period to end of Civil War. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 667 Studies in American Literature since 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions related to American literature since end of Civil War. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 671 World Literature in English (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Seminar in literature written in English outside major American and British traditions. May cover materials in a transnational context. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 672 African American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Seminar in authors, genres, themes, and traditions from African American literature. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 674 Multicultural Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Seminar in works by writers in one or more ethnic literatures. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 676 Post-Colonial Theory and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar in theoretical, cultural, and critical contexts of post-colonial literature.
  
  • ENG 678 Folklore and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar examining the use of folklore in literature. May be repeated once for credit when topics change.
  
  • ENG 680 Studies in Literature and Criticism and Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Issues in the history of literary criticism and recent literary theory. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 685 Studies in Comparative Literary Forms and Themes (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Issues in form and meaning of literatures from various cultures and languages. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 687 Gender and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar considering written materials from the perspective of women’s gender studies. May be repeated once when topics change.
  
  • ENG 689 Major Authors (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar in the works of one or more major authors in their theoretical, cultural, and critical contexts. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 696 Internship: Portfolio Development (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of graduate director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    On-or off- campus internship in a variety of writing or literacy related set-tings, and creation/supervised revision of work.
  
  • ENG 699 Independent Study: Directed Readings (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of graduate director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individualized reading, research, and/or projects.
  
  • ENG 722 Prose Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Intensive workshop for participants working in a variety of prose forms. Emphasis on preparation for publication, intensive written analysis, and in-class critique of student work. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 724 Emerging Genres in Creative Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Exploration of one or more emerging genres in creative writing in a work-shop setting, with emphasis on writing, revision, and publishing venues. May be repeated for credit when topics change
  
  • ENG 725 Theory and Craft of Creative Writing (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program in English.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Representative theories of craft in the field of creative writing.
  
  • ENG 726 History of Reading and Writing Practices (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Broadly historical survey of the cultural contexts surrounding the creation, distribution, and reception of books and book history, including scribal and print culture.
  
  • ENG 735 Readings In Composition (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program in English.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
     Representative authors and trends in the field of composition and rhetoric.
  
  • ENG 750 Theories and Concepts of Cultural Studies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    History, theory, and practice of cultural studies. Provides a repertoire of tools for exploring the production of verbal and written cultural discourses as well as their valuation and uses.
  
  • ENG 755 Readings in Literary Studies (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program in English.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Representative authors and trends in the field of literary studies.
  
  • ENG 786 Prospectus Readings (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Graduate Director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Independent reading and writing in preparation for writing the prospectus. May not be repeated. Does not count toward the MA in English.
  
  • ENG 792 Comprehensive Exam (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Preparation for and completion of exams in two areas. Enrollment by per-mission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 793 Master’s Project (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supervised development, creation, and defense of the project. Enrollment by permission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 794 Master’s Portfolio (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supervised development, writing, revision, and defense of the portfolio. Enrollment by permission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 796 Master’s Thesis (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supervised development, writing, and defense of an original research- based, scholarly work in one or more areas of English Studies. Enrollment by permission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 798 Continuing Capstone Project (1 credit)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the English graduate program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Continued work for students who have exhausted maximum allowed enrollment in ENG 792 , ENG 793 , ENG 794  or ENG 796 .
  
  • ENG 799 Capstone Presentation (0 credits)

    0 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of English Graduate Program Director.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    A graduation capstone experience applying the theories, methods, concepts and/or tools of English Studies in an public oral presentation of a significant work.

Entrepreneurship

  
  • ENTP 640 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 605 , FIN 605 , and MKT 625  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Creating value through innovation; understanding Entrepreneurs; seeking and evaluating opportunities; gathering resources to convert these opportunities into valuable outcomes; and writing a business plan.
  
  • ENTP 670 Managing Growth and Entrepreneurship in Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 640  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Managing growing firms and innovation within organizations; advanced study of factors making an organization effective at each stage of growth and the key management systems that are primary tools in managing an entrepreneurial organization: strategic planning, organizational design, organizational development, control systems, and leadership.
  
  • ENTP 680 Corporate Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 605 , FIN 605 , and MKT 625  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Concepts of change, innovation, and corporate venturing; entrepreneurial behavior and the development and implementation of programs to encourage entrepreneurship (creating value through innovation in midsize and large firms.
  
  • ENTP 696 Field Studies: Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 640  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Practicum course offering insight into the entrepreneurial process of man-aging and growing a business where students, with a faculty member, work in large or small entrepreneurial organizations with problems related to entrepreneurial management issues. Guest speakers from regional business community. Students may seek to obtain approval to repeat this course for 3 additional hours credit.
  
  • ENTP 699 Independent Study: Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 640 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students pursue a topic or project of interest to them. Meeting times arranged with instructor.

Environmental Science

  
  • ENV 578 Environmental Issues for Educators (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Information and application of environmental issues for classroom use. Interrelationship of local issues and global issues. Required field trips.

Executive Leadership & Organizational Change

  
  • ELOC 610 Leadership Assessment and Development (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    The course provides a framework for students to assess and develop their own leadership competencies and prepares them to assess and develop the competencies of others in organizations. The course addresses career development, leadership coaching, self-leadership, lifelong learning, and the development of emotional intelligence and global leadership competencies.
  
  • ELOC 615 Teams and Conflict Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    The course prepares students to work in and to lead teams and to manage conflict in appropriate ways. The course emphasizes the development of positive interpersonal behaviors for teams, team building, effective decision-making and other team processes, and managing the sources of conflict behaviors in order to resolve organizational problems.
  
  • ELOC 620 Action Research Methods (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    The course prepares students to engage in their first action research projects between the first and second year of the program. The course focuses on developing skills necessary to conduct an organizational diagnosis including data collection, data analysis, and data reporting.
  
  • ELOC 625 Creating High Performing Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    The course focuses on how managers promote a high-performing workforce of employees who are competent, committed, and who are involved in meaningful decision-making in the organization. This course will address the components of performance management, various forms of employee involvement, and employee motivation.
  
  • ELOC 630 Organization Strategy Development and Systems Thinking (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    This course focuses on the process of formulating strategy and the importance of strategy implementation. The course will examine the relation-ship between strategy, structure, and organization design. Specific topics include: organization theory, open systems analysis, and socio-technical systems analysis as well as specific interventions such as downsizing, and reengineering.
  
  • ELOC 635 Managing Organizational Change (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    This course examines theories of planned organizational change and their application to organizations. Students will learn how to lead, plan, and implement successful organizational change. The course focuses on issues of organizational culture, organizational learning and knowledge management, and other forms of transformational change.
  
  • ELOC 640 Organizational Consultation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    This course will address the study of the consultation process from both consultant and client perspectives. From the consultant perspective, the course will focus on entry, contracting, organizational scanning, preliminary diagnosis, and large system interventions. From the client’s perspective, the course will focus on selection, collaborative working relationship, sustainability, and closure. Specific interventions discussed might include appreciative inquiry, future search, open spaces, and large-scale change. Ethical and legal issues associated with consulting will also be examined.
  
  • ELOC 645 Global Leadership and Sustainable Change (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    This course focuses on leadership and sustainable change in the global environment. The course will examine the issues such as behavioral integrity, innovation, sustainability, organizational learning, and global leadership competencies. The course also requires students to apply and integrate their learning in the program via a graduating class project.
  
  • ELOC 660 First Year Public Engagement Practicum (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Students will work in groups on a leadership and organizational change project in a non-profit organization under the close guidance of a faculty member. The public engagement practicum provides students with the opportunity to develop their field practice skills, collaborate in applying learning from the first year in the program, and engage with a community client.
  
  • ELOC 665 Graduation Action Research Project (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Each student will work individually on designing and conducting an organizational change or leadership project that will allow them to apply their competencies in an active organization under guidance of a faculty advisor. Each student will submit a thesis -quality report at the end of their project.
  
  • ELOC 699 Independent Study: ELOC (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ELOC program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topic in leadership and organizational change chosen by student and appropriate faculty member.

Finance

  
  • FIN 605 Fundamentals of Finance (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MBA program or permission of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Analytic techniques for decision making; basic financial analysis for managing corporate finances.
  
  • FIN 624 Accounting and Finance for Nurse Executive (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course addresses conceptual and practical applications of accounting and financial management, cost analysis, and budgeting as related to to-day’s health care organizations. The course is designed to prepare chief nurse executives and nurse entrepreneurs with a foundation of tools and methodologies to address financial issues within healthcare systems. Financial tools and methodologies that pertain to the health care industry including cost/benefit analysis, budgeting, and staffing are explored. Not open to graduate students in the Haile/US Bank College of Business.
  
  • FIN 625 Financial Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 605  and FIN 605  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Financial management and decision making for the corporate financial manager; valuation principles, financing and investment policies, cost of capital, capital structure, and dividend issues. Open only to students in MBA program.
  
  • FIN 630 Investments and Security Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 625 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Capital and securities market theory; structure and regulation; analysis and valuation of fixed and variable return securities including basic derivatives; portfolio selection and management; empirical studies of portfolios and individual stock price movements. Open only to MBA students.
  
  • FIN 640 Derivative Securities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 625 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study, analysis, and valuation of various forms of derivatives markets; use of derivatives and strategies for hedging risk or for speculation. Open only to MBA students.
  
  • FIN 650 Financial Markets and Institutions (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 625 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A survey of financial markets and institutions. Coverage includes financial market history, derivatives, duration, interest rate theory and current topics in the field.
  
  • FIN 660 International Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 625 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Financial decision-making and analysis in a multinational environment; currency valuation and exchange rates; effects of expectations and economic variables such as interest rates and inflation on exchange rates; types of risks and use of derivatives to hedge international exposure. Open only to MBA students.
  
  • FIN 694 Topics: Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 625 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of a selected contemporary area in finance; topics listed in Schedule of Classes. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 semester hours if topics differ. Open only to MBA students.
  
  • FIN 699 Independent Study: Finance (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 625 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized aspect or topic in finance chosen by student and appropriate faculty member. Subject to academic regulations pertaining to independent study as given in MBA catalog. Open only to MBA students.

French

  
  • FRE 520 Readings: French (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 300- level French course.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various literary, linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical topics. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Geography

  
  • GEO 502 Geography of Kentucky (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Cultural, physical, economic, and population characteristics of Kentucky; Kentucky’s regional and national importance.
  
  • GEO 507 Local Community: Geography Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    A site-based examination of specific regional features, including cultural heritage infrastructure, tourist infrastructure, or a range of other urban and regional planning issues. May include a service learning component.
  
  • GEO 518 Geographic Information Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): GEO 418.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theories, principles, and applications of geographic information analysis; employment of a GIS software package and other computer software pack-ages to manipulate Geographic Information analysis methods.
  
  • GEO 519 Advanced Remote Sensing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): GEO 419.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to digital remote sensing data processing theories and techniques; employment of a digital remote sensing data processing software package to manipulate digital remote sensing data processing techniques.
  
  • GEO 520 Environmental Resources for Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours of geography.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of environmental problem areas such as energy use, population growth, deforestation, toxic wastes, landscape conservation, and sustainable practices; may include a service learning component.
  
  • GEO 522 Introduction to Historic Preservation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    An examination of the growing field of historic preservation including such topics as philosophy, recognition and assessments, survey techniques, preservation planning, conservation, advocacy, federal compliance, and protection of significant resources.
  
  • GEO 540 Cultural Geography of Asia (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Selective consideration from among broad range of themes in the cultural geography of Asia, such as environmental sustainability, political processes, urbanization, religion, nationalism, recreation, and domestic habitation. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • GEO 552 Spatial Data Bases (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to fundamental spatial data organizing theories and principles, and spatial data modeling techniques underlying various spatial information systems; employment of a GIS software package to manipulate spatial databases.
  
  • GEO 592 Directed Research in Geography (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual research in an area of geography under supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated once for credit.
  
  • GEO 594 Special Topics Geography (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of selected topics. Subfields will be chosen in keeping with interest of the instructor and will be listed in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Geology

  
  • GLY 616 Geology of the National Parks of Colorado and Utah (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Taught: Summer only
    Principles of physical and historical geology presented using the geologic features and geologic history of the national parks for teaching and field experiences.
  
  • GLY 694 Topics: Geology (Graduate) (1-4 credits)

    Hours: 1-4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    May include topics illustrating the principles of geology forms, fossils, and geologic processes. Specific topics are determined in consultation with the student’s advisor. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 semester hours.

German

  
  • GER 520 Readings: German (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various literary, linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical topics. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Health Education

  
  • HEA 525 Methods and Materials in Health Education (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): (undergraduates) admission to teacher education and 9 semester hours in health education or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall only
    Principles, methods, and techniques for developing, implementing, and evaluating health education in P-12 and other appropriate settings; theoretical foundations, teaching methodology and strategies, curriculum de-signs, and resource materials.
  
  • HEA 599 Topics: Health Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual or group study of a topic of current interest in health education. Topic selected by student with approval of instructor.
  
  • HEA 699 Topics in Health Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of adviser.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Independent study of topics selected from current issues in health education.

Health Science

  
  • HSC 580 Applied HealthCare Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HSC 410 or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Demonstrate and apply skills in healthcare management and operations. Topics to include, but are not limited to: human resources, department finances and billing/coding, data analysis, policy development, regulatory agencies, risk management, customer service, and organizational effective-ness.
  
  • HSC 600 Healthcare Research Methods (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): STA 614 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Advanced knowledge in design and analysis of qualitative and quantitative research; strategies for appropriate data analysis of various research de-signs; development of a research proposal for a clinically based healthcare research problem; strategies for appropriate data analysis of various research designs.
  
  • HSC 610 Trends and Cultural Issues in Healthcare (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    An overview of the U.S. healthcare system, both past and present, coupled with an in-depth analysis of modern trends and those expected in the future; Evaluation of the current status of our healthcare system with emphasis on cultural diversity and competency.
  
  • HSC 615 Inst Design/Media Dev for Health Prof (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Design, development, and use of interactive media and multimedia; includes integration of various models of instructional design, the fundamentals of technology, technology-based instructional tools, audio, blogging and other social network media. Students will utilize a variety of software applications to create presentations.
  
  • HSC 620 Health Care Finance and Reimbursement (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): STA 614 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of financial administration processes and payment systems within the various health care delivery systems. Topics to include, but are not limited to: Tools to analyze and understand financial operations, various tools to review and manage comparative data, construct and evaluate budgets, tools to plan, monitor, and manage financial status, allocation of resources and acquire funds.
  
  • HSC 625 Healthcare Education (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course provides a foundation of healthcare education for instructional leaders to make decisions about the types of teaching strategies and instructional plans they utilize in their classrooms. It will provide strategies of teaching with emphasis on student diversity, learning styles, anagogical content, and teaching perspectives. Students will consider paradigm shifts in the roles from clinician/practitioner to educator.
  
  • HSC 630 Strategic Planning for Health Services (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An in depth study of successful strategic planning and marketing tactics utilized in the field of healthcare. Evaluation of stakeholders, community needs and desires, as well as implementation and evaluation of such methods.
  
  • HSC 635 Health Education Theory and Psychology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Review of educational philosophies, past and present, which influence educational practice. Primary focus is on those philosophies having the most influence on adult and healthcare education and on the development of a personal philosophy of education to guide everyday practice in an educational environment.
  
  • HSC 640 Health Law and Ethical Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study and evaluation of health care law and its interface with the health care system and the key players within. Real life ethical dilemmas will be examined with application of various theories and principles that apply.
  
  • HSC 645 Curriculum and Instruction in Healthcare (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Development of a comprehensive mechanism for healthcare educators to develop unit planning and instructional design. The student will learn how to create a sequence of learning experiences, both clinically and didactically that will engage and help their students logically and meaningfully meet established learning goals.
 

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