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AEXS 601 - Management of Health/Fitness Programs
This course is designed to give students the basic skills necessary to develop and implement an employee health/fitness program. An emphasis is placed on management, facility development, programming, and leadership procedures.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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AEXS 613 - Exercise for Special Populations
This course provides an advanced level overview of the principles and practice of exercise testing and prescription in select special populations. Focus of the course is on exercise considerations for non-cardiac conditions. Laboratory exercises and clinical site visits are required.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 260.
Credits: 3
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AEXS 661 - Electrocardiogram Interpretation and Graded Exercise Testing
The purpose of this course is to continue general orientation to a cardiovascular health program; to review physical fitness knowledge techniques and interpretation; to increase understanding of monitored graded exercise testing; to provide skill training in the administration and interpretation of exercise testing protocol and procedures; and to introduce the student to cardiac rehabilitation program policies and procedures.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 260 or YMCA Physical Fitness Workshop or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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AEXS 670 - Strength and Conditioning
This course is designed to provide students with information for the design and implementation of a successful strength and conditioning program. Emphasis will be placed on assessment, description and analysis of sport movement, and designing weight training programs to enhance performance variables. This course will assist those students who desire to take the National Strength and Conditioning (CSCS) Exam. However, this course is not a preparation course for the exam.
Credits: 3
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AEXS 671 - Strength and Conditioning Applications
This course provides students with the appropriate setting in which to apply the principles of strength and conditioning which are taught in the AEXS 670 course. Emphasis is placed on assessment of athletic performance as well as the development of musculoskeletal flexibility, speed, agility, quickness, strength, and power.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite/Corequisite: AEXS 670.
Credits: 1
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AEXS 677 - Stress Management
This course provides comprehensive and advanced treatise of stress management. The concept of stress, the psychophysiology of stress, the measurement of stress, the relation of stress to mental and physical health and performance, prevention and intervention in stress management, and special topics related to stress are discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIOL 130-131, 132-133.
Credits: 3
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AEXS 680 - Advanced Strength and Conditioning
This course provides students with information to complement and illustrate material taught in AEXS 670. Emphasis is placed on theory and methodology of training and preparing athletes for competition.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 670.
Credits: 3
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AEXS 686 - Fieldwork in Health/Fitness
This course is a supervised field-based experience in an appropriate work site. The work experience is arranged on an individual basis and must reflect a new dimension consistent with career aspirations. The student becomes involved with on-the-job training through active observation and participation in programs, projects, and practices. Placement must be made and approved by the health/fitness program coordinator.
Prerequisites & Notes
Program requirements completed or concurrent.
Credits: 1-8
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AEXS 687 - Internship in Strength and Conditioning
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the appropriate setting for the
application of the principles of strength and conditioning which are taught in the AEXS
470/670 course. Emphasis is placed on instruction and performance of the Olympic
lifts, core strength lifts, abdominal/low back training, as well as balance and
proprioception training. Students are expected to complete 100 hours of fieldwork
in the Springfield College Strength and Conditioning facility.
Prerequisites & Notes
ESSS majors only.
Credits: 2
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AEXS 692 - Independent Study in Applied Exercise Science
This course is intended to meet the non-thesis master’s degree requirements in the health science and physical education programs. A project is planned by the student and conducted under faculty supervision. It may involve a research project, development of curricula materials, a review of literature, or other appropriate activity. A written proposal is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
ESSS majors only. Approval of major advisor and faculty supervisor required.
Credits: 2
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MSCI 601 - Advanced Exercise Physiology
This course takes an in-depth look at the physiological responses and adaptations to acute and chronic exercise. Topics that are covered include the physiology of the skeletal muscle, cardiorespiratory, endocrine, and renal systems. In addition, environmental effects, ergogenic aids, gender differences, and training procedures are studied.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 313/315 or equivalent. CHEM 331 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 602 - Exercise Biochemistry
This course covers the biochemical principles responsible for the release of energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins during exercise. Biochemical changes associated with acute exercise, chronic training, and endocrine control of metabolism are also covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
MSCI 313/315, CHEM 331, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 604 - Neuromuscular Physiology and Exercise
This course examines the integration of neural and muscular aspects of human movement, the effects of acute and chronic exercise on neuromuscular function, and factors which influence neuromuscular function.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 313/315
Credits: 3
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MSCI 606 - Environmental Physiology
This course provides the student the opportunity to study the various forms of environmental stress and how the human organism responds physiologically to them. Students study how physical performance is affected by environmental stressors such as heat, cold, altitude, and the hyperbaric environment both in lecture and in a laboratory component.
Prerequisites & Notes
MSCI 313/315 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 607 - Pulmonary Physiology & Exercise
This course provides students the opportunity to study pulmonic physiological function both at rest and during exercise. The effect of chronic exercise on pulmonic function is studied both in lecture and during a laboratory component. The effect of acute exercise is also studied. The relationship of cardiovascular function to pulmonic function is also presented.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 603 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 640 - Nutrition and Athletic Performance
This course focuses on the relationship between nutritional practices and human physical performance. Topics covered include the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water on performance. In addition, factors affecting body composition and weight control are covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
HLTH 261 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 642 - Qualitative Biomechanics of Movement
Biomechanical concepts of human and related animal movements will be examined. Applications will be drawn from normal locomotive, occupational, pathological and sport movements. The students will become familiar with determining and applying biomechanical principles based on: a) aided and unaided oservations; and b) measurements taken using commonly available equipment.
Prerequisites & Notes
MSCI 319.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 651 - Quantitive Biomechanics of Movement
The process of quantitative biomechanical analysis is examined, with emphasis on human motion and its mechanical interaction with the environment. Applications are drawn from normal locomotive, occupational, sport, and pathological movements. Instruction is provided in cinematographer and force platform laboratory procedures for use in kinematics and kinetic analysis projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 319/321 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 652 - Data Acquisition and Signal Analysis in Movement Sciences
This course is designed to present theory and procedures used in computerized, real-time data acquisition and subsequent signal analysis. Practical experience is gained through the use of hardware and software packages designed for that purpose. Applications are drawn from representative data acquisition tasks used in movement sciences research.
Prerequisites & Notes
BASIC or FORTRAN computer programming experience or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2
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MSCI 662 - Skeletal Biomechanics
This course is an evaluation of biomechanical principles as applied to skeletal structures. Concepts from statics and dynamics are applied to bone and joint structures, which enhance students’ understanding of the dynamics of human motion.
Prerequisites & Notes
MSCI 319/321 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2
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MSCI 672 - Medical Physiology
This course focuses on the pathophysiology of selected diseases. The diseases covered include cardiac, pulmonary, and renal disease. This information is important for those who have an interest in clinical exercise physiology.
Prerequisites & Notes
MSCI 603.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 675 - Graded Exercise Testing and Electrocardiography
This course is designed to instruct students in the acquisition and interpretation of both resting and exercise electrocardiograms. Students are taught to identify various supraventricular and ventricular dysrhythmias. This course is also designed to acquaint students with the procedures involved with exercise testing and prescription for healthy and diseased populations.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 260, AEXS 603 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 684 - Fieldwork in Sports Nutrition
This course is designed to give students an opportunity to apply the scientific principles that they gained in the MSCI 440/640 course (Nutrition and Athletic Performance). Students are assigned to an athletic team to assist members of that team in developing a better understanding of the role that nutrition plays in enhancing their performance.
Prerequisites & Notes
MSCI 440/640 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-2
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MSCI 687 - Internship in Clinical Exercise Physiology
In this course, graduate students have the opportunity for hands-on application of their didactic instruction. Students are exposed to a variety of clinical experiences as they interact with patients having or recovering from cardiac, pulmonary, metabolic, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, immunological/hematological conditions at an approved site.
Prerequisites & Notes
AEXS 613, AEXS 603, AEXS 672, AEXS 675.
Credits: 2-6
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ARTS 670 - Advanced Studio in Ceramics
This course is an advanced clay course including the use of the potters wheel as a method of producing functional as well as sculptural objects. As basic skills are acquired, various advanced forms are introduced. Students may also choose to work in a purely sculptural tradition. Students experiment with various materials and building techniques, researching information with a multicultural view in conjunction with assigned projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
ARTS 223 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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MSCI 603 - Cardiovascular Physiology and Exercise
This course provides the students the opportunity to study cardiovascular function both at rest and during exercise. The effect of both acute and chronic exercise on cardiovascular function is studied both in lecture and during a laboratory component.
Prerequisites & Notes
MSCI 313/315 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 510 - The Therapeutic Aspects of Clay
This course demonstrates techniques and tools to utilize clay as a therapeutic medium. It introduces methods and theories of art therapy utilizing clay as a tool for healing. Technical and theoretical information is covered in depth, along with the integration of clay as a vehicle to express social and political concerns.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 520 - Theory and Practice of Art Therapy
This survey course covers the historical development and major theoretical trends in the art therapy field. Various therapeutic approaches in art therapy that apply to a variety of client populations comprise the essence of the course. Discussion, lectures, and experiential exercises are the foundation of the classroom experience.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 600 - Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents
This course focuses on preventive art therapy and treatment methods of various childhood psychological and behavioral disorders. Students review theories of child and adolescent development with special consideration of psychological issues occurring in childhood and adolescence. Case studies and hands-on experience with children enhance the practical application of art therapy with this age group.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 601 - Art Therapy and Psychological Assessment Techniques
Students explore assessment techniques available in treatment during individual and group art therapy sessions, including use of art materials, content analysis, and the evaluation process. Students study psychological assessments and appraisal techniques that have influenced the field of art therapy. Lectures focus on issues and principles of art therapy and psychological assessment; provide a historical perspective; focus on identification (DSM), etiology, and diagnosis using such techniques; and review basic intake procedures. Current issues and trends in psychological and art therapy assessments are evaluated.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATPY 520.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 602 - Painting for the Art Therapist
This course focuses on the art of art therapy. The formal elements of art are utilized by artists/art therapists to help convey the motive and psychological atmosphere of their work. Students are required to develop work based on an extensive exploration or thematic approach addressing these concerns.
Credits: 2
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ATPY 603 - Sculpture for the Art Therapist
This course focuses on utilizing the elements of sculpture in the therapeutic milieu. Students explore a variety of innovative sculpture-making media and processes. They research and design techniques appropriate for healing. They also exercise these techniques to develop and extend their own artistic abilities and expressions.
Credits: 2
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ATPY 604 - Printmaking for the Art Therapist
In this course, students learn traditional and innovative printmaking techniques, utilize materials and equipment, and understand limits and advantages of printmaking as a therapeutic modality in clinical sites. Students are required to produce prints in various media, apply techniques to selected client populations in a written paper, and produce a final book project.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 605 - Drawing and Mixed Media for the Art Therapist
This studio course focuses on utilizing the elements of art in the therapeutic milieu. Students explore a variety of drawing media and collage. Research on art as healing accompanies the studio component.
Credits: 2
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ATPY 607 - The Psychology of Art and Artists
This course integrates concepts and theories of art education, art therapy, and art history. Students learn the parameters and potential fusion of these disciplines. Discussions of the analysis of art by nineteenth and twentieth century artists who experienced psychological problems, as well as the utilization of art history in therapeutic practice with clientele, are the essence of the course.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 608 - Art Therapy for the Elderly
This course teaches the student to utilize art therapy as a tool to work with the physical, psychological, and social needs of the elderly. It focuses on materials and methodologies that the art therapist uses to assist the elderly in expressing these needs nonverbally through the art process.
Credits: 2
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ATPY 610 - Ethical Issues in Art Therapy / Counseling
Professional standards, legal obligations, and ethical conflicts in art therapy and mental health counseling are discussed and debated. Issues of managed healthcare and malpractice insurance are discussed. Additional topics include the interrelationship between psychotropic medication and artistic rendering, and research regarding the correlation between medication and creativity. Standards in clinical mental health counseling public policy are debated.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 612 - Family Art Therapy
This course introduces students to the use of art processes within the framework of systemic and contextual family therapy and familiarizes students with clinical family therapy models through the process of art therapy. Students develop clinical models and follow case studies utilizing art therapy with families or with an individual family member. The benefits and applications of art therapy with family therapy, within specific limitations of clinical settings, are examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATPY 520 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 613 - Family Art Therapy II
This course expands the application through art processes of the content areas from the required course ATPY 612: Family Art Therapy. Case examples from trans-generational, psycho dynamic, humanistic, existential, structural, strategic, solution-focused, systemic, narrative and collaborative art family therapy practices are studied and analyzed.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 616 - Art Therapy and Body Therapies
This course is designed for students who are interested in how to incorporate body therapies in the practice of art therapy. Case studies are discussed depicting the connection between emotions held within the body and illness.
Credits: 2
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ATPY 619 - Art Therapy with Special Needs Populations
This course is designed for individuals who are interested in working with multi-diagnoses individuals through art therapy. Various therapeutic approaches in art therapy, as well as psychological and educational aspects of providing services to special needs populations are discussed. Students discover how art therapy can be used as an educational tool as well as a therapeutic modality.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 620 - Group Counseling Techniques and Group Art Therapy
The purpose of this course is to synthesize general theories of group practice within an art therapy framework. Various types of groups, purposes, and theories are integrated with the theoretical applications of art therapy materials and modalities along with their symbolic manifestation. The course is didactic and experiential.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATPY 520 and 625.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 625 - Art Therapy Practicum
Practicum in art therapy is considered the core of art therapy training. Students observe an art therapist in practice and, by the end of the semester, co-lead groups in the field for a total of 100 hours. Students participate in biweekly supervision meetings. Clinical supervision, peer supervision, video supervision, and discussion of literature are a part of each meeting. Students learn to write clinical notes and organize case presentations.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 626 - Research Project in Art Therapy
This course is designed for individuals who are preparing a final research project. Students discover how research in art therapy can be designed and implemented. They learn that an integral part of being a professional art therapist is to be able to understand and produce responsible, ethical, and critical research.
Prerequisites & Notes
RSCH 610, RSCH 612, RSCH 620.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 630 - Multicultural Issues in Art Therapy / Counseling
The social, political, and multicultural concerns that arise in the practice of art therapy are addressed in this course. Topics include, but are not limited to, multicultural issues in art assessment, art therapy treatment, ethics, family art therapy, and art therapy with various clientele.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATPY 520, ATPY 610
Credits: 3
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ATPY 682 - Advanced Seminar in Theories, Professional Identity and Skills in Art Therapy / Counseling
The purpose of this course is to integrate the theories and advanced practice of art therapy within a helping relationship framework. More specifically, the various types of clients, populations, diagnoses, and defined goals are integrated with the theoretical applications of the art therapy materials and modalities.
The course is split into a didactic and an experimental program. Class discussion includes professional identity; therapy session preparation and structure; the therapeutic process and climate; beginning, maintaining and terminating clinical sessions and treatment; referral options and discharge planning; community programs, private practice vs. group practice concerns; brief therapy theory and practice; clinical indications in choice of materials and modalities. Art experiences are designed to illustrate the focus and direction of specific issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATPY 520, ATPY 625, ATPY 684, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATPY 684 - Internship in Art Therapy
Practicum in art therapy is 600 hours. This course provides practical involvement necessary for acquiring art therapy skills in a variety of clinical settings. Practicum experiences include a minimum of twenty-five hours of group supervision to be held on campus. The six credits are usually taken over a period of two semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATPY 520, 600, 625, and PSYC 631.
Credits: 1-6
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ATPY 688 - Special Topics in Art Therapy
This course examines various current professional issues, theories, mediums, and experientials in art therapy. Specific units concentrate on content areas that enhance and augment student learning beyond the basic graduate art therapy courses.
Credits: 1-3
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ATRN 512 - Advanced Therapeutic Exercise and Modalities
This is an advanced course for students in the Athletic Training Rehabilitation Track in the Graduate Athletic Training Program. The topics included in this course concentrate on the use of therapeutic exercise and modalities in the rehabilitation of injuries to the physically active. Current research is an integral part of the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
students in the Athletic Training Master’s Degree program or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATRN 520 - Athletic Training Clinical Education
Course content is divided into three modules: 1) Athletic Training Clinical Education, 2) Current Policies and Procedures in Clinical Education, 3) Clinical Instructor Educator (CIE) Seminar. Students explore these topics through seminar, research, class and web-based discussion.
Prerequisites & Notes
students enrolled in the Athletic Training Master’s Degree program or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATRN 582 - Seminar in Athletic Health Care
This seminar format course examines current topics and issues in athletic health care. Topics include: prevention and management of injuries to the physically active, professional preparation, credentialing of the athletic trainer and reimbursement for athletic training services.
Credits: 3
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ATRN 586 - Fieldwork in Athletic Training
This fieldwork experience provides the athletic training graduate student the
opportunity to gain clinical experience in one of three concentrations: 1) Athletic
Training Administration, 2) Athletic Training Professional Preparation, and 3)
Athletic Training Rehabilitation. Fieldwork experiences are supervised by NATABOC
certified and state licensed athletic trainers. May be repeated for a maximum
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eight (8) semester hours of credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
students enrolled in the Athletic Training Master’s Degree program.
Credits: 3
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ATRN 605 - Athletic Injury Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Exercise
This course introduces the athletic training student to athletic injury rehabilitation. It includes assessment skills, treatment goal development, and documentation techniques. The use of therapeutic exercise in injury rehabilitation is emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students enrolled in the Athletic Training masters degree program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATRN 607 - Athletic Injury Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Modalities
This course extends the discussion of athletic injury rehabilitation from therapeutic exercise (ATRN 605) to therapeutic modalities. Emphasis is on rehabilitation program development, integrating therapeutic exercise, and modalities in the treatment of athletic injuries.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATRN 605 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATRN 610 - Administration and Education in Athletic Training
This course examines the responsibilities of the athletic trainer as an educator and administrator. Concepts of learning theory, learning styles, and instructional strategies are presented. Topics include principles of administration, staffing, and supervision. The evolving role of athletic training in United States healthcare is also discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students enrolled in Athletic Training masters degree program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ATRN 688 - Special Topics in Athletic Training
This course provides an opportunity for discussion of specialized topics and current issues of relevance to Athletic Trainers. Topics are offered on a variable basis. A student may register for this course for credit more than once, provided the topic is different each time.
Credits: 1-3
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ATRN 692 - Independent Study in Athletic Training
This course is intended to meet the non-thesis master’s degree requirements in the health science and physical education programs. A project is planned by the student and conducted under faculty supervision. It may involve a research project, development of curricula materials, a review of literature, or other appropriate activity. A written proposal is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approval of major advisor and faculty supervisor.
Credits: 2
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BIOL 276 - Medical Genetics
This course introduces the field of genetics as necessary to understand current applications of medical interest. The transmission of hereditary information during cell division and sexual reproduction are discussed followed by the delineation of various inheritance patterns and the use of pedigree analysis. The molecular bases of traits are revelaed, including genetic mutations and how they lead to disease. Finally, recombinant DNA technology, genome analysis, and other current genetic topics are discussed with respect to genetic testing / screening and the treatment of genetic disorders. Though fundamental principles in genetics are taught in this course, the main focus will be on the basis, diagnosis, and treatment of genetic disorders.
Credits: 3
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BIOL 608 - Research Methods in Cell Biology
This course studies the structure and function of cells and the molecular basis of
cellular activity. Topics include cellular organelles, gene expression and protein
synthesis, molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology. The emphasis is on research methods, including design and completion of an original research project.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students must also register for BIOL 609.
Credits: 3
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BIOL 609 - Research Methods in Cell Biology Laboratory
This laboratory course emphasizes the methods of cell and molecular biology research. Topics include cell culture, DNA isolation and cloning, separation and identification of biology macromolecules, and data analysis and presentation. Students design and execute an original research project. Students must also register for BIOL 608.
Credits: 1
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BIOL 611 - Human Histology
The emphasis of this course is the microscopic structure of cells, tissues, and
their organization into organs in the human body. The unique arrangements of tissues in each organ provides clues to understanding the functions of that organ. This course is
beneficial to preprofessional students of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and allied health.
Credits: 3
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BIOL 612 - Human Histology Laboratory
This laboratory course is designed to be taken concurrently with BIOL 611. Students
learn to identify various human tissues and organs using the light microscope and related electron micrographs.
Credits: 1
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BIOL 620 - Cellular Physiology
This course emphasizes the amazing array of cellular activities that allow the
human body to function. Students gain an appreciation of the elegance and precision
of cellular interaction necessary to maintain human health.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIOL 121-122, 123-124, BIOL 250-251, 252-253 and CHEM 221-222, 223-224. Co-requisite:
Students must also register for BIOL 621.
Credits: 3
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BIOL 621 - Cellular Physiology Laboratory
Students perform laboratory exercises that elucidate the important concepts in cell physiology. They gain experience using current laboratory methods including enzyme assays, protein gel electrophoresis, chroma-tography, and some recombinant DNA techniques. Students must also register for BIOL 620.
Credits: 1
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BUSM 600 - Selected Applications of Accounting
This course offers an in-depth study of accounting for the graduate student with no previous accounting background. The emphasis is on the preparation, interpretation, and use of financial statements for profit and nonprofit organizations. A management-oriented approach to accounting procedures is utilized.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 605 - Managerial Supervision
This course deals with the concept of management skills in the area of supervision–setting objectives and accomplishing them through the efforts of others. The class time is primarily used to develop supervisory skills experientially.
Prerequisites & Notes
MGTE 215.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 610 - Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations
This course explores specific skills in modern financial management. The course covers the fundamental skills of identifying financial weaknesses and problem-solving in the healthcare sector. Special emphasis is on fund raising, budget control, and fund management. Analytical skills are enhanced in the subject areas of profitability and asset management. Financial reporting criteria are discussed and case study analysis is included.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 611 - Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting covers policy and decision-making based on profit planning and objectives. The major topics to be covered are budget, cost methods, pricing methods, and cost-volume profit analysis.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 618 - Advertising
This course introduces the richness and variety of the real world of advertising. A study is made of advertising lessons in marketing, campaign objectives, creative strategy, planning, and evaluative research. Thought provoking, real-world concepts and controversies are approached to personally involve students in the practical applications of advertising.
Prerequisites & Notes
MGTE 121 or 325 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 620 - Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations
This course explores specific issues and concepts in long-term strategic planning to ensure exemplary healthcare delivery. Skills in identifying opportunities and weaknesses in organizational development in the healthcare sector are taught. Special emphasis is on organizational and human resource development, client-based needs assessment, and asset utilization.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 625 - Marketing Management
Marketing Management emphasizes the utilization and understanding of modern marketing strategies. Through real world exposure, the marketing process is examined including marketing research, consumer behavior, market segmentation, strategic planning, and the marketing mix-product, price, place, and promotion. Through working on real life marketing plans, students gather data, analyze marketing options, and prepare workable solutions.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 630 - Management in Long-Term Healthcare Organizations
This course studies the problems of organizational effectiveness in long-term healthcare organizations and the impact of public policy, accreditation, regulation, and reimbursement on their operating policies and practices.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 635 - Project and Information Systems Management
Project and Information Systems Management provides the best practices and tools needed or project management success: critical path and network analysis, theory of constraints, time/cost tradeoffs, negotiations, project leadership, the change control process, documenting lessons learned, reporting the project status, project software examples, estimating uncertainty in projects, project planning, managing milestones, and learning how to be successful within a project team environment.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 640 - Quantitative Methods
This course helps students apply certain mathematical principles for use in business and economics. Much attention is given to problem solving to allow students to gain experience with mathematical notation and techniques. Understanding of the mathematical principles and application to the strategy of management decision-making are also accomplished through case solutions.
Prerequisites & Notes
MGTE 360.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 642 - Financial Management
Financial Management covers modern financial theory and the financial analysis techniques used to run business organizations effectively and efficiently. The course provides knowledge of Capital Markets and current financial events necessary to enable the student to make competent and effective business decisions as a leader of a business entity. The Efficient Market Hypothesis, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and Efficient Asset Pricing are covered. Harvard Business School cases are employed to integrate financial issues into an appropriate managerial context.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 645 - Consumer Behavior
This course is designed to examine the use of consumer behavior research and theory as a central element of business strategy, especially in marketing. Students study the activities involved in obtaining, consuming, and disposing of products and services.
Prerequisites & Notes
MGTE 121 or 325, ECON 205, and either PSYC 101 or SOCI 101, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 650 - Leadership and Governance for Nonprofits
Leadership and Governance for Nonprofits teaches the knowledge and skills to lead nonprofit organizations, their boards and staff through an understanding of the theories and models of leadership, organizational behavior, volunteer management, and human resource management.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 651 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Organizational Behavior represents the human side of management. This course will provide the specific, necessary background and skills to make the managers of today and tomorrow as effective with the conceptual and human dimensions of management as they have been in the past with technical, functional dimensions.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 652 - Accounting for Nonprofits
Accounting for Nonprofits provides students with the accounting tools required to manage a nonprofit business. Major emphasis is on fund accounting concepts with the major concentration upon financial statements and their use in accounting management. The preparation and use of budgets and the impact of legislative actions are also covered.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 655 - Fund Development and Philanthropy
Fund Development and Philanthropy presents the principles, tools, and techniques of fundraising using a marketing foundation and a study of why individuals and corporations donate. It will encompass marketing, the principles of fundraising, and the tools and techniques to be used in fundraising, i.e., “the case statement,” grant writing, annual gift campaigns, planned giving, capital campaigns, and special events.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 675 - Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship instructs entrepreneurship and an exploration of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial history, economics and behavior on an individual basis and within the organization. Students will become familiar with current research, the basic theories, concepts, methods, and terminology used in the entrepreneurial process, patenting, intellectual property, and strategic planning. Students will learn how to formulate a business plan based on innovation development and be able to show the key components of an organization’s strategic plan incorporating innovation management.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 677 - Organization Research
This course provides academic and practical skills in various types of data acquisition and associated analysis within organizational settings. The course focuses on quantitative and analytical techniques that are utilized by the industrial psychologist practitioner as outlined by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The administration of questionnaires, interviews, training evaluation, attitude surveys, sampling procedures, survey research, formulation of research-based conclusions, and ethical standards are covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
RSCH 610 and 620.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 678 - Business Law
This course explores basic legal principles and engages the student in an intensive study of the law of contracts and selected aspects of business-related subjects, including sales, negotiable instruments, business organization, consumer, and anti-trust law. Examples and case studies from business, nonprofit, health agencies, and professional sports are included.
Prerequisites & Notes
MGTE 150.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 688 - Special Topics
This course consists of a series of one semester hour graduate seminars which focus on current topics in healthcare management; students choose three in consultation with an advisor. Topics of current interest to students are offered on a variable basis. A list of topics includes, but is not restricted to: home healthcare, health insurance, occupational medicine, death and dying, managing a health maintenance organization, health policy, facilities planning, hospital administration, managing a CCRC, hospice management, and negotiation skills.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 690 - Global Strategic Management
This course is the culminating experience/capstone course for the Master of Business Administration degree. The course requires application of all previous learned educational experiences in accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. Extensive use of case analysis and strategic report writing is used to integrate all previous course materials in the analysis and resolution of complex strategic planning and management problems. The course develops a process for the entire life cycle of the strategy process and applies this process to real world and simulated strategic management situations found in the contemporary global marketplace.
Credits: 3
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BUSM 694 - Management of Compensation and Benefits
This course focuses on managing employee compensation in contemporary organizations. Students examine the current state of compensation decision-making and learn how to apply theoretical and research developments in their decisions. Specific content includes strategic perspectives associated with the design of compensation systems as well as the determinants of individual compensation packages.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross-listed as PSYC 694.
Credits: 3
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CISC 605 - Introductory Computer Concepts for Research
This is an introduction to computer concepts course for use by the graduate student. Content of this course includes demonstrations and hands-on experiences using such computer applications as: word processing, spreadsheet use and design, library searching, statistical and mathematical data reduction, on-line data acquisition, elementary programming, etc.
Credits: 3
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CISC 610 - Statistical Applications of Computer Programming
This is an introduction to computer programming for uses in research or educational environments. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of program design, development, testing, and documentation with statistical applications using FORTRAN. Coverage includes language syntax, input and output devices, editing, and problem analysis. An exposure to a statistical package is also included.
Credits: 3
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CISC 688 - Special Topics in Computer and Information Sciences
This course deals with contemporary topics and issues within the scope of computer and information sciences. Topics may include a broad range of hardware and software issues treated from both a theoretical and applied perspective.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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ECON 600 - Economic Aspects of Healthcare Organizations
This course introduces students to basic concepts of macroeconomics and microeconomics and examines the economic aspects of health services in terms of production, distribution, and institutional structure. Topics covered include: conditions affecting the demand for and the supply of medical care, delivery mechanisms, human resource management, the role of government regulation, and proposals to restructure the health care system in response to changing economic conditions.
Credits: 3
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ECON 601 - Economics of the Firm in Contemporary Society
In this course, microeconomic theory is applied to the analysis of the business firm. Principals from economics and business are developed and integrated, with emphasis on management decision-making and policy formation. Economic tools important for optimal decision-maiking and effective corporate/business management are studied. Key teaching points involve the exploration of the rationale for the economic tools and their roles in market power, demand forecasting, and risk management, among other critical management decisions.
Credits: 3
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Education |
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EDUC 542 - Educational Assessment and the IEP Process
This course examines how to choose, administer and interpret eligibility assessment tests for students who may have mild/moderate disabilities. Theories, concepts and methods of assessing physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development in childhood and adolescence are explained. Evaluations used by most schools systems and their impact on the writing and development of the I.E.P. are discussed. Information on services provided by other agencies is discussed. Focus is placed on non-discriminatory assessment systems. Field study is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
EDUC 562
Credits: 3
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EDUC 551 - Multicultural Curriculum Development for Elementary and Early Childhood Educators
This course focuses on culturally responsive curriculum design and implementation with an emphasis on infusing multicultural concepts across the curriculum and the influence of culture on teaching, learning, and course content. The course covers curriculum development for elementary students with an emphasis on the significance of culture and its influence on teaching, learning, and content. Multicultural education theory provides a framework for designing curricula with a focus on the culture, strengths, and needs of a diverse student population. Constructivist and thematic approaches to curriculum development, effective teaching strategies, evaluation, and teaching resources are also addressed.
Credits: 3
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EDUC 552 - Elementary Curriculum Development and Implementation
This course, taken concurrently with a pre-practicum, presents students with an integrated approach to the teaching of social studies, science, and mathematics for the elementary school classroom. The course emphasizes the application of the MA Curriculum Frameworks and national standards. Current cognitive learning theory and instructional strategies are emphasized in the planning, instruction, and assessment of curriculum.
Credits: 3
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EDUC 555 - Early Childhood Curriculum and Care
Students examine the research for making thoughtful and informed decisions about early childhood education and care. Topics of study include: the importance of play; developing appropriate social/emotional, cognitive/language, and physical environments; working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and primary-aged children; and the importance of working with families of young children. Students evaluate the impact of parenting roles and responsibilities on strengthening the well being of individuals and families.
Credits: 3
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EDUC 562 - Introduction to Special Education
This course provides an overview of all aspects of special education. Learning and behavioral characteristics of students with mild to moderate special needs are explored. State and federal legislation that regulate special education services provide the framework for exploring how students are screened and assessed for special needs and how to develop and implement an Individualized Education Plan.
Credits: 3
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EDUC 585 - Secondary Methods, Assessment and Pre-Practicum
This course deepens students’ understanding of teaching and learning at the secondary level. The theoretical emphasis of the class focuses on learning and learning style theories. The practical emphasis focuses on when and how to implement specific teaching and assessment strategies to support the academic development of all students. The course includes a 45 hr. Pre-practicum.
Credits: 3
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EDUC 607 - Philosophical Foundations of Education
This course provides an introduction to some of the major philosophical approaches to education, including theories of multicultural education. Emphasis is on the importance of understanding and implementing, in a philosophically consistent way, a multi-ethnic approach to education in a pluralistic society.
Credits: 3
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