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ENGL 305 - Writing for the Professions
This course involves the practice and study of selected types of discourse employed in professional writing situations, preparing students for different systems of writing in their professional lives. Examples from the writing of workplace professionals are analyzed and used as models to demonstrate the transition from academic to professional writing.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 306 - Advanced Creative Writing
This advanced course is intended to develop students’ skills in one area of creative writing (i.e., fiction, poetry, or drama). Students are expected to submit several written assignments during the course of the term, to prepare detailed and close peer evaluations, and to submit a significant portfolio (several stories, ten to twelve poems) at the end of the semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is for English and Communications / Sports Journalism majors and English, Creative Writing, and Professional Writing minors only. This course may be repeated (up to a total of 9 credit hours) if topics vary.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 321 - Chaucer and the Middle Ages
This course involves close study of selections from The Canterbury Tales, and “Troilus and Criseide,” as well as other representative selections from Middle English literature.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 330 - Early Modern English Literature
This course focuses on a topic in the Early Modern Period (1485-1660) of English literature (e.g., a literary movement, author(s), a genre or form, or a theme).
Prerequisites & Notes
ENGL 113 and ENGL 114. This course may be repeated (up to a total of 9 credits) if topics vary.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 332 - The Victorian Period
This course is a study of selected authors of the period, including Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Rosseti, and Carlyle. The course will look at the social, political, and cultural trends of the period.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 333 - English Romantic Literature
This course familiarizes the student with some of the finest poetry and prose written in early nineteenth century England.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 343 - Film as a Narrative Art
Narrative films such as On the Waterfront, All the King’s Men, and Requiem for a Heavyweight are studied and discussed in terms of character, theme, structure, and style. Similarities between cinematic technique and the adaptation of material from literature to film are explored.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 349 - Modern American Poetry
This course is a survey from Dickinson to such poets as Frost, Stevens, Wilbur, and Silko. Modern poetic forms, diction, and content are emphasized. The course reflects the diversity of modern American poetry and its relevance to contemporary literary movements.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 350 - Modern American Novel
This course examines novels by selected twentieth century American writers such as Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Anderson, Hemingway, Wolfe, dos Passos, West, Faulkner, Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, Oates, Updike, Bellow, Pynchon, and others.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 352 - American Realism and Naturalism
This course focuses on the literary genre, criticism, and cultural context of America from 1865 to 1914. The course includes a study of the works of the following writers: Howells, Whitman, Twain, James, Harte, Garland, London, Norris, and Crane.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 353 - American Romanticism
This course focuses on the literary works of key nineteenth century authors in the American Romantic movement: Irving, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Romantic themes of individualism, imagination, and intuition are stressed.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 356 - Readings in the English Novel I
This course traces the rise and development of the English novel from the early eighteenth century until the mid-nineteenth century. Included in this examination are the evolution of narrative voice and structure, point of view, theme, and ideology.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 357 - Readings in the English Novel II
This course traces the development of the English novel from the mid-Victorian period through the middle of the twentieth century, focusing particularly on the modernist and postmodernist movements and their influence on narrative voice, point of view, structure, theme, and ideology. Authors included are Eliot, Gissing, Hardy, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Burgess, Sillitoe, and Golding.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 362 - Celtic Literature
This course explores modern and contemporary Irish, Welsh, and Scottish literary traditions, with attention to the mythological and political backgrounds of the literature. Particular emphasis is given to the Irish Literary Renaissance and such writers as Yeats, J.M. Synge, James Joyce, Flann O’Brien, and Frank O’Conner.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 370 - Film Genre
Each semester it is offered, this course focuses on a specific film genre such as
athlete in film, crime film, women in film, science fiction film, or film comedy. Films
are analyzed in terms of character, theme, symbol, structure, and unique cimematic
techniques. It is suggested, but not required, that students take ENGL 343, Film
as Narrative Art, prior to ENGL 370.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course may be repeated (up to a total of 9 credit hours) if different genre topics are selected.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 377 - The History of the English Language
This course analyzes the growth, structure, and development of the English language.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 388 - Special Topics in Narrative Film
Each semester it is offered, this course focuses on a specific film genre such as the war film, film comedy, or the western. Films are analyzed in terms of character, theme symbol, structure, and unique cinematic techniques. It is suggested, but not required, that students take ENGL 343 Film as a Narrative Art, prior to 388. This course may be taken for credit more than one time if different genre topics are selected.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 428 - Modern Drama
This course explores modern trends in the development of dramatic literature, with emphasis on Realism and Theatricalism.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 459 - The Contemporary Novel
This course seeks to investigate the novel from the point where traditional courses in American and European literature terminate. Current novels are read and discussed in an effort to evaluate their literary merit, popularity, and contribution to modern culture.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 467 - Shakespeare
This course develops the student’s appreciation of Shakespeare as a master dramatist through a study of selected tragedies, comedies, and histories. The emphasis shifts yearly from the tragedies to the comedies, with histories incorporated each year.
Prerequisites & Notes
ENGL 261 or 262. This course is geared for junior and senior ENGL and COSJ majors.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 482 - Seminar
Selected topics in British or American literature are assigned. The subject of the seminar may vary from year to year.
Prerequisites & Notes
ENGL 241 or 242. This course is geared for junior and senior ENGL and COSJ majors.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 488 - Special Topics
Varies.
Credits: 3
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English for Speakers of Other Languages |
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ESOL 250 - ESOL Reading and Writing I-Advanced
This is an advanced level reading a writing course designed for students whose native language is not English. It focuses on developing reading and writing skills to enable them to function effectively in an academic setting. Students should be placed in ESOL 250 through the placement exam or with the recommendation of an ESOL instructor. (Fall only) .
Credits: 3
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ESOL 251 - ESOL Speaking and Listening-Advanced
This is an advanced speaking and listening course designed for students whose native language is not English. It focuses on developing the speaking and listening skills to enable them to function effectively in an academic setting. Students should be placed in ESOL 251 through the placement exam or with the recommendtion of an ESOL instructor. (Fall only)
Credits: 3
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ESOL 260 - ESOL Reading and Writing II-Advanced
This is an advanced level reading a writing course designed for students whose native language is not English. It focuses on developing reading and writing skills to enable them to function effectively in an academic setting. Students should be placed in ESOL 260 through the placement exam or with the recommendation of an ESOL instructor. (Spring only)
Credits: 3
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ESOL 261 - ESOL Speaking and Listening-Advanced
This is an advanced speaking and listening course designed for students whose native language is not English. It focuses on developing the speaking and listening skills to enable them to function effectively in an academic setting. Students should be placed in ESOL 251 through the placement exam or with the recommendation of an ESOL instructor. (Spring only)
Credits: 3
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ESOL 288 - Special Topics
Three special topics courses are offered each semester. Topics may include TOEFL preparation, study skills, vocabulary development, pronunciation, or advanced grammar topics.
Credits: 1
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Finance |
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FINC 486 - Finance Internship
Finance Internship
Credits: 1-6
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French |
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FREN 103 - Cultures of France and Francophone World
This course presents selected aspects of French culture through readings, and especially through the viewing of films. The aim is for students to visualize a culture before examining it. Students discuss selected topics pertinent to the French civilization that are also relevant to them. In addition, students acquaint themselves with French-speaking countries by embarking on an intellectual voyage through discussions of each movie and each literary work, through individual research, and oral presentation.
Credits: 3
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FREN 111 - Elementary French I
This course is offered to students with no experience of the French language. Students are immersed in all the complexity of spoken French and are brought to speak with confidence and good pronunciation in familiar situations. By means of this immersion method, students use their creativity and coping skills to communicate and to reflect on the differing values in a foreign culture.
Credits: 3
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FREN 112 - Elementary French II
This course is for students with some experience of the French language. As in French 111, students are immersed in French by means of global media. Conversation skills are stressed. Students use their creativity and coping skills to communicate. They also study selected aspects of French culture and develop awareness of the differing values in another culture.
Prerequisites & Notes
FREN 111 or the successful completion of two years of French at the secondary school level.
Credits: 3
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FREN 113 - Conversational French: Ecouter, Parler, Aimer
This French conversation course is for students with some experience of the French language. Students are immersed in French by means of global media; they hone their speaking skills and their accent in role playing. As they use their creativity and and coping skills to communicate; students also learn selective aspects of French culture and develop awareness of the differing values in another culture.
Prerequisites & Notes
FREN 111 or 2+ years of French at the Secondary School level.
Credits: 3
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FREN 211 - Intermediate French I
This course focuses on the practical and contemporary aspects of the French language by means of technology and multimedia, thus reinforcing the socio-cultural frameworks of language. Conversation skills are emphasized while students surf the net, watch movies, read poetry, sing songs, prepare French recipes, and make phone calls.
Prerequisites & Notes
FREN 112 or the successful completion of three years of French at the secondary school level.
Credits: 3
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FREN 212 - Intermediate French II
This course emphasizes the advantages of learning a foreign language as a means of communication and as the key to a different culture. Students gain a better understanding of how the French Language works in real life. The conversational method of the course stresses both verbal and non-verbal communication, gestures, looks, attitudes, behavior, intonation, i.e., cultural conventions and assumptions. Toward this goal, multimedia and global communication capacities through technology are used to expose students to French in its natural form.
Prerequisites & Notes
French 112 with a B+ average, French 211 or 4 years of French at the Secondary School Level, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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Geography |
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GEOG 200 - World Regional Geography
This is a basic introductory course in geography designed to develop an understanding and perspective og the major regions of the world.
Credits: 3
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GEOG 210 - Cultural Geography
This course introduces students to cultural geography, the study of how various aspects of culture are expressed spatially. Global patterns of population, economic
organization, forms of government, religion, language and development are surveyed.
Credits: 3
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German |
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GERM 103 - German Culture and Language
This course, open to all undergraduates, provides a fundamental understanding not only of the German language, but also of the many people of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for whom it is the major form of communication.
Credits: 3
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Health Science and Rehabilitation Studies |
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HSRS 101 - Introduction to Health Care and Rehabilitation
Students in this course learn about the scope and domain of practice of various healthcare fields and explore the roles and relationships of health professionals within
the U.S. healthcare system. Discussion and assignments address both the broader context of healthcare services and individual students’ experiences and interests.
Students explore and develop plans for their own healthcare education and careers.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 130 - Introduction to Public Health
This course introduces students to the population health approach to public health and describes a range of options for intervention to promote health and prevent disease. Topics include the history of public health, uses of health information, health risk, and the frequency of health problems, health screening, health promotion, a review of the U.S. public health system, the role of government in both public and preventative health, the comparision of U.S. health policy with other countries.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 201 - Introduction to Health Care Ethics
Health care ethics presents some of the most intriguing and perplexing issues facing the country today. This course introduces and explores issues such as scarce health care resources; the relationship between patient and health caregiver; experimentation with human subjects; social justice and the right to health care; assisted reproductive
technologies; and euthanasia and assisted suicide. We will discuss issues from the
standpoint of different kinds of patients, medical professionals, and citizens who shape policy in a democratice society. Ethical theories and concepts will be stressed.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 310 - Genetics, Health and Behavior
The aim of this course is to provide a review of this interdisciplinary field which is a combination of behavioral science and genetics. Specifically, the focus of the course is to provide a clearer understanding of the contribution that genes make to individual differences in behavior. The interrelationships of biological and cultural determinants of behavior will be explored with regard to complex human behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
HSRS 260 or RHDS 260.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 325 - Biostatistics
The basic principles and techniques of biostatistics are examined. Topics include: data presentation, numerical summary measures, rates and standardization, life tables, probability, probability distributions, sampling distribution of the mean, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, comparison of two means, analysis of variance, nonparametric methods, inference of proportions, contingency tables, correlation, linear regression, and survival analysis.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 380 - Special Topics in Health Science
By its nature, this course will be an offering where the topic will be different for each student.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior and Senior Health Science-General Studies students only and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 384 - Practicum in Health Science
This course is an individually contracted, practical experience under professional supervision in a Health Sciences setting. It is intended to assist the student in exploring and confirming career goals. Students engage in forty-five to fifty clock hours of supervised practicum per semester hour of credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Health Science-General Studies majors only.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 410 - Health and Health Care Disparities
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the aspects of culture that influence health status, the development of public health policy, and the management and practice of health care. The following topical areas will be examined: paradigms and explanations of mental and physical health disparities, population characteristics by which health is stratified, access to health services, and health status outcomes. These cultural factors impact patient-provider interaction, health and illness, behavior, and health care provided decision-making.
Prerequisites & Notes
HSRS 260 or RHDS 260.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 420 - Evidence-Based Health Care
The principles of evidence-based practice and research methodologies that underpin patient and client care. These principles are also viewed through the prism of information literacy. Approaches to obtaining and validating information in the digital world are examined. The focus is upon students preparing to engage in evidence-based practive, providing the skills necessary to critically evaluate new information that is available from research findings and professional organizations and practice groups. The process of assessing and integrating new information into the individual practitioner’s approach to practice is emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 260 or HSRS 260.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 440 - Principles of Epidemiology
This course is a review of the basis of basic epidemiology concepts and approaches to population health issues in human medicine. The principles and methods of epidemiologic investigation of infectious and noninfectious diseases are examined. The distribution and dynamics of how disease in a population can contribute to an understanding of etiologic factors, modes of transmission, and pathogenesis is explored. The interface between epidemiology and the development of policy is examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
HSRS 130 and 320, and junior or senior standing.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 450 - Physiology of Behavior
The physiological basis of behavior is examined. There will be a detailed examination of the anatomical and physiological correlates of behavior. An understanding of the physiological correlates of many types of psychological pathology as well as an appreciation of the pervasive impact of physiological variables on psychological functioning will be examined. Also examined are the relationships of mind and body to adaptation as they relate to personality and behavior in health and disease.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 260 or HSRS 260.
Credits: 3
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HSRS 460 - Health Law
The health sciences student is exposed to the legal issues they are likely to face in the delivery of health care, health care practice, and interactions with health care organizations. The further purpose is to help students understand how the legal system functions and how it affects the delivery of health care. The sources of laws, rules, and the legal process are examined. The student is also introduced to current legal issues in health care and the skills to analyze these issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
HSRS 130
Credits: 3
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HSRS 470 - Global Health
This course joins the main concepts of the public health field to the critical links between global health and social and economic development. Students also review the burden of disease, risk factors, and key measures to address the burden of disease in cost-effective ways. The course is global in coverage, but with focus on ;ow- and middle-income countries and on the health of the poor.
Prerequisites & Notes
HSRS 130
Credits: 3
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HSRS 475 - Maternal and Child Health
This course examines the determinants, mechanisms and systems that promote the health, safety, well-being and appropriate development of children and their families in communities and societies, and examines birth in the context of the U.S. relative to global health. Themes of joy, fear, and pain in childbirth, as well as meanings of pregnancy will be explored in different times and places. A variety of urgent issues in global reproductive health are analyzed, such as reproductive rights, equity, access, and quality of healthcare during birth.
Prerequisites & Notes
HSRS 130
Credits: 3
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HSRS 577 - Assistive Technology in the Classroom
Using a case-based approach, students work in small interdisciplinary teams to explore the use of assistive devices and technologies that promote the participation of all
children in school. Class activities include lecture and demonstration, and hands-on experience with hard- and software, adaptive quipment, and a variety of high-and low-tech devices.
Credits: 3
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Health Studies |
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HLTH 100 - Wellness: A Way of Life
This course provides students with a basic knowledge and practice of wellness and the
importance of lifelong healthful living. Students are acquainted with such topics as
healthy behavior change, stress management, mental health, nutrition and weight
management, sexuality, relationships, addictions and physical fitness and activity.
Emphasis is placed on decision-making and personal responsibility for one’s own health. The class is comprised of lecture and lab components.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 210 - Consumer and Environmental Health
This course aids prospective health education majors, as well as interested student consumers, in attaining a better understanding of individual human rights in consumer health from conception until death and in realizing a maximum return for their money and effort spent in the pursuit of optimum wellness. Students will examine the epidemiology and pathology of major environmental diseases and the attendant psycho-socio-economic implications.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 260 - Drugs and Society
This course provides students with a basic knowledge of current drug use and the adverse effects of drug misuse and abuse. The use and misuse of drugs are examined from physiological, psychological, sociological, and intellectual perspectives. This course provides students with an opportunity to examine the various components and issues of drug use, misuse, and abuse in society today.
Prerequisites & Notes
HLTH 100 or HLTH 103.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 261 - Introduction to Nutrition
In this course students will discover how the body uses food by learning various
functions of each key nutrient. An overview of digestion, absorption, and metabolism
is provided. Food sources of the key nutrients and recommended intakes are explored
in depth. The student’s own diet is evaluated, using a computerized diet analysis.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 304 - Methods and Materials in Health and FACS:Secondary
The course is designed to help dually enrolled physical education/health education teacher preparation students further their pedagogical content knowledge and to introduce principles of curriculum development and instruction for grades pre-K through 12. Students will apply and practice developmentally appropriate activities in school-based laboratory settings. The primary focus will be to extend pre-service teacher knowledge of appropriate practices for planning, teaching, and evaluating as that knowledge relates to children in grades 5-12 receiving instruction in Health Education. Students must earn a ‘C’ or better in HLTH 304 in order to matriculate for the pre-practicum and practicum experiences.
Credits: 1.5
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HLTH 343 - Community Health Education
This course helps students become effective community health educators by increasing knowledge in community health areas and enhancing individual health skills and competencies essential to this career field. This course also provides an overview of the organization, role, and structure of community health agencies, with a specific emphasis on the health education services.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 355 - Human Sexuality
This course provides open discussion, debates, and reading materials to survey the dynamics of human sexuality, and to identify and examine the basic issues in human sexuality in relation to society as a whole.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 361 - Applied Nutrition
This course enables students to attain a better understanding of the dynamic relationship between nutrition and the human physiological process. This better prepares students to engage in preventive and management techniques as related to nutritional deficiencies and the human body.
Prerequisites & Notes
HLTH 261.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 386 - Pre-Practicum in Health/Family and Consumer Science PreK-8
This is a supervised pre-practicum in grades PreK-8 of a public school that includes
observatiuon and participation in the work of the school. This course provides the student with exposure to various teaching methods and learning experiences.
Prerequisites & Notes
HLTH 304 and HLTH 308, both with a grade of ‘C’ or better. Student must be an official candidate for teacher licensure.
Credits: 2
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HLTH 387 - Pre-Practicum in Health/Family and Consumer Science 5-12
This is a supervised pre-practicum in grades 5-12 of a public school that includes
observation and participation in the work of the school. This course provides the student with exposure to various teaching methods and learning experiences.
Prerequisites & Notes
HLTH 304 and HLTH 308, both with a grade of ‘C’ or better. Student must be an official candidate for teacher licensure.
Credits: 2
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HLTH 417 - Organization, Administration, and Assessment for the School Health Program
This course examines administrative relationships, procedures, and assessment techniques involved in the conduct of school health programs. Areas of study include: general policies, services and delivery systems, environment, reliability, personnel duties, curriculum development, and instruction. An emphasis on aligning program objectives and assessment strategies with the current Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Education Frameworks (MCHEF) will comprise a significant segment of required assignments.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 425 - Human Disease and Health Literacy
This course examines a wide range of contemporary health problems. Students examine the epidemiology and pathology of major diseases and the attendant psychosocial implications. The prevention and control are discussed through the lens of health literacy. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 450 - Workshop in Family and Consumer Sciences
Workshop in family and consumer sciences education prepares students to teach young people and train them for family life, work life, and careers in family and consumer sciences. The course will provide an opportunity for students to dedvelop knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors in the critical areas of FACS, including, but not limited to; promoting optimal nutrition and wellness across the life span, managing resources to meet the material needs of individuals and families, balancing personal, home, family, and work lives, using critical and creative thinking skills to address problems in diverse family, community, and work environmentss, and functioning as providers and consumers of goods and services. Students must earn a ‘B’ or better in HLTH 450 in order to matriculate for the practicum experiences.
Credits: 1-3
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HLTH 461 - Advanced Nutrition
This course focuses on the functions of nutrients in human metabolism. Emphasis is placed on digestion, absorption, and metabolism of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and the non-energy nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and water. Evaluation of nutritional status is also examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHEM 101-102, BIOL 130-131, 132-133, or BIOL 250-251, 252-253, and HLTH 361.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 484 - Practicum in Health/Family and Consumer Science-Grades PreK-8
This is a supervised practicum under the direct guidance of a teacher-certified health educator for a minimum of seven weeks at the PreK-8 level. Site assignments are made in consultation with and by permission of the Office of Educator Preparation. This course is for students seeking health/family & consumer science licensure at the elementary level.
Prerequisites & Notes
Health studies major, matriculation, permission of the department, and the following courses HLTH 304, 386 or 387, 417, and EDUC 237. Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 3-6
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HLTH 485 - Practicum in Health/Family and Consumer Science-Grades 5-12
This is a supervised practicum under the direct guidance of a teacher-certified health educator for a minimum of seven weeks at the 5-12 level. Site assignments are made in consultation with and by permission of the Office of Educator Preparation. This course is for students seeking health/family & consumer science licensure at the secondary level.
Prerequisites & Notes
Health studies major, matriculation, permission of the department, and the following courses HLTH 304, 386 or 387, 417, and EDUC 237. Student must have passed MTEL exams and courses designated by their program.
Credits: 3-6
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HLTH 487 - Fieldwork in Health Studies
The fieldwork experience in health studies gives students the opportunity to apply
theory and knowledge learned in the classroom to the work situation through participation in a health organization’s daily activities. Students learn how to identify helath needs of individuals and groups, and how to plan, coordinate and implement health education activities.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students must have successfully achieved advanced standing in the Health Studies major. In addition, students must meet with their faculty supervisor to discuss planning information and selection of an appropriate agency, prepare a resume to present to the agency supervisor at the time of the interview (it is recommended that the resume be shared with the faculty supervisor first), and familiarize themselves with the selected agency and then contact the selected agency to arrange for an interview.
Credits: 6-12
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HLTH 488 - Special Topics in Health Studies
This course gives prospective classroom professionals an opportunity to study the special health issues and problems that arise in assisting students to change lifestyles or cope with special health needs. Through this course, students are better able to apply the communication and interpersonal skills necessary for promoting health and wellness.
Credits: 3
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HLTH 505 - Curriculum Construction in Health Education
This course analyzes the essential components of and procedures for the development of a written standards-based/data-driven pre-K-12 comprehensive health education or interdisciplinary (health education & physical education) curriculum. Using the National Health Standards and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Frameworks, students will design and write a standards-based/data-driven curriculum document geared to a specific grade level (preK-12). Opportunity for interfacing physical education and health education instruction into a coherent interdisciplinary or cross-curricular written curriculums is often the typical instructional delivery model in grades preK-12, will be provided as one option for designing and developing a written curriculum document. The importance of parental involvement in the delivery of meaningful and age-appropriate health or interdisciplinary curricular materials will be showcased as students enrolled in this course will evaluate the impact parenting roles and responsibilities have on strengthening the well-being of individuals and families via well-designed health instructional materials. A variety of assessment tools and techniques will be explored completing the connection among instruction, curriculum, and evaluation.
Credits: 3
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Health, Physical Education and Recreation |
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HLTH 101 - Physical Health and Wellness
This course provides students with a basic knowledge and practice of physical health and wellness the importance of lifelong healthful living. Students are acquainted with such topics as physical health and fitness, healthy behavior change, stress management, nutrition, weight management, and relationships. The classes comprise a lecture and lab components.
Credits: 3
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HPER 301 - Short Term Study Abroad - Ireland
This course will provide students with academic and cultural experiences. The academic focus will include the globalization of athletic training and exercise science. The cultural include introductions to the arts, religion, historical, academic, landscape and interaction with Irish citizens and current students and faculty with appropriate visits to historical sites.
Credits: 3
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HPER 350 - Wilderness First Responder
This course is designed to provide outdoor professionals with the knowledge and skills to deal with crisis in remote settings. The W.F.R. certification is the most widely
recognized certification for outdoor leaders. With an emphasis on prevention and decision-making, practical simulations and labs provide practice in backcountry leadership and rescue skills. *Students who successfully complete this course will receive a S.O.L.O. WFR certification card.
Prerequisites & Notes
18 years of age and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HIST 101 - Survey of the History of Western Civilization
This course examines the evolution of civilization from prehistoric culture through the ancient world to the seventeenth century. Emphasis is given to a global perspective, interrelationships between major world cultures, and the forces of change in political, economic, social, and intellectual institutions.
Credits: 3
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HIST 102 - The Making of the Modern World
This course surveys the development of ideas, institutions, and social processes in the modern world from the seventeenth century to the present. Consideration is given to both Western tradition and the diversity and interrelationships between the various cultures that comprise our contemporary world.
Credits: 3
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HIST 103 - World History
This course deals with the major developments and encounters of world civilizations from antiquity to the present. The aim is to develop a deeper understanding of the forces for change and patterns of continuity throughout history in order to better understand our global, yet diverse, world today.
Credits: 3
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HIST 105 - Colonial America to the Civil War
This is a survey of America’s history from the period of earliest explorations to the Civil War. Colonial settlement, the nature of the Revolution and U.S. Constitution, western settlement, and slavery are among the many areas covered.
Credits: 3
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HIST 106 - The Civil War to Modern America
This is a survey of America’s history from the Civil War period to the present. The impact of industrialization, America’s emergence as a world power, the New Deal, and more recent cultural, social, political, and economic trends are emphasized.
Credits: 3
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HIST 210 - African American History
This survey of Afro-American history includes the following topics the Atlantic slave trade, pre-Civil War conditions, lives and contributions of enslaved and free people, Civil War and Reconstruction doubts and hopes, post-Reconstruction struggles between Euro- and Afro-Americans through the 1950’s, and the Civil Rights activism of the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
Credits: 3
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HIST 223 - History of Russia
This course begins with a brief survey of Russian history from the earliest time through the nineteenth century. It concentrates on the reforms, revolutionary movements, and the decline of imperial Russia, and concludes with an overview of the Soviet period.
Credits: 3
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HIST 325 - The Ancient and Classical World
This is a survey of the political, social, and economic history of the Near Eastern, Mediterranean, and Western European world between 4000 B.C. and 500 A.D. The contributions of the major religious traditions and the Grecian and Roman cultures to modern civilizations are emphasized.
Credits: 3
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HIST 326 - Medieval History
This course examines developments and achievements of European civilizations from 350 to 1500 A.D. The division and decline of the Roman Empire, Byzantine reorganization and expansion, feudalism, urbanization, the social role of the Christian Church in Eastern and Western Europe, the universities, new art forms, the birth of national states, and the transition to modern history are emphasized.
Credits: 3
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HIST 327 - Early Modern Europe
This course begins with a consideration of Renaissance and Reformation of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as the harbinger of the modern age. It analyzes the evolution of modern science, Baroque and the Enlightenment, and concludes with a study of the background to the French Revolution.
Credits: 3
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HIST 335 - Modern China
China’s transformation between the Opium War (1839-1842) and the 1990’s may be seen as a progressive adjustment to the modern world or as an ever-intensifying revolution in Chinese government, society, and culture. This course combines the two approaches, exploring the problem of modernizing and revolutionary China through the eyes of participants and the debates of historians.
Credits: 3
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HIST 360 - Early American Thought and Culture
This course is a study of American ideas and culture from the Colonial Period to the mid-nineteenth century. Particular attention is given to such areas as social and political thought, religion, philosophy, literature, science, education, and reform.
Credits: 3
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HIST 361 - Modern American Thought and Culture
This is a study of American ideas and culture from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Particular attention is given to such areas as social and political thought, religion, philosophy, literature, science, and education.
Credits: 3
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HIST 365 - Environmental History of America
This course examines American attitudes toward nature, space, land, and resources from the earliest settlements to the present. The history of public land policy, the conservation movement, federal and state policies, and environmental concern are traced.
Credits: 3
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HIST 388 - Studies in History
This course deals with one or more of the great issues that have shaped the history of civilization. It is designed to recognize, discuss, and analyze controversial issues and problems, with particular attention to how man dealt with them. Issues may be selected from any period of the Eastern or Western worlds.
Credits: 3-4
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HIST 405 - The History of the Soviet Union
This is an analysis of Communist theory and interpretations of Soviet practice in selected areas of political, social, and cultural life since the Revolution in 1917. Areas of attention include education and social sciences, the natural and physical sciences, religion, the arts, economic agencies and institutions, agencies of social control, and the USSR’s relations with other nations of the world. Not offered every year.
Credits: 3
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HIST 441 - Supervised Experience in History
This course gives students a fieldwork opportunity under the supervision of a faculty member in the department. Students do extensive research off campus and participate in learning experiences in local, state, or national settings.
Credits: 3-15
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HIST 450 - Europe Since 1900
This is an examination of the political, social, and economic development of major European nations from World War I to the present, with special emphasis on the causes and results of the two catastrophic wars and the efforts towards the creation of a world collective security system.
Credits: 3
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HIST 481 - Recent American History
This is an examination of the political, diplomatic, and cultural trends in American history since 1945. Emphasis is on topics such as the Truman Presidency; the Cold War; the McCarthy Era; the New Frontier; the war in Vietnam; the Nixon, Ford, and Carter years; the SALT Talks; inflation; the Energy Crisis; and the Middle East. Not offered every year.
Credits: 3
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HIST 482 - History Seminar
This is a seminar for history majors. Studies of historians, historiography, and professional demands are made. A major research paper is required.
Credits: 3-4
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MGMT 486 - Management Internship
Management Internship
Credits: 1-6
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MKTG 486 - Marketing Internship
Marketing Internship
Credits: 1-6
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MATH 090 - Introductory College Mathematics
This course involves the study of the fundamental concepts that are essential
in preparation for further study of college mathematics. The concepts include,
but are not limited to, properties and operations of real numbers; ratio, proportion,
and percent; solving elementary equations in one variable; and an introduction
to polynomials. Students must obtain a minimum grade of C+ in order to advance
to a General Education category in mathematics.
Credits: 0
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MATH 101 - Foundations of Mathematics
This course presents fundamental concepts of mathematics in a problem-solving mode. Topics include an introduction to sets, properties, and operations on numbers in various number systems, percent, ratios, and related sets. This course is designed specifically for students seeking licensure to teach in the elementary grades. It is in accordance with the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Massachusetts State Guidelines for Teacher Preparation. This course does not fulfill the General Education category in quantitative reasoning.
Credits: 3
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MATH 103 - Sports Statistics
This course is designed to introduce the students to statistics by using examples
taken from various sports. Topics include: analyzing attendance; analyzing offensive and defensive performance; using regression analysis and statistical distributions; and various statistical models.
Prerequisites & Notes
Math 90 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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MATH 105 - Survey of Algebra and Geometry
This course presents foundational concepts of functions, patterns, and geometry in a problem-solving mode. Topics from algebra include functions, graphing, equations, and inequalities, and topics from geometry include measurement, congruence, and properties of polygons and circles. This course is compatible with Massachusetts elementary teacher preparation program guidelines and fulfills the Quantitative Reasoning requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
MATH 90 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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