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PHTH 574 - Human Movement Across the Lifespan
Human Movement Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3
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PHTH 576 - Integrated Clinical Experience II
Integrated Clinical Experience II
Credits: 2
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PHTH 608 - Human Anatomy I
This course provides a comprehensive study of normal and pathological function of human movement, with emphasis on the skeletal, articular, and muscular systems. Using a regional approach, the course includes surface anatomy and clinical palpation. The laboratory experience includes prosections of human cadavers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Physical therapy or occupational therapy major or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 609 - Human Anatomy II
This course provides a comprehensive study of normal and pathological function of human movement, with emphasis on the skeletal, articular, and muscular systems. Using a regional approach, the course includes surface anatomy and clinical palpation. The laboratory experience includes prosections of human cadavers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Physical therapy or occupational therapy major or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 616 - Clinical Kinesiology
The focus of this course is the study of functional anatomy using a regional approach in which joint and muscle function are analyzed in detail. Topics covered include the clinical examination and mechanical analysis of normal gait and posture, developmental biomechanics and ergonomics. This course serves as the foundation for exercise prescription and other therapeutic interventions.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHTH 308, and PHYS 210 & 211 (or equivalent); Corequisite is PHTH 309.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 620 - Clinical Competency Laboratory I
This course utilizes case studies and group discussion to maximize integration of physical therapy clinical theory and professional practice material, enhance comprehensive problem solving, and promote evaluation skills.
Credits: 1
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PHTH 626 - Applied Research in Physical Therapy
Applied Research in Physical Therapy
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PHTH 630 - Neuroscience
This course presents basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology with an emphasis on issues that have clinical relevance to physical therapy rehabilitation. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of human performance and motor control.
Prerequisites & Notes
Physical therapy or occupational therapy major or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 631 - Physical Therapy Management for Patients with Neuromuscular Conditions I
This course addresses patient/client management concepts for individuals with neuromuscular conditions. Functional limitations and disability with motor and sensory function are addressed through selected conditions across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the neurological examination, motor function, sensory function, motor development, and spinal cord injury management.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHTH 430, 486.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 640 - Foundations of Physical Therapy Practice III
Foundations of Physical Therapy Practice III
Credits: 2
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PHTH 642 - Foundations of Physical Therapy Practice IV
Foundations of Physical Therapy Practice IV
Credits: 2
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PHTH 644 - PT Management of Patients w/Musculoskeletal Conditions I
PT Management of Patients w/Musculoskeletal Conditions I
Credits: 6
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PHTH 648 - PT Management of Patients w/Cardiopulmonary and Acute Conditions
PT Management of Patients w/Cardiopulmonary and Acute Conditions
Credits: 4
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PHTH 650 - Clinical Pharmacology
This course provides an introduction to basic principles of pharmacology, including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations. Students become familiar with classes of drugs used in the management of disorders of the nervous, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and endocrine systems, as well as those used for infectious and neoplastic diseases.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIOL 121/122 or BIOL 130/131, CHEM 121/122 or CHEM 101/102 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 655 - Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Outcomes Research in Physical Therapy
Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Outcomes Research in Physical Therapy
Credits: 2
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PHTH 656 - Applied Research in Physical Therapy I
Applied Research in Physical Therapy I
Credits: 2
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PHTH 657 - Applied Research in Physical Therapy II
Applied Research in Physical Therapy II
Credits: 3
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PHTH 660 - Education in Physical Therapy Practice
Education in Physical Therapy Practice
Credits: 3
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PHTH 664 - PT Management of Patients with Spinal Cord Disorders
PT Management of Patients with Spinal Cord Disorders
Credits: 2
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PHTH 665 - PT Management of Patients with Neuromuscular Conditions II
PT Management of Patients with Neuromuscular Conditions II
Credits: 4
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PHTH 670 - Clinical Experience I
Clinical Experience I
Credits: 8
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PHTH 672 - PT Management of Patients w/Musculoskeletal Conditions II
PT Management of Patients w/Musculoskeletal Conditions II
Credits: 2
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PHTH 673 - Administration and Management in Physical Therapy
Administration and Management in Physical Therapy
Credits: 3
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PHTH 674 - PT Management of Patients w/Integumentary Conditions
PT Management of Patients w/Integumentary Conditions
Credits: 1
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PHTH 675 - Niche Practices in Physical Therapy
Niche Practices in Physical Therapy
Credits: 2
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PHTH 676 - PT Management of Patients w/Musculoskeletal Conditions III
PT Management of Patients w/Musculoskeletal Conditions III
Credits: 1
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PHTH 677 - Clinical Experience II
Clinical Experience II
Credits: 8
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PHTH 678 - Clinical Experience III
Clinical Experience III
Credits: 8
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PHTH 680 - Advanced Studies in Orthopedic Physical Therapy
This course examines the theoretical basis for treatment of the patient with orthopedic problems. Students design treatment strategies for orthopedic problems that are based on an understanding of advances in research in the areas of anatomy and biomechanics, tissue healing, diagnostics, and rehabilitation.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 681 - Advanced Studies in Clinical Ergonomics
The contrast between human physical capacities and human performance requirements in the work setting are addressed. Content includes strategies to enhance interaction of workers and their environment/tools and efforts to minimize the risk of musculoskeletal disorders. Additional topics include an approach to pre-employment screening and returning injured workers to employment.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 682 - Advanced Studies in Pediatric Neurologic Physical Therapy
This course addresses physical therapy evaluation, treatment, and management for children with neurological dysfunction. The course follows a continuum from the newborn through adolescence and young adulthood, with modification of the evaluation, analysis, and program development at the various ages based on changing developmental needs.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 683 - Advanced Studies in Sports Physical Therapy
This course is designed for the physical therapy student interested in developing advanced skills and competence in prevention and management of sport-related injuries.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 684 - Advanced Studies in Adult Neurologic Physical Therapy
This course explores the theoretical basis for the evaluation and treatment of patients with neurological impairments. Current theories of motor learning, motor control, and motor development will be used as the framework for this process. Evaluation procedures, findings, and their implications for therapeutic intervention will be discussed. The format will include patient demonstrations.
Credits: 3
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PHTH 685 - Clinical Education Experience II
Clinical Education Experience II
Credits: 6
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PHTH 686 - Clinical Education Experience III
Clinical Education Experience III
Credits: 6
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PHTH 687 - Clinical Education Experience IV
Clinical Education Experience IV
Credits: 2
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PHTH 690 - Service Learning in Physical Therapy
Students participate in a community service project relevant to the field of Physical Therapy. Students are introduced to service learning and then develop service learning projects under the auspices of faculty working within the Campus Rehabilitation Clinic. Students will have the opportunity to conduct an abbreviated needs assessment, provide intervention, measure outcomes and present their project to their peers. Students may collaborate with other PT students and PTA students.
Prerequisites & Notes
current enrollment in the professional component of the Physical Therapy program and permission of instructor.
Credits: 1
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PHTH 695 - Practice Management in PT II
Practice Management in PT II
Credits: 3
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PHTH 696 - Practice Management in PT III
Practice Management in PT III
Credits: 2
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Physician Assistant |
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PAST 101 - PA Seminar I
This is the first in a series of physician assistant seminar courses. This course examines the issues of provider-patient confidentiality, blood-borne pathogens, and concepts of illness and health as defined by the health-care provider and the patient. The relationships between health and culture, religion, ethnicity, and socio-economic status are discussed. The relationships between the above items and the Latino community are examined in detail.
Prerequisites & Notes
Physician assistant major.
Credits: 1
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PAST 102 - PA Seminar II
This seminar course examines health promotion and disease prevention issues in the general and minority populations of America. The Greater Springfield area maternal-infant mortality rate, disease prevention, and childhood health concerns are addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAST 101.
Credits: 1
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PAST 221 - PA Seminar III
This course examines the “sick role” concept and the “medicalization” of society. The principles of health education-including the issues dealing with sexuality, patient motivation, and patient compliance-are presented. Each student designs and implements a community health project and formally reports his/her findings.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAST 102.
Credits: 1
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PAST 222 - PA Seminar IV
This course examines the cultural aspects involved in several health care problem areas. Health care for the homeless, Puerto Rican, Vietnamese, and Russian immigrants, substance abuse, and HIV infection/testing are presented in detail. During the last third of the semester, each student reports on his/her community project, which began in the fall semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAST 221.
Credits: 1
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PAST 340 - Ethical and Professional Issues in PA Practice
This course is the introduction to ethical and professional issues that face
the Physician Assistant in the practice of medicine. It is designed to raise
the students’ awareness of issues such as confidentiality, cultural differences,
death and dying, ethical dilema, and provide a problem-solving approach to such
issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission to Professional Phase.
Credits: 3
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PAST 512 - History Taking and Physical Assessment I
Building rapport with patients and learning and performing medical skills under direct faculty supervision are the focus of the history taking and physical assessment courses. Students learn how to elicit patient histories under a number of conditions, perform and document directed and complete physical examinations, and write notes using the SOAP and complete H and P formats.
Prerequisites & Notes
Matriculation into the professional phase of the program. Co-requisites: PAST 330, 513, 515, 523, and 524.
Credits: 4
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PAST 513 - Mental Health Issues in Primary Care
This course examines common mental health conditions seen by physician assistants in the primary care setting. The epidemiology, presenting symptoms, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and treatment modalities are presented.
Prerequisites & Notes
Matriculation into the professional phase of the program. Co-requisites: PAST 330, 512, 515, 523, and 524.
Credits: 3
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PAST 514 - Principles of Clinical Decision Making
This course defines and analyzes the application of biostatics to current epidemiological studies in medicine. Students examine clinical decision-making models and analyze selected published medical study reports for the appropriateness of their conclusions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 320, 521, 522, 525, 533, and 534.
Credits: 1
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PAST 521 - Applied Clinical Skills I
This course is designed to teach students how to perform skills most commonly used in clinical practice. These include interpretation of EKGs, nasogastric intubation, and male and female catherization.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 514, 522, 525, 533, and 534.
Credits: 3
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PAST 522 - History Taking and Physical Assessment II
Building rapport with patients and learning and performing medical skills under direct
faculty supervision are the focus of the history taking and physical assessment
courses. Students learn how to elicit patient histories under a number of
conditions, perform and document directed and complete physical examinations, and
write notes using the SOAP and complete H and P formats.
Credits: 3
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PAST 523 - Pharmacology I
This course examines the integration of the theoretical and practical application of pharmacological principles into the organ-system approach to learning clinical medicine. Treatment modalities for the dermatology, respiratory, ENT, opthamology, and endocrine systems are examined in detail.
Prerequisites & Notes
Matriculation into the professional phase of the program. Co-requisites: PAST 512, 513, 515, and 524.
Credits: 2
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PAST 524 - Clinical Medicine I
This course presents wellness and disease processes from an integrated organ-system approach. Specialized topics in radiology, and normal and abnormal findings in organ systems involving the eyes, ears, nose, throat, skin, lungs, and thorax are covered in this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Matriculation into the professional phase of the program. Co-requisites: PAST 512, 513, 515, and 523.
Credits: 6
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PAST 525 - Human Anatomy Laboratory II
This course is the second in a series of three courses designed to provide a broad exposure to the gross and microscopic anatomy of the human body as it relates to physical assessment and clinical medicine. The body structures related to the cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, renal, genitourinary, and reproductive systems are examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 514, 521, 522, 533, and 534.
Credits: 1
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PAST 531 - Applied Clinical Skills II
This course is designed to teach students how to perform skills most commonly used in clinical practice. OSHA guidelines, phlebotomy, injection, ABG and IV techniques are covered, as well as catherization, casting and splinting, OR protocol, knot tying and suturing, and tonometry.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 532, 535, 543, 544, and EMSM 251.
Credits: 3
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PAST 532 - History Taking and Physical Assessment III
Building rapport with patients and learning and performing medical skills under direct
faculty supervision are the focus of the history taking and physical assessment
courses. Students learn how to elicit patient histories under a number of conditions, perform and document directed and complete physical examinations, and write notes using the SOAP and complete H and P formats. Off-campus clinical learning experiences are an integral part of this course.
Credits: 3
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PAST 533 - Pharmacology II
This course examines the integration of the theoretical and practical application of pharmacological principles into the organ-system approach to learning clinical medicine. Treatment modalities for the cardiovascular, and blood-forming systems, as well as pregnancy and childbirth, gastrointestinal and renal are examined in detail.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 514, 521, 522, 525, and 534.
Credits: 2
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PAST 534 - Clinical Medicine II
This course is a continuation of PAST 324. Wellness and disease processes are presented using an integrated organ-system approach. Normal and abnormal findings in systems involving the heart and vessels, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary tract, and endocrine organs are covered in this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 514, 521, 522, 525, and 533.
Credits: 6
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PAST 535 - Human Anatomy Laboratory III
This course is the third in a series of three courses designed to provide a broad exposure to the gross and microscopic anatomy of the human body as it relates to physical assessment and clinical medicine. The body structures related to the nervous and musculoskeletal systems are examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 531, 532, 543, 544, and EMSM 251.
Credits: 1
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PAST 540 - Ethical and Professional Issues in PA Practice
This course is the introduction to ethical and professional issues that face the Physician Assistant in the practice of medicine. It is designed to raise the students’ awareness of issues such as confidentiality, cultural differences, death and dying, ethical dilema, and provide a problem-solving approach to such issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission to Professional Phase.
Credits: 3
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PAST 543 - Pharmacology III
This course examines the integration of the theoretical and practical application of pharmacological principles into the organ-system approach to learning clinical medicine. Treatment and modalities for musculoskeletal, neurology, pain management, gerontology, surgery, medical emergencies, HIV and pediatrics are examined in detail.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 531, 532, 535, 544, and EMSM 251.
Credits: 2
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PAST 544 - Clinical Medicine III
This course is a continuation of PAST 334. Normal and abnormal findings in systems involving the nerves, muscles and bones, and blood, as well as pregnancy, pediatrics, and medical and surgical emergencies are covered in this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Successful completion of all previous PAST courses. Co-requisites: PAST 531, 532, 535, 543, and EMSM 251.
Credits: 6
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Physics |
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PHYS 205 - Physics for Movement Science
This course is an introductory physics course that emphasizes those applications that are of importance to students aspiring toward a career in one of the areas of movement science. Special emphasis is placed on principles of body mechanics.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of the following MATH courses (115, 125, 131, 140, or 142) or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: Must also register for PHYS 206 or PHYS 207 lab.
Credits: 3
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PHYS 206 - Sports Physics Laboratory
Required lab for MOST majors registered for PHYS 205.
Prerequisites & Notes
MOST Majors. Co-requisite: Must also register for MOSK 206 and PHYS 205.
Credits: .5
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PHYS 207 - Physics for Movement Science Laboratory
Required lab for non-MOST majors registered for PHYS 205.
Prerequisites & Notes
Non-MOST majors. Co-requisite: Must register for PHYS 205.
Credits: 1
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PHYS 210 - General Physics I
This course gives students an understanding of the subject matter, method, purposes, and philosophy of classical physics as an example of a physical science. The complementary nature of experiment and theory in the building of a science is emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of the following MATH courses (125, 131, 140, or 142) or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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PHYS 211 - General Physics II
This course gives students an understanding of the subject matter, method, purposes, and philosophy of classical physics as an example of a physical science. The complementary nature of experiment and theory in the building of a science is emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of the following MATH courses (125, 131, 140, or 142) and PHYS 210 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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Political Science |
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POSC 110 - Introduction to American Government
This course is an overview of the major topics in the American governing systems. It examines the Constitution, the participants in American politics (voters, political parties, media, interest groups), the major institutions (Congress, Presidency, Supreme Courts), and the policy-making process.
Credits: 3
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POSC 130 - Introduction into International Relations
This course is a broad overview of the international system, including theory, the nation-state (1648-present), North and South relations, international law and organizations, and economics.
Credits: 3
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POSC 210 - Public and Human Services Administration
This course studies the executive branch of modern government as well as the general nature of bureaucracy in public and private organizations and in various cultural contexts. Its characteristics as a mechanism for decision making, with emphasis on the American experience, are stressed, with particular attention to problems of goal setting, innovation, and accountability.
Credits: 3
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POSC 320 - Civil Liberties
This is a study of the development of the concept and law of civil liberties in American society and of the problems involved in preserving and broadening these freedoms and maintaining security. Emphasis is on such topics as racial discrimination, freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of belief, the right of association, and equal protection of the laws.
Credits: 3
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POSC 330 - State and Local Politics
This course examines the principles and operations of state and local governments. Topics include policymaking, institutions, political participants and impacts of state and local government on public safety, economics, education, public health and community.
Credits: 3
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POSC 340 - Public Policy
This course studies the major issues facing American citizens today and explores ways to understand them. The analysis of public policy includes determining who is involved in the policy process, learning what the issues mean for citizens and the society, and studying the policy outcomes that result from government action or inaction.
Credits: 3
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POSC 360 - Social Movement Organizations
This course examines social movement organizations at two levels: Practical and theoretical. Students investigate the role of social movement organizations in American politics, how they form, why they succeed of fail, their impact on U.S. society, how they do their work, and how they obtain the resources they require for their operation.
Credits: 3
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POSC 488 - Special Topics in Political Science
This course is a comprehensive examination of a contemporary political problem
or critical concern to society. The course dwells on the developmental roots and
the contemporary controversy as well as the implications for the future.
Credits: 3-4
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Psychology |
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PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology
The fundamentals of the scientific method used to study human behavior, such as maturation and development, perception, learning, and motivation, are explored and applied to such problems as failures in adjustment and conflict resolution. This course is a prerequisite for many other psychology courses.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 104 - Educational Psychology
Students study the psychological foundations that relate to teaching and learning.
Some of the topics dealt with include cognitive development, motivation, reinforcement
theory, evaluation and measurement, social and intellectual development, and current
theories of learning in the classroom setting.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 107 - Career Planning for Life
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the developmental career planning process. Interactive exercises and presentations challenge students to clarify their values, discover their skills, and identify academic programs and occupations that are compatible with their interests and abilities. Career exploration instruments are used.
Credits: 1
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PSYC 109 - Human Development
This course provides students with an overview of the human life-cycle from birth through old age, showing the interplay of forces-organic, environmental, and self-directive-from stage to stage of development. Students examine concepts and criteria for developmental tasks, maturity, and self-actualization.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 135 - Personality and Personal Adjustment
This course compares and contrasts the psychoanalytic, neopsychoanalytic, life span, humanistic, and behavioral approaches to personality adjustment and development.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 190 - Community Service Experience
Community Service Experience
Credits: 1-2
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PSYC 209 - Social Psychology
This course acquaints students with the principles and processes of social psychology. Topics to be covered include, but will not be limited to, attraction, aggression, prejudice, conformity, persuasion, and so forth. Upon completion of this course, students should have a basic understanding of how individuals think about, are influenced by and relate to one another.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 211 - Introduction to Statistics
This course examines elementary statistics in behavioral research. Specific topics addressed are describing and comparing raw data, the concept of the curve as a basis for generalizing from samples to populations and tests of significance, procedures for obtaining correlation coefficients, and an introduction to regression analysis. Special attention is given to interpreting psychological research.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101 and a college-level course in mathematics.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 221 - Abnormal Psychology
This is a systematic study of various patterns of abnormal behavior. Special
emphasis is placed upon the investigation of the interplay of biological, psychological,
and social forces that shape abnormal behavior and current methods of treatment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 250 - Childhood and Adolescent Development
This course develops a fundamental understanding of the cognitive, affective and physical growth of children and the implications of these for curriculum planning. It includes a field experience in which students work closely with children in neighborhood schools. Students will mentor these children in specific areas of need, apply theories learned in class and reflect upon the application of theory on practice.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 301 - Experimental Design
This course focuses on the discussion of methods for conducting experiments in the social sciences such as one-group and two-group designs, quasi-experimental designs, etc. The use of various statistical procedures is integrated into the discussion. Critiques of past experiments are called for, as is the designing of personal experiments.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 305 - Sensation and Perception
The five senses are scientifically and experimentally analyzed, with emphasis given to visual perception. A study of how information is gathered, coded, transmitted, and interpreted is conducted. The physiology, development, and functions of each sense are covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 320 - Health Psychology
This course is a survey of psychological theory, research, and practice in the health domain. Didactic, interactive, and experiential methods are used to foster awareness and knowledge of the critical role of behavioral factors in health. Opportunities for application of behavioral principles to aspects of personal health are provided.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 330 - Applied Psychology
This course provides students with a foundation for understanding the many areas of Human Relations in Business. The focus of the course is divided into three sections. 1) Keys to managing yourself, 2) Keys to working with others, and 3) Keys to leading and managing others. The course is anchored by a series of assessments to provide students with a greater understanding of their skill set(s) within these three areas.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 368 - Forensic Psychology
This course examines the interaction between the fields of psychology and criminal
justice. This course is designed to examine the many roles a psychologist might
assume within the criminal justice system. This course is designed to cover several
topics including eyewitness testimony, courtroom psychology, critical incident
counseling, NGRI pleas and a variety of other interdisciplinary topic in order
to provide students with a wealth and breath of information. Therefore, the goal
of this course is to gain better understanding of the interaction between several
disciplines that combine to create the field of Forensic Psychology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 370 - Introduction to Athletic Counseling
This course introduces students to the field of athletic counseling. Students gain an understanding of several crucial issues involved in working with exercisers and athletes such as life skills programming, counseling diverse populations, ethics, and professional issues.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 386 - Supervised Experience in Psychology
This is an opportunity for students to work, on an individual basis, with a faculty member in the psychology department. This contact can involve doing an extensive research project either on or off campus and/or actually working in a psychological setting applying the principles learned in the classroom. No more than 6 credits of PSYC 141 count toward the basic 30 credits of psychology required for the major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to PSYC majors only with junior or senior standing.
Credits: 2-10
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PSYC 401 - Motivation and Learning
This course examines the major theories and issues from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Emphasis is placed on the scientific experimental approach to understanding the nature of learning and motivation. Detailed analysis of classical and instrumental conditioning, reinforcement theory, and punishment, along with the contributions of Skinner, Hull, and Tolman, are a few of the areas investigated.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 405 - Physiological Psychology
This course studies the physiological bases of a variety of behaviors. Scientific experimental analysis concerned with sensory processing, learning, motivation, and the development of the major schools and issues in perception are considered. The biological concomitants of various psychological abnormalities are analyzed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 406 - Psychology of Diversity
This course examines the ways in which culture influences behavior and perception and is concerned with understanding psychological principals as either universal or culture specific. Standard areas of psychology including cognition, development, language acquisition, emotion, abnormal behavior, and social psychology, are explored from a cross-cultural perspective.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 407 - History of Modern Psychology
This course explores the growth and development of psychology and whether or
not it is a science, a philosophy, or a loosely-connected field of study. The
great thinkers and various schools of thought that make up psychology are examined,
with special emphasis on the political, social, and cultural climate that allowed
for their origin and inevitable decline. Additionally, the history of psychology
at Springfield College is elaborated on to show the contributions that the College
has made.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 408 - Cognitive Psychology
This course presents the basic concepts of cognitive psychology. Areas include psycholinguistics, cognition, and information processing. Other areas explored are memory, thought categorization, and neural networks. Current and future trends in the field are examined with special consideration of their application to problem-solving enterprises.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 413 - Psychological Testing
This course aims to establish an understanding of the problems involved in the measurement of abilities, achievement, attitudes, interests, behavior, and personality. Methods of test construction and the concepts of reliability and validity are considered. Not to be taken by students in CPS.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 415 - Child Development and Therapy
This course examines the biological, psychological, and social development of children and adolescents. Child and adolescent disorders such as autism, psychosis, behavior disorders, and others are presented in terms of developmental functioning as well as developmental deviation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 418 - Behavior Modification
This course is designed to help students in psychology and other fields develop skills in identifying, assessing, and treating behavioral problems. At the end of the course students should be able to do the following: define behavioral theory, identify fundamental behavioral models, recognize major contributors to behavior theory, apply the techniques of behavior therapy, assess different behavioral problems, and generate appropriate treatment strategies for behavioral problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 422 - Interviewing and Counseling
This course helps students in education, recreation, health fitness, and psychology develop helping and listening skills. It combines lecture and practical experience in order for students to gain a conceptual framework for the use of treatment methods in counseling.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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PSYC 440 - Psychology of Sexual Behavior
This course is designed to examine all forms of human sexual behavior, emphasizing attitudes and practical concerns such as interpersonal relationships, emotional involvements, and sexual difficulties, failures, and therapy.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSYC 101
Credits: 3
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