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2006-2007 Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Undergraduate Courses
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Undergraduate GPS College
Business Department
AC 210 - Financial Accounting
This is the first accounting course for non-business and business students alike. Covers the complete accounting sequence through preparation of financial statements as applied to various forms of business organization. No prior knowledge of business or bookkeeping is needed for this course.
Credits: 3
AC 211 - Managerial Accounting
Stresses the uses of accounting information for corporations. It includes product and process costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, responsibility accounting, cost behavior analysis, and understanding the necessity for accounting controls, as well as the essential part that accounting plays in management decision-making.
Prerequisites & Notes
AC 210.
Credits: 3
BA 120 - Self-directed Learning – Learning to Learn
Introduces the adult student to the skills, tools and techniques of self-directed distance learning. Topics include basic planning skills involved in setting learning objectives, identifying and overcoming obstacles, optimal use of resources, and time management. It must be completed no later than the third enrollment.
Credits: 3
BA 201 - Introduction to Microeconomics
An examination of the market structures of pure competition; monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly; analysis of the role of labor and unions; public goods; externalities and the public sector; and discussion of the problems of foreign aid, poverty, pollution, and tax reform. It explores international economics, trade and lending, tariffs, quotas and free trade, international adjustments, and balance of payment problems. Course materials include a video.
Credits: 3
BA 202 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
Gives an understanding of how the United States allocates resources and produces, distributes, and consumes its goods and services. The student learns to analyze current economic events. Topics include the national income accounts; aggregate supply and demand; aggregate income; employment; inflation; determinants of consumption and investments; the role of money and the federal reserve; monetary and fiscal policies. Course materials include a video.
Credits: 3
BA 250 - Management Information Systems for Managers
Structure and applications of computer-based Management Information Systems in organizations. Topics include impact of information technology on organizations, ethical issues, technical foundations of hardware/software, management of data, and telecommunications.
Credits: 3
BA 301 - Legal Environment of Business I
Explores what constitutes “law” and follows with a study of its basic principles: contracts, agency, partnerships, administrative agencies, and governmental regulation of business.
Credits: 3
BA 306 - Business Ethics
Examines the application of ethics to various components of business, including organizational, marketing, personnel, and financial matters.
Credits: 3
FI 301 - Business Finance
Explores the concepts and techniques for determining the need for the acquisition of and management of capital resources for firms including financial analysis, forecasting, leverage, capital budgeting, time value of money, investment banking, common and preferred stock, financing, and bond evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes
AC 210, MG 101
Credits: 3
MA 205 - Elementary Statistics
An introduction to statistical methods of data analysis. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability distributions, hypothesis testing and statistical inference, analysis of variance, and regression.
Credits: 3
MG 101 - Introduction to Management
An examination of the decision-making process as it affects individuals and groups. It discusses principles and techniques of business as they relate to the planning, organization, coordination, leadership, direction, and controlling of the business enterprise. Reviews the day-to-day problems faced by managers, focusing on how to solve them.
Credits: 3
MG 201 - Organizational Behavior
An introduction to the study of human behavior in organizations, the course aims at increasing an awareness and understanding of individual, interpersonal, group, and organizational events, as well as increasing a student’s ability to explain and influence such events. This course focuses on the study of individual, group, and organizational behavior, and takes a diagnostic approach to various organizational settings.
Credits: 3
MG 211 - Organizational Change: Restructuring the System
The term organizational change refers to system-wide change and not change that concerns modifications to program or process. It involves major restructuring – a transformation – of beliefs, values, mission, operations and/or the infusion of new technologies. This course will explore the strong resistances to change and identify approaches to facilitating a successful transformation of an organization. Internet access required.
Credits: 3
MG 302 - Human Resources Management
Emphasizes principles, methods, and procedures in human resource management and labor relations. Topics include job analysis, job description, employee motivations, performance appraisal, as well as a coverage of the various personnel functions and the nature of union management relations as they evolve within the business organization. Internet access required.
Credits: 3
MG 307 - Small Business Management
Explores the role of the small business in the American economy. The various forms of business ownership, financing, risk management, human resource management, marketing, and the necessary information systems will be examined in-depth. Emphasis will be placed on the formulation of a comprehensive business plan.
Credits: 3
MG 320 - Conflict Management and Mediation
Focuses on the nature and practice of conflict resolution and negotiation. The intent is to increase awareness, develop skills and build knowledge of constructive conflict management processes and approaches, as well as mediation strategies and practices. The course explores how our personal histories impact our perceptions regarding our approach to conflict and mediation.
Credits: 3
MG 330 - International Management
Surveys the various forces (e.g., environmental, political, social, cultural) that impact how business is carried out abroad. The course analyzes and explores the various management and operational strategies of firms engaged in international business.
Credits: 3
MG 410 - Strategic Management
Focuses on the management process involved in strategic planning and cross-functional decision-making. This involves the creation, formulation, and implementation of strategy and policy; the necessity of, and problems resulting from functional integration and human interaction; the planning, organizing, and controlling processes; the evaluation of risks and alternatives; and management philosophies and ideologies.
Credits: 3
MK 201 - Introduction to Marketing
Emphasizes basic decision-making tools and analytic processes used by the marketing manager. Topics include product policy and new product development; distribution channels and systems; personal and mass selling techniques; pricing; promotion; and marketing program implementation. Emphasis will be placed on the formulation of a comprehensive marketing plan.
Credits: 3
MK 302 - Marketing Research
Reviews the identification, collection and analysis of data for the marketing process. Strengths, limitations, environment, and evaluation of research in the marketing process are covered. Emphasis is placed on the formulation and implementation of a marketing research project.
Credits: 3
MK 310 - E-Business Strategy and Development
Managers in every organization today must have a fundamental grasp of how the Internet affects their business. On the information superhighway, if you don’t stay on top of developments, you do get run over. This course provides necessary tools to create, develop and expand E-Business strategies.
Credits: 3General Education Department
EH 102 - Introduction to Literature
An introductory survey course designed to deepen understanding and appreciation of the forms of literature, especially the novel, short story, poetry and drama. Selected readings may include works by Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Blake, Conrad, and Miller among others.
Credits: 3
EH 203 - American Literature I
A review of selected religious and political writings of the colonies and continues with a focus on works by major authors of the nineteenth century, including Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Emerson and Thoreau.
Credits: 3
EH 204 - American Literature II
A review of selected readings by late nineteenth and twentieth century authors up to the present, with an emphasis on works that are representative of central trends in modern fiction, including regionalism, realism, naturalism, and psychological realism. Selected readings may include works by Twain, Crane, Harte, Eliot, Frost, Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
Credits: 3
EH 205 - Early British Writers
Covers the chief literary periods of the major British writers from Old English times to the Eighteenth Century. Selected authors include Chaucer, Donne, Swift, Herrick, Mallory, and others. Reading includes both prose and poetry.
Credits: 3
EH 207 - Readings in Literature: Mythology
Detailed study of Greek and Roman mythology that will help students to: 1) deepen their understanding of the individual myths and mythological figures, and 2) develop a basic understanding of the rationale for the creation of myths and their relevance today.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
EH 310 - American Literature of the Jazz Age
This course places primary attention upon two giants of American literature, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the period of their rise to fame, the Jazz Age. The approach is cultural and biographical, as well as literary. Students review the mood of the Twenties, consider some of the important cultural events of the period, study the career and personalities of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, and examine some of their best fiction.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
EH 317A - Literary Genres: Poetry of Robert Frost
Robert Frost is internationally acclaimed as the greatest poet produced by the United States. Using Frost’s collected Poems as the only text, the course focuses on the development and range of Frost’s work from his first volume, A Boy’s Will (1913), through his last major volume, In the Clearing (1962). The course is predicated on discussion, not lecture.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
EH 317B - Literary Genres: The Short Story
Provides an introduction to the short story for the purposes of discovering and exploring universal themes in world literature and their relevance in our own lives. Students are engaged in the meaning-making of texts – texts they read and texts they write. Class meetings will be student-centered, writing-based and active.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only).
ES 201 - Human Ecology I
Addresses environmental problems created by human activities – use of land, toxic substances, and exploitation of resources. Problems and potential solutions are examined from ecological, economic, and health perspectives. As they study these issues on a national or global scale, students are encouraged to explore related issues that impact their own locality.
Credits: 3
ES 300 - Ecology and the Environmental Challenge
This course examines the delicate and complex interrelationship between humans and the global environment. It offers a general discussion of ecological principles and case studies, examines the impact of human population growth on resources and ecosystems, and provides analyses on the environmental and human health effects of polluted food, air, and water.
Credits: 4
HY 101 - Western Civilization I
Studies the development of civilization in the West from its tribal and Near Eastern origins to the rise of early modern systems operating in Europe and beyond. Emphasis is on the history of classical civilizations, medieval, and Renaissance Europe, and the expansion of Western activities into extra-European areas.
Credits: 3
HY 102 - Western Civilization II
Studies the development of Western state and economic systems in Europe and in related colonial regions. Emphasis is on the intellectual, political, and economic development of Western Civilization throughout the modern period. Particular emphasis is placed on the wars, revolutions, and upheavals of the last three centuries.
Credits: 3
HY 201 - History of the United States I
This course is designed to trace the major historical developments between the founding of the New World to the ordeal of Reconstruction after the Civil War. These developments are explored through the cultures, the rituals, and the people who lived through these times. The primary focus will be on the peopling of the Americas, the early settlements, the Salem witchcraft crisis, and the masculinity and public rituals in the colonial period. The course will continue with the early-nineteenth-century, integrating political events with related social, economic and cultural developments, including the antebellum South and the history of the military battles, emancipation and Reconstruction.
Credits: 3
HY 202 - History of the United States II
This course is designed to trace the major historical developments between Reconstruction after the Civil War to the present-day America. These developments are explored through the cultures, the rituals, and the people who lived through these times. The primary focus will begin with the serious issues of monetary and agrarian reform, labor, race, and economic fairness. It will continue with the growth of large urban centers and the disturbing changes that accompanied cities, the new technologies, mass-marketing techniques, new entertainments, world wars and the drastic economic and social changes in the final decades of the twentieth century.
Credits: 3
HY 302 - Military History to the Present Age
A survey of military history tracing the evolution of warfare, military organization, military technology, strategy, and tactics to the present. It is not necessary for students to be familiar with military history in order to benefit from the course, although prior familiarity with historical thinking would be helpful. The course complements the history of Western Civilization by placing its subject, war and militarism, in a mixed context of culture, science, technology, economics, and administration. Militarism is seen as a process which occurs in combination with many other factors and forces.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
HY 320 - The Vietnam War
Designed to trace America’s post-WWII involvement in the war in Indochina, from support of French efforts to reestablish their colony after Japanese occupation, to the fall of Saigon to the Communists in 1975. Origins of French colonialism, as well as Vietnamese nationalism and communism will be explored. Special emphasis will be given to the evolution of American involvement, military strategies, and national strategies and policies during the course of the war that cost more than 58,000 American lives, countless Vietnamese lives and $167 billion of our national treasure.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
HY 413 - History & Culture of Northern Ireland
More than 40 million Americans claim Ireland as an ancestral home. Many Americans have wondered about the conflict which has torn at the fabric of Northern Ireland for several centuries. This course will study the various aspects of the conflict: religious, political, cultural and economic. The material will explore the nature of the relationship between Nationalist and Unionist, and between Catholic and Protestant. These and other similar questions will be addressed in this course which also makes use of modern film and video sources.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
MA 105 - College Algebra
This college course assumes a working knowledge of beginning algebra skills. It covers properties of real numbers, solving linear equations and inequalities, formulas and literal equations, graphs of linear functions, scientific notation, rules of exponents, polynomials, rational expressions, radical expressions, solving and graphing quadratic equations, complex numbers, exponential and logarithmic functions, and application problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
Working knowledge of beginning algebra.
Credits: 3
MA 107 - Contemporary Mathematics
Investigates mathematical techniques that have been devised to study and solve contemporary real world problems. These problems come from the areas of management, information, natural and social sciences. Mathematical models are constructed to study situations just as a designed constructs physical models for study. The goal of the course is to look for the “best” solution to a problem, and not necessarily the “perfect” solution, and to teach strategies that will allow the student to become a better problem solver.
Credits: 3
NN 101 - Introduction to Nutrition
Introduces the student to basic scientific principles and human physiology through exploration of the field of nutrition science. This course also presents the problems of world hunger and studies the impact that modern civilization has on agriculture and food supply. (NN 101 is not intended for students who require a nutrition course in the pursuit of a degree in Nursing or who require a nutrition course taught at the clinical level. The more appropriate course then would be NN 202.)
Credits: 3
NN 202 - Nutrition for Health Care Professionals
Studies the principles of normal nutrition, including digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients. Assessment of nutritional status and the normal nutrient requirements of different age levels are explored. Nutritional principles are then applied to therapeutic diets used in diseased states.
Credits: 3
PH 201 - Introduction to Greek Philosophy
An overview of the thought and writings of some of the earliest Greek philosophers, particularly Plato and Aristotle. The course guides students through an exploration of some of the world’s “big questions” such as “What is humanity’s place in the universe?” and “What do we have to guide us to learn to live together in the world?”
Credits: 3
PH 202 - Philosophy of Human Nature
An introduction to key ancient, modern, and postmodern philosophers and their views of human nature, and their application to contemporary philosophical issues.
Credits: 3
PH 204 - Philosophy of Gender
A theoretical study that explores what, if any, are the differences between men and women. The course will examine how parenting, education, and the media influence gender beliefs and the role of gender in various social structures such as the family, politics, and religion.
Credits: 3
PH 210 - Ethics
A critical study of the most important competing ethical theories enabling students to learn to formulate rational responses to the most pressing ethical questions.
Credits: 3
PY 101 - Introduction to Psychology
An introduction to the basic concepts in psychology. Topics include research methods, learning, memory, intelligence, personality, abnormal psychology, and social processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
Required for all other courses in psychology.
Credits: 3
PY 201 - Developmental Theory
A review of major theories of the development of social, cognitive, moral, and symbolic functioning in children. Focus is on the works of Freud, Baldwin, Piaget, Kohlberg, as well as contemporary cultural-context theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PY 101.
Credits: 3
PY 207 - Course Information Sheet PY 207 - Psychopathology
The field of abnormal behavior has captured human interest for centuries. It is an ever evolving field. It is also ripe with controversy as one explores what delineates normal from abnormal behavior. Students often assume that they will be learning about problems that affect others, not themselves. Early into this course, students may recognize that they or someone they know has experienced some of these “conditions”. In this course students will explore the nature of abnormal behavior, what causes it and how it is treated.
Credits: 3
PY 301 - Personality Theory
Critically examines the major theoretical approaches to understanding personality, including the works of Freud, Jung, Skinner, Maslow, and Rogers. Methods of assessment such as self-report and projective testing are discussed. The theories, methodology, and research results pertinent to a number of topics in the psychology of personality are addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PY 101.
Credits: 3
PY 304 - Learning
An extensive examination of how behavior potentiality is acquired and maintained. The course focuses on learning and the approaches to the study of learning, Pavlovian and Operant Conditioning, Piaget, Gestalt principles and theory, and implications for research and education.
Prerequisites & Notes
PY 101.
Credits: 3
PY 305 - Social Psychology
Examines the way individuals are affected by and interact in social situations. Topics include attitude formation and change, the attribution process, inter-group conflict and conflict resolution, leadership, the social psychology of health and aging.
Prerequisites & Notes
PY 101 or SO 201
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as SO 302, CJ 302.)
PY 306 - Adolescent Psychology
A theoretical and practical exploration of adolescent development in light of the physiological, cognitive and social changes of this period. Readings and student assignments will serve to relate the research and theory presented in the readings with relevant and practical adolescent behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
PY 101, PY 201.
Credits: 3
SO 201 - Principles of Sociology
Examines the concepts and methods of research used to understand human life within the social groups which make up society. A study of culture, socialization, and social institutions (family, religion, education, economic and political order). Students also examine issues which surface in medicine and health care, war and peace, gender, ethnicity, race and age. Finally, students study a variety of social processes which facilitate social change.
Credits: 3
SO 301 - Social Problems
Examines the major social problems and issues in a modern industrial and post-industrial society. It explores both sides of each issue and critically evaluates proposed solutions. Students develop skills in the analysis of social problems in making informed judgments about their causes and solutions. Special emphasis is given to problems of current interest.
Credits: 3
SO 302 - Social Psychology
Examines the way individuals are affected by and interact in social situations. Topics include attitude formation and change, the attribution process, inter-group conflict and conflict resolution, leadership, the social psychology of health, and aging.
Prerequisites & Notes
SO 201, advanced standing
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as PY 305, CJ 302)
SO 309 - Human Behavior and Development
Focuses on the development of persons in their environment and explores how individuals relate to memberships in families, groups, organizations and communities over their life span. Also addresses how social, biological, and cultural systems affect human potential and development through examining a variety of theoretical approaches.
Credits: 3
SO 320 - Race and Ethnic Relations
Explores patterns of inter-group relationships between various religious and ethnic groups that comprise American society. Processes of racial and cultural contact between peoples, especially in regard to the origin and development of American minority groups are explored. Focus is on integration, segregation, and cultural pluralism. Social theories of racial and ethnic aggression and minority responses to oppression are also examined.
Credits: 3General Studies Department
AT 106 - Art in the Modern World
Looks at 19th Century Romanticism and the surfacing of Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism, which paved the way for the major art movements of the 20th Century: Expressionism, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Art, Op and Pop Art and the New Realism of the mid-20th Century.
Credits: 3
AT 108 - Music Appreciation
Music Appreciation is a non-technical course designed with the listener in mind. The course guides students in approaching classical music of the 16th-20th centuries. Topics include diversity of musical forms, historical backgrounds, composer biographies and selected musical examples. The course culminates in the students’ attendance and review of a live Symphony Orchestra performance.
Credits: 3
BA 111 - The Effective Communicator
Communication is the practice of exchanging information and signals with the result that some level of common understanding is achieved. This course addresses the major forms of communication. It breaks down the processes into skills and behaviors in oral forms, writing, presentations and meeting management; and it addresses the reality that each person must develop a personal philosophy and strategy for communication.
Prerequisites & Notes
EH 106 and EH 107 or equivalents.
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as CO 111)
CJ 307 - Criminology
Examines various theories purported to explain social disorder as manifested in crime and delinquency. Methods of crime prevention, theories, and practices for the punishment and treatment of criminals are emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
SO201
Credits: 3
CJ 311 - American Criminal Justice System
Explores the structure and function of the criminal justice system, including an analysis of the underlying values of the criminal process. This includes studying the role of police, attorneys and judges; operation of the bail system; Constitutional rights; the trial process; corrections and the juvenile justice system.
Credits: 3
CJ 312 - Criminal Law and Procedure
Deals with the area of criminal responsibility, some of its limitations, and certain modifications substantially affecting it. Procedures include prosecutor’s decision to charges, pretrial procedures, criminal trial and sentencing. Discussion of case flow current developments and defendant’s legal rights are included.
Credits: 3
CJ 322 - Victimology
This course is a consideration of victims of crimes. Interaction between victim and the offender in the criminal encounter, the risks of victimization, victim reactions to crime, the effect of victim characteristics on the legal system, and a survey of victim-oriented alternative to conventional criminal justice.
Credits: 3
CJ 323 - Introduction to Corrections
Analyzes different philosophies of treatment and current techniques. Past correctional approaches summarized to understand the changes made in institutionalized handling of corrections approaches. Economic, cultural and political trends as the social setting in which society attempts to fashion a “practical;” manner of treatment.
Credits: 3
CO 111 - The Effective Communicator
Communication is the practice of exchanging information and signals with the result that some level of common understanding is achieved. This course addresses the major forms of communication. It breaks down the processes into skills and behaviors in oral forms, writing, presentations and meeting management; and it addresses the reality that each person must develop a personal philosophy and strategy for communication.
Credits: 3Cross Listing: also listed as BA111
CS 103 - Introduction to Computers
Provides a basic introduction to computers and their impact in our lives. Topics will include history, current hardware, operating systems, productivity software, peripherals and social/ethical issues all with a strong emphasis on the Internet. This is primarily a lab course where work will be completed with the technology studied.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
CS 203 - Intermediate Computer Techniques
Builds on basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, Access, and Power Point to provide a higher level of skill and flexibility in those programs and other widely used software. Emphasis is placed on how to integrate the different programs with each other. The student will also learn about information technology ethics, Internet concepts, and current issues of information technology, Web development, project management and graphics.
Prerequisites & Notes
CS 103 or basic knowledge of above programs.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
ED 222 - Fundamentals of Training
Presents the models of learning, theory, strategies, techniques and research that help construct the field of Training and Development. It is intended to help the student discover their own definition of “training” and fosters through application of experience and knowledge, the development of a training program applicable to a specific type of adult learner and setting. The course covers such things as: developing a training style, the application of training tools, addressing and assessing competencies as well as development and evaluation of programs.
Credits: 3
ED 301 - Educational Psychology
Studies the learning process based upon theories, principles, and applications; explores methods and concepts relating to teacher-student interaction; and uses case studies to view the teaching process from various perspectives.
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as PY 307)
ED 305 - Mathematics Methods for Elementary Teachers
Introduces students to basics of elementary mathematics concepts. Emphasis is given to understanding the thinking and problem-solving strategies used by elementary school children
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only.)
ED 308 - Adult Learning
Examines the major theories of adult learning and its historical and philosophical traditions through a broad overview of theory and practice. Investigation is made of various facilitation methods of the adult learning process. (Adult Learning, ED 308, offers opportunities for students to reflect on many aspects of adult learning.)
Credits: 3
ED 322 - Advanced Training Perspectives
Offers the student deeper exposure to such things as assessment of needs, training methods, planning strategies and evaluation techniques. The course’s goal is to develop the student’s ability to manage and coordinate training programs in organizational settings. Students gain a broad understanding of the training profession and development of programs in particular, and are expected to present research information defending or refuting a specific topic of controversy in the field of Training and Development as a Final Project.
Prerequisites & Notes
ED 222.
Credits: 3
ED 401 - Measurements and Evaluation
This course will introduce the student to the historical perspectives in educational testing. Further study in various test types, test construction, and fundamental descriptive statistics will build skills in understanding, evaluating, and using test instruments. The content of the course will provide the tools to determine whether a test measures what it is intended to measure and if the test results are dependable and consistent.
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as PY 401)
ED 410 - Science Methods for Elementary Teachers
Develops an understanding of how science is taught in the elementary school. Focus is on acquiring the skills necessary to be an effective teacher of science. Emphasis is on the integration of science within the curriculum and the current research on critical thinking and reasoning skills. Resources available to educators are stressed. Field trips may be included.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
ED 412 - Teaching Methods in Secondary English (with emphasis on integrating art)
Presents an overview of the substantive aspects of teaching English Language Arts at the secondary level. It also serves as a practical guide offering suggestions, strategies and techniques for teachers. Thus the course will cover both content (the WHAT of an English classroom) and the process (the HOW). In addition, students will explore special issues and concerns, as well as their own personal teaching philosophy and style. This course will also incorporate creative and innovative techniques for the integration of the arts into an English curriculum, and will feature a guest artist who will lead hands-on projects throughout the session.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
ED 419 - Teaching Methods in Secondary Science
A study of pedagogy, science content, and techniques applicable to the teaching of science to secondary school students. Science teaching must be in line with relevant and authentic science information in order to improve the scientific literacy of all people. It emphasizes process skills and hands-on, minds-on experiences through which students develop their own questions about phenomena that interest them and seek their own answers to those questions through activities that they themselves devise. Course participants will experience Science as Inquiry, best teaching strategies, and inquiry activities necessary to teach science in contemporary ways to secondary school students. This course offers in-service and pre-service teachers a chance to become directly involved in a constructivist approach that is organized around the National Science Education Standards.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
ED 457 - Practicum for School Nurses
Provides a field experience in a school setting that emphasizes the administrative and educational role of the school nurse, with opportunity to integrate concepts and knowledge in practice. Individualized course objectives and evaluation are developed with the student to meet particular state certification requirements. Participants must be registered nurses. Permission of the instructor is required for enrollment.
Credits: 3
EH 106 - English Composition I
EH 106 is the first of two sequential composition courses required for all students who have not completed an equivalent college-level course. The focus of EH 106 is on the fundamentals of grammar, usage, and mechanics, and the application of those concepts to written communication. Students are introduced to effective writing strategies and compose a variety of paragraphs in preparation for the culminating writing experience, the short essay.
Prerequisites & Notes
NOTE: EH106 will not satisfy Humanities requirements.
Credits: 3
EH 107 - English Composition II
EH 107 is the second of two sequential composition courses required for all students who have not completed six semester-hours of equivalent college-level courses. This course is designed to further develop the student’s ability to write effectively and stresses the integration of reading and writing. Students study the principles of rhetoric and learn to develop short essays using a variety of paragraphing strategies (comparison/contrast, classification, definition, etc.). Emphasis is placed on the student’s ability to interpret and assimilate reading assignments and to use that understanding as the impetus for his/her own thinking in writing essays. Students will also be introduced to research methods and complete a research essay by the end of the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
NOTE: 107 will not satisfy Humanities requirements.
Credits: 3
ITM 209 - Integrating People and Technology in Office Suite Applications
Introduces students to the computer environment of today’s business office. A variety of generally used software will be introduced. The course will include basic computer concepts, information technology ethics, Internet concepts, current issues of information technology, e-mail etiquette, Web development, presentation software, project management, word processing, spreadsheets and graphics. Internet access required (can be substituted for CS 103).
Credits: 3
PY 307 - Educational Psychology
Studies the learning process based upon theories, principles, and applications. Explores methods and concepts relating to teacher-student interaction. Uses case studies to view the teaching process from various perspectives.
Prerequisites & Notes
PY 101
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as ED 301)
PY 308 - Introduction to Counseling
Examines major forms of counseling and psychotherapy, including the psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and existential approaches. There is an emphasis both on techniques of therapy and on the underlying theoretical rationale for the various methods.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
PY 401 - Measurements and Evaluation
This course will introduce the student to the historical perspectives in educational testing. Further study in various test types, test construction, and fundamental descriptive statistics will build skills in understanding, evaluating, and using test instruments. The content of the course will provide the tools to determine whether a test measures what it is intended to measure and if the test results are dependable and consistent.
Credits: 3Cross Listing: also listed as ED401
SO 310 - Aging in America
Presents concepts related to physiological, psychological, and social factors important in the aging process and their implications for health services. Includes an in-depth exploration of the social, political, economic, and ethical parameters of alternative approaches to services delivery.
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as LTC 310)Health Administration Department
HA 205 - American Health Care Systems
An overview of American health care systems that includes an historical perspective of their growth and development, and an assessment and analysis of their current status and future prospects. It provides a basic understanding of diverse and complex subsystems; respective professional and allied health roles; conflicts and contributions in the political, legislative and economic domains, and their complex interdependencies.
Credits: 3
HA 214 - Health Care Informatics
This introductory course focuses on the application of information sciences in health care. The emphasis will be on the management of information and its use in clinical and administrative settings rather than the technology. Topics include collaborative technologies, applications, management systems, ethics, the information life cycle, information ownership, strategy, and the transformation of data to information. Online only.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3
HA 315 - Issues in Occupational Health
Provides an overview of the occupational health field, with attention to industrial hygiene, toxicology, epidemiology, and safety engineering. The course concentrates on the development and management of occupational health services by health professionals. Discussions will focus on the identification of problems, creation of strategies, and implementation of realistic solutions that address health and safety issues in a variety of occupational settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer Only)
HA 330 - Health Care Administration: Management Foundations
Integrates the current thinking about the management of health care organizations. It is a multidisciplinary approach covering leadership, motivation, work design, power, influence, and organizational change.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205, LTC 210 or NU 300.
Credits: 3
HA 343 - Health Care Financial Management
An ideal course for non-financial managers who need basic knowledge of financial management and health care finance, and also serves as an introductory course for those who will be more directly involved in the financial aspects of health care. It includes an overall explanation of financial accounting terminology and how it works, review of financial reports (e.g., income statements, balance sheets, budgets, subsidiary ledgers, and cost reports), and the managerial component that is necessary for everyday management in a health care setting. The course uses actual examples from hospitals, long-term care facilities and home health agencies as well as case studies to prepare students to read, analyze, understand and use financial statements and budgets.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3
HA 350 - Leadership in Health Administration
Helps students assess their current leadership and management styles and behaviors, understand behaviors which are associated with effective leadership in health care, and identify steps that they can take to improve their leadership. The course presents personal and organizational factors that affect leadership and management effectiveness. A critical component is the information provided on a diagnostic questionnaire by each student on her/his personal leadership behavior. That questionnaire is part of the Leadership Effectiveness Analysis (LEA), which is used to develop personalized action plans for students in the class. Class discussions, student presentations, group projects, and lectures may be used in the course to illustrate the application of theories and skills to realistic situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer Only)
HA 353 - Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
Provides an introduction to law and the legal process as it relates to health administration. It includes areas of public accountability; liability and health care providers; rights of patients; and administrative and business law for health care organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3
HA 355 - Ethics in Health Care
Addresses the application of ethics to various components of the health care delivery system, including health care providers as well as administration in institutions. It discusses codes of ethics and handling of ethical problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3
HA 360 - Introduction to Managed Care
Provides students with a better understanding of how managed care creates a medical practice environment filled with rapid and unpredictable change. Managed care is a system designed to keep people healthy and one wherein providers of care are at risk and held accountable for the health of the patient populations they serve. Managed care is also presented as a work in progress in which optimal health outcomes can best be obtained when health plans, purchasers both public and private, as well as providers work together as empowered partners. The course is intended to guide and improve the student’s under-standing of managed care principles, and provide a working knowledge of the basic structure and behavior of managed care organizations, the delivery system’s organizational responses, the financial arrangements and incentives involved, and the influences on medical practice and service utilization.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 343.
Credits: 3
HA 410 - Quality in Health Care Administration
Provides an overview of quality of care in health care organizations, and a description of the development of quality concepts in health services. A review of issues related to measuring, assessing, and improving quality of care are presented from a management perspective. Additional topics covered include current approaches to health care quality, such as Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Total Quality Management (TQM), and implementation of health care quality programs in health services organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3
HA 454 - Strategic Planning in Health Care Organizations
Presents the student with an overview of strategic planning and management. The course discusses the applicability of strategic planning and management concepts to a variety of organizational situations, with particular emphasis on the health care field. Students learn the steps in the planning process and how to apply that process to actual situations through the use of case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210
Credits: 3
LTC 210 - Introduction to Long-Term Care Administration
Introduces students to the field of long-term care administration. It covers the state of the field, those it serves, and the various organizations who serve them. It also examines issues affecting all long-term care providers, individually or collectively (e.g., financing, regulations, integration, ethical issues), discusses how the various segments of long-term care fit together to form an overall system, and looks at trends likely to shape the field in the future. Throughout the course, there is a focus on administration within the long-term care system, and the skills managers need to survive and prosper.
Credits: 3
LTC 310 - Aging in America
Presents concepts related to physiological, psychological, and social factors important in the aging process and their implications for health services. Includes an in-depth exploration of the social, political, economic, and ethical parameters of alternative approaches to services delivery.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210
Credits: 3Cross Listing: (Also listed as SO 310)
LTC 352 - Long-Term Care Laws and Regulations
Acquaints students with the current state of long-term care regulations as well as the dynamics behind them. It specifically addresses the OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) regulations, which require major changes in the way in which long-term care is delivered. It requires students to demonstrate familiarity with state and local statutes and regulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.
Credits: 3
LTC 448 - Issues in Long-Term Care Policy
Addresses issues in long-term care, particularly issues affecting how long-term care policy is developed and implemented. Those issues include how the long-term care system should be structured, who should control it, how to assure access to all who need long-term care, and the ever-present question of how it should be financed. It builds on earlier courses that examined the overall field of long-term care and the components of the system as it exists. Students in this course look beyond what is and question why it is as it is, and how it might be improved.
Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210
Credits: 3
LTC 450 - Nursing Home Administration
A capstone course designed to help students apply the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier courses to the specific field of nursing home administration. It covers such topics as operational management, finance, human resources, residential care, and environmental management, dealing with those subjects in the context of nursing home administration. It is designed to assist students in passing the national examination required by all 50 states for licensure as a nursing home administrator.
Prerequisites & Notes
All required core courses.
Credits: 3
LTC 456 - Assisted Living Administration
A combination of housing and personalized health care provided in a group living environment for those who need help with activities of daily living. Care is provided in a way that promotes maximum independence and dignity. This course provides the student with an understanding of assisted living and the essential elements involved in the operation of an assisted living facility. It teaches students how to adapt more traditional long-term care management skills to meet the special needs of assisted living management. It explores the most innovative design models and management methods being utilized as this exciting new field continues to evolve.
Prerequisites & Notes
All required core courses.
Credits: 3
LTC 457 - Practicum in Health Care Management
Provides the student with a management experience in a health care setting. The practicum emphasizes the integration of the concepts and techniques learned in the program of studies as they apply to a real work situation.
Prerequisites & Notes
All required core courses. Must be taken either with or following LTC 450 or LTC 456.
Credits: 3
LTC 460 - Nursing Home Administration Internship
Designed for nursing home administrators. The course requires the student to develop a program for familiarization with a nursing home; to spend time with, or otherwise become knowledgeable about, the functional areas or departments of a nursing home; and to complete six assignments relating to that experience. Content areas covered include: general administration and governance, residence care, personnel management, financial management, physical resource management and safety, marketing, and public/community relations. The length of the internship period may vary by state, but follows the same standardized guidelines, and includes the same number and type of assignments.
Prerequisites & Notes
All required core courses. Must be taken either with or following LTC 450 or LTC 456.
Credits: 6
RS 412 - Senior Seminar
Requires students to complete an approved work-related independent study project and write a paper based on it. It involves problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking skills that have been acquired in previous courses and the application of these skills to a specific project that is of personal interest to the student and of value to the profession of radiologic science. Student has up to six months to complete course.
Prerequisites & Notes
EH 106 and EH 107 or equivalents.
Credits: 6Nursing Department
CH 105 - Chemistry for the Health Sciences
Covers those aspects of general chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry that pertain to human biochemistry. The concepts of acids, bases, pH solutions and dispersions, gas behavior, the fundamental organic functional groups and reactions and the major bio-chemical classes and cycles are studied. Laboratory exercises encourage observation and critical thinking skills through the use of open-ended exercises that enable the students to design, implement, and draw conclusions from their own experiments. Laboratory and unit assignments encourage independent thought through research and writing assignments.
Credits: 5
NU 300 - Professional Transitions for RN to BSN Students
Introduces RN students to the RN-BSN program at Saint Joseph’s College, and is designed to help students transition from their roles as practicing nurses to nurses pursuing higher degrees. Students draw upon their previous experiences as professional nurses. Examination of historical and theoretical developments of the profession in the context of contemporary practice are explored. The role of the professional nurse in influencing public policy is introduced. Students use professional nursing literature, both printed and electronic media resources, to identify evidence-based practice strategies and are encouraged to analyze their self-care strategies for a balanced life. Internet access required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Basic word processing, e-mail, and Internet search skills.
Credits: 4
NU 305 - Seminar in Professional Nursing for RN to BSN Students
Provides the student with an opportunity to explore, through interaction with others, how the use of previously studied theories, concepts, and processes can facilitate the provision of professional care for individuals and families. Students explore the leadership process as a mechanism by which nursing knowledge can encourage others toward goal attainment within the context of the health care system.
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
NU 307 - Pharmacological Therapeutics/Pathophysiological Concepts
Focuses on the pathophysiologic adaptations to illness and the pharmacological interventions utilized to promote, maintain, and restore health. Major drug classifications are examined as they relate to each body system. Nursing implications of pharmacologic administration are emphasized.
Credits: 3
NU 309 - Nursing Research
The focus of this course is to introduce the student to research as it relates to the growing body of scientific nursing knowledge, nursing practice, and consequent improvement in health care. Emphasis is placed on developing skill in information searching and analysis of research design and data collection. The research process is compared to the nursing process, and the role of the professional nurse as researcher is examined throughout the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
MA 205.
Credits: 4
NU 405C - Community Nursing Clinical
Community Nursing requires a 2-credit clinical experience. The theoretical portion of NU 405 is designed for the student to develop knowledge about nursing in the community while this clinical portion allows the student to apply this knowledge in community nursing.
Credits: 2
NU 405T - Community Nursing Theory
Develops knowledge and skills in promoting, restoring, and maintaining health within a community, with a shift from illness cure to chronic care, illness prevention, and wellness promotion. Students integrate nursing theory with public health theory to provide care for individuals and families. Systems theory is used with public health theory when working with groups. The roles of the CHN generalist are introduced. Students learn how to do a community assessment with planning, implementation, and evaluation and work with a population group for the purpose of health promotion.
Prerequisites & Notes
All 200 and 300 level nursing courses.
Credits: 3
NU 406C - Nursing Leadership Clinical and Management
Leadership and Management requires a 3-credit clinical experience. The theoretical portion of NU 406 is designed to help the student develop knowledge about nursing leadership and management while this clinical portion allows the student to apply the knowledge in leadership and management situations.
Credits: 3
NU 406T - Nursing Leadership Theory and Management
Leadership and management theory provide the student with a focus from which to explore professional issues and concerns. Students demonstrate integration and synthesis of knowledge from the sciences, humanities, and nursing with emphasis on moral, ethical, legal and political implications for nursing practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
PH 210; and All 200 and 300 level nursing courses.
Credits: 2
NU 421 - Approved Elective
This approved elective provides the opportunity for students to extend their nursing knowledge through a nursing or appropriately related course.
Prerequisites & Notes
All required courses for the major through the 300 level courses.
Credits: 3Pastoral Studies Department
HU 302 - Comparative Religions
This introductory-level course introduces the world’s major religions, beginning with an exploration of the nature of religion. Through reading, reflection, and writing, the student learns about the historical and literary aspects of Hindu, Buddhist, and Chinese thought, then moves on to Western religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Extensive interaction with the instructor is included.
Credits: 3
LA 401 - Arts and Sciences in the World
This is a capstone course in the core curriculum. Students examine the roles played by the arts and the sciences in the contemporary world, especially in the United States. Students explore the values attached to these endeavors, their practical uses, their ethical dimensions, and the rise or decline in their significance during the twentieth century. Students also explore the ideal roles for the arts and sciences in a world that should be committed to pursuing goodness, beauty, and truth.
Credits: 3
LA 402 - Topics in American Studies
This is the capstone course for the American Studies concentration. The instructor and the student mutually plan a research project on a related subject of interest to the student. Students have six months to complete this course.
Credits: 3
LA 403 - Topics in the Christian Tradition
This is the capstone course for the Christian Tradition concentration. Students examine a particular aspect of the Christian Tradition confronting modern society and, under the direction of the instructor, write a research paper of twenty to thirty pages on this topic. Students have six months to complete this course.
Credits: 3
LA 404 - Capstone Project for the Bachelor of Arts, Adult Religious Education Major
Students examine and plan a research paper on a topic related to Adult Religious Education. Students have six months to complete this course.
Credits: 3
TH 102 - Introduction to the New Testament
Introduces the cultural, historical, and religious milieu in which Christianity emerged and developed in its first century emphasizing the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Prerequisites & Notes
| Prerequisite: TH101 and TH104 for Theological Studies majors only. |
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Credits: 3
TH 104 - Introduction to the Old Testament
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The course provides an introduction to the books and significant passages of the Old Testament, to the historical and religious background of its text, and to the study methods of its interpretations. Upon completion of this course the student should:
- be able to recognize the literature of the Old Testament, and have read significant books and passages of the Old Testament.
- be able to explain the religion and history of ancient Israel as it is reflected in the Old Testament.
- be prepared to take TH102 Introduction to the New Testament.
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TH 203 - Faith in the Contemporary World
This course studies the Biblical and Traditional meaning of faith with special emphasis given to the New Testament concept of faith. The personal structure rather than merely propositional character of faith is stressed as the distinctive feature of the faith required of the Christian in today’s society.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
TH 220 - Fundamentals of Christian Morality
| The course considers the concepts of human freedom, law, sin, and conscience, and then examines ways in which Gospel values are applied to real-life situations. The Christian moral life is above all else a life of love – love of God and love of neighbor. Christians are called to embody Jesus Christ’s message of love in the world today. |
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| Prerequisite: TH 101 for Theological Studies Majors only. |
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Credits: 3
TH 222 - World Religions
| An introductory-level course, Comparative Religions describes the world’s major religions. It acquaints the student with historical and literary aspects of Hindu and Buddhist thought, moving to Western religions. It considers the nature of other religions, devoting the final segment to the study of the Judeo-Christian tradition. |
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Credits: 3
TH 309 - Special Topics: Topical Issue in Theology
Students learn more about a particular issue within the broad spectrum of theology and spiritual learning. Students will have the opportunity to discuss the external and internal forces on the topic at hand, and gain new insights.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3Offered: (Summer only)
TH 311 - Church History I: Ancient and Medieval Church
The course is the first of a two-part survey of the evolution of the Christian tradition from Apostolic times to the present. Although concerned primarily with the story of the Catholic West, Church History I includes the history of the Orthodox East and the gradual separation of the Latin and Greek Churches in the course of the Middle Ages. In addition to the evolution of church structures, this course focuses on the inner life of the Christian tradition as revealed in practice and devotional piety, and exemplified in the lives of the saints and mystics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: TH101 for Theological Studies Major only.
Credits: 3
TH 312 - Church History II: The Development of Modern Catholicism
| This course traces the disintegration of Western Christian unity, the origin and evolution of the principal denominations, the difficulties posed by a post-Christian culture, and the transition from a European to a world church. Special attention is given to the reform movements of the twentieth century. In addition to the evolution of church structures, this course focuses on the inner life of the Christian tradition as revealed in practice and devotional piety, and exemplified in the lives of its saints and mystics. Primary sources and historical novels supplement the lecture notes and study text and provide indispensable windows into the variety of experiences in the Christian tradition.
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Credits: 3
TH 315 - Ecumenism: Moving Toward Christian Unity
Presents major events associated with the ecumenical movement, including establishment of the World Council of Churches and the convening of the Second Vatican Council. It explores the method of ecumenical dialogue and some of the obstacles to Christian unity. History reveals many individual efforts at restoring Christian unity throughout the ages. However, not until the twentieth century did entire churches thrust themselves into what is called the “Ecumenical Movement” – the process of dialogue, cooperation, and integration among the churches that attempts to bring Christians together.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
TH 400 - Topics in Theological Studies
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Students examine a particular aspect of theological studies confronting modern society, and, under the direction of an instructor, write a research paper of twenty to thirty pages on this topic |
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Credits: 3
TH 405 - Practicum in Theological Studies
This course provides the student with a practical experience in a pastoral setting. The practicum emphasizes the integration of the concepts learned in the program of studies as they apply to a real world setting.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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