AC 210 - Financial Accounting

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Non-Proctored Final Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Understand what information is being presented by the income statement and balance sheet. 
• Describe the monthly accounting cycle, its adjustments, and its results. 
• Define what is meant by “profit” and “loss” and how they may be influenced by the choice of accounting methods. 
• Describe the effect economic stimulus and taxation policies (at the federal level) have on accounting choices. 
• Read and understand the annual report of a corporation.

AC 211 - Managerial Accounting

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Non-Proctored Final Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Differentiate between management and financial accounting.
• Demonstrate cost principles and the proper financial statement classification and reporting of costs by various types of companies.
• Explain cost components and their relationship to changes in volume and other factors.
• Develop a comprehensive financial budget.
• Analyze budget variances.
• Evaluate long-term capital investment decisions.

AC 310 - Intermediate Accounting I

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: None
• Final Assessment: Non-Proctored Final Exam

• Examine the challenges facing accounting and the need for accounting standards.
• Review the objectives of financial statements, the primary financial statements, and how they are used.
• Recognize the need for ethics in accounting.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of basic accounting assumptions and principles.
• Perform basic accounting functions and prepare financial statements.
• Recognize the structure, purposes, and uses of the income statement.
• Interpret and analyze the meaning of information contained within the income statement.
• Recognize the interrelationship and interaction of the income statement with the other financial statements.
• Explain the structures, compositions, and uses of the balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
• Prepare the balance sheet and income statement from financial records.
• Interpret and analyze the balance sheet and statement of cash flows.

AC 311 - Intermediate Accounting II

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: None
• Final Assessment: Non-Proctored Final Exam

• Explain the reporting of the current portion of long-term debt and short-term debt expected to be refinanced.
• Identify and define the criteria applied to the accounting and disclosure of gain and loss contingencies.
• Perform the accounting valuation of notes and bonds at date of issue and points before maturity.
• Identify the key components (accounts) of stockholders’ equity.
• Perform earnings per share computations in simple and complex capital structures.
• Know the three categories of debt securities and the accounting/reporting treatment for each.
• Recognize the categories of equity securities and the accounting/reporting treatment for each.
• Explain the accounting for reclassification of securities from one category to another.
• Describe and explain the various methods of revenue recognition.
• Recognize the criteria established for determining that the earnings process is complete.

AC 312 - Federal Income Taxes

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Weekly Discussion
• Final: No final project.

• Identify the objectives and models of taxation.
• Compare and contrast tax planning strategies and tax rates.
• Define income and sources of income.
• Identify types of employee compensation and their tax consequences.
• Identify business expenses and deductions.
• Compare types of property, methods of acquisition, depreciation, and disposition.
• Review and compare the benefits of tax-deferred exchanges.
• Compare and contrast corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships.
• Review individual taxation, exemptions, credits, and deductions.
• Compare tax planning strategies for estates. 

AC 313 - Managerial and Cost Accounting

Where management accounting is internal to the company, the field is not governed by regulatory bodies such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Management accounting can take many different forms between companies and industries.

Management accounting used to be referred to as “cost accounting.” This course deals with the basic principles of cost accumulation, allocation, and financial reporting. Over the years, though, the field has expanded. Today, management accountants are bringing value to their employers by being able to gather and analyze data and make appropriate business decisions that enhance financial viability. This course provides an understanding of the common analytical tools used by management accountants and their application in business today.

Prerequisites & Notes
AC 310, AC 311

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussions
• Final Assessment:  Final Paper

• Discuss the importance and purpose of managerial accounting and ethics in a business environment.
• Prepare a schedule of cost of goods sold and cost of goods manufactured given a trial balance from a manufacturing company.
• Compute projected sales figures in dollars and units given various costs, target net income, and what-if analysis.
• Prepare cost-volume-profit income statements and contrast CVP income statements with traditional income statements.
• Differentiate between absorption and variable costing income statements and describe the effect on both inventory and cost of goods sold.
• Discuss the allocation of fixed costs and identify and use the appropriate relevant costs to make decisions related to special orders, add/drop a segment, sell or process further, and make or buy.
• Compare and contrast job order and process costing systems relative to the value of ending inventory and cost of goods sold in a manufacturing company or cost of services rendered in a service organization.
• Compare and contrast capital budgeting methods to make management decisions concerning potential projects, lease versus buy, and capital purchases.
• Discuss the benefits and differences of activity-based costing as well as allocating and evaluating cost allocation and customer profitability using activity-based costing techniques.
• Prepare the components of a static budget and a flexible budget.
• Discuss the different budget and evaluation approaches and their effects on motivation and performance from a managerial perspective.

AC 315 - Accounting Information Systems

AC 351 - Accounting for Governmental and Non-profit Entities

AC 401 - Auditing

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final: None

• Demonstrate an understanding of different types and methods of business expansions and combinations.
• Prepare journal entries using the cost, equity, or fair value method for accounting for investments.
• Develop a consolidation worksheet using spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel, which includes calculations and elimination entries for the consolidation of a subsidiary under various acquisition scenarios.
• Demonstrate an understanding of accounting procedures used in consolidating a subsidiary when there are intercompany asset or debt transfers.
• Prepare journal entries for the operation of a partnership, including formation, allocation of partnership profit or loss, changes in membership, and liquidation.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the major concepts of governmental accounting.
• Demonstrate an understanding of financial reporting and journal entry concepts for various types of private, not-for-profit entities.

AC 410 - Advanced Accounting

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards
• Final Assessment: None

• Demonstrate an understanding of different types and methods of business expansions and combinations.
• Prepare journal entries using the cost, equity, or fair value method for accounting for investments.
• Develop a consolidation worksheet using spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel, which includes calculations and elimination entries for the consolidation of a subsidiary under various acquisition scenarios.
• Demonstrate an understanding of accounting procedures used in consolidating a subsidiary when there are intercompany asset or debt transfers.
• Prepare journal entries for the operation of a partnership, including formation, allocation of partnership profit or loss, changes in membership, and liquidation.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the major concepts of governmental accounting.
• Demonstrate an understanding of financial reporting and journal entry concepts for various types of private, not-for-profit entities.

AC 420 - Advanced Topics in Financial Accounting

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Interpret and apply generally accepted accounting principles to measuring, recognizing, disclosing, and reporting financial transactions and information.
• Recognize and apply procedures to special accounting issues in business combinations.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements.
• Assess inter-company transactions that relate to assets and liabilities.
• Compute and prepare cash flows, earning per share, and tax allocation for consolidated companies.
• Explain the basic characteristics and operating procedures of partnerships.
• Account for partnership formation, business transactions, ownership transactions, and liquidation.
• Define the role of the financial accountant in the organization as it pertains to accounting control and reporting including ethical responsibilities.
• Prepare entries related to governmental entities and general fund accounting.
• Prepare entries to record transactions related to not-for-profit entities.

AC 450 - Accounting for Leadership

BA 201 - Introduction to Microeconomics

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Discuss current topics in microeconomics.
• Identify key terms and concepts in economics.
• Illustrate key concepts and economic theories.
• Apply the supply and demand principles to real-world situations.
• Evaluate current economic conditions to predict future outcomes.

BA 202 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Examine current topics in Macroeconomics.
• Compare key terms and concepts in economics.
• Demonstrate key concepts and economic theories.
• Apply key concepts and principles to real world situations. 

BA 301 - Business Law I

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: None

• Understand how the American legal system is structured between the federal government and the states.
• Describe the steps in the litigation process.
• Comprehend and summarize court opinions.
• Identify a contract and explain what is required for a valid contract to exist.
• Explain how a contract may be breached and what might constitute an appropriate remedy.
• Specify the basic elements of common crimes and torts.
• Analyze how tort law intersects with economics and social attitudes.
• Assess the utility and application of white-collar crime laws.
• Understand the differences between business entities and articulate their characteristics.
• Address the social responsibility of business entities and their duties.
• Identify the laws relevant to the employment relationship and understand the rights and obligations involved.
• Explain the types of intellectual property laws available to protect original works. 

BA 306 - Business Ethics

Community Based Learning:

Community-based learning (CBL) is an experiential instructional strategy that engages students in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies, transforming them from passive recipients to active participants in their education and community while providing a deeper understanding of theories and course content.

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 4 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, you should be able to do the following

• Describe the historical underpinnings of the corporate social responsibility and business ethics movements.
• Identify major challenges that businesses face in operating ethically, and propose solutions to at least three of those issues through interacting with a contemporary business or nonprofit leader.
• Interview a business or nonprofit leader about a significant problem that the organization is facing in its relationship with the community and offer one or two reasonable solutions to that issue.
• Distinguish between horizontal and vertical accountability, and compare and contrast their effectiveness in addressing issues of ethical compliance and entrepreneurial growth.
• Suggest strategies to a current business or nonprofit leader that will assist him or her in achieving greater competence than before in participating in a “knowledge-based economy.”
• Map the common obstacles that leaders face in making decisions in the face of complexity and failing at projects that they thought would succeed, and propose best practices for navigating those challenges.
• Describe how one business or entity has been shaped by external values, as well as how it has shaped the values of the surrounding community.
• Identify three to four personal strengths that will assist the student in being an effective and authentic leader, while also addressing three to four personal weaknesses that confront that journey.

BA 350 - Management Information Systems for Managers

This course investigates the application of computer-based information systems to the management of organizations. The focus of the course is developing the non-technical skills that business-school graduates need to make appropriate decisions about the deployment of information systems throughout an organization. Students in this course learn about the interaction between information systems and organization structure, necessary technology infrastructure, knowledge management, and the creation and management of information systems. The ethical management of information to gain competitive advantage is a theme throughout the course.  

Prerequisites & Notes
None

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Discuss the interaction among the components of an information system, including the hardware, software, data, networks, people, and procedures.
• Evaluate emergent information technologies on their potential application to an organization.
• Interpret ethical and social issues relating to the storage and dissemination of information and the use of information systems.
• Describe the strategic role of information systems in organizations and their use in gaining competitive advantage.
• Define the role of information systems in capturing and distributing organization knowledge and intelligence and in enhancing management decision making.
• Choose the correct terminology associated with information systems when interacting with IS professionals.

FI 301 - Business Finance

• Assignments: 15 Week Course 
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project 

•  Understand the role of the corporate financial manager and the three main policy questions he/she faces: investment, capital structure, and dividend decisions.
• Determine the statement of cash flow given a statement of earnings and a statement of financial position.
• Apply common financial ratios in evaluating both “actual” and “pro-forma” financial statements.
• Apply common sizing in financial analysis and planning.
• Utilize the time value of money formulas to evaluate various alternatives.
• Utilize the discounted cash flow metrics such as net present value (NPV), expected net present value, modified internal rate of return (MIRR), and modified profitability index in order to evaluate proposed projects. 
• Determine the weighted average cost of capital and its component parts for the cost of debt, cost of preferred stock, and cost of common stock, the latter by using the capital asset pricing model as well as other techniques.

IN 310 - International Marketing

• Assignments:  5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final:  Final Project

• Apply key terms, definitions, and concepts used in marketing with a global perspective.
• Compare and contrast the value of developing a global awareness vs. a local perspective in marketing.
• Assess market opportunities used by multi-national companies (MNC) in a global market.
• Evaluate different cultural, legal and political environments shaping international trade.
• Examine various strategic marketing tactics used by MNCs.
• Analyze local market characteristics that affect advertising and promotion of products on a global scale.
• Illustrate the impact of global and regional influences on products and services for consumers and businesses.
• Apply basic marketing-oriented strategies on the international level.
• Create innovative market entry strategies suitable on a global scale.
• Explain the differences in negotiating with partners from different countries.
• Develop an effective international marketing plan for use in global markets.

MG 101 - Introduction to Management

 Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe what management is and how it affects the successful operation of an organization.
• Explain the challenges involved in effective decision making and the role leadership plays in the successful deployment of the decision.
• Identify organizational structures and how they reinforce the strategic intent of the organization.
• Discuss how effective human resources practices support the success of the organization.
• Describe a strategic planning process and identify the manager’s role in this process.

MG 302 - Human Resources Management

This course is designed for students with nominal exposure to human resources management, policies and procedures.  The program of study presents the operational context for managing an organization’s workforce in the 21st century with insight into the procedures and processes.  Subject matter ranges from historical perspectives to current trends and challenges from legal, social, economic and technological perspectives. This course provides a systems level rationale to the wide ranging, every growing scope of human resources management in public and nonprofit organizations. 

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Analyze the diverse functions of human resources management.
• Explain the benefits of technology on the human resources function.
• Relate the trends and challenges currently facing HR departments and staff to your work experience or employment goals.
• Apply the components of a job analysis and job descriptions to a sample position.
• Explain the relationship of motivation theories to performance management systems.
• Summarize the importance of volunteer assistance to public and nonprofit organizations.

 

Credits: 3

MG 307 - Small Business Management

• Assignments: 15 Week Course
• Interactivity: 4 Units
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Assess the personality characteristics typical of an entrepreneur.
• Identify the practical business skills needed to operate a small business.
• Communicate in the language of small business.
• Demonstrate the ability to assess the validity of a business idea.
• Develop a comprehensive business plan (including the marketing and financial sections).
• Assess factors demonstrating small business growth and their consequences.
• Discuss technology applications for improving small business margins.
• Illustrate the relationship of administrative, internal systems to external systems of sales and customer service.

MG 309 - Organizational Behavior

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Develop interpersonal competencies in the field of organizational behavior.
• Explain why human relations skills are important to success in the workplace
• Demonstrate understanding of how self-concept affects productivity and performance.
• Describe the role of interpersonal communications and communication channels within an organization.
• Analyze how interpersonal dynamics affect behavior, performance and productivity.
• Explain the components of motivation theories and techniques.
• Explain the interactive role of ethics with leadership skills, organizational culture and hierarchy.
• Describe the implications of group dynamics and team management.

MG 311 - Change Management

Students have the option of choosing a Community-Based Learning section of this course.

Community Based Learning:

Community-based learning (CBL) is an experiential instructional strategy that engages students in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies, transforming them from passive recipients to active participants in their education and community while providing a deeper understanding of theories and course content.

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 4 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Differentiate between the various forces of change.
• Demonstrate knowledge on the requirements for change initiatives and adaptation.
• Explain the implementation process for change in organizations.
• Develop an understanding of the importance of communication in the change management process.
• Analyze the personal side of change within organizations
• Evaluate the long-term need for change as a constant part of organizational existence. 

MG 320 - Conflict Management and Mediation

• Assignments: 4 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Describe the nature and causes of conflict.
• Identify communication skills and negotiation techniques for conflict resolution.
• Demonstrate knowledge of mediation and the role of the mediator.
• Identify facilitative strategies for the mediator.
• Apply conflict-resolution skills and mediation methods in the workplace and other real-life situations.

MG 330 - International Management

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Develop a global mindset.
• Understand intercultural effectiveness.
• Become a global manager utilizing the MBI model.
• Create a strategic global organization.
• Understand personal and business integrity in the global marketplace. 

MG 410 - Strategic Management

• Assignments:  5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final:  Final Project

• Demonstrate an understanding of the history of strategic management and how it has progressed to an increased capacity to think strategically and effectively employ the elements of the strategic management process to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.
• Describe the nature and role of the vision and mission statements in strategic management and how they are used to integrate analysis and intuition in the work of strategic management.
• Describe how to effectively use strategic management tools such as an external strategic management audit, an internal strategic management review, and benchmarking to assess an organization’s processes and capabilities.
• Describe how to implement a strategy in such a way as to deal effectively with issues of implementation challenges, organizational structure, market analysis, and any estimated change in the valuation of a business.
• Describe a practical framework for evaluating strategies and why this evaluation is complex, sensitive, and yet essential for organizational success.
• Explain why the importance of ethical principles and organizational values in the context of making socially responsible management choices is good business in strategic management.
• Explain how a business can ensure that its code of business ethics is guiding business decisions and not being ignored.
• Prepare a robust strategic analysis covering all of the important aspects of strategic management.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to use a strategic analysis to create meaningful recommendations for a business organization.

MG 415 - Creativity and Innovation

• Describe the difference between routine work and creative work.

• Outline the range of influences on creative action in organizations - from individual cognition to global competition.

• Develop a personal practice to nurture and sustain your own creativity and to support others on your team.

• Initiate and undertake a creative process that applies creative thinking to an organizational situation or problem.

• Explain effects of approaches to problem solving, team processes, and organizational design and culture on innovation in organizations.

• Analyze team processes and organizational practices that lead to effective innovation.

• Synthesize your understanding of the creative process to recommend approaches to the power and politics of innovation.

MK 201 - Introduction to Marketing

MK 201 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 for a product or service that the adult learner selects and will bring to market.

During the course, you will practice some analytical and creative skills to build a Marketing Plan for a small business or nonprofit venture of your own, or a product or service offering of your employer.  More work will have to be done, particularly in financial projections, before you can ”go to the bank” with a plan, but the course will give you a model on which you may get started.

Assignment Overview
Assignments: 5 Units

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Provide an introduction and exposure to, and an understanding of, the marketing concept.
• Develop an ability to analyze and assess an organization and its products and services.
• Develop awareness and a practical knowledge of the marketing mix, especially as evidenced within your own company or organization, and as utilized by your company’s/organization’s senior management.
• Gain a working familiarity with the terminology, objectives, and issues that concern and impact marketing in the twenty-first century.
• Demonstrate decision-making abilities as you bring a product and/or service to market via a marketing plan.
• Demonstrate strategic thinking relative to marketing decisions.
• Describe essential principles of consumer behavior in relation to marketing.
• Perform a competitive analysis.
• Assess your own company’s ability to effectively market itself.

MK 301 - Advertising

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Describe the role of advertising as part of the marketing mix.
• Explain the importance of target markets and segmentation in the development of advertising plans.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize the power of a brand and its equity.
• Analyze traditional forms of advertising for messaging and effectiveness.
• Evaluate the role of advertising and how it is evolving for major companies and brands.

MK 302 - Marketing Research

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Define Marketing Research.
• Examine the research process.
• Formulate the fundamental principles of Marketing Research.  
• Evaluate data collection and research design.
• Apply knowledge of tools and applications

MK 305 - Consumer Behavior

MK 307 - Customer Relations Management

• Assignments: 15 Weeks, 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: PowerPoint Presentation

• Define Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
• Identify the history and development of CRM.
• Examine the increasing roles of how technology is contributing to providing higher levels of customer satisfaction.
• Evaluate the impact of CRM on sales and marketing strategies in the development of customer value, retention, and loyalty.
• Identify the growing role of CRM and its future.

MK 310 - E-Marketing

MK 401 - Marketing Management

• Assignments:  5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Define the key internal and external resources that are often part of the marketing management process and/or oversight.
• Identify the competition, customers, and the markets served and the role market analysis plays within an organization.
• Identify the buying behavior life-cycle for both business-to-consumer (B2C) purchases as well as business-to-business (B2B) purchases.
• Describe how market research reduces risk and improves decision making.
• Discuss effective ways to incorporate social media into your marketing strategy.
• Thoroughly understand the advertising and media plan and how to apply it in the real world.
• Identify the role public relations takes in an organization and how it can leverage a marketing plan.
• Evaluate the role emotions play when consumers make a buying decision.
• Examine the theory of the product life cycle (PLC).
• Apply communications theories to practical marketing situations.
• Evaluate what is considered a viable marketing metric when determining ROI vs. one that isn’t.
• Assess how to prepare budgets to ensure proper planning.
• Develop a marketing plan based on the SOSTAC® methodology and the cumulative knowledge and information gained in the course. 

MK 410 - Branding

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Describe the main branding challenges and opportunities
• Understand the importance of a personal brand
• Recognize the strongest brands today and what elements makes them strong
• Identify the key components of brand positioning
• Specify the four steps of building a brand
• Examine the brand value chain
• Illustrate the brand equity concept
• Recognize what goes into a successful brand marketing program
• Define key components of brand architecture
• Summarize how consumers evaluate extensions and how extensions contribute to parent brand equity
• Understand Susan Fournier’s typology of consumer-brand relationships

MK 415 - Social Media Marketing

Key to this class is using the skills you have learned as part of a “Community Based Learning” strategy. The materials you create in the class will build upon your skills and knowledge to create social media content for your chosen organization.  You’ll create material for your chosen organization for potential use on their social media accounts as well as create informational materials for them to help inform how to better leverage their social media presence.

Prerequisites & Notes
None

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Describe the role and impact Social Media has played on modern society.
• Explain the importance of knowing your audience, developing content, and understanding industry best-practices.
• Demonstrate the ability to use different Social Media platforms.
• Analyze traditional Social Media outlets for messaging and effectiveness.
• Evaluate the needs of a company or organization and develop a Social Media promotion that suits them.

SA 301 - Principles of Sales (Salesmanship)

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Recognize the parallelism of professional-selling skills to persuasion/influencing-skills that are needed by business professionals, including those who are in non-sales positions.
• Describe the importance of professional development as a critical factor that contributes to a sales representative’s success, including key areas in which a sales representative would want to gain expertise.
• Apply key communication tools and learning to your day-to-day business environment to facilitate your ability to be seen by others as a persuasive and influential individual.

  Additionally, you will gain an understanding of the following:

• The Selling Cycle – The Buying Cycle
• FAB – Features, Advantages, Benefits
• Selling/Persuading/Communication Techniques
• Effective Professional Presentation Techniques
• Sales, as part of the marketing concept
• Interactions with people – Managing your interpersonal relationships
• Dressing for success

SA 304 - Sales Management

• Assignments:  5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Comprehend and accurately describe the roles of sales management and sales managers.
• Understand the importance of culture to selling.
• Recognize key leadership traits necessary for strong sales management performance.
• Outline a sales process and articulate its role in selling.
• Develop a plan for recruiting a sales team.
• Accurately portray the role of a professional sales manager on a high-performance sales team.
• Create and use accurate metrics for evaluating sales performance.
• Select appropriate methods for corrective action for an under performing sales organization.
• Describe the impact of automation on the selling process.
• Articulate the impact of mobile technology on the selling organization.

 

Credits: 3

SL 305 - Continuum of Senior Services

The leader in senior living, while not necessarily providing direct care personally, will oversee the provision of care to his/her clients.  Acting as a patient advocate, he/she will ensure that all needs are met through the development of relationships with other service providers.  Students will explore the issues faced when a necessary service is not provided locally, and the leader needs to evaluate adding a service line.  

Prerequisites & Notes
SO 310

Assignment Overview
TBD - course is not available until January 2016.

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this courses, students will be able to:

• articulate the spectrum of services and care delivery models available to the elderly
• access information on new and evolving types of service delivery to the elderly
• develop partnerships and relationships with other senior service organizations in the community
• explain the variety of senior living options available
• apply basic principles of care coordination to seniors in his/her community
• recognize the potential need to diversify the service offerings of his/her senior living community in response to the clientele’s needs 

HA 205 - American Healthcare Systems

• Discuss the basic nature of the United States health care system. You will also assimilate your learning as a health care professional and/or consumer with the required readings of the course to understand and discuss the complexities, benefits and barriers to health care in the United States
• Understand and discuss the concepts of health and health care as they relate to U.S health care system outcomes and individual health care-seeking behaviors. Describe and discuss the evolution of health care in the United States and be able to compare U.S. health status to that of other industrialized nations
• Understand and discuss the public health responsibilities of local, state and federal governments
• Explain the impacts of competition and regulation on health care quality
• Discuss the benefits and barriers to health care usage created by different types of health care insurance
• Understand and discuss the various levels of health care along the continuum of care in the U.S. health care system
• Explain the professional, technological and financial aspects of the U.S. health care system
• Understand and discuss the meaning of health care costs, dimensions of access to care, and quality
• Understand and discuss the future of health services delivery in the United States
• Describe the health care system processes related to outpatient and primary care; inpatient facilities, managed care and integrated organizations, and long-term care and
  health care services for special populations
• Discuss the precedents of the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act of 2010

HA 214 - Healthcare Informatics

• Compare paper-based and computerized health information management systems
• Assimilate the core components of health information management systems and how they are integrated
• Analyze how health information systems may be used strategically to improve health care outcomes and efficiency
• Demonstrate how health informatics contributes to quality improvement and evidence-based practices
• Identify the ethical and legal issues associated with health information management and how computerization may ameliorate or exacerbate each issue

HA 302 - Human Resource Management

• Demonstrate knowledge of the organizational, legal, and environmental forces that create the framework for human resource management
• Evaluate and redesign processes and programs to target the organizational mission and goals
• Understand the strategic components of human resource management, and analyze opportunities in your workplace
• Apply the principles and practices of this course in the health care field, particularly as it relates to the following:
  • Diverse personnel working in the health care field
  • The role of human resource management as it applies to all aspects of the workplace
  • Changes in the workplace due to changes in the demographics of the workforce
  • The relationship of workplace components and their collective ability to meet health care industry demands
  • Legal requirements pertaining to the labor force

HA 330 - Healthcare Administration: Management Foundations

• Recognize the factors that contribute to the complexity of health care delivery in the United States for the twenty-first century.
• Differentiate between leadership and management.
• Apply the various theories of employee motivation.
• Apply the factors that contribute to high-performing teams.
• Utilize effective communication techniques.
• Differentiate between productive and dysfunctional conflict.
• Apply conflict management techniques.
• Implement a quality improvement process.
• Apply a process to plan and implement information technology improvements.
• Understand the concepts of strategy and strategic management.
• Explain the factors that lead to health care alliances.
• Identify the most important federal and state regulatory programs and how they affect health care management.
• Identify the key concepts of health care consumerism.

HA 340 - Emergency Preparedness

 

Prerequisites & Notes
None

Assignment Overview
Four units and a final assessment

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to demonstrate leadership skills in the following:

1. Evaluate a health care provider’s situation to determine its unique potential risks for emergencies.
2. Develop and implement thorough emergency preparedness plans to address potential risk factors.
3. Network with other agencies to develop a coordinated approach to emergency preparedness.
4. Develop, implement, and analyze disaster drills related to potential risk factors.

HA 343 - Healthcare Financial Management

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion
• Final Assessment: Final Exam

• Basic accounting and financial management concepts and terminology
• Financial analysis and its role in managerial decision making
• Cost determination and allocation as a management tool
• The role of budgets, and how to develop them, interpret them, and use them to manage more effectively
• How to manage assets, make capital investment decisions, and secure capital financing

HA 350 - Leadership in Healthcare Administration

• Assignments: 4 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Identify and discuss the theoretical and applied components of effective leadership and management in health care
• Define the role vision plays in leadership
• Examine and apply the leadership skills you have achieved

HA 353 - Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Explain key concepts regarding the legal aspects of health care administration. 
• Apply major theories and doctrines that frame health care law. 
• Describe the basis, structure, and process of the legal system in the United States today. 
• Evaluate the scope of accountability of organizations, health care administrators, and trustees in various situations. 
• Discuss legal issues and accountabilities regarding professional licensure and scope of practice. 
• Determine the administrative obligations in relation to consents, protections, confidentiality, and patients’ rights. 
• Describe the legal aspects of antitrust, corporate status, and corporate compliance in health care today. 
• Assess and discuss the relationship between the law and legal doctrines, and personal and clinical ethics in administrative decision making.

HA 355 - Ethics in Health Administration

• Explain the theories and principles relevant to health care ethics
• Identify and discuss the ethical issues inherent in the provision of individual health care, including the evolving responses to new ethical problems
• Apply ethical theories and principles to health care problems facing the health services administrator and the structures of organizational governance
• Recognize, discuss, and analyze critical ethical issues in health care delivery within our society
• Analyze and articulate reasoned approaches to resolve ethical concerns in health care delivery

HA 410 - Quality in Healthcare Administration

• Discuss the elements of an effective continuous quality improvement program to include strategic focus of support, a systems view to improvement, and a whole systems approach toward outcomes.
• Illustrate the importance of using data and measurement to assess current status, analyze and improve processes, and track progress to affect outcomes.  Identify the tools and methods used to collect and provide data and information to include quality methodologies, plan-do-study/check-act (PDSA), means of display (flowcharts, run charts, cause-and-effect diagrams), and the use of benchmarking in creation of improvements.
• Explain the importance of high-performing teams to quality improvement efforts.  Describe the elements necessary for effective teams, the benefits of using teams in a learning organization, and the outcomes impact when teams are empowered.
• Demonstrate the importance of the voice of the customer in continuous quality improvement in health care.  Define the approaches for eliciting and analyzing internal and external customers’ requirements, expectations, levels of satisfaction, and areas of concern.
• Interpret the involvement and effect of external facilitators of improvement to include regulatory agencies, payers, quality improvement organizations (QIO).
• Characterize the elements important to a learning organization including change management (including transformational change in continuous quality improvement), decision-making related to continuous quality improvement, and innovation.

HA 454 - Strategic Planning in Healthcare Organizations

• Recognize and explain the value of strategic planning in health care organizations.
• Apply a basic strategic planning process to the case study.
• Identify organizational factors that could impact the strategic planning process and outcomes.
• Explain the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in the strategic planning process.
• Perform a basic environmental assessment considering both internal and external factors.
• Apply the elements of effective mission and vision statements.
• Construct applicable goals, objectives and implementation plans.
• Describe an ongoing planning process including:
  • Regular progress reports
  • Annual updates
  • When a significant plan redraft is indicated
• Identify challenges for health care organizations over the next one to five years.

HE 200 - Introduction to Community Health

This course introduces the student to the field of community health. The relationship between coordinating networks, health service organizations, government, and voluntary-based agencies will be introduced. Students will experience a cursory exposure to health education and health promotion as a profession. 

 

Assignment Overview
4 Units and a Final assignment. Each unit consists of a quiz, discussion item and written paper.

Course Learning Objectives
 

  Upon completing this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Describe the nature of community health initiatives and program planning.
• Identify health-related issues for given populations within a community.
• Identify health-related organizations at the local, state, national, and international level.
• Assess community health needs and implement programming to address those needs.
• Identify the health profiles for the various age groups – infant, child, adolescents, young adults, and adults – listing the major risk factors associated with health-related issues. 

HIM 100 - Introduction to HIM

• Understand the professional definition of health information management (HIM) and technology.
• Understand the HIM professional core model.
• Identify the functional components of practice roles in HIM.
• Recognize the growing settings of practice available to HIM professionals.
• Understand the process and benefits of certification and the requirements for maintaining certification.
• Understand the importance of a professional code of ethics and what the HIM Code of Ethics means.
• Define personal health records (PHRs) and identify their attributes, functionality, and supporting standards.
• Describe the impact of consumer empowerment on PHRs and their role in value-drive healthcare initiatives.
• Discuss the current state of PHR utilization
• Identify policies and practices that may aid in overcoming barriers and enabling adoption of PHRs.
• Explain the role of the HIM professional in maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of PHRs.

HIM 200 - Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology

• Understand the basic systems of the human body, with its components
• Examine how each body system works and how the body systems interact with each other for normal functioning
• Recognize the importance of health information managers understanding the systems and functions of the human body

HIM 210 - Medical Terminology

• Explain terms for body structures and directional terminology.
• Describe terms used for the major body systems and their components.
• Understand how body systems work together to perform needed body functions.

HIM 214 - Health Information Technologies

• Utilize technology for data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting of information.
• Assess systems capabilities to meet regulatory requirements.
• Recommend device selection based on workflow, ergonomic, and human factors.
• Discuss the process for the development of networks, including intranet and Internet applications.
• Evaluate system architecture, database design, data warehousing.
• Create the electronic structure of health data to meet a variety of end user needs.
• Analyze the planning, design, selection, implementation, integration, testing, evaluation, and support of health information technologies.

HIM 250 - ICD Coding

1. Identify the benefits of transitioning to ICD-10
2. Explain key features of ICD-10-CM coding conventions
3. Accurately apply ICD-10-CM codes from Chapters 1 through Chapter 21
4. Recognize key features of each of the ICD-10-PCS sections
5. Identify the historical perspective and benefits of ICD-10-PCS
6. Explain key features of ICD-10-PCS Coding Guidelines
7. Master the ICD-10-PCS root operations

HIM 260 - CPT Coding

• Apply CPT coding conventions and national CPT guidelines to correctly assign procedures and services codes to operative reports, clinic notes, and other medical record documentation, achieving at least 90% accuracy rate.
• Demonstrate ability to correctly sequence CPT codes according to federal, AMA, and other applicable coding and billing guidelines.
• Understand the differences between billing for physician professional services and facility services when assigning CPT codes.
• Utilize important medical and CPT coding references.
• Describe the concept of medical necessity and the importance of the link between ICD-9-CM and CPT in coding patient records.
• Demonstrate an understanding of HCPCS Level II basics.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs) and the differences between coding for physicians (professional fee coding) and hospital outpatients (facility coding).

 

Credits: 3 Offered: Beginning winter 2015

HIM 311 - Pharmacology

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: None

• Define key terminology used in pharmacology. 
• Correlate the nursing process with the study of pharmacology. 
• Identify the legal and ethical principles of medication administration. 
• Apply the pharmaceutical, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic phases of drug activity, and alterations in these, to specific medications. 
• Utilize the nursing process, cultural assessments, critical-thinking skills, and experience to explain the principles of medication administration to clients. 
• Formulate teaching plans for clients in relation to their prescribed medications. 

HIM 312 - Pathophysiology

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

• Define the terminology and the pathological processes throughout the course. 
• Describe the normal structure and function of cell, tissue, organ, and body systems. 
• Correlate normal body functioning to physiologic changes that occur as a result of disease processes. 
• Apply the sciences of pathophysiology to common system disorders across the lifespan. 
• Utilize the nursing process, critical-thinking skills, experience, and basic concepts of pathophysiology to case studies/activities.

HIM 320 - Reimbursement Methodologies

• Assignments: 4 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Paper

• Manage the use of clinical data required in prospective payment systems (PPS) in health care delivery.
• Manage the use of clinical data required in other reimbursement systems in health care delivery.
• Participate in the selection and development of applications and processes for charge master and claims management.
• Implement and manage processes for compliance and reporting.
• Participate in revenue cycle management.

 

Credits: 3

HIM 330 - Advanced Health Data Management

• Understand health data structure, content and standards.
• Manage health data.
• Ensure that documentation in the health record supports the diagnosis and reflects the patientsgress, clinical findings, and discharge status.
• Develop organization-wide health record documentation guidelines.
• Maintain organizational compliance with regulations and standards.
• Ensure organizational survey readiness for accreditation, licensing and/or certification process.
• Design and implement clinical documentation initiatives.
• Submit, implement, and manage electronic applications for clinical classification and coding.
• Maintain processes, policies, and procedures to ensure the accuracy of coded data.
• Apply knowledge of database architecture and design.
• Monitor use of clinical vocabularies and terminologies used in the organization’s health information systems.
• Manage clinical indices, databases, and registries.
• Apply appropriate electronic or imaging technology for data/record storage.

HIM 340 - Information and Communication Technologies

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: None

• Implement and manage the use of technology, including hardware and software to ensure data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting of information.
• Contribute to the development of networks, including Intranet and Internet applications to facilitate the electronic health record (EHR), personal health record (PHR), public health, and other administrative applications.
• Interpret the use of standards to achieve interoperability of health care information systems.

 

Credits: 3

HIM 353 - Compliance, Ethics, and Information Protection

• Identify laws and regulations applicable to health related information management.
• Apply legal concepts and principles to the practice of health information management.
• Analyze privacy, security, and confidentiality policies and procedures for internal and external use, including the exchange of health information.
• Recommend elements included in the design of audit trails and a data quality monitoring program.
• Collaborate in the design and implementation of risk assessment, contingency planning, and data recovery procedures.
• Analyze the security and privacy implications of mobile health technologies.
• Develop employee educational programs in privacy, security, and confidentiality.
• Create policies and procedures to manage access and disclosure of personal health information.
• Protect electronic health information through confidentiality and security measures, policies and procedures.
• Appraise current laws and standards related to health information initiatives.
• Determine processes for compliance with current laws and standards related to health information initiatives and revenue.
• Construct and maintain processes, policies, and procedures to ensure the accuracy of coded data based on established guidelines.
• Manage coding audits.
• Identify severity of illness and its impact on healthcare payment systems.
• Determine policies and procedures to monitor for trends in abuse or fraud.
• Implement provider querying techniques to resolve coding discrepancies.
• Create methods to manage Present on Admission, hospital acquired conditions, and other CDI components.

 

Credits: 3

HIM 402 - Project and Operations Management

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Online Final Exam

• Understand the professional code of ethics and what the HIM Code of Ethics means.
• Understand how and what type of data are captured and structured at an organizational
  level and for a health system.
• Differentiate between methods of capturing, maintaining, and evaluating the quality of
  health information.
• Develop standard practices, policies, and procedures that support effective and efficient
  capture, maintenance, and quality of data.
• Demonstrate how documentation in the health record supports the overall continuum of
  care for the patient, including secondary data sources such as registries, databases, data
  sets, surreys, and core measures.
• Ensure that documentation in the health record supports the diagnosis and reflects the
  patients progress, clinical findings, and discharge status.
• Discuss how health care data sets such as HEDIS, UHDDS, and OASIS are used to
  support data capture, maintenance, and quality of health care data.
• Identify the organizations and standards for the content of the health record.
• Describe how work flow, space and equipment, aesthetics, and ergonomics factor into the
  functionality of a work environment and methods for distributing work assignment s and
  projects.

HIM 403 - Health Care Statistics and Research

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Exam 

• Discuss health care statistics background and perform general statistical computations
• Apply appropriate health care-related statistical formulas to determine desired information
• Present health care data by determining the best graphic or tabular approach and applying the appropriate formula
• Explain research methodology including the role of the Institutional Research Board in health care facilities

 

Credits: 3

HIM 460 - Advanced Practicum

• Demonstrate competence in health data management.
• Exhibit understanding of health statistics, research, and quality management.
• Utilize privacy, confidentiality, and legal principles of HIM in a health care organization.
• Understand policies and procedures related to HIM.
• Maintain patient information and respond to requests for information, as well as assuring data integrity.

 

Credits: 3 Offered: Online and at a professional practice site

LTC 210 - Introduction to Long-Term Care Administration

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Describe the current long-term care system in the United States and how it came to be, as well as how it differs from the ideal system. 
• Identify the characteristics of the ideal long-term care system, and compare and contrast it with the current system. 
• Describe the ways in which the providers of long-term care services interact with each other and with other components of the long-term care system, that is, consumers, payers, and regulators. 
• Identify and discuss the management/ leadership skills needed for success in long-term care administration. 
• Discuss the trends affecting the long-term care system today, those likely to shape its future, and how managers will need to behave in order to improve the overall long-term care system.

LTC 310 - Aging in America

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: None

• View aging as a bio-psychosocial process rather than a simple event and understand self, family, colleagues, and clients as aging individuals. 
• Differentiate between normal changes of aging and illness states common in aging individuals. 
• Apply major theories of aging from biology, psychology, and sociology to interpret how people age in U. S. society. 
• Identify societal, community, and health care resources for positive and successful aging. 
• Identify some of the political, social, and economic issues important to health care systems as they deal with the needs of aging clients. 
• Recognize the wide range of existing alternatives for delivery of health care to aging people, and identify opportunities for development of additional services based on identified needs and societal trends.

 

Credits: 3

LTC 350 - Aging, Spirituality and Senior Health Care

• Describe key demographic characteristics of Older Adults which may impact the field of Senior Healthcare.
• Identify ways in which one’s spirituality (or, faith beliefs) may influence health behaviors and health outcomes.
• Recognize the biological, sociological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of aging.
• Identify important cultural competencies needed to serve elder health consumers of diverse racial-ethnic backgrounds.
• Understand the spiritual challenges and opportunities of aging.
• Respectfully integrate interfaith and cross-cultural views of seniors and caregivers.
• Assess the impact of changes in the family life cycle and structure upon informal and formal care giving.
• Describe key elements of a Spiritual History and a Spiritual Care Program for Older Adults.
• Understand ethical issues that surround end-of-life care.
• Apply the principles of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services to senior care.
• Identify ways in which senior healthcare systems may also serve as spiritual care communities.
• Write a research paper on a selected topic with relevance to aging, spirituality, and senior healthcare.

LTC 352 - Long-Term Care Laws and Regulations

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Differentiate between the organizational structures within government branches and their respective roles in the formation of Long-Term Care Rules and Regulations. 
• Appraise and implement a practical Resident Bill of Rights In-Service Plan for all employees and residents. 
• Differentiate End-of-Life treatment components. 
• Submit acceptable plans of corrections to Federal and State Long-Term Care Regulatory agencies. 
• Identify alternatives to nursing home care.

LTC 448 - Issues in Long-Term Care Policy

• Assignments: 3 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Understand the forces causing changes to the long-term care system
• Discuss the continuum of care as a basis for developing policy.
• Have knowledge of the policies, regulation, and quality concerns and their effects on long-term care operations and systems.
• Identify the ethical issues impacting the elderly and how services are provided.
• Recognize the potential future trends and changes in long-term care delivery, payment and access.

LTC 450 - Nursing Home Administration

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Online Final Exam, Password Protected

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Explain the nature of the nursing home environment and its unique requirements for administration.
• Determine how to apply the philosophies, theories, principles, and concepts of management to nursing home settings.
• Analyze the nature of the interactions among the various segments of the nursing home organization.
• Clarify the appropriate roles of customers in the long-term care system and the role of the nursing home administrator in meeting the needs of those customers.
• Locate and review the legal and regulatory requirements and their impact on administration of a nursing home organization.

LTC 456 - Assisted Living Administration

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Understanding the evolving nature of assisted living.
• Managing staffing to provide quality services in a financially and legally responsible manner.
• Grasping concepts of financial management in the assisted-living environment.
• Maintaining a physical environment that is safe and appropriate for residents and staff.
• Articulating the physical and psychosocial needs of assisted-living residents.

LTC 460 - Administrative Internship

• Final Assessment: Successful Completion of Internship and Project Paper

• To provide a planned, progressively comprehensive, supervised training program, combining academic learning with practical experience. 
• To introduce the intern to a dimension of health care management that will expand his or her knowledge base. 
• To require the intern to apply management principles learned in class to real-life situations and problems. 
• To provide an opportunity for interaction between the intern and health care professionals, and to instill in the intern an appreciation of professional attitudes and values. 
• To reinforce, in the intern, a sense of responsibility toward the profession of health care management, colleagues, resident/patients or clients, and the community. 
• To allow the intern an opportunity to assume administrative responsibility. 
• To develop the interns communication skills through written reports (including the Project Paper), and through interactions such as meetings and presentations. 
• To engage the intern in a participatory learning experience that will benefit the organization providing the field experience. 
• To develop a confident, professional administrator, possessing the necessary skills and expertise. 
• To assist the intern in preparation for any required licensure exams.

 

Credits: 3 or 6

RS 412 - Senior Seminar

• Developed problem-solving, oral and written communication, and critical thinking skills.
• A deeper understanding and knowledge of the subject matter.
• Completed a project that is of value to you and the field of radiologic technology.
• Acquire social interactive skills and role learning.

SL 310 - Senior Hospitality Management

When providing for the needs of seniors, quality of life is equally as important as quality of care.  Concepts of hospitality management and gerontology will be blended in this course and infused into the management of senior living communities.  The transmission of hospitality principles to staff will be emphasized.  Expectations of seniors will be explored, particularly the unique expectations of the consumer-oriented Baby Boomer generation.  This course will prepare leaders in senior living to oversee the provision of services with an emphasis on hospitality. 

Prerequisites & Notes
LTC 310

Assignment Overview
TBA

Course Learning Objectives
 

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

* articulate the expectations, needs, and preferences of today’s and tomorrow’s senior living clientele

* survey clientele regarding their unique, specific needs and preferences

* train staff on principles of hospitality aimed at seniors

* design services and amenities infused with hospitality principles

* implement an effective complaint resolution and service recovery program

Credits: 3 Credits

SL 315 - Aging Policy & Politics

• Understand and articulate policy on aging services that may impact residents in senior living communities
• Appreciate the role of politics in influencing the development of aging policy
• Advocate for policy changes that will improve the lives of seniors in his/her community
• Make ethical, person-centered decisions for his/her residents

SL 320 - Communication Skills with Seniors

 

Prerequisites & Notes
SO 310

Assignment Overview
TBD

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Appreciate the communication challenges associated with various disabilities
• Develop an appreciation of communication challenges associated with aging in various ethnic groups
• Use communication methods that can compensate for challenges in both transmitting and receiving messages.
• Promote communication styles that respect the individuality and dignity of seniors. 

SL 325 - Senior Living Environmental Design

• Explain the unique housing needs and desires sought by seniors
• Assess the environment for adaptations required by a resident with physical disabilities and/or continuing physical decline
• Discuss options for financing construction or remodeling projects
• Blend beauty, enjoyment, comfort, and function in a Senior Living environment

 

Credits: 3 Offered: Beginning March 2016

SL 405 - Operations Management in Senior Living

• develop and apply sustainable financial management concepts for a senior living community
• create a long-range plan for the physical plant of a senior living community with respect to changing needs, requirements, and expectations
• provide stable, purposeful leadership by creating a vision and plan for the future
• articulate and comply with applicable regulations that govern senior living communities
• supervise the day-to-day operations of a senior living community with an appropriate, diverse knowledge base

SL 410 - Risk Management in Senior Living

• Recognize risks inherent in the field of senior living.
• Develop strategies to mitigate identified risks.
• Comply with applicable laws and regulations governing the field of senior living.
• Apply conflict resolution skills in order to maintain resident, family, vendor, and staff satisfaction.

IT 100 - Information Technology Fundamentals

• Explain the fundamental concepts of Information Technology including hardware and software.
• Demonstrate the basic ability in using desktop and web 2.0 productivity applications effectively as tools for writing, analyzing, problem solving and presenting information.
• Explain the basic concepts of Operating Systems, Databases and Networks.
• Relate the importance of Security and the basics of security that should be applied to protect the data.

IT 105 - Technical Mathematics

• Demonstrate skills in basic algebra
• Solve simple equations, inequalities and formulas
• Calculate ratios, rates, and proportions
• Utilize binary and hexadecimal number systems
• Solve graphic equations
• Apply simple logic

IT 110 - IT Ethics, Audit, and Compliance

• Explain the importance of ethics in Information Technology
• Describe IT malpractice, licensing and an IT professional code of conduct.
• Identify why computer attacks and crime are prevalent, types of attacks and crime, federal laws on computer attacks and crime.
• Differentiate the types of computer crime and attacks, their risks and detection.
• Explain the importance of quality software engineering and development in reducing the risk of computer attacks.

IT 115 - Computer Networking - Network+ Certification Prep Course

1. Understand the basic components associated with networks and telecommunications
2. Learn the fundamentals of network and telecommunication technologies
3. Understand the fundamentals of information-based strategies using networks and telecommunications and related applications
4. Gain enough practical experience in designing, installing and managing networked systems to be able to install and manage a small network
5. Understand the value and opportunities for organizational advantages from networks, communications, and related applications
6. Understand the legal, social, and ethical issues associated with networks and telecommunications
7. Appreciate some of the values and techniques that may become available from technology convergence and new standards or conventions.  Conversely, to appreciate how information technology and networking may combine to become irrelevant in some organizations
8. Comprehend the preparations needed to protect an organization from threats and risks related to failures, security, disasters, and crises.

IT 210 - Networking

• Utilize networking terminology, networking devices and media.
• Describe Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs).
• Apply networking standards such as the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model.
• Demonstrate an understanding of networking protocols, such as TCP/IP.
• Use various software tools/commands to view/set network configuration settings.

IT 216 - Certified Information Systems Security (CISSP) Prep Course

1.        Explain how to build secure systems that can prevent and detect intrusions.

2.        Demonstrate how to protect mission-critical systems.

3.        Deploy policy driven security systems.

4.        Explain how to select and implement the best encryption methodologies that meet the organization’s needs.

5.        Explain Physical, Operational, Network and Storage security.

6.        Describe the risk, legal, and regulations related impacts to the I.T. and Security function and how to stay compliant.

 

Credits: 3 credits / Can also be taken as a non-credit course (IT 016)

IT 220 - Operating Systems

• Relate history of operating systems (OS)
• Install and Configure OS (client and server)
• Apply best practices in maintenance of OS
• Identify troubleshooting strategies for specific network problems
• Identify security issues in OS

IT 230 - Programming I

 

Assignment Overview
Synchronous term-based course with ten weekly assignments and a final project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Introduce the concept of structured programing and the syntax of programming.
• Use identifiers to name variables, constants and methods. 
• Identify syntax errors, runtime errors and logical errors.
• Declare, initialize and access elements in arrays.
• Utilize methods, loop structures, iteration and selection. 
• Use operators to write expressions.
• Name variables, constants and methods. 

IT 240 - Database I

• Explain the concepts of Database Management Systems.
• Develop logical database models and convert logical database models into physical databases.
• Explain the concepts and tools needed to perform data analysis and create data models.
• Construct Entity-Relationship diagrams (ERDs).
• Design, normalize and administer databases.
• Demonstrate the ability to create databases and database objects.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform insert, update, delete and data retrieval functions in a relational database.

IT 250 - Security I

IT 110

Assignment Overview
Synchronous term-based course with ten weekly assignments and a final project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the history, characteristics and components of information security.
• Identify and prioritize information assets and threats to those assets.
• Define an information security strategy and architecture, including disaster recovery planning.
• Identify, plan for and respond to intruders in an information system.
• Identify various industry standards and organizations in the security field.
• Describe legal, ethical and public relations implications of security and privacy issues.

IT 310 - Server Administration

• Plan and Implement configuration of Server services (DNS, DHCP).
• Implement Active Directory structure and organization.
• Implement Group policy.
• Configure File server.
• Monitor Server Health.
• Apply best practices in maintenance of Server.

IT 330 - Programming II

• Define object oriented programming (OOP) terminology.
• Apply object oriented programming concepts into a software design project.
• Define and manipulate classes and objects.
• Construct a software program that utilizes OOP concepts using an integrated development environment.
• Build a software program that utilizes a graphical user interface.
• List and manipulate complex data structures and algorithms.

IT 340 - Database Administration

• Describe the storage, hardware and memory components of a DBMS architecture.
• Explain and demonstrate system, application and database performance tuning.
• Explain various backup types and how to apply various backups to reduce the risk of data loss. 
• Demonstrate the steps required to restore a database from different backup types.
• Apply best practices to database reorganization and defragmentation.
• Identify database security basics and demonstrate the ability to issue Data Control Language (DCL) statements to ensure database security. 

IT 350 - Security II

• Describe the general concepts of Information security.
• Identify various security measures that can be applied at different levels (OS level, DB level, Network level, etc.) to protect the systems and data.
• Explain various cryptographic methods, encryption systems and implementations.
• Identify emerging security products and solutions and their application and benefits.
• Discuss the changing threat landscape and the measures to keep up with the bad guys.

IT 400 - Programming III

• Operate an integrated development environment to create rich Internet applications.
• Build a relational database using structure query language (SQL).
• Construct connection strings to access local and remote databases using Microsoft Remote Data Object (RDO) and Active Data Object (ADO) libraries.
• Construct and validate web pages that use web design best practices.
• Generate dynamic web content that recognizes and responds to the state of the web browser and user inputs.

IT 401 - Special Topics

• Apply the principles learned in this course to current topics and trends in the field.

IT 460 - Internship

AT 106 - Art in the Modern World

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Research Paper

•  Recognize the origins of modern and contemporary art.
• Explore the role of the artist and critic in a particular society and culture.
•  Identify painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
•  Recognize the influences of social conditions on modern art and analyze works of art from their historical and cultural perspective.
• Critique a work of art using the four-steps of the Critical Process (Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Judge).
• Incorporate your own Intuitive response with Aesthetic theories to express sophisticated ideas and pose insightful questions about contexts, processes, and criteria when evaluating art.
• Evaluate and critique original works of art in a museum or gallery setting.
• Interpret and evaluate the impact of visual arts in contemporary society and culture.

AT 108 - Music Appreciation

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: None
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Identify the elements and vocabulary of music for mastery of discussion of music of all styles.
• Make judgments and critical observations about musical works based on the elements and concepts of music: pitch, melody, rhythm, timbre, harmony, musical texture, musical form, notation, tempos and dynamics.
•  Identify various musical instruments and ensembles: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and vocal.
• Articulate basic understanding of the historical periods of music, including the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic.
• Describe the role of music within historical, artistic, and cultural traditions.
• Recognize the styles of each of the historical periods by aurally identifying standard masterpieces.
• Be familiar with technical aspects of selected pieces: orchestration, instrumentation, form and musical texture.
• Appreciate the creative process of music by demonstrating familiarity of the lives and styles of individual composers.
• Describe and explain performance practice: playing, singing, and conducting.
• Develop skills of aesthetic judgment and critical thinking through music listening in-class and at scheduled live performances.

BA 111 - The Effective Communicator

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None
 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, you should be able to do the following:

• Apply to your business activities a clear and practical understanding of effective ways to communicate.
• Learn and use the tools of business writing for immediate results and for career enhancement.
• Develop and practice the skills of meeting management and business presentations.
• Create and maintain a strategic approach to managing one’s own workplace-communication activities.

 

 

Credits: 3

CO 111 - The Effective Communicator

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, you should be able to do the following:

• Apply to your business activities a clear and practical understanding of effective ways to communicate.
• Learn and use the tools of business writing for immediate results and for career enhancement.
• Develop and practice the skills of meeting management and business presentations.
• Create and maintain a strategic approach to managing one’s own workplace-communication activities.

ED 222 - Fundamentals of Training

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Define and understand training as a profession.
• Develop a personal understanding of training, education, learning, and teaching.
• Develop and apply trusted-training strategies and techniques.
• Assess and evaluate various competencies of learners.
• Utilize technology in training that will enhance participation, learning, and the experience of the learner.
• Design a training session including the planning, assessment of needs, implementation of strategies, and evaluation of results.

ED 301 - Educational Psychology

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to illustrate, in writing, an understanding and application of content as it applies to the following:

• Developmental and behavioral theories in education.
• Strategies used to encourage motivation and thoughtful learning.
• Teaching to diverse learning styles.
• Creating learning environments.
• Formative and summative assessment tools.

ED 308 - Adult Learning

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Formulate a profile of today’s adult learner.
• Differentiate between adult learning and childhood learning.
• Evaluate the implications of teaching style and learning preferences on adult learning.
• Assess newer approaches to adult learning.
• Discriminate between the main theories and educational philosophical viewpoints of adult learning.
• Examine the main assumptions about development throughout adulthood.
• Analyze the meaning of lifelong learning and its implications for adult learners.
• Synthesize your learning from this course with your own adult experiences and contribute to others’ learning experiences.

ED 322 - Advanced Training Perspectives

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Analyze training needs and performance problems.
• Prepare learning outcome statements.
• Measure and evaluate training results.
• Develop and design appropriate training methods.
• Develop and use effective coaching techniques.
• Demonstrate professional training skills such as analysis, evaluation of training, design, management, development, and coordination of training.

ED 401 - Measurements and Evaluation

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe the impacts early theorists had on the history of assessment development.
• Explain the major categories of tests through recognizing their practical uses.
• Apply descriptive statistics for analyzing, interpreting, and reporting assessment data.
• Define the different types of reliability and validity, and describe how they are used to evaluate aspects of a test or testing procedure.
• Analyze moral and ethical issues in testing as it applies to test takers and professional settings.
• Demonstrate an understanding for the purposes of applying tests in a specific professional setting (i.e., education, health care, business, etc.).
• Reflect on and discuss experiences with personal and professional uses of measurement and evaluation to demonstrate meaningful application of the course content.
• Apply cumulative knowledge gained throughout the course to critically evaluate an assessment tool.

EH 099 - Introduction to Academic Writing

1.       Articulate expectations pertaining to academic essay writing.
2.       Express coherent and organized ideas in written sentences and paragraphs. 
3.       Demonstrate the ability to use appropriate grammar and sentence structure in written form.
4.       Identify the skills needed to critique and improve essay writing.
5.       Reflect on what it means to have a voice in written work.

EH 100 - Fundamentals of Writing

EH 102 - Introduction to Literature

• Assignments: 4 Units
• Interactivity: None
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Recognize what is unique about fiction, poetry, and drama.
• Identify the style of selected authors and the content of their works.
• Recognize what is unique about the literature of different time periods.
• Demonstrate your understanding of the diversity of values guiding writers and their works.

 

Credits: 3

EH 106 - English Composition I

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

•       Review the principles of basic grammar, usage, and mechanics.
•       Apply these principles of basic grammar, usage, and mechanics as a basis for effective written communication.
•       Compose short essays for varying audiences and purposes written in clear, focused, well-organized, grammatically correct, and mechanically sound prose.
•       Apply APA formatting and documentation standards to compositions.

EH 107 - English Composition II

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessement: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Approach writing as a process: prevision, vision, revision.
• Understand the relationship between reader and writer (audience and purpose).
• Recognize that effective writing is clear, complete, concise, and correct.
• Use weekly writing, reading, and discussion as the impetus for one’s own critical thinking in writing essays.
• Conduct basic library research, evaluate the credibility of sources, and use source material to support a personal point of view.
• Demonstrate the ability to comprehend, summarize, synthesize, analyze, and evaluate information.

EH 203 - American Literature I

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Proctored Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Examine the connection between history and literature.
• Evaluate the impact of religion on the writings of the early Colonial Period.
• Analyze the different stylistic approaches individual authors used in their writings.

EH 204 - American Literature II

Interactivity: Discussion Boards

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Understand literature as an expression of human values within a historical and social context. 
• Recognize important American writers and characteristics of their work.
• Plan, write, and revise short critical responses about literature with good insights and suitable argument, organization, evidence, and analysis. 

EH 205 - Early British Writers

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Proctored Final Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Identify the style of selected authors and the content of their works. 
• Recognize what is unique about the trends in Early British Literature. 
• Make the connection between history and literature. 
• Demonstrate your understanding of the diversity of values guiding individual writers and their works.

ES 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of ecological principles and population dynamics, their impact on the environment, and their effect of environmental degradation on public health. 
• Research an environmental issue that is of personal interest and become proficient in writing a research paper in scientific format. 
• Examine personal beliefs regarding the environment and understand how individual and collective behavior affects environmental and human health. 
• Improve understanding of the variety of ways that organisms interact with both the physical and the biological environment, and how different processes affect organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. 
• Express personal thoughts, understandings, and conclusions that pertain to current environmental and public health-related problems. 
• Enhance intellectual curiosity and critical-thinking skills by gathering and evaluating knowledge beyond the course material.

 

Credits: 3

FY 100 - The Art of Student Success

·         Self-evaluate English, math, academic writing, and research skills, and determine how these skills correspond to academic success.

·         Identify relevant resources that will address priority skill areas.

·         Recognize the full cost of a college degree, and understand the responsibility involved in any corresponding student loan debt.

·         Develop a plan for success, through introspection and self-evaluation, to achieve academic goals.

·         Demonstrate basic skills associated with conducting research.

Credits: 3 credits

HU 100 - Introduction to Human Services

1.       Describe the roles and responsibilities of the Human Service professional.
2.       Articulate the changes in the field of Human Services, and identify key aspects of the current service delivery model.
3.       Demonstrate an awareness of some of the multifaceted needs of diverse populations who are commonly served by human service professionals.
4.       Analyze the competencies of human service professionals, and describe the ways in which they contribute to forming healthy relationships with individuals, families, and groups.
5.       Assess the professional values embraced in the field, and explain how they can be applied to day-to-day practice and ethical dilemmas. 

HY 101 - Western Civilization I

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Essay

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Recognize the contributions that the great civilizations of the West have made to the modern world.
• Analyze why civilizations rise and fall.
• Critically read and interpret both primary and secondary sources.
• Explain how the great questions of history, and of our humanity, were addressed by different civilizations at different times and how these questions are still important for us in our continual quest to understand our humanity.

HY 102 - Western Civilization II

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Show an understanding of the basic chronology of the development of Western Civilization in the Modern Age.
• Show a mastery of basic historical-research and-writing skills (i.e., working with primary sources, developing an historical essay, examining contrasting points of view). 
• Articulate the major intellectual, social, and political trends that have made western culture unique. 
• Articulate how these uniquely western ideas spread to different areas of the world and the impact that these ideas have had on the development of the modern world. 
• Decipher historical trends and see how these trends have led to contemporary situations.

HY 201 - History of the United States I

Students have the option of choosing a Community-Based Learning section of this course.

Community Based Learning:

Community-based learning (CBL) is an experiential instructional strategy that engages students in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies, transforming them from passive recipients to active participants in their education and community while providing a deeper understanding of theories and course content.

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Demonstrate how socially constructed notions of gender, race, ethnicity, and class have shaped the reality of American lives. 
• Assess the impact of historical events on the social, political, and economic status of diverse groups of Americans. 
• Analyze artifacts, artworks, primary-written documents, and literary contributions of Americans and how they contributed to the American cultural fabric.

 

Credits: 3

HY 202 - History of the United States II

Students have the option of choosing a Community-Based Learning section of this course.

Community Based Learning:

Community-based learning (CBL) is an experiential instructional strategy that engages students in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies, transforming them from passive recipients to active participants in their education and community while providing a deeper understanding of theories and course content.

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

• Demonstrate how socially constructed notions of gender, race, ethnicity, and class have shaped the reality of American lives. 
• Assess the impact of historical events on the social, political, and economic status of diverse groups of Americans. 
• Analyze artifacts, artworks, primary-written documents, and literary contributions of Americans and how they contributed to the American cultural fabric. 
• Write an historical essay with proper APA citation.

HY 421 - Special Topics: ‘We Can Do It!’ A History of American Women in the Workforce, 1920-Present

This is a 6 week online only course being offered summer 2016.

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate how socially constructed notions of gender, race ethnicity and class have shaped the reality of American women’s lives in the workforce.
2. Assess the impact of historical events on the social, political and economic status of diverse groups of American women and how these events affected their roles as workers.
3. Analyze artifacts, artworks, primary written documents and literary contributions of American women and how they contributed to the American women’s contributions to labor in the workforce.

ID 100 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies

•          Recognize the value of diverse perspectives within and across disciplines.
•          Compare and contrast varying and multifaceted worldviews.
•          Demonstrate an understanding of how learning experiences can be integrated across fields of study.
•          Articulate strategies to synthesize multiple perspectives.
•          Apply learning experiences to real-world issues.

ID 220 - IDS Capstone - Associate of Science

·         Recognize the value of diverse perspectives within and across disciplines.

·         Reflect on learning experiences within and across fields of study

·         Demonstrate a foundational understanding of approaches to critique and integrate varying worldviews.

·         Articulate approaches to synthesizing multiple perspectives and knowledge across disciplines and apply to real world issues.

Credits: 3 credits

ID 420 - IDS Capstone - Bachelor of Science

·         Recognize the value of diverse perspectives within and across disciplines.

·         Reflect on learning experiences within and across fields of study

·         Critique and integrate varying worldviews.

·         Synthesize multiple perspectives and knowledge across disciplines and apply to real world issues.

Credits: 3 credits

ITM 209 - Integrating People and Technology in Office Suite Applications

• Use proper email etiquette.
• Become self-sufficient in finding office application functions by using Help screens, tutorials, and Internet resources.
• Use Microsoft Office 2010.
• Create an audio and video slide show from a digital-camera download.
• Use compression software to transfer large files and multiple files.
• Use a chat session.
• Create a Web site with links to other sites, documents, and pages.

MA 105 - College Algebra

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Proctored Final Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Apply your knowledge of algebra to solve linear equations and inequalities.
• Use your problem-solving skills to create mathematical models.
• Perform operations of real numbers, polynomials, and radicals.
• Apply your knowledge of algebra to solve quadratic equations.
• Solve exponential equations.
• Solve logarithmic equations.

MA 107 - Contemporary Mathematics

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Open-Book Final Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Be equipped with new strategies for solving problems.
• Look for ways to quantify many of your decisions.
• Understand the power of mathematical models.
• Understand the limitations of mathematical models.
• Analyze, present, and interpret data.
• Be critical of presented data and its analysis.
• Be more comfortable with mathematical terms and approaches.
• Have more confidence in your mathematical ability.

MA 205 - Elementary Statistics

It will also be offered during the 2016 summer session with an on campus component.

Assignment Overview
Assignments: 4 Units

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Proctored Final Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Apply your working knowledge of the basic concepts used in statistics.
• Interpret statistics used in journal articles in your field.
• Demonstrate your familiarity with interpreting the output of the statistical-software-package Minitab.
• Build upon this foundation for further work in statistics.

NN 101 - Introduction to Nutrition

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Online Final Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Discuss the factors that influence food choices.
• Discuss the research process and explain why scientific research is the source of valid nutrition information.
• List the energy-producing nutrients and describe the functions of each in the body.
• Describe the roles of vitamins, minerals, and water in the body, and list significant food sources of each.
• Describe the influence of diet and exercise on body composition, obesity, and degenerative disease.
• Discuss the importance of optimum nutrition for wellness at different stages of the life cycle.
• List hazards to a safe food supply, and discuss methods to prevent food-borne illnesses.
• Describe how poverty, overpopulation, and environmental degradation contribute to world hunger and the diminution of an adequate and safe worldwide food supply.

NN 202 - Nutrition for Health Care Professionals

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe the multiple factors that influence nutritional intake and identify the essential nutrients required for optimal health.
• Describe the energy-producing nutrients, and include the key roles of each in the body.
• Describe the functions of essential vitamins, minerals, and water, and identify significant sources of these nutrients.
• Identify the parameters of nutritional assessment used for healthy individuals and include those parameters used for individuals stressed by illness.
• Describe the basic processes involved in the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of food.
• Describe the special-nutrient requirements of individuals at various stages in the life cycle.
• Describe appropriate nutritional intervention in various diseases or conditions.
• Recognize the significance of nutrition as it impacts health and health-care delivery.

 

Credits: 3

PH 201 - Introduction to Greek Philosophy

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to have a strong basic-philosophical vocabulary. Words are, after all, the legs of the educational journey and, in philosophy, definition and verbal precision are to be valued above all else because it is upon words that we hang our ideas. This course will also be an excellent preparation for courses in Comparative Religions and Ethics.

Credits: 3

PH 202 - Philosophy of Human Nature

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Final Paper and Proctored Exam

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe and contrast the main philosophical principles of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and discuss what you see as their strengths and weaknesses.
• Discuss and critique the central features of Descarte’s rational philosophy and the critiques of rationalism put forth by the British-Empiricists Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
• Articulate and contrast Kant’s ontological philosophy and Hegel’s historically-oriented philosophy.
• Identify the main principles of existentialism and postmodernism, and discuss what you see as their strengths and weaknesses.
• Compare and contrast ancient, modern, and postmodern philosophy, and demonstrate how each period might philosophize about a particular idea or cultural issue.

PH 204 - Philosophy of Gender

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe and give examples of how philosophy underlies the way people have attached meaning to life and ordered their behavior and beliefs accordingly, throughout history and across cultures. 
• Identify contemporary issues that pertain to gender, and analyze them to explore how an understanding of gender also influences many social and political issues. 
• Compare and contrast some of the complex and diverse gender experiences that occur across cultures, age differences, and sexual orientations. 
• Cite examples from your personal, family, workplace, or social relationships that reflect an understanding that a philosophy of gender impacts your daily life. 
• Synthesize course materials to articulate how this course has influenced your own philosophy of gender. 
• Identify situations where a clearer and renewed understanding of gender issues might reshape our individual, social, or political lives.

PH 210 - Ethics

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Identify key concepts and theories in ethics.
• Explain the reasoning and significance of the major schools of thought in ethics
• Evaluate arguments about ethical issues.
• Demonstrate writing proficiency.
• Apply ethical theories to specific cases and contexts.

PY 101 - Introduction to Psychology

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Final Assignment

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Acquire knowledge on a broad range of topics in psychology.
• Use multiple perspectives and scientific procedures to investigate and understand human behavior and mental processes.
• Critically evaluate and apply the factors and interactions explaining human behavior and mental processes to additional areas of inquiry.

PY 207 - Psychopathology

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Recognize the signs and symptoms of the mental disorders classified in the DSM-IV. 
• Recognize that any discussion of abnormal behavior must include thought and consideration of the cultural and societal context in which the behavior occurs. 
• Communicate what it means to live with a mental illness in our society. 
• Apply your knowledge and ability to utilize the DSM-IV. 
• Apply your knowledge to contemporary issues in the field of mental health. 
• Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze, assess, synthesize, and apply your understanding.

PY 211 - Lifespan Development

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Explain at least four major theories of human development.
• Describe the methods used to study human development and be able to critically evaluate research findings and conclusions.
• Explain several ways in which sociocultural influences affect human development.
• Apply the concepts of developmental psychology to relevant practical issues that may arise in your day-to-day personal and professional life.
• Reflect on an important developmental experience in order to gain new insights into your own growth and development.

PY 301 - Personality Theory

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
To understand and evaluate the leading theories of personality development, students will analyze and critique the theories of Freud, Jung, Adler, Horney, Skinner, Rogers, Maslow, Beck, and others. We will discuss both the philosophical and empirical validity of concepts such as the self, traits, temperament, conditioning, and so on, as they relate to the formation of personality.

Credits: 3

PY 304 - Learning Theories

 Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Compare and contrast classical and contemporary theories of learning.
• Summarize and apply learning enhancement techniques.
• Distinguish between classical and operant conditioning.
• Compare and contrast reinforcement and punishment, and apply one or the other.
• Design and implement variable reinforcement schedules.
• Explain that learning leads to memory and that memory enhances performance.
• Assess the benefits of using breadth and depth with regard to enhancing learning, memory, and performance.
• Explain the multifaceted nature of learning and memory.
• Distinguish between implicit and explicit processing with regard to learning and memory.
• Summarize memory changes over the life span, with particular regard to fluid and crystallized intelligence.

PY 305 - Social Psychology

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Research Project and Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• List at least three major theorists/researchers in the social-psychology field. 
• Define social psychology, conformity, prejudice, aggression, and persuasion. 
• Explain four ways that mass media influence people’s choices. 
• Name the components of Cognitive Dissonance Theory. 
• Define self-justification and self-presentation. 
• Discuss at least five important social problems and the significance of social psychology as related to these problems. 
• List five reasons why research is conducted in social psychology. 
• Explain three factors that contribute to our selection of an intimate partner. 
• Define and differentiate between stereotype and prejudice. 
• Discuss framing and its impact on our social cognition.

PY 306 - Adolescent Psychology

Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Compare and contrast developmental theories. 
• Discuss your own position about human development as it is seen in the United States. 
• Outline some of the significant issues facing adolescents. 
• Reflect more clearly on your own adolescence and recognize some of the factors that influenced your development.

PY 307 - Educational Psychology

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to illustrate, in writing, an understanding and application of content as it applies to the following: 

• Developmental and behavioral theories in education. 
• Strategies used to encourage motivation and thoughtful learning. 
• Teaching to diverse learning styles. 
• Creating learning environments. 
• Formative and summative assessment tools.

PY 401 - Measurements and Evaluation

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe the impacts early theorists had on the history of assessment development.
• Explain the major categories of tests through recognizing their practical uses.
• Apply descriptive statistics for analyzing, interpreting, and reporting assessment data.
• Define the different types of reliability and validity, and describe how they are used to evaluate aspects of a test or testing procedure.
• Analyze moral and ethical issues in testing as it applies to test takers and professional settings.
• Demonstrate an understanding for the purposes of applying tests in a specific professional setting (i.e., education, health care, business, etc.).
• Reflect on and discuss experiences with personal and professional uses of measurement and evaluation to demonstrate meaningful application of the course content.
• Apply cumulative knowledge gained throughout the course to critically evaluate an assessment tool.

PY 408 - Special Topics: Psychology of Cinema

SO 201 - Principles of Sociology

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Define and assess the sociological perspective and its development in studying human behavior.
• Explain and compare the major theoretical perspectives in sociology and apply them in order to understand, assess, and determine ways to improve social patterns, through independent and/or collaborative problem-solving assignments.
• Describe the methods (qualitative and quantitative) and the technology used in sociological research, and its application, and be able to apply the steps in the research process through either the design and/ or implementation of a sociological study.

SO 202 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

• Describe the functions of each component of the criminal justice system.
• Discuss the key issues or challenges facing the criminal justice system in the 21st century.
• Evaluate the various ethical challenges within the criminal justice system.
• Identify and describe the various responsibilities of the various officials within the system.
• Examine the public’s attitude towards the offender and the impact this has on the laws and policy within the system and legal practices.

SO 301 - Social Problems

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

1. Examine and apply sociological concepts and sociological theories to the study of social problems.
2. Analyze the ways social inequality shapes the social problems faced by groups within society.
3. Understand and examine a number of specific social problems within society.
4. Examine and assess the role of social problems facing various social institutions in society.

SO 302 - Social Psychology

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Research Project and Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• List at least three major theorists/researchers in the social psychology field. 
• Define social psychology, conformity, prejudice, aggression, and persuasion. 
• Explain four ways that mass media influence people’s choices. 
• Name the components of Cognitive Dissonance Theory. 
• Define self-justification and self-presentation. 
• Discuss at least five important social problems and the significance of social psychology as related to these problems. 
• List five reasons why research is conducted in social psychology. 
• Explain three factors that contribute to our selection of an intimate partner. 
• Define and differentiate between stereotype and prejudice. 
• Discuss framing and its impact on our social cognition.

SO 307 - Criminology

Interactivity: None

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Understand the deeper implications of crime and theories of causation.
• Recognize the framework of the criminal justice system in the United States.
• Comprehend the cost of crime in dollars and in human suffering.
• Demonstrate your awareness of how individuals and communities react to crime.

SO 309 - Human Behavior and Development

Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Develop an understanding of the major theories and themes underlying the study of human development.

• Critically analyze the relative significance of human developmental processes over the course of the life span based on empirical research and real-life experiences.

• Examine and interpret the interrelationships between the domains of physical, cognitive, and socioemotional human development across the life span.
   
• Consider the impact of individual differences and cultural/societal influences upon human development.
   
• Think critically about the application of human developmental research across a variety of disciplines.
   
• Gain a better understanding of your own human development, the positive and negative influences of the social environment, and biological factors.

 

Credits: 3

SO 310 - Aging in America

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• View aging as a biopsychosocial process rather than a simple event and understand self, family, colleagues, and clients as aging individuals.
• Differentiate between normal changes of aging and illness states common in aging individuals. 
• Apply major theories of aging from biology, psychology, and sociology to interpret how people age in U.S. society.
• Identify societal, community, and health-care resources for positive and successful aging. 
• Identify some of the political, social, and economic issues important to health-care systems as they deal with the needs of aging clients. 
• Recognize the wide range of existing alternatives for delivery of health care to aging people and identify opportunities for development of additional services based on identified needs and societal trends.

SO 320 - Race and Ethnic Relations

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Recognize the sociological perspective, or the interplay of the individual and society and how individuals are shaped by the cultural context of the societies in which they live. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of majority/minority group relations, and how these relationships have come to be. 
• Identify the various forms of prejudice and discrimination, and theories that seek to explain them. 
• Examine the development of racial categories throughout the history of the United States. 
• Examine the relationship between and among related factors such as immigration and religion in connection to race and ethnicity. 
• Analyze and examine how the relationships among cultural, economic, political, social, and historical events shape various ethnic- and racial-group experiences in the United States. 
• Evaluate how race relations around the world are similar to and different from the U.S. experience.

SO 321 - Crime and Popular Culture

The online format allows students to interact with the professor and other students in asynchronous discussion boards. Online course materials will help clarify points made by the author(s). Discussions will help other students think critically about issues surrounding particular issues related to crime and the media. It is crucial that students actively engage in the discussion boards as they are the focal point in the online environment. The week long on campus component of the course is designed to have a more in-depth discussion about the key themes identified and to develop a more critical mindset when assessing popular culture depictions of crime, criminality and justice.

Prerequisites & Notes
This course is being offered during the 2016 summer session with an on campus component.

 

Course Learning Objectives

• Understand how the popular culture mediums come to shape and construct crime, crime control, victims of crime and the agents of crime control.
• Examine crime and the media through the use of both sociological and criminological paradigms.
• Engage students in a critical analysis of various news-making sources and examine how the news systematically evaluates crime related news.
• Discuss and explore the portrayals of race, class and gender as related to crime in the various media outlets.
• Use critical thinking skills to assess the media and the portrayal of crime.

SO 333 - Victimology

• Explain the development of the field of victimology.
• Identify conceptual boundaries of victimology.
• List the basic concepts and literature within various subareas of victimology.
• Explain policy developments and practical application that stem from this concern over victims.
• Describe the progress away from a criminal justice system toward achieving a victim justice system.
• Identify major issues in the scientific study of victims.
• Identify the topics studied by victimologists.
• Describe the victim movement and identify how it increased public interest in victims of crime.
• Describe the future of victimology as it relates to the criminal justice system.

SO 343 - Introduction to Corrections

• Define corrections.
• Distinguish between probation and parole.
• Identify the primary purposes of sentencing guidelines.
• Describe how pre-release centers, work release, and pre-release counseling assist offenders who are preparing to return to society.
• Identify the major reasons for incarceration.
• Develop an understanding of how life is for inmates inside prison/jail and what occurs during the reentry process.
• Understand the philosophical rationales of punishment.
• Understand the importance of key court cases related to the field of corrections.
• Identify key issues related to managing and working with inmates.
• Describe key issues in corrections related to gender, race, and ethnicity.

SO 353 - Critical Issues in Policing

SO 400 - Critical Issues in Criminal Justice

SO 405 - Law & Society

• Have a brief understanding of the history behind criminal law and procedure as well as display an understanding of the requirements for warrants and field interrogations.
• Demonstrate, through essays, that you have adequate knowledge of the procedural issues dealing with arrests/bookings, vehicle searches, and evidence (not covered by a reasonable expectation of privacy).
• Display, through essays, knowledge of the legalities involved in eavesdropping and wiretapping, varying expectations of privacy (international borders and closed containers), and a defendant’s right against self-incrimination.
• Explore and demonstrate knowledge relative to identification procedures, a defendant’s right to counsel, other criminal trial issues, and First Amendment issues.
• Have thorough knowledge of the Exclusionary Rule and the Civil Rights Act. This will be demonstrated through both essays and the Position Paper.

NU 300 - Professional Transitions

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: None

• Incorporate effective communication techniques, including negotiation and conflict resolution to produce positive professional working relationships (AACN VI, 3).

• Contribute the unique nursing perspective to interprofessional teams to optimize patient outcomes (AACN VI, 4).

• Demonstrate appropriate team building and collaborative strategies when working with interprofessional teams (AACN IV, 5).

• Demonstrate an appreciation of the history of and contemporary issues in nursing and their impact on current nursing practice (AACN VIII, 5).

• Reflect on oneseliefs and values as they relate to professional practice (AACN VIII, 6).

• Identify personal, professional, and environmental risks that impact personal and professional choices and behaviors (AACN VIII, 7).

NU 309 - Evidence-Based Practice

NU 316 - Health Assessment for RNs

NU 321 - Clinical Prevention and Population Management

NU 407P - Evidence Based Practice Clinical Capstone

• Demonstrate integration of all prior course work through provision of safe, competent care.
• Demonstrate critical thinking in independently appraising new situations (AACN VIII).
• Identify and prioritize needs from assessment data using appropriate criteria drawn from public health theory (AACN VII).
• Consistently apply nursing process to develop, evaluate, and revise plans of care AACN IX). 
• State and apply legal, moral, ethical, and Christian humanistic principles in the care of patients, groups, or communities (AACN VII).
• Seek out, critique, and utilize findings from evidence-based practice in clinical decision-making (AACN III).

NU 412 - Healthcare Policy

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends (AACN V, 1).
• Describe how health care is organized and financed, including the implications of business principles, such as patient and system cost factors (AACN V, 2).
• Compare the benefits and limitations of the major forms of reimbursement on the delivery of health care services (AACN V, 3).
• Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of health care (AACN V, 4).
• Describe state and national statutes, rules, and regulations that authorize and define professional nursing practice (AACN V, 5).
• Examine the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and their effect on patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing and other health professionals’ practice (AACN V, 7).

NU 413 - Quality Care and Patient Safety

• Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings (AACN II, 1).
• Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, recognizing that these are complex system issues, which involve individuals, families, groups, communities, populations, and other members of the healthcare team (AACN II, 5).
• Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice (AACN II, 6).
• Apply quality improvement processes to effectively implement patient safety initiatives and monitor performance measures, including nurse-sensitive indicators in the microsystem of care (AACN II, 9).

NU 414 - Interprofessional Teams

• Assert values and ethics of interprofessional practice by placing the interests, dignity, and respect of patients at the center of health care delivery, and embracing the cultural diversity and differences of health care teams.
• Leverage the unique roles and responsibilities of interprofessional partners to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and populations served.
• Communicate with patients, families, communities, and other health professionals in support of a team approach to preventing disease and disability, maintaining health, and treating disease.
• Perform effectively in various team roles to deliver patient/population-centered care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.

NU 415 - Leadership and Management for RNs

• Demonstrate appropriate team building and collaborative strategies when working with interprofessional teams (AACN VI).
• Use inter and interprofessional communication and collaborative skills to deliver evidence-based, patient-centered care (AACN VI).
• Apply Quality improvement processes to effectively implement patient safety initiatives and monitor performance measures, including nurse-sensitive indicators in the microsystem of care (AACN II).
• Employ principles of quality improvement, healthcare policy, and cost-effectiveness to assist in the development and initiation of effective plans for microsystem and/or system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery (AACN ll).
• Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change (AACN ll).

TH 101 - Introduction to Catholic Doctrine and Theology

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
 Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

•  Recognize the depth and breadth of Catholic doctrine and teaching found in, and based on, the Apostles and Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creeds.
•  Explain the relationship between faith, believing, doctrine, dogma, and theology.
•  Define key Christian concepts and their development.
•  Use the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a theological source book.
•  Identify the role of the distinctively Catholic in Catholic doctrine and theology.

 

Credits: 3

TH 102 - Introduction to the New Testament

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate a positive familiarity with the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and St. Paul.
• Recognize the literary forms used within the New Testament.
• Understand the perspectives of the Gospel writers as they relate to the communities for/to which they were writing.
• Note the contemporary historical influences on the Gospels and the writings of St. Paul.
• Recognize the various problems associated with the study of the New Testament.

TH 104 - Introduction to the Old Testament

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Recognize the literature of the Old Testament and be knowledgeable of significant books and passages of the Old Testament.
• Explain the religion and history of ancient Israel that are reflected in the Old Testament.
• Take TH 102: Introduction to the New Testament.

 

Credits: 3

TH 105 - Exploring Christian Theology and Faith

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Give evidence of having reflected deeply upon the sources, doctrines, and teaching of Christian faith by:
  •  Defining key Christian concepts and their development.
  •  Describing key events and persons in Christian history.
  •  Offering an explanation for some pivotal historical decisions in Christian history.
• Give evidence of having understood the faith expressions of some other contemporary and historical Christians by:
  • Discussing the contents of select original texts with other students and the instructor.
  • Discerning elements of Christian faith within the life experiences of select men and women.
  • Describing a synthetic understanding of their faith in comparison to the faith as described in scripture and theology.
• Offer an articulate and well-reasoned rationale for ones own faith or for ones own beliefs and attitudes with respect to the faith of those people who have been surveyed in the course by:
  • Completing a summative essay incorporating, by reference, the doctrinal, historical, objective, and subjective elements of the course.
  • Incorporating a strongly personal statement of faith and values in comparison (building upon, disagreeing with, adding on to, subtracting from) to the doctrinal, historical, objective, and subjective elements of the course.

TH 106 - Foundations of Catholic Doctrine

2.) Describe the two sources of divine revelation

3.) Explain the Catholic understanding of Creation and its implications for the meaning of life

4.) Describe select modern worldviews (including pantheism, dualism, gnosticism, deism, and materialism) and how they differ from the Catholic worldview

5) Describe the role of faith in the life of the Church

Credits: 1

TH 107 - Liturgy and Sacraments

2.) Explain the seasons of the liturgical year

3.) Describe the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist

4.) Locate the biblical roots of each of the seven sacraments and the rites of the Catholic Church

5.) Explain the role of each sacrament in God’s plan of salvation

6.) Describe the matter, form, ordinary minister, and recipient of each sacrament.

7.) Define the terms ex opere operato and ex opera operantis and explain their relevance for fruitful participation in the sacramental life of the Church.

 

Credits: 1

TH 108 - Catholic Spirituality

2. List and describe the five forms of prayer revealed through Sacred Tradition

3. List and describe the wellsprings of prayer in Catholic spirituality

4. Describe both the Trinitarian and Marian dimensions of Catholic spirituality

5. List and describe the guides for prayer in the Church

6. Describe the fruits of participation in the sacraments, as well as familiarity with the saints and the use of sacramentals, for a vibrant Catholic spirituality

7. Describe and give examples of the three major expressions of prayer: vocal, meditation, and contemplation.

8. Explain the reasons why the Lord’s Prayer is at the core of Christian spirituality

Credits: 1

TH 109 - Catholic Moral Theology

2.) List the Beatitudes and explain their relevance for the moral life

3.) Explain the Catholic understanding of freedom and contrast it to that of the secular worldview

4.) Explain the concept of conscience and how it is exercised in the Catholic moral life.

5.) Explain the basics of Catholic Social Teaching

 

Credits: 1

TH 110 - Introduction to Sacred Scripture

2.) List and describe key figures of the Old Testament: Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, David, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah

3.) List and describe key figures of the New Testament: Jesus, Peter, Paul

4.) List and describe key events of salvation history: Creation, The Fall, The Flood, The Abrahamic Covenant, The Exodus, The Rise and Fall of the kingdom, The Prophecy of the Messiah, The Coming of the Messiah

Credits: 1

TH 111 - The Trinity and the Church

 

Prerequisites & Notes
This course is required for the Certificate in Catholic Catechesis and also may be taken as an elective in undergraduate theology programs.

Assignment Overview
5 Lessons

Course Learning Objectives
1.) Explain how the three persons of the Trinity are one, are distinct from one another, and are relative to one another.

2.) Explain the divine missions of each person of the Trinity

3.) Explain the reasons for the Incarnation.

4.) Explain the roles of each person of the Trinity in the resurrection of Jesus Christ

5.) Describe the nature of Christ

6.) Describe the nature of the Church

7.) Describe the role of Mary as Mother of God and Mother of the Church

 

Credits: 1

TH 210 - Fundamental Doctrines and their Development

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Participation

• Explain the relationship between faith and reason.
• Explain the relationship between faith and theology.
• Demonstrate your understanding of the importance of revelation as God’s self-communication to the world.
• Recognize the difference between the traditional Christian thinking about God and the modern confusions that lead to agnosticism and atheism.
• Describe why grace and freedom are both essential elements of the Catholic faith.
• List the reasons why the interpretation of the Bible within the Church is neither fundamentalism nor rationalism.
• Describe the inseparability of the message of Jesus and his identity as the Word of God.
• Name the key historical moments in the development of the doctrines of the Incarnation and the Trinity.
• List the reasons why the Church and her sacraments are an essential dimension of God’s saving action in the world.

TH 211 - Foundations of Catholic Spirituality

Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Identify the unique features of Catholic spirituality as Catholic.
• Reflect intellectually on the sources of Catholic spirituality.
• Recognize that life in Christ is the essence of Catholic spirituality.
• Discuss how the saints are unique sources for understanding Catholic spirituality.
• Identify the roles that prayer, meditation, and contemplation play in Catholic spirituality.
• Explain how Catholic spirituality is related to the social doctrine of the Church.

TH 220 - Fundamentals of Moral Theology

It will also be offered during the 2016 summer session with an on campus component.

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Discuss the goal of morality as the perfection and happiness of the person.
• Explain the concepts of freedom and conscience as used in Catholic moral theology.
• Describe how the New Law of Grace differs from and completes the Old Law.
• Analyze the sources of the human act and their effect on morality.
• Distinguish between morally good and evil actions, based on the Ten Commandments.

TH 222 - World Religions

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

• Compare and contrast the major themes of seven traditional religions, including indigenous religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese traditional religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
• Identify the historical changes these religions have experienced.
• Evaluate the role of selected spiritual leaders in each of these traditions.

TH 224 - Pastoral Ministry

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Project

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Define key terminology concerning pastoral ministry.
• Identify the task, nature, and purpose of pastoral ministry.
• Correlate the history of pastoral ministry and its development with the contemporary understanding of ecclesial ministry.
• Identify the vocations and ministries within the Church.
• Explain the definition, purpose, and nature of Church.
• Identify the ministry of the Apostles and their co-workers on whom the Church’s foundations are built.
• Recognize the elements of the call narrative and understand ones own call emanating from our Baptism.
• Examine the pastoral initiatives set forth for the third Millennium.

 

Credits: 3

TH 226 - Liturgy and Sacraments

It will also be offered during the 2016 summer session with an on campus component.

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards, Online Exams

• Demonstrate knowledge of the Catholic sacramental worldview of Vatican II
• Demonstrate knowledge of the anthropological aspects of liturgy.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Christological aspects of the seven sacraments.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Trinitarian aspects of the seven sacraments.
• Demonstrate understanding of the ecclesiological aspects of the seven sacraments.
• Demonstrate understanding of the eschatological meaning of the seven sacraments.

TH 227 - Ministry in the Multicultural Church in America

1. Identify the four marks of the Catholic Church, and demonstrate an understanding of Christ’s call for them to be manifest in the world.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the establishment and history of the Catholic Church in America.
3. Explain the missionary character and constitutive elements of evangelization in the Catholic Church.
4. Identify the periods of immigration to the United States, and explain their impact on the composition of Catholic communities throughout the country.
5. Develop a plan for evangelization and cultural integration within Catholic parishes.

TH 309 - Special Topics

TH 309A - Special Topics: Canon Law

TH 309B - Special Topics: Hearts Aflame: Confession and Love in St. Augustine

 

Prerequisites & Notes
This course will also be offered during the 2016 summer session with an on campus component.

Credits: 3 Offered: Online: Summer 2016, Week 2: Semester 201703

TH 309C - Special Topics: Being Christian in Rome - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

The Saint Joseph’s College Theology Rome Program is held at The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, located near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Prior to the course, from July 10-16, 2016, the Lay Centre is organizing a week-long program, God’s Mercy Endures Forever, which includes daily opportunities for pray and fellowship, guided tours to each of the papal basilicas, and several summer cultural activities. This program is not run by Saint Joseph’s College and does not count for college credit, but it is open to all Saint Joseph’s College students. For more information email: director@laycentre.org or go to https://laycentreblogsite.wordpress.com

Prerequisites & Notes
Offered summer session 2016 in Rome, Italy

Credits: 3 Offered: Summer Session 2016: Rome, Italy: July 18-25, 2016

TH 311 - Church History I: Early and Medieval Catholicism

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Explore the way Church structures, especially the papacy and the episcopacy, evolved in the first millennium as well as more of the Church’s history. 
• Identify some of the ways (political, social, and educational) in which the Church responded to the declining Roman Empire in the West. 
• Appreciate the role of monasticism, beginning with the desert fathers and culminating in the new mendicant orders of the Middle Ages, including its missionary activities. 
• Understand the cultural and theological background to the East-West Schism. 
• Recognize the difference between a patristic/monastic style of theology and the scholastic style that emerged in the twelfth century. 
• Use historical examples to illustrate the social and embodied nature of the Spirit-led Church as it extends the Incarnation of Christ in the world. 
• Evaluate and consult online reference and primary source materials that provide details of topics in Church history that go beyond the introductory level.

TH 312 - Church History II: Modern Catholicism

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• List the ways Church structures, especially the papacy and the episcopacy, evolved from the Middle Ages until the present. 
• Identify some of the ways (theological, political, social, and educational) in which the Church responded to the growth of nation states and the rise of modernity. 
• Trace in outline the evolving role of religious orders, especially the new congregations that were formed during the Catholic Reformation. 
• Write a summary of the cultural and theological background issues surrounding the Reformation and the Church’s response, especially in the Council of Trent. 
• Write a summary of the cultural and theological background issues surrounding the rise of the Enlightenment and the Church’s struggle to come to terms with Modernity. 
• Use historical examples to illustrate the social and embodied nature of the Spirit-led Church as it extends the Incarnation of Christ in the world. 
• Evaluate and consult online reference and primary source materials that provide details of topics in Church history that go beyond the introductory level.

TH 313 - History of Black Catholics in the Church

1. Know the characteristics (social, intellectual, cultural and religious) of the major periods covered.
2. Think critically and evaluate objectively one’s own religious and cultural assumptions.
3. Utilize effectively the dimensions of the reflection and group sharing process via the online format.
4. Envision how one can maintain and nurture the History of the Church for future generations.
5. Identify the gifts of Black Catholic Communities.
6. Explore and discuss the Pastoral Action Plan from Congress XI.
7. Identify key elements of the Pastoral Action Plan for Parish Life.

TH 314 - Pastoral Leadership among Black Catholics

• List and describe Church documents and statements relevant to ministry with Black Catholics.
• Analyze and evaluate pastoral issues regarding family life in Black Catholic communities.
• Analyze and evaluate pastoral issues regarding spirituality and liturgy in Black Catholic communities
• Analyze and evaluate pastoral issues regarding religious education and evangelization in Black Catholic communities

   

TH 315 - Theology of Ecumenism

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Forums
• Final Assessment: None

• Explain the Biblical foundations of ecumenism. 
• Describe the essential elements of ecclesiology, especially how they relate to or impact ecumenism. 
• Explain your experience and understanding of ecumenism based on your own religious tradition and apply those elements to the historical and theological study of ecumenism. 
• Engage in a dialogue with other religious traditions. 
• Summarize the principles found in the Second Vatican Councils Decree on Ecumenism and explain its impact on the advancement of ecumenism. 
• Describe the role of the world Council of Churches with regard to the mainline Protestant traditions and explain its impact on ecumenism. 
• Identify some of the current obstacles to unity and offer some practical solutions to these challenges. 
• Complete an ecumenical project.

TH 330 - Christology

This course studies the theology of the person and role of Jesus Christ as found in the New Testament, in the Christological dogmas of the early councils, in medieval Christology, in Protestant Christology, and in contemporary theological developments.

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board 

• Reflect intellectually on the living reality of the crucified and risen Christ. 
• Recognize the New Testament as the source and norm of the Church’s Christology. 
• Discuss, based on the faith of the Church, the mystery of Christ that both transcends human understanding and makes life in the universe and the universe itself intelligible. 
• Identify the developments of Christology in the Fathers of the Church, the early Ecumenical Councils, the great Medieval theologians, representative Protestant theologians, and contemporary Catholic theologians. 
• Synthesize the conclusions of Christology with the doctrine of the Trinity.

TH 335 - Catholic Social Teaching

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment:  Final Paper

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Identify and explain the various issues and ecclesial (Church) positions expounded in Catholic Social Teaching (CST).
• Define and understand the narrow and broad meanings of CST. 
• Synthesize the issues and ecclesial positions within the broad meaning of CST into a comprehensible whole.
• Apply the broad meaning of CST more thoroughly.

TH 340 - Theology of the Body

• Assignments: 5 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Identify the structure of the theology of the body and its main points. 
• Explain the major themes of John Paul II’s theology of the body. 
• Analyze the text against the background of Catholic doctrine concerning theological anthropology, sin, and sexual ethics. 
• Assess the theological value of John Paul II’s theology of the body.

TH 350 - Aging, Spirituality, and Senior Health Care

• Assignments: 4 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: Final Research Paper

• Describe key demographic characteristics of older adults which may impact the field of Senior Healthcare;
• Identify ways in which one’s spirituality may influence health behaviors and outcomes;
• Recognize the biological, sociological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of aging;
• Identity important cultural competencies needed to serve elder health consumers of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds;
• Understand the spiritual challenges and opportunities of aging;
• Respectfully integrate interfaith and cross-cultural views of seniors and caregivers;
• Assess the impact of changes in the family life cycle and structure upon caregiving;
• Describe key elements of a spiritual history and care program for older adults;
• Understand ethical issues that surround end of life care;
• Apply the principles of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services to senior care;
• Identify ways in which senior healthcare systems also may serve as spiritual care communities.

TH 400P - Bachelor’s Thesis

• Integrate your understanding of various subjects in your area of study.
• Engage in deep, sustained, and focused research into a particular area of theology.
• Apply critical thinking, reading, and writing skills in the research and composition of a scholarly paper.

TH 405P - Practicum in Theological Studies

• Plan and execute a pastoral field experience.
• Integrate theological knowledge and reflection with practical experience.
• Sharpen communication skills through collaboration with the practicum supervisor, faculty mentor, and any persons involved with or affected by the field experience.
• Deepen ones understanding of vocation.
• Explore, with a view to discerning, a specific vocational direction.
• Develop a Program Model that can be adapted for wider use.
• Assess the outcomes of the practicum experience according to the objectives set forth in the Practicum Contract.

 

Credits: 3