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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • MUS 303 - Vocal Diction Class II

    The course will focus on the basics of French, German, and Spanish diction as used in the preparation of vocal solo and choral literature.

    Note
    Required of all vocal majors

    Credits: 1


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  • MUS 311 - Counterpoint (C)

    Analysis and composition in contrapuntal techniques, with a concentration on the music of J.S. Bach.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 211

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 3


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  • MUS 313 - Form and Analysis (C)

    Analysis of music in the student’s major performance area. The course is normally completed under the direction of the student’s major applied teacher.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2-3


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  • MUS 314 - Contemporary Music Theory Techniques

    An exploration of prominent compositional styles and techniques in music from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

    Credits: 3


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  • MUS 330 - History of Music I

    A study of the progress of western music from the civilization of ancient Greece to modern times. Includes listening to and identifying music representative of the various periods.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisites: MUS 105 and 110/110L and 111/111L and 210/210L and 211/211L

    Credits: 3


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  • MUS 331 - History of Music II

    A study of the progress of western music from the civilization of ancient Greece to modern times. Includes listening to and identifying music representative of the various periods.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 330

    Credits: 3


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  • MUS 340 - Piano Literature

    A survey of keyboard literature (excluding organ works) from 1700 until the present time with an emphasis upon the stylistic and historical importance of these works.

    Credits: 2


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  • MUS 341 - Public School Vocal Techniques and Literature

    A general study of vocal techniques, voice classifications, and public school vocal solo literature.

    Note
    Required of all undergraduate music education majors

    Credits: 2


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  • MUS 342 - Public School Choral Literature and Techniques

    A survey and analysis of choral literature for the public school teacher grades five through twelve. The course will also investigate teaching techniques, curriculum, and the administration of the school choral program grades five through twelve.

    Credits: 3


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  • MUS 351 - Elementary School Music Methods (C)

    This course provides methods and materials for guiding elementary students’ musical growth.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2-3


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  • MUS 353 - K-8 Music Methods (C)

    Students develop an understanding of tools of inquiry of K-8 music; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 music; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 music; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-3


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  • MUS 360 - Conducting (C)

    General conducting focuses on the basic fundamentals of instrumental and choral conducting. The techniques of interpretation, score reading, rehearsal techniques, and the art of developing basic conducting techniques are addressed in the course.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 111

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2-3


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  • MUS 363 - Instrumental Conducting

    Techniques of interpretation, score reading, and rehearsal procedures. Includes practice in conducting with emphasis on instrumental music.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 360

    Credits: 2


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  • MUS 364 - Advanced Choral Conducting

    Techniques of interpretation, score reading, and rehearsal procedures. Includes practice in conducting with emphasis on choral music.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 360

    Credits: 2


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  • MUS 366 - Instrumental Literature and Techniques

    This includes an investigation of teaching procedures and administrative problems of every phase of the instrumental program from the elementary through the secondary schools.

    Credits: 2


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  • MUS 369 - Instrumental Problems (Marching)

    A study of basic techniques and problems encountered in administration, training, and performance of marching bands. Includes projects in developing band shows and drills.

    Credits: 1


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  • MUS 420 - Orchestration & Arranging (C)

    A study of instruments alone and in combinations. Orchestration and arranging for instrumental and vocal ensembles. Preparation of parts and participation in the conducting and performing of works scored.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 211

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2-3


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  • MUS 424 - Music Composition (C)

    The composition of vocal and instrumental music for solo and small ensembles. Analysis of contemporary music

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 111

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2


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  • MUS 452 - Teaching Music in the Secondary Schools

    Problems of organizational management and present day trends in secondary music education.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MUS 351

    Cross-listed: SEED 421

    Credits: 2


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  • MUS 490 - Seminar (C)

    A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as Internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-4


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  • MUS 491 - Independent Study (C)

    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-4


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  • MUS 493 - Workshop (C)

    Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-3


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  • MUS 498 - Undergrad Research/Scholarship (C)

    Includes senior project, and capstone experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 0-12


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  • NATV 110 - The Native Studies Discipline

    This course formally introduces Native Studies as a discipline or field of study. The course examines the historical development of the discipline, including its theoretical frameworks and intellectual foundation, basic disciplinary concepts, research foci, criticism of the discipline, and the discipline’s future development within and without the academy.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 194 - Internship (C)

    Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-6


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  • NATV 200 - Museums, Interpretive Centers, and Repatriating Native Culture

    This course introduces students to current developments in Native and non-Native museums and interpretive centers, with special attention paid to the ideology of display and the politics of repatriation. Students learn about museum interpretation, philosophy, and methods, and go on field tours to museums and interpretive centers.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 220 - Native Studies Theory

    This course examines the conceptual disciplinary development of Native Studies, including its intellectual frameworks. The course focuses on the differences and similarities among these frameworks and how well they inform the discipline’s development as well as how they reflect and affect the contemporary experiences of Native Peoples.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 230 - Native Images in Contemporary Media

    This course examines the portrayal of Native Peoples and their cultures in mass media and how imagery affects the attitudes of people and policy-making. The course also examines differences between a “Western” or non-Native and Native cinema and how these differences define the place and space occupied by Native Peoples in a dominant or mainstream society.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 260 - Oceti Sakowin Oyate Culture and Traditions

    This course is a study of the cultural, political, social kinship, and knowledge foundations of Dakota/Lakota/Nakota society. The course will cover creation/origin, ceremonies, social customs and values, cultural beliefs, oral literature, and other significant aspects of the Oceti Sakowin Oyate.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 320 - Critical Theory and Native Peoples

    This course grounds students in the theory and concepts of race, colonization, and decolonization of Native Peoples in the US and Canada, including other relevant comparisons to other Native Peoples in the world and how their experiences mirror each other. Through this theoretical understanding, we examine and formulate ways in which decolonization can impact and be integrated into Native Peoples’ lives.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 330 - Native People’s Health Care, Promotion and Policy

    This course addresses healthcare systems, policy, and health conditions unique to Native Peoples. The course also studies environmentally related illness, healthy environments and innovative healing and illness prevention strategies in a current Native context. The course is premised on the understanding that environment is one of the key factors  influencing the health of many Native Peoples around the world today and changes in local and global environmental conditions are having significant influences on shifts in Native Peoples’ health status.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 350 - Native Women

    This course examines the experiences of Native women in the US and Canada today with respect to cultural expression in the arts, education, work, family, health, politics, and the law. Contemporary issues facing Native women will be examined, including the effects of Western values and gender/sex roles on Native societies.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 355 - Urbanization and Native Peoples

    This course analyzes the migration, adjustment, and integration of the Native Peoples of Canada and the US into urban areas. The course focuses on topics such as identity, the development of urban Native organizations, and the cultural interaction between urban Indians and rural Native communities.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 360 - Oceti Sakowin Oyate and the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act

    This course examines the history and evolution of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) and its specific application to the Oceti Sakowin Oyate. In particular the course will investigate how the Dakota/Lakota/Nakota reservations responded to the IRA since its application. This course includes a comparative analysis of the constitutions adopted by the Dakota/Lakota/Nakota people and their on-going struggle over the act’s legitimacy.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 365 - Oceti Sakowin Oyate and South Dakota

    This course examines the relationship between the Oceti Sakowin Oyate [define]and the people of South Dakota. Of importance in this relationship is the impact of statehood on the Oceti Sakowin Oyate, the attitude of the state toward Native peoples and their governments, and the various state laws and policies that have affected or continue to affect Natives. Also, the course studies Native participation in state politics and how this alters Native self-government and self-determination.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 370 - Community-based Oral History Methods

    This course emphasizes the cultural and strategic approaches that enhance oral history methods in Native communities. Topics include research design, community rapport, administration, community-based data collection and analysis. A small-scale field project will be developed.

    Credits: 4


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  • NATV 400 - Education and Native Peoples

    This course will examine issues pertaining to the development of an appropriate educational system for Native Peoples, including Native control of education, Native-based learning theories, the of role culture, values and identity, teaching and learning styles, pedagogy and curriculum planning.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 450 - Native Natural Law and Restorative Justice

    This course examines the various forms and effectiveness of restorative justice from the standpoint of Native natural law. Native restorative justice includes victims, offenders, and their supporters who all come together to resolve community problems. Emphasis will be given to effective prevention and treatment of social ills in Native communities due to colonization, including the healing and reintegrating of individuals back into the community.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 460 - Oceti Sakowin Oyate and Treaty Law

    This course provides an in-depth study of treaty law with respect to the Dakota/Lakota/Nakota people. A detailed study of the content of significant treaties between the Oceti Sakowin Oyate and the United States will be examined and how these various treaties form the basis of Dakota/Lakota/Nakota self-determination.

    Credits: 3


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  • NATV 470 - Applied Research for Social Change

    This course familiarizes students with the concepts and processes required to design and implement a community-based research project. Students learn about community-based research by participating in, and working on, research projects within Native communities or for Native organizations. This course is appropriate for students who want a hands-on, Native-focused research experience in order to learn basic research skills or to enhance existing ones.

    Credits: 4


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  • NATV 491 - Independent Study (C)

    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.

     

    Note
    (C) denotes common course



    Credits: 1-3


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  • NATV 492 - Topic (C)

    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

     

    Note
    (C) denotes common course


    Credits: 1-3


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  • NATV 494 - Internship (C)

    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.

     

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-9


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  • NATV 498 - Undergraduate Research/Scholarship (C)

    Includes senior project and capstone experience, independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 3


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  • NURS 110 - Orientation to Nursing

    This course is for orientation to Associate degree Nursing.

    Credits: 0


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  • NURS 204 - Strategies for Nursing Success

    This course explores the roles of the professional nurse and provides strategies for learners to succeed in a learner-centered environment. The learner constructs the foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes inherent within the nursing competencies to provide evidence-based care for patients across the lifespan.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Corequisite: NURS 206 for RN students; NURS 282 for LPN students.

    Note
    Registration Restriction: Admission to the USD Nursing Program

    Credits: 1


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  • NURS 205 - The Practice of Caring

    Focuses on basic concepts and skills essential to plan and implement nursing care to assist person to adapt, cope and grow in the dynamic process of health. Emphasizes the practice of associate degree nursing within a caring framework. Functional health patterns provide the framework for nursing assessment. Developmental tasks throughout the lifespan are introduced. Nursing theory as well as laboratory and clinical experiences provide the opportunity to learn and apply concepts. Theory: 5 credits, Clinical/Laboratory: 3 credits.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course corequisite: ANAT 142

    Note
    Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing

    Credits: 8


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  • NURS 206 - Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts

    This course introduces concepts within the professional, biophysical, and psychosocial domains.  The learner develops professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes inherent within the nursing competencies of patient-centered care, safety, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, informatics, teamwork, and collaboration.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course corequisite: NURS 204

    Note
    Registration Restriction: Instructor Consent

    Credits: 8


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  • NURS 260 - Caring for Persons with Health Promotion and Health Maintenance Needs

    Focuses on the refinement of assessment skills throughout the lifespan. Identifies normal patterns and indicators of deviations through the framework of functional health patterns. Emphasizes the human response to actual or potential health problems. Views potential stressors and coping mechanisms of the individual and family as they relate to health. Emphasizes the nursing responsibilities of health promotion, accident/illness prevention and health maintenance. Course includes nursing theory as well as clinical and laboratory experiences in medical, surgical, pediatrics, mental health, and community settings. Theory: 5 credits, Clinical/Laboratory: 4 credits. Students should register for the highest number of credit hours unless otherwise advised.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisites: ANAT 142 and NURS 205 Course corequisite: PHGY 210

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    Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing

    Credits: 6-9


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  • NURS 261 - Advanced Nursing Concepts I

    This course further develops the concepts within the professional, biophysical, and psychosocial domains.  The learner builds on the development of professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes inherent within the nursing competencies of patient-centered care, safety, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, informatics, teamwork, and collaboration.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prequisites: NURS 204 and 206

    Note
    Registration Restriction: Instructor consent

    Credits: 9


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  • NURS 281 - Caring for Persons Across the Lifespan

    Focuses on human development and health. A family centered nursing course, which explores the dynamic influence of family on health. The caring relationship from conception to death is emphasized. Experiences are provided in the areas of community, mental health, long-term care and maternal-child health centers. Theory: 4 credits, Clinical/Laboratory: 4 credits. Students should register for the highest number of credit hours unless otherwise advised.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisites: ANAT 142 and PHGY 210; NURS 205 and 260 Course corequisite: MATH 102

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    Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing

    Credits: 4-8


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  • NURS 282 - Advanced Nursing Concepts II

    This course integrates the concepts within the professional, biophysical, and psychosocial domains. The learner assimilates the professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes inherent within the nursing competencies of patient-centered care, safety, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, informatics, teamwork, and collaboration.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisites: NURS 261 Course corequisite: RN students MATH 102 (or pre-requisite); LPN students MATH 102 and NURS 204

    Note
    Registration restriction: Insturctor Consent

    Credits: 8


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  • NURS 283 - Coordination of Care

    Focuses on preparing the associate degree graduate for a professional nursing role. Includes the present and future trends in healthcare delivery. Prepares the learner to analyze self-behaviors that reflect caring in the nurse. Emphasizes the roles of manager of care and member within the discipline of nursing. Course includes nursing theory. This course is exclusively an Internet course. Theory: 1 credit, Clinical/Laboratory: 0 credit.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisites:  ANAT 142, PHGY 210, NURS 205 and 260 Course corequisitie:  MATH 102 and NURS 281

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    Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing

    Credits: 1


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  • NURS 284 - Rural Studies in Nursing

    A course that provides the learner an opportunity to coordinate theory and practice in a rural setting. The clinical experience will allow the learner to further develop his/her role as a registered nurse under the mentorship of a practicing RN in a long term care or rural healthcare facility. Recommended for any nursing student for readmission or who has a break in their nursing education curriculum.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: NURS 205

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    Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing; By permission

    Credits: 1-3


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  • NURS 285 - Caring for Persons with Restorative/Rehabilitative Needs

    Focuses on the nursing care of clients with restorative/rehabilitative nursing care needs. Emphasizes nursing responsibilities as a provider of care, manager of care and member within the discipline of nursing. Includes personal and professional growth, the development of leadership and management skills, and political and social responsibility of the nurse. Experiences are provided in the areas of medical, surgical, critical-care, emergency, mental health, pediatric and community settings. Theory: 4 credits, Clinical/Laboratory: 5 credits.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisites: ANAT 142, PHGY 210, MATH 102, NURS 205 and 260 and 281 Course prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 283

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    Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing

    Credits: 9


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  • NURS 286 - Complex Nursing Concepts

    This course provides opportunities to synthesize the concepts within the professional, biophysical, and psychosocial domains.  The learner emulates the professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes inherent within the nursing competencies of patient-centered care, safety, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, informatics, teamwork, and collaboration.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisites: NURS 282, MATH 102

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    Registration restriction: Instructor consent

    Credits: 9


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  • NURS 292 - Topics (C)

    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    Note
    This course provides of analysis of relevant political, economic, and agency nursing issues. The issues may vary as pertinent to the current healthcare system.

    Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing, By permission

    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-3


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  • NURS 400 - Pathophysiology

    This course provides a conceptual approach to the basic concepts of pathophysiology by learning general mechanisms of disease or alterations in human function with application of these processes to specific conditions. Upon completion of the course, students will understand pathophysiological changes, including how pathological processes are manifested and progress in the body.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Pre-requisites: PHGY 220 and PHGY 230 (or equivalent); acceptance into RN-BSN program.

    Credits: 4


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  • NURS 450 - Foundations of Research & Evidence Based Practice

    This is a required course for the RN-BSN program. This course develops beginning research skills in relation to health outcomes throughout the lifespan. The emphasis will be on types of nursing research and evidence based practice.

    Credits: 3


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  • NURS 452 - Intro to Pharmacology

    This course is required for the RN-BSN program. This course will study drug classifications, emphasizing pharmacodynamics in the care of children and adults. Students will analyze
    pharmacological problems and plan nursing care to support treatment and avoid or alleviate iatrogenic problems of drug therapy.

    Credits: 3


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  • NURS 470 - Community and Public Health Theory

    Community and Public Health Theory has been established as core content for the BSN degree. The course emphasizes nursing theory as applied to community and public health concepts, and focuses on principles of health maintenance, health promotion and disease prevention for families, communities and populations.

    Credits: 3


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  • NURS 475 - Community and Public Health Practicum

    This practicum course is a requirement for completion of the program. The course focuses on therapeutic nursing interventions applied to community and public health nursing for families, communities and populations, with an emphasis on the application of concepts of health maintenance, health promotion and disease prevention.

    Credits: 4


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  • NURS 483 - Foundations for Professional Nursing

    This course is a requirement for the completions of the program. This is an advanced health assessment course for RNs designed to provide cognitive and technical skills in history taking and physical examination across the lifespan.

    Credits: 3


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  • NURS 485 - Leadership & Professional Roles Practicum

    This practicum provides hands on application of leadership theory and health policy for the registered nurse obtaining their baccalaureate degree. Emphasis of this course is on the nurse as leader/manager in society with respect to current issues and trends. Preceptored practicum that provides socialization into the role set of the professional nurse with an emphasis on leadership and management.

    Credits: 4


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  • NURS 487 - Professional Leadership & Health Care Policy

    This course is a requirement for completion of the program. This course emphasizes issues in professional nursing as they relate to the changing health care environment.

    Credits: 3


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  • OCEN 401 - Oceanography

    The basic principles of physical, chemical and biological oceanography and introduction to marine geology.

    Credits: 3


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  • OCTH 211 - Orientation to Occupational Therapy

    This course is an introduction to the practice of occupational therapy. It is designed to provide a general overview of the profession and to assist students in determining if they would like to pursue a graduate degree in Occupational Therapy.

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 100 - Activity Courses (C)

    Activities stressing individual physical fitness and lifetime activities according to student needs and interest.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 120 - Beginning Swimming (level 3) (C)

    This course is designed for the non-swimmer or novice who has not learned stroke techniques. Basic water safety skills and the front crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, back crawl, and breaststroke are covered.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 121 - Intermediate Swimming (level 4) (C)

    This course further develops intermediate swimming skills. Stroke improvement, distance, and endurance, along with additional skills and more advanced water safety techniques, make up the emphasis of this course.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 122 - Advanced Swimming (level 5-6) (C)

    Training, conditioning, and refinement of swimming strokes and techniques preparatory to participation in competition, life saving, skin or scuba diving.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 123 - Basic Water Rescue Course (C)

    Emphasizes the personal knowledge and skill necessary to provide a safe aquatic experience.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 180 - Foundations of HPER (C)

    A survey of the historical background, sociological implications, and philosophical basis of physical education. This course includes review of the modern principles and related concepts which are applicable to physical activity.

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    Credits: 2


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  • PE 200 - Professional Preparation: Fitness (C)

    Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities which are part of lifetime fitness development.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 201 - Professional Preparation: Gymnastics (C)

    Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities which are part of gymnastics movement. Focus will be on developmentally appropriate activities.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 202 - Professional Preparation: Individual & Dual Activities (C)

    Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities involved in participating in individual and dual sport and game activities. Focus will be on activities appropriate for school settings, leading to personal skill development.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 203 - Professional Preparation: Team Activities (C)

    Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities involved in participating in team sports and game activities. Focus will be on activities appropriate for school settings, leading to personal skill development.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 204 - Professional Preparation: Rhythm & Dance (C)

    Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities involved in participating in rhythms and lifetime dance activities. Focus will be on activities appropriate for school settings which contribute to personal development.

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    Credits: 1


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  • PE 250 - Human Anatomy & Physiology

    This is a one-semester human anatomy and physiology course. The structure and function of the entire human body is covered, including all of the organ systems.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Co-requisite: PE 250L

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 250L - Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab

    This course is designed to compliment PE 250. Activities are designed to reinforce the student’s understanding of concepts and topics introduced in PE 250.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Co-requisite: PE 250

    Credits: 1


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  • PE 271 - Introduction to Coaching Men & Women

    This course deals with the history, current trends, psychological and physiological differences in coaching in various sports.

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 292 - Topics (C)

    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-4


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  • PE 294 - Internship (C)

    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1


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  • PE 296 - Field Experience (C)

    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1


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  • PE 320 - Lifeguard Training (C)

    The course focuses on skills and knowledge to properly assume responsibilities of lifeguards at swimming pools and non-surf beaches.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1


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  • PE 321 - Water Safety Instructor (C)

    Method of instruction and evaluation of water safety techniques. Successful students may earn American Red Cross water safety instructor certification.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-2


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  • PE 330 - PK-8 Health, First Aid, Safety, Physical Education Methods

    This course is designed to help students know and use the major concepts and tools of inquiry in health and physical education, such as first aid/CPR and emergency care, basic health concepts, nutrition, safety, dance, human movement, and physical activity. Students apply these concepts in teaching methods to create opportunities for P-8 student development and practice of skills that contribute to good health and foster active, healthy life styles and enhance quality of life for elementary students.

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 350 - Exercise Physiology (C)

    Study of physiological responses and adaptations to exercise related to human performance limitations, training effects, and health-related benefits.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 352 - Adapted Physical Education (C)

    Students are exposed to those impairments addressed in idea as they relate to physical education. Assessments, IEP development, and other elements necessary to successful inclusion are addressed. In addition, physical activities for special populations outside the school setting are also addressed.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 354 - Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries (C)

    Course teaches general and emergency treatment of athletic injuries, competitive or noncompetitive. Emphasis is placed on practical preventive and rehabilitative exercises and taping/bandaging/wrapping.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2


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  • PE 360 - K-8 Physical Education Methods (C)

    In this course, students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-8 physical education; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 physical education; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 physical education; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2


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  • PE 361 - Elementary & Adapted Physical Education

    The theory and practice of elementary school physical education programs. This course is designed to meet the needs of the classroom and playground instructor in providing programs in typical as well as adapted physical education.

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 374 - Sports Officiating (C)

    Course includes general and specific duties of officials in the various sports and games. Discussions include common situations and interpretations arising in athletic contests.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-2


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  • PE 378 - Assessment in Adapted Physical Activity (C)

    Assessment in Adapted Physical Activity. Introduction to appropriate instruments for assessing the motor and fitness needs of disabled people in physical activity.  Practical experience in administering standardized, norm referenced and criterion referenced tests. Students will develop IEP’s.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2


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  • PE 379 - Sports for Individuals with Disabilities (C)

    Sports for Individuals with Disabilities provides a working knowledge of the official sports organizations recognized by the United States Olympic Committee. Emphasis is on classifications, organizational structure, sporting events, and coaching disabled individuals.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite PE-352

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2


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  • PE 394 - Internship (C)

    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-3


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  • PE 421 - Teaching Adapted Aquatics & Water Safety Instruction

    This course is designed to prepare student to become certified by AAHPERD in Adapted Aquatics as instructors for individuals with disabilities, and complete requirements for Water Safety Instruction & CPR by the American Red Cross.

    Note
    Registration restriction: Prior to enrollment should be able to meet American Red Cross Learn to Swim Level 4 Stroke Performance Criteria.

    Credits: 2


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  • PE 440 - Organization & Administration of HPER/A (C)

    Administrative policies and procedures of physical education and athletes, including intramural and interscholastic activity and athletics. Consideration is given to programming, leadership, budget, facilities, public relations, and related matters.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 3


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  • PE 451 - Tests & Measurements (C)

    This course will include use of various tests and instruments used for measuring progress in physical education and how statistical concepts apply to testing in physical education. Development of the knowledge and ability to utilize both formative and summative assessments for psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains. Additionally, techniques to evaluate one’s own teaching performance and make adjustments to enhance subsequent teaching and program effectiveness.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Course prerequisite: MATH 102 or 115 or 120 or 121 or 123 or 125 or 281 or Instructor consent

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 2


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  • PE 452 - Motor Learning & Development (C)

    The application of principles of learning in the psychomotor domain. Included will be a review of the physiological basis of skill behavior, state of the performer, and didactic strategies in motor learning and skill performance.

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    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 3


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