Graduate
Course Offerings
Spring '12
Number in parentheses refers to credit hours.
Note: Course listings may be changed pending updates by individual departments.
Business Administration
ACG 5026
Financial Reporting and Managerial Control (3)
This course provides a basic understanding of accounting systems and financial statements as a foundation for analysis. The course also addresses cost systems and controls as they pertain to organizational control.
FIN 5515
Investment Management and Analysis (3)
Analysis of financial assets with emphasis on the securities market, the valuation of individual securities, and portfolio management.
ISM 5021
Information and Technology Management (3)
Applied course in concepts and techniques used in the design and implementation of management information systems and decision support systems, with emphasis on management of these systems.
MAN 5245
Organizational Behavior (3)
A dynamic examination of managerial concepts of human behavior in work organizations.
MAN 5716
Business Conditions Analysis (3)
Problems of managing the firm in relation to the changing economic environment. Analysis of major business fluctuations and development of forecasting techniques.
MAN 5721
Strategy and Business Policy (3)
Prerequisite: All other master of business administration core courses
The relation between theories and practices of management; utilizing theories in strategic decision making and including a methodology for strategic decision making.
MAR 5125
Marketing Strategy and Multinational Business (3)
Strategy applied to planning, analysis and control; emphasis on individual situation analysis involving consumer needs, market position, competition and public policy environment. Also, introductory level graduate survey of international business. Concepts of international economics blended with the marketing of goods and services in international markets. Current international events discussed.
MAR 5935
Global Business Seminar (3)
This course is an in-depth study of current topics in marketing. May be repeated to a maximum of three times as topics vary.
REE 5205
Topics in Real Estate Finance and Appraisal (3)
This course is designed to provide advanced treatment of topics fundamental to real estate finance and appraisal. This course includes a discussion of primary and secondary mortgage markets; capital market operations; mortgage instruments; and mortgage-related securities. In addition, the course provides an advanced treatment of the valuation of real estate, including presentation and a critical review of existing appraisal history.
Certificate in GIS
ESC 5215
Advanced Geoscience Vizio (3)
GEO 5934
GIS Florida Application (3)
This course will introduce you to applications of GIS in environmental & social sciences. Topics include GIS applications in resources management, urban planning, disaster management, and demographic analysis, all with the focus on major issues present in Florida. Students will learn a variety of GIS functions to solve real-world problems through lab exercises.
GIS 5034
Remote Sensing (3)
Foundations of airborne and spaceborne remote sensing interpretation of urban and environmental applications.
Coaching
SPM 5350
Athlete Recruitment (3)
This advanced course deals with the in collegiate recruiting of athletes. Topics cover all facets of recruiting, including evaluation, compliance, technology, visits, commitments, and issues.
Communication Disorders
SPA 5103
Anatomy & Physiology of Speech/Language & Hearing (4)
This course provides the foundation for advanced study in communication science and disorders. Understanding the normal structure and function brings about an increased understanding of the pathology present in the myriad of patient populations encountered in future practical experiences as an SLP student clinician and, later, in practice. Students learn about the nature of communication and swallowing, primarily their anatomic, physiologic, acoustic, and perceptual characteristics.
SPA 5113
Clinical Phonetics (4)
This course focuses on learning to phonetically transcribe spoken language. Students learn and frequently practice transcription of vowels and consonants at the levels of isolation, syllables, words, phrases, and connected speech. The course also incorporates relevant material covering phonetics as a science, the similarities and differences between spelling and sound, anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism, clinical phonetics, and dialectal variation in spoken language.
SPA 5230
Motor Speech Disorders (3)
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures employed in the management of speech and language problems of neurologically impaired persons.
SPA 5254
Acquired Neurolinguistic & Cognitive Disorders (3)
A foundation course to prepare SLP students to evaluate and manage neuromotor speech disorders, aphasia, traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere syndromes, dementia, and communication effects of progressive neurological diseases.
SPA 5500
Clinical Practicum in the Schools (3)
Prerequisite: SPA 4503
Supervised therapy practice in therapy procedures with school-aged persons presenting various communication problems. Seminar covers educational and therapy topics relative to public professional activities.
SPA 5505
Advanced Clinical Practicum (1)
This course provides students with the opportunity to build and practice more advanced clinical skills as they continue their clinical rotations.
SPA 5646
Communication for Persons Deaf & Hard of Hearing (3)
Assessment and education procedures for developing communication skills of preschool and school-age hearing impaired students.
SPA 5942
Community Clinical Practicum (1)
This clinical practicum provides students with supervised experiences in a variety of community-based settings. May be repeated to a maximum of four semester hours.
SYP 5738
Aging Policies & Services (3)
This course examines issues faced by older people and the current federal and state policies designed to address these issues. These policies and issues are explored in the context of both political economy and the long-term care continuum from independence to dependence.
Criminology & Criminal Justice Studies
CCJ 5546
Prevention and Treatment of Crime and Delinquency (3)
Theoretical development of crime prevention, punishment, and treatment. Topics include historical models of crime control, growth of crime prevention, and aspects such as environmental design, community action programs, and technology systems.
CCJ 5669
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Social Justice (3)
This course considers the relationships among race, ethnicity, and crime in the justice system. The effect of social policy on racial and ethnic inequality is studied, and theories of ethnic and racial justice are presented in terms of their effect on crime and criminal justice.
CCJ 5706
Applied Statistics in Criminology I (3)
This course focuses on the use of statistical techniques in criminology.
CCJ 6665
Victimology (3)
Prerequisites: CCJ 5705, CCJ 5706
This course introduces students to the field of victimology and explores its conceptual boundaries, basic concepts and literature within various subareas.
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
CGS 5310
Information Management Technology in Education (3)
This course explores information and communication technologies for the management of administrative and instructional programs in educational systems, enhancement of community relations, and application of effective communication techniques, tools, and methodologies.
EDA 5069
Ethics in Educational Leadership (3)
This course examines educational leadership as an ethical endeavor; covers the assumptions, values, and beliefs that inform school practice and policies. Discusses systemic constraints to educational leadership, and also covers social-justice concerns in education.
EDA 5192
Educational Leadership (3)
Identification of basic leadership theories, motivation, group dynamics, planning, and change processes in educational settings.
EDA 5219
Human & Fiscal Resources in Education (3)
This course examines public education as an economic institution, emphasizing the relationship between the purposes of schooling and the human and fiscal-resource allocation role of the principal. Issues involving recruitment, selection, retention of school personnel, and collective bargaining are examined as they relate to state and federal law.
EDA 5232
Legal Aspects of Public School Administration (3)
A survey of legal issues involving public schools, including the rights and responsibilities of students and teachers, risk management in the school setting, powers of local boards and superintendents, legal liability and accountability, and documentation and evaluation. Students review case law, state and federal statutes, constitutional provisions, and regulatory standards.
EDA 5423
Decision-Oriented Educational Research (3)
This course builds expertise in using data for a variety of school-improvement purposes, including instructional decision-making in grades K-12. Collaborative action-research skills are developed to solve school-based problems.
EDA 5503
The Principalship (3)
This course provides a systemic approach to address the leadership and management roles, responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges of principals and other building administrators. It promotes a thorough understanding of the interrelationships among the various components of schools and how they must be addressed systemically in order for students and schools to achieve measurable gains.
EDA 5504
Instructional Leadership (3)
This course examines the ways that school leaders bring multiple resources to focus on curriculum, instruction, and academic achievement. It focuses on how strong instructional leadership is achieved, how school leaders promote and sustain instructional leadership, and what factors undermine instructional leadership.
EDA 5931
Applied Policy in Schools (3)
EDA 5931
Special Topic: Practicum (1–3)
Content varies to provide opportunity to study current issues in educational administration and topics not offered in other courses. May be repeated as topics vary to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.
EDF 5461
Introduction to Program Evaluation (3)
Overview of current evaluation theory and models; emphasis on role evaluation in needs assessment and planning phase of program development.
EDG 5250
Curriculum & Instruction
Provides the student with an in-depth view of curriculum and instruction; and a knowledge base for planning, designing, organizing, and implementing a program of curriculum and instruction.
Emergency Management
PAD 5373
Leadership & Communication in Emergency Management (3)
This course focuses on leadership in Emergency Management settings; volunteer management; and the need for correct crisis communication before, during, and after a disaster.
PAD 5376
Introduction to Terrorism (3)
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts, theories, principles, and practices of terrorism and terrorist events.
PAD 5377
Advanced Topics in Terrorism (3)
Prerequisite: PAD 5376
This course reviews the contemporary evolution of terrorism and the current direction of global terrorism with regards to domestic policies and programs.
PAD 5397
Foundations in Emergency Management (3)
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts, theories, principles, and practices of emergency management.
PAD 5398
Emergency Management Programs, Planning, and Policy (3)
This course examines functional demands that emergency managers should be aware of in crafting emergency management programs. Students investigate how public policy choices impact emergency planning and the consequences of a disaster event.
PAD 5826
Intergovernmental Relations & Management (3)
The role of the public administrator in developing and administering public policy within the system of federal, state, and local governments. Includes legal, financial, administrative issues as well as substantive areas such as social services, health, employment, education, and housing.
PAD 5835
International Comparative Disaster Management (3)
This course will discuss practical and theoretical issues associated with international disaster management. Risk, hazards, and disasters will be addressed from a global perspective with particular emphasis placed on the differences in key issues between developing and developed countries. The impact of climate change and non-sustainable land practices will also be discussed.
PAD 5935
Disaster Dollars (3)
This course is intended to provide you with an introduction to disaster risk, as well as with the various ways that we find ways to deal with that risk.
Event Management
LEI 5316
Event Planning Management (3)
This is an advanced course in event management focusing on managerial aspects of event operations such as economic impact, assessment, infrastructure, safe operations, staging and production, food and beverage operations, vendors, and volunteers.
LEI 5563
Event Marketing (3)
This is an advanced course in event marketing that focuses on the components required for development of marketing plans for the various venues in the special events industry, including sponsorship acquisition.
LEI 5942
Practicum in Events Management (3)
Prerequisites: LEI 5316, 5317, 5563
This course provides students with an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes developed during their academic preparation. It is also aimed at helping students gain valuable experience in management of events. Students complete a minimum of 150 hours over an extended period of time, but not less than twelve (12) weeks.
Higher Education
EDH 5054
American Community College
The purpose of this course is to develop student knowledge and understanding of the nature, philosophy, and historical evolution of the American community college. Students will gain a perspective on the social, economic, political, and educational forces that have influenced the development of this unique institution and those that are likely to shape its future. Attention will also be directed toward the programs, services, current issues, reforms and innovations that are a part of the two-year educational institution.
EDH 5055
Introduction to Institutional Research
This course provides an introduction to institutional research as discipline in higher education. Course content is addressed within the context of organizational, administrative, political and ethical issues in institutional research. Practical experience with research databases and insights from currents practitioners in the field are integrated into the course content.
EDH 5068
Outcomes in Undergraduate Education
Prerequisites: EDF 5400; EDH 5051
This course develops a historical and theoretical foundation for conceptualizing "outcomes" of undergraduate education. It considers theoretical, technical, and policy issues in the assessment of outcomes.
EDH 5095
Strategic Planning
This course introduces students to strategic management and performance improvement through strategic planning in the higher education/public sector settings. Students develop knowledge about the theory behind and history of strategic planning, current issues in strategic management in the higher education setting, and survey different strategic planning and performance models currently used on college campuses. Students also learn and practice strategic planning and performance improvement techniques.
EDH 5506
College & University Business Administration
The course covers institutional finance and business administration in American colleges and universities. Topics include financial operations, budgeting, organizational structures, unit functions, institutional culture, and contemporary issues in postsecondary finance and administration.
EDH 6505
Finance in Higher Education
Prerequisite: EDH 5051.
This seminar examines major issues in the financing of higher education in the United States, including major policy issues in higher education finance; the roles of the federal government and states; and institutional budgeting and financial management.
Instructional Systems
ADE 5189
Educational Psychology & Learning Systems
Theory and practice of training and staff development based on the design and use of experiential instructional interventions to enhance individual, group, and organizational efforts.
EDF 5442
Inquiry and Measurement
This foundational course addresses inquiry and measurement concepts for master's students. It focuses on inquiry to support data-based decision makingprocesses related to learning and human performance.
EDF 5461
Introduction to Program Evaluation
Overview of current evaluation theory and models; emphasis on role evaluation in needs assessment and planning phase of program development.
EDP 5216
Theories of Learning & Cognition in Instruction
Examination and application of prominent contemporary theories of learning, cognition, and information processing to instructional settings.
EME 5601
Introduction to Instructional Systems
Overview of systems theory applied to instructional systems development, includes principles and procedures for developing total instructional systems.
EME 6631
Managing Instructional Development
Introduction to procedures for managing instructional development projects and organizations. Includes project and organizational design and development, staff development, and leadership principles.
L.E.A.D
SOW 5376
Budgeting & Finances in Social Services (3)
This course emphasizes the political and technical skills of budgeting and financial management, source development via grant writing and fundraising, government contracting, fiscal reporting, and payroll management.
Library & Information Studies
LIS 5020
Foundations of the Information Professions (3)
This course provides background information about the information profession and aims to facilitate optimal information management. Topics include librarianship, the disciplines of library-information science (LIS) and of information technology (IT), the organizations and institutions of the information-provision environment, as well as the applications of technology to information provision.
LIS 5203
Assessing Information Needs (3)
Provides students with an overview of the user's perspective in the analysis of information needs and preferences. Provides the fundamentals to a broad approach, emphasizing a unifying structure, to understand human information seeking behaviors.
LIS 5271
Research in Information Studies (3)
Examines the principles and methods of systems analysis and research in the context of library and information studies. Considers problem identification and definition and techniques of data collection and analysis, including statistical analysis. The course also discusses typical problems studied.
LIS 5313
Design & Production of Network Multimedia (3)
Techniques for designing, producing, and evaluating media sources which meet specific instructional needs.
LIS 5362
Design & Production of Media Resources (3)
Examines the theory, concepts and techniques for designing, producing, and evaluating network multimedia resources to meet specific information needs. Students engage in collaborative design projects applying theoretical constructs from communication, education, engineering, graphic design, and information science to the provision of resources using emerging multimedia network technologies.
LIS 5364
Web Development and Administration (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5362
Issues and techniques related to the planning, production, and management of large World Wide Web sites, including information organization and design, hardware and software, and cutting-edge development tools. Special emphasis paid to information provision, and the role of Web developers as providers and managers of information resources.
LIS 5367
Advanced Web Applications (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5362
Examines theory, concepts, and techniques for designing, producing, and evaluating World Wide Web applications to meet specific information needs. Students engage in design projects applying theoretical constructs to the provision of Web-based information resources using advanced authoring techniques.
LIS 5408
Management of Information Organizations (3)
Designed to develop a conceptual framework for integrating fundamental management concepts, principles, theories, and practices into an effective, personal management process that relates to information organizations of the 21st century.
LIS 5411
Introduction to Information Policy (3)
Examines selected fundamental policy questions relating to information use, access, and dissemination. Particular attention is given to complex policy issues that involve value conflicts among information ownership rights, personal privacy rights, and public access rights to information in a societal context.
LIS 5417
Introduction to Legal Resources (3)
Provides an introduction to legal literature and to the tools of legal research to create an understanding of how legal information is organized, structured, and accessed in various settings.
LIS 5426
Planning, Evaluation and Financial Management (3)
Basic skills in planning, evaluation, and financial management are developed, as well as application of these aspects to the overall management task in the information organization.
LIS 5442
Information Leadership (3)
The course offers a comprehensive overview of digital libraries, beginning with the conceptual underpinnings of digital libraries and broadening to include issues in the design, management, and evaluation of digital libraries, such as collection management and digitization, knowledge representation, access and user interfaces, archiving and digital preservation, as well as evaluation.
LIS 5472
Digital Libraries
Prerequisite: LIS 5362. Prerequisite or Corequisite: LIS 5703.
The course offers a comprehensive overview of digital libraries, beginning with the conceptual underpinnings of digital libraries and broadening to include issues in the design, management, and evaluation of digital libraries, such as collection management and digitization, knowledge representation, access and user interfaces, archiving and digital preservation, as well as evaluation. The course also discusses the research literature addressing digital-library development.
LIS 5484
Introduction to Data Networks for Information Services (3)
An introductory course concerned with networking and telecommunications as a means of providing information services to users. From LANs to the information superhighway, it includes an introduction to voice, data, and video telecommunications concepts, technical requirements, and application issues, in addition to techniques and management of such systems.
LIS 5487
Information Systems Management (3)
An introduction to the role of information systems in organizations and how this relates to organizational objectives and structures. Covers the basics of management and information as they relate to each other in the operation of an information center.
LIS 5511
Management of Information Collections (3)
This course covers the principles of collection development and intelligence gathering, including selection, acquisition, distribution, circulation, preservation, and deselection of information resources in academic, public, and special library environments.
LIS 5512
School Collection Development & Management (3)
This course provides an understanding of the attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary to manage human resources and provide effective leadership in a school library media program. Covers collection development and management in school libraries. Required for school media certification. It is recommended that students take this course the semester before taking the State of Florida media specialist exam.
LIS 5524
Instructional Role of the Informational Specialist (3)
The instructional role of the media specialist and methods of participating effectively in curricular planning, implementation, and evaluation.
LIS 5564
Information Needs of Children (3)
Materials for children in relation to their needs, interests and abilities. Evaluation and use of printed and audiovisual materials.
LIS 5565
Information Needs of Young Adults (3)
Study of media for young adults in relation to their characteristics, needs, interests and abilities. Evaluation and use of printed and audiovisual materials.
LIS 5590
Museum Informatics (3)
This course provides an introduction to Museum Informatics, the study of how technical innovations influence the social world of museums, by exploring the nature of information technology in museums and the way modern information systems have shaped the museum environment.
LIS 5602
Marketing Library and Information Services
The course covers concepts, techniques, and illustrations needed to develop first-rate nonprofit marketing skills for libraries and information services. These skills facilitate cost-effective and customer-centered strategic planning.
LIS 5603
Introduction to Information Services (3)
Introduction to reference work using both print and online sources. Also addresses the relationship of reference work to other information services in libraries and other information-providing agencies.
LIS 5661
Information Needs of Government
The course provides an introduction to government information sources and research, with focus on U.S. government information. Students learn about the structure of government and the dissemination of government information resources to the public, including techniques for locating and using government information sources.
LIS 5703
Information Organization (3)
Principles and techniques of bibliographic organization, including the description, subject analysis, and retrieval of recorded knowledge and information in bibliographies, catalogs, and machine-based systems. Emphasis is on the application of AACR2, Sears, and L. C. Subject Headings and the Dewey Decimal classification in the organization of library catalogs.
LIS 5711
Cataloging and Classification (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5703
An examination of problems of entry, description, and subject analysis including L. C. classification. Also an analysis and evaluation of problems relating to the organization, operation, and management of a cataloging department.
LIS 5736
Indexing and Abstracting (3)
Taking a practical approach to indexing and abstracting, this course covers manual and automatic processes and methods, database organization and design. Emphasis is on indexing and abstracting in an online environment with attention to production rules, standards, markup languages, and file organization.
LIS 5782
Database Management Systems (3)
Examines the basic principles, elements and concepts of design, implementation and utilization of database management systems. Within database management systems, treats various models of data and databases. Also considers the administrative tasks associated in the database management environment.
LIS 5786
Introduction to Information Architecture (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5703
Building on the foundation provided in Information Organization (LIS 5703), this course applies the theories, methods, and tools for designing and managing collections, focusing on the design and management of information objects, as well as their representation and interaction.
LIS 5787
Fundamentals of Metadata Theory and Practice (3)
Prerequisite: LIS 5703
This course introduces basic theories and principles of metadata design and creation using ER modeling, XML, and RDF. The course reviews major conceptual frameworks, ontologies, and metadata schemas used in libraries, archives, and museums. Real-life scenarios and collections are used to highlight and gain understanding of the issues related to metadata creation, aggregation, and re-use.
LIS 5916
Introduction to Information Technology (3)
This course introduces students to Information Technology (IT) on theoretical and practical levels. It thoroughly reviews the underlying concepts of IT as embodied in operating systems, hardware, application software, website creation and networks. It ensures that all students (continuing in the LIS program) have mastered minimum skill and knowledge sets and are prepared to carry out assignments requiring IT skills in later courses.
LIS 5945
School Media Internship (0–12)
(S/U grade only)
An opportunity to learn how library and/or information studies principles and techniques are applied in a professional setting. A minimum of forty-five (45) hours on the job per semester hour earned is required. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours with permission of faculty supervisor.
Management Information Systems
ISM 5046
Social and Organization Issues in MIS (3)
This course provides students an opportunity to explore some of the issues related to information systems and their place in society. Course focus will cover society as a whole, electronic communities, organizational impacts, the implications of design choices, and ethical considerations.
ISM 5207
Introduction to Information Technology (3)
This course builds on basic database concepts. Topics include physical database design, advanced SQL, data warehousing, data mining, XML data and schemas, database administration and data center administration.
ISM 5227
Advanced Telecommunications Management (3)
This course builds on basic telecommunications and network management concepts. Topics include physical layer propagation, advanced switch operation, wireless environments, LANs, WANs, network applications, and a comparison of client/server versus Web applications.
ISM 5316
Advanced Project Management (3)
Prerequisite: ISM 5315
This course extends the concepts of project management to the management of multiple projects across time and space, including the management of projects outside of the organization through outsourcing, strategic alliances, and off-shore arrangements.
ISM 5327
Corporate Information Security (3)
This course examines corporate information security from several perspectives. Topics include differences in security of physical versus digital assets; sources of security threats; solutions involving technology, people, and policy; and proper responses to attacks on digital assets.
Nursing Educator
NGR 5713
Curriculum Theory (4)
This initial course in the Nursing Educator sequence is designed to introduce the graduate nursing student to the historical and theoretical foundations of nusing education in relation to present day curriculum development in nursing education. In addition the roles of the nurse educator in academia versus the nurse educator in staff development and patient/community education will be explored.
NGR 5718
Evaluation in Nursing Education (4)
This course is designed to introduce the graduate nursing student to theories and methods of evaluation in nursing education at the individual, course, and program level. Applications of testing and measurement relevant to the health professions will be examined. Focus will be placed on effective test design and test writing skills, other methods of evaluating performance in the classroom and clinical settings, and the anlysis of evaluation tools for educational purposes. In addition, the student will develop a personal philosphy of teaching/learning.
NGR 5800
Methods in Nursing Research (3)
This course builds upon the knowledge of the research process learned at the baccalaureate level. It focuses on the importance of empirical investigation in the development of nursing theory and the formulation of testable hypotheses in nursing practice. Emphasis is directed to the nurse as consumer and practitioner in the area of research and evidence-based practice.
NGR 5846
Biostatistics (4)
This course provides students with the basic principles and applications of statistics to problems in clinical and public health settings. Topics covered include descriptive statistics (including graphs), probability and random variation, sampling, hypothesis testing, proportions, measures of frequency, confidence intervals, t-tests, chi-square tests, one-way analysis of variance, correlation, linear regression correlation coefficients, an introduction to multiple regression, and selected nonparametric statistics. It is expected that the student will be able to apply the steps of statistical inference, perform the appropriate statistical test, and interpret the results and computer output for commonly used statistical procedures. Examples will be drawn from biomedical literature or real-data sets. An overview and use of a statistical software package, such as SPSS, will be incorporated into the course.
NGR 5852
Evidence-Based Practice (3)
This capstone course allows students to synthesize and integrate concepts developed in previous graduate courses with emphasis on an evidence-based practice approach to selected issues. This course will result in student utilization of evidenced-bases methods to develop a scholarly paper with recommendations for improving practice.
Project Management
ADV 5415
Hispanic Marketing Communication (3)
This course prepares professionals to field the increasing number of positions that require marketing expertise to serve the US Hispanic market.
COM 5126
Organizational Communication Theory & Practice (3)
The course provides an overview of the major organizational communication theorists and shows students how they can be used to diagnose and solve communication and performance problems.
COM 5450
Introduction to Project Management (3)
This course covers the processes, tools and techniques for managing projects of any size while preparing students to sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
COM 5451
Advanced Topics in Project Management (3)
This course covers the theories of several important project managers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including Edward Deming, Peter Drucker, Thomas Peters, Eli Goldratt, Philip Crosby and others.
Public Safety and Security
CJE 5766
Forensic Science in Investigation (3)
This course combines the various theories of the conduct of crime with knowledge of how physical evidence is generated during the commission of a crime in order to produce information that enables the investigation and prosecution of criminal activity. The course emphasizes decision-making in forensic science examinations and evaluation of their reliability
CJE 5766L
Forensic Science in Investigation Laboratory (3)
Corequisite: CJE5766
This laboratory applies various techniques for the examination of physical materials generated during the commission of a crime in order to produce information required to detect and investigate criminal activity. This laboratory emphasizes the implementation of protocols and the calculation of error rates.
CJE 5767
Scientific Underwater Investigation (3)
This course builds upon the Introduction to Underwater Investigation course by providing the technology to collect data in an underwater environment according to the scientific method. The course delineates the similarities and differences of investigative techniques used in forensic science and other science disciplines that function underwater.
Risk Management/Insurance
RMI 5017
Fundamentals of Risk & Insurance (3)
This course develops concepts such as time value of money, statistical analysis, information technology, and management of risk exposure. Topics include risk fundamentals, risk management, insurer operations, and insurance regulation.
RMI 5136
Employee Benefit Plans (3)
Managerial approach to employee benefit plans such as group insurance and pensions with in-depth consideration given to funding instruments and variety among plans.
RMI 5345
Risk Management in the Business Enterprise (3)
Application of the risk management process, including risk control and risk financing techniques, to business risk management problems.
RMI 5710
Insurance Company Operations (3)
Prerequisite: RMI 5011C
This course will cover the fundamentals of risk, the management of pure risk, insurance mechanisms, insurer operations and the evolution of risk management.
RMI 5935
Alternative Risk Financing (3)
Social Work
SOW 5105
Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (3)
This course focuses on reciprocal relationships between human behavior and social environments. Content includes empirically-based theories and knowledge that focus on the interactions between and among systems of all sizes, including individuals, groups, societies, and economic systems. Theories and knowledge of biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and spiritual development across the life span are critiqued, especially as they relate to populations at risk. In addition, theories and knowledge about the range of social systems (individual, family, group, organizational, and community) in which people live are examined, including the ways social systems promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving health and well-being.
SOW 5125
Psychopathology in Clinical Practice (3)
The course provides an overview of mental health assessment and diagnostic tools, including the Diagnostic Statistical Manual diagnostic categories, and touches on treatment strategies and techniques. Building on the knowledge base acquired in the foundation course SOW 5105, this course examines the relationship between the biological, psychological, social, environmental, and cultural influences and emotional and mental health from ecological context. Particular attention is given to variations in the assessment process and access to treatment for populations at social and economic risk. In addition, students examine the political and social implications of mental health and their relations to social work values and ethics.
SOW 5308
Social Work Practice (3)
This course provides students with an understanding of the social work profession's history, mission, values, ethics, and roles. Content on generalist social work practice with individuals, families, groups, and communities is covered, and attention is given to working with ethnic minorities, women, gays and lesbians, and disabled people.
SOW 5324
Group Treatment in Social Work Practice (3)
This course is an advanced practice class in the clinical concentration. It examines theoretical foundations and practice techniques of group treatment models. General topics include group purpose, composition, and dynamics; leadership development; stages of group development; evaluation; and the ethical aspects of group work.
SOW 5367
Theories & Practice of Crisis Intervention (3)
This course introduces students to the theoretical foundations and practice models of crisis intervention and other forms of brief treatment.
SOW 5369
Integrative Seminar in Advanced Social Work Practice (3)
Corequisite: SOW 5353.
This course integrates theoretical models and concepts with practice gained in internships. The course utilizes an ecosystems perspective, focusing on the dynamic interaction between the individual, family, communities, organizations, and other social systems. A major focus is on the social worker's role in responding effectively to the challenges of working with these systems and exploring their own personal views of such issues as ethics, gender, ethnic minorities, gays, lesbians, and disabled people.
SOW 5376
Budget and Finance in the Social Services (3)
SOW 5432
Evaluation of Social Work Practice (3)
Prerequisite: SOW 5404.
Major emphasis is given to the use of single systems designs in client assessment and evaluation. Students consider the philosophical and ethical aspects of an evaluative approach to treatment and examine the policy implications of professional participation (or lack thereof) in evaluation processes. Topics include the operational "diagnosis" of client problems; measurement and monitoring of symptoms, goals, and interventions; and analysis, interpretation, and reporting of case material for accountable social work practice. Issues of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability are explored through application of course content to appropriate case examples.
SOW 5532
Graduate Field Instruction I (5-10)
(S/U grade only)
Prerequisite: SOW 5308
This course is required for first-year graduate students and taken concurrently with course work. Students are provided with a supervised generalist social work practice experience in a variety of settings. May be repeated to a maximum of ten (10) semester hours.
SOW 5535
Graduate Field Instruction II (6 - 12)
(S/U grade only)
This course is required for advanced graduate students and taken concurrently with Advanced Seminar in Social Work Practice. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.
SOW 5614
Family Violence Across the Life Span (3)
This course, looking at violence across the life span, provides an ecological perspective emphasizing the interconnections between individuals experiencing violence and their social environments. Emphasis is placed upon broad coverage of all-important aspects of child abuse, incest, intimate partner violence, rape, and elder abuse. This course is appropriate for students who wish to gain skill in detecting and responding to incest situations for clients, sexual assault survivors, and victims of intimate partner violence or elder abuse.
SOW 5646
Gerontological Social Work (3)
Gerontological Social Work introduces students to the field of social gerontology and gerontological social work. The class provides an overview of a variety of topics such as the demography of aging and the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of aging. The course also covers health care and social policies that impact older persons and caregivers, along with the aging network of services.
SOW 5659
Mental Health & Child Welfare (3)
This course provides students with knowledge and skills related to the theory, research, and implications of child and adolescent maltreatment for child development and psychopathology. Course content is presented within the context of child welfare practice and social work with children and adolescents in public agencies and programs. Particular attention is given to common psychological disorders that result from maltreatment and accompanying treatment issues. Issues related to individuals, families, groups, and communities are covered, and attention is given to working with ethnic minorities, women, gays and lesbians, and persons with disabilities.
SOW 5712
Chemical Dependency Problems and Programs (3)
This course includes discussions, readings, lectures, and audiovisual materials on all the major drugs, including alcohol, opiates, stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, and nicotine. We cover the etiology and epidemiology of drug abuse, physiological and behavioral consequences of drug abuse, treatment approaches, and major policies and programs. Special attention is directed toward drug abuse in special populations, such as women, racial and ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians, persons with disabilities, and the elderly. We also spend a considerable amount of time discussing social work with involuntary clients, since most persons receiving treatment for chemical dependency probably fall into this category. A systems perspective is used to relate drug-using behavior to family, community, and social systems.
SOW 5938
Social Work Seminars: Selected Topics (3)
Examples of topics covered: diagnosis and treatment of addictive disorders, living with aids, family violence across the life span, and mind, body and healing. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours as topics change.
Special Education
EDE 5225
The Elementary School K-6 (3)
Foundations for establishing an elementary school program, including the nature of knowledge, social issues, child development, and content development.
EEX 5017
Typical and Atypical Early Development (3)
Focuses on typical and atypical development in the early years.
EEX 5225
Applied Behavioral Analysis of Special Education (3)
Corequisite: EEX 3820. Introduction to behavioral principles and procedures useful for managing the behavior of students with handicaps. For majors only.
EEX 5235
Instructional Environments: Ethical, Legal, Safety, & Classroom Management Considerations (3)
This course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to organize the physical, social, and instructional environment of a classroom that includes a heterogeneous group of learners.
EEX 5298
Teaching Students with Autism (3)
This course provides class participants with the knowledge needed to develop effective communication, social, and language assessment and intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
EEX 5708
Teaming with Families, Schools and Community (3)
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to collaborate and team with professionals from a variety of disciplines in the schools and other community agencies, to include family members in the collaboration process, and to support families of children with disabilities throughout the life cycle.
EEX 8966
Master's Comprehensive Exam (3)
EVI 5226
Developmentally Appropriate Orientation & Mobility (3)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
This course provides the student with knowledge identifying developmentally appropriate orientation and mobility skills for young children ages birth to five. In addition, the students are able to assess and plan for orientation and mobility interventions for this age group.
EVI 5325
Technology for Individuals with Visual Impairment (3)
This course is designed to acquaint students with a variety of electronic hardware and software alternatives that are utilized by individuals with visual impairments to access information in school, home and vocational environments. This course will include lecture, demonstration, peer-teaching and hands-on activities.
EVI 5935
Studies in Research on Individuals with Visual Impairment (3)
This course is designed to familiarize students with the published literature related to providing services to individuals with visual impairments and to furnish students with a basic knowledge of the purposes of research in this field, common design strategies, research and analysis tools used, and methods for analyzing the quality of published research.
IDS 5348
Family-Centered Early Intervention (3)
This course provides participants with the skills to collaboratively develop, implement, and assess family-centered early intervention services that are provided within natural environments.
SCE 5905
Directed Individual Study in Science Education (1-3)
(S/U grade only)
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve semester hours.
SCE 5943
Field Lab Internship (1-8)
(S/U grade only)
May be repeated to a maximum of sixteen semester hours.
TSL 5325
English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Instruction in the Content Areas (3)
The course is designed to prepare non-ESOL teachers to instruct English language learners in public school content areas (i.e., science, math, social studies) and noncontent areas (i.e., physical education, art). Emphasis is on language-sensitive instructional planning and delivery, adaptation of instructional materials for enhanced comprehension, testing and placement of students, and cross-cultural awareness. It satisfies the teacher certification requirements for content area teachers. It is not part of the ESOL Endorsement required of primary language providers.
