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ARCHIVED 2013-2014 Graduate Catalog 
    
ARCHIVED 2013-2014 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Courses


 

Health Sciences

  
  • MHS 564 - Cost Containment/Productivity Management in Healthcare Organizations


    Principles of productivity management and budgeting of clinical departments in hospitals and other health service delivery organizations.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 630 - Medicare & Medicaid


    In-depth study of Medicare & Medicaid, the federal program that provides a national model for the provision of socialized medicine in America.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 660 - Health Care Marketing


    Fundamentals of marketing applied to the health care environment; brand development and evolution; radical marketing and how technology is revolutionizing health care marketing.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 662 - HealthCare Organization–Problem Solving and Decision Making


    Overview of macrolevel directional decisions and microlevel operational decisions.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 664 - The Legal Environment of Healthcare


    Controls and constraints over the provision of medical and health services and the practices of personnel; includes standards and regulations; applicable legislation and case law.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 665 - Quality Performance in Health Care Organizations


    Quality improvement in patient care delivery; includes program design and new and emerging concepts and practices in quality management.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 668 - Health Care Informatics


    Overview of automated information systems, flow charting and mainframe healthcare systems, technology considerations, artificial intelligence, programming and application in healthcare settings.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 670 - Biostatistics for Health Sciences


    Introduction to statistical methods used in public health and medical sciences research; focusing application of methods to design and interpret experimental and comparative data.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 675 - Research Methodology in the Health Sciences


    Overview of history and philosophies of research, topic selection, data gathering and presentation, report writing, and proposal development.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 680 - Directed Independent Study in Health Sciences


    A limited course for independent study; goals, methods, and expected outcomes approved in advance by program faculty; process monitored and outcome evaluated by program faculty.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits: 1-3, R6
  
  • MHS 687 - Internship in Health Care Organizations


    A carefully planned, practical, service-learning experience at a health related agency or clinical facility; tailored to individual students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 693 - Special Topics in Health Sciences


    In-depth study of a selected subject related to health sciences.

    Credits: 3, R6
  
  • MHS 694 - Seminar in Healthcare Management Issues


    Analysis of management problems and issues emphasizing service unit needs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Acceptance in the M.H.S. program or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 696 - Research Seminar in Health Sciences


    Preparation and refinement of research project or thesis proposal with a data gathering instrument, analysis plan and IRB application under the direction of MHS faculty.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MHS 698 - Project in Health Sciences


    Students work independently under the direction of one faculty member on an analysis of a topic, synthesis, or creative application of existing scholarship to a specific problem, the result of which is a scholarly paper.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: 675.

    Credits: 3, R6
  
  • MHS 699 - Thesis


    Thesis

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: 675.

    Credits: 3, R12
  
  • MHS 779 - Continuing Research—Non-Thesis Option


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Must NOT be enrolled in a thesis program.

    Credits: 1, R10
  
  • MHS 799 - Continuing Research—Thesis Option


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Student must be enrolled in a thesis program.

    Credits: 2, R24

Higher Education

  
  • EDCI 607 - Foundations of Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society


    Examination of the teacher leader framework in the 21st Century in the context of the historical, cultural, social and philosophical foundations of American public education.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 531 - Foundations of Adult Education


    Historical, sociological, psychological, and philosophical foundations of adult education; the nature and characteristics of adult learners; review of research.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 605 - The Community College


    The two-year institution’s function in higher education.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 610 - Community College Instruction


    Theories of instruction at the community college, instructional methodologies and strategies for working with adult learners, and practical applications of appropriate teaching practices.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 615 - Leading the Academic Department


    Preparesacademic mid-level managers in community colleges.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 620 - Politics and Policy Development at the Community College


    This course examines the political factors and decision makersthat may influuence community college policy decisions at the state, county and campus levels.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 636 - Community College Curriculum Development


    Principles and processes of program planning and curriculum development.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 650 - Program Development and Evaluation


    Principles of evaluation and improvement of programming for all college functions. Special emphasis is placed upon student services and non-curriculum outcomes.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 670 - Community College Administration


      

     

    Credits: 3

  
  • EDHE 683 - Internship in Community College Administration


    Fieldwork at a community college, four-year institution of higher education, or other appropriate setting.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Consent of advisor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 686 - Practicum in Community College Teaching


    S/U grading.

    Credits: 2
  
  • EDHE 693 - Topics in Higher Education


    Short-term, high-interest topics related to administration and curriculum in higher education.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: A course in higher education or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 1-3, R6
  
  • EDHE 695 - Seminar on the Community College


     

    Help self-directed students gain insight into the challenges and opportunities associated with the administration and continued evolution of the rural community college.

    Credits: 2

  
  • EDHE 805 - Role of Community College in Society


    Contextual role of community college in society. Special emphasis on how issues generated by these roles confront community college leaders.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 810 - Community College/Higher Education Leadership


    Advanced study of higher education leadership. Problems associated with organizational, procedural, and personnel issues in higher education.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 820 - Community College/Higher Education Politics and Board Relations


    Understanding the relationship between higher education leadership and controlling boards; state, regional and local political influence on higher education policy.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 830 - Adult Programming in Community College


    Principles of adult education used to examine the establishment of comprehensive programming plans for community college.

    Credits: 3
  
  • EDHE 840 - Community College Finance & Business Operation


    Community college funding procedures and models of business operations.

    Credits: 3

History

  
  • HIST 510 - The Creation of Modern Science


    Development of scientific thought since 1200. Origins of science’s prominent role in modern Western culture, economy, and society.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 511 - Western Imperialism 1500 to the Present


    Western Imperialism in the Americas, Africa, and Asia; World War I and its aftermath; the roots of Third World independence movements.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 512 - Early Modern Europe


    The Reformation; development of the modern state; scientific revolution; rise of capitalism; social change.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 513 - Europe in the Eighteenth Century


    The Old Regime; wars of expansion, the Enlightenment; the French Revolution and Napoleon.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 514 - Europe in the Nineteenth Century


    Post-Napoleonic settlement; internal, colonial, and imperial developments; unification movements; the background of World War I.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 516 - Europe in the Twentieth Century


    World War I: Paris Peace Conference, domestic developments, the rise of “isms” in Russia, Italy, and German. World War II: postwar reconstruction and reorganization, and the Cold War.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 521 - Romans, Christians, Barbarians


    Explores the three most prominent cultures of the Mediterranean at the end of the Roman Empire.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 525 - Modern European Military History


    Focuses on the era of the two World Wars (1914-1945), emphasizing political, technological, and operational issues.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 531 - Colonial America, 1492-1763


    Political, social, economic, and cultural characteristics.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 532 - The Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800


    Causes and effects of the Revolution, the War for Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Era.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 533 - The Young Republic, 1800-1848


    Jeffersonian democracy; War of 1812; Era of Good Feeling; Jacksonian democracy; western expansion; the Mexican War.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 534 - Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1877


    Sectional differences; the secession movement; military operations; Reconstruction.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 535 - Emergence of Industrial America, 1877-1929


    Growth and conflict of organized industry and labor; agrarian decline and revolt; American Imperialism; progressive reform; World War I; postwar crises and prosperity.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 536 - The United States since 1929


    Great Depression; New Deal; World War II; role as Cold War superpower; domestic developments.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 542 - African-American History


    Role of African Americans in American history; African background; religious, cultural, economic, and political institutions, civil rights, struggles, tension assimilation and black nationalism.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 543 - The American South


    Social structure and economic interests of the Antebellum South; impact of Civil War and Reconstruction; the New South; the twentieth-century South; emphasis on regional differences and social transition.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 545 - Cherokee History


    Pre-contact Cherokee society; acculturation; removal; post-removal development of the Cherokee Nation West, and the Eastern Band of the Cherokees.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 546 - Southern Appalachian History


    History and folkways in the period of geographic isolation; changes in regional culture in an age of improved transportation and communications.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 548 - The American West


    Explores the history and literature of the trans-Mississippi West from the time of discovery through the present, emphasizing the period since 1800.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 550 - War and Memory


    Explores perceptions and social history of American Wars in the Twentieth Century.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 551 - American Women’s History


    Role of women in American history; conflicting and changing ideologies of femininity and sexuality; women in the family, workplace, and politics.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 552 - American Diplomatic History


    US foreign relations from the colonial period to modern times.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 554 - American Military History


    Military affairs in the United States from the Revolution to the present; emphasis on war as a social institution.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 555 - American Religious History


    Role of organized religion in American history and culture, primarily since 1865.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 557 - Sports in American History


    Interaction between sports and American social, economic, and political history.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 559 - Sizzlin’ Sixties


    Explores key events and trends that characterized US history during the 1960s.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 563 - History of the Mexican Nation


    Mexico since 1810; nineteenth-century conflicts; revolution, 1910-1917; progress to the present.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 571 - Introduction to Public History


    Explores such topics as museum displays, reenactments, historical pageants, historic preservation, living history, interpretations, and public policy.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 572 - Local History and Genealogy


    Role of the family and the community in shaping state, regional, and national developments; emphasis on research techniques and local resources. Lecture and fieldwork.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 573 - Introduction to Museum and Historic Site Interpretation


    Theory and practice of interpreting history to the public in museums and historic sites. Exhibit development, research methods, public programming, and audience evaluation.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 574 - Introduction to Oral History


    Explores the uses of oral history, its relationship to other research techniques, the components of interviewing, and the field’s numerous ethical, legal, and archival issues.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 589 - Cooperative Education in History


    S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Enrollment for at least one term in the M.A. in History program; B average in graduate work; approval of department head, advisor, and cooperative education coordinator.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 593 - Topics in History


    Topics in History

    Credits: 1-3, R12
  
  • HIST 613 - United States History to 1800


    Seminar addressing historiographical themes in American history to 1800, pre-contact to Revolution, including settlement, Native Americans,slavery, politics, economics, religion, and war.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 614 - Nineteenth Century United States



    Seminar addressing historiographical themes in nineteenth century American history , including settlement, Jacksonian American,slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Industrialization, and Populism.




    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 615 - Twentieth Century United States


    Seminar addressing historiographical themes foreign policy, wars , race relations, the Cold War, Reconstruction, political developments, and consumerism.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 620 - Native American History


    Seminar addressing historiographical pre-contact to present, including culture, religion, wars, treaties, economics, and tribal sovereignty.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 621 - Environmental History


    Seminar addressing historiographical themes related to humans’ relationship with nature and the ways in which climate and nature shape human history.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 622 - Gender History


    Seminar addressing historiographical themes related to gender as a mode of intellectual inquiry in American and European History.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 631 - Historiography


    Survey of the principal historians, interpretations, methodology, and sources dealing with American or European History.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 632 - Historical Methodologies and Research Design


    Exploration of the principal methodologies of historical research and work on the beginning stages of a history thesis/internship project.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 633 - Advanced Teaching Methodologies in Secondary Social Science Education


    Examines instructional strategies and theories for effective teaching of secondary-level social sciences.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Required course in the M.A.Ed. Social Science program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 680 - Readings in History I


    Major interpretative monographs and articles within a selected area. may not be taken more than twice for credit without departmental approval.

    Credits: 3, R6
  
  • HIST 681 - Readings in History II


    Major interpretative monographs and articles within a selected area. may not be taken more than twice for credit without departmental approval

    Credits: 3, R6
  
  • HIST 682 - Readings in History III


    Major interpretative monographs and articles within a selected area. may not be taken more than twice for credit without departmental approval

    Credits: 3, R6
  
  • HIST 683 - Readings in History IV


    Major interpretative monographs and articles within a selected area. may not be taken more than twice for credit without departmental approval

    Credits: 3, R6
  
  • HIST 688 - Internship in History


    Supervised internship in a public history institution or setting. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Permission of department head.

    Credits: 1-3, R-3
  
  • HIST 693 - Problems in History


    Problems in History

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Preparation in topic or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3, R9
  
  • HIST 699 - Thesis


    Only 3 hours may be counted toward degree.

    Credits: 3, R12
  
  • HIST 779 - Continuing Research—Non-Thesis Option


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Must NOT be enrolled in a thesis program.

    Credits: 1, R10
  
  • HIST 799 - Continuing Research—Thesis Option


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Student must be enrolled in a thesis program.

    Credits: 2, R24

Human Resources

  
  • HR 601 - Organization, Planning & Execution for HR Professionals


    Overview of the major functions of organizations emphasizing how the HR department effectively plans and executes its strategy to achieve organizational goals.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 602 - Human Resources Research and Evaluation Methods


    An overview of human resources research literature and methods.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 605 - Orientation to Human Resources


    An overview of the various areas of Human Resources.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 610 - Human Resource Development


    An overview of the training and development functions in organizations.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 611 - E-Learning


    An introduction to developing on-line learning systems for educational institutions, business organizations, and government agencies.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 612 - Instructional Design


    Developing instructional training programs for education, industry, and government.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 613 - Performance Appraisal and Management


    Explores and analyzes at the graduate level concepts and practices of performance appraisal and management in organizations, emphasizing alternative designs for the appraisal process, and linking performance appraisal to performance management.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 614 - Staffing


    An overview of recruitment and selection issues related to Human Resources.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Permission of the instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 615 - Organization Development


    An overview of the practices, theories, and methods of organization development and action learning.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 616 - Web Publishing


    An introduction to basic Web publishing with Macromedia’s Dreamweaver and Fireworks software.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 619 - Assessment Methods in Human Resources


    An overview of assessment instruments and methods used in human resources.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 620 - The Design and Use of Instructional Gaming Simulations


    Exploration into instructional games and simulations. Selection of gaming-simulations to achieve particular learning objectives and facilitation of simulation exercises. Emphasis is placed on designing and field-testing student made gaming-simulations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HR 645 - Employee and Labor Relations


    An overview of internal consulting role of HR in the area of employee and labor relations.

    Credits: 3
 

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