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MUS 3800 - Psychology of Music
Physical, psychological and physiological aspects of sound and systems of tonal relationships. The effects of music on the individual and the consideration of music as a form of communication; the nature and measurement of musicality; the nature of musical memory; the underlying bases for musical taste and for aesthetic experience in music with emphasis on cultural influences.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 1000
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 3810 - Research in the Psychology of Music
Development and employment of research methods and techniques applied to the psychology of music. Experimental projects will be required in areas dealing with music and/or musical behavior.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3800 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 3811 - Your Brain on Music
An introduction to music neuroscience which explores one of the most exciting and relevant topics in current cognitive psychology and neuroscience. The effects of music on brain and behavior functioning will be addressed through both scientific and musical frames of reference.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Area V: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
When Offered: Summer
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MUS 3830 - Observation and Measurement in Music Therapy
Overview of techniques of behavior measurement and accountability paired with actual clinical observations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2810 or concurrent. Reserve time for observation.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 3850 - Senior Seminar in Music Education
The primary focus of this course will be on the diversity of learners and differentiated instruction in music classrooms. The seminar format will provide senior students an opportunity for analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, in relation to prior practicum or observational experiences, and contemporary learning theories. An independent project combining observation and application will be an outcome of this course.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3400 or MUS 3470; with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in music education.
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MUS 3860 - Music Technology Concepts
This class prepares students to employ music technology in education and performance circumstances. Students learn to work with real-time sound-file triggering and manipulation, basic programming for and construction of external electronic devices, and basic programming for MIDI triggering.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Music Education major or Music major.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: The course fulfills the University’s computer literacy requirement.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3940 - Advanced Recording I
Advanced Recording I is the third course in the sequence of classes in audio engineering in the School of Music. Students will spend several weeks learning a professional digital audio workstation and associated hardware in depth. Students will learn mono/stereo microphone techniques, in addition to advanced application of compression, reverb, and delay. Students are required to complete two recording/mixing projects.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2940 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
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MUS 4240 - Audio Programming I
Students will learn the basics of programming algorithms to create musical outcomes in an object-oriented programming language. This course will focus on programming design to trigger pre-built synthesizers and samplers and provide an introduction to digital signals.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3240 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
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MUS 4500 - Music Appreciation: The Symphony
The course in THE SYMPHONY is a general music course which presents music for symphony orchestra from the listener’s point of view. It deals with the materials, structure, texture, sonority, and style of orchestral music since the mid-18th century as well as the cultural milieu which gave rise to and brought about changes in musical style. Music reading ability not required.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: MUS 4500 may not be elected by music majors to fulfill General Education requirements. Not open to graduate music majors. This course satisfies General Education Area I: Fine Arts.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4720 - Clinical Practicum in Music Therapy I
A lecture/lab course to provide an opportunity for the music therapy student to apply music therapy principles with assigned individual/group clientele in the Music Therapy Clinic and/or affiliated community agencies.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2810 and MUS 2890 or MUS 2900. Reserve time for clinical participation.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4730 - Clinical Practicum in Music Therapy II
A continuation of MUS 4720.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4720. Reserve time for clinical participation.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4790 - Influence of Music on Behavior
Justification for the use of music to change human behaviors through analysis of historical evidence, theoretical assumptions, and published research. Description of the therapeutic process with the intervention of music from assessment to community transfer.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4720. Reserve time for clinical participation. Liability insurance required.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 4800 - Music Therapy Methods and Materials
Study of phenomenological, cognitive, and behavioral orientation to treatment as applied to the music therapy setting. Review of contemporary issues affecting the clinical practice of music therapy.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4720. Reserve time for clinical participation. Liability insurance required.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 4810 - Music Therapy Internship
A music therapy internship involving in-depth, supervised clinical training at the professional level. The internship must be at an approved facility and consist of a minimum of 900 training hours. This is required by the American Music Therapy Association for board-certification as a music therapist. Students enrolled in this course will be classified as having full-time student status for the purpose of international student visas, loan deferments, and insurance eligibility.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to majors: Music Therapy (MUYJ) and Music Therapy (MUYM).
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4900 - Undergraduate Workshop in Special Problems
Designed for students interested in some special field of music not formally listed for instruction. All special problems must be approved by the Director of the School of Music, but may be under the direct guidance of any member of the Music faculty.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: This course may be elected as many as three times.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4940 - Advanced Recording II
Advanced Recording II is the fourth course in the sequence of audio engineering classes in the School of Music. The goal of the course is for students to learn how to combine their technical knowledge with assessments of client’s goals and budgets, session planning, set-ups, etc., in order to deliver professional quality recording services. Students will also learn how to properly synchronize multiple audio recorders and how to appropriately prepare mixes for mastering or replication. Close listening skills will also be developed through demonstrations of microphone and pre-amp selection. Students are required to complete two recording projects.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3940 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
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MUS 5000 - Applied Music
Private lessons for the graduate student in a non-major area of performance.
Credits: 1 - 2 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to graduate Music majors.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5100 - Symphonic Band
The University Symphonic Band is dedicated to the performance of outstanding literature, including original works for band, compositions for wind ensemble and orchestral transcriptions. An emphasis is placed on understanding the pieces performed from an aesthetic and stylistic basis as well as from a technical point of view. This ensemble maintains an active performance schedule on campus and in the community, as well as throughout Michigan and the surrounding states.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership by audition.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5110 - University Orchestra
The orchestra is open to all students who have had a reasonable amount of orchestral experience. Many fine compositions are studied and played during the year, and the orchestra joins with other campus organizations in joint programs. Instruments are available for the use of students.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership is by audition.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5120 - University Chorale
An advanced choral ensemble which maintains a very active performance schedule on campus and in the community as well as throughout Michigan and surrounding states.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership by audition.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5130 - Jazz Orchestra
The University Jazz Orchestra is a select ensemble which affords students the opportunity to perform outstanding literature in contemporary and traditional big band jazz. Special consideration is given to the rehearsal and performance of student compositions and arrangements. The ensemble performs regularly on and off campus.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership is by audition.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5140 - Instrumental Chamber Music
Special ensembles formed to perform standard instrumental chamber music works. Ensembles may include a variety of combinations, i.e., string quartets, woodwind quintets, brass quintets, percussion ensembles, piano trios, etc. Credit will be granted only if a sufficient rehearsal/performance schedule warrants.
Credits: 1 hour
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MUS 5150 - Advanced Jazz Combo
The Advanced Jazz Combo is a select ensemble that affords students the opportunity to perform literature that is arranged and composed by ensemble members. Arranging, composition and improvisation skills are required. Frequent performances and touring are expected.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Audition required.
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MUS 5160 - Music Theatre Practicum
A production experience in music theatre. Each semester culminates in an opera or musical comedy production. Open to singers, actors, accompanists, instrumentalists, and persons interested in production techniques. Admission by audition or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1 hour
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MUS 5170 - Collegium Musicum
Performance of early Western music. Open to all students of the University. Additional transcription, arranging, editing and conducting of early music is required of Music History majors.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Graduate students may count not more than two hours of this course for graduation.
Notes: Membership by audition.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5190 - Gold Company
A select ensemble which specializes in Jazz Show Vocal Entertainment. Specialty acts and choreography are included. A small instrumental ensemble accompanies the group. A very active performance schedule is maintained on campus, in the community, in Michigan and out-of-state.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership is open to all University students by audition.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5220 - KLOrk: Kalamazoo Laptop Orchestra
KLOrk is a live performing ensemble using laptops and mobile devices as musical instruments. The course activities include the creation, rehearsal, and performance of original musical compositions and multimedia works.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2220 or instructor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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MUS 5240 - Audio Programming II
Students in this course will learn how to program and control synthesizers and effect processing units in an object-oriented programming language. This course will also provide an introduction to programming for visual projects.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4240 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 5300 - Advanced Choral Conducting
Supervised experience in conducting vocal ensembles. The student may be called upon to prepare an ensemble for public performance.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Audition required.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5310 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting
Supervised experience in conducting instrumental groups. The student may be called upon to prepare an ensemble for public performance.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Audition required.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5550 - Jazz Arranging
Jazz Arranging is a study of the art of arranging for the jazz ensemble-both traditional and contemporary. The course will undertake a detailed study of instrument ranges, transpositions and sound potential, and will cover voicings, scoring practices, calligraphy and contemporary trends within the medium.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1605 (or instructor approval) and MUS 1610, with a grade of “C” or better required in each course.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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MUS 5560 - Advanced Jazz Arranging
A study and application of the art of arranging for the jazz ensemble, studio orchestra, and show orchestra. The course will undertake a detailed study of scoring for winds, brass, strings, voices and percussion in relation to traditional and contemporary trends within the medium.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 5550 and MUS 2640 or concurrently.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5580 - Jazz Improvisation I
A study and directed application of the fundamentals of jazz improvisation including basic chord and scale construction and recognition, harmonic function, chord-scale relationships and basic blues and popular song forms. All students will be required to develop aural and performance skills relative to those theory skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1605 (or instructor approval) and MUS 1610, with a grade of “C” or better is needed in each class.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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MUS 5590 - Jazz Improvisation II
A study and directed application of advanced techniques of jazz improvisation including chord extension, voicing, inversions and substitutions, chord function and progressions and complex scales and their applications. All students will be required to develop aural and performance skills relative to those theory skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 5580 and MUS 2180 Jazz Ensemble or concurrently.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5600 - Counterpoint
A study of the contrapuntal techniques of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Written assignments are closely correlated with the contrapuntal styles of significant composers.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1610 with grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5610 - Counterpoint
A continuation of MUS 5600.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 5600
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 5620 - Advanced Compositional Topics
This course will cover advanced techniques used by composers. Topics will vary and will be announced when the course is offered.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5640 - Seminar in Electronic Music Composition
Students will create original music compositions or other generative art works involving digital media. This variable topic seminar will rotate between subjects which include effects processing and synthesis, interactive performance systems, and electronic music for multimedia projects. The instructor and enrolled students will meet weekly in order to examine electronic music techniques, discuss works in-progress, and present works related to relevant technical and aesthetic concepts.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2240 or instructor approval.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5645 - Audio for Video
Audio for Video focuses on generative and sound design projects for video games, film, other commercial projects, installation art, and sonic art. Aesthetic, conceptual, and technological topics in relationship to creating such projects will be discussed at the beginning of the semester. The remainder of the semester will focus on facilitating and discussing student projects.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2240
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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MUS 5650 - Topics in Music Theory
Advanced study of a specialized topic in music theory. Topics will vary as announced each semester and might include analytical methods, theory pedagogy, technological applications, musical genres, or composer studies.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2610, MUS 2650 and MUS 2710 with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites. Instructor approval required for non-music majors.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: This course may be repeated for credit with different topics. Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5655 - Special Topics in Multimedia Arts Technology
A variable topic course focusing on more advanced topics relevant to the intersections between the arts and technology. Potential topics include: Business aspects of being an independent generative artist, working in the video game industry, working in the film industry, and working in the recording industry; aesthetic, historic, theoretical, and conceptual issues surrounding art and technology; advanced concepts of acoustics, sound reinforcement, and specialized recording projects, such as recording a large acoustic ensemble. Specific, relevant technological topics can be covered in this course as needed; examples could include computer programming for audiovisual art (Processing/Jitter), sensors and parametric mapping for multimedia projects, and advanced video filters and audio effect processing for audiovisual art (AfterEffects).
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1940, MUS 2240, and MUS 2220;with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites; or instructor approval.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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MUS 5670 - Orchestration
A study of the characteristics of instruments, and of arranging for the various individual choirs, for combinations of choirs, and for full orchestra.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2610.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5680 - Orchestration
A continuation of MUS 5670.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 5670.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5720 - Baroque Music (1600-1750)
A survey of the choral and instrumental music of the Baroque masters such as J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. Special attention to the development of style from monody through harmonic polyphony.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5730 - Classical Music (1750-1800)
Examination of the chief works of Mozart and Haydn, with intensive study of symphonic form and the development of the classic opera.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5740 - Romantic Music (1800-1910)
Music of the important composers of the period beginning with Beethoven, along with the historical, cultural, and political background of the era. Special attention is given to the development of Nationalism.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5790 - Operatic Literature
A survey of opera from 1600 to the present.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5800 - Solo Literature: (Topics)
Solo literature for a specific medium (voice, piano, violin, etc.) will be studied from a theoretical, historical, and performance point of view. Topics to be announced. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5810 - Choral Music Literature
A survey of choral music (mass, motet, anthem, cantata, oratorio) from the Renaissance through the Romantic period.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5820 - Wind Music Literature
A survey of windband ensembles and literature from the Renaissance period through the twentieth century.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5830 - Jazz History and Literature
A survey of the history of jazz including aspects of sociology and history as they relate to the art form of jazz. All periods in jazz history, from its earliest roots in Africa and the slave culture in the United States, up through the blues, dixieland, swing, bop, mainstream and the more eclectic period of jazz rock and free-form jazz will be explored. Important works will be examined from each period in order to grasp the essentials of a particular style.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 5580 or department’s consent.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5840 - Topics in Musicology and Ethnomusicology
A study of the music of various people, places, eras, and/or events. Attention will focus on the current research methodology in the disciplines of musicology and ethnomusicology and may draw upon related fields (e.g., anthropology, theatre, cultural studies, women’s studies, etc.). Topics will vary each semester and could include studies of world music and cultures, performance traditions, historical repertories, musicians, gender roles, political and sociological structures.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710 with grades of “C” or better, or instructor approval for non-majors.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with different topics. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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MUS 5850 - Medieval Music
A survey of music in Western Europe from the end of Antiquity to the early fifteenth century. The major developments in style, theory, and notation will be explored within the context of the general cultural and political environment of the era. Problems of performance practice will receive special attention with emphasis on primary manuscript sources and scholarly performing editions.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5860 - Renaissance Music
A survey of music in Western Europe from the early fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century. Developments in the major musical genre of the era will be examined with emphasis on a comparison of the Franco-Flemish tradition with the emerging national styles. Performance practice options will be explored.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5870 - Contemporary Music
A survey of trends in European music and music of the Americans from about 1910 to the present day.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5900 - Studies in Pedagogy
Topics to be announced. Selection will be made from the following: Keyboard Pedagogy, Vocal Pedagogy, String Pedagogy, Brass Pedagogy, Woodwind Pedagogy, Pedagogy of Teaching Theory, or similar topics. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3000-level applied music or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5950 - Workshops in Music Education
Intensive, short term courses that address the instructional and pedagogical issues found in today’s schools, as well as issues of specific concern for current teachers in the field of music. Topics will be from all areas of music education.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: advisor’s consent.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students
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MUS 5965 - Sound Reinforcement Practicum
Provides students hands-on experience with audio system setup (e.g., microphones, speakers, mixers), control, and live sound reinforcement at School of Music and/or other events.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1945 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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MUS 5970 - Projects in Music
A program of independent study to provide the unusually qualified music student with the opportunity to explore a topic or problem of interest, under the guidance of one of the faculty of the School of Music. The initiative for planning the project must come from the student and must be approved by the faculty member proposed to supervise the study.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application approved by music advisor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5990 - Projects in Recording Technology
An independent study allowing the unusually qualified student the opportunity to explore a topic or problem in recording technology.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4940 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5995 - Special Topics in Music
Study of a specialized music or music-related topic. Examples could include topics in performance practice, entrepreneurship and multimedia production; thematic topics which are linked to special musical events or combine multiple sub-disciplines in music (e.g., history and theory); and interdisciplinary studies (e.g., music and communication, music and computer science, music and health sciences, etc.). Topics will vary and be announced each semester offered.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with different topic or by instructor approval. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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NUR 1040 - Introduction to the Health Disciplines and Inter-professional Practice
This course is to offer an introduction to the interdisciplinary health professions for students in the business and health professions. This course will provide information about the history, roles, and responsibilities of professionals working in the health delivery systems. Students will gain an understanding of critical thinking, evidence based practice, and the influence of culture, illness, caring, and technology upon health care. Legal considerations, political trends, and theories associated with the delivery of health care will be introduced.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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NUR 2200 - Foundations of Nursing and Critical Thinking
This course socializes students to the profession of nursing. Theoretical foundations of the nursing process and critical thinking are introduced.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 2320 (may be taken concurrently). Co-requisites: NUR 2210 and NUR 2220.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 4: Critical Thinking.
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NUR 2210 - Nursing Therapeutics
This course will introduce the beginning nursing student to principles and languages of common nursing interventions and actions in the care of the individual in a modularized format. Communication in nursing with written, oral, and therapeutic components, as well as use of nursing medical terminology will be covered.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 2320 (may be taken concurrently). Co-requisites: NUR 2200 and NUR 2220.
Credits: 5 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 2220 - Health Assessment Throughout the Lifespan
This course introduces the nursing student to the concepts and skills related to health assessment. The course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the knowledge and skills needed to assess the health status of the individual throughout the lifespan. Practice experience will provide students the opportunity for skill acquisition in history taking, assessment and documentation of assessment findings, focused on the adult client. Expected level of proficiency upon completion is basic competency in assessment of healthy adults.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 2320 (may be taken concurrently). Co-requisites: NUR 2200 and NUR 2210.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 2300 - Concepts of Health and Wellness in Nursing Practice
This course focuses on the foundations critical to working with clients in all settings. Students will learn the nurse’s role in promoting health and preventing illness. Students will be introduced to basic epidemiology concepts and bio-statistical data as they begin to understand how the social context, culture, and demographics affect health and illness patterns.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 2200, NUR 2210, NUR 2220, BIOS 2320, NUR 3330, and NUR 3350 (NUR 3330 and NUR 3350 may be taken concurrently). Co-requisite: NUR 2310.
Credits: 4 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 2310 - Nursing Care of the Older Adult
This course focuses on the care of the older adult. The course will provide students with content on the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and cultural needs of that population. Variations in the roles and abilities of older adults in the various stages of aging will be explored.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 2200, NUR 2210, NUR 2220, BIOS 2320, NUR 3330 and NUR 3350 (NUR 3330 and NUR 3350 may be taken concurrently). Co-requisite: NUR 2300.
Credits: 4 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 2350 - Special Topics in Nursing
Emerging trends and issues in nursing are a reflection of the health care environment as it evolves. Each semester this course will focus on one of these issues or trends.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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NUR 3060 - Nurses’ Role in Facilitating Health and Self-Care I
In the first semester of this two-semester sequence, students will focus on concepts of teaching and learning, self-care, wellness, multi-culturalism, and family and group care. Students will be paired with a child rearing/bearing family that they will follow throughout the remainder of their program.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 2030 and BIOS 2320; with a grade of “C” or better in any prerequisite. Co-requisite: PHIL 3340.
Credits: 9 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 3070 - Nurses’ Role in Facilitating Health and Self-Care II
In this second semester of a two-course sequence, students will focus on the concepts of health care systems, nursing as a profession, nursing case management, collaboration, and negotiation and research. Nursing practice will be provided in settings such as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing units, group homes and half-way houses, and senior centers.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 3060, PHIL 3340 and NUR 3330 (may be taken concurrently); with a grade of “C” or better in any prerequisite.
Credits: 9 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 3200 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
The concepts of health promotion and wellness are applied to childbearing families. This course focuses on nursing care of the childbearing family which includes: reproductive health and health and wellness during the childbearing cycle.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 2300, NUR 2310, NUR 3330, NUR 3350, and STAT 3660 (may be taken concurrently). Co-requisite: NUR 3210.
Credits: 5 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 3210 - Nursing Care of Children and Families
This course examines health promotion and wellness in children and adolescents as well as common childhood disease states. The effects of these conditions will be examined in the context of the family.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 2300, NUR 2310, NUR 3330, NUR 3350, and STAT 3660 (may be taken concurrently). Co-requisite: NUR 3200.
Credits: 5 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 3220 - Health Care Ethics
This course is a didactic course that introduces students to principles and issues underlying and surrounding health care ethics. Content includes basic ethical theories, values, moral development, moral reasoning, and day-to-day ethical concerns. These concerns include, but are not limited to: genetics, end-of-life care and decision-making, moral reasoning, moral principles, research ethics, the interface between law and ethics, patient decision-making, rights, duties and obligations of the professional nurse and other health workers, professional codes and standards, and allocation of scarce resources. The course offers the learner an opportunity to develop, implement, and evaluate a variety of approaches to ethical concerns in the 21st century.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Minimum of 45 credit hours completed with a minimum grade of “C” in all courses.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Area II: Humanities.
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NUR 3300 - Nursing Therapeutics II
This course addresses advanced concepts in nursing therapeutics and their application to the care of individuals with alterations in health status. Content includes advanced therapeutic nursing interventions including complementary modalities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 3200, NUR 3210, NUR 3220 (NUR 3220 may be taken concurrently), and STAT 3660. Co-requisites: NUR 3310 and NUR 3320.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 3310 - Care of Adults with Alterations in Health Status
This course is an introduction to nursing care of adults with a focus on common health conditions within a culturally diverse global and societal context. Concepts of nutrition, pharmacology, and pathophysiology as they relate to these conditions are discussed. Holistic nursing interventions and relationships based care are included.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 3200, NUR 3210, NUR 3220 (NUR 3220 may be taken concurrently), and STAT 3660. Co-requisites: NUR 3300 and NUR 3320.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 3320 - Nursing Research
This course is designed to provide a foundation for the use of research findings as a basis for practice. The course focuses on nursing research as it relates to the theoretical foundations of the discipline of nursing and to the development of a scientific basis for nursing practice. It prepares the learner to understand the language of science and the processes of scholarly inquiry. It also prepares the learner to read, interpret and evaluate selected nursing studies and appropriately determine the clinical relevance of study findings and their implications for practice. The primary goals of the course are to explore the impact of research upon the profession of nursing, and to examine the research process as it relates to the practice of nursing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 3200, NUR 3210, NUR 3220 and STAT 3660 (NUR 3220 may be taken conurrently). Co-requisites: NUR 3300 and NUR 3310.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
Notes: Satisfies General Education Proficiency 2: Baccalaureate-Level Writing.
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NUR 3330 - Health Informatics
This course is designed to familiarize the undergraduate student with the present and potential impact of information and its systems on the allied health disciplines. Additionally, this course will explore informatics processes, tools, and systems in terms of providing solutions to health care stakeholders in education and practice. An emphasis is placed upon the student’s role as a leader and advocate for change in this rapidly emerging field.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Minimum of 42 credit hours completed with a grade of “C” or better in all courses; and (CIS 1020 or CIS 1100 or CS 1000 or FCS 2250) with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Area VII: Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications.
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NUR 3350 - Pharmacotherapeutics in Nursing
The course introduces the student to essentials of pharmacology including drug classifications, actions/interactions, purposes, dosages, and responses. Emphasis will be on application of therapeutic principles to clinical situations across the lifespan using evidence-based guidelines.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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NUR 3400 - Transition to Professional Nursing
This transition course introduces the associate degree or diploma nurse to professional nursing. Topics will include role transition associated with being a returning student, principles of adult learning, self care and professional growth and development. Components of the course will also include theories and conceptual models that underpin the profession of nursing. The current Healthy People Initiatives and the issues of health care access and health disparities will guide the student’s introduction to health promotion and risk reduction. The concepts of evidence based care and holistic health will be introduced and applied in papers and presentations. The practice component of the course focuses on holistic health and applying principles of adult learning through the development of a teaching/learning plan for a select group or population.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Current Registered Nurse license in the state of Michigan and college level writing.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing: RN Progression Track.
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NUR 3420 - Health Assessment Throughout the Lifespan for RNs
Introduces the nursing student to the concepts and skills related to health assessment. The course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the knowledge and skills needed to assess the health status of the individual from infancy through old age. Emphasis is placed on the assessment of physical, developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of the individual. Emphasis is also placed on assessing the functional abilities of an individual and distinguishing normal from abnormal findings. The practice experience will provide students the opportunity for skill acquisition in history-taking, assessment, and documentation of assessment findings, focused on the adult client. An overview of the variation of assessment skills related to the mother-to-be, newborn, child, and elderly will be discussed. The expected level of proficiency is basic competency in assessment of the healthy adult.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN completion program.
Credits: 3 hours
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NUR 3430 - Nursing Research-RN
This course is designed to provide a foundation for the use of research findings as a basis for nursing practice. The course focuses on nursing research as it relates to the theoretical foundations of the discipline of nursing and the development of a scientific basis for nursing practice. It prepares the learner to understand the language of science and the processes of scholarly inquiry. It also prepares the learner to read, interpret and evaluate selected nursing studies and appropriately determine the clinical (nursing) relevance of study findings and their implications for practice. The primary goals of the course are to explore the impact of research upon the profession of nursing, and to examine the research process as it relates to the practice of nursing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: STAT 3660, NUR 3330, NUR 3400, and NUR 3420; with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing:RN Progression Track.
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NUR 3550 - Perspectives in Women’s Health
This course will provide a socio-cultural perspective on concepts and issues in women’s individual and aggregate health. Course will include definitions of women’s health, women’s health concerns, and the influence of cultural, social, historical, and medical factors on women’s health. Students will be introduced to the concepts of inter-relationship and translational research.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Area III: The United States: Cultures and Issues.
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NUR 4200 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
This course focuses on the care of patients and families who experience acute and chronic psychiatric disorders. Emphasis is placed on promoting caring relationships and respect for patients’ dignity, integrity, and self-determination. Opportunities to participate in collaborative relationships between patients, families and health care team members will be provided.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 3300, NUR 3310, NUR 3320 and NUR 3330. Co-requisite: NUR 4210.
Credits: 5 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to major in Nursing.
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NUR 4210 - Nursing Care of Patients with Complex Conditions
This course examines the nursing care needs of adult patients and families with complex or critical conditions. Advanced assessment skills and evidence based therapies will be applied and evaluated in a clinical setting.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 3300, NUR 3310, NUR 3320 and NUR 3330; with a grade of “C” or better in any prerequisite. Co-requisite: NUR 4200.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 4300 - Special Topics in Nursing
Emerging trends and issues in nursing are a reflection of the health care environment as it evolves. Each semester this course will focus on one of these issues or trends.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the Professional Nursing curriculum.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing: RN Progression Track.
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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NUR 4310 - Community Based Nursing
This course focuses on nursing roles and interventions for vulnerable populations emphasizing primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention. Students will examine determinants of health, apply theories of health behavior change, and evaluate outcomes of care for a vulnerable population. Health policies and health economics and their effects on the delivery of health services will be discussed from a local to global perspective. Nursing practice takes place in a variety of community settings.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 4200 and NUR 4210. Co-requisite: NUR 4320.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 4320 - Nursing Leadership & Management
This course introduces the leadership roles and management functions expected of a beginning professional nurse with an emphasis on patient safety and quality improvement.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 4200 and NUR 4210. Co-requisite: NUR 4310.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing.
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NUR 4330 - Population Based Nursing-RN
This course focuses on at-risk/vulnerable populations with emphasis on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in the community. Students will focus on the mutuality level of relationship-based care by cultivating caring relationships with teams and other practitioners and valuing diversity. Students will use epidemiology to examine significant disease trends and to ascertain significant disparities of care between various groups. Health policies and health economics and their effects on the delivery of community health services will be discussed from a global perspective. Students will focus on health education/aggregate care in each site, with particular attention to the current Healthy People Initiative. The professional nurse’s role in influencing health policy, health care, telehealth, health law, public policy, and the health of a community will be examined.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: NUR 3430 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing:RN Progression Track.
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NUR 4340 - Nursing Leadership and Management-RN
This course introduces the leadership roles and management functions expected of a beginning professional nurse within the structure of an organization. Students learn basic organizational assessment, leadership, and health care management from the perspectives of voluntary agencies, health care provider organizations, and service delivery. Topics for discussion include principles of delegation, conflict resolution, peer review and evaluation, change theories, measurement of quality of care, and professional model of nursing care.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: NUR 3430 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nursing: RN Progression Track.
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NUR 5300 - Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice
This course focuses on the theoretical foundations of nursing practice. The relationship of nursing practice and relevant theories is considered within historical and social context. Students will develop the foundation of a personal philosophy of nursing and health care.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing program or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 2000 - Human Functional Anatomy
This course involves a detailed study of the human neuro-musculo-skeletal anatomy of the head, neck, upper limbs, back, and lower limbs. Students will apply anatomical principles to analyze common physical activities which will include analyzing individual functional performance.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: OT 2010
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. This course satisfies General Education Area VI: Natural Science with Laboratory if taken with OT 2010.
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OT 2010 - Human Functional Anatomy Lab
This course is a companion lab for OT 2000.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: OT 2000.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Area VI: Natural Science with Laboratory if taken with OT 2000.
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OT 2020 - Orientation to Occupational Therapy
This course is an orientation to the profession of occupational therapy. The course will include the history of the profession, current professional roles, issues and trends in the field.
Credits: 3 hours
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OT 3360 - Independent Practicum
Participation in a health service or agency to provide experience with hospital procedure and an orientation to patient groups. A daily log is required. Student must submit a proposal for the course for departmental approval prior to registration.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: OCTJ or OCTM.
Credits: 2 hours
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OT 3700 - Occupational Therapy Process in Physical Dysfunction
Practice in selection, analysis, and intervention using occupations and therapeutic strategies appropriate to persons with physical disabilities. Selected knowledge bases, frames of reference, and practice models related to human occupations, occupational performance, and occupational adaptation in the human system and related contexts of age, life role, disability, and environment will be emphasized.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisites: OT 3740 and OT 3750 and OT 3760.
Credits: 3 hours
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OT 3740 - Conditions in Occupational Therapy
This course will introduce issues in health and illness, as well as pathologic processes and their impact on the total individual. Selected conditions related to the following pathologic processes will be discussed: developmental, traumatic, degenerative, infectious, neoplastic, immunologic, metabolic, psychiatric, and circulatory/respiratory.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the professional Occupational Therapy program or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
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OT 3750 - Applied Neurology
An applied study of human neurologic function. Emphasis will be placed on the development of normal occupational performance and the conditions that affect occupation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisites: OT 3700 and OT 3740 and OT 3760.
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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OT 3760 - Functional Assessment
This course develops competence in the use of professional assessments which measures the performance components that underlay human function, including neuro-muscular, neuro-motor, sensori-motor, and cognitive function.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisites: OT 3700 and OT 3740 and OT 3750.
Credits: 3 hours
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OT 3810 - Occupational Therapy Practice I
Utilizing structured instruction and guided lab experiences, students will define and apply the occupational therapy process to health maintenance and rehabilitation. Students will consider the interrelationship between occupational therapy performance components, occupational performance areas, and performance contexts. Emphasis on birth to young adulthood.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: OT 3700 and OT 3740 and OT 3750 with a grade of “C” or better. Corequisite: OT 3820 and OT 3830 and OT 3840.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Course may be repeated for credit.
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OT 3820 - Occupational Therapy Practice II
Utilizing structured instruction and guided lab experiences, students will define and apply the occupational therapy process to health maintenance and rehabilitation. Students will consider the interrelationship between occupational therapy performance components, occupational performance areas, and performance contexts. Emphasis on middle and older adulthood.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: OT 3700 and OT 3740 and OT 3750 with a grade of “C” or better. Corequisite: OT 3810 and OT 3830 and OT 3840.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Course may be repeated for credit.
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