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MUS 5900 - Studies in Pedagogy
Topics to be announced. Selection will be made from the following: Piano Pedagogy, Vocal Pedagogy, String Pedagogy, Brass Pedagogy, Woodwind Pedagogy, Pedagogy of Teaching Theory, or similar topics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: 3000-level applied voice or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students. May be repeated for credit.
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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 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
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 department. 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 School of Music.
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
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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MUS 6000 - Applied Music
Private lessons for the graduate student in the major performance area. Includes conducting.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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MUS 6070 - Conducting Master Class
A course designed to explore the multiple roles of the conductor. Topics may include philosophy aesthetics, ensemble organization and administration, collaborative literature, working with guest artists and rehearsing ensembles outside students’ area of expertise.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate conducting program or conducting as an approved cognate.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to Graduate students only. May be repeated for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 6100 - Introduction to Research in Music
A course in the general methods and techniques of research in the field of music. This course will provide practical experience in research for scholarship and performance, including the use and evaluation of important source materials, comparison of editions, and modes of presentation (e.g., written research, program notes, oral presentations, grant writing). Students will complete a comprehensive bibliography and a research paper in the area of concentration of their graduate program of study.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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MUS 6110 - Introduction to Empirical Research in Music
A course in fundamental principles and procedures of empirical research. Students will plan and write a research proposal; understand and evaluate research studies; and organize, analyze and report on data generated by common research designs.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: OPen to Graduate students only.
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MUS 6140 - Chamber Music Ensemble
Special ensembles comprised of graduate students to perform chamber music works. Ensembles may include a variety of combinations, e.g., string quartets, woodwind quintets, percussion ensembles, piano trios, vocal ensembles, etc.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approved application.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
The course may be repeated for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 6170 - Opera Workshop
A production experience in acting, singing, accompanying, and producing of musical theatre. The class is offered each semester and culminates in the performance of an opera or operatic scenes. Open to advanced singers, pianists, and persons interested in production techniques. Admission is by personal interview with the instructor.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 6400 - Band Techniques and Organization
Organization of the school instrumental program. Rehearsal techniques. Survey of band literature. Analysis and discussion of the problems of the instrumental teacher.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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MUS 6410 - Choral Techniques and Organization
The study of choral activities in relation to organization, repertoire, style, diction, singing technique, balance, blend, tone quality, phrasing, rehearsal technique, and conducting.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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MUS 6420 - Philosophy of Music Education
Designed to acquaint the student with aesthetic and pragmatic thinking regarding the nature and value of music, and to provide a rationale for curricular development and teacher behavior.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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MUS 6500 - Seminar in Music Education
Each participant will be expected to develop a project which is of interest to him or her, but each project will be subject to group discussion, review and analysis. The lectures and reading will deal with the entire field of music education.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only. This course may be repeated for credit.
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MUS 6620 - Seminar in Composition
The completion of an original composition of larger scope for any combination of acoustic instruments, and which may include multi-media. Seminars will include analysis of advanced contemporary works, discussion of current trends in music composition, and reading assignments.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: May be taken by graduate Music Composition majors, or with instructor approval.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s in Music Composition.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
May be repeated for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 6640 - Form in Music
A survey of the musical forms, large and small, including works from the Baroque period to the present day. Analysis of both structure and texture of representative works of the various periods and styles.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 6100 (may be taken concurrently), or MUS 6110 (may be taken concurrently), or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
When Offered: Spring and Fall
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MUS 6660 - The Teaching of Theory
Analysis of various techniques, philosophies, and materials used in teaching theory and their relative strengths and weaknesses. Application of what we know about the learning processes to theory and the practical application of theory to all musical study.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
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MUS 6700 - Seminar in Musicology
This course examines various topics, methods, and issues in musicological writing and research. Topics will vary and be announced each semester. The approach taken in the course reflects current practice in the field of musicology, drawing upon theoretical writings in a variety of disciplines including ethnomusicology, musicology, anthropology, theatre, cultural studies, and gender and women’s studies. A course designed to permit the student to explore selected areas of music history.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 6100 ( may be taken concurrently), or MUS 6110 (may be taken concurrently), or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only. May be repeated for credit under different topics.
When Offered: Spring and Fall
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MUS 6740 - Seminar in Music Theory
This course examines various topics, methods, and issues in music theory. Topics will vary as announced each semester and can include analytical methods, speculative theory, theory pedagogy, technological applications, musical genres, or composer studies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 6100 (may be taken concurrently), or MUS 6110 (may be taken concurrently), or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only. May be repeated for credit under different topics.
When Offered: Spring and Fall
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MUS 6790 - Composers
A topics course which investigates a significant composer from a historical and/or theoretical perspective. The particular composer will vary as announced each semester.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 6100 (may be taken concurrently), or MUS 6110 (may be taken concurrently), or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only. The course may be repeated for credit when dealing with a different composer.
When Offered: Spring and Fall
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MUS 6800 - Seminar in Music Therapy
A course designed to permit the student to explore selected areas of music therapy, i.e., therapeutic techniques, evaluation procedures, or role of music therapy in a variety of settings (hospital, school, community). A project is required, which will be subject to group analysis and discussion.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only. The course may be repeated for credit.
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MUS 6810 - Research in Musical Behavior
This course focuses on development and employment of research methods and techniques applied to the psychology of music and/or music education. Individuals enrolled in this course are responsible for planning and executing a research project, which in the case of music education students, satisfies the “terminal project” requirement, or in the case of music therapy students, may be a feasibility or pilot investigation related to the required MUS 7000 Master’s thesis. When this course is the culminating project for the master’s degree, a public presentation/oral examination on the project is an integral part of the requirements.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 6110
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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MUS 6900 - Graduate Recital
Presentation of a full-length recital in the student’s area of concentration (music performance, conducting, or composition). When this course is the culminating project for the master’s degree, an oral examination on the recital materials and related areas is an integral part of the requirement.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 6910 - Special Project in Music Education
A research project in the area of the teaching of music. The nature of the special project is to be determined in consultation with the Graduate Advisor and appropriate members of the graduate faculty. Projects must be approved prior to registration. When this course is the culminating project for the master’s degree, an oral examination on the project and related areas is an integral part of the requirements.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
May be repeated for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 6980 - Readings in Music
An advanced, designated project of study. Graduate students may enroll in this course after consultation with the graduate advisor.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 7000 - Master’s Thesis
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 7100 - Independent Research
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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MUS 7120 - Professional Field Experience
Please refer to the Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Credits: 2 to 12 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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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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NUR 6010 - Advanced Pathophysiology
This course focuses on pathophysiological processes across the lifespan and the development of clinical reasoning skills that distinguish the relationship between normal physiology and specific system alterations produced by injury and disease. Particular attention will be given to etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations of major health problems, taking into consideration developmental and environmental influences.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: 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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NUR 6020 - Advanced Physical Assessment
This course focuses on the study of advanced clinical assessment and reasoning skills through the lifespan with emphasis on differentiating normal from abnormal findings in the domains of physical, psychosocial, behavioral, and genetic assessments. Students will practice age-appropriate developmental screening and deliver anticipatory guidance for health promotion and management in illness and disease prevention. Students refine and strengthen increasingly complex skills in listening, history taking, screening, documentation, and clinical reasoning. It is expected that students will provide fair, inclusive, and respectful treatment of all people, while self-monitoring for personal biases and stereotypes.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: NUR 6010 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6030 - Advanced Pharmacology
This course focuses on clinical uses and application of advanced pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics for common disease conditions encountered across the lifespan and different care settings. Pharmacological mechanisms, drug interactions, side effects and contraindications are presented as a basis for clinical judgment and management of patients. Principles of altered pharmacodynamics relative to age, race, and ethnic groups are covered. Cost/benefit and legal aspects of pharmacological interventions are addressed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: 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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NUR 6320 - Health Policy and Advocacy
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the health policy process and analysis relevant to the three main thrusts of policy cost, quality and access. Students will consider the political, social, economic, and population factors that influence this process in addition to strategies for client advocacy.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Graduate standing in a program of healthcare or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6400 - Professional Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
This course focuses on qualitative and quantitative methods of nursing inquiry and builds upon the foundations of research critique and evidence for informed practice studied at the baccalaureate level. Students will engage in critical analysis of research methods useful for evidence based practice to improve quality and safety in nursing and health care.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: NUR 5300 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters in Nursing.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6410 - Methods for Measuring Quality in Health and Educational Systems
This course analyzes measurement theory and its implications for research, quality improvement, program evaluation and evidence based practice in health care systems and educational institutions. The course will include an introduction to data analysis that can be implemented in measuring quality and safety in nursing care, education, and health care systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 5300 and NUR 6400; or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters in Nursing.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6420 - Quality and Safety in Promoting Health
This course examines principles and practice of quality and safety in the delivery of health care. Focus is on the models and strategies used to support a culture of safety and improved quality of care to promote optimal health.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission into the Master of Science in Nursing program, or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6600 - Curriculum and Teaching of Theory in Health Disciplines
This course is designed to provide experienced health professionals, with the theoretical foundations of how adults learn, curricular design in a health professional discipline, strategies for teaching in the theoretical domain, and evaluation of learning. This course provides practical experience with didactic teaching under the guidance of a mentor teacher.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Current enrollment in a graduate program in a health related area or a completed graduate degree in a health discipline with instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters in Nursing.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6610 - Clinical Teaching and Evaluation in Health Disciplines
This course is designed to provide experienced health professionals with the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching and evaluation of adult learner performance in practice settings. The theories and principles of teaching and learning related to adults explored in NUR 6600 provide the theoretical foundations, with application to the practice setting. This course provides practical experience in clinical teaching under the guidance of a mentor teacher.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: NUR 6600 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6620 - The Scholarship of Teaching in a Clinical Discipline
This course builds upon the knowledge and experience gained in NUR 6600 and NUR 6610, as well as the knowledge and skills of the expert clinician. It is designed to provide health professionals with exposure to the scholarship of teaching and what it means to function in academic or clinical settings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: NUR 6610
Credits: 3 hour
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6630 - Practicum in Teaching
This course is a mentored teaching practicum in the content area and site agreed by the graduate student and the course faculty. The practicum offers the learner an opportunity to develop, implement, and evaluate a teaching/course plan based on the principles of teaching and learning and curriculum development acquired in the prerequisite courses. Periodic seminars are included.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 6600, NUR 6610, and NUR 6620.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters in Nursing.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6640 - Field Practicum
This course includes 135 practicum hours (90 practice and 45 project development), and offers students an opportunity to apply newly developed skills and relate theoretical content, as presented in core and specialty courses, to real practice situations. Students will create or expand on current research or planning with a clinical or community organization. This might include needs assessment, evaluation, comparison of interventions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing program, or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s in Nursing.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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NUR 6690 - Special Topics in Nursing
Critical examination of advanced topics within the nursing discipline. The course topic will be indicated in the student record.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing program, or instructor approval.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to master’s in Nursing.
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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OCL 6400 - Foundations in Organizational Change Leadership
This course provides an overview of the Organizational Change Leadership (OCL) function in an organization and an overview of the whole OCL curriculum. The ability to lead and manage effective change in diverse domestic and cross-cultural contexts is one of the most sought after skills among managers and leaders working in today’s organizations. Many researchers and practitioners believe that in order to lead effective change, one needs to be a theoretician, a manager, and a consultant. In other words, today’s change leaders must know how to use theory to understand the organizational changes they encounter and lead; be able to apply change management principles to their change initiatives; and be skilled at diagnosing organizational problems and developing recommendations for improvement, using global/cross-cultural perspectives. Topics include organizational change theory, levels of organizational change, organizational change models, resistance, and change leadership.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OCL 6410 - Organizational Culture and Globalization
The capability to understand and to interact with diverse societal cultures across the world, and the skill to build effective local organizational cultures, are prerequisites to effective organizational change leadership. This course examines organizational culture from an interdisciplinary and global perspective. Key models of organizational culture and current research studies and practice processes are examined, with an emphasis on how culture develops and evolves, and its relationship to leadership and organizational effectiveness. With a deep understanding of various organizational and national cultures, students become empowered to organize systems, symbols, and people in ways that influence planning, policies, and resource allocations in their organizations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OCL 6400
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OCL 6430 - Group Dynamics and Team Development in an Age of Globalization
This course examines theoretical perspectives and current research and practice on group dynamics including seminal and contemporary theories of intra and inter group dynamics, diversity in groups, group communication, and developing and leading teams. Adopting a group level perspective, specific topics include: inclusion and identity, formation, cohesion and development, structure, influence, power, leadership, performance, and decision making. Throughout the course, students engage in experiential group activities (both inside and outside the classroom) to enhance their competence to assess group performance and to more effectively lead and develop diverse teams.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OCL 6400
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OCL 6440 - Large Scale Change and Organizational Design
This course focuses on organizational theory and practice at the organizational level, or change related to large human systems. Shouldering an open systems perspective, the models and methodologies supporting organizational level change are reviewed. In particular, students become skilled at Whole Scale Change, i.e., methodologies used when the goal is to change the entire organization. Managing strategic reorientations, mergers and acquisitions, culture change, technological change, and organizational process engineering are explored. In addition, this course reviews established organizational design models. Emphasis is placed on many internal and external factors that cause an organization to fit a particular architecture, and student design a forward-thinking organization creating all components, including vision, mission, strategy, structure, and processes.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OCL 6400
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OCL 6792 - Capstone Seminar in Organizational Change Leadership
The capstone seminar is an action research project designed to increase one’s individual capacity for leading and managing change. A cornerstone of the program and a key requirement for successfully completing the degree, the capstone seminar requires students to engage in an actual organizational consultation, either within their own organization or with a client organization, while receiving coaching and supervision from expert program faculty. Successfully fulfilling the requirements of the capstone seminar involves mastering both the key aspects of organizational consulting and the basic principles of applied and action research. All capstone projects are expected to be rigorous, theory-based and empirically driven.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: OCL 6400, OCL 6410, OCL 6430, OCL 6440, EDT 6420, EMR 5400, EDLD 6020 and EDLD 6650.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OCL 6890 - Special Topics in Organizational Change and Leadership
This special topics course provides an opportunity for students to take courses on new and cutting edge topics in Organizational Change Leadership. While there are some foundational competencies and knowledge that all students graduating from this program should have, there will be additional emerging models and practices that may be explored during this seminar. Topics will vary in depth and scope, as will the number of credits for each topic.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OCL 6400
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only. May be repeated for credit.
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OLP 6400 - Principles of Human Resources Development
The course provides an overview of the Human Resources Development (HRD) function in an organization. This includes the role of the HRD professional, the nature of HRD structure and function, and the planning and operation of HRD. Special emphasis in the course is devoted to analysis of the HRD function in any organization to identify those elements and characteristics of HRD associated with successful, state-of-the-art and worthwhile operations. These include, but are not limited to: respect for diversity, commitment to individual growth and development, and connections of individual goals with organizational outcomes. The course is a prerequisite for all OLP masters students, and a good choice for any other person who wishes to gain a critical understanding of the HRD function including: organizational development, training and development, and career development.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall and Spring
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OLP 6410 - Fundamentals of Needs Analysis
The purpose of the course is to provide students an opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully conduct needs assessments. Students study a model of the essential functions and organizational variables that are critical to understanding how organizations work. This provides the foundational knowledge and contextual awareness for organizational needs assessments that are worthwhile and beneficial. The course content includes the study of theory and practice in a widely applicable approach to needs assessments. Students learn practical tools, methods, and processes of needs analysis work. The practice of needs assessment is diverse and adaptive; therefore no single best method or simplistic step by step approach is endorsed.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall and Spring
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OLP 6430 - Project and Change Management
This is a course in the fundamentals of project management and organizational change for HRD professionals. Students will learn the basic concepts of project management and be proficient in the use of project management tools, including project scope and definition work-breakdown structure, workflow analysis and scheduling, project budgeting, project controls, and risk-management. However, the course emphasis is on managing Organizational Learning and Performance projects rather than capitol “brick and mortar” projects. A strong emphasis is on the role of project leaders with respect to personal and professional effectiveness, internal consulting and project team leadership.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall and Spring
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OLP 6440 - Organizational Effectiveness and Learning
This is an online course that examines the role of learning as a primary element of effective organizations. Students study the systems, models, and characteristics of effective organizations and the influence of dialog and learning. Special attention is given to the study of organizations as adaptive systems that encompass multiple diverse elements (racial, ethnic, gender, generational, physical), and the roles of leaders, individuals, and teams in harnessing these diverse employees to improve organizational effectiveness. Major topics of the course include contrasting models of organizational learning, strategy, and leadership.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Summer
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OLP 6791 - Masters Seminar in Organizational Learning and Performance
This course is the first step in completing the capstone. Student will choose a topic for their capstone and develop a literature review and project definition. When the literature review and the project definition are approved by the instructor, the student can begin working on the capstone. This course and OLP 6792 are typically taken in consecutive semesters.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall and Spring
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OLP 6792 - Capstone Seminar in Organizational Learning and Performance
This course provides students a final opportunity to demonstrate competency in the integration and application of organizational learning and performance theory. It entails the completion of the Performance-Driven Leadership Portfolio initiated during the Masters Seminar (OLP 6791), and development of a Capstone Project that results in the creation of a product, such as a research report, a needs assessment report, a curriculum design and/or an evaluation study report. The Capstone Project is typically completed as the last program requirement, as its project embodies the knowledge and skills developed during the program’s course work.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Students must have completed all but one of their required courses in their Master of Arts in Leadership for Organizational Learning and Performance prior to registering for this course.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall and Spring
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OLP 6890 - Special Topics in Organizational Learning and Performance
This course will cover various topics important to the field of Organizational Learning and Performance. The goals of the course will vary as special topics are considered, they generally will be:
- To familiarize students with current trends in the field of organizational learning and performance.
- To examine in depth the development and diversity of emerging models.
- To expose students to new development in the principles and practices of organizational learning and performance.
- To provide students with the opportunities to develop skills in critically analyzing new applications of organizational learning and performance theory.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a C/NC basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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OT 5300 - Sensory Integration and the Child
Study of theoretical principles and their application to evaluation and treatment of the child with sensory integrative dysfunction. Students will observe and participate in screening and evaluation of children, and they will design treatment plans for selected clients.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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OT 5730 - Therapeutic Use of Technology
This course explores how a professional goes about evaluating, designing, and adapting technology to improve people’s participation in activities of their choice. The course also explores current commercially available technology and available community-based services for people with impairments and/or activity limitations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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OT 5735 - Cognition and Visual Perception in Occupational Therapy
This course will include concepts of vision, visual perception and cognitive evaluation and treatment carried out by occupational therapists in the clinical setting. The course will explore interventions to improve occupations with consideration for client factors, performance skills and patterns, context and environment, and activity demands. Underlying anatomy and neuroanatomy will be revealed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: OT 3810, OT 3820, OT 3830, and OT 3840.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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OT 5800 - Advanced Clinical Application of OT Clinical Reasoning
This course will provide advanced knowledge of clinical evaluation tools and techniques. Students will be given additional training on the most commonly used and the state-of-the-art clinical evaluation tools. Advanced use of guidelines for practice and the integration of knowledge for clinical reasoning will be emphasized. Students will develop treatment plans for people with a variety of conditions and diagnoses. Evidence-based practice in OT will be used for analysis of evaluation tools and guidelines for practice.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OT 4750
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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OT 6000 - Advanced Clinical Practice in Occupational Therapy
This lecture/lab/discussion course is focused on the development of advanced knowledge and skills in both traditional and emerging areas of occupational therapy practice. Students will review and discuss current literature related to theory and research in selected clinical practice areas followed by application through participation in intensive hands-on workshops.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to program.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6330 - Administration of Occupational Therapy
This course will build basic skills of administration (planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling); in program development; in business planning; and in grant writing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: All required undergraduate course work except Fieldwork II.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6335 - Low Vision Rehab for OT I: Foundations of Rehabilitation
This course introduces the occupational therapy student to vision rehabilitation and establishes the foundation for future courses within the certificate program. Foundational concepts of vision rehabilitation include an exploration of vision rehabilitation within and outside of medical setting, including the following topics: history of vision rehabilitation, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary clinical practice models, policy, regulatory and certification issues, and professionals providing the services. This course also introduces psychosocial issues, such as depression and visual hallucinations as well as the conditions causing low vision. Evaluation principles of clients with low vision will be introduced, allowing the therapist to quantify vision loss and visual skills, while considering client factors, performance skills and patterns, context and environment, and activity demands.
Credits: 4 hours
Restrictions Restricted to Interdisciplinary Health Services: Occupational Therapy major, Graduate Certificate Program in Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT, and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6400 - Theory in Occupational Therapy
This course explores core concepts, models, and paradigms of the past, present, and future and their influence on education, research, administration, and practice of occupational therapy. Components of theory, formulation of theory, and the effect of theory development on occupational therapy will also be explored.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: All required undergraduate course work except Fieldwork II (OT 4530 may be taken concurrently).
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6435 - Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT II: OT Assessment and Intervention
This course will provide the occupational therapy clinician with the necessary skills to complete formal and informal assessments of occupational performance as well as intervention strategies to address deficits of occupational performance. Exploration of interventions to improve occupations with consideration for client factors, performance skills and patterns, context and environment, and activity demands. Occupations that will be specifically addressed during this course include: meal preparation, self-care, financial management, household management, functional communication and time management issues, leisure activities, and health and wellness. OT interventions addressed in this course include non-optical interventions and visual skills training, including scanning and pre-reading skills, reading and eye-hand coordination techniques in order to improve occupational performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: OT 6335 or (BLS 5900 and BLS 5970).
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to Interdisciplinary Health Services: Occupational Therapy major, Graduate Certificate Program in Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT, and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6530 - Special Topics in Occupational Therapy
This is a variable topic, variable credit course for consideration of current and emerging practice topics and special interest areas in occupational therapy. Specific topics and number of credit hours will be announced each time the course in scheduled.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Restrictions Restricted to masters in Occupational Therapy.
Notes: May be repeated for credit with different topics. Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6535 - Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT III: Advanced Assessment and Intervention
This course addresses analysis of and intervention for occupational performance for individuals with vision loss. Principles for improving occupational performance are the focus for this course and include the following areas of occupation: driving, computer use and assistive technology. A portion of the course will focus on applications for assistive technology and their use for occupations addressed in the course OT 6435 “OT Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT I”, including meal preparation, household management, self-care, functional communication, financial management and leisure occupations. Exploration of interventions to improve occupations with consideration for client factors, performance skills and patterns, context and environment, and activity demands. A course requirement is an on-site lab, allowing for hands-on practice of OT assessment, occupational performance and intervention activities to increase the students’ clinical competency.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OT 6435
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to Interdisciplinary Health Services: Occupational Therapy major, Graduate Certificate Program in Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT, and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6600 - Research in OT I
This course explores research in occupational therapy and related fields while developing research skills. It will include principles of research design, analysis and critique of research, ethical research practices, proposal development, and beginning familiarity with statistical analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: All required undergraduate course work except Fieldwork I and II.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6610 - Research in OT II
The purpose of this course is to build the research skills necessary to engage in scholarly scientific inquiry. It will include data analysis, basic statistical procedures, dissemination of research, critiques of research, funding and basic computer use for statistical analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OT 6600.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6635 - Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT IV: Theory and Practice
This capstone course allows an opportunity for students to integrate vision rehabilitation knowledge, occupational therapy (OT) clinical reasoning skills, professional behaviors and attitudes, advocacy, policy and OT ethics. Students will work closely with their mentor/advisor to design a project to demonstrate understanding of occupational therapy concepts as they relate to vision rehabilitation and the ability to lead and practice at the highest level of professional practice. Students will complete activities leading them toward certification as a low vision therapist (LVT) or an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) specialty certification in low vision.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OT 6535
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to Interdisciplinary Health Services: Occupational Therapy major, Graduate Certificate Program in Low Vision Rehabilitation for OT, and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6860 - Graduate Seminar
This course examines topics relevant to new developments in environmental adaptations, treatment techniques, and/or innovations in the delivery of occupational therapy services.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: All required undergraduate course work except Fieldwork II.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6900 - Fieldwork Level II
A twelve-week, full-time affiliation in a hospital or community agency providing the student experience in designated areas of occupational therapy. Departmental consent only.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Completion of OT 4820.
Credits: 3 to 12 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6910 - Fieldwork Level II
A twelve-week, full-time affiliation in a hospital or community agency providing the student experience in designated areas of occupational therapy. Departmental consent only.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: OT 6900 (may be taken concurrently).
Credits: 3 to 12 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 6970 - Investigations in Occupational Therapy
Independent study provided for the qualified occupational therapy student under the guidance of a departmental faculty member.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of graduate coordinator and proposed faculty supervisor.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Open to graduate students only.
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OT 7000 - Master’s Thesis
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approved application required. Approval of department and Graduate College.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. May be repeated for credit. Open to Graduate students only.
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OT 7100 - Independent Research
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approved application.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. May be repeated for credit. Open to Graduate students only.
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OT 7120 - Professional Field Experience
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approved application
Credits: 2 to 12 hours
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. May be repeated for credit. Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 5830 - Grant Writing for Nonprofit Organizations
This course focuses on the art and process of proactive grant writing. The course is conducted in a workshop format with emphasis on writing a grant proposal and on logical relationships between sections of a proposal. Emphasis is placed on integrating research into the proposal development process, writing effective goals and objectives, and incorporating summative and formative evaluation processes into the grant. Collaborative aspects of grant writing are emphasized.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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PADM 5840 - Promoting Nonprofit Organizations
This practicum applies marketing principles to nonprofit organizations. Emphasis will be placed in techniques for defining and identifying the organization’s contributor, volunteer, and client markets. Strategies for conducting a market assessment, measuring customer satisfaction, and using information to develop a marketing plan will be covered. These strategies will include the identification of marketing offers, communication messages and methods, cause related marketing, and the development of marketing budgets.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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PADM 5870 - Fund Raising for Nonprofit Organizations
This practicum enables students to develop fund raising and fund management skills. Emphasis is on understanding the various forms of fund raising, such as the annual fund; special events; deferred giving; major gifts; special project campaigns; corporate/foundation gifts; and direct mail. Students will also be provided with a working knowledge of permanent endowment funds. Students will learn to assess the fund raising readiness of organizations and develop fund raising plans unique to their organizations.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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PADM 5980 - Readings in Public Administration
This course offers a program of independent study to provide well qualified MPA candidates with an opportunity to explore in depth a topic or problem of interest under the guidance of a faculty member. Planning a topic for investigation is the joint responsibility of the candidate and supervising faculty. Approval is contingent upon the merits of the proposal. Approval of both the supervising faculty member and the School Director is required prior to enrolling in this course.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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PADM 5990 - Topics in Public Administration
This changing topics course deals with particular issues of interest and concern to students of public affairs and administration. Since content varies, students are advised to read course descriptions distributed by the School prior to enrollment. The course may vary in the number of credit hours awarded and may last more or less than a semester’s or session’s length.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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PADM 6000 - Historical and Legal Foundations of American Public Administration
This course is designed to introduce major ideas, developments, and figures in the field of public administration. As such, it serves as the primary course for instilling a sense of historical development of the field. The course also introduces professional codes of ethics as well as American legal institutions and processes and discusses the relationship between the public service and the legal system.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6060 - Analytical Methods
This course focuses on formulating questions, selecting analytical methods, developing conclusions and recommendations, and understanding the use of appropriate research methodologies in public administration. The course demonstrates the application of the following to both practical professional analysis and scholarly inquiry; the exploration of the relevant scholarly and professional literature, the design of research approaches, the utilization of various quantitative and qualitative research methods and techniques; the collection, manipulation, interpretation, and presentation of data gathered; and the use of information thus obtained in the solution of policy problems confronting professional administrators.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PADM 6070 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6070 - Quantitative Data Analysis
This course is an introduction to quantitative analytical techniques employed by professional administrators in the collection, manipulation, interpretation, and presentation of data utilized to test hypotheses and analyze policy problems. Quantitative methods may include frequency distribution, sampling techniques, measures of central tendency, probability, variability, regression, measures of association, correlation, and various other applied quantitative measures.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: MPA students must enroll in this course prior to enrolling in PADM 6060. Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6080 - Organization Theory and Behavior
This course has the following objectives: a) to familiarize participants with the basic concepts, models, and theories of organization; b) to develop a better understanding of individual, group, and organization behavior; c) to provide a conceptual foundation upon which theoretical knowledge can be applied to organizational and managerial problems. In pursuit of these objectives, the following subjects will be considered: theories of organization and management; individual behavior; group dynamics; organization change; organizational performance, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6110 - Administrative Law and Governmental Regulation
This course examines how administrative laws and public regulations control and regulate the activities of local, state and federal government officials and the agencies by which they are employed. It will consider the requirements for, and limits on, the exercise of power by elected and appointed officials. Special attention is devoted to the development, adoption, and enforcement of administrative laws and government regulation.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6120 - Principles of Public Budgeting
This course utilizes a combination of “hands-on” exercises and theory to examine the preparation of government budgets. Topics to be addressed include criteria for evaluating sources of government revenue, the politics of budgeting, alternative budget formats such as line item and performance, cost center accounting, and the methodologies for developing revenue projections, capital improvement programs and operating budgets. Ability to use spreadsheets such as Excel or Lotus is required.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6130 - Local Government Administration
This course addresses the management challenges faced by local public administrators in managing American local government under conditions of substantial physical, economic, social, and political change. Students will review current societal trends affecting local communities and then examine how these trends, and the roles and relationships of major stakeholders in local government, impact local policy decision-making and governmental administration. Students will develop skills in applying public administration principles and methods to managing public organizational adaptation and change.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6140 - Managing Community Growth and Development
The course is intended for public managers involved in guiding community growth and/or managing local economic development. The course will focus on the dynamics of developing the community’s economy and managing its physical growth and expansion in ways that enhance and sustain the quality of local and regional community life. Students will examine policies, programs, and techniques in the public management of economic development, business attraction and retention, land use, growth management, housing, public facilities and infrastructure, and environmental preservation. The course will also address the economic, demographic, spatial, and political forces driving urban change and impacting community sustainability.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6150 - State and Local Government Finance
This course examines a variety of financial tools that enhance a public official’s ability to cope with the crosscurrents of expanding government responsibilities and public resistance to higher taxes and fees. The tools that are addressed by this course include governmental accounting concepts and procedures; methods of financing infrastructure projects; risk management; calculating the costs of providing goods and services; and cost-benefit, cost effectiveness, and cost revenue analysis.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6170 - Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Relations
This course examines the interactions among governmental and non-governmental entities. A majority of the course examines the political, economic, constitutional, legal, and historical foundations of intergovernmental relations, the types and implications of grants-in-aid, and fluctuations in the powers and responsibilities of local, state, and national governments. The remainder of the course analyzes the relationships among public agencies, legislative bodies, the executive, and interest groups.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6180 - The Political and Economic Environment of Public Administration
This course examines the interplay of political and economic forces that impact roles and capacities of public administrators in the governmental and non-profit sectors. The course also reviews trends in the global economic system affecting the roles of public-serving organizations in the economy in regulating, stimulating, and mitigating the social and political impacts of the private economy. Covered topics may include: the administrative politics of interest group influence and agency constituency building; the politics of bureaucratic accountability; performance, and legislative control; interactions between citizens and bureaucracy; bureaucratic ethics; the economic roles of government and the non-profit sector in the global economy; and ties between the administration of public-serving organizations and economic institutions and processes. Students are encouraged to obtain a fundamental knowledge of basic economic concepts prior to taking the course.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course should be taken early in the master’s program. Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6270 - Human Resources Administration
A survey course that examines the concepts and practices of human resource management and reviews the functions performed by human resource administrators and other agency officials. Areas of consideration may include, but are not limited to, human resources planning and recruitment, training and development, compensation, information systems, and employee relations.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6290 - Supervisory Skills for Administrators
This elective course includes a consideration of the five most important functions of middle level managers and first line supervisors: decision making, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. In order to assist participants develop their supervisory skills, this course utilizes case studies, small group discussions, role playing, simulations, and other practical skill building exercises.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6390 - Managing Public Performance and Information Technology
This course explores the management and measurement of public (government and nonprofit) agency performance and productivity. It focuses on defining public-serving organizational performance and productivity in practical terms; exploring management principles and practices designed to enhance the performance and productivity of these agencies, and managing the design and application of information technology to enhance public performance and citizen access.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6400 - Nonprofit Governance
This course examines the governance of nonprofit organizations with special emphasis on a nonprofit’s responsibilities to the state and federal government. Topics include the history and role of nonprofit organizations in U.S. society, size and scope of the various nonprofit subsectors, the legal establishment and maintenance of nonprofit organizations, dynamics between board and staff, and identifying and addressing ethical issues.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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PADM 6431 - Budget Development and Accounting for Nonprofit Organizations
This course will examine procedures for projecting revenues, how tax policies affect private contributions to nonprofits, and the process for developing operating budgets. Accounting and financial reporting standards as well as financial analysis techniques, internal controls, board oversight, and external auditors will also be addressed. An ability to use spreadsheets (e.g. Excel or Lotus) is necessary.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate Students only.
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PADM 6441 - Human Resources for Nonprofit Organizations
This course examines current theories, practices, and issues of human resources management in the context of ethical strategic management in nonprofit organizations. Human resources systems for both employees and volunteers are explored with selected foci in human resources planning, recruitment, retention, recognition, rewards, and risk management.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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