2008-2009 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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BADM 500 - Financial Management for Health Care Administration Hours: 4
Study of the use of financial management concepts and tools to support decision-making in the health care industry. Focus is on using available sources of pertinent information and tools, including financial statements, the budgeting process, pricing and cost of services, and management control mechanisms.
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BADM 600 - Managing in Organizations Hours: 4
Students explore the human factors of managing the business organization and learn to make managerial recommendations based on theory and practice. Through a multidisciplinary study of behavioral science and organizational psychology, management literature and current topics in human resource management and organizational behavior, students explore such topics as individual and group behavior, organizational design, leadership, change strategies, motivation, and business policy ramifications.
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BADM 605 - Managerial Accounting Hours: 4
This course emphasizes measurement and analysis using financial and cost accounting concepts and methods. The focus is on the development and use of relevant information for use by decision makers throughout the organization. Cases from organizations of various size and type will be used to illustrate the relationship between the concepts and the business setting in which they are applied. Topics include cost analysis for decision-making and performance evaluation, strategic cost analysis and management control systems. Prerequisites Financial Accounting (ACCT 200).
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BADM 610 - Financial Reporting and Analysis Hours: 4
This course applies more advanced concepts and procedures underlying corporate financial statements. Tools for analyzing profitability, liquidity and risk are used in case-based exercises. Topics include accounting concepts, preparation of financial statements, the analysis and interpretation of financial statements for investment, credit and regulatory purposes. The influence of management and accounting information systems and corporate culture is discussed. Attention is focused on contemporary issues in financial reporting and the search for resolution. Prerequisites Managerial Accounting (BADM 605).
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BADM 615 - Managerial Economics Hours: 4
This course provides an approach to analyzing the firmﾒs immediate economic environment. The course applies the concepts and models of micro-economic theory and measurement techniques, explores the firmﾒs production and cost structures, and studies the nature of industry rivalry. Prerequisites Microeconomics (ECON 210) and Macroeconomics (ECON 220).
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BADM 620 - Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Hours: 4
This multidisciplinary course explores human resource issues in both the union and non-union environment in firms operating both in the United States and in foreign countries. Human resource issues focus on how organizations select, train, evaluate, compensate and develop employees. Employment regulations for both the organized and the unorganized firm are addressed. Current theories, research and practice are explored including strategic human resources, human resource development, equity and justice. The course will focus on innovative practices and explore the effectiveness of human resource systems and policies. Prerequisites Managing in Organizations (BADM 600).
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BADM 625 - Change Management Hours: 4
This course examines the challenges of change for organizations and for the people who lead them. The current business climate is rife with mergers, acquisitions, re-engineering, downsizing, rapid growth, evolving competitive landscapes, and a wide variety of other changes. Those who aspire to successful managerial roles must deal with change, planned and unplanned, both on the individual and the collective levels. Understanding the anatomy of change is critical to effective navigation of these changes. Prerequisites Managing in Organizations (BADM 600).
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BADM 630 - Production and Operations Management Hours: 4
Operations management explores the systematic direction and control of the processes that transform inputs into finished goods or services. This course focuses on contemporary concepts, analytic methods, and innovative practices for managing firmsﾒ production and operations functions. It will include operations strategy as well as daily control of processes and inventory. Prerequisites Elementary Statistics (MATH 230).
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BADM 635 - Management of Services Hours: 4
This course looks at service management ﾗ the study of how marketing and operations come together through technology and people to plan, create and deliver products/services to customers. Course objectives include (1) to approach and design service management from a systems perspective, (2) to recognize and understand the characteristics of service delivery processes, and (3) to learn how to apply the procedures of demand analysis, set standards of performance and measurements, and determine capacity levels. Prerequisites Managing in Organizations (BADM 600).
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BADM 640 - Marketing Management Hours: 4
This course explores the strategic role of marketing within business firms and non-profit organizations. Topics include industry and competitive analysis, customer analysis and consumer behavior, market segmentation, market research, distribution channel policy, product policy and strategy, pricing policy, advertising, sales force management, brand management, industrial marketing, and services marketing.
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BADM 645 - Financial Management Hours: 4
This course covers topical financial problems confronting the corporation. The objective is to develop an understanding of current financial theory and its implications for problem solving. Issues include investment decisions, financing and capital structure policy, capital markets, international capital budgeting, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions and risk management. Prerequisites Financial Accounting (ACCT 200) and Elementary Statistics (MATH 230).
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BADM 660 - Quantitative Methods for Business Decision-Making Hours: 4
This multidisciplinary course combining business, mathematics, and computer science topics, builds on the concepts introduced in the business statistics prerequisite and introduces the basic concepts of model building and its role in rational decision-making. In this course, the student acquires knowledge of specific modeling techniques and their practical application, such as linear programming and simulation. The student will take an analytic view of decision-making by formalizing trade-offs, specifying constraints, providing for uncertainty and performing sensitivity analysis. Prerequisites Elementary Statistics (MATH 230).
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BADM 661 - Computer Simulation of Business and Manufacturing Processes Hours: 4
This course covers advanced simulation of business, manufacturing, and service processes. Topics include input/output analysis, simulation concepts and practice, and development of simulation programs using Arena simulation software. This course requires the creation of a team that would create computer simulation to model business and manufacturing processes, model the statistical distributions that accurately represent the model inputs, analyze the simulation model output to assess its significance, animate the business/manufacturing simulation to visually show workflow and explain simulation concepts to their working peers. Typical simulation examples are manufacturing, restaurant operations, and banking. Prerequisites Elementary Statistics (MATH 230)
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BADM 662 - Legal Environment of Business Hours: 4
This course is a broad overview of the legal issues that impact managers and firms in a domestic and international context. The course will address significant laws and the regulatory climate in an historical and contemporary perspective, including the evolving nature of the digital economy.
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BADM 663 - Fraud Examination Hours: 4
This course provides an introduction to the field of forensic accounting, with emphasis on the detection, investigation, and prevention of corporate fraud. In particular, the course will include an examination of: internal management control systems that can be used to deter and/or detect fraud; investigative techniques for confirming fraud; and the design of systems oriented at the prevention of fraud. The course is taught as a combination of lectures, seminar type discussions, and fraud-oriented cases using the case method. The course focus is toward management, rather than accountants and auditors. Prerequisites Financial Accounting (ACCT 200), Managing in Organizations (BADM 600), Managerial Accounting (BADM 605), Financial Management (BADM 645) or permission of instructor
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BADM 664 - Entrepreneurship Hours: 4
A growing number of people, worldwide, have as a goal launching a business and thriving in a free enterprise system. This course will examine the growing entrepreneurial revolution from several perspectives: 1. Statistical: understanding the actual numbers of such organizations their impact on the economy; 2. Research and education: examining the trends that undergird theory and development of entrepreneurial knowledge and skills; 3. Personal fit: analyzing characteristics common to successful entrepreneurs; 4. Business plan and organizational design: developing a business vision, a detailed plan, including a design for the organization, a legal structure, a financial plan, and all the elements required to bring the entrepreneurial dream to fruition. Participants in the course will demonstrate their knowledge of the entrepreneurial challenge by producing a business plan. Class sessions will include presentations, guest lectures, and a high level of interaction among the attendees.
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BADM 665 - Special Topics in Finance Hours: 4
This course focuses on issues for managers in both domestic and foreign firms. It will explore capital markets and the nature and role of todayﾒs international financial markets; debt markets and their financial innovations and instruments including futures, options and other contemporary instruments; valuation; volatility and risk management. Prerequisites Financial Management (BADM 645).
Notes:
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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BADM 670 - Global Competition and the World Economy Hours: 4
This course explores the international economic environment of business with a focus on the forces of international competition in global markets. The focus is on the managerial implications of internationalization for all managers, whether working in a multinational or a domestic firm. Within the context of managing competitive strategies topics include: international trade theory and analysis of the external economic environment; introduction to foreign exchange and international capital markets; trade blocs and national/supranational regulations and institutions; the political/legal environment of international business and comparative business-government relations in the developed and developing world; technology transfer and intellectual property protection; and country risk analysis. The multidisciplinary approach of this course can bring topics, lectures and speakers from political science, history and foreign languages departments.
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BADM 675 - Strategic Marketing Hours: 4
This advanced marketing seminar explores marketing in the context of firm strategy using advanced concepts in industry and competitive analysis. It focuses on contemporary issues in marketing including brand management, service marketing, new product development and pricing strategies in both domestic and global contexts. It will analyze issues such as strategic intent, core competencies, strategic alliances, value-chain configuration and cross border transactions. Prerequisites Marketing Management (BADM 640).
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BADM 680 - Communications and Negotiations Hours: 4
Effective communication is a central management skill. This multidisciplinary course examines communication theories, techniques, and strategies while giving students experience in the practice of effective communication skills. Topics include communication strategy and analysis, managerial writing and presentation skills and cross-cultural communication. All business is some form of negotiation, so negotiation theory and practice is explored with experiential exercises required utilizing negotiation and communication skills. Topics include interest groups, bargaining and power.
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BADM 685 - Managing Information Systems Hours: 4
This course explores information technology issues related to the internal and external environment of the firm. Its focus is on the use of information systems for competitive advantage. Within the firm, it investigates the planning, development and control of management information systems and explores the planning and acquisition of appropriate hardware, software and peripherals. Further, it explores the explosive role of the Internet and growing power and usage of information databases. Topics included are the economics of information, electronic commerce, database marketing, virtual firms and communities, and privacy and network security systems. The course is multidisciplinary and will include topics and input from computer science, library and instructional media, and academic computing.
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BADM 690 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4
Special topics that offer in-depth study of some aspects of business. Students may design their own independent study experience within departmental guidelines.
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BADM 691 - Business Strategy Hours: 4
This elective course is designed to help students understand the business enterprise in its entirety. It integrates the concepts from marketing, operations and finance. It adds new perspectives about competitive and cooperative behaviors of companies. It is a big-picture course. It explores concepts. We sill study strategy formulation, implementation and assessment (metrics). We will become familiar with the language and new concepts of strategic thinking such as operational readiness, alignment and strategic renewal. We will be using case studies as well as formal texts. The teaching approach is that there are choices and consequences (some intended and some unintended). The class will critically examine both sides of the equation and make the best decision in the best short and long term overall interests of the firm. Prerequisites BADM 600, BADM 640, BADM 645, and BADM 630 or 615
Notes:
BADM 691 courses are courses offered on experimental basis for a limited time only. Once the course is deemed appropriate for permanent adoption to the MBA curriculum, then a formal proposal for adoption is made.
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BADM 691 - Debating Modern Capitalism Hours: 4
This course will examine different theories of modern capitalism and how it functions in the United States and global economy. The goal of the course is to help managers in their work by understanding different theories of how capitalism emerged as well as arguments about its strengths and limits. The goal of the course is not to provide an endorsement or critique capitalism, but to assist managers in understanding the ways that capitalism is not understood and constructed. In pursuing these aims, we will explore the relation between power and capitalist development; the role of firms, institutions and social structures in economic development; the relation between capitalists, managers and workers; and the impact of economic organization on the family and social structure.
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BADM 691 courses are courses offered on experimental basis for a limited time only. Once the course is deemed appropriate for permanent adoption to the MBA curriculum, then a formal proposal for adoption is made.
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BADM 691 - Principles of Taxation for Business Decision Making Hours: 4
This course investigates the basic maxims of good tax planning and addresses issues commonly faced by business managers and owners. Topics covered include standards for good tax policy, choice of entity, taxation of business income, compensation and retirement planning, fringe benefits, state and local taxes, and small business taxation. Learning will take place by using lectures, projects, interviews, guest speakers, case studies, and problem solving exercises.
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BADM 691 courses are courses offered on experimental basis for a limited time only. Once the course is deemed appropriate for permanent adoption to the MBA curriculum, then a formal proposal for adoption is made.
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BADM 692 - International Business Seminar Hours: 4
This course offers students an intense week long immersion in an international location and experience in conducting international business research. The country/region of study drives the academic focus. The course is comprised of several venues: Pre-study research and briefing lectures, travel outside the USA, lectures by local academics and topic experts; corporate and governmental site visits; and historical and cultural study tours. The course culminates with individual or group independent research papers on topics in international business focused on the region of study, completed after returning from the international seminar.
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BADM 696 - Business Ethics: Public Policy and Social Responsibility Hours: 4
This multidisciplinary course explores issues of ethics, public policy and social responsibility at the level of the individual and the organization. It begins with an exploration of the foundation of ethics and morality in comparative religion and philosophy in a domestic and international context. It continues with a history of the modern corporation while exploring the roots of managersﾒ and firmsﾒ social and ethical responsibilities. It explores the role of social institutions, such as religions and governments, in influencing individual and organizational ethics and social responsibility. The legal regulation of ethics in contemporary society is explored, including topics such as the federal sentencing guidelines and foreign corrupt practices act. Current issues in business ethics are debated, including tobacco marketing, advertising and children, child and slave labor and corporate justice.
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BADM 698 - 21st Century Leadership Hours: 4
This multidisciplinary course approaches leadership from a historical and contemporary perspective and analyzes current ideas including leadership styles, types, traits, and personalities. It explores leadership issues through the behavioral and managerial literature. It identifies leadership issues essential for a managerﾒs lifetime. The course will use case studies, simulation and experiential exercises, and guest lectures to explore leadership within organizations.
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BADM 699 - Consulting Project: Strategy Formulation and Implementation Hours: 4
Students are expected to utilize their knowledge and skills obtained in the graduate business program to date in an actual consulting project with either a profit or non-profit organization. The project is developed in a cross-functional team setting under the direction of the professor and the project team coordinator. The course requires students to meet outside of classroom time for planning, preparation, and meeting with client organization representatives. Classroom time during the quarter’s first half is devoted to strategy formulation issues and discussion, while the second half is conducted independently under the direction of the professor. The course results in a professional consulting project document and presentation.
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This course is a capstone course that must be taken during one of the last two terms of the program and upon completion of core courses or by permission of the instructor.
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EDUC 500 - Liberal Arts and Philosophies of Education Hours: 3
This is a foundations of education course concerned with major philosophies of education. Emphasis is on those philosophies that place liberal arts in the core of educational programming.
Notes:
MAT Only.
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EDUC 502 - Current Issues in Education Hours: 3
The teaching profession has a major influence on the well being of our society. As professional teachers, we must play an active role in shaping and influencing those issues and concerns which confront our American educational system. This course will not only explore the issues facing American education but encourage students to develop opinions and beliefs about educating our children and youth for the present as well as for the future. Students will identify issues of interest to them as well as examine issues beyond their experience. They will be challenged to examine these issues in an objective manner, share their findings with their classmates, and translate their research into defensible arguments which will be debated in class.
Notes:
MAT Only.
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EDUC 503 - Educational Psychology Hours: 5
Clock Hours A 25-hour field experience is part of the course requirements. A study of child and adolescent cognitive, social, and moral development is completed in this course. Information processing as well as behavioral, cognitive and humanistic approaches to learning and motivation are addressed. Standardized testing, issues in classroom evaluation, and classroom management are included.
Notes:
MAT Only.
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EDUC 504 - Exceptional Children Hours: 4
Clock Hours 25 clinical hours required. A study of children with special needs with an emphasis on middle childhood and adolescence. Techniques of including exceptional children in the classroom will be explored as will an examination of assessment, the referral and IEP process and the differentiation of instruction.
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EDUC 505 - Media and Technologies for the Middle Level Classroom Hours: 3
This course focuses on basic types and uses of instructional media and technology for the middle level classroom. Students will use and evaluate computer operation, software, and applications that are frequently used at the middle level: word processing, spreadsheets, databases, the Internet, and the use of computers to support problem solving. In addition to an overview of computer uses and careers in business, industry, and society, students will also learn about resources (including organizations) which support educational computing and professional growth related to technology.
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EDUC 507 - Multicultural Education Hours: 2
Clock Hours A 20-hour clinical experience is part of the course requirements. This course explores curriculum planning and teaching strategies for culturally diverse student needs. Racism, sexism, diverse learning styles and linguistic variation are examined.
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EDUC 515 - Integrating the Arts Across the Middle Childhood Curriculum Hours: 3
Clock Hours Students will be asked to spend 5 hours observing appropriate practice in schools. This studio, group discussion and lecture course will focus on strategies for integrating the visual and performing arts across the curriculum. Students will have an opportunity to practice applications of lesson planning, and to design a thematic unit which relies upon artistic expression on the part of elementary and middle school students. The intent of the course is to help classroom teachers see how the arts can motivate, enrich, and extend instruction in science, mathematics, social studies, and language arts.
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EDUC 530 - Reading Methods and Materials for Middle Childhood Hours: 5
Clock Hours The course includes 25 clinical hours. This course is grounded in and builds on knowledge and understanding of the linguistic foundations of literacy and of middle childhood/adolescent development. It focuses on methods, techniques, and materials of literacy instruction and assessment designed to foster pupilsﾒ growth toward greater autonomy and maturity as readers and writers. The course emphasizes the thinking processes and decision making responsibilities of teachers as they create literacy learning environments that encourage active engaged learning, identify studentsﾒ needs, and plan instruction that allows pupils to experience personally meaningful interactions and transactions as both readers and authors of texts across a range of genre and for a variety of purposes. Prerequisites EDUC 503 and EDUC 170 or ENGL 295.
Notes:
MAT Only.
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EDUC 540 - Responsive Schools for Young Adolescents Hours: 3
Clock Hours 20 field hours required. Nature and needs of young adolescents, characteristics of responsive schools, resources for the middle child practitioner, characteristics of effective middle childhood teachers, and critical issues in middle level education are addressed in depth; reflection on personal beliefs, research, theory, and practice is encouraged. Prerequisites For MATs: EDUC 503; No prerequisite for MAEs.
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EDUC 542 - Middle Childhood Methods Hours: 4
A study of content specific methodology for middle childhood, the course focuses on planning, instruction, assessment, teacher resources, technology, and classroom climate. Education 542 is a block of interdisciplinary methodology to develop skills important to the teaming design central to middle childhood instruction. Students register for this Methods and Materials course and their two concentration area Methods courses. In each of these courses students become acquainted with the appropriate Ohio academic content standards, subject matter reflected on proficiency tests, subject-specific pedagogy, methods of assessment and national standards or guidelines which shape the teaching of the discipline. Students study issues of long and short-term planning, the use of expository, inquiry and small group instructional strategies, the use of technology as an instructional resource, and questions of management and discipline as they contribute to a sense of positive classroom climate. EDUC 542 includes a full time placement in a school, with designated times for their Methods courses at the discretion of the Methods instructor. Prerequisites MAT Degree Candidacy and approval of Internship application.
Notes:
MAT Only.
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EDUC 542.2 - Middle Grades Language Arts Methods Hours: 2
Topics include, but are not limited to the structure, construction of meaning, application and multidisciplinary issues of reading, writing, listening, visual literacy, and oral communication for middle grades language arts instruction.
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Must be taken concurrently with EDUC 542 – Middle Childhood Methods.M AT Only.
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EDUC 542.3 - Middle Grades Math Methods Hours: 2
Topics include, but are not limited to problem solving, reasoning and communication of mathematical concepts and the use of manipulatives and technology as they pertain to mathematics in the middle grades mathematics curriculum.
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Must be taken concurrently with EDUC 542 – Middle Childhood Methods.MAT Only.
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EDUC 542.4 - Middle Grades Science Methods Hours: 2
Topics include, but are not limited to, a study of methods by which scientific inquiry and knowledge are presented within the middle grades science curriculum and the conditions under which science learning may be applied.
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Must be taken concurrently with EDUC 542 – Middle Childhood Methods.MAT Only.
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EDUC 542.5 - Middle Grades Social Studies Methods Hours: 2
Topics include, but are not limited to, means by which the themes of American Heritage, People in Societies, World Interactions, Decision Making and Resources, the Democratic Processes and Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities may be developed within the middle grades Social Studies curriculum.
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Must be taken concurrently with EDUC 542 – Middle Childhood Methods.
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EDUC 565 - Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults Hours: 2
Clock Hours 20 clinical hours are included. This course is an exploration of issues related to cultural diversity with the primary tool being literature written for children and young adults. Students will explore their own cultural backgrounds and attitudes. Topics will include: culture definitions, the concept of multicultural education, definitions of multicultural literature, literature for specific ethnic groups and using literature as a tool to increase cultural awareness.
Notes:
This course can serve as a substitute for EDUC 507.
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EDUC 575 - Multimedia Applications for Teaching and Learning Hours: 3
This course focuses on interactive multimedia as a learning, teaching, and assessment tool. Students will use and compare a variety of multimedia authoring tools to generate both linear and nonlinear multimedia and hypermedia-based instruction as well as learn how to incorporate video, audio, photography, and Internet resources into their products. Copyright policies for multimedia production will also be examined. Students will participate in both collaborative and individual projects. Appropriate for all levels of computer expertise.
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EDUC 589 - MAT Independent Study Hours: 1-15
This course allows MAT students to do independent study or research or take an undergraduate course for graduate credit. All EDUC 589 work must be approved in writing by the instructor and MAT Director (forms are available in the Office of Graduate Programs, the Office of Continuing Studies, and the Education Department office).
Notes:
MAT Only. No more than 5 quarter hours of graduate workshops may be applied to EDUC 589 credit. A grade of “B”or better is required on undergraduate course work for graduate credit.
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EDUC 597 - MAT Middle Childhood Student Teaching Internship Hours: 11
Middle Childhood Student Teaching Internship (11 qt. hrs), taken Spring quarter, is a full time teaching internship. Students are assigned to a school site for the full school day and are expected to follow the same time schedule as their cooperating teacher. In-school assignments include classroom and student observations, lesson planning and implementation, development of an instructional unit, participation in a variety of school-related events, and other activities the cooperating teacher or college supervisor see as appropriate. Students meet for a weekly seminar during the Student Teaching Internship experience. Students also complete an electronic portfolio during the Internship. MAT candidates are required to earn a grade of ﾓBﾔ or better and receive positive recommendations from the College Supervisor and Seminar instructor in order to complete the MAT program successfully. Additional course work may not be taken during the internship without the permission of the MAT Director. Prerequisites Admission to Degree Candidacy, approval of MAT Director, and positive recommendations from the Methods Internship instructor.
Notes:
MAT Only.
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EDUC 600 - Liberal Arts and Philosophies of Education Hours: 3
This is a foundations of education course concerned with major philosophies of education. Emphasis is on those philosophies that place liberal arts in the core of educational programming.
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EDUC 602 - Current Issues in Education Hours: 3
The teaching profession has a major influence on the well being of our society. As professional teachers, we must play an active role in shaping and influencing those issues and concerns which confront our American educational system. This course will not only explore the issues facing American education but encourage students to develop opinions and beliefs about educating our children and youth for the present as well as for the future. Students will identify issues of interest to them as well as examine issues beyond their experience. They will be challenged to examine these issues in an objective manner, share their finding with their classmates, and translate their research into defensible arguments which will be debated in class.
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EDUC 604 - Foundations of Educational Research and Educational Statistics Hours: 3
This class introduces students to the forms and functions of educational research. Four types of educational research are described with accompanying illustrations from the research literature: historical/descriptive, correlational, experimental, and ethnographic. A survey of statistics used in each area of research is included in this course.
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EDUC 606 - Teacher As Inquirer Hours: 3
This course will focus on teacher research and provide an introduction to techniques useful for the type of classroom inquiry required in the MAE Capstone Project. In order to provide a basis for discussion, students will read cases and relevant research on learning, cognition, and socio-cultural aspects of instruction. This course is recommended the fall quarter prior to completion of the Capstone Project. Prerequisites Admission to the MAE program or permission of the instructor.
Notes:
Requires access to a classroom.
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EDUC 610 - Principles of Curriculum Hours: 3
This is an overview of curriculum design for all grades. The influences of pressure groups, government and regulatory agencies on the curriculum are explored. A study is made of the relevance and success of past and contemporary curriculum practices and the hope of theories and innovations for the future. Techniques of curriculum development and evaluation of the curriculum are discussed. The impact of technology on present and future curricula is examined. The students will develop a mini-Curriculum Project.
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Requires access to a classroom.
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EDUC 611 - Principles and Application of Instruction Hours: 3
This is a course regarding theoretical and practical methodology designed to prepare instructional leaders. The course focuses on models of teaching, recent research on theories of learning, and the application of these models and the research. The importance of transforming theory into practice in order to improve teacher effectiveness is central to the course. Students will complete a professional portfolio.
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Requires access to a classroom.
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EDUC 620 - Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice Hours: 3
This course will focus on a critical analysis of issues related to diversity, equity and social justice, including, but not limited to such topics as changing demographics of schools; social hierarchies; socio-political contexts of education; democracy in education. Prerequisites A course in multicultural education or permission of the instructor.
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EDUC 621 - Linguistics and Language Acquisition Hours: 3
This course offers a foundation in approaches and techniques for teaching second languages from the vantage point of linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA) research. While the course is designed to introduce current SLA research and theories, it is not a theory course per se. Rather the course will help develop a strong theoretical foundation. Topics include: Theories of first and second language acquisition, including the many issues involved in language learning, history of methods of language teaching and learning, current approaches to SLA, and language teaching techniques based on sound principles of SLA.
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EDUC 622 - TESOL English Language Assessment Hours: 3
This course will offer opportunities for acquiring skills in developing lessons and assessments for ESL students that are reflective of Ohioﾒs grade-level learning outcomes. Students will select, create, and adapt resources to support ESL studentsﾒ language and literacy development and content area achievement. They will use age appropriate assessment procedures, interpret data to make instructional decisions, communicate assessment results to learners and their caregivers and develop strategies to encourage learners to use assessment results to make decisions about their own learning. Prerequisites EDUC 621.
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EDUC 623 - TESOL Instructional Strategies Hours: 3
Participants will gain practical instructional strategies that can be used when teaching English as Second Language (ESL) students in K-12 settings. They will learn how to differentiate instruction and accommodate ESL students while giving them access to standards-based and age/grade-appropriate curriculum. They will develop units/lessons, share curricular materials, and learn about school/community resources. They will utilize research-based and culturally relevant pedagogy in order to enhance studentsﾒ English literacy development and help them succeed in school. Prerequisites EDUC 621.
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EDUC 624 - TESOL in School and Society Hours: 3
This course will provide a foundation for ESL teachers to undertake a leadership role in a building and to serve as an advocate for English Language Learners. Participants will investigate major areas of concern and develop models for practical reference. Prerequisites EDUC 621 and 622 or 623.
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May substitute for EDUC 636 for TESOL Endorsement candidates.
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EDUC 625 - TESOL Field Practicum Hours: 3
Clock Hours 75 field hours required; up to 50 hours may be documented prior to the Practicum, with prior approval of the Practicum instructor. During the practicum, students will be assigned to a school or community agency to work with English Language Learners under supervision. Students will be expected to plan instruction, implement lessons, and assess students. Prerequisites EDUC 621, 622, and 623.
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Students will also attend a weekly seminar. The Teacher Work Sample Portfolio will be completed during the Field Practicum.
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EDUC 636 - Teacher Leadership Hours: 3
This course will be an action oriented experience that explores the multiple aspects of the teacher as a leader. Teachers will discover their own leadership potential as they delve into the characteristics of leadership, adult development, the school culture, interpersonal and technical skills, and task and functions of leadership.
Notes:
MAE only.
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EDUC 641 - Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in the Middle Grades Hours: 3
This course will focus on the major concepts, principles, theories and research of exemplary middle school curriculum, instruction, and assessment and consider implications for their practice. Major topics will include adapting curriculum and instruction to maximize student learning, understanding the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge and the implications for various teaching fields, and how teaming and other organizational structures support student learning. Issues related to standards and assessment of students as well as program assessment will also be addressed.
Notes:
MAE only.
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EDUC 642 - Reform Initiatives in the Middle Grades Hours: 3
This course will address the major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to change process and middle school reform. Individual concerns and issues related to educational reform in middle schools and beyond will be explored, including the standards movement, family and community involvement, advocacy, using teaming to create change, teacher research to promote best practice, and changing professional roles of teachers.
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EDUC 660 - Reading Foundations Hours: 5
In this course students explore, compare and contrast major theories of language and literacy acquisition, with emphases on psychological, sociological, and linguistic models. Students study the reading process in the context of the major components of reading (phonemic awareness, word identification and phonics, vocabulary and background knowledge, fluency, comprehension and motivation) with particular attention to variations of the process related to cultural and linguistic diversity. Prerequisites EDUC 325, 335, or 530 or other reading course.
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EDUC 661 - Literacy in Content Areas Hours: 5
A study of research-based strategies that promote content area literacy across the curriculum in grades K-12, with an emphasis on classroom practices for increasing K-12 studentsﾒ achievement in content area comprehension, vocabulary, writing, thinking, and study skills. Other topics include understanding general assessment tools and terminology, working with diverse learners, and identifying characteristics of a positive classroom culture. Prerequisites EDUC 325, 335, or 530 or other reading course.
Notes:
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EDUC 662 - Children’s Literature in a Comprehensive Reading Program Hours: 4
Through extensive reading and library research, students will develop a knowledge base for selecting culturally inclusive and developmentally appropriate childrenﾒs literature. Students will read and study the genres of childrenﾒs literature, learn to recognize bias and stereotyping in literature, select childrenﾒs literature that promotes equity and representation, and learn student-centered practices for utilizing literature in a classroom.
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EDUC 663 - Adolescent Literature in a Comprehensive Reading Program Hours: 4
This course will require students to read and analyze a wide variety of literature for adolescents from the following perspectives: embedding reading instruction in a meaningful context, importance of reading instruction as a means to access information and enhance the quality of life, providing for differences among learners and how these differences influence reading, understanding the influence on the reading process of what the reader brings to the experience, and exploring strategies to encourage and motivate students to pursue and respond to reading and writing for personal growth and fulfillment.
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EDUC 664 - Reading Assessment and Instruction Hours: 5
Clock Hours 40 hours of supervised field experience required. A study of techniques and instruments of reading assessment. Topics include critical analysis of current assessment, observation and description of the reading process, and planning individualized and whole-class assessment-driven programs in reading. Prerequisites EDUC 660.
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EDUC 666 - Reading Research and Instruction Hours: 4
Clock Hours 35 hours of supervised field experience required. This course is a critical exploration of historical and current research and instructional trends in literacy education with a focus on the major components of reading (phonemic awareness, word identification and phonics, vocabulary and background knowledge, fluency, comprehension, and motivation). Students locate and critique relevant research studies and apply research findings to instructional planning and implementation. Students lead other practitioners (pre-service or inservice) in the study of research-based instruction. Prerequisites EDUC 660.
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EDUC 667 - Clinic/Field Experience in Reading Hours: 5
Clock Hours 50 hours of supervised field experience required. This course provides practicing and experienced teachers of reading with techniques for developing, implementing, and reflecting on their roles as reading teachers and instructional leaders within their schools. Students examine (and help other practitioners examine) yearlong assessment data and use the results to develop (and help other practitioners develop) action plans to improve instruction. Students develop an electronic Professional Portfolio. Prerequisites EDUC 660, EDUC 664.
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EDUC 675 - Internet Tools and Practice for Teachers Hours: 3
Students will learn about the use of the Internet in teaching and learning for PreK-12 academic content standards. Special emphasis will be placed on using Internet resources for student inquiry. Topics of the course include conducting and information searches, evaluating Internet resources (especially primary sources), constructing Web pages, developing Internet based curriculum, and ethical and legal issues of Internet use. This course is designed to accommodate early through advanced users of computers.
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EDUC 685 - 3D Computer Graphics and Animation Hours: 5
This course is designed to give students a studio experience with 3D computer graphics and 3D animation techniques using the PC platform. Students will learn techniques and strategies for creating three-dimensional computer models and creating 3D animations that illustrate a concept or tell a story. This course is applicable to all fields where visualization is need to present an idea, illustrate a process, or tell an interesting story. It is especially advantageous to artists, teachers and designers.
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EDUC 689 - MAE Independent Study Hours: 1-15
This course allows MAE students to do independent study or research or take an undergraduate course for graduate credit.
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No more than 5 quarter hours of graduate workshops may be applied to EDUC 689 credit. All EDUC 689 work must be approved in writing by the instructor and MAE Director (forms are available in the Office of Graduate Programs, the Office of Continuing Studies, and the Education Department office). A grade of ﾓBﾔ or better is required on undergraduate course work for graduate credit.
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EDUC 691 - Adobe Photoshop® for Windows Hours: 3
This is an introductory course in the use of Photoshop in the Windows environment. Students will explore the creation and manipulation of 2D graphics and digital images in this project-driven course. Whether it is creating effective graphics for the web, presentations in Power Point, posters for your next event, or sophisticated editing of your digital photography, Photoshop is the industry standard for 2D graphics manipulation. Highly recommended for teachers, artists, web developers, and administrators or presenters in any field.
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EDUC 691 - Reading Instruction for Students with Diverse Learning Needs Hours: 3
This course provides practicing and pre-service teachers the opportunity to explore specific research-based teaching strategies for K-12 students who, for a variety of reasons, may encounter difficulty with reading and writing. Specific student populations to be addressed include: English Language Learners, older non-readers, struggling new readers, poor decoders, poor comprehenders, and reluctant readers.
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EDUC 695 - MAE Capstone Hours Hours: 1-5
Clock Hours A minimum of 5 hours is required for the Capstone Project. Students should enroll in 1-5 Capstone hours during quarters in which they are completing their Capstone Project. The Capstone Project is intended to be a substantial capstone study designed to consolidate and unify the various parts of the course work of the Masters degree into a meaningful single body of work. The student and the Capstone advisor will determine the topic of inquiry, the methodology, and the appropriate option for the Capstone Project. A Capstone Prospectus must be approved during the Degree Candidacy process. For more information, see the MAE Capstone Project Handbook. Prerequisites EDUC 606; Admission to Degree Candidacy and permission of Capstone Advisor.
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Pass/Fail. Course has a per credit hour extra fee.
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EDUC 695 - MAE Capstone Seminar Hours: 5
Clock Hours All 5 Capstone hours are taken spring quarter. Pass/Fail To participate in the Capstone Seminar in the spring quarter, a student must have taken EDUC 606 - Teacher as Inquirer - and have the instructorﾒs permission. Students will continue to meet with the instructor during winter quarter as they implement their project, and submit an article based on their research for possible inclusion in the electronic Journal for Teacher-Initiated Research during the Capstone Seminar. Prerequisites EDUC 606; Admission to Degree Candidacy and permission of the instructor.
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Spring Quarter Only. Pass/Fail. Course has a per credit hour extra fee.
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EDUC 698 - Special Topics Hours: 1-5
Special Topics courses cover a variety of educational topics not covered in the regular curriculum of the MAE program and expand the offering of electives for MAE degree candidates or non-degree students who are re-certifying or seeking professional development. For more information, see the Education Advisor in the Office of Graduate Programs or the current graduate schedule.
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L SC 500 - Advanced Pathophysiology Hours: 4
Builds on basic pathophysiology and studies current concepts and theories related to pathological processes occurring across the adult life span. Focuses on concepts of disease processes as related to cellular, immune, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, neurological and whole body function.
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NURS 622 - Health Care Systems Hours: 4
Clock Hours 30 clinical hours. Explores advanced roles in nursing with individuals, clinical populations and communities. Examines the quality management, risk management, information management, financial management, and human resource management in selected health care settings. Includes selected theories/ concepts; research; information systems; quality improvement; cost containment; and legal, ethical, social, cultural, political and economic issues of organizations and health care delivery systems.
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NURS 624 - Clinical Leadership Hours: 4
Clock Hours 60 clinical hours. Examines the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role at the point of care to individuals, clinical populations and communities. Includes selected theories and concepts, and research related to the leadership, ethical and professional aspects of the CNL role in selected health care settings. The CNL role components include the areas of educator; clinician; steward of the environment and human/material resources; leader; team manager; outcomes manager; information manager; client advocate; and systems analyst/risk anticipator.
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NURS 626 - Clinical Leader Immersion Hours: 4
Clock Hours 320 clinical hours. The clinical leader immersion course is a time of intensive clinical experience in a setting that is chosen by the student in collaboration with community resources and Otterbein nursing faculty. Students will experience the role of a clinical leader while under the guidance of a preceptor working directly in the clinical setting. A seminar class will include discussion of clinical issues and an analysis of student’s clinical performance and experiences. Prerequisites NURS 622, NURS 624, NURS 636, NURS 638, NURS 666, NURS 670, LSC 500.
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NURS 636 - Development of Nursing Knowledge Hours: 3
Study the development of knowledge, science and nursing science. Discussion of theoretical issues and factors that influence the professional practice of nursing. Understand the applicability of qualitative research methods to nursing practice.
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NURS 638 - Evidence-Based Knowledge in Nursing Practice Hours: 3
Examine the use and development of evidence- based practice. Evaluate nursing research against standards of scientific rigor and utilization in professional practice. Use translational research to improve the quality of nursing care to individuals, groups and populations.
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NURS 640 - Educational Program Development and Evaluation Hours: 3
Examines basic learning theories, learning styles, and teaching methods. Focuses on planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs. Utilizing relevant theories and research, students will design selected nursing and/or health related programs, including needs assessment, objectives, content, instructional methods/materials and evaluation. Students will apply these concepts to select nursing education situations.
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NURS 641 - Client/Staff Education Hours: 3
Examines the advanced nurse educator role functioning as coach and facilitator in client/staff education using the principles for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating in selected nursing and/ r health related programs. Focuses on educational programs for clients (patients/family) and nursing professional development (continuing education, orientation and in-service); and related organizational, political, legal and ethical issues. Includes selected theories/concepts, research, budgeting, marketing, professional certification, documentation, and teaching methods. Prerequisites NURS 640.
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NURS 642 - Higher Education Nursing Programs Hours: 3
Examines the advanced nursing faculty role in schools of nursing. Focuses on using the principles of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating in higher education nursing curriculums and assessing the influences of related organizational, political, legal and ethical issues. Includes selected theories/concepts, research, budgeting, marketing, recruiting, accreditation, professional certification, documentation, and teaching methods for distance education, on-line programming, and clinical teaching. Prerequisites NURS 640
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NURS 643 - Advanced Practice Nurse Educator Practicum Hours: 4
Clock Hours Clinical 7.5 hrs/wk. Participation in this course facilitates the synthesis of nursing and educational theories, concepts, and research in performing the advanced role of a nurse educator within selected educational settings. Students will discuss theory and application of teaching/learning principles in a weekly one hour seminar. Students will be guided by masters or doctorally prepared nurse educator preceptors in selected health care or higher educational settings. Prerequisites NURS 640; and either NURS 641 or NURS 642.
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NURS 650 - Nursing Service Administration I Hours: 5
Clock Hours Approximately 3 hrs/wk spent developing an innovative project. Examines the administrative processes of nursing service management in selected organizational settings. Includes selected theories/concepts, research, nursing service philosophy, strategic planning, decision-making, organizational structures, budgeting, staffing, legal and ethical administrative issues, and social, political and economic influences on nursing administration.
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NURS 655 - Nursing Service Administration II Hours: 5
Clock Hours Approximately 3 hrs/wk spent implementing the innovative project under the guidance of a masters prepared nurse preceptor. Examines the quality management, information analysis, financial management, and human resource development processes of nursing service administration in selected organizational settings. Includes selected theories/concepts, research, leadership, motivation, staff development and appraisal, information systems, quality improvement, cost containment, legal and ethical administrative issues, and social, political and economic influences on nursing administration. Prerequisites NURS 638, NURS 640, NURS 650.
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NURS 660 - Nursing Administration Practicum Hours: 5
Clock Hours Clinical 6 hrs/wk. Involves observation, participation and practice in nursing service administration in a health care organization or other appropriate health related setting. Focus is on the role and function of the nurse administrator, theory and research related to the nurse administrator role, and issues related to nursing administration. Includes a three hour weekly seminar and six hours of clinical practice with a selected masters prepared nursing administrator preceptor in a health care delivery system or other appropriate health related setting. Prerequisites NURS 622, NURS 650, NURS 655. This course is a sequential course and should be taken the quarter prior to NURS 660.
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NURS 665 - Nursing Administration Scholarly Project Hours: 3-5
Provides students majoring in Nursing Service Administration who choose the Scholarly Project option the opportunity for integrating theory, research and nursing administration. Prerequisites NURS 622, NURS 638, NURS 640, NURS 655, BADM 500, BADM 600.
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Requires students to complete a selected project according to the graduate nursing program guidelines.
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NURS 666 - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Hours: 4
Presents the fundamentals of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and the pharmacology of drugs affecting a) infectious disease; b) cardiovascular and respiratory disease; c) gastrointestinal disease; d) endocrine and metabolic disease; e) rheumatic disease; f) neurological and psychological diseases; g) diseases of the eye; h) skin disease; and i) general disorders. Includes client education, essentials of drug action, clinical usage of select drugs and rationale for drug therapy by relating the physiologic factors of disease processes to drug mechanisms.
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NURS 667 - Nursing Administration Comprehensive Examination Hours: 3
Provides students majoring in Nursing Service Administration who choose the Comprehensive Examination option the opportunity for synthesizing content from graduate course work in responding to exam questions. This examination will be conducted according to the graduate nursing program guidelines.
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Students may take comprehensive exams concurrently with a core or an elective course after all other course requirements have been completed.
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NURS 670 - Advanced Health Assessment Hours: 4
Clock Hours Clinical 2 hrs/wk. Builds on basic physical assessment concepts and addresses the comprehensive health assessment of adults. Focuses on communicating with clients and families; assembling a complete health assessment data base; analyzing the data; and establishing an accurate assessment of the adult clientﾒs health status. Includes all body systems but special emphasis will be placed on cardiovascular, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and neurological assessment. Addresses family, cultural, psychosocial, and socioeconomic assessments. Provides students with the opportunity for health assessment clinical experience under the guidance of a masters prepared advanced practice nurse or physician preceptor.
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NURS 675 - Nurse Practitioner Scholarly Project Hours: 3-5
Provides students majoring in Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner who choose the Scholarly Project option the opportunity for integrating theory , research, and advanced nursing practice. Requires students to complete a selected project according to the graduate nursing program guidelines. Prerequisites NURS 622, NURS 638, NURS 703, NURS 706.
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NURS 677 - Nurse Practitioner Comprehensive Examination Hours: 3
Provides students majoring in Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner who choose the Comprehensive Examination option the opportunity for synthesizing content from graduate course work in responding to exam questions. This examination will be conducted according to the graduate nursing program guidelines.
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Students may take comprehensive exams concurrently with a core or an elective course after all other course requirements have been completed.
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NURS 696 - Clinical Leader Capstone Course Hours: 2
This clinical leadership capstone course is taken during the last quarter of the CNL program. Students will apply their CNL knowledge and skills as members of a team to projects in selected health care settings. Their projects will be done under the supervision of a full time Otterbein nursing faculty and a masters prepared preceptor in the clinical setting. During the first part of the quarter, students will develop the projects and plan the project strategies while the latter part of the quarter will consist of implementing the planned project strategies, monitoring the implementation and evaluating the project outcomes. This capstone course will require a detailed project report based on specific capstone criteria. Prerequisites NURS 626.
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NURS 698 - Graduate Level Independent Study in Nursing Hours: 1-5
This course is designed for the graduate student who wishes to investigate a special nursing issue in depth under the guidance of one specific faculty member. Issue specific content, objectives and evaluation criteria are mutually determined by the faculty member and the student.
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NURS 699 - Special Topics in Health Care Hours: 3
Explores an important topical issue related to health care. Focuses on identifying the key components of the issue by examining the scientific literature and by reflecting on current health care practice. At the graduate level there is an additional focus on analyzing and synthesizing the available theory and research about the topic and applying it to past, present, and future health care practice. Special topic offerings will vary each year and include (but not limited to) Introduction to Parish Nursing; Advanced Parish Nursing; Complementary Health Therapies; Native American Culture and Health Practices; Issues in Human Sexuality; and Transcultural Nursing: either the Mexico or Appalachian Experience.
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NURS 700 - Thesis Hours: 3-5
Provides students who choose the thesis option the opportunity for systematically investigating selected research problems. Prerequisites Nursing Service Administration majors: NURS 622, NURS 638, NURS 636, NURS 640, NURS 655, BADM 500, BADM 600. Adult Nurse Practitioner majors: NURS 622, NURS 638, NURS 636, NURS 703, NURS 706. Family Nurse Practitioner majors: NURS 622, NURS 638, NURS 636, NURS 703, NURS 706.
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Requires students to conduct a study and complete a thesis report according to the graduate nursing program guidelines.
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