May 18, 2024  
2022 - 2023 Undergraduate & Graduate Bulletin 
    
2022 - 2023 Undergraduate & Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Economics

  
  • ECON 5123 - Managerial Economics


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Economic principles to solve practical problems faced by decision makers in the modern business environment. Assists managers in strategic and tactical problem solving.

  
  • ECON 5233 - Comparative Economic Systems


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Economics of Socialism and Capitalism, major world trading blocs, developing countries, and those in transition.


Engineering

  
  • ENGR 1411 - Engineering Orientation


    1 Credit Hour(s)

    Lectures on engineering as a profession, electronic calculators, statistical presentation of data, graphical analysis, and engineering problem solving. Recommended for all pre-engineering and engineering technician majors.

  
  • ENGR 3950 - ST:Engineering


    1 to 4 Credit Hour(s)

    Focus of the course is an approved area of engineering to be determined by faculty for each semester offered. The course may be repeated for credit.


English

  
  • ENGL 0003 - Basic Writing I


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course is for students who need to review basic grammar rules and mechanics. Included within this course is intensive instruction in grammar, mechanics, and paragraph structure. The course also provides instruction in essay writing, editing, and proofreading. This course does not apply toward total credit hours for graduation.

  
  • ENGL 0111 - Composition I Supplemental


    1 Credit Hour(s)

    A supplement to ENGL 1113  Composition I designed to assist students who need review or supplemental learning to reach a writing skill level appropriate for ENGL 1113  Composition I. Placement in this course will be determined by ACT or SAT subscores in English and/or Accuplacer exam results. Includes instruction in grammar, mechanics and paragraph/essay structure, with a focus on individualized instruction. This course is taken concurrently with ENGL 1113  Composition I.

  
  • ENGL 1001 - Essay Writing


    1 Credit Hour(s)

    This course is designed to enhance/improve students’ writing abilities leading to a successful college experience. Essay Writing will include development of the structure of an essay and presentation of material in an academic format.

  
  • ENGL 1113 - Composition I


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Required of all students. This course prepares students for college-level writing. Essay organization, development, and style, as well as critical thinking skills will be emphasized. 

    Note: Placement standards may require students to take one or more preparatory courses before being admitted to ENGL 1113.
  
  • ENGL 1213 - Composition II


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Basic requirement for graduation. A continuation of the writing experiences begun in Composition I. Writing experiences are concurrent with thematic material, including imaginative literature and writing across the curriculum. Incorporation of research techniques leading to production of research papers. 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1113 
  
  • ENGL 2023 - Creative Writing


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course will focus on writing poetry and fiction. Students will be encouraged to discuss their writing in this workshop.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1113  or instructor’s permission.
  
  • ENGL 2313 - World Literature to 1600


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of significant world literature from the beginning of the written word to 1600, as evidenced in fiction, drama, essays, and poetry. Includes a study of various literary genres and conventions, research techniques, critical writing exercises, and discussion.

  
  • ENGL 2333 - Technical Writing


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Introduction to technical writing, focusing on forms of applied writing in each student’s area of specialization.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1113 
  
  • ENGL 2543 - British Literature to 1700


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of British Literature from the origins of language to 1700.

  
  • ENGL 2613 - Introduction to Literature


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Introduction of various genres of prose (fiction, drama/film) and poetry. Includes literary terms, verse, image, and language of poetry. Also includes research techniques, critical writing exercises, and discussion. Humanities elective.

  
  • ENGL 2653 - British Literature from 1700


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of British literature from 1700 to the present.

  
  • ENGL 2773 - American Literature to 1865


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of American literature from its colonial beginning to approximately 1865

  
  • ENGL 2883 - American Literature from 1865


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of American literature from approximately 1865 to the present.

  
  • ENGL 2933 - World Literature from 1600


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of world literature from 1600 to present, as evidenced in fiction, drama, essays, and poetry. Includes a study of various literary genres and conventions, research techniques, critical writ- ing exercises, and discussion.

  
  • ENGL 3033 - Creative Writing for Popular Market


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course will examine the intrinsic creative elements of writing for entertainment, including, but not limited to, game design, genre writing, graphic novels, and storyboarding, in order to provide students with the crucial skills required for designing their own original games and stories for the mass market.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1213 . Highly recommended: ENGL 2023 .
  
  • ENGL 3113 - Advanced Technical Writing


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    In-depth study of technical writing required in business and science careers and in graduate schools. Focuses on forms of applied writing with required research in each student’s area of specialization.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1213 
  
  • ENGL 3123 - Topics in Advanced Composition


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Practice in writing with emphasis on style and strategies of composition. Focus varies: practice in various literary genres; study of rhetoric, practice in various modes; argumentative writing; advanced expository writing.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1113  and ENGL 1213  or instructor’s permission.
  
  • ENGL 3143 - Creative Non-Fiction


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course will focus on the “fourth genre” of writing: creative nonfiction. Students will read a variety of essays by published nonfiction writers, discuss and write about the varieties of rhetorical modes used in creative nonfiction, and compose a selection of essays through workshopping and revision.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1213 
  
  • ENGL 3423 - The Novel


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Consideration of the work of major novelists. Course will be comparative and based on concepts to include theme and artistic expression.

  
  • ENGL 3443 - Studies in Poetry


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course analyzes the elements, forms, and history of poetry written in and/or translated into English. The course will be comparative and historical, tracing developments in poetry from its beginnings to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1113  and ENGL 1213 .
  
  • ENGL 3513 - Literature for Chldrn and Yng Adlts


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Traditional and innovative literature for children, adolescents, and young adults in various genres.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1213  and ENGL 2613 .
  
  • ENGL 3950 - Special Topics in English


    1 to 6 Credit Hour(s)

    Current topic in approved area of English study. Content will be determined by the instructor. Repeatable up to 6 hours.

  
  • ENGL 4133 - Fiction Writing


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Intensive writing of short stories, with class attention to writing process, style, technique, revision, and contemporary developments in the genre.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2023  or instructor’s permission.
  
  • ENGL 4143 - Poetry Writing


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Intensive writing of poetry, with class attention to writing process, style, technique, revision, and contemporary developments in the genre.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2023  or instructor’s permission.
  
  • ENGL 4223 - Shakespeare


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Analysis of a selection of Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies, histories, sonnets, and other lyric poetry. Selected criticism, 1600 to the present. Historical background and Shakespeare’s theater.

  
  • ENGL 4343 - Regional Literature


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course will focus on regional writers of fiction and/or non- fiction and may be repeated with a change of subject matter; maximum credit six hours. Initial focus on well known writers of the region as an introduction, then a broadened focus to include extensive study within a specific category or historical period, works by a single author or several authors within a genre, or special topics of regional interest.

  
  • ENGL 4453 - Literary Traditions


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Studies include, but are not limited to, world, British, and American literature approached thematically, regionally, historically, and generically.

  
  • ENGL 4513 - English Grammar and Usage


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Study of English grammar and usage and application to speaking and writing.

  
  • ENGL 4533 - English Linguistics


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A linguistic approach to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the English language, with attention to semantics and the origin and development of the language.

  
  • ENGL 4710 - Directed Studies


    1 to 3 Credit Hour(s)

    Intensive independent reading and research on a selected topic, writer, or movement in literature, criticism, research, or rhetoric. Open to students in a graduating semester.


Entrepreneurship

  
  • ENTR 3003 - Social Entrepreneurship


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Focuses upon the practical solutions to social problems. It combines the talents of individuals, families, communities, governments, businesses, religious institutions, and not-for-profits. Social entrepreneurship will be studied through its history, cur- rent issues in the field, and case studies.

  
  • ENTR 3103 - Fund Raising, Events, & Major Gifts


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Everything about fundraising, major gift giving, and organizing special fundraising events.

  
  • ENTR 3233 - Marketing for the Entrepreneur


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Identifies and applies the different marketing visions, approaches, and practices used by entrepreneurs to compete in highly competitive markets, identifying the differing strategic and tactical focuses and applications used by today’s entrepreneurs for the strategic application of various technologies.

    Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3113 
  
  • ENTR 3303 - Entrepreneurial Finance


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Focuses on the primary financial elements necessary in starting, growing, and harvesting a business, to include financial assessment of opportunity, marshaling resources, bootstrapping, creating the financial package cash flow, and sources of capital.

    Prerequisite(s): FINA 3503 
  
  • ENTR 4013 - New Venture Development


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Focuses on the early development of independent ventures as well as those within established organizations, addressing thought processes of entrepreneurs that challenge existing norms and pave the way for novel solutions to problems at both the individual and organizational levels.

    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3013 
  
  • ENTR 4323 - Managing the Growing Business


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Teaches the students to anticipate the unique and specific problems that accompany starting and growing an entrepreneurial firm by creating value through innovation and opportunity capture rather than by merely the efficient management of ongoing operations.

    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3013 

Esports

  
  • ESPT 1113 - Introduction to Esports


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Introduces students to the cultural, social, and economic world of ESports and will examine the past, present, and future of competitive video gaming. Throughout the course students will examine the structures of what an ESports organization might look like and learn what roles game developers have within the industry. Students will also have the opportunity to engage in practical experience and observe the inner workings of an ESports program. Introduction to ESports will enable students to participate in the ongoing debate over current events in the emerging global industry of competitive video gaming and will teach students how to be more active within the ESports industry and community.

  
  • ESPT 3503 - ESports Business Models


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Introduces students to the Esports business model framework, which includes a study of principles, issues, and trends within the organization and management of Esports programs. It assumes rapid cycles of industry shock and disruption, and, as such, students will learn these business model concepts using real world examples via case studies of companies that have excelled and failed based entirely on the adaptability of their business model.


Finance

  
  • FINA 3213 - Money, Financl Mrkts, & Instns


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A study of the role of money and financial markets in the economy; financial institutions; monetary theory and policy; and other monetary circumstances. Topics include: financial markets and the financial services, interest rate risk, term structure of interest rates, the role of central bank, and financial market instability.

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 2123 , and ECON 2113    
  
  • FINA 3303 - Entrepreneurial Finance


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Focuses on the primary financial elements necessary in starting, growing, and harvesting a business, to include financial assessment of opportunity, marshaling resources, bootstrapping, creating the financial package cash flow, and sources of capital.

    Prerequisite(s): FINA 3503 
  
  • FINA 3313 - Principles of Real Estate


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    An introduction to real estate principles including real estate markets, rights and interests in land, conveyance of title, real estate and brokerage contracts, valuations, and real estate financing.

  
  • FINA 3503 - Principles of Finance


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    An introductory course in financial management of capital in a business firm. Operational and strategic financial problems are covered including allocation of funds, asset management, financial information systems, financial structure, policy determination, and analysis of the financial environment.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2203 
    (Formerly BMA 3503)
  
  • FINA 3623 - Fundamentals of Investments


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    An introductory course in investments. Topics include risk and return, common stock valuation, markets and market efficiency, behavioral finance, interest rates and bond valuation, fundamental and technical trading, portfolio management, and futures and options.

  
  • FINA 4113 - Managerial Finance


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A detailed examination of financial management decision making techniques. Topics include capital budgeting, capital structure, working capital management, valuation, portfolio management, and financial decision making.

    Prerequisite(s): FINA 3503 
  
  • FINA 4133 - Accounting and Financial Analytics


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Explore techniques and technologies involved in analyzing financial statements and the underlying accounting and operational data. Examine methods which quickly and effectively communicate results to entity stake holders.

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 3113  or ACCT 3133 
  
  • FINA 4213 - Financial Statement Analysis


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Designed to prepare the learner to analyze and utilize financial statements and valuation models in order to value the firm.

    Prerequisite(s): FINA 3503 
  
  • FINA 5133 - Financial Management


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Decision-making about the use of financial assets which include physical and human resources, cash, stocks, and corporate bonds. Applications in both profit making businesses and not for profit government agencies in terms of risks, returns, and potential for success in management of resources.


Fitness Management

  
  • FTMT 2723 - Care & Prevention of Athlete Injury


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Basic instruction is given in the care, prevention, assessment and management of common athletic injuries and illnesses. Additional topics covered include legal issues and the overall role of a certified athletic trainer.

  
  • FTMT 3553 - Advanced Care Prev Ath Injuries


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    An in-depth study of jinjury prevention and wellness, injury asessment and diagnosis, immediate and emergency care, therapeutic intervention, healthcare administration and professional responsibilities.

    Prerequisite(s): FTMT 2723 
  
  • FTMT 3733 - Physiology of Exercise


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A general study of the bioenergetics of muscular work; neuromuscular structure, function and control; cardiorespiratory function and control; physical training; and nutrition and exercise performance.

  
  • FTMT 3813 - Biomechanics


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    The relationship between mechanical and anatomical principles that govern human motion.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2285 
  
  • FTMT 4213 - Method of Strength and Conditioning


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course is designed to increase the practical and theoretical understanding and knowledge of the physiological, biomedical and administrative aspects of designing and supervising strength and conditioning programs for various populations.

    Prerequisite(s): FTMT 3733 
  
  • FTMT 4523 - Exercise Testing and Prescription


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course reviews the established link between fitness and health. Skills and concepts are taught that enable the learner to choose and perform appropriate physical assessments for the four primary areas of fitness and prescribe appropriate exercise regimens based on the results and knowledge of the needs of various populations.

    Prerequisite(s): FTMT 3733 
  
  • FTMT 4813 - Advanced Strength and Conditioning


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    The principles and methods necessary to design and implement comprehensive strength and conditioning programs for training, injury prevention, and reconditioning. Preparation is provided for obtaining certifications in personal training and strength and conditioning, specifically the NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam.

    Prerequisite(s): FTMT 4213 

General Studies

  
  • BGS 3003 - Junior Seminar


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Introduction to the methods and application of research and com- position. Students will develop research project proposals drawing on the areas of concentration selected for their Bachelor of General Studies programs.

  
  • BGS 4003 - Senior Seminar Capstone


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Completion of the research project proposed in BGS 3003 . The final written project will consist of research, analysis, and argu- mentation targeted toward a specified audience. A presentation of the project is required.

    Prerequisite(s): BGS 3003 

Geography

  
  • GEOG 1113 - General Geography


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A general course in introductory geography concerned with natural and cultural features of the world’s landscape.

  
  • GEOG 2123 - World Regional Geography


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Principles of geography as applied to regions of the world, under- scoring the physical and human characteristics that make regions distinctive. Physical characteristics, economics and geopolitics, comparing and contrasting the world’s major regions, and current problems and crises as they impact the global community.

  
  • GEOG 2243 - Human Geography


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    An introduction and general education course that emphasizes the interrelationship of the physical environment and human responses.

  
  • GEOG 2313 - Introduction to Geospatial Technology


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    An introduction to the foundational principles of geospatial technology using real world environmental and social case studies. It is a combined introduction to geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), global positioning systems (GPS), and cartography (the science and art of map-making), as well as topics such as geospatial ethics and crowd-sourcing geographic information.

  
  • GEOG 3023 - Economic Geography


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Focuses on principles, patterns, and processes of the location, distribution and interaction of economic activities at scales ranging from the global to the local. It examines concepts and problems in economic geography, in the principal factors responsible for global differentiation including population, resources, and development, international trade, and theories of organization of economic space.

  
  • GEOG 3043 - Environmental Geography


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Explores complex relationships between human activities and environmental systems. It examines how socio-cultural, political and economic processes alter natural systems and how the environment supports or undermines human activities. Topics such as degraded ecosystems, pollution, climate change, and waste management are addressed. Issues are examined through a geographic lens underscoring location factors, spatial distribution and relationships, and multiple scales of analysis.

  
  • GEOG 3053 - Military Geography


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Explores the critical role that geography plays in warfare, and investigates the relationship between the physical and cultural environment in military planning and execution. Students will learn about the principles, elements, and concepts of military geography, identify and analyze the importance of culture and geography on the conduct of war, and the effects of warfare and military training activities on the physical environment.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOG 2243 
  
  • GEOG 3113 - Geography of Development


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Examines the multifaceted process of development utilizing a geographic approach. Students will learn about the major theories of development, development themes, institutions and agencies that are involved in the process of development, how different pollical actors wield influence over development decisions, and the changing terrain of international development at the advent of the 21st century.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOG 2243 
  
  • GEOG 3950 - ST:Human Geography


    0 Credit Hour(s)

    A systematic study of selected topics in human geography. May be used for up to nine credit hours if the content is different.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOG 2123  or GEOG 2243  or instructor’s permission
  
  • GEOG 4023 - Political Geography


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course focuses on the interaction of power and space and how power is inscribed in the landscape. It explores the basic methods by which people exert power and influence over others, the formation of political identities that support or undermine extant power structures, and territorial definition of polities such as national state, empire, sub-national region, and political contestation over territories, natural resources, and other valuable assets.


Geology

  
  • GEOL 1014 - Earth Science


    4 Credit Hour(s)

    Study of the sciences related to Earth and our solar system-geology, meteorology, oceanography, and astronomy.

    Note: Laboratory required.
  
  • GEOL 1114 - Physical Geology


    4 Credit Hour(s)

    Geology of the physical Earth, materials of which it is made, the processes that act on these materials, and the products formed by the processes. Subjects of interest are examined in light of the plate tectonic theory: rocks and minerals, weathering and erosion, volcanoes, earthquakes, glaciers, streams, groundwater, and mountain building.

    Note: Laboratory required.
  
  • GEOL 1124 - Physical Geography


    4 Credit Hour(s)

    A course dealing with the study of Earth’s crust, oceans, soils, landscapes, weather, and climates.

    Note: Laboratory required.(Formerly PHYS 1124)
  
  • GEOL 1224 - Historical Geology


    4 Credit Hour(s)

    Study of the history of the physical Earth and the evolution of its life forms through geologic time-development of Earth’s major features by the process of plate tectonics.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1014  or GEOL 1114 
    Note: Laboratory required.
  
  • GEOL 2124 - Astronomy


    4 Credit Hour(s)

    Study of the astronomical universe and the perspectives used by astronomers in scientific study of the cosmos, the planets, and the birth and death of galactic objects.

    Note: Laboratory required.(Formerly PHYS 2003)
  
  • GEOL 3013 - Environmental Geology


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    How social systems influence and are influenced by the Earth and its processes is the focus of this course. Subjects to be examined include hazard assessment (earthquake, volcanic, flood, tsunami, hurricane, and landslide) and snowpack monitoring as well as pollution and depletion issues.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1014 , GEOL 1114 , or CHEM 1315 
  
  • GEOL 3950 - Special Topics in Geology


    1 to 4 Credit Hour(s)

    Focus of the course is an approved area of geology to be deter- mined by faculty for each semester offered. The course may be repeated for credit.


German

  
  • GERM 1113 - Beginning German I


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Grammar, phonetics, and simple readings in German.

  
  • GERM 1223 - Beginning German II


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Continued instruction in German grammar, phonetics, and readings.

    Prerequisite(s): GERM 1113 

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

  
  • HPER 1031 - Phys Ed Activity


    1 Credit Hour(s)

    Individual and group activity for general physical improvement. Includes roller skating, weight training, conditioning, jogging, yoga, aerobics, tennis, badminton, figure control, lap swimming, beginning soccer, beginning archery, self defense, racquetball, and selected sports.

  
  • HPER 1032 - Physical Education Activity


    2 Credit Hour(s)

    The personal approach to physical fitness designed to teach the principles of cardiovascular endurance, proper weight control, increased strength and flexibility, and ability to relax.

  
  • HPER 1581 - Defensive Techniques


    1 Credit Hour(s)

    Fundamentals of self-defense.


Health Science

  
  • HLSC 1051 - Blood Borne Pathogens


    1 Credit Hour(s)

    This course presents a summary of the OSHA blood borne pathogens and hazard communication standards; an introduction to chemical, physical properties and hazards; and precautionary strategies to prevent transmission of communicable diseases, particularly blood borne pathogens. Health hazards and safety procedures will be presented.

  
  • HLSC 1233 - Medical Terminology


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A study of physiological systems approach to provide principles of medical word building. Provides medical vocabulary including anatomy, physiology, systems, diagnostic testing, and pharmacology. This course is appropriate for health science students such as nursing, paramedic, and physical therapy assistant.

    (Formerly HLSC 2613)
  
  • HLSC 1813 - First Aid


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A fundamental course presenting basic first aid theory and techniques in accordance with national standards. This course prepares the first aid responder to recognize emergencies and make appropriate decisions for first aid care. The emphasis is on CPR, victim assessment, and treatment of common emergencies.

  
  • HLSC 2183 - Athletic Injuries


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A study of common athletic injuries of the ankle, knee, shoulder, head, and neck. The role of the athletic trainer will be studied, including rehabilitation and liability issues. Major topic areas include physical conditioning, systematic evaluation of injuries, and taping techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission
  
  • HLSC 3003 - Public Health


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course introduces the student to the current issues in public health from a local to a global perspective. It includes such areas as community health problems, communicable disease control, and the roles of public health professionals and programs.

  
  • HLSC 4423 - Field Experience


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Supervised field experience in a clinical setting designed to apply professional standards, behaviors, and expectations and meet the student’s professional or graduate program entry-level goals.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing
  
  • HLSC 5113 - Strategic Management in Health Care


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course focuses on understanding, evaluating, and applying best practices in health care organizations, with a focus on managerial operational concepts and strategies, while developing a framework for quality improvement, coordination of human resource management, and advancement of organizational relationships.

  
  • HLSC 5223 - Finance in Health Care


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    The emphasis in this class is the practice of financial management in the delivery of health care services. The course concentrates on practical information for the non-financial manager charged with budgeting in a health care organization. Content includes various cutting-edge topics from the changing landscape in health care finance including the understanding of big data, strategic relationships, value-based health care, and new payment methods.

  
  • HLSC 5333 - Legal & Ethical Aspects of Hlth Cre


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    This course will examine current laws/regulations that impact health care organizations and ethical issues encountered in the delivery of health care. The focus is on health care policies related to patient rights, licensure and accreditation of health care facilities, requirements of quality and value-based care programs, employment practices, contracting, and risk management. Students will be prepared to assist health care organizations in providing ethical, quality care to patients, families and communities while remaining compliant and avoiding risk.


History

  
  • HIST 2013 - World Civilization I


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of major trends in world civilization from the beginnings of civilization in 3,000 BC to mid-sixteenth century. Includes all major regions of the world.

  
  • HIST 2023 - World Civilization II


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A survey of major trends in world civilization from the mid-sixteenth century to the present. The scope of the course includes the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, nationalism, imperialism, communism, fascism, the World Wars, and the Cold War.

  
  • HIST 2113 - Western Civilization I


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Using an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates materials chiefly from history but also from philosophy,  art, and music, this course will provide the student a firm grounding in the History of Europe, including the history of those regions that influenced it such as northern Africa, the Middle East, and the Near East.

  
  • HIST 2223 - Western Civilization II


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Using an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates materials chiefly from history but also from philosophy, art, and music, this course will provide the student a firm grounding in the History of Europe from the Renaissance to the present.

  
  • HIST 2463 - Seminar- Civil War I - Daily Life I


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A study of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of the soldiers who fought in it, detailing their lives from enlistment through training, campaigning, and camp life. Students will be required to join the Civil War Reenactment unit on campus (Company B, 15th Missouri Infantry) and learn about the subject matter by reliving it.

  
  • HIST 2473 - Seminar-Civil War - Daily Life II


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    A continuation of HIST 2463 . A study of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of the soldiers who fought in it, detailing their lives from enlistment through training, campaigning, and camp life. Students will be required to join the Civil War Reenactment unit on campus (Company B, 15th Missouri Infantry) and learn about the subject matter by reliving it.

  
  • HIST 2483 - American History to 1877


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    From the peopling of the continent to 1877; European origins and colonization; revolution and the development of federalism, nationalism, and democracy; foreign relations; political parties; and Civil War and Reconstruction.

  
  • HIST 2493 - American History since 1877


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    From 1877 to present. Post-reconstruction; industrialism; immigration; reform movements; race, gender, and ethnicity; cultural conflicts; the welfare state; and international relations.

  
  • HIST 3013 - Modern Europe


    3 Credit Hour(s)

    Surveys the economic, social, political, and intellectual history of Europe from the European discovery of the New World to the present day. Emphasizes major developments of the period to include the Protestant Reformation, Absolutism, the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, Napoleon Bonaparte, the World Wars, the Cold War, and the demise of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. Offered in alternate years.

 

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