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NURS 2302 - Health Assessment - Theory 2 credit hours
Theoretical concepts related to screening assessments and health promoting interventions for individuals, families and populations across the lifespan.
Prerequisite Course(s): all courses prerequisite for nursing program
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 2520, 32301, 3405, 3205
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NURS 2319 - Nursing Interventions - Theory 2 credit hours
Focus on nursing process and interventions in wellness and illness. Process includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nusing care. Synthesize knowledge gained in pathophysiology, health assessment, foundations of professional nursing, pharmacology, and nursing care of older adults with new concepts gained in this course related to nursing skill application.
Prerequisite Course(s): NURS 2520 - 3205
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 3305, 2320, 3190, 3191
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NURS 2320 - Nursing Interventions - Lab 3 credit hours
Application of nursing process and interventions in wellness and illness. Focus on utilizing assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nusing care. Perform the basic nursing skills required as part of patient care.
Prerequisite Course(s): NURS 2520 - 3205
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 3305, 2319, 3190, 3191
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NURS 2325 - Drugs and Nursing Implications: A Case Study Approach 2 credit hours
Second pharmacology course for nursing majors. Application of knowledge of major drug classes and significant nursing implications. The student will synthesize information learned in previous theory and clinical courses.
Prerequisite Course(s): NURS 3305
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 2354, 2355
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NURS 2354 - Nursing Care of Adults I - Theory 3 credit hours
Focus on holistic nursing care of adult clients experiencing acute physiological alterations in health. Course explores the physiological and psychosocial factors that contribute to the development of altered health states as well as their impact on clients, families, and communities. Examines the trajectory of illness, focusing on chronic illness, within a framework of health promotion and disease prevention.
Prerequisite Course(s): All required nursing courses numbered 3205 through 3191
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 2325, 2355
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NURS 2355 - Nursing Care of Adults I - Clinical 5 credit hours
Application of the nursing process and refinement of nurse provider competencies. Clinical practice to apply risk reduc-tion, disease prevention and modification, and nursing therapies for adults with predictable health problems in acute care medical-surgical settings. Application of theory to adult individuals within the context of families and populations in the community.
Prerequisite Course(s): All required NURS courses numbered 3205 through 3191
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 2325, 2354
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NURS 2360 - Nursing Research Methods 3 credit hours
Introduction to nursing research as a systematic method of inquiry that is fundamental to evidence-based nursing practice. Examination of qualitative, quantitative, and epidemiological research methods. Application of computer skills to identify and search health care databases. Retrieval and critique of relevant research.
Prerequisite Course(s): NURS 3520
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NURS 2375 - Health and Human Services in Belize 3 credit hours
An exploration of the history, culture and health and human service infrastructure of Belize. Students will spend five days working in health and human service setting according to their interest and skill set.
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NURS 2461 - Nursing Care of Communities - Clinical 3 credit hours
Clinical application of concepts, principles, and processes, to support health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention, and illness management across the lifespan and in populations. Community-based experiences with families, populations, and groups. Nursing students collaborate with other disciplines and community members on health problems and health policy issues, to implement and evaluate community-based projects.
Prerequisite Course(s): all required NURS courses numbered 3205 through 4391
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 4590
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NURS 2462 - Nursing and Leadership Management 3 credit hours
Explore organizational theories, leadership and management principles in professional nursing practice and in healthcare organizations. Critically examine economic, political, and legal factors as these relate to the delivery of health services.:
Prerequisite Course(s): all required NURS courses numbered 3205 through 4391
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NURS 2480 - The Changing Family 3 credit hours
An interdisciplinary seminar study of diverse family structures and the complex ways that society shapes, enables, and inhibits particular family forms. Multicultural aspects of contemporary families in socio-historical context are examined.
Prerequisite Course(s): Core Phase I and II
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NURS 2481 - Stress, Survival, and Adaptation 3 credit hours
Elective course. Assess stress responses from multifactor, systems-oriented models through current research and literature. Examine complex cognitive, behavioral, affective, sociocultural, and environmental variables. Practice self-management interventions. Open to non-majors.
Prerequisite Course(s): Core Phase I and II
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NURS 2482 - Contemporary Concepts of Health and Healing 3 to 5 credit hours
Elective course. Blended science and humanities review of theoretical foundations of health. Current issues include alternative health care, balancing individual responsibility with community needs, environment, and cultural health. Open to non-majors. Requires application of concepts to student’s declared major.
Prerequisite Course(s): Core Phase I and II
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NURS 2483 - Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Addiction 3 credit hours
History, scope, physiological, social, psychological, and family aspects of alcohol and other drug problems. Impaired driving. Progression and symptoms of addiction; types of alcoholics. Nature of addictive diseases: causality, treatment, and prevention.
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NURS 2484 - Spirituality and Nursing 3 credit hours
Addresses the concept of spiritual well-being in individuals and groups. Examines the notion of nursing as vocation, and allows students to explore the spiritual dimensions of the nursing profession. Theoretical examination of spiritual concepts in nursing management of populations.
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NURS 2485 - HIV/AIDS: The Epidemic 3 to 5 credit hours
Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic including changes in the pattern of occurrence, signs and symptoms, classifications of the disease, recognition of the course of the disease and strategies for prevention.
Registration Restriction(s): Sophomore standing
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NURS 2520 - Professional Nursing in the 21st Century 3 credit hours
Examination of nursing history from Nightingale to the 21st century, nursing theory, and professional practice using systems theory as a framework. Focus on nursing as a caring profession, nurses’ roles and functions in a variety of settings, ethical and legal implications for nurses, holism, wellness, health care delivery, communication, critical thinknig, and the nursing process. Beginning development of critical thinking, cultural competency, communication, collaboration, and group process skills for professional relationships.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3190 - Promoting the Health of Older Adults - Theory 2 credit hours
Focus on the application of nursing process utilizing knowledge gained of aging theories, geriatric syndromes, and the impact of dementia on the function and health of older adults living in various community settings. Students will translate findings obtained from the use of valid and reliable assessment tools while communicating, interviewing, and assessing older adults. Clinical experiences will include consideration of evidence based practice and provision of direct care to the older adult. Prerequisite: NURS 3205.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3191 - Promoting the Health of Older Adults - Clinical 3 credit hours
Focus on the application of nursing process utilizing knowledge gained of aging theories, geriatric syndromes, and the impact of dementia on the function and health of older adults living in various community settings. Students will translate findings obtained from use of valid and reliable assessment tools while communicating, interviewing, and assessing older adults. Clinical experiences will include consideration of evidence based practice and provision of direct care to the older adult. Prerequisite course: NURS 3205.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3205 - Pathophysiology 5 credit hours
A conceptual approach to alterations in structure and function resulting from stressors on the human body. Course will review the cellular and molecular basis of these alterations. The course will examine pathophysiologic mechanisms of disease such as inflammation, genetic alterations, immune responses, and alteration in the functions of body systems.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
Prerequisite Course(s): All course prerequisites for nursing program.
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NURS 3305 - Introduction to Pharmacology 5 credit hours
Examination of pharmacological principles and drug classes. Self-management strategies and care provider considerations. Integration of legal, ethical, and other social factors. Application of knowledge of major drug classes and significant nursing implications. The student will synthesize information learned in previous theory, laboratory, and clinical courses. Prerequisite or Co-requisite Course(s): MATH 1010 or higher; NURS 3205.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3390 - Promoting Mental Health - Theory 5 credit hours
Nursing process application of selected theories from the sciences, humanities, and psychiatric mental health nursing to promote optimal mental and physical helathy and well-being in clients with diverse cultural, developmental, and biopsychosocial needs across multiple healthcare environments. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3190, 3191, 3305, 3405. Co-requisite Course: NURS 3391.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3391 - Promoting Mental Health - Clinical 5 credit hours
This course provides clinical experience for supervised psychiatric mental health nursing care to promote wellness in clients with diverse cultural, developmental, and biospychosocial needs in a variety of health care settings. Emphasis is given to professional development as a nurse and increasing skills in nursing process application and communication. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3190, 3191, 3305, 3405. Co-requisite Course: NURS 3390.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3405 - Health Assessment and Interventions 5 credit hours
Application of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation) based on systematic physical and psychosocial assessments and nursing interventions. This course focuses on the promotion of health and safety, risk reduction and management of illness for individuals and families across the lifespan. Prerequisite or Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 3205
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3520 - Statistics & Research for Evidence-Based Practice 5 credit hours
Introduction to nursing research and statistical analysis as systematic methods of inquiry that are fundamental to evidence-based practice. It examines a variety of research methods that utilize descriptive and inferential statistics and gives students the skills to identify strengths within research. From the course teachings, students should be able to analytically review and evaluate existing research for use in evidence-based practice.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 3590 - Promoting Reproductive Health - Theory 5 credit hours
Exploration and assessment of the family structure, reproduction, function and dynamics. Nursing strategies will be implemented to promote health of the family unit and reduce risk of illness and injury to family unit. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3190, 3191, 3305, 3405. Co-requisite Course: NURS 3591.
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NURS 3591 - Promoting Reproductive Health - Clinical 5 credit hours
Exploration and assessment of the family structure, reproduction, function and dynamics. Nursing strategies will be implemented to promote health of the family unit and reduce risk of illness and injury to family unit. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3190, 3191, 3305, 3405. Co-requisite Course: NURS 3590.
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NURS 3705 - Nutrition for Health Promotion 2 credit hours
In this course you will be introduced to the interrelationships among nutrition, food and environmental influences (political, social, economic and physical) that impact food intake. You have the opportunity to explore the role and function of nutrients as they influence various states of health and disease.
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NURS 3910 - Special Topics 1 to 5 credit hours
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NURS 4190 - Promoting the Health of Children and Families - Theory 5 credit hours
Children are rapidly evolving individuals with ever changing needs to develop in a healthy manner. Discover the art of caring for children through family centered care in areas of health promotion, common childhood illness, injury, and disease. Students will use Critical Reasoning for assessment of both risk and health deviations, prioritize age appropriate interventions, and education with focus in both community-based and acute care environments. Students will identify safety issues among families and health care systems to prevent harm, promote wellness and support the growth and development of children. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3390, 3391, 3590, 3591. Co-requisite Course: NURS 4191.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors Only.
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NURS 4191 - Promoting the Health of Children and Families Clinical 5 credit hours
Clinical Practice providing nursing care of children and their families’ birth through young adulthood. Apply the art of caring for children through use of acquired knowledge in the areas of health promotion, common childhood illness, injury, and disease. Use family centered care and Collaboration with other health care professionals, to guide assessment of risk or health deviations, select priority age appropriate interventions, and education with focus in both community based and acute care environments. Think Safety in regards to families and health care systems to prevent harm. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3390, 3391, 3590, 3591. Co-requisite Course: NURS 4190.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors Only.
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NURS 4390 - Promoting the Health of Adults - Theory 5 credit hours
In this course you will gain a robust understanding of the physiological, psychosocial, and other factors that interact when adults experience complex alterations in health. The course is designed to present illness as a dynamic and profoundly social/physiological process and increase your understanding of the impact of illness within the context of family (nuclear and extended), community and healthcare system. The course will prepare you to see, through the patients’ eyes, how relationships are altered (and sometimes ended) by illness. Throughout the course you will take into account all of the above factors as you prepare a plan of care for adults experiencing complex changes in health status. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3390, 3391, 3590, 3591. Co-requisite Course: NURS 4391.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors Only.
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NURS 4391 - Promoting the Health of Adults - Clinical 5 credit hours
Continued application of nursing process and refinement of nurse provider competencies. Clinical practice to apply risk reduction, disease prevention and modification, and nursing therapies to manage complex care of adults with illnesses in medical-surgical acute care settings. Application of theory to adult individuals in the context of families and populations in the community. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3390, 3391, 3590, 3591. Co-requisite Course: NURS 4390.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only
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NURS 4401 - Population Health Internship I 1 credit hour
First in a three-part series introducing students to the practice of population health through interning at a Western Washington community health or social service agency. Students will practice community engagement and assessment, key initial steps in population health nursing practice.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only
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NURS 4402 - Population Health Internship II 1 credit hour
Second in a three-part series introducing students to the practice of population health. Students will continue their internship at a Western Washington community health or social service agency, logging an additional 30 hours. Students will meaningfully engage in a community activity led by their assigned agency, in order to understand and participate in population health service delivery.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only
Prerequisite Course(s): NURS 4401
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NURS 4403 - Population Health Internship III 1 credit hour
Third in a three-part series introducing students to the practice of population health. Students will continue their intership at a Western Washington community health or social service agency, logging an additional 30 hours. Students will meaningfully evaluate the community activity in which they engaged in Population Health II. Students will also evaluate and reflect on their three-part internship and lessons learned about population health practice.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only
Prerequisite Course(s): NURS 4402
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NURS 4520 - Senior Synthesis: Leadership for Health Equity 5 credit hours
By the end of this course, you should be able to: Generate a substantive capstone project that reflects educational growth and synthesis of nursing science and the Seattle University core. Integrate Ignation and relationship-centered leadership principles and concepts of professional nursing practice for application within health care systems.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors only.
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NURS 4590 - Promoting the Health of Populations and Communities 4 to 5 credit hours
This course introduces students to population based nursing, community-focused nursing and public health nursing. Assumptions, definitions, key concepts, and select models and theories to understand population based nursing, community-focused nursing and public health nursing health issues will be explored in the course. Students will collaborate with key stakeholders to use assessment and intervention strategies to identify population-based and community-focused health needs and develop appropriate interventions. Partnerships and advanced community engagement strategies underlie students’ interactions with stakeholders in nursing roles with populations and communities. Prerequisite Courses: NURS 3520 or NURS 2360.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors Only.
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NURS 4790 - Transition to Professional Nursing Practice 2 credit hours
Exploration of topics to help the transition to professional nursing practice, inclusive of certification exam preparation, succeeding in initial employment, and developing habits of independent self-regulated life-long learning.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors Only.
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NURS 4791 - Senior Practicum 6 credit hours
This course is an intensive clinical practice immersion. Clinical practice is offered in diverse areas of specialty as well as general practice and may include: acute and critical care of either adults, children or infants, Obstretrics, Community care, public health Department, Long term care, or Occupational Health. During this rotation, students have the opportunity to apply evidence based practice and leadership principles as they transition from the student role to that of professional nurse.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors Only.
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NURS 4900 - Senior Synthesis 3 credit hours
A capstone seminar of reflection and synthesis of the core and nursing. Integration of the intellectual, professional and personal responsibilities of nursing as a career. Examination of contemporary issues challenging the profession. Meets core requirement.
Registration Restriction(s): Nursing majors only.
Prerequisite Course(s): All Nursing degree course requirements are met.
Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 4790
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NURS 4910 - Special Topics 1 to 5 credit hours
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NURS 4960 - Independent Study 1 to 5 credit hours
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NURS 4990 - Directed Research 2 to 5 credit hours
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OPER 3600 - Operations and Supply Chain Management 5 credit hours
Introduces concepts in operations and supply chains such as operations strategy, service delivery, quality and process improvement, facility layout, inventory management, demand planning, global sourcing, sustainability, and project management. Student teams visit a local organization to assess support for business strategy provided by the operations and supply chain functions.
Prerequisite Course(s): Advanced standing in the Albers School; MATH 1130 or MATH-1334, ECON 2100, MKTG 3500
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OPER 3620 - Managing Processes 5 credit hours
Focuses on customer requirements and introduces tools available for improving manufacturing and service processes. Topics include process analysis tools, customer needs assessment, societal and ethical issues, customer interaction, quality function deployment, benchmarking, quality costs, statistical concepts in quality analysis and control, organization for quality, quality information systems, and motivational issues.
Prerequisite Course(s): OPER 3600 ECON 3100; MKTG 3500 recommended
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OPER 3910 - Special Topics 2 to 5 credit hours
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OPER 3960 - Directed Study 1 to 5 credit hours
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OPER 4640 - Supply Chain Management 5 credit hours
Introduces concepts and tools required to manage the network of suppliers producing goods and services which are subsequently converted by the buying firm. Topics include supplier evaluation/selection, development and certification; logistics; partnering; technology; modeling; just-in-time purchasing; managing risk; inventory management; international issues. Student teams will visit local firms to analyze supply chain management practices.
Prerequisite Course(s): OPER 3600
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OPER 4660 - Project Management 5 credit hours
Addresses the managerial concepts and technical tools required for evaluating, planning, managing, and controlling projects. Topics include strategic issues, project selection, risk analysis, work breakdown structures, PERT/CPM, resource management, conflict issues. project scheduling software, cost/schedule control systems, team-building, and matrix organization. Guest speakers from industry highlight implementation issues. Students apply course concepts to real and simulated projects.
Prerequisite Course(s): OPER 3600
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OPER 4910 - Special Topics in Operations 2 to 5 credit hours
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OPER 4940 - International Study Tour: Operations 5 credit hours
The study of international operations in the context of a foreign country. Course will include travel to the country to observe activities and conditions and to meet with representatives of businesses and other institutions. Location of tour can vary. Check with the department for details.
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OPER 4950 - Operations Internship 0 to 5 credit hours
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OPER 4960 - Independent Study 1 to 5 credit hours
Supervised individual exploration. Will not satisfy a major requirement.
Registration Restriction(s): Open to senior business majors with the approval of the student’s adviser.
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OPER 4990 - Directed Research 1 to 5 credit hours
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ORGL 3000 - Understanding Organizations 5 credit hours
Formerly - ORGL 3020
This course reviews classical and emerging perspectives regarding organizational theory and focuses on improving the student’s effectiveness in organizational settings. Students will developthe skills necessaryto understandand effectively address issues in such areas asorganizational values,structure,psychology, and culture.
Co-requisite Course(s): ORGL 3010
Terms Typically Offered: Offered fall, winter, and spring
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ORGL 3010 - Understanding Leadership 5 credit hours
This course promotes leadership formation through the study of leadership theory and concepts as well as exercises in the practical application of leadership. The course includes analysis of historical approaches to leadership and focuses on influential contemporary leadership perspectives. Through an examination of leadership theory and research, self-assessments and reflection, and application to the work environment, students will begin to create a personal leadership philosophy and growth plan.
Co-requisite Course(s): ORGL 3000
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered twice a year
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ORGL 3030 - Organizational Communication 5 credit hours
This course provides an introduction to research and theory in the field of organizational communicationwhile also providing students withpractical skills in theeffective application of communication practices andstrategies.The course focuses empoweringleadersto overcome communication barriers within organizations.
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered at least once per year
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ORGL 3050 - Financial Management 5 credit hours
This course will examine “the language of business” and provide an overview of key accounting and financial information that will assist leaders in making sound business decisions based on standard financial analysis methods. The leader’s role in financial management will be examined. Students will learn how to read and use financial data and statements in order to develop systems for budget creation and control, profit forecasting, and long range development.
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered at least once per year
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ORGL 4010 - Leading Teams 5 credit hours
This course offers students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and personal leadership plan in team environments. Students will gain an understanding of current theories and scholarship regarding leading teams and team development. Students will also practicethe leadership skills needed to lead and work effectively in teams and groups through exercises, simulations, and experiential learning.
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered at least once per year
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ORGL 4020 - Leading Organizational Change 5 credit hours
Students will investigate the theory and practice of organizational development and change and examine assumptions, strategies, models, and intervention techniques for organizational development and change processes. Students will also study the formation of collaborative relationships, overcoming resistance, gaining commitment and realigning culture.
Prerequisite Course(s): ORGL 3000, 3010
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered at least once per year
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ORGL 4030 - Diversity in Organizations 5 credit hours
This course examines diversity in global organizational contexts. Topics include age, ethnicity, gender, race, sexual orientation, economic and social classes and other differences in the contemporary workplace. The course focuses on the leader’s role in promoting cultural competencies and ethical behaviors; leveraging differences in thought, and fostering appropriate workplace behaviors as ways to promote inclusive organizational environments and organizational effectiveness.
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered at least once per year
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ORGL 4040 - Human Resource Leadership 5 credit hours
An examination of human resource management functions. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the legal environment and equal employment opportunities; job design and analysis; recruiting, orientation, and training; performance appraisal; compensation systems; labor relations; collective bargaining and grievance processes; and health and safety in the workplace.
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered at least once per year
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ORGL 4050 - Organizational Law 5 credit hours
An introduction to the nature, formation and application of law in the U.S. legal system. Topics will include American public law; federal/state/local law governing business and industry; torts and contracts; litigation and arbitration; regulatory law; labor and employment law; compensation law; consumer protection; law as it relates to profit/nonprofit and public/private sector organizations.
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered at least once per year
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ORGL 4900 - Leadership Capstone Course 5 credit hours
This capstone course is the culminating synthesizing experience in the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership program. Here, students reflect on their learning as well as their practical and professional organizational and leadership skills. They will complete development of a digital portfolio for program review, one that demonstrates application of learning as well as an ethical, social justice oriented personal leadership philosophy.
Registration Restriction(s): Senior standing and eligibility for graduation
Prerequisite Course(s): ORGL 3000, 3010
Terms Typically Offered: Variable: Offered twice per year
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PHIL 1000 - Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking 5 credit hours
Introduces the methods and some of the fundamental questions of the discipline of philosophy. Helps students develop skills in logical argumentation and analytic writing. Themes that may structure the course include: appearance and reality, the problem of evil, death and dying, love and friendship, the examined life, art and nature.
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PHIL 2500 - Problems and Methods of Philosophy 5 credit hours
Discussion of the nature, purpose, methodologies and branches of philosophy. Overview of representative major current controversies in philosophy along with their historical context. Recommended for philosophy majors and minors.
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PHIL 2600 - Introduction to Logic 5 credit hours
Topics include basic concepts, traditional categorial logic, propositional logic, deductive and inductive fallacies, and an aspect of inductive logic, e.g., probability.
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PHIL 2960 - Directed Study 2 to 5 credit hours
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PHIL 3010 - Ancient Philosophy 5 credit hours
A study of ancient Greek philosophy, especially the thought of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3020 - Medieval Philosophy 5 credit hours
A study of medieval thought, especially the Christian philosophies of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Prerequisite Course(s): PHIL 3010
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PHIL 3030 - Modern Philosophy 5 credit hours
A study of major figures of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as Descartes, Leibniz, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
Prerequisite Course(s): PHIL 3010 and 3020
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PHIL 3050 - Philosophy of Social Sciences 5 credit hours
Study of the philosophical implications and presuppositions of the methodology and conceptual framework of the social and behavioral sciences; sociology, economics, and/or psychology.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3060 - Philosophy and Psychology 5 credit hours
A study of the interrelationships between philosophical methods and contents, and the method and contents of psychology, with special focus on the psychoanalytic and phenomenological-existential developments of psychological theory.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3080 - Philosophy and Literature 5 credit hours
An examination of philosophical themes in literature and of the philosophical dimensions of literary interpretation and criticism.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3160 - Philosophy of Religion 5 credit hours
An examination of attempts to argue for or against the existence of God. The divine attributes and the problem of evil are also treated. Thinkers from several traditions are studied.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3170 - Philosophy of Art 5 credit hours
Philosophical reflection on the nature of art and its reality. Exploration of philosophical themes in artistic works and movements. Consideration of the relationship of meaning in art to other forms of meaning.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3180 - Philosophy of Film 5 credit hours
Examination of topics in the philosophy of film, including the question of how to interpret a film and inquiry into the ways that feature or documentary films raise and respond to important philosophical questions.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3220 - Catholic Social Philosophy 5 credit hours
Critical reflection on the philosophical foundations of Catholic social philosophy from Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum to the present, including contemporary philosophical views of the nature of person and community.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3260 - Philosophy of Law 5 credit hours
An investigation into the nature of law, the relation between law and morality, the limits of law, and the nature of justice and rights.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3270 - Social and Political Philosophy 5 credit hours
General overview of major thinkers or focus on particular theme(s) in the history of Western social-political theory, from the ancients to the present-day.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3330 - Philosophy of Science 5 credit hours
An introduction to different views about the nature and goals of the natural sciences and to issues raised by these views, including the status of scientific laws, theory formation and testing, confirmation vs. falsification, realism vs. instrumentalism, indicators of scientific progress, and the social dimension of science.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3340 - Nature and Cosmos 5 credit hours
Philosophical appraisal of contemporary cosmological theory. Possible topics include the Big Bang and before; cosmic expansion and the ultimate fate of the universe; space, time, and general relativity; singularities and black holes; the search for a unified field theory; the relation of cosmology to theology.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3360 - Philosophical Impact of Scientific Revolutions 5 credit hours
Critical examination of one or more major scientific revolutions e.g., the Copernican, Galilean-Newtonian, Darwinian, or Einsteinian revolutions - and of philosophical responses to such emergent scientific views. .
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3380 - Analytic Philosophy 5 credit hours
A study of major figures in 20th century analytic philosophy, such as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Quine, and Kripke.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3410 - Buddhist Philosophy 5 credit hours
Introduction to Buddhist dharma and its subsequent philosophical traditions: Theravada, Mahayana (especially Zen), and Vajrayana.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3430 - Philosophy of Race, Class, and Gender 5 credit hours
A broad examination of the intersection of race, class, and gender, including particular discussion of issues of identity and difference and social justice.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3470 - African Philosophy 5 credit hours
A seminar that looks at how the perennial questions of philosophy have been apprehended and answered in traditions that are domiciled in the African continent. The course may focus on any one or a combination of themes in the traditional subdivisions of philosophy from a historical perspective or from a problems perspective.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3480 - Africana Philosophy 5 credit hours
A seminar that looks at the philosophical heritage of African Americans and, generally, other Diasporic Africans. This can be done from the point of view of the history of philosophy or that of selected topics built on a thematic approach.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3490 - Topics in Comparative Philosophy 5 credit hours
Possible topics include Classical Indian Philosophy, Classical Chinese Philosophy, and the Kyoto School.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3610 - Introduction to Phenomenology 5 credit hours
Survey of the basic concepts of phenomenology, such as intentionality, reduction, reflective and hermeneutic methods, and the phenomenology of perception.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3620 - Existentialism 5 credit hours
The themes of anxiety, despair, guilt, and freedom in the writings of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, Jaspers, and others.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3630 - Hermeneutics 5 credit hours
An examination of the role of interpretation in human understanding, focusing on the work of such thinkers as Gadamer, Heidegger, Schleiermacher, Dilthey, and Ricoeur.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3650 - Phenomenology and Metaphysics 5 credit hours
An examination of selected genealogical critiques of the basic suppositions and values of Western metaphysics.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3710 - 19th Century Philosophy 5 credit hours
Readings from source material of the 19th century philosophers. Investigation of central topics, problems, and teachings of selected authors from Hegel to Nietzsche.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3730 - Gender and Sexuality 5 credit hours
An exploration of philosophical questions related to gender, sex, and sexuality, including topics such as the formation of gender and sexual identities and norms and the function of gender-based oppression.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3740 - Feminist Moral Theory 5 credit hours
An examination of a range of distinctively feminine and feminist ethical perspectives and an exploration of feminist criticisms of traditional moral theories. Does not satisfy core ethics requirement.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3750 - Catholic Feminist Thought 5 credit hours
Critical examination of contemporary themes in feminist Catholic thought, e.g., the role of the body, the relation of the individual to the state, language, reason, and the life of faith.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR
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PHIL 3760 - Philosophy of Peace and War 5 credit hours
An examination of three theories regarding the morality of war: just war theory, pacifism, and realpolitik.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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PHIL 3770 - American Philosophy 5 credit hours
Offers either a general overview of the history of the American philosophical tradition from Puritanism to the present or a focused study of a particular movement (e.g., pragmatism) or theme (e.g., community) in that tradition.
Prerequisite Course(s): UCOR 2500
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