Jun 01, 2024

2012-2013 Graduate Catalogue

2012-2013 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

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Master of Business Administration
	MBA 571 - Project Management Foundations Credits: (3) This course will focus on the key issues of project management. Projects are ubiquitous, they are everywhere and everyone does them. Project Management in any way helps to improve the change effects of society. As they pace of change has been increasing at an ever faster rate, effectively and efficiently managing change efforts is the only way organizations can survive in this modern world. In other words those organizations who take the lead in implementing project management capabilities consistently perform their projects better and are more competitive in general. Following this argument, future young professionals have to be able to understand and to some extend apply the basic principles of project management. Therefore this course is designed to help our students to start their career in business once they have finished their degree and to apply the project management foundations to developing a personal project plan for their course of study and future as a rising young executive. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MBA 591 - Directed Individual Study Credits: (1-3) Directed individual study with approval of the MBA Director. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Mathematics for Middle Grades Education
	MAE 501 - Axiomatic Systems Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the Mathematical Sciences Department. Open only to graduate students in middle grades education. An introductory treatment of logic and methods of proof. Elementary set theory, relations, functions, cardinality, the real number system and topics from axiomatic systems. Emphasis on precision in the language of mathematics and rigor in proofs. Students gain experience in communicating mathematics through presentations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAE 502 - Introduction to Statistics in Practice Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the Mathematical Sciences Department. Open only to graduate students in middle grades education. (Designed for students majoring in the social sciences.) Graphical and numerical methods for univariate data; bivariate data organization and measures of association; contingency table analysis; sampling distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; introduction to linear regression and correlation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAE 505 - Modern College Geometry Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the Mathematical Sciences Department. Open only to graduate students in middle grades education. Use of elementary methods in advanced study of the triangle and circle, special emphasis on solving original examples, comparison of Euclidean and non-Euclidean and projective geometries. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAE 506 - Historical Developments of Mathematics Credits: (3) Prerequisites: Permission of the Mathematical Sciences Department. Open only to graduate students in middle grades education. Development of mathematics from earliest systems to present century. Personalities involved with the contributions of each. A problem-study approach to give the student some training in research. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAE 592 - Topics in Mathematics Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the Mathematics and Statistics Department. Open only to graduate students in middle grades education. Topics in mathematics not covered in existing MAE courses. May be repeated for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Mathematics
	MAT 511 - Real Analysis I Credits: (3) (411) Prerequisite: Intermediate analysis or the equivalent. Advanced study of convergence, continuity, differentiation and integration in metric spaces. The real number system, basic topology, sequences and series, continuity, uniform continuity, theories of integration with an introduction to Lebesgue measure and related convergence theorems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 512 - Real Analysis II Credits: (3) (412) Prerequisite: Intermediate analysis or the equivalent. Advanced study of convergence, continuity, differentiation and integration in metric spaces. The real number system, basic topology, sequences and series, continuity, uniform continuity, theories of integration with an introduction to Lebesque measure and related convergence theorems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 513 - Measure and Integration Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MAT 512 . Abstract measure theory. Lebesgue measure, integration, convergence theorems, absolute continuity, differentiation, Radon–Nikodym Theorem, product measures, Fubini’s Theorem, Lebesgue spaces, convolution. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 515 - Introduction to Complex Variables Credits: (3) (415) Prerequisite: Advanced calculus or MAT 511 . A first study of functions of a complex variable. Algebra of complex numbers, elementary functions with their mapping properties; analytic functions; power series; integration, Cauchy’s Theorem, Laurent series and residue calculus; elementary conformal mappings and boundary value problems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 516 - Complex Analysis Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MAT 511 and 515 . Advanced study of complex–valued functions. Holomorphic and harmonic functions, Cauchy’s Integral Theorem, Poisson’s kernel and the Dirichlet problem, conformality, the Riemann Mapping Theorem, analytic continuation. Additional topics chosen from univalent, entire, meromorphic functions; Riemann surfaces; asymptotic methods; Mittag–Leffler, Runge and Weierstrass factorization theorems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 518 - Applied Analytical Methods I Credits: (3) (418) Prerequisite: Undergraduate differential equations and advanced calculus. A thorough treatment of the solution of initial and boundary value problems of partial differential equations. Topics include classification of partial differential equations, the method of characteristics, separation of variables, Fourier analysis, integral equations and integral transforms, generalized functions, Green’s functions, Sturm–Liouville theory, approximations, numerical methods. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 519 - Applied Analytical Methods II Credits: (3) (419) Prerequisite: Undergraduate differential equations and advanced calculus. A thorough treatment of the solution of initial and boundary value problems of partial differential equations. Topics include classification of partial differential equations, the method of characteristics, separation of variables, Fourier analysis, integral equations and integral transforms, generalized functions, Green’s functions, Sturm–Liouville theory, approximations, numerical methods. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 521 - Number Theory Credits: (3) (421) Prerequisite: Permission of department. Use of algebraic techniques to study arithmetic properties of the integers and their generalizations. Primes, divisibility and unique factorization in integral domains; congruences, residues and quadratic reciprocity; diophantine equations and additional topics in algebraic number theory. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 525 - Numerical Analysis Credits: (3) (425) Prerequisite: Undergraduate linear algebra, differential equations, and elementary numerical methods. Introduction to the theoretical foundations of numerical algorithms. Solution of linear systems by direct methods; least squares, minimax, and spline approximations; polynomial interpolation; numerical integration and differentiation; solution of nonlinear equations; initial value problems in ordinary differential equations. Error analysis. Certain algorithms are selected for programming. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 531 - Linear Algebra Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of department. Theory of vector spaces, linear mappings and matrices. Determinants, eigenvalues, canonical forms, the Cayley–Hamilton Theorem, inner product spaces and positive definite matrices. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 535 - Linear Programming Credits: (3) (435) Prerequisite: Undergraduate linear algebra and computing experience. Methods and applications of optimizing a linear function subject to linear constraints. Theory of the simplex method and duality; parametric linear programs; sensitivity analysis; modeling and computer implementation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 536 - Discrete Optimization Credits: (3) (436) Prerequisite: MAT 535 . Theory and applications of discrete optimization algorithms. Transportation problems and network flow problems; integer programming; computer implementation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 537 - Nonlinear Programming Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Advanced calculus and MAT 535 . Theory and applications for constrained and unconstrained nonlinear optimization. Theory of convex sets, convex and concave functions, Kuhn–Tucker conditions, duality, algorithm convergence; computational methods including penalty and barrier functions, gradient projection, and quadratic programming. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 541 - Modern Algebra I Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of department. Introduction to group theory. Binary structures including semigroups and lattices; finite groups, structure theorems, Sylow theorems and applications; group actions; free groups and presentations; structure of abelian groups. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 542 - Modern Algebra II Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MAT 541 . Introduction to rings and fields. Modules, integral domains, vector spaces. Structure of polynomial rings and their relation to linear algebra. Field extensions and Galois theory. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 547 - Graph Theory Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Undergraduate linear algebra. Introduction to the theoretical foundations of graph theory. Topics covered will include trees, connectivity, Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs, matchings, coverings, planarity, vertex and edge colorings. Other topics may include matroids, directed graphs, networks, extremal graph structure, applications, and algorithms. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 551 - Topology Credits: (3) (451) Prerequisite: Permission of department. A study of the basic concepts of general topology. Metric spaces, continuity, completeness, compactness, connectedness, separation axioms, product and quotient spaces; additional topics in point–set topology. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 557 - Differential Geometry Credits: (3) (457) Prerequisite: Advanced calculus. Theory of curves and surfaces in Euclidean space. Frenet formulas, curvature and torsion, arc length; first and second fundamental forms. Gaussian curvature, equations of Gauss and Codazzi, differential forms, Cartan’s equations; global theorems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 563 - Ordinary Differential Equations Credits: (3) (463) Prerequisite: Undergraduate linear algebra and differential equations. Advanced study of ordinary differential equations. Existence and uniqueness; systems of linear equations, fundamental matrices, matrix exponential; series solutions, regular singular points; plane autonomous systems, stability and perturbation theory; Sturm–Liouville theory and expansion in eigenfunctions. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 564 - Applied Analytical Models Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MAT 519 . Topics in applied analysis of current interest. Topics may include tensor analysis and relativity, quantum mechanics, control theory, fluid mechanics, waves, ocean circulation, and mathematical models in biology or economics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 565 - Applied Probability Credits: (3) (465) (STT 565) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. The formulation, analysis and interpretation of probabilistic models. Selected topics in probability theory. Conditioning, Markov chains, and Poisson processes. Additional topics chosen from renewal theory, queueing theory, Gaussian processes, Brownian motion, and elementary stochastic differential equations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 569 - Stochastic Processes in Operations Research Credits: (3) (STT 569) Prerequisite: MAT 565 . Probabilistic models with applications in operations research. Queueing theory, birth–death processes, embedded Markov chains, finite and infinite waiting room systems, single and multi–server queues, general service distributions; Markov decision processes; reliability. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 581 - Introduction to Mathematical Logic Credits: (3) (481) Prerequisite: Permission of department. The formal study of truth and provability. Propositional calculus; predicate calculus. Gödel’s completeness theorem, applications to formal number theory and incompleteness. Additional topics chosen from areas such as undecidability or non–standard analysis. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 591 - Directed Individual Study Credits: (1-3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 592 - Advanced Topics in Mathematics Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Advanced topics of current interest in pure and applied mathematics not covered in existing courses. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 595 - Research Seminar Credits: (2) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Designed to give the student experience in locating and learning mathematics outside the classroom setting. Use of the major mathematics journals, professional society publications and standard references including Mathematical Reviews. The nature of research in the mathematical sciences and research methodology. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 596 - Research Project Credits: (1) Corequisite: MAT 595 . (Not intended for students who write a thesis in mathematics.) Under faculty supervision, each student presents a written exposition of the history, current knowledge, future directions, and bibliography of a mathematical topic. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 598 - Internship in the Mathematical Sciences Credits: (1) Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate coordinator. Academic training and professional experience through work in a private company or public agency including a written final report. Faculty supervision and evaluation of all study and on-site activity. Grading will be satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory (U). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-4) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Nursing
	NSG 500 - Theory and Research for Evidence-Based Practice Credits: (4) Prerequisite: Basic statistics course and undergraduate research course. This online seminar course focuses on the linkages between theory, research, and practice. Emphasis is on the recognition and valuing of theory application and advanced principles and methods of research as a central characteristic of advanced nursing practice. Learning focus is directed toward the critical appraisal of scholarly literature as the basis for decision making in advanced practiced nursing. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 503 - Families in Rural and Urban Communities Credits: (3) This course explores and compares theories and concepts related to diverse families across the life span and underserved communities. Individual, family and community health are examined within the context of diversity and change. Students have independent field experiences in family and community settings. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 504 - Healthcare Delivery and Health Policy Credits: (3) An online seminar course focusing on social, psychological, cultural, economic, political, legal, and ethical trends and issues which shape health care delivery systems. Advanced nursing practice in primary care is studied relative to inter-professional relationships and leadership in health policy, health care reform, healthcare delivery systems, poverty research, and interdisciplinary health management. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 506 - Advanced Practice Roles, Issues, and Trends Credits: (2) This course examines issues and trends in the advanced practice role. Topics include advanced practice historical perspectives, professional role development, and practice management. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 510 - Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Credits: (3) Advanced health assessment and diagnostic reasoning focuses on assessment of health status of individuals and families throughout the lifespan addressing cultural and developmental variations. Diagnostic reasoning is emphasized as the decision making process which differentiates normal from abnormal health states. The lab for this course is NSGL 510-D . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 513 - Teaching Nursing: New Pedagogies for Teaching and Learning Credits: (3) An introduction and immersion with new pedagogies for nursing education that are supported by careful selection of higher education research, scholarship, and experiential practices. Instruction in appropriate application of conventional, critical, feminist, phenomenological and post-modern pedagogies to the teaching of nursing knowledge and clinical practice. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 514 - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses Credits: (3) An advanced course in the pathophysiology of human conditions. Emphasis is on selected disease and conditions of various body systems and the adaptation of those systems to disease across the life span. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 520 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Infants, Children, and Adolescents Credits: (3) Prerequisites: NSG 510 , CLR 512 , NSG 514 , NSG 506 , Co-requisite: NSGL 520 . This course focuses on advanced nursing practice specializing in the primary health care of infants, children, and adolescents. The development of analytical skills and ethical clinical decision making as essential components of the advanced practice role are included. The major emphasis is on developing optimum client outcomes that promote cost-effective, quality health care within the context of family and a multicultural society. The lab for this course is NSGL 520 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 521 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Women Credits: (3) Prerequisites: NSG 510 , CLR 512 , NSG 514 , NSG 520 and NSGL 520 . Co-requisite: NSGL 521 . This course focuses on advanced nursing practice specializing in the primary health care of women with an emphasis on health issues and problems that affect women disproportionately. The development of analytical skills and ethical clinical decision making as essential components of the advanced practice role are included. The major emphasis is on developing optimum client outcomes that promote cost-effective, quality health care within the context of family and a multicultural society. NSGL 521 Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 522 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Adults Credits: (3) Prerequisites: NSG 510 , CLR 512 , NSG 514 , NSG 520 , NSG 521 , NSGL 520 , NSGL 521 . Co-requisite NSGL 522 . This course focuses on advanced nursing practice specializing in the primary health care of adults. The development of analytical skills and ethical clinical decision making as essential components of the advanced practice role are included. The major emphasis is on developing optimum client outcomes that promote cost-effective, quality health care within the context of family and a multicultural society. The lab for this course is NSGL 522 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 524 - Nursing Education Curriculum Design and Instruction Credits: (3) This course provides the essential elements which define and operationalize the process of curriculum development. Students will examine curriculum models from the perspective of education and nursing research. They will analyze factors that influence program development, curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 525 - Nursing Education Evaluation Credits: (3) This course provides an overview of evaluation strategies. Participants will develop evaluation skills emphasizing unit, course, and program outcomes. Models and tools for assessing, evaluating and validating learning will be presented. Teaching will be framed as a continuous-improvement process. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 580 - Transcultural Health Care Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Explores values and belief systems influencing health behaviors of culturally diverse groups from rural and urban settings. Emphasizes social, political and economic forces that influence access to and use of health care resources. Identifies a conceptual basis for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of health care for culturally diverse clients. Fosters cultural sensitivity to lifestyles, values, and concepts concerning health and health care. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 581 - Spanish for Health Professionals Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Emphasizes achieving active command of language spoken in the Hispanic world related to health care. Includes practical communication, current vocabulary and colloquial expressions. Extensive use of audio aids. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 583 - Migrant and Farm Worker Health Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. An examination of health problems prevalent across the life span among Hispanic migrant workers and their families. Focus on cultural values and belief systems that influence health behaviors. Analysis of social, economic, legal and political forces that influence access to and use of health care services. Attention to cultural sensitivity requisite for effective intercultural communication between health care workers and Hispanic migrant workers and their families. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 591 - Directed Individual Study Credits: (1-3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 592 - Special Topics Credits: (1-3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 595 - Nursing Education Residency Credits: (3-6) Prerequisites or Co-requisites: NSG 513 , NSG 524 , and NSG 525 . This practicum is a faculty guided nursing education practicum for application and synthesis of the nurse educator role in academia or in staff development in health care institutions. Students will assess the need for, design, implement, and evaluate a classroom or clinical instructional module under the direction of a selected nurse faculty mentor. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 597 - Master’s Project Credits: (1-2) Prerequisites: NSG 500 , 506 . This course is the research project option for completion of the MSN-FNP or MSN-NE program. The project emphasizes utilizing theory and implementing research findings to provide evidence-based care. Students will solve identified clinical or educational problems that an advanced practice nurse might encounter using appropriate research methods. The student plans, initiates, and completes a project that discovers new knowledge for the evidence base of nursing practice. A scholarly written and oral presentation is required to summarize the project of choice. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-3) Prerequisites: NSG 500 , NSG 506 . Intensive research study of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis is required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Nursing Lab
	NSGL 516 - Nursing Education Practicum: Clinical Instruction Credits: (3) This 180 practicum is an immersion into the principles and theories of clinical instruction. Strategies are designed to address the emerging trends and issues in nursing education for health care delivery. There is instruction and application of informatics, simulation and telehealth which are commonplace in health care education. The primary goal is to utilize diverse strategies to foster clinical reasoning in new graduate nurses. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSGL 517 - Nursing Education Practicum: Theoretical Instruction Credits: (3) This 180 hour practicum is an immersion into the principles and theories of instruction in nursing. Strategies are designed to address the emerging trends and issues in didactic nursing education. There is instruction and application of curriculum models for teaching in the live and on-line classroom environments. The primary goal is to utilize diverse strategies to foster critical thinking in new graduate nurses. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSGL 520 - Clinical Practicum I: Advanced Primary Care of Families: Infants, Children, and Adolescents Credits: (2) Corequisites: NSG 520 . This practicum provides 120 hours of focused, intensive clinical experiences in the care of infants, children, and adolescents for advanced practice nursing students. Students gain increasing skill in providing primary health care to children. Students practice with increasing independence under the supervision of on-site clinical preceptors. This course is the lab for NSG 520 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSGL 521 - Clinical Practicum II: Advanced Primary Care of Families: Women Credits: (2) Corequisite: NSG 521 . This practicum provides 120 hours of focused, intensive clinical experiences in the care of women for advanced practice nursing students. Students gain increasing skill in providing primary health care to women. Students practice with increasing independence under the supervision of on-site clinical preceptors. This course is the lab for NSG 521 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSGL 522 - Clinical Practicum III: Advanced Primary Care of Families: Adults Credits: (2) Co-requisite: NSG 522 . This practicum provides 120 hours of focused, intensive clinical experiences in the care of adults for advanced practice nursing students. Students gain increasing skill in providing primary health care to adults. Students practice with increasing independence under the supervision of on-site clinical preceptors. This course is the lab for NSG 522 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSGL 594 - Advanced Clinical Practicum Credits: (5) Prerequisites: NSG 500 , NSG 503 , NSG 504 , NSG 506 , NSG 510 , CLR 512 , NSG 514 , NSG 520 , NSG 521 , NSG 522 and NSGL 520 , NSGL 521 , NSGL 522 . A 240-hour practicum experience that synthesizes critical thinking and clinical experiences. Clinical competency is developed in assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex health problems across the life-span with the guidance of a preceptor. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Philosophy and Religion
	PAR 505 - Bioethics and Aging Credits: (3) Examination of the principles and problems in the application of ethical theory to medical research and practice with emphasis on the special ethical problems of providing health care services to the aging population and involving elderly patients in medical research. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 515 - Ethical Issues in Research Credits: (1-3) Open only to graduate students. This course will address a wide range of ethical issues that arise in the conduct of research. Topics will include scientific misconduct and intellectual ownership; the protection of animals and human subjects; and the impact of research on society. Students will also explore ethical issues that arise in their specific disciplines. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 592 - Special Topics in Philosophy and Religion Credits: (3) Exploration of a special topic in philosophy or the study of religion not regularly covered in other courses. May be repeated under different titles for up to 9 hours of credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 595 - Graduate Seminar Credits: (1-3) Prerequisite: graduate student status or consent of the instructor. Research and discussion of selected topics in philosophy and/or religious studies. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Physical Education
	PED 515 - Adapted Physical Activity Credits: (0-4) (415) To provide students theoretical and practical knowledge to plan and implement appropriate physical activity programs for individuals with disabilities in integrated and inclusive settings. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PED 546 - Analysis of Teaching in Physical Education and Health Credits: (3) The purpose of this course is to provide the teacher an overview of effective practices of teaching physical education and provide opportunities for their application in physical activity settings. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PED 585 - Curriculm Development in PEH Credits: (3) Identifies theoretical frameworks of curriculum development in relationship to current issues and trends. Provides conceptual tools and analytic skills essential to planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction. The design of instruction that incorporates behavioral, cognitive and constructivist theories of learning and views of curriculum will be considered. Provides the student with the knowledge, skills and resources to develop curricular materials consistent with state and national guidelines. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PED 589 - Supervision of Instruction in PEH Credits: (3) Assists the professional educator with acquiring the knowledge and skills essential to improving instruction and instructional programs in physical education and health. Supervision of novice and experienced physical education and health teachers will be discussed. Students will use multiple assessment techniques and tools in the field to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of physical and health educators. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PED 590 - Action Research in PEH Credits: (3) Designed to survey the basic types of research methods often found in physical education and health. A variety of research designs and computerized statistical analyses are studied to help you understand the systematic nature of problem solving. Includes the development and completion of an action research project. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Physics
	PHY 550 - Fluid Mechanics Credits: (3) Permission of instructor. A comprehensive account of fluid dynamics that emphasizes fundamental physical principles. Fluid statics; fluid kinematics; integral and differential forms of conservation laws for mass, momentum and energy; Bernoulli equation; laminar flows; potential flows; vorticity dynamics; dynamic similarity; boundary layers; turbulence. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 575 - Physical Oceanography Credits: (3) (475) Prerequisite: College physics and calculus. An introduction to the descriptive and dynamical features of ocean circulation. Topics include: the physical properties of seawater; oceanic heat budget; dynamics of ocean currents; descriptive oceanography; waves and tides. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 576 - Chemical and Physical Analysis of Seawater Credits: (3) (CHM 576) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Study of modern chemical and physical measurements of seawater including salinity, alkalinity, pH, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen. Several class periods may also be devoted to working aboard an oceanographic research vessel while at sea. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 577 - Observational Methods and Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography Credits: (3) (477) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course will supply the student with a working knowledge of the use and operation of various physical oceanographic instruments and data reduction and analysis techniques. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 578 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Credits: (3) Prerequisite: PHY 550 . Corequisite: PHY 475 or PHY 575 . The fundamental principles governing the flow of a density-stratified fluid on a rotating planet, with applications to the motions of the ocean and atmosphere. Equations of state, compressibility, Boussinesq approximation. Geostrophic balance, Rossby number. Poincare, Kelvin, Rossby waves, geostrophic adjustment. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 579 - Ocean Circulation Systems Credits: (3) (479) Prerequisites: PHY 475 or PHY 575 . Course focuses on results of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), a multi-national, multi-decadal program desgined to observe the global ocean. Explores large-scale circulation and properties of the ocean to lay the foundation for the challenge of understanding the future of the world oceans and their role in climate change. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 580 - Coastal and Estuarine Systems Credits: (3) (480) Prerequisite: PHY 475 or PHY 575 . An introduction to the physical processes operating within coastal and estuarine systems. The focus of the course will be on the dynamical description of topics such as gravity waves, surf zone hydrodynamics, storm surge, tides, estuarine hydraulics, sediment transport and morphodynamics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 592 - Special Topics Credits: (1-3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PHY 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-6) Research for thesis and thesis preparation for marine science students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Political Science
	PLS 500 - Managing Public and Nonprofit Organizations Credits: (3) Provides an overview of theories of organization, decision making, leadership, motivation, communication, and conflict resolution in the environment of public and nonprofit organizations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 501 - Quantitative Methods Credits: (3) Issues and techniques in data collection and statistical analysis for managers and policy analysts in public and nonprofit organizations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 502 - Public Human Resources Development and Administration Credits: (3) The study of policies, methods and techniques utilized in the public human resource function. Special attention is given to challenges reflecting contemporary demands in the areas of recruitment, training, compensation, performance evaluation, motivation, labor relations, sexual harassment, and diversity in the public workforce. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 503 - Public Budgeting and Finance Administration Credits: (3) Focuses on governmental budgeting and finance at the federal, state, and local level. Topics include budget types, budget preparation, politics of the budgetary process, tax policy, revenue sources, and other public finance issues. Attention is also paid to specific issues related to budgeting and finance issues in the nonprofit sector. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 504 - Computer Applications and MIS in Public Administration Credits: (3) Theory and application of the use of information technology to support decision making in public organizations. Topics include the use of the Internet to share and collect information, Geographic Information Systems, and appropriate software packages. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 505 - Policy Analysis Credits: (3) Examines the different approaches to public policy analysis and the various techniques that an analyst uses such as cost-benefit analysis. Students complete an applied policy analysis and present results to a simulated audience. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 506 - Program Evaluation Credits: (3) Covers research methods and basic statistics including hypothesis testing and examines the theory and practice of program evaluation including the ethical issues related to the practice of program evaluation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 507 - Applied Management Tools, Skills, and Techniques Credits: (3) Examines concepts, techniques, and tools used by organizations with a focus on improving management skills. Topics covered include managing meetings, giving presentations, interacting with the media, strategic planning, performance measurement, and contracting. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 508 - Ethics in Public Life Credits: (3) Examination of ethical principles as they apply to the practice of public administration; basic legal constraints such as conflict of interest laws; role of codes of ethics; and models for the responsible exercise of administrative discretion by public officials. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 509 - Leading Public and Nonprofit Organizations Credits: (3) Examines the theoretical and practical approaches to leading and managing public and nonprofit organizations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 510 - Introduction to Public Affairs Credits: (3) Covers the rationales for public policy and critical concepts in public economics (e.g., market failures, public goods, externalities, monopolies, information asymmetries, and public choice theory). Class also examines the public policy process (e.g., context, agenda setting, implementation, evaluation, etc.), and the legal foundations of public administration (i.e., federalism, checks and balances, roles of the courts, etc.) and the basics of state and local politics in the U.S. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 513 - Regional Planning Politics and Policy Credits: (3) Explores the connection between formal planning processes and political decision making at the regional and local level for various policy issues (e.g., rapid development, sprawl, transportation, aging population, affordable housing, rural poverty, economic development, quality of life, etc.). Special attention is given to how planners and analysts provide advice to elected and non-elected decision makers. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 514 - Conflict Resolution Credits: (3) Examines the theoretical and practical perspectives and techniques for resolving conflict. Emphasis is placed on bargaining, negotiation, and conflict management techniques used in public and nonprofit organizations and interpersonal relationships. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 515 - Organizational Communication Credits: (3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 516 - Leadership and Organizational Culture Credits: (3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 517 - Strategic Planning and Management for Public and Non-Profit Organizations Credits: (3) Examines the theoretical and practical approaches to conducting strategic planning and management in public and nonprofit organizations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 520 - Seminar in Coastal Processes and Problems Credits: (3) Examines various coastal management policies and problems from a variety of perspectives (e.g., legal, economic, political, scientific, etc.). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PLS 521 - Foundations of Coastal and Environmental Management Credits: (3) Analyzes key policy issues and the laws, regulations, and decisions that influence the management of coastal land in North Carolina and the United States. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.

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– Course Descriptions

MBA 571 - Project Management Foundations

MBA 591 - Directed Individual Study

MAE 501 - Axiomatic Systems

MAE 502 - Introduction to Statistics in Practice

MAE 505 - Modern College Geometry

MAE 506 - Historical Developments of Mathematics

MAE 592 - Topics in Mathematics

MAT 511 - Real Analysis I

MAT 512 - Real Analysis II

MAT 513 - Measure and Integration

MAT 515 - Introduction to Complex Variables

MAT 516 - Complex Analysis

MAT 518 - Applied Analytical Methods I

MAT 519 - Applied Analytical Methods II

MAT 521 - Number Theory

MAT 525 - Numerical Analysis

MAT 531 - Linear Algebra

MAT 535 - Linear Programming

MAT 536 - Discrete Optimization

MAT 537 - Nonlinear Programming

MAT 541 - Modern Algebra I

MAT 542 - Modern Algebra II

MAT 547 - Graph Theory

MAT 551 - Topology

MAT 557 - Differential Geometry

MAT 563 - Ordinary Differential Equations

MAT 564 - Applied Analytical Models

MAT 565 - Applied Probability

MAT 569 - Stochastic Processes in Operations Research

MAT 581 - Introduction to Mathematical Logic

MAT 591 - Directed Individual Study

MAT 592 - Advanced Topics in Mathematics

MAT 595 - Research Seminar

MAT 596 - Research Project

MAT 598 - Internship in the Mathematical Sciences

MAT 599 - Thesis

NSG 500 - Theory and Research for Evidence-Based Practice

NSG 503 - Families in Rural and Urban Communities

NSG 504 - Healthcare Delivery and Health Policy

NSG 506 - Advanced Practice Roles, Issues, and Trends

NSG 510 - Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

NSG 513 - Teaching Nursing: New Pedagogies for Teaching and Learning

NSG 514 - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses

NSG 520 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Infants, Children, and Adolescents

NSG 521 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Women

NSG 522 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Adults

NSG 524 - Nursing Education Curriculum Design and Instruction

NSG 525 - Nursing Education Evaluation

NSG 580 - Transcultural Health Care

NSG 581 - Spanish for Health Professionals

NSG 583 - Migrant and Farm Worker Health

NSG 591 - Directed Individual Study

NSG 592 - Special Topics

NSG 595 - Nursing Education Residency

NSG 597 - Master’s Project

NSG 599 - Thesis

NSGL 516 - Nursing Education Practicum: Clinical Instruction

NSGL 517 - Nursing Education Practicum: Theoretical Instruction

NSGL 520 - Clinical Practicum I: Advanced Primary Care of Families: Infants, Children, and Adolescents

NSGL 521 - Clinical Practicum II: Advanced Primary Care of Families: Women

NSGL 522 - Clinical Practicum III: Advanced Primary Care of Families: Adults

NSGL 594 - Advanced Clinical Practicum

PAR 505 - Bioethics and Aging

PAR 515 - Ethical Issues in Research

PAR 591 - Directed Independent Study

PAR 592 - Special Topics in Philosophy and Religion

PAR 595 - Graduate Seminar

PED 515 - Adapted Physical Activity

PED 546 - Analysis of Teaching in Physical Education and Health

PED 585 - Curriculm Development in PEH

PED 589 - Supervision of Instruction in PEH

PED 590 - Action Research in PEH

PHY 550 - Fluid Mechanics

PHY 575 - Physical Oceanography

PHY 576 - Chemical and Physical Analysis of Seawater

PHY 577 - Observational Methods and Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography

PHY 578 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

PHY 579 - Ocean Circulation Systems

PHY 580 - Coastal and Estuarine Systems