Jun 16, 2024

2021-2022 Graduate Catalogue

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Management Information Systems
	MIS 576 - Information Technology Project Management Course Description: The IT Project Management course builds on the Software Engineering and Systems Analysis and Design courses. This course will enhance the knowledge of the managerial aspects of how projects are selected and implemented. It includes consideration of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, human resource and communication requirements and the consideration of the change management required to implement projects. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 587 - Systems Simulation Course Description: Study of the techniques and applications of computer simulation of systems. Students will learn to plan simulation studies, program them in a simulation language, perform the study, and analyze the results with statistical rigor. Also covered are random number generation, input distribution selection, generating random variables, and variance reduction techniques. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: QMM 280 (min grade D-) or STT 215 (min grade D-) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite courses or equivalent. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CSC 587 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 590 - Research Methods Course Description: Review of descriptive and inferential statistics. Advanced inferential techniques including multiple regression, correlation analysis, non-parametric techniques, and sampling techniques. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: QMM 280 (min grade D-) and STT 215 (min grade D-) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite courses or equivalent. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 591 - Directed Independent Study Course Description: Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. Credit Hours: 1 TO 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CSC 591 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 592 - Topics in Computing Course Description: Topics in computing of current interest not covered in existing courses. Credit Hours: 1 TO 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CSC 592 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 594 - Research Project Course Description: Focused study of a research topic in the practical application of computer science or information systems under the guidance of a faculty member. Topics are selected by the student with faculty and graduate coordinator approval. Written analysis and oral presentation of the project is required. Credit Hours: 1 TO 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CSC 594 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 595 - Research Seminar Course Description: Research and discussion of selected topics in computer science or information systems. Oral presentation required. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CSC 595 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 598 - Internship Course Description: Academic training and practical experience through work in a private company or public agency. Faculty supervision and evaluation of all study and on-site activity. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Overall GPA of at least 3.0, permission of the graduate coordinator. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CSC 598 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 599 - Thesis Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CSC 599 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIS 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Management Information Systems Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course. Credit Hours: 0 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Marine Biology
	MBY 537 - Ichthyology Course Description: Contact program coordinator for course description. Credit Hours: 0 Or 4 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Marine Science
	MSC 526 - Cruise or Field Sampling Course Description: Cruise and/or field sampling not covered by other courses. Participation in the planning and sampling phases of major marine or environmental research programs. Credit Hours: 1 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MSC 579 - Role of the Oceans in Human Health Course Description: Discovery, structure, and biological activity of marine bioactive compounds, chemotaxonomy, pharmaceutical leads, marine biotoxins, structure, mode of action, regulation and monitoring, the producing organisms, how (biosynthesis) and why these compounds are made. Two lectures per week. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: CHM 212 with minimum grade of D- and BIO 110 with minimum grade of D- Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite courses or consent of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: CHM 595 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MSC 591 - Directed Independent Study Course Description: Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MSC 592 - Special Topics in Marine Science Course Description: Study of topics or issues in marine science not covered in existing courses. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated. Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MSC 595 - Graduate Seminar Course Description: Discussion of research ideas and results by students and faculty. Preparation and presentation of research prospectus by student. Credit Hours: 1 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MSC 598 - Research Course Description: Credit hours taken by students in pursuing their master’s thesis research. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MSC 599 - Thesis Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MSC 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Marine Science Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course. Credit Hours: 0 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Math Education
	MAE 503 - Discrete Mathematics for Teachers Course Description: An in-depth investigation of discrete mathematics topics identified as essential to teaching middle grades curriculum. Topics include systematic listing and counting, vertex-edge graphs, and iteration and recursion. Students present written and oral arguments to justify conjectures and generalizations. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAE 505 - Euclidean Geometry for Teachers Course Description: Only open to graduate students in middle grades education. A study of properties and relationships of shape, size, and symmetry in two and three dimensions. Topics include parallelism, transformations, congruence, similarity, measurement, and constructions. Students present written and oral arguments to justify conjectures and generalizations. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAE 592 - Topics in Mathematics Course Description: Topics in mathematics not covered in existing MAE courses. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of the Mathematical Sciences Department. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Mathematics
	MAT 511 - Real Analysis I Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Intermediate analysis or equivalent. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 411 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 512 - Real Analysis II Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Intermediate analysis or equivalent. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 412 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 513 - Measure and Integration Course Description: Abstract measure theory. Lebesgue measure, integration, convergence theorems, absolute continuity, differentiation, Radon–Nikodym Theorem, product measures, Fubini’s Theorem, Lebesgue spaces, convolution. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 512 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 515 - Introduction to Complex Variables Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 511 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite or advanced calculus. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 415 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 516 - Complex Analysis Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 511 with minimum grade of C and MAT 515 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 518 - Partial Differential Equations I Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Undergraduate differential equations and advanced calculus. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 418 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 519 - Partial Differential Equations II Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 518 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Undergraduate differential equations and advanced calculus. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 521 - Number Theory Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of department. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 421 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 525 - Numerical Analysis Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 325 (min grade C) and MAT 335 (min grade C) and MAT 361 (min grade C) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Undergraduate linear algebra, differential equations, and elementary numerical methods. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 425 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 531 - Linear Algebra Course Description: Theory of vector spaces, linear mappings and matrices. Determinants, eigenvalues, canonical forms, the Cayley–Hamilton Theorem, inner product spaces and positive definite matrices. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of department. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 535 - Linear Programming and Network Flows Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Undergraduate linear algebra and computing experience. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 536 - Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization Course Description: Theory and applications of discrete optimization algorithms. Transportation problems and network flow problems; integer programming; computer implementation. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 535 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 541 - Modern Algebra I Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of department. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 542 - Modern Algebra II Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 541 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 547 - Graph Theory Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Undergraduate linear algebra. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 551 - Topology Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of department. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 451 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 557 - Differential Geometry Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Advanced calculus. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 457 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 563 - Ordinary Differential Equations Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Undergraduate linear algebra and differential equations. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 463 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 564 - Applied Analytical Models Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 519 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 565 - Applied Probability Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: A calculus-based statistics course. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: STT 565 Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 465, STT 465 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 567 - Introduction to Mathematical Biology Course Description: An introduction to applications of mathematical concepts in developing, analyzing and simulating deterministic biological models. Mathematical methods may include discrete and continuous modeling, non-linear difference equations, as well as ordinary and p Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: MAT 467 Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisites: Undergraduate linear algebra and differential equations, or consent of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 569 - Stochastic Processes in Operations Research Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: MAT 565 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: STT 569 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 581 - Introduction to Mathematical Logic Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of department. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: MAT 481 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 591 - Directed Independent Study Course Description: Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 592 - Advanced Topics in Mathematics Course Description: Advanced topics of current interest in pure and applied mathematics not covered in existing courses. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 595 - Research Seminar Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 1 TO 2 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 596 - Research Project Course Description: (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. Credit Hours: 1 Corequisite Courses: MAT 595 Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 598 - Internship in the Mathematical Sciences Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 1 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of graduate coordinator. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 599 - Thesis Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MAT 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Mathematics Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course. Credit Hours: 0 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Nursing
	NSG 500 - Theory and Research for Evidence-Based Practice Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 4 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Basic statistics course and undergraduate research course. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 501 - Health Care Systems & Education Informatics and Technology Course Description: This course examines clinical information systems, health care systems technology, education technology, and medical languages. Informatics concepts are discussed and applied to knowledge management and investigative inquiry. The focus is on the impact of informatics and technology on health care systems, health care education and nursing practice. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: NSG 511 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 503 - Families in Rural and Urban Communities Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 504 - Healthcare Delivery and Health Policy Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 506 - Advanced Practice Roles, Issues, and Trends Course Description: This course examines issues and trends in the advanced practice role. Topics include advanced practice historical perspectives, professional role development, and practice management. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 510 - Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: NSG 511 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 511 - Principles of Research and Evidence-based Practice for Nursing Education Course Description: This course provides learners with information about the essential elements of empirical research including research design, methods, statistical analysis and dissemination. Emphasis is on locating research evidence, and assessing and critiquing research quality for synthesis and application to inform nursing education practice and associated student learning outcomes. Students will apply, analyze and evaluate science from nursing, education and other related disciplines to determine suitability for application to nursing education and development of strategies for utilizing the research in varied educational settings. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: NSG 513 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 513 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 512 - Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics Course Description: Advanced pharmacotherapeutics provides the advanced practice nurse a rational basis for pharmacologic management of clients. The principles of pharmacology and the process of pharmacological reasoning for primary care of common acute and chronic illnesses will be presented. The core topics will examine advanced nursing roles in the management of pharmacotherapeutics for clients across the life-span in rural and urban underserved communities. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 513 - Foundations and Evidence-Based Practices for Nursing Education Didactic Instruction Course Description: This course provides the essential elements which define and operationalize the process of didactic instruction. The student will explore relevant teaching and learning theories from the perspectives of education and nursing as a foundation to critique curriculum models, choose pedagogies, and analyze evaluation strategies that are appropriate to achieve the outcomes of this method of learning. They will analyze factors that influence program development, curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 514 - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 515 - Advanced Practice Role Development and Transition Course Description: A web-enhanced/blended seminar course focused on professional role development and transition into advanced practice nursing. Students will focus on evaluation of core competency attainment, professional portfolio development, and marketing the role of the advanced practice nurse in a primary care setting. Credit Hours: 1 Corequisite Courses: NSGL 594 Prerequisite Courses: NSGL 594 (may be taken concurrently) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 516 - Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics I Course Description: An advanced course for nurse educators in the pathophysiology of human conditions and pharmacotherapeutic management of patients. Emphasis is on selected disease conditions of various body systems and the adaptation of those systems to disease. Principles of pharmacology and the process of pharmacological reasoning for primary care of common acute and chronic illnesses across the life span will be explored. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 517 - Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics II Course Description: An advanced course for nurse educators in the pathophysiology of human conditions and pharmacotherapeutic management of patients. Emphasis is on selected disease conditions of various body systems and the adaptation of those systems to disease. Principles of pharmacology and the process of pharmacological reasoning for primary care of common acute and chronic illnesses across the life span will be explored. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 516 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 520 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Infants, Children, and Adolescents Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 510 and NSG 512 and NSG 506 and NSG 514 and NSGL 520 (may be taken concurrently) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 521 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Women Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 510 and NSG 512 and NSG 514 and NSG 520 and NSGL 520 and NSGL 521 (may be taken concurrently) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 522 - Advanced Primary Care of Families: Adults Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 510 and NSG 512 and NSG 514 and NSG 520 and NSG 521 and NSGL 520 and NSGL 521 and NSGL 522 (may be taken concurrently) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 524 - Foundations and Evidence-Based Practices for Nursing Education Clinical Instruction Course Description: This course provides the essential elements which define and operationalize the process of clinical instruction. The student will explore relevant teaching and learning theories from the perspectives of education and nursing as a foundation to critique curriculum models, choose pedagogies, and analyze evaluation strategies that are appropriate to achieve the outcomes of this method of learning. They will analyze factors that influence program development, curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 513 (min grade B) and NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 525 - Foundations and Evidence-Based Practices for Nursing Education Distance Learning Course Description: This course provides the essential elements which define and operationalize the process of distance learning. The student will explore relevant teaching and learning theories from the perspectives of education and nursing as a foundation to, critique curriculum models, choose pedagogies, and analyze evaluation strategies that are appropriate to achieve the outcomes of this method of learning. They will analyze factors that influence program development, curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 513 (min grade B) and NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 580 - Transcultural Health Care Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: NSG 480 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 581 - Spanish for Health Professionals Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: NSG 481 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 582 - Narrative Pedagogies Course Description: This course is an introduction and immersion with pedagogies for nursing education that are supported by careful selection of higher education research, scholarship, and experiential practices. Instruction includes the appropriate application of conventional, critical, feminist, post-modern and phenomenological pedagogies to the teaching of nursing knowledge and clinical practice. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 583 - Migrant and Farm Worker Health Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: NSG 483 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 584 - Test and Rubric Construction Course Description: This course provides the essential elements of test construction and rubric development. The student will explore relevant teaching, learning and evaluation models from the perspectives of education and nursing. The student will practice evaluation principles by reviewing test planning, test item construction and test evaluation. Rubric development for the purpose of evaluating written and oral assignments will be analyzed and practiced. Through these activities, students will develop a beginning competence in evaluating student learning. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 590 - Graduate Nursing Study Abroad Course Description: This course is designed to expose students to healthcare, community engagement, and professional nursing in countries outside of the United States. Focused study will include professional nursing and/or healthcare topics specific to the host country on local, regional and global scales. The course integrates multiple forms of instruction. Credit hours: 1-6 Credit Hours: 1 to 6 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Instructor Approval Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 30Repeat Limit: 5 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Course Attribute: Study Abroad Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 591 - Directed Independent Study Course Description: Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 592 - Special Topics Course Description: Intensive study of selected topics of special interest in nursing not covered in existing courses. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 21 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 593 - Collaboration for Population Health, Finance and Policy Applied to Nursing to Education Course Description: An online course focusing on social, psychological, cultural, economic, political, legal, and ethical trends and issues which shape health care delivery systems and health education. Advanced nursing practice is studied relative to inter-professional relationships and leadership in health policy, health care reform, health care delivery systems, health care education, poverty research, and interdisciplinary health management. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 511 (min grade B) Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: NSG 504 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 595 - Nursing Education Residency Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 513 with minimum grade of C, course may also be taken as a corequisite and NSG 524 with minimum grade of C, course may also be taken as a corequisite and NSG 525 with minimum grade of C, course may also be taken as a corequisite Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 596 - Nursing Education Practicum I Course Description: This practicum is a faculty guided nursing education practicum for application and synthesis of the nurse educator role in academia or health care settings. Students will assess learning needs and design, implement, and evaluate an instructional module which includes didactic, clinical, and/or distance learning principles under the direction of an approved nurse faculty mentor. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 513 (min grade B) and NSG 524 (min grade B) and NSG 525 (min grade B) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 597 - Nursing Education Practicum II Course Description: This practicum is a faculty guided nursing education practicum for application and synthesis of the nurse educator role in academia or health care settings. Students will assess learning needs and design, implement, and evaluate an instructional module that includes didactic, clinical, and/or distance learning principles, and builds on the instructional module in Practicum I, and under the direction of a selected nurse faculty mentor. They will disseminate findings in a manner consistent with the educator role. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 596 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 599 - Thesis Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: NSG 500 with minimum grade of C and NSG 506 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Nursing Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course. Credit Hours: 0 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 601 - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses Course Description: An advanced course in the pathophysiology of human conditions. Emphasis is on selected disease conditions of various body systems and the adaptation of those systems to disease across the life span. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 602 - Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 603 - Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics Course Description: Advanced pharmacotherapeutics provides the advanced practice nurse a rational basis for pharmacologic management of clients. The principles of pharmacology and the process of pharmacological reasoning for primary care of common acute and chronic illnesses will be presented. The core topics will examine advanced nursing roles in the management of pharmacotherapeutics for clients across the life-span in rural and urban underserved communities. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 611 - Family-Centered Health Care Across the Lifespan Course Description: Emphasis is placed on family and community assessment strategies, the impact of culture upon the family and community systems, and the impact of various primary care-oriented health problems on family roles and functions. In addition, relevant concepts and principles of epidemiology are applied to the current and emerging health status of families and communities. Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 601, NSG 602, NSG 603 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 612 - Advanced Family Nursing I: Adult Health Course Description: This course provides the family nurse practitioner student with the foundational knowledge for the management of adults with primary care disorders. The emphasis of the course is on the use of theory, critical thinking, and evidence-based practice to create and formulate differential diagnoses, diagnoses, treatment and evaluation plans for adults with common primary care presentations. Credit Hours: 4 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 601, NSG 602, NSG 603, NSG 611, NSG 685, NSG 686 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 4Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 613 - NSG 613 Advanced Family Nursing II Infant, Child and Adolescent Health Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 4 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 612 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 4Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 614 - Advanced Family Nursing III: Women’s Health Course Description: This course focuses on advanced nursing practice with emphasis on women’s health population across the life span, including health problems disproportionately affecting women. Men’s health topics correlated to the women’s health population focus are integrated into course content. Emphasis on the development of critical thinking and analytical skills with focus on ethical clinical decision making while striving to improve health outcomes among women. The essentials of doctorate in nursing education are synthesized within the course to build components of the advanced practice role. The major emphasis is on developing, implementing and improving client outcomes promoting cost-effective, quality health care within the context of family and a multicultural society. Credit Hours: 4 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 612 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 4Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 615 - Advanced Family Nursing IV: Management of Complex Health Problems Across the Lifespan Course Description: This capstone course focuses on the management of complex health problems across the lifespan for the Family Nurse Practitioner student. Students will consider relevant theories, resources, and evidence-based treatment to develop comprehensive treatment plans for patients having chronic complex health problems. Additionally, strategies for the utilization of health care professionals in teams will be optimized for enhanced patient care outcomes. Credit Hours: 4 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 612, NSG 613, NSG 614 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 4Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 630 - Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology Course Description: Provides content in neuroscience and neuro-psychopharmacology for safe and effective therapeutic management across the lifespan. Also provides content in behavioral neuroscience introducing the pharmacological treatment of central nervous system pathologies. Credit Hours: 4 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 603 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 4Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 631 - Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Course Description: The purpose of this course is an introduction to the role of the psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurse. Advanced comprehensive assessment skills, differential diagnosis and psycho therapeutic management of clients with common and major psychiatric disorders across the lifespan will be emphasized. The focus will be on the development of diagnostic reasoning skills and sound clinical judgment. Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 602 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 632 - Psychiatric Mental Health Disorders, Disease management and Psychotherapeutic Treatment Course Description: Examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of diagnostic, psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic management of adults and older adults across a variety of psychiatric treatment settings. Models for assessment, intervention, and evaluation are explored. Theory underlying the practice of consultation as an indirect-care modality of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner is included. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention factors influencing consultation are examined. Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 630, NSG 631, NSG 685, NSG 686 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 633 - Group and Family Therapy Course Description: The Biopsychosocial, cultural, and spiritual aspects of persons, families, groups and communities across the lifespan are studied in their relationship to developmental mental illness. Examination of inherited and acquired vulnerability to mental health illness is explored. Various therapeutic modalities and their application are discussed. Individual growth and development within the family and community are emphasized. Reflective practice theories are introduced. Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 630, NSG 631, NSG 632 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 634 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care Course Description: The focus of this course is acquisition of knowledge, skills, and experience to develop theoretical foundation for diagnosis and treatment for children, adolescents and families who present with both common and complex psychiatric mental health problems. Psychotherapy and psychopharmacology will enhance the framework for treatment specific to the child, adolescent and family unit. Students will analyze theories, techniques, and research relevant to therapeutic interventions with children experiencing mental health problems. Mental health promotion and illness prevention is emphasized. Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 632 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 635 - Management of Complex Psychiatric Mental Health Issues Across the Lifespan Course Description: This course focuses on the management of complex psychiatric mental health problems across the lifespan for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite Courses: NSG 633, NSG 634 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 670 - Executive Leadership in Complex Health Systems Course Description: In this course students will appraise health care organizations and complex systems through the perspective of the DNP-prepared Nurse Executive. Emphasis will be on the development of a systems approach to understanding organizational complexity. Methods for assessing organizational environments and competitive situations, approaches for developing strategic plans, and processes for insuring the successful implementation of these plans are investigated. The Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) role is explored as an important catalyst for transforming organizational decision-making and evidence-based approach. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 672 - Legal and Ethical Environment for Executive Leaders Course Description: This course will explore the interrelationships between policy, ethics and the law and their impact on clinical practice and health care. Broader social issues common to vulnerable populations will be examined using ethical and legal frameworks. Recurring issues in clinical practice will be examined for how legislation and regulation impacts care. Exploration of current ethical issues, including relevant contextual factors within health care disciplines and within the student’s area of scholarship and clinical practice will be examined. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.

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MIS 576 - Information Technology Project Management

MIS 587 - Systems Simulation

MIS 590 - Research Methods

MIS 591 - Directed Independent Study

MIS 592 - Topics in Computing

MIS 594 - Research Project

MIS 595 - Research Seminar

MIS 598 - Internship

MIS 599 - Thesis

MIS 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Management Information Systems

MBY 537 - Ichthyology

MSC 526 - Cruise or Field Sampling

MSC 579 - Role of the Oceans in Human Health

MSC 591 - Directed Independent Study

MSC 592 - Special Topics in Marine Science

MSC 595 - Graduate Seminar

MSC 598 - Research

MSC 599 - Thesis

MSC 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Marine Science

MAE 503 - Discrete Mathematics for Teachers

MAE 505 - Euclidean Geometry for Teachers

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 - Partial Differential Equations I

MAT 519 - Partial Differential Equations II

MAT 521 - Number Theory

MAT 525 - Numerical Analysis

MAT 531 - Linear Algebra

MAT 535 - Linear Programming and Network Flows

MAT 536 - Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization

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 567 - Introduction to Mathematical Biology

MAT 569 - Stochastic Processes in Operations Research

MAT 581 - Introduction to Mathematical Logic

MAT 591 - Directed Independent 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

MAT 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Mathematics

NSG 500 - Theory and Research for Evidence-Based Practice

NSG 501 - Health Care Systems & Education Informatics and Technology

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 511 - Principles of Research and Evidence-based Practice for Nursing Education

NSG 512 - Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics

NSG 513 - Foundations and Evidence-Based Practices for Nursing Education Didactic Instruction

NSG 514 - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses

NSG 515 - Advanced Practice Role Development and Transition

NSG 516 - Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics I

NSG 517 - Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics II

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 - Foundations and Evidence-Based Practices for Nursing Education Clinical Instruction

NSG 525 - Foundations and Evidence-Based Practices for Nursing Education Distance Learning

NSG 580 - Transcultural Health Care

NSG 581 - Spanish for Health Professionals

NSG 582 - Narrative Pedagogies

NSG 583 - Migrant and Farm Worker Health

NSG 584 - Test and Rubric Construction

NSG 590 - Graduate Nursing Study Abroad

NSG 591 - Directed Independent Study

NSG 592 - Special Topics

NSG 593 - Collaboration for Population Health, Finance and Policy Applied to Nursing to Education