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MUSC 409 - Black Contemporary Music 3 Credits
Spring Every Two Years
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and Departmental Permission. From blues and jazz to R&B and Hip Hop, Black contemporary music has evolved technologically, politically, and economically with society, yet it still retains many of its salient African and African-American characteristics. This course explores the cultural, social, and historical growth of Black contemporary music. We will look at some of the surrounding art forms that contributed to the formation of the music and some that came about because of it. We will also explore the styles and structures of the music itself as well as some of the major creators and innovators that shaped it into the powerful and influential force it has become.
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MUSA 393 - Class Piano 1 2 Credits
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MUSC 212 - Computer Notations 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 110, MUSC 155. Sibelius notation software is used to prepare lead sheets, small and large ensemble compositions for performance. Learn about other popular notation software packages for both the PC and MAC platforms.
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MUSC 256 - Contemporary Music Theory (Theory IV) 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors Only. This course is a study of 20th Century music idioms including extensions of tertian harmony, the twelve-tone system, jazz harmony and aleatoric techniques. Keyboard drill will include modulation and transposition to all keys as well as further development of score reading and harmonization skills.
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MUSC 355 - Counterpoint 2 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 156. In this course the student will study and write music in which two or more melodic lines, that display an individual and differentiated melodic contour and rhythmic profile, sound together.
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MUSC 100 - Developmental Music Theory 0 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors Only. This course is a study of the physics of musical sounds, conventions of notation, fundamental musical grammar, melodic construction, cadences, and simple melodies harmonized with block chords.
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MUSC 301 - Diction and Vocal Literature I 2 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors, Vocal Majors and Minors. This course is a study of diction and Vocal Literature designed to strengthen the singer’s knowledge of Italian, German, French, Spanish, and English diction, through the fundamental use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), with practical application through the study and performance of vocal literature.
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MUSC 304 - Diction and Vocal Literature II 2 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors, Vocal Majors and Minors Only. This course is a study of the technical aspects of vocal music and in depth survey of historical and current musical literature emphasizing English and French.
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MUSC 311 - Electronic Composition and Arranging I 2 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 211, MUSC 156. This course is designed to create compositions for all types of ensembles used in commercial song and jingle writing. Chord symbols and chord progressions are employed to develop composition for live and electronic performance. Project-based curriculum using the electronic music keyboard and MIDI.
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MUSC 312 - Electronic Composition and Arranging II 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 311, MUSC 156. Continuation of MUSC 311. Song and jingle writing for large ensembles using orchestral and big and big band instrument combinations. Project-based curriculum using electronic music keyboard and MIDI.
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MUSC 468 - Elementary & Secondary Student Teaching 12 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Senior Level Standing in Music Teacher Education, completion of all methods courses and Praxis II. In this course the student participates in all of the activities of the teacher in the classroom, in the school, and in the community. Beginning with a period of observation and orientation, the student receives assignments of increasing difficulty from the cooperating teacher until he/she is capable of assuming full responsibility for teaching. The semester is divided into an eight-week assignment in the intermediate and an eight-week assignment in the primary grades. The practical experience is accompanied by a regularly scheduled seminar. The student teacher follows the entire schedule of the school at which the student is placed.
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MUSC 367 - Elementary School Methods 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 101, EDUC 201, Praxis, and admission to Music Teacher Education. This course is a study of the history and theory of early childhood music education. Emphasis is placed on the skills and processes needed for the design and implementation of optimal learning environments and exploration of issues related to societal and cultural influences on young children’s education, as well as significant learning theories.
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MUSC 356 - Form & Analysis 2 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 156. In this course the student will study the principles of voice-leading and chord progression for chromatic harmony, including Neapolitan 6th and Augmented 6th chords. The student will analyze and make interpretive decisions about major musical forms and be able to identify and articulate formal elements in music of the common practice period with sensitivity to large-scale shape, form, motif relationships, harmonic organization, proportion, the musical function of different parts, and their expressive and cultural implications.
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MUSC 101 - Fundamentals of Music 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course is a study of functional musical skills. Designed for the general student, this course provides instruction and drill in reading music, sight singing, recorder playing, and keyboard harmony.
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MUSC 499 - Independent Study 3 Credits
Lecture
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MUSC 306 - Instrumental Methods 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Junior Level Standing mandatory. These courses provide an introduction to playing strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments through solo and group performance. Emphasis is on methods of teaching and routine maintenance of the instruments.
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MUSC 307 - Instrumental Methods 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Junior Level Standing mandatory. These courses provide an introduction to playing strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments through solo and group performance. Emphasis is on methods of teaching and routine maintenance of the instruments.
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MUSC 156 - Intermediate Music Theory (Theory II) 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors Only. This course is a study of functional harmony using figured bass, inversions, seventh chords, secondary function, non-chord, and embellishing tones. A study of the intermediate forms; keyboard drill will include harmonization’s from simple figured bass and popular music chord symbols and the development of variety in accompaniment patterns.
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MUSC 110 - Introduction to Electronic Music 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Required for all Fine Arts Majors. Prior knowledge of music fundamentals will assist in the understanding of course materials. Open to all BSU students. Introduction lab design to learn software programs used to sequence and notate music. Comprehension of MIDI (Musical Instrumental Digital Interface) music is developed through application of digital and electric music devices interfaced with the computer using step-time and real-time applications.
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MUSC 302 - Introduction to Music 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course is an exploration of representative music literature for various media from all periods with emphasis upon the functions of the various forms. It fuses music, art and history, and the development of aural perceptions through class and extra-class listening.
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MUSC 457 - Jazz Studies 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 102 and 156. Both a practical and theoretical course, Jazz Studies will include a detailed study of chord/scale relationships, ear training modes, scales and chords, transcription exercises, basic blues forms and AABA forms, re-harmonization and scale theory of the major modes, whole tone and diminished scale. Aural and theoretical analysis of transcribed solos is included and students will also be expected to memorize and improvise over a number of jazz standards, including blues, modal compositions and ii-V7-I tunes, using these theoretical concepts. The student will also be given a basic knowledge of Jazz history from 1945 to the present with required listening and reading assignments outside of class. Areas covered include stylistic analysis of contemporary jazz, major representative artists and the influence of preceding styles on subsequent ones.
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MUSC 102 - Jazz Workshop 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course is a study of functional musical skills. Emphasis is placed upon the study of diverse jazz styles and literature, ensemble performance, and improvisation.
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MUSC 211 - Keyboard & Computer Sequencing 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 110. Use Cakewalk Home Studio, Master Tracks Pro Audio and Power Tracks Audio to develop computer sequences in step-time and real-time formats. Prepare sequences and drum tracks from Midi to Wave files for recording on CDs.
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MUSC 111 - Keyboard Technology 1 2 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 110. This course is designed to develop knowledge of keyboards and synthesizers, through the use of MIDI. Students learn how to sequence, using cord symbols, pre-recorded music examples and sheet music.
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MUSC 112 - Keyboard Technology II 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 111. Continuation of MUSC 111. Preparation of music using analog instrument and synthesized sounds. Creating drum tracks for various styles of music.
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MUSC 375 - Kodaly, Orff, & Dalcroze Methods 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 101, EDUC 201, Praxis, and admission to Music Teacher Education. In this course the student will study the teaching methods of Zoltan Kodály, Carl Orff and Jacques-Emile Dalcroze which has as a basis teaching young children about music by engaging their mind and body through a mixture of singing, dancing, acting and the use of percussion instruments (i.e. xylophones, metallophones, glockenspiels).
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MUSC 410 - Multimedia Recording and Production I 2 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 156 and/or Permission of Instructor. Training in the use of the analog 4- track recorder, multi-track Hard Disk recorder, microphone selection, and recording techniques for home studios. Using Power Point and websites to create business plans. Introduction to Pro Tools production software/hardware. Lecture/Lab
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MUSC 411 - Multimedia Recording and Production II 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 410 and Senior Standing. Course uses Pro Tools exclusively to prepare for Senior Project. Lecture/Lab
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MUSC 146 - Music History Since 1810 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors Only. This course is a study of the history of music from the middle period of Beethoven to the present time.
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MUSC 145 - Music History to 1810 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors Only. This course is a study of the history of music from the early Christian Era through the music of Early Beethoven.
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MUSC 456 - Orchestration 2 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 156. Orchestration students will learn the characteristics and idiomatic writing techniques for each orchestral instrument family: strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion, as well as approaches for writing for full orchestra. The course allows students to use the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) program of their choice, including Digital Performer, Logic, Cubase, SONAR, or Pro Tools.
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MUSC 195 - Organ 1 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Audition or Permission of Instructor. This course provides instruction in technique, musicianship, and repertoire designed to develop facility on the organ including chords, scales, sight-reading, harmonization, transposition, and improvisation.
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MUSC 465 - Percussion Class Methods 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): Junior Level Standing Mandatory. Students will learn fundamental concepts of percussion equipment and its organization, performance skills, and pedagogical skills applicable in K-12 school music programs. Course topics include organization of the school percussion program, teaching rhythm, equipment selection and maintenance, sound production concepts, fundamental instrumental techniques, and pedagogical techniques and methods of private and group instruction. Instruments studied include concert snare drum, marching percussion, keyboard percussion, orchestral accessories, Latin percussion, timpani, and jazz drum set. Study the organizational skills and information required to develop a quality percussion program, including instrument purchasing, maintenance, inventory, storage, and transport.
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MUSC 368 - Secondary School Methods 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 101, EDUC 201, Praxis, and admission to Music Teacher Education. This is an integrated methods course of practices and processes related to teaching music in the secondary school. The course has two eight-week segments. First eight weeks: General methods for all secondary students. Second eight weeks: Specific methods in the content area (i.e. Vocal/General or Instrumental/Keyboard).
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MUSC 408 - Self Promotion/Marketing 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Cross Listed: ART 470
Prerequisite(s): Required business course for all MUTE students. Learn about contracts, marketing, management, and industry knowledge about the arts.
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MUSC 157 - Sight-Singing 2 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course is a systematic applied study of sight-singing with tonic Sol-Fa and Solfege syllables designed to develop the interval and rhythmic aspects of the art through solo and group performance.
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MUSC 165 - String Methods I 1 Credits
(Fall Only)
This course provides an introduction to string methods and pedagogy, including solo and group performance. Emphasis is on methods of teaching and routine maintenance of the instruments.
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MUSC 166 - String Methods II 1 Credits
(Spring Only)
This course provides an in depth study of string methods and pedagogy, including solo and group performance on various instruments in the string family. Emphasis is on methods of teaching and routine maintenance of the instruments.
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MUSC 245 - Vocal Literature I 2 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): Fine Arts Majors, Vocal Majors and Minors. This course is a study of Vocal Literature designed to strengthen the singer’s knowledge of Italian, German, French, Spanish, and English repertoire, with a practical application through performance of the literature.
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MUSC 246 - Vocal Literature II 2 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 245. Fine Arts Majors, Vocal Majors and Minors. This course is a continuation of the study of Vocal Literature designed to strengthen the singer’s knowledge of Italian, German, French, Spanish, and English repertoire, with a practical application through performance of the literature.
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MUSC 455 - Vocal-Instrumental Arranging 2 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course is a study of the techniques of writing for a variety of vocal instrumental ensembles of all age groups, accompanied and a cappella. The student will prepare at least six (6) complete arrangements suitable for duplication and performance by ensembles from Easy to Advanced levels.
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MUSC 376 - Vocal/General Music Methods 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 101, EDUC 201, Praxis, and admission to Music Teacher Education. This course is designed to present Music Teacher Education majors with appropriate music teaching methods and materials for effective K-12 general and vocal music teaching.
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MUSC 265 - Woodwind Class Methods 1 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Junior Level Standing mandatory. These courses provide an introduction to playing strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments through solo and group performance. Emphasis is on methods of teaching and routine maintenance of the instruments.
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MUSC 266 - Woodwind Class Methods 1 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Junior Level Standing mandatory. These courses provide an introduction to playing strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments through solo and group performance. Emphasis is on methods of teaching and routine maintenance of the instruments.
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IDIS 313 - Branding for Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
Every Semester
Prerequisite(s): IDIS 111, IDIS 211. This course provides an inside-out to how entrepreneurs can use branding and marketing to establish their ideas, products, or services across various platforms. Students will learn how to make products and services distinctive in a crowded marketplace.
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IDIS 311 - Commercializing Innovative Ideas 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): IDIS 111, IDIS 211. Through engaging lectures and hands-on projects, students discover the best practices on driving success in entrepreneurial companies. They gain valuable insight into how entrepreneurs start companies and probe the unique mindset that often accompanies a successful venture.
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IDIS 315 - Healthcare and Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
Every Semester
Prerequisite(s): IDIS 111, IDIS 211. This course documents the channels of distribution of healthcare delivery through discussing healthcare services, technology, life sciences, pharma and biotechnology, and managed care while probing the emerging importance of consumerism as it relates to consumer-directed healthcare products and services.
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IDIS 111 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Developing the Entrepreneurship Mindset 3 Credits
Introduction to Entrepreneurship provides participants with the tools necessary for applying entrepreneurship provides participants with tools necessary for applying entrepreneurial thinking in their work and life. This course introduces participants to the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, providing them a blueprint for he ideas and strategies to build a successful venture.
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IDIS 410 - New Venture Creation 3 Credits
Every Semester
Prerequisite(s): IDIS 111, IDIS 211, IDIS 311. This capstone course integrates many of the concepts, tools, and practices of entrepreneurship to launch an entrepreneurial venture. Students incorporate core skills in entrepreneurship learned over the duration of the certificate program to produce a viable product or service.
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IDIS 211 - Problem Solving Using Design Thinking 3 Credits
This course provides an overview of design thinking to help students understand the concept as a problem-solving approach and an innovation tool. Design Thinking encompasses concept development, applied, creativity, prototyping, and experimentation thinking, as it relates to understanding customers’ needs.
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IDIS 312 - Social Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
Every Semester
Prerequisite(s): IDIS 111, IDIS 211. This interactive and pragmatic course helps students frame and evaluate several questions and topics within the realm of social problems and how entrepreneurs can find solutions. Students learn about complementary and opportunistic assets that help detect opportunities and develop ideas about creating businesses for social change.
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IDIS 314 - Technology and Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
Every Semester
Prerequisite(s): IDIS 111, IDIS 211. This course confronts challenges facing technology startups across all functional elements such as the product, sales, marketing, growth, and business development. Students collaborate in an experiential learning model environment to explore issues that entrepreneurs encounter.
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NURS 348 - Adult Practice 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of NURS 203, NURS 215, NURS 302, all general education courses of the freshmen and sophomore year of the progression plan with “C” or better. This course prepares the student to care for adult clients in various settings. Course content includes theories related to health promotion, risk factors, and major acute and chronic health problems of adults. Applying the curriculum concepts (communication, culturally congruent care, research, professional nursing role, leadership, caring behaviors, legal and ethical guidelines, and critical thinking), the student completes holistic assessments and implements therapeutic nursing interventions for adult and older adults in acute and community-based settings. Lecture
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NURS 349 - Adult Practice Clinical 2 Credits
The clinical experiences designed for this course will allow the student to demonstrate understanding of curriculum concepts through application of the nursing process. Students will provide care to adult clients in acute and community settings. This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 348 Clinical
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IDIS 450 - Alternative Interventions for Health and Wellness 3 Credits
This is a survey course designed to examine relationships among the human, body, mind, behavior, and health states. Various modes for interventions with human coping, health promotion, and wellness maintenance will be explored as alternatives or complements to more traditional approaches to the human health dilemma. Emphasis is given to increasing students’ level of knowledge about alternative intervention practices and to selected practical applications. Lecture
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NURS 410 - Care of Complex Clients 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of NURS 406/409, 415/416, with a grade of “C” or better. This course prepares the student to care for clients experiencing serious or life-threatening illnesses. Course content includes theories related to critical care and selected acute health and terminal problems. Synthesizing the curriculum concepts, the student will evaluate the application of the nursing process when intervening for seriously ill or terminally ill clients. Lecture
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NURS 411 - Care of Complex Clients Clinical 2 Credits
This clinical course focuses on the nursing care of critically ill clients. The student will complete holistic assessments, and implement and evaluate therapeutic nursing interventions for critically ill clients in a variety of critical care settings. This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 410. Clinical
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NURS 409 - Clinical Concepts in Community Health 2 Credits
It will provide students with opportunities to participate in caring for clients in various health settings as a component of their community health experience. Students will apply knowledge and skills from nursing and public health sciences to expand their understanding of caring for a community’s health. The student will provide professional nursing care for the individual, family, or group in community settings. The student is guided in the nursing process to develop and evaluate primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention intervention strategies that assist the client to attain and maintain optimal health status. This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 406 Clinical
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NURS 401 - Concepts in Family Health 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): (RN students only) Completion of NURS 350, 302, and 368 This course is designed to provide students with theoretical content and developmental theory related to family functioning and development. The emphasis is on concepts and theories pertaining to family structure, processes, and function. Stressors influencing family functioning are discussed. Interactive assignments working with families will provide opportunities for students to assess family structure, processes, and functions. Lecture
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IDIS 470 - Ethical Issues in Health Care 3 Credits
This lecture/discussion course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts, theories, principles, and critical thinking processes relevant to health care ethics. Content will focus on ethical issues commonly encountered in daily practice in health care and in health care delivery systems. Important ethical issues in health care and health care delivery will be reviewed and analyzed. The pivotal role of the health care practitioner in the quality of day-to-day delivery of care and the changing health care system will be addressed from an ethical perspective. Lecture
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NURS 201 - Foundation of Nursing Practice I 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Baccalaureate Nursing Program, NURS 101, BIO 311, CHEM 107. This course introduces the student to the scientific principles of foundational concepts, theory and technical skills. Concepts that frame the curricula are introduced: caring behaviors, communication, culturally congruent care, ethical frame work, legal aspects, critical thinking, leadership, research and professional nursing role. Using simulated labs, computer programs and videotapes, the student will develop and master selected psychomotor skills. Lecture/Laboratory
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NURS 203 - Foundation of Nursing Practice II 4 Credits
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 310, BIOL 312, NURS 201. This course builds on the concepts and principles presented in Foundation of Nursing Practice I. There will be a continued focus on the application of the nursing process, and the ongoing development of competencies in providing care for individuals using basic nursing skills in the clinical settings. Learning opportunities are provided in the classroom, and the skills laboratory, to enable students to apply skills and theory. In addition, therapeutic communication techniques in nurse client interactions are developed. Students are introduced to research and evidence-based practice in clinical practice. Lecture/Clinical
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NURS 303 - Foundations of Nursing Practice
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 Introduction to Biology, CHEM 107 General Chemistry, BIOL 310 Microbiology II, BIOL 311 Human Anatomy and Physiology I and BIOL 312 Human Anatomy Physiology II and Co-requisites: NURS 301 Professional Nursing Perspectives and NURS 302 Health Assessment. The course builds on the concepts and principles presented in the prerequisite arts and sciences. There is a continued focus on integrated processes of caring, communication, documentation, the nursing process, teaching and learning as well as culture and spirituality. Through the application. of student centered teaching-learning strategies, simulated skills laboratory and clinical experiences, students will be prepared to apply cognitive, interpersonal and psychomotor professional nursing practice competencies. Students will also begin to apply evidenced based practice concepts in planning and implementing safe and individualized patient-centered nursing care. Lecture
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NURS 304 - Foundations of Nursing Practice Clinical
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 Introduction to Biology, CHEM 107 General Chemistry, BIOL 310 Microbiology II, BIOL 311 Human Anatomy and Physiology I and BIOL 312 Human Anatomy Physiology II and Co-requisites: NURS 301 Professional Nursing Perspectives and NURS 302 Health Assessment. The course builds on the concepts and principles presented in the prerequisite arts and sciences. There is a continued focus on integrated processes of caring, communication, documentation, the nursing process, teaching and learning as well as culture and spirituality. Through the application. of student centered teaching-learning strategies, simulated skills laboratory and clinical experiences, students will be prepared to apply cognitive, interpersonal and psychomotor professional nursing practice competencies. Students will also begin to apply evidenced based practice concepts in planning and implementing safe and individualized patient-centered nursing care.
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NURS 368 - Gerontological Nursing 2 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all general education and nursing courses of the freshmen This lecture course is designed to provide students with theoretical content related to the older adult client. It explores the needs of the aging population and implications for the professional nurse. Issues related to the older adult such as demographics, health policy, and ethical practices are explored.
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NURS 302 - Health Assessment 3 Credits
This course is designed to expand the student’s interpersonal, cognitive, and psychomotor skills when defining parameters of wellness. The focus is assessment of the physiological, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and spiritual well-being. Lecture/Laboratory
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NURS 400 - Introduction to Nursing Research 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 204 or MATH 240; NURS 348 and NURS 349. This course introduces students to general principles and concepts related to the research process in nursing practice and theory. Emphasis is given to: the role of the professional nurse as a consumer of research; expanding decision-making through the use of research findings; evaluating the usefulness of research findings for current practice. Lecture
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NURS 381 - Maternal, Newborn, and Women’s Health Clinical 2 Credits
This clinical component focuses on nursing care of clients during the childbearing phase of the life cycle. The student completes holistic assessments and implements therapeutic nursing interventions for women, infants and families in acute care and community based settings. This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 380 Clinical
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NURS 380 - Maternal, Newborn, and Women’s Health 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of NURS308, NURS315, NURS348/459, NURS368 with a grade of “C” or better. This course prepares the student to care for families during the childbearing phase of the life cycle. Students will apply curriculum concepts (client, health continuum, caring behaviors, cultural congruity, ethical framework, and legal framework) to aspects of nursing care for clients throughout preconception and the childbearing process, as well as the neonatal period up to the first six weeks of infancy. The course also includes content regarding the specific health needs of women throughout the lifespan. Lecture
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IDIS 240 - Medical Terminology 3 Credits
Every Semester
This course introduces students to common medical terms in health care. Students generally learn principles of medical word building and terms that are specific to the human body systems, standardized medical abbreviations, acronyms, and meanings associated with these systems as well as basic examination procedures and positions, common blood, urinalysis lab, and diagnostic tests.
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NURS 415 - Nursing Care of the Child and Family 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of NURS 380/381, NURS 385/386, NURS 400, SOWK 300 with a grade of “C” or better. This course provides the student with the knowledge and skills required for the provision of therapeutic and culturally congruent nursing care, to children and their families. Course content includes growth and development of the child and adolescent, the changing family structure and its impact on the child. Students will examine the social, economic, political and environmental factors affecting health promotion and illness prevention. Issues surrounding culture, religion, legal considerations, and ethics are discussed. Relevant nursing research and evidence-based interventions are presented Lecture
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NURS 416 - Nursing Care of the Child and Family Clinical 2 Credits
This clinical course focuses on the nursing care of children and adolescents within the family system. Applying the concepts of caring behaviors, communication, critical thinking, leadership, nursing process, and professional nursing role, students will implement therapeutic nursing interventions specific for selected children and adolescents in acute and community-based health care settings This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 415. Clinical
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NURS 499 - Nursing Comprehensive Exit Examination 0 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Taken Final Semester of Senior Year. This is a Pass/Fail exam that is required for all traditional baccalaureate nursing students. Successful completion of the Comprehensive exam is required to satisfy requirements for graduation. Independent Study/Examination
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NURS 406 - Nursing Practice: Community 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Junior year nursing courses and NURS 400 with a grade of “C” or better. NURS 380, NURS 381, NURS 385, NURS 386 and NURS 400.. This course is designed to provide students with skills necessary to assess and critically analyze at-risk aggregates and global communities. The student will develop skills to identify, prioritize, and plan culturally congruent care, which emphasizes health promotion and illness prevention. This course prepares the student to apply the core concepts of the Department of Nursing while providing care for families, aggregates, and global communities. Selected theories applicable to community and public health nursing practice are emphasized. Community assessment, epidemiology, health belief and health promotion models, health education, stress and crisis, cultural diversity, and major health problems of vulnerable communities are stressed. Lecture
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NURS 350 - Nursing Practice: Concepts 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN to BS program This course is designed to introduce the student to concepts and theories that are the foundation of evidenced-based nursing practice. The relationship among theory, research, and practice is discussed. The student is introduced to the conceptual framework for the curriculum (communication, culturally congruent care, research, professional nursing role, caring behaviors, legal and ethical guidelines, and critical thinking). Historical aspects of nursing and the health care delivery system will also be discussed. Lecture
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NURS 215 - Nutrition in Health and Disease 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 107. This lecture course provides students with content related to principles of nutrition; therapeutic nutrition of specific clinical disorders and current consumer nutrition related issues. Lecture
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NURS 315 - Pathophysiology 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of BIOL 311 and BIOL 312 with a grade of “C” or better. This course builds on Anatomy and Physiology I and II to discuss the affect of diseases on the body. Principles of bodily responses are explored so that the student has working knowledge of alterations in the physiological changes leading to illness and disease. This course serves as the basis for understanding adult health/illness and for developing nursing interventions and strategies. Functional changes associated with or resulting from disease or injury are discussed. The content is designed to enhance the knowledge and understanding of cellular function so that the student can correlate pathophysiology to clinical manifestations, and the related diagnostic tests and treatment. Lecture
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NURS 308 - Pharmacology 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of NURS 203 and NURS 302 with a grade of “C” or better. This course is designed to introduce the nursing student to the basic principles of drug therapy and drug classifications, focusing on adverse reactions and contraindications, therapeutic indications and nursing implications. It explores the role of the nurse in drug management, with consideration of social, economic, and technological changes. Lecture
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NURS 301 - Professional Nursing Perspectives 2 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Math 125/141 and Engl 101 with a grade of “C” or better. The content of this course is designed to introduce students to the profession of nursing. Historical aspects of nursing and the health care delivery system will be discussed. Content will also focus on the concepts needed to form therapeutic nursing relationships with clients. Concepts related to the discipline of nursing will be introduced as the foundation for continued study.
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NURS 386 - Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical 2 Credits
This course focuses on the nursing care of clients with psychiatric- mental health and behavioral health needs and the nursing interventions required to restore, maintain, and/or enhance mastery in life and role functioning. Applying varying psychiatric mental health models, the student completes holistic assessments and implements therapeutic nursing interventions for the client in a variety of behavioral health settings. This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 385 Clinical
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NURS 385 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): NURS 308, NURS 315, NURS 348/349, NURS 368. This course examines the needs of clients experiencing behavioral health and/or psychiatric-mental health problems and the application process to restore, maintain and/or enhance mastery in life and role functioning. This course applies the Concepts-Based Curriculum Model as designed by the Bowie’s State’s Department of Nursing. Theories, principles, concepts and skills for promoting client mental health and well-being are stressed. Lecture
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IDIS 460 - Transcultural Health and Wellness 3 Credits
The course content is designed to increase students’ knowledge level and professional awareness concerning health and wellness practices in a transcultural society. Theoretical models and data collection guides are used to explore the ways and conditions under which individuals define their health status and implement health practices. Cultural factors that may influence illness behaviors and health promotion activities are examined. Lecture
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NURS 412 - Transition Into Profession Nursing Practice Clinical 2 Credits
The clinical portion of the course provides opportunities for students to implement strategies to solve a management problem. Students will have the opportunity to manage a unit, group of clients/or peers and collaborate as members of the health care team in response to the wealth of ethnic and culturally diverse clients and staff. In addition, students complete an organizational assessment. Various health settings may be utilized within the community to enhance learning. As the culminating course of the curriculum, emphasis is placed on synthesis of curriculum concepts and their applicability to professional nursing practice. This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 425 Clinical
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NURS 425 - Transition Into Professional Nursing Practice 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Completion of NURS 415/416, and NURS 406/409 with a grade of “C” or better. This course is designed to provide students with an overview of content related to leadership and management theories and to examine multiple nursing issues. Emphasis is two fold: (1) it is placed on broadening students’ understanding of the role(s) and responsibilities of professional nursing, and on recognizing the need for continuing professional learning and, (2) gaining an understanding of the role of the nurse in managing others in the provision of direct care to the client. Lecture
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IDIS 210 - Women’s Health Issues 3 Credits
This lecture course examines selected women’s health issues. Special emphasis is placed on physical and psychological changes that occur throughout a woman’s cycle, with special consideration given to diverse populations. Students gain a better understanding of preventive health practices, common health concerns, and resources available to address these concerns. This course is open to anyone interested in the health of women in America. Lecture
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NURS 390 - Women’s Health Issues 3 Credits
This course examines health issues of women in relation to the various roles women play in society. Special emphasis is placed on physical and psychological changes that occur throughout a woman’s life cycle. Students are assisted in gaining a better understanding of preventive health practices, common health concerns, and resources to address these concerns. Lecture
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PHIL 339 - Africana Philosophical Traditions 3 Credits
Fall even-number years
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102, and PHIL 101 or RELI 102. This course explores Africana philosophies and their treatment of race and racism, class and colonialism, freedom, identity and personhood, social transformation, freedom and bondage, and ethical and political issues.
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PHIL 327 - Ancient Philosophy 3 Credits
Spring odd-number years
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102, and PHIL 101 or PHIL 103. Studies the origins and development of philosophy and scientific thought in ancient Greece and Rome, focusing on pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Stoics, and Skeptics. Philosophical reasoning comes alive in their questioning about reality, truth, logic, knowledge, human nature, the virtuous life, and the good society.
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PHIL 305 - Ethics and Public Policy 3 Credits
(Spring Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101, PHIL 103, or PHIL 203. This course is an introduction to the major trends in ethical theory, including the relativist, consequentialist, virtue, and deontological points of view. Students will apply theory and current public policy debates.
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PHIL 400 - Independent Study in Philosophy (Special Permission Only) 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101. Students will engage in a research project using guided readings. Students are required to complete a term paper and verbally defend the thesis of the paper. The subject must be approved by the department.
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PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Credits
(Spring, Fall)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This is a general course designed to introduce students to the theory of knowledge, ethics, and metaphysics through a multicultural survey of the history of philosophy.
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PHIL 208 - Introduction to the New Testament 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course provides an introduction to the New Testament. Students will examine the historical context in which Christianity arose. They will examine the gospels, the traditions about Jesus, and the teachings of Jesus. Other genre, such as the major letters of Paul, and the book of Revelation will also be discussed. Students will gain an appreciation for the impact that social context, the theological agenda of the editors, and the intended reader had on the development of New Testament writing.
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PHIL 204 - Introduction to the Old Testament 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is a historical and literary study of the Old Testament, with consideration of the beliefs, the ideals, and the relevance to contemporary thought and problems.
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PHIL 103 - Introduction to the Principles of Reasoning 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is an introduction to critical thinking skills, including informal FALLacies, diagramming arguments, deductive and inductive reasoning, and categorical logic.
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PHIL 335 - Modern Philosophy 3 Credits
Spring
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102, and PHIL 101 or RELI 102. This course covers the major figures and movements of European philosophy from the middle of the Seventeenth Century to the late Eighteenth Century, including Descartes, Leibniz, John Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
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PHIL 300 - Philosophies of Human Nature 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101 or PHIL 103. This course studies a number of different theories of what constitutes being human. This course is interdisciplinary because it includes naturalistic, dialectical, and feminist points of view. It is also multicultural, because it encourages examination of philosophical perspectives from around the world. Among the questions raised are: Do human being have a (unique) nature? Do human beings have a (singular) destiny? Is there a divine being to which or to whom human beings are related? Will high technology computers be able to have conscious mental states? Are humans animals?
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PHIL 209 - Philosophy and Theory of Black Religion 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
This course will examine the genesis of the African-American religious tradition in North-America and the Philosophical world view that informs and sustains it.
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PHIL 301 - Philosophy of Mind and Mind Design 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): Engl 101 or Phil 101 or 108. This course will critically assess the computational model of mind that has emerged in cognitive science by studying the traditional mind/body problem, the contemporary physicalist critique of Cartesian Dualism, the claims of strong artificial intelligence, and the symbol system hypothesis.
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PHIL 323 - Philosophy of Religion 3 Credits
Fall
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102, and PHIL 101 or RELI 102. Examines dimensions of religion and religious .experience, and historical and contemporary relationships between religious and philosophical thought. Includes critical approaches to religious discourse and the complexities to religion’s involvement with one’ s life, both individually and socially.
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