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HINF 580 - Current Trends in Health Informatics 3 cr.
Prerequisite: HINF 570This course will examine trends impacting the health informatics field and their impact on the structure, behavior, and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process and communicate information. Emphasis is given to prediction of clinically transformative technologies, communication processes and information practices in health care.
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HINF 590 - Health Informatics Capstone 3 cr.
Prerequisite: HINF 580This course will give student an understanding of the systematic application of digital information technologies to public health, research, and learning. Students must integrate and apply knowledge, principles, theories, concepts, methods, techniques, skills, competencies, values and professional viewpoints developed throughout the curriculum to resolve complex case studies and to complete an applied health informatics project. The course uses knowledge gained in all modules and requires critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, creative capacities, communication and interpersonal skills, qualitative and quantitative analysis.
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Health Administration |
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HAD 500 - Health Care Organization and Administration 3 cr.
This required graduate course studies organizations, with special interest in health care organizations. Topics include strategy, goals, technology, size, design, adaptation, decision making, control, culture, processes, politics, conflict, learning, and inter-organizational relations. Conceptual foundations come from organizational theory, management science, systems theory, sociology, and psychology. There are no pre-requisites.
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HAD 501 - Health Care Financial Management I 3 cr.
Designed to increase analytical and decision-making skills using finance theories, principles, concepts, and techniques important to health management. This course integrates and applies financial management concepts and techniques relevant to health care settings. Topics include: analysis of cost and budgetary controls; interpretation and utilization of accounting reports and statements; operating accounting measurements; quantitative techniques; analysis of financial statements; financial decision-making models; auditing; capital investments; strategic financial management; working capital management; budgeting.
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HAD 502 - Health Care Law 3 cr.
Impact of legal factors affecting patient/client care and the operations and administration of healthcare facilities and systems. Examines principles and practices of law, legal relationships, sources of law and legal processes affecting the health services system. Conceptual foundations are drawn from the political sciences.
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HAD 504 - Human Resources Management 3 cr.
Examines human resource management functions, processes, and systems within organizations including recruitment, selection, training of personnel, and the legal and regulatory environment affecting HRM operations. Managing and developing human resources within and between systems/organizations is also studied. Organizational performance and creativity are examined.
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HAD 505 - Health Care Statistics and Research Methods 3 cr.
Designed to examine basic statistical techniques which are utilized in analyzing health care data. Topics include probability, sampling, use of central tendency measures, reliability and validity, graphics, data display, frequency distribution, regression analysis, ANOVA, and technical report writing.
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HAD 506 - Health Care Economics and Policy 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HAD 519)This required graduate course studies theoretical foundations of economics and public policy and applies them to the healthcare sector. The course examines provider behavior, production, costs, supply, market structure, competition, access, demand, insurance, expenditures, utilization, healthcare reform, and the healthcare-public-policy making process including policy formulation, implementation, and modification.
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HAD 508 - Leadership in Health Care Organizations 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HAD 504)Micro and macro organizational behavior theories provide the theoretical foundation for this course. The processes of communication, value analysis, problem solving, and decision making are explored at an individual, team, and organizational level. The imperative for healthcare leaders to understand and manage change will be emphasized. Various models of leadership will be critically analyzed. Conceptual foundations are drawn from the social sciences, psychology, and related disciplines.
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HAD 509 - Administrative Issues 3 cr.
This required graduate course is the capstone course. Students apply and integrate knowledge, theories, principles, methods, skills, competencies, values, and viewpoints developed throughout the curriculum to resolve health administration case studies and to complete an applied health administration project. Pre-requisites are 36 core HAD credits or approval by the Program Director.
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HAD 510 - Hospital Administration 3 cr.
Operating and administrative issues and problems in health and hospital systems with emphasis given to hospital operation, organization, and administration. The future role of acute care is examined in the context of integrated delivery models and systems.
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HAD 512 - Medical Practice Administration 3 cr.
Examines factors influencing physician practices and the quality of physician services. Topics include operating and administrative issues, compensation, staffing, billing, collections, reimbursement mechanisms, and governance. The course also examines PHOs, HMOs, SDOs, MSOs, and other integrated delivery networks, organizations, and systems affecting physicians.
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HAD 513 - Long Term Care Administration 3 cr.
Operation and administration of long term care facilities. Differences between acute and long term levels of care, types of long-term care facilities, and special concerns of the long-term-care resident. Emerging models of care are discussed in addition to traditional management functions in the industry.
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HAD 515 - Health Care Planning and Marketing 3 cr.
This required graduate course studies the purpose, function, and application of planning and marketing in health care. Content includes strategic planning, situational analysis, strategy formulation, action planning, exchange, buyer behavior, segmentation, market research, products/services, pricing, distribution, promotion, and marketing control. Selected theoretical concepts are drawn from disciplines such as economics, psychology, and sociology.
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HAD 517 - Global Health Management 3 cr.
3 cr. This course provides an introduction to global healthcare services and systems. Provides a foundation for comparing and analyzing cultural, historical, geographic, environmental, economic and political factors that influence health. Examines determinants of health and illness, health status, public health, health policy and global healthcare management. May include a travel experience.
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HAD 519 - Health Services and Systems 3 cr.
This required graduate course studies managerial epidemiology, access to care, health services, health providers, workforce, technology, financing, insurance, health policy, health planning, quality, and the evolution and structure of the U.S. health care system. Conceptual foundations come from systems theory, epidemiology, sociology, political science, and economics. There are no pre-requisites.
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HAD 521 - Health Care Financial Management II 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HAD 501)Exposure to complex problems and case studies with a focus on healthcare providers. This course develops skills in analysis, synthesis and evaluation of advanced financial management theories, principles, concepts and techniques. Topics include: quantitative analysis in financial management; premium rate setting; cost and utilization rates; advanced managerial accounting concepts; variance analysis; HMO rate setting; private and public healthcare reimbursement systems under managed care; financial aspects of integration; managing resources.
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HAD 522 - Health Care Operations and Quality 3 cr.
(Prerequisites, HAD 500, HAD 501, HAD 505, and HAD 519, or permission of instructor.)This course studies fundamental principles, concepts, and approaches regarding health care operations management, quality management, and process improvement. The systematic approach to quality includes patient safety, clinical process improvement, and credentialing.
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HAD 523 - Health Care IT Management 2 cr.
(This course is required, with HAD 500 and HAD 519 prerequisites or permission of instructor.)This course utilizes a systematic approach to study health care information technology management. Topics include terminology, organization, strategy, planning techniques, systems selection, contract negotiation, project management, medical informatics, technology trends, and issues for health care.
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HAD 525 - Health Care Ethics 3 cr.
The course will introduce the student to the presence of basic ethical concerns in the practice, distribution, and administration of healthcare. Current knowledge, scholarship, and the practical nature of the subject are examined through consideration of ethical theories, current professional readings, and a variety of cases.
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HAD 526 - Grants Writing and Management 3 cr.
3 cr. A health administration elective course focusing on the development, integration and application of knowledge; reviewing request for proposal requirements, work plans and evaluation plans; concepts in formatting; grant writing principles, methods, techniques, competencies; and developing a rationale needs statement, draft proposal, budget, and final proposal to secure a competitive grant.
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HAD 580 - Internship in Health Administration 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, 21 core credits completed)A 150 hour fieldwork placement in a staff or administrative position which is usually completed during a regular academic session. A semester project and preceptor designation is required.
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HAD 581 - Administrative Residency 8 cr.
(Prerequisite, 36 core credits completed)A 1,000 hour fieldwork experience in a senior management position. Normally involves exposure to all major operating functions and contacts with department heads, administrative staff, and medical staff. Includes exposure to governing-board functions, governmental forces, and community influences. The resident is assigned projects of increasing complexity and importance and is expected to have an assigned preceptor. A major project is required. The residency is usually completed during two semesters.
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HAD 582 - Directed Study 1-3 cr.
(Prerequisite, six core credits completed)Allows the student to pursue an area of interest under the guidance of a faculty member. Approval by the Program Director is required.
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HAD 583 - Externship in Health Administration 1 cr.
(Prerequisite, nine core credits completed)A 50 hour fieldwork experience under supervision of a preceptor which is completed during a regular semester. Allows the student to experience a new healthcare setting or in-depth study of a division or department within an institution. A written report is required summarizing the fieldwork experience.
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HAD 584 - Special Topics 1-3 cr.
Topics of current interest such as advanced managed care are offered on a variable basis.
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Human Resources |
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HR 500 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership 3 cr.
Organizational behavior, theories and practices are examined from traditional and contemporary perspectives. Behavior is studied at the individual, group and organizational levels. The role of effective leadership within a changing workplace and workforce is emphasized.
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HR 501 - Human Resources 3 cr.
This is a survey course of the various human resources functions utilized in organizations. Current human resource practices and foundational theoretical concepts are presented.
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HR 504 - Strategic Planning 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)The course provides a review of the strategic planning process with practical applications in environmental scanning, SWOT analysis, and strategy development. A major focus of this course is in the functions of finance, including human resource metrics as they relate to the strategic planning process.
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HR 505 - Recruitment and Staffing 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)The course examines staffing processes designed to support an organization’s business strategy and enhance its effectiveness. Contemporary methods used to move people into, through, and out of the organization are emphasized.
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HR 506 - Workplace Learning and Performance 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)This course explores the concept of workplace learning at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Adult learning and development theories provide the framework to understand the elements of effectively designed learning interventions that can enhance the overall performance of the organization.
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HR 510 - Organizational Change 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)The course examines the theories and models of organizational change from a systems thinking perspective. Processes designed to help organizations become more flexible and adaptable to change are presented. The role of the human resources professional as an agent for change is explored.
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HR 511 - Total Rewards 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)Strategic and operational decisions in the design and coordination of a total rewards system are presented. Job analysis, job evaluation, pay structures, pay-for-performance plans, performance management, benefits, and legal issues in compensation are explored.
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HR 512 - Employee and Labor Relations 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)This course examines the need for development and implementation of employee relations interventions, including human resources policies and procedures and the role of organized labor and collective bargaining in the workplace.
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HR 515 - Workplace Diversity 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)This course is designed for managing the dynamic of differences, through self-awareness, building cultural communication skills and identifying the culture of the organization. Students will explore diversity in the workplace to promote and foster fairness and justice for all employees and their organizations.
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HR 516 - Ethics in Human Resources 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)This course provides class members with an opportunity to improve their ability to make ethical decisions by identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical issues and to understand better how to cope with conflicts between personal values and the values of their organizations.
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HR 517 - Evaluative Research 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)Qualitative and quantitative research methods appropriate to the study of organizations are examined. The significance and development of human resource professionals as field researchers is highlighted. The development of a research survey and program evaluation is emphasized.
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HR 518 - Risk Management 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, HR 500 and HR 501)The course will review occupational safety and health legislation and management’s role in maintaining the safety and health of employees. Policies that provide a safe and secure environment in maintaining a violence free workplace to minimize the organizations loss and liability will be reviewed.
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HR 520 - Capstone: Applied HR 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: Completion of all other HR course work or permission from the Program Director)This course will facilitate the integration and application of previous course studies and serve as the culmination of graduate study.
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Management |
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MGT 501 - Responsibility, Sustainability & Justice 3 cr.
This course revolves around one of the most significant and controversial concepts of the 21st century. Sustainable development (SD) involves ethical, environmental and economic issues. The course will analyze and reflect on the relationship between SD, business and all affected stakeholders through case studies, reading, discussions, and guest lecturers.
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MGT 505 - Organizational Behavior 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA 504A)A primary goal of an organization is the improved performance of individuals and work groups within the organization. Organizational behavior is the field of study that investigates and explains those concepts or theories which are vital in current management practices dealing with job performance.
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MGT 509 - Business Policy 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, Mgt. 501 and 24 credits of extending courses)This course introduces the student to methodologies for examining strategic policy issues of organizations, primarily business organizations. In providing the student with opportunities to devise policy solutions, the course draws on all of the functional areas in the MBA curriculum. The course provides a capstone experience in which students will develop, present, and defend their own policy solutions for a real company.
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MGT 553 - Organizational Theory 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA 504A)Study of the forces both within and outside the organization that determine the structure and processes of an organization. Topics to be covered will include technology and size influences, conflict, boundary roles, matrix structure, political factors, and sociotechnical systems.
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MGT 554 - Group Dynamics 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MGT 505)Designing individual and group behavior systems, contemporary topics on designing organizational systems for better utilization of human resources.
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MGT 555 - Organization Power & Politics 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MGT 505)This course examines power and politics in organizations from theoretical, applied, and research perspectives.
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MGT 556 - International Management 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA 504A)A basic graduate course in international management, this course focuses on the set of strategy decisions facing the multinational corporation. It will also focus on the external and internal variables that influence the choice and outcome of strategies. The specific strategies covered are entry/ownership, sourcing, control, marketing, financial, human resources, and public affairs. Other topics include the division of labor and resource allocation on a worldwide basis, cultural issues, and issues of nationalism.
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MGT 559 - Special Topics in Management 3 cr.
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Management Information Systems |
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MIS 504 - Management Information Systems 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA 501C)The course is designed to educate students to the importance of information systems in managing profit as well as not-for-profit organizations such as: manufacturing, banking and health care. The course emphasizes the role of information systems to increase productivity, to improve the quality of products and services, and to insure overall effectiveness of organizational operations. The course introduces the student to information and communication technologies; information system evaluation and development processes; information technology applications for problem solving and management decision making; and use of information technologies to transaction processes and customer service. Appropriate application software will be used to get hands-on experience, to analyze cases, and to complete the class project. The student is expected to have basic knowledge of computing skills.
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MIS 546 - Business Database Management Systems 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA 501C)This course focuses on the overall structure of database management applications with emphasis on the relational approach. Topics covered include: database design, data dictionaries, query system, methods of storage and access, data definition and manipulation, data security and integrity, recovery and concurrence, distributed database management. Students will learn to design and implement database applications using micro and/or mainframe computers.
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MIS 548 - Business Intelligence 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MIS 504 or permission of instructor)Business Intelligence (BI) systems are sophisticated analytical tools that attempt to present complex organizational and competitive information in a manner that allows decision makers to make effective decisions in a timely manner. This course will explore the capabilities and benefits of business intelligence systems, data warehousing and data mining techniques. The course will investigate business intelligence gathering technologies as well as providing hands-on experience.
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MIS 571 - Information Networks and Electronic Commerce 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MIS 504 or permission of instructor)The main focus of the course is on the use of data communication networks to support effective and efficient management of information both within the organization and among organizations and individuals. Topics include: basic concepts of communication networks; analysis of existing enterprise data and voice communication networks; network management; electronic commerce and the worldwide web; intranets and collaborative work; and emerging trends and issues in electronic commerce infrastructure. The course will include case studies and a term project related to the applications of information networks.
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MIS 573 - Development of Business Applications 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA 501C)This course focuses on end-user development of business applications using visual, event-driven development tools. Topics include: problem-solving logic and the application-development process; objects, properties, events, and methods; design of user interfaces, dialogs and menus; macros and modular procedures; object linking and embedding; accessing databases; object-oriented programming concepts; and emerging trends in end-user application-development. Prior programming experience is not required.
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MIS 574 - Business Process Reengineering 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MIS 504)Information technology (IT) makes possible new and radically different ways of performing business functions. This course will address the ways in which information technology can be used by organizations to restructure and redesign business processes. The course contents include: analysis of core business processes and cross-functional integration, identification and evaluation of opportunities to apply IT to business processes, design and development of solutions to reengineer business processes, development of implementation plans, and analysis of the key implications of the plan in terms of costs and organizational changes. Students will analyze and discuss several cases involving the use of IT in reengineering.
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MIS 575 - Internet Applications 3 cr.
This course provides an introduction to Internet business models, and explores the electronic commerce infrastructure and web technologies. Students will gain hands-on experience in creating web sites using various scripting languages.
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MIS 577 - Global Information Systems 3 cr.
(Prerequisite MIS 504 or by permission of instructor)This course examines the role of information systems and telecommunication technologies in managing international organizations. Topics include: impact of information technology at the functional level of multinational corporations; types of international information systems; organizing and managing international information systems; changes in telecommunication regulations; international standard setting organizations; building strategic alliances through information technology; and emerging information technology applications to understand and resolve issues raised by international trade and business. Students will discuss major cases that involve global information systems applications to multinational corporations.
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MIS 579 - Special Topics in Management Information Systems 3 cr.
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Marketing |
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MKT 506 - Marketing Management 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA504B)Analysis of the conceptual and tactical mechanisms of marketing management with emphasis on how today’s firms and institutions mobilize their resources to achieve market penetration, sales volume, and satisfactory profits. Marketing planning with control and implementation of strategies as major aspects of decision making. Also, exploring market opportunities and formulation of marketing policies (marketing mix) exemplified through case studies.
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MKT 512 - Customer Relationship Management 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA504B or an equivalent course or background as evaluated and approved by the instructor or the program director.)The course focuses on an enterprise wide strategy to create a successful customer relationship management program and maintain it on an ongoing basis, by utilizing systems, tools, and techniques that develop a shared view of the customer throughout the enterprise, and using best practice offerings tailored to the appropriate customer relationship life cycle stage. SAP-CRM software platform is utilized for the course. This course is not open to those students who have received credit for ERP 512.
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MKT 561 - Marketing Research 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MKT 506)Marketing Research is studied as the basis for decision making, for analysis of markets, and for evaluation of marketing strategies through systematic gathering of information and evidence. The foundations and methodology of research, including behavioral sciences and multivariate analysis, are discussed. Research projects are conducted by the class participants and research applications to marketing problems are exemplified.
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MKT 562 - Promotion Management: Advertising and Selling 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MKT 506)A study of the promotion activities of business firms and institutions; analysis of audience behavior and motivation; communication through mass media and person-to-person interaction including advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, and publicity; the development of an integrated promotional strategy to generate sales and profits through informing, persuading, and activating middlemen and consumers.
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MKT 563 - Global Marketing 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MKT 506)A study of the managerial problems in international marketing, covering factors affecting international markets in different cultural areas of the world.
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MKT 564 - Consumer Behavior 3 cr.
(Prerequisite, MKT 506)Study of the basic factors influencing consumer behavior with emphasis on managerial use of consumer decision making models from both economics and the social sciences.
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MKT 565 - Sustainable Strategic Marketing 3 cr.
The new paradigm of marketing for sustainability includes determination of the true cost of products and services as a foundation for sustainable strategic marketing planning. The course will focus on the relationship between sustainable development, marketing and all affected stakeholders. An applied research component that involves the local community is a requirement.
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MKT 569 - Special Topics in Marketing 3 cr.
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MKT 596 - Study Abroad in Asia 3 cr.
This course offers an opportunity to travel and learn about marketing issues in parts of Asia. Topics include B2B and B3C marketing protocols, cultural basics and complexities that affect business and relationships in these countries, joint venturing and sourcing, and some basics about the legal systems of these countries.
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Master of Business Administration |
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MBA 501A - Statistics Module 1 cr.
This course module is intended to develop the statistical concepts and techniques that are needed to make business decisions. Topics to be covered include detailed coverage of descriptive statistics, probability theory (including Bayes’ Theorem), and discrete and continuous probability distributions with an emphasis on business applications. A survey of modern statistical methods covering sampling distributions, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression and correlation analysis will be discussed.
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MBA 501B - Management Science Module 1 cr.
An introduction to the quantitative approaches used in today’s businesses to solve decision problems. Topics will include overviews of linear programming, spreadsheet modeling, project scheduling, waiting line systems, and simulation.
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MBA 501C - Information Management Module 1 cr.
An introduction to computers and how they can be applied to the operations and management of business firms. Topics include data-processing concepts, overview of computer hardware and software, modern data and information processing systems, and applications of computers in business.
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MBA 502A - Financial Accounting Module 1 cr.
An introduction to the basic principles and techniques of financial accounting. Emphasizes the accounting process and the interpretation and use of basic financial statements.
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MBA 502B - Managerial Accounting Module 1 cr.
(Prerequisite, MBA 502A)Emphasis is placed on ways to use, analyze and interpret accounting data in planning and controlling organizational activities. Selected techniques required for analysis and managerial decision-making are introduced.
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MBA 502C - Business Law Module 1 cr.
This course module provides the fundamental legal concepts including a basic knowledge of domestic and global legal environments; legal forms of business organization; essential concepts of tort, contract and property law; specific federal regulatory agencies controlling Environmental Protection, Anti-Trust and Consumer Protection; and aspects of employment law.
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MBA 503A - Microeconomics Module 1 cr.
Intended to provide a foundation in microeconomics for MBA students, this is an intensive course that stresses functioning of the market system. It introduces students to applications of microeconomics in business decisions.
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MBA 503B - Macroeconomics Module 1 cr.
Intended to provide a foundation in macroeconomics for MBA students, this is an intensive course that introduces the student to macroeconomic theory and applications as they pertain to the business decisions. Topics include measurement of GDP, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, fluctuations, and growth.
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MBA 503C - Finance Module 1 cr.
Intended to provide a foundation in finance for MBA students, this is an intensive course that introduces students to financial decision making process and to the tools and techniques of financial analysis.
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MBA 504A - Management Module 1 cr.
This module will examine major functions of management from an applied perspective. Emphasis will also be placed on understanding organizational structure and processes. Extensive use will be made of class discussion and case analysis. Modules will also address skills managers must develop in working with others.
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MBA 504B - Marketing Module 1 cr.
The MBA module in marketing is designed to introduce students to the basic techniques of analyzing customers and formulating integrated product development, pricing, distribution, and communication programs.
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MBA 504C - Operations Management Module 1 cr.
A functional review of how to manage the activities involved in the process of converting or transforming resources into products or services. Topics include an overview of strategic decisions, forecasting, basic inventory models, aggregate planning and master scheduling, materials requirements planning, and scheduling operations.
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MBA 590 - Internship in Business Administration 1 cr.
Individualized, supervised experience in a work setting, which relates directly to the student’s MBA concentration. Work assignments are agreed upon by the sponsoring firm, the student and a faculty supervisor. The student must complete an academic paper upon completion of the internship experience. Students may enroll in a maximum of two one-credit internships in the MBA program.
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Nursing |
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Advanced Health Care NURS - 760 3 cr.
This course focuses on the analysis of health care policy and policy making influences at the institutional, local, state, national, and international level. Principles of health care financing and its impact on health care policy development are discussed. The role of an advanced practice nurse in influencing policy in health care delivery, outcomes, and professional nursing is emphasized. Students learn skills to analyze policy processes and engage in politically relevant actions.
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DNP Scholarly Projec NURS - 780 3 cr.
Prerequisites: NURS 720; NURS 730; NURS 740; NURS 750; Co-requisite: NURS 760In this course the student will formalize and begin implementation of the scholarly project. The project will require the student to synthesize and apply the competencies of the program to positively change health care delivery or improve patient outcomes for vulnerable patients, families, communities, or populations. The student will complete a minimum of 125 clinical hours. Additional hours will be completed depending on prior graduate level precepted clinical contact hours so that the student meets the 1000 clinical hour DNP program requirement. Seminar discussions will focus on the science of translation.
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NURS 503 - Basic Principles of Nurse Administered Anesthesia 5 cr.
Lecture focuses on theories, concepts, and principles from the disciplines of nursing and anesthesiology as a foundation for the practice of nurse anesthesia. Fundamental aspects of nurse anesthesia needed for clinical practice of nurse anesthesia are presented.
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NURS 505 - Health Writing for Publication 3 cr.
This course enables students to enhance their writing skills by utilizing effective writing principles, and by synthesizing and critiquing relevant research as these principles relate to health issues. Students select one topic to develop from idea to final manuscript for both a professional journal and a consumer newspaper/magazine.
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NURS 506 - Advanced Principles of Nurse Administered Anesthesia I 1 cr.
A Lecture focuses on current professional provisions regarding the administration of regional anesthesia by the nurse anesthetist. Anatomical, physiological, pharmacological, and technical aspects of all types of regional anesthesia are presented. Emphasis is placed on indication and contraindication of regional anesthesia regarding patient population. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 507 - End-of-Life Care 3 cr.
This course focuses on ways to enhance end-of-life care for patients, families, and care givers. The biological, psychosocial, and spiritual responses to dying are explored from a variety of aspects including diverse cultural backgrounds. Structure of various health care systems and implications for care givers and clients are stressed. The course is open to all majors.
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NURS 508 - Advanced Principles of Nurse Administered Anesthesia II 4 cr.
Lecture focuses on principles of nurse administered anesthesia as applied to obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric patients. Similarities and differences among these populations are explored. Health assessment specific to each population will be performed. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 509 - Advanced Principles of Nurse Administered Anesthesia III 1 cr.
Lecture focuses on current issues regarding pain management techniques used by the nurse anesthetist. Anatomical, physiologic, psychological, pharmacological, and technical aspects of acute and chronic pain management theories of acute and chronic pain are explored. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 510 - Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology 3 cr.
Utilizing principles from anatomy and physiology, this lecture course presents the pathophysiology underlying common disease entities across the life span, including clinical presentation and related laboratory data.
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NURS 511 - Epidemiology and Methods of Prevention 3 cr.
This course is designed for graduate students desiring to utilize prevention strategies within advanced practice role in acute care, chronic care, and community settings. The course explores the interrelationships of epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health promotion through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Ethical and professional problems encountered in using epidemiology are critically examined.(Elective course)
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NURS 512 - Physics of Nurse Administered Anesthesia 1 cr.
Lecture focuses on application of principles of physics as related to the practice of anesthesia. Information will be presented regarding specific gas, fluid, and vapor laws and the influence they have upon anesthesia practice. Measurement of pressures, compressed gases, principles and types of vaporizers, flow meters, and solubility coefficients are discussed and allied with principles of anesthesia practice.
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NURS 515 - Chemistry of Nurse Administered Anesthesia 3 cr.
Lecture focuses on the application of inorganic, organic, and biochemistry principles as related to the practice of anesthesia. Chemical and physical properties of the anesthetic gases and vapors, intravenous anesthetics, accessory agents, and therapeutic gases are presented. Electrical circuits and principles important for the prevention of fires and explosions in the operating room are explored.
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NURS 517 - Advanced Pharmacology of Nurse Administered Anesthesia I 4 cr.
Lecture focuses on general pharmacologic principles of both intravenous and inhalational agents. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of barbiturates, benzodiazepines, intravenous non-narcotic, narcotic, inhalational, and neurolept anesthetic agents are analyzed and applied to principles of anesthesia practice. Anesthetic implications and contraindications are examined. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning.
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NURS 518 - Advanced Pharmacology of Nurse Administered Anesthesia II 2 cr.
Lecture focuses on in-depth review of anatomy and physiology of nerve fibers and the myoneural junction related to anesthetic pharmacologic agents. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics regarding local anesthetics and neuromuscular blocking agents are presented relative to nurse administered anesthesia practice. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 519 - Pharmacology of Nurse Administered Anesthesia III 2 cr.
Lecture focuses on in-depth study of accessory drugs used in nurse anesthesia. Review of the autonomic nervous system including anatomy and physiology related to pharmacology. The effects of autonomic, cardiovascular, hematologic, prostaglandin, and psychiatric drugs in the perioperative patient are considered. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 520 - Advanced Pharmacology 3 cr.
Lectures focus on the principles of drug therapy, mechanisms of action, side effects, drug interactions, general concepts in the selection of pharmaceutical agents, and prescriptive authority.
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NURS 521 - Introduction to Physiology and Health Administered Anesthesia 1 cr.
Lecture focuses on theories, concepts, and principles as related to cell physiology. In-depth discussion of cellular physiology as it relates to the practice of anesthesiology.
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NURS 522 - Physiology and Health Assessment of Nurse Administered Anesthesia I 5 cr.
Lecture focuses on a review of the complex relationship between anesthesia and pathophysiology of the respiratory, cardiovascular, and peripheral vascular systems. Physiologic monitoring is examined and related to specific anesthetic agents and pathologic conditions found in anesthesia. Pharmacologic implications as they relate to both the respiratory and cardiovascular systems are explored. Health assessment of the three systems will be performed. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 523 - Physiology and Health Assessment of Nurse Administered Anesthesia II 5 cr.
Lecture focuses on a review of the complex relationship between anesthesia and pathophysiology of the endocrine and nervous systems. Pharmacologic implications as they relate to both the endocrine and nervous systems are explored. Health assessments of both systems are performed. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 524 - Physiology and Health Assessment of Nurse Administered Anesthesia III 1 cr.
Lecture focuses on a review of the complex relationship between anesthesia and pathophysiology of the excretory system. Pharmacologic implications as they relate to the excretory system are explored. Health assessments of both systems are performed. Clinical practice is concurrent with didactic learning. The student is given the opportunity to practice in the role of the nurse anesthetist.
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NURS 530 - Advanced Clinical Assessment 2 cr.
Lecture provides theory and skills needed to obtain compressive histories and to perform comprehensive physical examinations on clients throughout the life span. Course includes two hours per week lecture.The student must attain a final course grade of B or higher to progress to NURS 552.
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NURS 530L - Advanced Clinical Assessment Lab 1 cr.
Lab course on clinical application of comprehensive history and physical examination skills. Four hours per week on-campus laboratory.
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