This course introduces students to the rich heritage of nursing and the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to be effective members of the healthcare team. Emphasis is placed on the development of therapeutic and written communication skills necessary to advocate in the nurse/client relationship and with members of the health care team. This course also introduces students to the concept of evidence-based practice and its relevance to their practice as professional nurses. It is designed to facilitate an understanding of the meaning and significance of evidence-based nursing practice and an appreciation of how theory and research shape that practice and enhance the quality of care provided.Prerequisites: 01:119:127-128 or 21:120:241-242; 01:119:131-132 or 21:120:235; 01:160:128 or 21:160:108, 110; 705: 229, 255; required course in descriptive/inferential statistics. Corequisites: 705:395, 335, 306, 330.
Open to 2nd Degree L1 Students Only.
The capstone provides students with an opportunity to integrate learning from various courses with applied analysis of real-world issues. Students work individually under the guidance of a faculty member to develop a research design, carry out data collection and analysis, evaluate their findings, and provide conclusions and recommendations. The capstone seminar serves as a culminating experience in the M.P.A. program. The course allows students to draw on material presented throughout the curriculum to develop and conduct an applied research project on a topic salient to public or nonprofit administration. This seminar will prepare students to use the skills they have developed throughout the program to analyze and solve key public management and policy problems. Students will complete practical analytic papers suitable for publication or public consumption as their key graded assignment. These papers demonstrate each student's abilities and their collective body of skills and knowledge acquired throughout the M.P.A. curriculum. The capstone project challenges students to clearly articulate a research question, identify best practices in the field through a literature review, and develop and execute a research protocol, in which the student:
At the conclusion of the course, students will have demonstrated effective research skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and will have displayed the level of knowledge necessary for effectively managing a public or nonprofit organization as a competent leader.
[Prerequisites: 26:834:561 Applied Statistics and 26:834:562 Applied Research Design in order]
Only for executive MPA students.
Builds upon the skills and knowledge successful college graduates learn through their many years as students, including: collaboration, leadership, active citizenship, multicultural understanding, reflective thinking, critical analysis, and the ability to be a change agent in their community. This course provides students with an understanding of public service leadership skills and traits that will be necessary to master in order to be effective public and nonprofit service administrators.Prerequisite: 40:834:200.
Not open to Spanish majors or minors.
A chronological survey of Latin American literature from the period of the Conquest to the 20th century, with emphasis on literary traditions and cultures. Fulfills the Core Curriculum Other Liberal Arts (OLA) requirement.
The interaction between schools and society; basic social concepts such as stratification, social role, and bureaucratic organization as they relate to the educational system; the system in relation to the larger institutions in the society, with emphasis on both stated objectives and actual social functions.
The course focuses on social science foundations of political perspectives on US healthcare policy and law, which shape the public and private sector arrangements of health care delivery. Students will characterize healthcare debates in terms of barriers to care, and then theoretically and empirically evaluate three policy platforms: (1) market-oriented perspectives, (2) social protection perspectives, and (3) social justice perspectives.
Cross-Listed with: 21:070:371:B5:03930
This course explores key sociological concepts and theories through the examination of topics such as culture, socialization, inequality, and social institutions.Through a combination of theoretical frameworks, real-world examples, and critical analysis, students develop a deeper understanding of how societies function and the impact of social structures on individuals and groups.
Design, execution, and analysis of neuroscience research under the supervision of a faculty member; learning how to do neuroscientific research by means of firsthand experience.Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Community psychology (CP) is the branch of psychology most closely associated with how our society produces competent or dysfunctional citizens. It is especially concerned with the socialization institutions through which our children and youth pass (such as schools and families) and with the systems we have set up to help people when they have difficulties (i.e., mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, and other clinical services). Community psychologists seek to improve community mental health through research and social intervention programs focused on prevention, citizen participation, environmental change, and influencing public policy.Prerequisite: 21:830:102
During interactive classes we will explore various aspects of forensic psychology. For example, criminal psychology, profiling, psychopathologies in offenders, screening and selection of potential law enforcement agents, investigative psychology, the role of psychologists in adult and juvenile proceedings and sentencing, child custody evaluations, and correctional psychology in institutions and in the community.
Prerequisite: 21:830:102.
