and composition of the essay. This course includes a thorough review of the
basic and advanced rules of grammar, sentence structure, and diction. This section
offers special emphasis on the needs of ESL students. Students must receive a grade of
C or better in this course to enroll in ENG141.
Offered Fall, Spring
* ELAC courses, ENG101 through ENG140, cannot be used to fulfill
graduation
requirements. Students required to take these courses may need to
attend additional
semesters to meet graduation requirements.HTW254 Health Science for
Teachers of AYA (3 hours)Academic Affairs
School of Arts & Sciences
- Adolescent and Young Adults
- Anthropology
- Art
- Arts & Sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Cultural Studies
- Education
- English
- History
- Foreign Languages
- Mathematics
- Music
- Natural Science
- Philosophy
School of Business
- Accounting
- Business Law
- Computer and Information Technology
- Economics
- Finance
- Hospitality Management
- Management
- Marketing
School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences
- Corrections
- Counseling
- Criminal Justice
- Forensic Psychology
- Government and National Security
- Law Enforcement
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
-
Graduate Academic Programs
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Education
- Master of Humanities
- Master of Criminal Justice
- Addictions Counseling
Post-Bachelor Certificate
Offered Fall, Spring
MAT100.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: MAT100 (“C” or better) or placement
Offered Fall, Spring
* Foundation courses meet eligibility for financial aid and athletics, but do not fulfill graduation requirements. Students required to take these courses may need to attend an additional semester to meet graduation requirements
The course is a continuation of the Freshman Institute and will provide an in-depth introduction to college life, college realities, college expectations, study skills and time management. All students enrolled in their first semester of college will participate in this course. Pass/Fail.
150 LEAP Seminar (3 hours)
The Learning
Enrichment Academic Program [LEAP] seminar identifies and assists
academic at-risk students to help learn about and adjust to college
life during the fall semester. The program consists of three
components: Freshmen Seminar, Developmental English, and Life
Lessons. Must have a C or better.
Offered Fall
Honors Program
Prerequisite: Admission to the Freshman Honors Program
Offered Fall
will be more time consuming than those assigned in other theatre courses. All students will be required to take on a role in stage crew, such as props, as well as paint and tear down the set after the production.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Freshman Honors Program
Offered Fall
Offered Fall
Prerequisite: Admission to the Freshman Honors Program
Offered Fall
Adolescent and Young Adults (EDA)
Lourdes College Adolescent and Young Adults
(EDA)
225 Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults (3
hours)
Provides students with opportunities to examine
the developmental needs and unique aspects of educating adolescents
and young adults and how schools and teachers effectively respond
to such needs. Students will not only examine the history and
philosophy of adolescent education but will also explore the latest
theories regarding learning and effective instructional
practices.
Prerequisites: EDU 100 and permission of education
advisor
235 Curriculum & Instruction for Adolescents &
Young Adults (3 hours)
Builds on the general concepts
presented in EDA 225, Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults, by
providing students with opportunities to plan curriculum and
instruction, which is developmentally appropriate for adolescents
and young adults. This course will begin to bridge the gap between
content and practice.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, EDA 225, and permission of
education advisor.
250 General Teaching Methods and Field Experience I (3
hours)
Provides students with opportunities to learn and practice the
skills and competencies of effective teaching at the adolescent
(secondary) level. This course will examine various instructional
methods used to teach adolescents and young adults in the
student’s chosen concentration area and will provide students
with actual field experience in teaching.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, EDA 225, EDU 230, EDU 250,
EDA 235, permission of advisor. Required Field Base Experience.
351 Social Studies Methods and Field Experience II (3
hours)
Offers students opportunities to learn and practice the skills and
competencies of effective teaching of Social Studies at the
adolescent (secondary) level. This course will examine various
instructional methods used to teach Social Studies and will provide
students with actual field experience in teaching Social
Studies.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, EDU 230, EDU 250, EDU 316,
EDU 318, EDA 225, EDA 235, EDA 250, admission to education program
and permission of advisor. Required Field Base Experience.
353 Language Arts Methods and Field Experience II (3
hours)
Provides students with opportunities to learn and practice the
skills and competencies of effective teaching of language arts at
the adolescent (secondary) level. This course will examine various
instructional methods used to teach language arts and will provide
students with actual field experience in teaching language
arts.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, EDU 230, EDU 250, EDU 316,
EDU 318, EDA 225, EDA 235, EDA 250, admission to education program
and permission of advisor. Required Field Base Experience.
450 Adolescent and Young Adult Student Teaching (12
hours)
Provides students with an opportunity to put into practice the
skills and competencies of effective teaching of adolescents. This
course is the culminating experience in the student’s
educational program. This course will include experiences and
practices in an Adolescent and Young Adult Classroom along with
weekly seminar sessions.
Prerequisites: completion of all professional
education and curriculum content courses, permission of the
education advisor. Required Field Base Experience
Anthropology (ANT)
Heidelberg College Anthropology (ANT)
325 Forensic Anthropology (3
hours)
This course considers the forensic application
of anthropology and archaeology to identification of human remains
in criminal and human rights cases. Students will be introduced to
methods used to determine age at death, sex, stature and ancestry
of a skeleton and will practice the application of these methods in
a laboratory setting. The course also addresses issues of recovery
and processing of human remains from crime scenes and review actual
cases involving forensic anthropology.
Prerequisite: Any college level biology course or
ANT205.
Art(ART)
Offered Fall
balance, rhythm, and movement. Emphasis will be given to the principles of planning and visual thinking needed to communicate ideas. Research, photography, and basic computer imaging applications will be incorporated in various assignments. Problem solving on an individual and group level will be stressed.
Offered Spring
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Fall
understanding of the technical and conceptual innovations of the medium and the impact photography has had on society in the past 150 years, as well as observational, analytical, research, and interpretive skills necessary for understanding the cultural and stylistic significance of the art form. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Spring even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG142 and one of ART101, 102, 110, or 210
Offered as needed
Prerequisites: ART101, ART102, ART110, COM134 or COM204
Offered Spring even numbered years
A survey of the lives and contributions of women artists from the Renaissance to the present. The primary objectives are to introduce issues of gender in the production of visual culture and how women’s art frequently conflicted with and questioned the accepted ideologies of various periods. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the social and political forces that rejected or compartmentalized art created by women and the effect this has had on culture and perceptions of women in society. The construction of gender ideologies from male and female perspectives will be stressed.
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or permission of Instructor
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Arts & Sciences (SAS)
Prerequisite: CUL222, MGT201, ART 201 or MUS223
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Prerequisite: Junior status and permission of the School
499 Senior Seminar (3 hours)
Students
will pursue individual projects in a group setting. An
interdisciplinary perspective is encouraged. Bachelor of Arts
degree candidates only.
Prerequisite: Senior Status
Biology (BIO)
101 Contemporary Biological Problems (3
hours)
An introductory course that stresses the
principles of biology and pertinent applications to increase
appreciation and to demonstrate that biology is a science relevant
to everyday life. The following topics will be covered: cells,
genetics, evolution, diversity of life, plant and animal structures
and functions, and ecology. There is a lab component to this
course.
Offered Fall and Spring semesters
Heidelberg College Biology (BIO)
363 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4
hours)
This course integrates micro and gross anatomy
while examining how the human body functions from the cellular
level, up through and focusing on the various systems including
nervous, integumentary, muscular, and endocrine. Lab utilizes
previously prosected cadavers and analysis of live subjects
(humans, rats, and frogs).
Prerequisite: one college biology course. Open to
juniors and seniors.
Chemistry
(CHM)
Heidelberg College Chemistry
(CHM)
111 General Chemistry I (4
hours)
Study of atomic structure, stoichiometry, gases,
thermochemistry, periodicity, bonding, liquids and solids and
organic chemistry. Three recitations and one 3 hour laboratory
period per week. .
Prerequisite: MAT174 or MAT181
112 General Chemistry II (4
hours)
Study of solutions, equilibrium systems
(acid-base, solubility), thermodynamics,
electrochemistry, kinetics and the nucleus. Three recitations and
one 3-hour laboratory period per week.
Prerequisite: CHM 111.
201 Organic Chemistry (4 hours)
Study of
organic compounds and their derivatives illustrating experimental
and theoretical approaches to bonding, structure and reaction
mechanisms. Structure elucidation considered from viewpoints of
classical and spectroscopic methods. Three recitations and one or
two 3-hour laboratory periods per week are required.
Prerequisite: CHM 112
305 Quantitative Analysis (4 hours)
Study of
both theoretical and practical aspects of quantitative chemical
analysis, including classical and modern methods. Theoretical
emphasis is on treatment of data, acid-base, solubility,
oxidation-reduction, and complex ion equilibria, electrochemistry
and spectrophotometry. Laboratory work includes quantitative
gravimetric, volumetric, and instrumental analysis. Three
recitations and two 3-hour laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisite: CHM 111 and 112.
404 Instrumental Analysis (4 hours)
This course
includes the study of the theory and applications of instrumental
methods of chemical analysis. Emphasis is on (1) Spectroscopy (UV,
Visible, IR Raman, NMR, AA, emission, mass), (2) Electrochemistry
(electrolysis, potentiometry, voltammetry, coulometry) and (3)
Chromatography (GC, HPLC). Laboratory work involves solving
analytical problems using instrumental techniques. Two recitations
and two 3-hour laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisite: CHM 305
Communication (COM)
Prerequisite: COM 130
Offered Spring odd
Prerequisite: ENG141
Offered Spring even numbered years
gain access to these sources and retrieve information through a variety of approaches, including using electronic data bases. Students will design a final project that emphasizes the computer-assisted research methods learned throughout the course.
Prerequisite: COM 130
Offered Spring odd numbered years
listening. These principles will be integrated into larger communication contexts in order to understand how decision-making and problem solving occurs in small groups.
Prerequisite: COM 130
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Prerequisite: COM 130
Offered Fall even
Prerequisite: COM218
Offered Spring even numbered years
Prerequisite: COM 130
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Prerequisite: COM130
Offered Spring odd numbered years
450 Critical Analysis of Mass Media (w) (3
hours)
Introduction to and application of media ethics
and critical theory approaches to mass media. Issues may include
globalization, identity, power, consumerism, ideology and hegemony
in contemporary media. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: ENG141, COM241
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG141, students must be available for play production.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite: ENG141, SOC101
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisites: ENG141, one history course, and junior standing
Prerequisites: ENG141, CUL210
Prerequisite: ENG 142
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG 142
Offered Spring odd numbered years
A study of the great epics and myths of the world, possibly ancient and modern, and the common themes, archetypes, and folklore around the world and their roles in defining archetypes and influencing the contemporary world. The course might discuss creation myths, fertility myths, and hero/heroine myths/epics. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisites: ENG142 and 200 level ENG, CUL, or PHI
Offered Fall odd numbered years
448 Women and Literature (w) (3 hours)
A
literary study of the perceptions of women and their roles in
society. This course may focus on the images of women as they are
portrayed in literature, on particular female authors, or on both.
This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisites: ENG142 and 200 level ENG, CUL, or
PHI
Offered Spring even numbered years
449 Minority Experience in American Literature (w)
(3 hours)
An examination of life in immigrant and
minority cultures with emphasis on the breadth and diversity of
literary culture in 20th Century America. It may include historical
development of the minority culture’s experiences in America.
It may be run as a survey of a particular minority experience, or
it my concentrate on certain major works. Students may read and
report on readings from a secondary list as well. This is a writing
intensive course.
Prerequisites: ENG142 and 200 level ENG, CUL, or
PHI
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Education (EDU)
Lourdes College Professional Education
(EDU)
100 Foundations of Education (3
hours)
Offers historical, philosophical, political and
social overviews of education. Students will examine how schools
are organized, administered and financed. In addition, students
will explore and experience the skills and competencies (ten
performance standards) necessary to be an effective teacher. Legal
issues such as the Professional Code of Ethics, legal rights of
teachers and their legal responsibilities will be addressed.
Required Field Base Experience.
150 Introduction to Technology in Education (3
hours)
Provides practical skills in various ways to incorporate technology
into the student’s personal educational program as well as
integrating instructional technology into the classroom.
218 The Role of Phonics in Emergent
Literacy (3 hours)
Integrates cognitive and language
development in children and across cultures, the linguistic aspects
of language (content), and pedagogy or the teaching of phonics
(theory and research) and its role in emergent literacy (reading).
The focus is on the physiological, developmental, and sociological
aspects of cognition and receptive and expressive language. The
course uses the Ohio Academic Content Standards as the basis for
curriculum development of literacy approaches and content in early
childhood and middle school classrooms.
Prerequisites: ENG141 and ENG142
230 Survey of Special Needs Education (3
hours)
Focuses on the foundations of special education with emphasis on
historical background, legal issues, a positive learning
environment, disabilities and health disorders in a
regular/inclusive classroom, as well as developing teaching skills
for use in an inclusive classroom.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, EDU 250, permission of
education advisor.
250 Educational Psychology (3 hours)
Addresses the foundation of Educational Psychology. Four major
areas will be explored: general overview of psychology, life span
development, human learning, and behavioral issues and
problems.
Prerequisites: EDU 100 and permission of education
advisor
312 Teaching Reading Through Literature
for Young Adolescents (3hours)
Focuses on the
acquisition and development of reading skills, and the nature,
implementation and process of reading instruction through
literature. Students study the psychological and linguistic
foundations of reading instruction with emphasis on the value of
reading aloud to learners and strategies and skills needed to
encourage and motivate students to pursue and respond to reading
and writing. The course presents a practical study of fiction and
nonfiction literature for young adolescents, including a study of
literary elements, reading strategies, the implementation of
flexible literacy programs, critical evaluation of texts and their
use in the classroom. It also examines ways that various factors,
such as content, purpose, tasks, settings, and cultural,
linguistic, and ethnic diversity influence the reading process.
Prerequisites: Permission of EDM advisor, ENG200
and EDU218.
316 Multicultural and Social Issues in
Education (3 hours)
Gives an overview of the interaction of school and society.
Emphasis will be placed on exploring the social issues affecting
education and the appropriate role and response of school and
teacher.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, junior standing,
permission of education advisor.
318 Classroom Management and Behavioral Issues (3
hours)
Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to create
an effective
learning environment and to deal appropriately and effectively with
behavioral issues
within the classroom setting. The course covers both legal and
ethical implications and provides practical management
techniques.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, permission of the
education advisor.
328 Integration of the Arts in Instruction (3
hours)
Explores theories, issues, research, resources and exemplary
practices, which promote aesthetic education for children. Students
will explore and experience how the visual arts, music, performing
arts and dance can be integrated across the curriculum, using the
unique needs and interests of students and promoting the
development of basic skills as well as critical thinking skills,
problem solving and creativity.
Prerequisites: EDU 100, EDM 225 (EDM majors only),
permission of education advisor.
330 Developmental Reading Through Content Area Reading (3
hours)
Focuses on reading as a tool for constructing meaning from text by
accessing prior knowledge, applying schema, developing a purpose
for reading, and emphasizing the value of reading aloud to
learners. A basic understanding of the reading process combined
with the application of reading strategies to build knowledge of
study strategies will be examined. Explores questioning techniques,
and cognitive processing in the comprehension of narrative and
expository text to enhance the quality of life.
332 Reading Diagnosis and Assessment (3
hours)
Focuses on reading as a tool for constructing meaning from text by
accessing prior knowledge, applying schema, developing a purpose
for reading, and emphasizing the value of reading aloud to
learners. A basic understanding of the reading process combined
with the application of reading strategies to build knowledge of
study strategies will be examined. Explores questioning techniques,
and cognitive processing in the comprehension of narrative and
expository text, application of readability factors to the content
textbook, study/learning strategies for the teacher and the
student, and techniques for developing higher level thinking
skills.
Prerequisites: through Gate 1 and accepted into
the Department of Education, permission of education advisor,
EDE250, EDM250, EDA250.
HTW254 Health Science for Teachers of
AYA (3 hours)
Designed to acquaint students with basic information, history,
philosophy and competencies unique to health education in the
school setting. The course will help education majors apply the
information they learn in a health content course to a grade 4- 12
teaching experience. Areas covered include conflict management,
mental health
and stress, drug use and abuse, sexuality, relationships,
nutrition, fitness, infectious diseases, environmental health, and
death and dying. This course is designed to address these concerns
of the student, as well as the future teacher.
Prerequisites: EDU100 and EMD, EDE or EDA or
concurrent.
SCI370 Integrated Science for Teachers
(3 hours)
An interdisciplinary science course for education majors designed
to provide content knowledge in areas outlined in the National
Science Standards and Science for All Americans. The course will
demonstrate, through praxis, themes/project based approaches to
teaching and learning science. The course will focus on science as
an inquiry process. The course will involve students in lecture,
relevant classroom projects, participation in hands-on-science
labs, resource portfolio development and creation of a teachable
science unit.
English (ENG)
Prerequisite: ENG142
251 Creative Writing Workshop I (w) (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ENG142.
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG142.
Offered Spring even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG142.
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG142.
Offered Spring odd numbered years
262 Editing (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Spring odd numbered years
and Woolf. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Offered Spring even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Spring odd numbered years
course.
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Fall even numbered year
course.
Prerequisite: ENG142
Offered Spring
Prerequisite: ENG142 and ENG221 for majors
Prerequisite: ENG142 and 200 level ENG, CUL, or PHI
Offered Fall odd numbered years
The capstone course for English majors. With guidance and regular meetings with a faculty member, this course is self-determined and self-directed project that shows depth of knowledge and critical and original thought. Grading will be performed by a committee of English faculty.
Offered Spring
English Language and American Culture (ELAC)
Prerequisite: Placement is based on performance on the university assessment instruments.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: ENG101 or performance on the university assessment instruments.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: Placement is based on performance on the university assessment
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: ENG103 or performance on the university assessment instruments.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: Placement is based on performance on the university assessment
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: ENG105 or performance on the university assessment instruments.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: Admittance to the English Language and American Culture program
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: ENG107 or performance on the university assessment instruments.
Offered Fall ’09
approaches to before, during, and after reading strategies. A student must receive a grade of “C” or better to enroll in non-ELAC courses.
Prerequisite: ENG102 or performance on the university assessment instruments.
Offered Spring ’10 and Fall, Spring thereafter
Offered Fall, Spring
requirements. Students required to take these courses may need to attend additional
semesters to meet graduation requirements.
emphasis on the needs of ESL students. A student must receive a grade of C or better to enroll in ENG142.
Prerequisite: ENG140 or placement
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: Placement by ELAC Program Director
Offered as needed
History (HIS)
Prerequisite: ENG141 or concurrent
Offered Fall odd numbered years
connections among them. Students work with primary and secondary sources to complete at least one written project designed to develop critical thinking skills and reinforce the historical process. History readily lends itself to an interdisciplinary approach; therefore, students should receive a variety of world-views experienced through a number of disciplines. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: ENG141 or concurrent
Offered Spring even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG141 or concurrent
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG141 or concurrent
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: ENG141 or concurrent
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Prerequisites: HIS112, ENG142
Prerequisites: HIS112, ENG142
Offered Spring even numbered years
Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: ENG141
Offered Fall odd numbered year
Prerequisite: ENG141
Offered Fall as needed
Offered Spring even numbered years.
This capstone course investigates how the study of history has evolved, with a special emphasis placed on competing historical theories. Using samples of historical writing from representative historians over time, students will seek to understand the role of objectivity and the temptations of manipulating the past to influence the future. In addition, they will learn how technology has influenced the profession. Material studied will include European as well as American historical thought and practice. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: History major either enrolled in or completed all major courses
Offered Fall odd numbered years.
Foreign Languages (Arabic and Spanish)
Offered Fall
comprehension develops the language of instruction and interaction in the classroom incrementally shifts to Arabic. Basic texts and audio recordings further enhance cultural understanding and awareness in communication.
Prerequisite: ARB101
Offered Spring
Prerequisite: ARB102
Offered Fall
Prerequisite: ARB201
Offered Spring
Offered Fall even numbered years
There will be no English spoken in this course.
Prerequisite: SPA101 or placement
Offered Spring odd numbered years
provide students with language courses on their campuses. Students may take
French, German, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Contact Tiffin University’s Registrar’s
Office for more information.
Prerequisite: MAT173 with “C” or better, or placement
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: MAT173 with “C” or better, or placement
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: MAT173
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: MAT174/181
Offered Spring even
Offered Spring odd
students for high school courses in mathematics. They will become knowledgeable about the current State of Ohio Math Standards.
Offered Fall odd
This course further develops topics introduced in Applied Statistics I. Additional topics covered will include analysis of variance, multiple regression, time series analysis, quality control and decision theory. The course makes use of available computer software as a problem-solving tool.
Prerequisite: MAT273
Music (MUS)
appropriate sampling of literature. A final examination is conducted by jury. Private Music Instruction fee required.
Offered Fall, Spring
Studies include technical exercises, etudes, and an appropriate sampling of literature.
A final examination is conducted by jury. Private Music Instruction fee required.
Offered Fall, Spring
examination is conducted by jury. Private Music Instruction fee required.
Offered Fall, Spring
Students will be subject to individual performance evaluations, and involvement in performances on campus, off campus, and on tour may be required.
Prerequisite: MUS110
Studies include technical exercises, etudes, and an appropriate sampling of literature.
A final examination is conducted by jury. Private Music Instruction fee required.
Prerequisite: MUS117
Offered Fall
Prerequisite: MAT173
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Students will be subject to individual performance evaluations, and involvement in performances on campus, off campus, and on tour may be required.
Prerequisite: MUS210
Prerequisite: ENG 142
327 Music Business (3 hours)
Focuses on the history, procedures, standard practices, economics
and technologies involved with all facets of the business of music.
Significant objectives include an understanding of important
approaches to the recording industry, recognizing other areas of
the music industry and understanding how the different areas
interrelate. A careful examination of the economic considerations
driving the music business will be discussed.
Offered Spring odd numbered years
427 Music Business Seminar (3
hours)
This course provides students with the
opportunity to explore the current state and the future of the
recording industry, music publishing industry, and music industry
and intellectual property law. Students conceive and develop ideas
and proposals for musical entrepreneurship, and create an
individual project that draws together work from previous courses
and their own musical and professional experience.
Prerequisites: MUS 230, MUS 324, MUS 327
Offered Spring
Offered Spring/Fall
Offered Spring even numbered years
Offered Fall even numbered years
Offered Fall odd numbered years
The focus of this course is to develop an effective perspective on the multifaceted aspects and problems associated with drug use, abuse, addiction, and treatment.
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Offered Fall even numbered years
Philosophy (PHI)
common fallacies in reasoning. The study is oriented towards practical applications and involves a variety of skills in the analysis and evaluation of reasoning in daily life, scientific inquiries and professional fields.
Prerequisite: ENG 141 or Concurrent
Offered Fall, Spring
201 The Art of Reasoning (3 hours)
Prerequisites: ENG 141
Offered Fall
Prerequisite: ENG 141
Offered Spring
Prerequisite: ENG 141 or concurrent
Offered Fall, Spring
Accounting (ACC)
Prerequisite: MAT173
Prerequisite: ACC313 (“C” or better)
Prerequisites: ACC210, CIT105/111, Junior Standing
Offered Fall
Prerequisite: ACC403 or concurrent
Offered Fall
470 Internship (3 hours)
Provides the
student with on-the-job experience in varied aspects of accounting.
Hours and work assignments will be arranged on an individual
basis.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Head and
ACC302 or ACC314
Business Law (LAW)
115 Survey of Healthcare Law in United States (3 hours)
This course examines the current healthcare law relevant to the current healthcare environment. Students will learn about legal terminology and legal procedures. They will learn about patient confidentially – privacy and how these laws effect the healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, and patients.
211 Business Law I (3 hours)Prerequisite: LAW211
Offered Spring
Prerequisite: LAW211
Prerequisites: LAW211, MGT201
Prerequisite: JUS201
Offered Fall
340 Healthcare Law and Ethics (3
hours)
This course examines the ever changing legal and ethical trends faced in the healthcare environment. This course will provide the student with the skills necessary to mitigate liability through risk management principles, develop relationship management skills, apply an ethical decision-making framework, incorporate employment law procedures, and manage communication. Prerequisite LAW 211
390 Special Topics (3 hours)Investigation of selected areas or contemporary problems.
Prerequisite: Listed in schedule of courses or permission of instructor.
Prerequisite: ACC405
Offered Spring
Introduces structured programming using a programming language such as Visual Basic. The student will learn to design and develop Windows based applications that are event-driven (point and click). Record structures will be developed along with file storage and manipulation techniques. The course will expose the student to the object-oriented programming environment.
Prerequisite: CIT105/111
Managerial issues associated with database administration are covered along with an introduction to distributed database concepts in a client-server environment.
Prerequisites: CIT105/111
Prerequisite: CIT315
Prerequisites: CIT361 and CIT212
Involves selecting a project, systems study, data input and output planning, flow-charting, programming, and testing of the project. A formal oral presentation of the project is required. A team approach is typically utilized.
Prerequisite: Senior standing majoring in CIT
Economics (ECO)
A study of international trade and the geographical, economic, and nationalistic characteristics which challenge the firm embarking upon global trade. Our focus is on the multinational corporation (MNC), or global business, pursuing trade in a very dynamic world economy “guided/influenced” by national and regional political and economic considerations.
Finance (FIN)
Prerequisites: ACC201, ECO221, ECO222
421 Investments (3 hours)
470 Internship (3 hours)
Provides the
student actual experience in applying the concepts, principles, and
rules of finance in real-world circumstances. Hours and work
assignments are arranged with the business or organizational
sponsor on an individual basis.
Prerequisite: FIN301, Permission of Dean
Hospitality Management (HOS)
Prerequisite: HOS104
470 Internship (3 hours)
Provides the
student with on-the-job experience in varied aspects of hospitality
and tourism management. Hours and work assignments will be
arranged on an individual basis.
Prerequisite: Junior Standing
Management (MGT)
This course will give the students a fundamental understanding of the career avenues in sports and recreation. Industry specialists present an eclectic orientation of the sports and recreation field. Academic topics include industry definitions, evolution, curriculum components, experiential learning, career and internship opportunities, applied and theoretical research, leadership, governance, and ethics.
of the managerial job. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: ENG141 and Sophomore standing
Prerequisite: MGT160
Offered Spring
Provides dynamic models and options for planning, maintaining, and managing sport & entertainment facilities in the present and future. Concentration is on the design, maintenance, and full utilization of facilities that are realistic, cost efficient, environmentally sound and aesthetically pleasing. Topics include design, construction, refurbishing, finance options, risk assessment, risk management, security, operations, and procedures.
Prerequisites: MGT160, ACC201
Offered Fall
Prerequisite: MGT317
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair
Students majoring in Sports and Recreation Management or Hospitality and Tourism will be required to gain a minimum of 200 hours of volunteer or paid practicum experience related to their chosen field. Hours may be accumulated from May 15 during the summer preceding the class. In addition, the course will cover such elements as interviewing, dining etiquette, and business career information.
Marketing (MKT)
organization. Given the independent nature of professional sales positions, the course also examines motivation, time management, and ethical issues.
Prerequisite: MKTI51
Examines the practices for scheduling, planning, organizing, promoting, and supervising commercial and private events. Business planning is emphasized as students are familiarized with theories, terminology, and logistics for marketing, promotions, management, decision making, and analyses of customer behavior. This course emphasizes the creation and implementation of core documents to present to prospective investors, clients, and employees.
Prerequisites: MKTI51, MGT201 and Junior standing
Under faculty member guidance and reporting to an agent of a selected firm the individual student works in some aspect of the marketing field: e.g., retail or wholesale sales, advertising and promotion or distribution. This real-world work experience contributes directly and substantially to the student’s major area of marketing interest. Work assignments are arranged on an individual student/company basis.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair
Corrections (COR)
Prerequisite: JUS110
Prerequisite: COR220 Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisites: Senior standing,PSY362
Prerequisites: Senior standing, PSY362
An in-depth study of the wide range of court decisions that have had an effect on the offender. Concentrates on due process in the institutions, parole and probation hearings, and classification procedures. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: JUS202, Junior standing
Course is an introduction to the family as a dynamic relationship system focusing on the effects of addiction pertaining to family roles, rules, and behavior patterns. In this course students will gain a broad background in the marriage and family intervention and counseling techniques in the treatment of addiction and other behavioral health concerns.
Prerequisite: CSL320 or permission from instructor.
Criminal Justice (JUS)
Prerequisites: JUS201, JUS202
401 Self Assessment (3 hours)
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Designed to assist the student through advanced study of the literature germane to a specialized topic in the field. An in-depth review of the literature and/or a formal research project is required.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
Forensic Psychology (FOR)
Prerequisites: FOR105, PSY101
Prerequisites: PSY101, PSY362
Law Enforcement (ENF)
Prerequisite: JUS110
Prerequisite: JUS110
Sexual Assault, Aggravated Assault, Robbery, Burglary, Theft, Auto Theft and Arson.
Students will be required to investigate a “mock” crime scene, collect and analyze evidence obtained and present their investigation in a “moot” court.
Prerequisite: ENF237
Prerequisites: ENG142, POL101
Offered Fall
Offered in the Online Crime Analysis Certificate Program only
Offered in the Online Crime Analysis Certificate Program only
Prerequisites: JUS201, JUS202
Prerequisites: ENF344
Offered in the Online Crime Analysis Certificate Program only
Offered in the Online Crime Analysis Certificate Program only
have to involve crime analysis but it must approach a significant problem that any police department might experience.
Offered in the Online Crime Analysis Certificate Program only
Political Science (POL)
Offered Fall, Spring
associated with security policy in a world characterized by globalization.
Prerequisite: ENG140
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: None, unless listed in the schedule of courses.
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Prerequisite: POL101
Offered Spring
Prerequisite: POL101
Offered Spring
Prerequisite: POL101
Offered Fall
Prerequisites: POL101, MGT201
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: POL101
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: POL101, MGT201
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Prerequisite: POL101
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Prerequisite: POL151
Offered Fall
Prerequisite: POL101 and ECO221
Offered Spring even numbered years
Prerequisite: POL151
Offered Fall even numbered years
Offered Fall even numbered years
Prerequisite: POL101 or JUS110, and Junior standing
Offered Spring even numbered years
Prerequisite: POL151
Offered Spring odd numbered years
Prerequisite: POL151
Offered Fall even numbered years
and interpretation of all source data and the preparation of intelligence products in support of known or anticipated user requirements. Analysis is but one phase of the intelligence process, but it is perhaps the most important. Students who take this course will expand their research, computer, communication, and analytical skills in order to identify significant facts and derive sound conclusions form imperfect and often contradictory information and flawed evidence.
Prerequisite: CIT355 or concurrent, POL341 recommended
Offered Spring even numbered years
Students complete a case study/project designed to test the totality of knowledge gained in the GNS major. Seminar projects must demonstrate explicitly, through scholarship, teamwork, and /or creative thinking, a meaningful integration of the student’s course of study.
Prerequisite: Senior status and permission of the dean
Psychology (PSY)
Offered Fall, Spring
201 Introduction to Professional Practices (w) (3 hours)
Majors in human services and psychology learn the career opportunities, problems, methods, and thinking styles of professionals in their fields. Students participate in classroom debates on topics of current concern in modern psychology and human services, practice the writing style of the American Psychological Association, and acquire effective methods for developing a professional resume. Guest speakers, field trips, and other out-of-class experiences expand students' understanding of the diversity and challenges of modern behavioral science and practice. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: PSY101
263 Theories of Personality (3 hours)
An overview of historical and current theories regarding personality formation and development, and methods of measuring personality characteristics. Psychodynamic, humanistic, behaviorist, trait, and cognitive approaches are discussed.
Prerequisite: PSY101
This course takes a life span approach in studying human development from conception through death. Students will examine the major theories and scientific research findings on our physical, cognitive, social, and personality development.
Prerequisite: PSY101
The long past and short history of the formal discipline of psychology are presented in a combined lecture/seminar format. Of primary emphasis are the philosophical foundations of modern psychological concepts and the personal lives and times of those who founded the field. Students engage in classroom debates, find and present in class biographical information pertaining to historical figures in psychology, and complete a project with a historical theme.
Prerequisite: PSY201
Course is an exploration from the perspective of scientific psychology of historical and current conceptions of motivation, the force that determines activity preference, selection, and persistence. This course provides both a broad overview of motivational theories and practical applications of these theories to real-world problems.
Prerequisite: PSY101
This course is an overview of the field of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. It includes such areas as a history of I/O, methodology, job design and analysis, psychological testing, employee recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, motivation, satisfaction, emotions, personnel and organizational development, multiculturalism and diversity, leadership, group dynamics, health and safety, stress and conflict management, ergonomics, and consumer psychology.
Prerequisite: PSY101
Intensive instruction and hands-on experience in the designing, conducting, interpreting and reporting of psychological experiments. Ethical considerations, measurement and sampling issues, and various categories of experimentation are discussed.
Prerequisite: PSY101, SCS300
Provides a theoretical survey of the field of counseling. Major emphasis is on such topics as ethical considerations, the intake interview, counselor roles and client roles, goals of counseling, referrals and liaisons in the community, vocational counseling, tests and instruments used in the counseling process and research on the counseling process.
Prerequisite: PSY101
This course focuses on description, identification, and practical management of behaviors stemming from physiological, psychological and environmental causes.
Prerequisite: PSY101
An overview of the issues, concepts, and current research evidence regarding the mechanisms, processes and content of thought. Attention and perception, memory, language, and problem solving are discussed.
Students examine current evidence regarding the origins of human thought and behavior from the perspective that many aspects of "human nature" can be understood usefully as sets of processes that were designed by natural selection to solve adaptive problems faced by our evolutionary ancestors. Among the issues to be addressed are human survival, sex, and mating strategies, conflict between the sexes, and the emergence of moral codes.
Examines physiology of human sexuality as well as psychosocial aspects of the field. Considers sexual orientation, sexual dysfunction and paraphilia, sex therapy, theories of attraction, and current research.
401 Biological Foundations of Behavior
(3 hours)
This course is an introduction to behavioral
neuroscience, a branch of psychology that concerns itself with
relationships between the brain, nervous system and behavior.
Topics include the structure and functioning of individual nerve
cells; the structure and functioning of brain components;
brain/nervous system control of relatively simple behavior such as
movement, sensation, perception, and motivated behaviors;
physiological regulation of sleep and memory; and, biologically
based clinical syndromes such as mood disorders, schizophrenia, and
Alzheimer’s disease.
Prerequisites: PSY101, NAT310 – Education
students: EDU250, NAT310
Offered Spring even numbered years
440 Comparative Psychotherapies and
Therapeutic Techniques (3 hours)
An in-depth
exploration of the major, extant psychotherapeutic theories and
experiential exposure to those techniques appropriate for use by an
entry level counselor; emphasis will be on behavioral, cognitive
and humanistic approaches.
Prerequisite: PSY360
Offered Spring
445 Psychometrics (3
hours)
A survey of issues and concepts involved in the
measurement of psychological characteristics such as knowledge,
personality, intelligence, creativity, psychopathology, etc.,
including demonstrations of some commonly employed psychological
tests. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: PSY101, SCS300
Offered Fall even numbered years
Social Sciences (SCS)
300 Research Design (w) (3
hours)
A skill development course focused on
generating, obtaining, analyzing and disseminating data,
information and knowledge in behavioral sciences. Students will
undertake a formal research project. This is a writing intensive
course.
Prerequisite: MAT273
Offered Fall, Spring
450 Human Services Capstone (3
hours)
This capstone course in Human Services is
designed for students nearing the end of their undergraduate
program. It is designed to help students integrate their knowledge
and apply the skills they have acquired in the program to think
critically about important issues in Human Services and
professional helping. The capstone course includes development of a
professional portfolio which can be utilized towards the
requirements of National Certification from the National
Organization in Human Services. It is also designed to help
students use their undergraduate training and experiences to help
them understand personal issues and formulate career goals and
directions.
Prerequisite: SCS300, Senior Standing
470 Internship I (3
hours)
Internship is fieldwork in an agency appropriate
to the student's career objectives.
Prerequisite: Junior standing and permission of
the School
471 Internship II (3 hours)
A continuation of Internship I for students who wish a more
rigorous and in-depth experience. .
Prerequisites: SCS470 and permission of the
School
491 Senior Seminar I (3
hours)
Students will design a project and complete a documented literature
review for that project. Senior projects must demonstrate
explicitly, through scholarship and/or creative works, a meaningful
integration of the student’s course of study to date. This
course is a foundation for and an integral part of SCS492.
Psychology majors only.
Prerequisites: SCS300, senior Psychology majors
only.
492 Senior Seminar II (3
hours)
Students will implement, complete, document, and report on
individual senior projects deriving directly from and building on
work completed in SCS491. Senior projects must demonstrate
explicitly, through scholarship and/or creative works, a meaningful
integration of the student’s course of study to date.
Prerequisites: SCS491, senior Psychology majors
only
Sociology (SOC)
101 Principles of Sociology (3
hours)
Introduction to the basic concepts of
sociological study, elements of social life, social patterns and
institutions, and the process of maintenance and change in
society.
Offered Fall, Spring
190, 290, 390 Special Topics (3
hours)
Topics will vary.
Prerequisite: None, unless listed in the schedule
of courses.
250 Social Psychology (3
hours)
Study of the influences that people have on the
beliefs and behaviors of others. Topics will include social
perception and attribution, self-presentation, attitudes and
attitude change, aggression and violence, group dynamics, and their
relationship to selected fields.
Prerequisite: PSY101 or SOC101 – Education
students: EDU250 or EDU316
Offered Spring
280 Sports in American Society (3
hours)
Survey of the influential role of the growth of
sports and the sports industry in American culture. Examines the
ideas of sports building character; providing for social mobility;
and acting as a positive outlet for aggressive action. Considers
the problems of cheating, drug usage, and the fostering of racism.
The values and practices of professional and commercial sports will
be compared and contrasted with those of educational and amateur
athletics.
Prerequisite: SOC101
Offered Fall
310 Sociology of the Family (3
hours)
The sociological analysis of the family, its
development as a social institution, its relationship to society,
and its contributions to personality development.
Prerequisite: SOC101
Offered Spring even numbered years
320 Community Sociology (3
hours)
Sociological theories of the spatial and social
dimensions of community processes and organization. Classical
foundations and contemporary theoretical perspectives as the Basis
for community research.
Prerequisite: SOC101
Offered Fall even numbered years
360 Multicultural Issues in Society (3
hours)
Sociological theories of the spatial and social
dimensions of community processes and organization. Classical
foundations and contemporary theoretical perspectives as the Basis
for community research. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisite: SOC101
Offered Fall, Spring
361 Sociology of Gender (3
hours)
Sociopsycho-historical development of sex roles
within contemporary society. Analysis of the significant influences
social institutions play throughout development of sex roles.
Prerequisite: SOC101
Offered Spring odd numbered years
380 Social Movements and Ideologies (3
hours)
The analysis of the collective response to
situations of social tension and change that take the form of
social movements and their accompanying ideologies, both from a
historical and contemporary viewpoint.
Prerequisite: SOC101
Offered Fall odd numbered years
395 Sociological Theory (3
hours)
Historical review of the major theoretical
contributions and a critical examination of the development of
sociological theory.
Prerequisite: SOC101
Offered Fall odd numbered years
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
ACC 501 Advanced Accounting Methods (1
credit hour)
A self-paced introduction to accounting
for graduated students who have not completed an undergraduate
accounting class. Topics include assets, liabilities and owners'
equity, transactions and journalizing, merchandise inventory,
adjusting entries, financial statements, and work sheets.
FIN501 Finance Prerequisite (1 credit
hour)
A self paced course aimed at the student with little or no
background in Finance. Topics include discussions of the role of
finance in a firm, the role of financial markets in a capitalist
economy, and possible career paths for the finance professional.
There is also considerable material on the concept of the Time
Value of Money and a number of exercises are developed to ensure
student understanding. The course features state of the art video
lectures as well as optional online meetings with the professor and
other students to discuss material in the course.
MKT 501 Advanced Marketing Methods (1
credit hour)
This course introduces the student to the basic concepts of
marketing. This includes the marketing concept, marketing research
as well as the four Ps of marketing: product, price, place and
promotion. It prepares the student for the marketing concepts in
the MBA program.
MAT 501Advanced Statistical Methods (1
credit hour)
This course introduces the student to the
terminology and concepts of statistics. Included in the course are
discussions of descriptive statistics, including averages and
standard deviations. It prepares the student for the statistics in
the MBA program.
ACC510 Financial Accounting (2
hours)
This course will focus on the principles underlying the development
and use of financial statements with emphasis on business
applications.
ACC512 Managerial Accounting (2
hours)
This course builds on the students’
knowledge of accounting concepts. The focus is on evaluation and
use of accounting data for internal planning, control, and
decisionmaking.
Prerequisite: ACC510
CIT514 Information and Decision Support
(2 hours)
This course reviews basic information technology and systems,
discusses the importance of data, information and knowledge
management in organizations, the role these play in obtaining and
maintaining competitive advantages, the use of e-commerce
nationally, internationally and globally and the impact of the
digital divide on an increasingly global economy, the formation and
appraisal of sound information systems, and issues of cyber crime
and cyber ethics.
ECO524 Managerial Economics (2
hours)
This course builds on basic concepts of
microeconomics, and places an emphasis on the firm’s use of
limited information in an uncertain environment. A global
perspective is stressed.
FIN612 Managerial Finance (2
hours)
Financial decision making addressing the
structure of capital, its cost, availability, and selection, along
with management of cash flows and distributions are the focus of
this course.
Prerequisite: ACC512
MAT513 Statistical Methods for Managers
(2 hours)
This course provides an in-depth coverage of descriptive and
inferential statistics. Students learn how to interpret statistical
analysis and how to use statistical techniques in managerial
problem solving.
MGT511 Leadership and Teamwork (2
hours)
The focus of this class is on understanding individual behavior in
organizations and on becoming a more successful team member.
Problem solving through improved communication and effective
management of individual and group processes is studied and
practiced.
MGT522 Management of Human
Resource (2 hours)
The focus of this course is the human side of enterprise. The
sub-functions of human resources management, diversity in the
workplace, rights of the individual, and the various legal and
ethical issues in the area are addressed
MGT531 Leadership and Influence (2
hours)
Course focus will be on learning to make a
difference as a leader. Discussion and utilization of practical
principles of leadership with an emphasis on integrating theory and
practice are included. Students will work to create a model and set
of related perspectives about how one can become a better leader of
one’s self as well as the organization.
Prerequisite: MGT511
MGT532 Communication and Fund Raising in
Sport (2 hours)
Students will recognize communication
as integral to the management, marketing, and operational goals of
sport organizations at all levels. Students will also recognize the
needs of professional and volunteer fundraisers in an exploration
of the tools, tips, and techniques used to fundraise through
solicitation, events, and grants common in
the sports industry. Applying for the NCAA Matching Grant Program
will be a primary learning assignment in the course.
MGT534 Business Strategies in Sport (2
hours)
The case study approach will be used in a critical analysis of
business concepts related to decision making, leadership, ethics,
communication, marketing, sponsorship, budgeting, policy
development, public relations and fundraising in the sport
industry.
MGT537 Personnel Management in Sport (2
hours)
This course provides a study of the principles
of personnel management including recruiting, staffing, development
of human resources, maintaining a favorable work environment,
compensation administration, benefits, security, and system
appraisal as they apply to sport agencies. The course emphasizes
the value of diversity and inclusion in human resource practices of
sport organizations.
MGT 540 Managing Healthcare Systems (2
hours)
This course is a comprehensive approach to the
multitude of organizations and flow management systems for managing
healthcare. Students explore the historical context, social
implications, evolution and current state of healthcare services in
the America. Topics include the types of managed care
organizations, provider payment
plans, utilization control, negotiations, underwriting and rate
setting, and managing efficient and effective organizational
structures. The course also addresses marketing and information
systems (both onsite and web-based) for business operations and
management decisions making in the industry.
Prerequisite: MGT522
MGT 552 Current Issues in Healthcare
Administration (2 hours)
The course is designed to expose students to significant current
issues that impact the healthcare professional. Topical areas will
include Healthcare Industry specific Marketing, Technology,
Finance, Human Resources Management, the Political Environment,
Healthcare Management Culture and other current issues as they
relate to the Healthcare Administrator. Topics will vary as changes
to the industry environment dictate.
MGT 570 Sport Mentorship I (2
hours)
The mentorship experience is tailored to specific needs and
interests of the student. A mentorship is a professional field
experience under the direction of an approved mentor defined as a
trusted counselor, tutor, or coach who serves as an on-site
supervisor. Organizational work plans, personal development
assessments, and career management activities will supplement
experiential requirements. Students are required to participate in
100 contact hours, documented in a weekly log sheets, and 30-day
activity reports. The mentorship cannot be under the current scope
of responsibilities of an organization in which the
student/employee is assigned. The mentor must be someone other than
the student/employee’s direct supervisor. To enroll in the
mentorship, students must have completed a minimum of 12 hours of
MBA classes with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have a learning objective
and mentor verification form approved by the Dean.
MGT603 Negotiations & Conflict
Resolution (2 hours)
The course explores the nature and steps in negotiation strategies
for conflict/dispute resolution, labor/management relations and
mediation. In addition, the student evaluates interpersonal skills
in order to achieve positive outcomes.
MGT613 Operations Management (2
hours)
The management of operations in manufacturing
and service sectors is the topic of this course. The course builds
on a foundation laid by Decision Modeling for Managers. Operations
Management and its relationships to the other managerial functions
in the organization will also be covered.
Prerequisite: MAT513
MGT614 Global and Transnational
Management (2 hours)
This course deals with the
management of multinational enterprises and managing in a global
economy. Building on the interdisciplinary knowledge gained
throughout the program, this course deals with cross-cultural
issues, sociopolitical and economic concerns, and international
strategic management.
MGT618 Organizational Leadership and
Group Performance (2 hours)
An analysis of
organizational leadership and the practice of leading and managing
corporations and small businesses and not-for-profit associations
or governmental agencies. The intellectual, psychological,
political, and social sources of leadership are studied for their
theoretical foundation and practical application. The concepts of
transformational and transactional leadership are continually
examined and students are encouraged to develop their leadership
skills through case analysis, role development, and research
projects.
MGT620 Leading Organizational Change (2
hours)
This course moves from the theory to the practical applications of
leadership and organizational behavior. An analysis of the
management of innovation and change in organizations; the
technical, economic, and social dynamics associated with the change
process; and the role of the leader as a change agent. Case studies
of organizations undergoing change, and biographies of leaders and
change agents, are examined. Students will analyze each phase of
the consulting process (i.e., contracting and role negotiation,
assessment and diagnosis, action-planning, implementation and
evaluation).
MGT621 Organization Analysis and Design
(2 hours)
The examination of organizations in terms of
patterns in design and operation through topics including
organizational-environment interface, structure, technology, and
socio-technical systems and culture are the basis for this course.
e.
MGT622 Strategic Management (2
hours)
This course brings together the entire
curriculum of the MBA Program. It integrates the knowledge and
skills gained in the program into strategic problem-solving
ability.
Prerequisite: ACC512, FIN612
MGT623 Legal and Ethical Issues in
Management (2 hours)
The ethical and legal issues
facing managers in the public and private sectors are the focus of
this course. Current issues, regulations, trade practices, and
liability will be discussed.
MGT624 Industry and Competitive Analysis (2
hours)
This course undertakes the study of strategic
management at the industry level: it examines the key result areas
and the driving forces in specific industries, for example,
automobile industry in the US, or soft drink industry in Europe.
The course will cover the regional, US, and global markets and
industries.
MGT 633 Healthcare Process Management (2
hours)
This course explores the design, operation, and evaluation of
systems used in healthcare organizations. Topics address
organizational behavior, regulatory requirements related to quality
improvement, utilization (case) management, risk management, and
medical staff credentialing. Students investigate the use of
quality improvement methodologies and tools while devoting special
emphasis to the application of Total Quality Management as applied
to healthcare organizations. The intersection of access, cost, and
service for quality healthcare administration is examined.
Prerequisite: MGT613
MGT 642 Healthcare Policy, Law, and
Ethics (2 hours)
This capstone course will require students to examine general
healthcare administration issues within a framework of legislative
issues and their impact on healthcare systems in the United States.
Special emphasis will focus on the changes in federal governmental
regulations and their impact on quality and financial
administrative issues. Through the case study approach involving
politics, policy, regulatory environments, economics and ethics,
students will critically analyze issues for both healthcare
providers and organizations related to corporate governance,
personal choice, and regulatory compliance. Topics will include
applied ethics, conflicts of interest, the allocation of scarce
resources, FDA regulations, confidentiality, payment policies,
patient
rights, data security, professional liability, and global
competition.
MGT670 Business Administration
Internship (2 hours)
This internship provides students
with the opportunity to undertake professional level employment
that leverages their first year MBA studies and supports their
career objectives while earning credits toward their degree. A
minimum of 200 hours will be spent with the employer and supervised
by a member of the business faculty. Prerequisite: 20 hours of MBA
coursework, 3.0 cumulative gpa, permission of the Dean and
completion of internship application.
MGT690 Special Topics (2
hours)
The global, cultural, economic, legal, and
competitive environment of business is constantly changing,
therefore the MBA curriculum also includes a class which focuses on
a topic that is especially relevant at the time the MBA cohort is
preparing to graduate. Past examples include events such as the
impact of potential terrorism on business or ethics in the wake of
the Enron and other financial scandals that were timely and focused
on that moment in time.
MKT523 Marketing Management (2
hours)
This course examines the role of the marketing
function of firms participating in both consumer and business
markets, with emphasis on tactical and operating decisions and
decision-making processes. Areas studied include market and
customer analysis, market segmentation, and marketing mix tactics
and implementation.
MKT611 Business Research Analysis (2
hours)
This course focuses on research methods and
tools used by decision makers in organizations. Topics to be
covered will include: the scientific method, primary and secondary
data, research design, reliability and validity, sampling frames,
and applied statistics which are required to make organization
decisions. The student will analyze information generated for and
by the organization.
Prerequisite: MAT513, MKT523
Master of Education
EDU534 Foundations of Education (2
hrs)
Surveys broad range of topics in education;
surveys the history, rationale, philosophy, organization, and
distinctive components of education; explores teaching approaches,
child development, educational principles; and presents teaching
methods enabling teachers to improve classroom instruction.
EDU536 Philosophy of Education (2
hrs)
Examines philosophical issues in educational theory and practice
while considering influential work by classical and contemporary
educational theorists.
EDU538 Information Literacy for
Educators (2 hrs)
An introduction to information literacy: the ability to locate,
evaluate and use information. Participants will learn techniques to
improve their own and their students’ research skills and
will learn methods of infusing information literacy into their
curricula. Information issues and their effects on society and
education will also be discussed.
EDU542 Multicultural Education (2
hrs)
Provides understanding of cultural, ethnic,
economic, gender, and racial differences and similarities in
American society; focuses on preparing educators for working
successfully with America’s multicultural school
population.
EDU544 Integrating the Arts Across the
Curriculum (2 hrs)
Focuses on strategies for
integrating the visual and performing arts across the curriculum;
provides opportunities to practice applications of lesson planning
and to design a thematic unit which relies upon artistic expression
of elementary and middle school students; helps classroom teachers
see how the arts can motivate, enrich, and extend instruction in
science, mathematics, social studies, and language arts.
EDU548 Advanced Technology for Teachers (2
hrs)
Extends students’ competence with advanced
applications commonly found in educational settings; emphasizes
evaluation, utilization, and integration of microcomputer hardware
and software CAI, database, and word processing uses across the
curriculum, as well as tools such as lesson planning and grade book
management.
EDU550 Special Needs Learners (2
hrs)
Develops a curriculum rationale, philosophy, and skills in
curriculum analysis; reviews selection, development, and adaptation
of curricula, instructional plans, and materials fitting the goals
of the school and the needs of exceptional learners in special and
regular classrooms; emphasizes psychological, sociological,
educational, philosophical, and ethical aspects of children and
families with special needs (including gifted and talented). Covers
such topics as legislative, assessment, and programming issues;
risk indicators and risk assessment; tools and instruments for
informal assessment; and interpreting standardized observational
measures.
EDU552 Educational Leadership (2
hrs)
Emphasizes the philosophical, social, and political aspects of
educational leadership; examines research on best practices in
developing and adapting curriculum to impact positively students
with disabilities; examines the varying models that support
curriculum and instructional approaches with the aim of preparing
educators for curricular leadership roles within their own school
settings.
EDU571 U.S. History of Education (2
hrs)
Provides a critical understanding of the
historical foundations of American higher education; includes
discussion of prevalent themes and historical methods in the
history of American higher education.
EDU611 Psychology & Sociology of
Learning (2 hours)
Presents differing concepts of the nature of the individual and
society; considers psychological and sociological development of
these concepts; evaluates basic premises and implicit assumptions;
examines the psychological and social development of the ways in
which the family, school, and community affect adolescent
development,
including effects on cognitive processes, identity formation, and
peer relationships.
EDU613 Current Trends in Curriculum and
Instruction (2 hours)
Debates major curricular movements, principles of curriculum
development, and recent trends including content area and national
and state standards (specifically the Ohio Standards); considers
recent theoretical and research developments related to classroom,
current practices and innovations in educative process, and
classroom tools including use of the internet and Ohio Link.
EDU615 Ethical & Legal Issues in
Education (2 hours)
Develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for making
responsible professional decisions based on legal and ethical
principles relevant to curriculum, pupils, liability, and finance.
Emphasis on case studies related to curriculum and instruction.
EDU617 Current Practices in Classroom
Behavior & Management (2 hours)
Analyzes and interprets data, design, and evaluation of behavioral
treatment interventions related to the principles of applied
behavior analysis; examines ways in which the classroom environment
and set-up impact behavior; and examines ways in which special
needs students may be better integrated into the inclusion
setting.
EDU621 Reading in the Content Areas (2
hours)
Discusses reading and writing tools for acquiring and understanding
information and ideas in literature, math, science, and social
studies; designs integrated lessons within and across the content
areas for use in teacher classrooms; identifies and gains an
understanding of strategies and skills required to read
successfully in various disciplines; reviews texts, along with
techniques for improving vocabulary, comprehension, and study
skills.
EDU641 Educational Research (2
hours)
Introduces methods of research in education; emphasizes research
strategies and analysis of descriptive and judgmental information
for selecting, planning, and evaluating research problems; uses
library resources, data gathering, and writing research
reports.
EDU643 Educational Measurements (2
hours)
Refines test construction, item analysis, and statistics for test
scores. Introduces sampling and probability; linear correlation and
regression; tests of significance and effect size; reliability,
validity, and measures of central tendency.
EDU650 Analysis of Ohio Standards (Arts,
Foreign Languages, Library, or Technology) (2 hrs)
Examines current research and trends in teaching and learning
according to the discipline standards set forth by the Ohio
Department of Education. Assignments and projects can be
individualized allowing students to focus on particular licensure
grade levels.
EDU651 Analysis of Ohio Standards in
Language Arts (2 hours)
Examines current research and trends in teaching and learning the
language arts according to the standards set forth by the Ohio
Department of Education; provides basic information in language
development, oral and written language, and language mechanics;
tailors assignments and projects allowing students to focus on
particular
licensure grade levels.
EDU652 Analysis of Ohio Standards in
Mathematics (2 hours)
Evaluates literature and recent
research on objectives, content, and methodology in mathematics
according to the standards set forth by the Ohio Department of
Education; examines history of instruction, current problems and
issues, recent trends and emphases on teaching practices in
mathematics discipline. Assignments and projects can be
individualized allowing students to focus on particular licensure
grade levels.
EDU653 Analysis of Ohio Standards in Science (2
hours)
Presents history of science instruction, curriculum problems,
issues, recent trends, and emphases in teaching practices according
to the standards set forth by the Ohio Department of Education;
discusses impact of dominant theories and philosophies of education
on current curriculum changes in science. Assignments and projects
can be individualized allowing students to focus on particular
licensure grade levels.
EDU654 Analysis of Ohio Standards in
Social Studies (2 hours)
Examines trends in
contemporary social studies including materials and models for
developing historical reasoning, geographic literacy, multiple
perspective analysis, and social justice according to the standards
set forth by the Ohio Department of Education. Assignments and
projects can be individualized allowing students to focus on
particular licensure grade levels.
EDU655 Analysis of State Standards
(Out-of-State Candidates) (2 hrs)
Examines current research and trends in teaching and learning
relevant to the area recertification requirements of
candidate’s home state; provides basic information and
tailors assignments and projects allowing students to focus on
particular licensure grade levels.
Master of Humanities
ART524 Creativity and Its Development (3
hours)
A study of how artists, writers, composers, and scientists develop
creativity and how to generate new ideas, considered from
psychological, educational, and artistic points of view. Readings
from psychologists, philosophers, and artists, broadly defined.
ART525 History of Photography (3
hours)
This is a survey course of topics in the histories and cultural
uses of photography in Europe and the US in the 19th and 20th
centuries. It starts with the origins of photography in
Enlightenment and early Industrial Revolution Europe. The course
examines the role of the daguerreotype in the US, and
photography’s role with war, western
expansion, and social Darwinism. There will be discussions on the
establishment of elite art organizations in Europe and the US by
the 1890s, concurrent with the flood of mass consumer photography
and commercial production. From there the course will examine major
developments and uses of photography such as magazine journalism,
advertising and fashion, social documentary, as well as
photographic practices linked to art movements like constructivism,
surrealism, documentary realism, and formalism. It will conclude
with a look at the more contemporary postmodern practices which
foreground the question of photography’s social and psychic
operations. Special attention will be paid to the interrelations
among photography’s diverse cultural uses and the terms in
which debates about the medium’s unstable art status have
played out.
ART623 Aesthetics (3
hours)
This course provides students with an overview
of aesthetics as it embraces a philosophy of are, beauty, and taste
and further investigates the ways in which humans create,
experience, and evaluate the fine arts. Class discussions will
focus on artistic masterpieces from a number of disciplines
including music, drama, literature, painting, and sculpture.
Throughout the course students will analyze readings that explore
philosophical issues and historical problems of various theoretical
approaches to art and will include discussions on the nature and
function of the artist, the intrinsic significance of an artistic
object, and the concepts of aesthetic value, experience, attitude,
and criticism. An emphasis will be placed on developing a
personalized philosophy of art.
COM520 Philosophy of Communication (3
hours)
This course is a survey of the genealogy of
communication and how communication creates shared experiences
between people. Through a collection of readings, students will
examine how and why society thinks about communication the way it
does. Philosophy of Communication is generally concerned with
analytical, theoretical
and political issues that cross different discipline boundaries. It
explores how people live their lives and deal with the conflicts
that are inevitable whenever communication occurs in a society,
whether in person, in groups, electronically or through the mass
media. Throughout the course, students are exposed to the broader
study of the field and how it relates to contemporary philosophical
arguments, positions and concerns. By studying the historical and
social contexts for communication, students will come to understand
and appreciate how meaning is created through human interaction,
more about themselves and how they relate to others.
COM580 Politics and the News (3
hours)
This course will critically analyze how the news media influenced
public discussion of political and social issues in the 20th and
21st centuries, as well as examine how these issues were debated in
the news. Drawing on readings from political science,
communications, and history, students will also examine how
political powers in mass democracies use the news media as a
mechanism of persuasion and social control.
Prerequisite: Completion of 12 hours in the MA
Humanities program
COM630 Cybercultures and Issues in Cyberspace (3
hours)
This course explores the culture of Cyberspace
and the wide range of social, legal, ethical, political and
economic issues associated with the evolution of the online world.
From its origins as a government sponsored communications network,
the Internet has evolved to become the de facto center of
information society. In the
process, online communication is fundamentally changing how people
relate to each other in a computer mediated world. We will also
examine the environment that created the Internet and the issues
that are emerging along with it. Through a series of readings,
reflections, exploration of web sites and online exchanges,
students will examine how the Internet is changing culture and
society. This will include an exploration of online public spaces
such as Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, blogs, online dating, virtual
environments and identities, globalization and the legal issues
surrounding privacy, anonymity, predatory online behavior,
copyright, libel, indecency, obscenity,
hate speech, cyberbullying and junk mail. Throughout the course,
emphasis will be placed on developing an understanding of the
boundaries of online behavior and freedom of expression in the
complex, rabidly changing Internet environment.
CUL511 Culture and Identity (3
hours)
Course examines the creation and interplay of
cultural identity. May draw on readings from sociology, philosophy,
cultural studies, literary theory, and communication; students
examine major intellectual approaches to the formation and
consequences of culture
CUL515 Mythologies in Human Experience
(3 hours)
Selected readings in the nature of myth as a working hypothesis
whose object is to explain the world and make its phenomena
intelligible. Topics for study might include the purpose and nature
of myth, the major perspectives used to analyze and understand
myth, the role of myth as mediator between past and present, the
spiritual quality of myth, the transformation of myth into
objective reality, myth as symbol, etc. Texts may include Greek,
Roman, Celtic, Nordic and other world mythologies.
CUL530 Cult and Independent Film (3
hours)
This course will examine and familiarize the students with various
cult films and the cult film phenomenon. From the definition (or
designation) of “cult”, to the unusual, yet vital role
in society this non-genre fills, the cult film does not fit into
traditional critical rhetoric. Instead, by being a marginalized
area of film, the cult film and the audiences of this phenomenon
deconstruct mainstream film entertainment and analysis.
ENG501 Introduction to Graduate Writing
(2 hours)
This course introduces students who would like to hone their
writing abilities and work on the writing skills needed for studies
at the graduate level. It emphasizes appropriate writing style and
academic tone, documentation in the MLA and APA formats, and
developing a thesis statement into an argument.
ENG530 The Culture and Literature of
Modernity (3 hours)
Readings in cultural and literary identity: 1880-1920. Coming after
Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, and Sigmund Freud, the style and
traditions of literature, music, dance, and art took on a new
reality that shattered old artistic conventions. The course will
examine the novels of Virginia Woolf and James Joyce, the music of
Igor Stravinsky and American jazz artists, the art of the cubists,
the dance forms of Isadora Duncan and the evolution of
modernism.
ENG541 Creative Writing Workshop: Short Story (3 hours)
ENG542 Creative Writing Workshop: The Novel (3 hours)
ENG543 Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry
(3 hours)
The Creative Writing Workshops are writing courses in the tradition
of the classic writer’s workshop, but with the advantage of
being online. Students will write and criticize their own material
in light of modern critical thought and development.
ENG583 Poetics of Western Drama (3
hours)
Readings from ancient dramatic works including those of Sophocles,
Euripides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes. Exploration of the unique
nature and continuing significance of Greek tragedy and Greek
theater in the drama of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. All
discussion will stem from Aristotle’s Poetics as the basis
for western dramatic traditions and conventions. Topics of study
from the texts will include such issues as the tragic voice, the
role of women, the nature of heroism, human beings' relationship to
the divine, and the role of fate in human affairs.
Prerequisite: Completion of 12 hours in the MA
Humanities program
HIS521 British History I: Prehistory to
1066 (3 hours)
This course examines the complex social and political history of
the peoples of the British Isles from prehistory, to the Celtic
migration, to the Roman Conquest, to the invasions of the Angles,
Saxons, and Jutes, ending immediately prior to the Norman Conquest.
This study will encompass a history of the English language as well
as an introduction to the artistic, literary, architectural, and
legal developments of this period, with an eye toward how these
developments have shaped the present world.
HIS522 British History II: 1066 to 1660
(3 hours)
This course examines the complex social and political history of
the peoples of the British Isles from the Norman Conquest through
the English Civil War era, ending at the Restoration. This study
will encompass a political, economic, and social history of the
British Isles as well as an introduction to the artistic, literary,
architectural, and
legal developments of this period, with an eye toward how these
developments have shaped the present world.
HIS523 British History III: 1660 to 1910 (3
hours)
This course examines the complex social and
political history of the peoples of the British Isles from the
Restoration through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, ending
prior to WWI. This study will encompass a political, economic, and
social history of the British Isles as well as an introduction to
the artistic, literary, architectural, and legal developments of
this period, with an eye toward how these developments have shaped
the present world.
HIS640 A History of Africans in America
(3 hours)
This course offers a comprehensive review of African American
history from the days of slave trade through today. Students will
become familiar with the wide sweep of this history and the
contributions of African Americans, particularly in United States
history.
HUM510 Introduction to Graduate
Humanities (4 hours)
Course introduces students to the important questions and issues in
the graduate study of the humanities through an overview of
research methods and research analysis with an emphasis on
appropriate writing style.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of
Humanities graduate program
HUM522 Introduction to the Graduate
Research (3 hours)
This class is an introduction to
research methods used in the humanities at the graduate level. It
is a hands-on class: students develop a research proposal in an
area of their choice. The course will be valuable for masters
students in the early stages of research as they begin to identify
a potential research topic and plan their work. It
will also be useful for anyone wanting to learn how scientific
reserach is done in practice. Topics include research paradigms and
methodologies, research question formulation, design of research
approach, literature search and presentation of related work,
analysis of results, verbal and written presentation skills, and
research ethics. Students prepare a thesis proposal or project
proposal in an area of their choice.
HUM550 Development of Government Systems
(3 hours)
This course will examine governments from feudal systems, communist
systems, and capitalist systems, and how these systems influence
society and the public opinion. Students will compare various types
of government from the theoretical to the historic and examine the
influences of these systems on theory and actuality.
HUM554 Social Practice: How people
behave and why (3 hours)
This is a course about
exploration and discovery of ideas and the world in an everchanging
society. Through the examination of a variety of readings of
classical and contemporary humanistic readings in social practice,
the course explores a complex social world in which locations,
pathways, and boundaries are not fixed. The course
also allows students to seek connections between “private
troubles and public issues.”
HUM 592 Topics in Systems of Human
Experience (3 hours)
Selected topics in the study of human experience. Topics may
include ideologies, religion, literature, epistemology, scientific,
or political belief systems.
Prerequisite: None unless listed in the course
schedule.
HUM593 Topics in Systems of Human
Thought (3 hours)
Selected topics in the study of human thought. Topics may include
ideologies, religion, literature, epistemology, scientific, or
political belief systems.
Prerequisite: None unless listed in the course
schedule.
HUM594 Topics in the Systems of Human
Practice ..................................3 hours
Selected topics in the study of human practice. Topics may deal
with historical, economic, sociological, or aesthetic practice.
Prerequisite: None unless listed in the course
schedule.
HUM680 Independent Project (4
hours)
This course requires that the student, with the support and
guidance of a faculty member, carry out an independent research
project, detailed position paper, or creative project dealing with
the human focus of the program.
Prerequisite: Permission
HUM690 Readings Special Topics (3
hours)
Allows an advanced student to develop the readings plan and written
evaluation process for a topic of interest to that student, under
the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Completion of 18 hours in the MA
Humanities program
NAT517 The History and Philosophy of
Scientific Exploration (3 hours)
A study of the history of how scientists described the methods and
goals of science. Selected readings from Archimedes, Aristotle,
Newton, Einstein and others.
PHI522 Reasoning, Logic and Persuasion (3
hours)
A study of the development of reasoning and formal logic and its
relationship to persuasion and argumentation which gives an
overview of logical thinking, distinguishing rational inquiry from
mythological inquiry and regulative thinking from associative
thinking; articulates logical thinking or reasoning as a process of
making logical argument; discusses three basic modes of reasoning
in persuasion and argumentation: deduction, induction, and
abduction explaining their practical applications in the studies of
humanities; introduces possible world semantics and thought
experiments, which help the participants to build logical
foundations for developing rational, independent, critical, and
creative thinking.
PHI570 Atheism, Agnosticism and
Skepticism (3 hours)
This course will examine the areas
of thought in Atheism, Agnosticism, and Skepticism. While the
purpose of the course is not to change anyone’s beliefs,
logical methods of argument will be applied to religion, belief,
and the question of a deity or deities. According to some studies,
approximately 30% of the world population is agnostic or atheist.
This course will explore the atheist and agnostic perspectives on
ethics, creation, and other issues, while also examining the
preconceptions society has about those who challenge the status quo
by not following the popular beliefs. The common arguments for and
against religion, existence of a deity or deities, and morality
will be considered. Fringe belief systems from fairies to
homeopathic medicine will be examined using the skeptical
methodology.
PHI625 Discovering the Golden Rule:
Philosophers and Philosophies (3 hours)
This course will examine the axial age, a period in history from
800 BC to 200 BC which, according to German philosopher Karl
Jaspers, was a time when common precepts in philosophical
principles appeared in China, India, the Middle East and the West.
Jaspers saw this time as pivotal in human evolution in that the
philosophical and spiritual principles emerging throughout these
regions seeded the world’s major religions and contemporary
philosophical beliefs: Confucianism and Taoism in China, Hinduism
and Buddhism in India, philosophical rationalism in Greece, and
monotheism in Israel that formed the basis of Rabbinic Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam. This was also a time of great violence and
brutality, to which the axial sages spoke and uniformly called on
people to be compassionate and ethical in their relations with
others. The idea of the Golden Rule—do unto others as you
would like done to yourself—became a universal cornerstone of
religious and philosophical teaching.
Master of Science in Criminal Justice (MSCJ)
ENF512 Theories of Crime Analysis (3
hours)
The course covers the three types of crime
analysis. The focus of the class is an overview of the theory
behind the crime analysis process and an outline of some of the
major issues crime analysts and crime analysis units must face.
Emphasis will be placed on the examination of how research supports
the use of crime analysis theory to enhance the productivity of
police departments.
ENF532 Computer Applications in Crime
Analysis, Community Policing, and Investigations (3
hours)
The focus of the class is a study of the crime analysis process
through the utilization of applications software (Microsoft
Office). The student will develop an understanding of the
usefulness of the software and see how each component is applicable
to crime analysis. Work will be collected, analyzed and presented
through all aspects of the applications software, individually and
in combination.
Prerequisite: ENF512
ENF535 Administration of Strategic and
Actionable Intelligence (3 hours)
This course will
analyze the definition and functions of intelligence in a law
enforcement environment. Students will analyze the utilization of
criminal and non-criminal intelligence by law enforcement personnel
developing responses to a potential or real terrorist threat. The
flow of information from raw data to actionable or strategic
intelligence will be analyzed. A comprehensive analysis will be
conducted regarding military and law enforcement intelligence, with
an analysis of significant similarities and differences between the
two methodologies and data collection. A case study exercise will
involve a synthesis of collecting facts, analyzing the facts that
are discovered, discriminating between strategic and actionable
intelligence, and then preparing a briefing report for senior
operational staff of a law enforcement agency.
ENF540 Continental United States
(CONUS): Border/Transportation Security (3 hours)
This course provides a student with an in-depth analysis of issues
that concern the protection of the borders of the United States,
and U.S. policies regarding the safety of the U.S. transportation
system. Additionally, the course analyses the changes in security
arrangements from pre to post 9-11 policies, relative to border and
transportation security, with a synthesis of the impact of the
formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, on the
issues concerning internal CONUS security relative to these two
security concerns.
ENF612 Criminal Intelligence (3
hours)
Course is focused on the criminal intelligence
process as a whole. This process defines problems, data collection
and storage, data analysis and dissemination for action to be taken
by appropriate personnel. Students will learn to consider
relationships between individuals, between individuals and
organizations and between organizations
in developing pertinent analysis. Class will utilize both inductive
and deductive logic.
Prerequisite: ENF512
ENF622 Geographic Information Systems:
Applications in Criminal Justice (3 hours)
Course covers the concepts of how a geographic information system
(GIS) can enhance the development of new data and assist in making
data analysis more effective. Students will learn about the various
types of maps and map analysis as well as the value of producing
this type of analysis. One or more current software applications
will be utilized in the instructional process for this course.
Prerequisite: ENF532; may include an applications
software lab fee
ENF627 Crime Analysis Field Project (4
hours)
Capstone course utilizing the skills for other analysis courses,
the student will work with an instructor to develop a crime
analysis project. This project will describe a defined problem, set
parameters for solving the problem, select tools and options for
choosing a correct path for solving the problem. The project does
not necessarily have to involve crime analysis but it must approach
a significant problem that any police department might
experience.
ENF645 Continental United States
(CONUS): Counter-Terrorism (3 hours)
This course will analyze the history and role of terrorism in world
politics over the last two centuries. Particular attention will be
given to modern (U.S. and foreign) left and right wing groups who
use terrorism as a means to effect political change acceptable to
that group. Political, social, economic and religious factors will
be analyzed
concerning the reasons such groups exist. Additionally, issues such
as recruiting, training, ideology, and tactics will be analyzed to
determine their role in terrorism. State sponsored terrorism will
be analyzed, with particular attention to those countries
recognized by the U.S. State Department as sponsors of
terrorism.
ENF650 Critical Infrastructure
Protection (4 hours)
This course analyzes the infrastructure of CONUS with particular
attention to transportation, medical, electronic, education,
agriculture, electrical, water & sewer, banking and others.
Each of these critical features will be analyzed to determine
potential areas of vulnerability to threats, as well as potential
counter-measures that can be utilized to neutralize the
vulnerabilities. Students will conduct an evaluation of a selected
infrastructure; prepare a vulnerability study, and protective
response plan, for a chosen infrastructure.
ENF660 Response: Natural Catastrophic Events-Emergency
Preparedness (3 hours)
This course will provide the student with an analysis of the
history of U.S. natural disasters and their consequences on the
citizens who experienced them. Public policy concerning relief
efforts will be analyzed. Relief agency charters will be examined
to determine their role in such catastrophic events (American Red
Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency – FEMA).
Critical elements in catastrophic event plans will be analyzed.
Students, with an analysis of common factors affecting response
issues, will conduct evaluation of methodologies concerning
community and regional assets.
JUS510 Contemporary Criminal Justice:
Issues and Trends (3 hours)
Provides a contemporary
overview of the criminal justice system with a focus on current
trends, crime problems and statistics, crime control issues, the
nature and causes of crime, justice agencies and personnel, key
decision-making, and the changing features of the American legal
system.
JUS515 Research Design and Analysis (4
hours)
Examines various research design models applied
to crime, criminal justice, and agency administration issues.
Includes discussion of the philosophy of science, sampling, and
various research designs such as historical, legal, action,
quasi-experimental, experimental, and program evaluation. Students
will construct, implement, report, and analyze the results of a
research project important to criminal justice practice.
Prerequisite: JUS520
JUS520 Statistical Applications in
Criminal Justice (4 hours)
Explores and applies practical statistical methods to the relevant
work of criminal justice agents, managers, and executives. The
course will focus on statistical methods to prepare students to be
intelligent consumers of reported research, to apply appropriate
statistical analysis to various types of research designs, to
report criminal justice agency performance results, and to identify
and use various criminal justice statistical data sources in print
and electronic form.
JUS525 Legal and Ethical Issues in
Criminal Justice (3 hours)
This course provides an in-depth discussion of legal and ethical
issues such as confidentiality, conflicts of interest, professional
behavior, use of force, factual and legal guilt, discretion,
corruption, codes of ethics, whistle-blowing, race and gender
problems, appropriate punishment, law and rulemaking, ethical
dilemmas in research settings, methods of resolving ethical
dilemmas, and classic cases of ethical lapses and collapses in
criminal justice agencies.
JUS526 Legal and Ethical Issues in
Homeland Security (3 hours)
This course will begin with an examination of the Common law,
Constitutional and other legal framework of the separate branches
of government having shared national security powers. Then, the
focus will shift to the legalities and ethics relevant to
organizing for counterterrorism, investigating terrorism and other
national security
threats, consequence management, and trying international
terrorists in an effort to fight terrorists and international
criminals. Finally, the course will examine the law and ethics
surrounding public access to national security information and
restraining leaks of that information in an effort to protect
same.
JUS530 Human Resource Management (3
hours)
Provides a thorough examination of the administration and substance
of the human resources functions in criminal justice agencies which
includes sound principles of personnel management, employment and
civil service law, the setting and background for human resources
administration, the recruitment of personnel, employment testing
methods and issues, the selection process, job analysis and
position classification, fair employment practices, promotion,
transfer, discharge, performance evaluation, the discipline
process, training and education, worker motivation and job
satisfaction, and wage and salary administration.
JUS610 Justice Administration Policy
Formulation and Analysis (3 hours)
Details the research and planning process leading to the
formulation of policy to guide criminal justice agencies and
practitioners, including the introduction and practice of skills
necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of policy in police, court,
and corrections agencies. Participants research, develop, and
evaluate policies that affect criminal justice practice.
Prerequisite: JUS510
JUS615 Administrative Law and Management
(3 hours)
Provides an analysis of the legal principles
and doctrines that govern criminal justice agencies at the local,
state, and federal levels of government. The quasi-legislative and
quasi-judicial functions of justice agencies will be examined as
well as the administrative rule making process which allows law
enforcement, court services, and corrections agencies to interpret
and implement law related to their legal mandate.
Prerequisite: JUS525
JUS620 Administrative Theory in Justice
Administration (4 hours)
Presents an advanced study of theories of individual and group
motivation, organizational behavior, management, organizing, and
leadership, and other essentials in understanding how to
successfully lead modern criminal justice agencies. Focus will be
on significant past and recent research findings in the behavioral
sciences which
will assist current and prospective managers in obtaining results,
satisfying workers, establishing public accountability, creating
comfortable work environments, and adapting to rapid changes in
society. Other topics include decision-making, managing diversity,
empowerment of agency associates, value-centered work environments,
reengineering, and continuous quality improvement.
Prerequisite: JUS530
JUS625 Education/Training Analysis and
Design (3 hours)
Provides participants the opportunity to identify, analyze,
develop, implement, and evaluate agency associates’ education
and training status. A major training/education project will be
prepared to include the assessment of educational/training needs,
the design of a learning program, the presentation of the project,
and an evaluation of the amount of learning which transpired.
Prerequisite: JUS515
JUS690 Special Topics
(vary)
Topics will vary. May be taken for one, two or three credits.
Prerequisite: Permission of Dean.
PSY511 Psychology and Law (3
hours)
This class examines the theoretical and empirical bases for the
field forensic psychology. Students will explore how psychologist
interacts with offenders, victims, and criminal justice agencies.
Topics will also include the role of psychologist in mental health
law and family law.
PSY512 Introduction to Forensic
Psychology (3 hours)
The class is designed to present students with a broad overview of
the field of Forensic Psychology. The course will explore the
various applications of theories and research in psychology to
aspects of the criminal justice system.
PSY515 Research Design and Analysis in
Forensic Psychology (4 hours)
Students in this course will receive an in-depth examination of the
application, construction and design of research as it applies to
Forensic Psychology. Content includes discussion of philosophy of
science, reliability, validity, questionnaire construction,
sampling, and a variety of research designs commonly found in
Forensic psychology research. Each student would be responsible for
designing and implementing an original, empirical research
project.
Prerequisite: PSY520 or FOR520
PSY520 Statistical Applications in
Forensic Psychology (4 hours)
Students in this course
explore the principles and application of statistical models and
techniques that are of value in the criminal justice system. All
types of social science statistical uses will be explored from
descriptive to inferential, to sophisticated statistical
measurement. Particular emphasis will be placed on the application
of statistical techniques to research in Forensic Psychology and
criminal justice.
PSY525 Victimology (3 hours)
This course will cover the broad views of the study of victims at
the social, legal, individual, and psychological level. The course
is designed to broaden the understanding of victims. The student
will be given the history of how victims have been treated over
time, how the interface of victim-offender dynamics has changed in
the criminal justice system, how society treats victims, and the
psychological processes, services, and therapeutic remedies that
are available for victims. Various types of victims/crimes will be
covered. Legislative and social movements geared at advancing
public awareness for victims will be discussed.
PSY530 Legal and Ethical Issues in
Forensic Psychology (3 hours)
Forensic Psychologists encounter ethical conflicts when called upon
to function in the criminal justice system. This course will focus
on various ethical, legal, and professional controversies, and
dilemmas. Analysis and resolution of these controversies and
dilemmas will be explored. Topics include the psychologist-examinee
relationship, the retaining party-examiner relationship, legal
limits on confidentiality, the psychologist as expert witness,
forensic psychology records, etc.
PSY547 Mental Health Law in Forensic
Psychology (3 hours)
This course will introduce
students to the psych-legal issues in mental health law. The course
will study the needs and rights of individuals with mental illness
and mental retardation, the delivery of mental health services, the
regulation of mental health professions, and the concerns of
society for persons with mental disability. Other topics to be
considered include competence, commitment, the right to treatment,
the Americans with Disability Act, restraint and treatment issues,
advanced psychiatric directives and natural supports in the
community
Prerequisite: JUS525 PSY547
PSY548 Mental Health Law in Criminal
Behavior (3 hours)
This course will introduce students
to the psych-legal issues in mental health law. The course will
study the needs and rights of individuals with mental illness and
mental retardation, the delivery of mental health services, the
regulation of mental health professions, and the concerns of
society for persons with mental disability. Other topics to be
considered include competence, commitment, the right to treatment,
the Americans with Disability Act, restraint and treatment issues,
advanced psychiatric directives and natural supports in the
community
Prerequisite: JUS525.
PSY551 Psychopathology and Criminal Behavior (3
hours)
This course explores the link between
psychological disorders and different types of criminal behavior.
It will provide an in-depth examination of the etiology,
symptomology, and dynamics involved in personality deviation, and
emotional disorder. Disorders from DSM-IV will be covered.
Psychological assessment using the DSM-IV
and intensive case material will be used.
Prerequisite: PSY511 or FOR511
PSY552 Criminogenic Psychopathology (3
hours)
This course explores the link between
psychopathology and criminal behavior. Students in the class will
review research on the relationship between psychological disorders
and criminal violence. The class explores the various historical
trends of forensic views on the role of mental illness on
interpersonal and criminal violence.
PSY613 Professional Seminar in Advanced
Clinical and Experimental Forensic Psychology (3
hours)
This course provides an in-depth examination of the areas of
Advanced Clinical and Experimental Forensic Psychology. Students
will conduct analyses of contemporary topics in these two areas as
they impact the criminal justice system. The course would include
both intensive small group analysis, as well as, individual
examination of topics.
PSY614 Substance Abuse (3
hours)
Examines the types of abusable substances, the
symptomology, etiology, and treatment of substance abuse. The
relationship of substance abuse to criminal behavior and emotional
functioning are examined. Regulation, prevention strategies, and
treatment strategies are examined. The entire spectrum of substance
abuse is examined.
PSY615 Drug Abuse and Society (3
hours)
This course examines the various types of drugs, their dynamics of
use, abuse, addiction, and recovery. It examines the social, legal,
economic, and psychological effect of drugs on individuals and on
the structure and function of society. The course covers trends in
national and global law enforcement; diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention strategies; as well as a historical view of drug use,
legal, and social responses.
PSY620 Psychology of Sex Crimes (3
hours)
This course explores the wide net that the term sex crime casts. In
exploring the many different types of sex crimes that exist,
detailed focus will be placed on the typology and etiology of the
offenders who commit these various crimes and the effect that these
crimes have on their victims. The legal system has put in place
many policies governing sex offenders based upon an underlying
assumption that sex offenders pose a greater risk to society than
other types of criminals. We will discuss the various legal issues
that surround sex offenders and explore empirical research to
determine if this underlying assumption is valid. Topics of
treatment effectiveness, therapeutic jurisprudence, and the
challenges of managing sex offenders in the community will also be
discussed.
PSY625 Applied Advanced Psychological Assessment (4
hours)
This course will explore the various assessment instruments used in
clinical and forensic psychology that assess individuals. It will
address the psychological factors to be assessed, clinical tools,
interviews, projective tests, TAT, WISC-R, and other psychological
tools. The course will review the gamut of approaches to assessment
and treatment. Goal evaluation (of offender/victim/client) will be
discussed. Goal plans (evaluation of the entire context/course of
treatment) will be examined. Concepts such as the therapeutic
alliance, transference, resistance, clarification and
confrontation, interpretation, and termination will be covered.
Prerequisite: FOR611/PSY552
PSY626 Advanced Psychological Assessment
Theory (4 hours)
This course will explore the various
assessment instruments used in clinical and forensic psychology
that assess individuals. It will address the psychological factors
to be assessed, clinical tools, interviews, projective tests, TAT,
WISC-R, and other psychological tools. The course will review the
gamut of approaches to assessment and treatment. Goal evaluation
(of offender/victim/client) will be discussed. Goal plans
(evaluation of the entire context/course of treatment) will be
examined. Concepts such as the therapeutic alliance, transference,
resistance, clarification and confrontation, interpretation, and
termination will be covered.
Prerequisite: FOR611/PSY552
PSY630 Lifestyles and Career Development
(3 hours)
Holistically explores the interrelationships
among personality, lifestyle, career choice and career development,
and considers the ethical implications of these issues, especially
as a person’s career affects the lives of other people.
Participants will be involved in a variety of individual and group
experiences designed to raise and promote a personal commitment to
self-awareness and an understanding of how this affects lifestyle
and career development.
PSY635 Cultural Competence in
Professional Practice (3 hours)
Students will work to increase awareness of and appreciation for
cultural differences. The course will require that participants
consider and examine their own values, attitudes and biases;
reflect upon personal life experiences that have contributed to
their understanding of differences and diverse cultures; examine
how mental health/forensic issues are viewed in the context of the
value systems embraced by different cultures;
apply analysis to understand organizational barriers that interfere
with providing culturally competent services; develop an action
plan for addressing culturally competent services in agencies.
PSY636 Cultural Competence in
Professional Practice (3 hours)
Cultural Competence is designed to outline the current federal,
state, and local mandates regarding culturally appropriate
standards for agencies. The course will cover all CLAS standards
that apply to agencies. An exploration of issues/needs for service
& policies that are necessary in cultural competence programs
is included. Empirical research on racial, ethnic, other minority
groups is presented. A policy/procedure program will be constructed
by the student that demonstrates application of materials presented
in class.
PSY637 Forensic Counseling (3
hours)
This course will cover the theories and practice strategies
involved in counseling juvenile and adult offenders. Emphasis is on
the evaluation and the development of effective models and
treatment oriented interventions for counseling clients in a
correctional or community environment. Focus is on development of
effective knowledge
and skills in working with legally involved and court committed
adult and juvenile offenders.
PSY640 Thesis (3
hours)
Thesis is an original, empirical research
project. The student will work closely with an advisor, producing a
work corresponding to guidelines of the Publication Manual of the
American Psychology Association and the Tiffin University School of
Criminal Justice and Social Sciences.
Addictions Counseling Post-Bachelor Certificate
CSL510 Introduction to Addiction Theory and Practice (3 hours)
This course is designed to examine the etiology, risk factors, and treatment of alcoholism and other addictions. Focus will include historical and research foundations with the understanding of the trans-disciplinary foundations of the substance abuse theory and professional practice.
CSL515 Lifespan
Development (3 hours)
This course covers the process of human growth and development which include reviews of major theoretical perspectives on life stage human development. Exploration will include variables which affect developmental processes and enhance or inhibit individual and family development.
CSL520 Counseling Procedures and Strategies with
Addicted and Disordered Populations (3 hours)
This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge and experience in therapeutic factors, techniques, methods, and basic skills relative to effective counseling. Specific focus will include an introduction to the practice of individual counseling with the micro-skills approach (Ivey). Students will demonstrate competence with basic counseling theory and skills through simulated counseling sessions. Counseling skills and intervention strategies will be practiced through in-class exercises
CSL525 Group Process and Techniques Working with
Addicted and Disordered Populations (3 hours)
This course addresses the patterns and dynamics of groups in a treatment and growth process. Focus includes group counseling, structure, types, stages, development, leadership, therapeutic factors, the impact of groups on the individual and larger systems. Effective group facilitation skills and techniques used to address diversity issues and special population needs are addressed.
CSL530 Cultural Competence in
Counseling (3 hours)
Self-awareness, knowledge, and skill development are required in counseling members of racially and ethnically diverse populations. This course will explore a wide variety of issues regarding diversity and multiculturalism in counseling, with the primary focus of on the attitudes, knowledge and skills required for cultural competence.
CSL535 Assessment and Diagnosis of Addictive and
Behavioral Health
Problems (3 hours)
Examines the diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders as well as a number of other major mental health disorders often seen as co-occurring in substance abusing populations. Provides a systematic approach to screening, assessment, and diagnosis of addictive and behavioral health problems with individuals and families in order to determine the most appropriate initial course of action given the client's needs, characteristics and available resources. Provides significant opportunity for hands-on practice in documentation and ethical decision-making required for counselors and therapists.
CSL540 Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment
Planning in Addictions (3 hours)
This course will cover models of prevention and intervention of psychoactive substance use, abuse and dependence. Provides significant opportunity for case conceptualization and hands-on practice in treatment planning documentation and ethical decision-making.
CSL545 Theory and Practice of Relationship
Counseling in Addictions and Behavioral
Health (3 hours)
An introduction to the family as a dynamic relationship system focusing on the effects of addiction pertaining to family roles, rules, and behavior patterns. In this course students will gain a broad background in the marriage and family intervention and counseling techniques in the treatment of addiction and other behavioral health concerns.
CSL600 Research and Program
Evaluation (3 hours)
This course will review the basic components of research in counseling and the behavioral sciences including types of research, data collection, research design, basic elements and procedures used in statistical analysis, interpretive methods and qualitative analysis. Research ethics will also be covered.
CSL625 Testing and
Appraisal (3 hours)
This course provides the clinical and ethical framework for understanding the individual, couple, and family within the context of advanced clinical assessment and testing in service of treatment of addictive and major mental and emotional disorders. Principles of interviewing, conducting a mental status examination and obtaining relevant data from collaborative sources and the procedures necessary for the appropriate utilization of individual and group instruments of measurement.
CSL630 Advanced Counseling Theories in Prevention
and Intervention (3 hours)
This course will cover theories of individual, child, and family psychopathology including the etiology and prognosis of addictive, mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders. A wide-range of evidence based counseling and therapy approaches across age groups and diagnostic categories will be emphasized. Ethical practice issues will also be covered.
CSL650 Supervision and
Ethics (3 hours)
The course will cover advanced models of clinical supervision and ethical decision making in behavioral health. The legal context of supervision and ethical decision making will also be addressed.
SCS670 Internship—Addiction Counseling
Students will engage in a supervised professional experience which requires delivery of addiction clinical services under the supervision of an appropriately licensed or credentialed person.


