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NUR 441 - Nursing Care Management of Adults III
A continuation of NUR 440. Content is organized on the basis of functional health patterns. The role of the nurse in regard to levels of illness prevention is presented. Nursing strategies relating to health promotion, maintenance and restoration are discussed. Lec 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 320, NUR 321, NUR 330, NUR 331 and NUR 404. Senior standing in School of Nursing and permission.
Credits: 2
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NUR 444 - Management and Leadership in Health Care System
Provides the student with content focusing on knowledge and skills essential to the professional role of nursing. Organizational and leadership theories are presented as they relate to the practitioner as a member of a group. Theoretical concepts of group structure and interactions in groups are discussed. Change and role theories are introduced as tools for understanding group and organizational dynamics. Lec 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing in School of Nursing and permission. Corequisite: NUR 455.
Credits: 1-4
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NUR 447 - Clinical Reflection Seminar
Utilizes discourse to foster interpersonal and group communication skills, group role-taking, critical thinking, reflection upon clinical practice and integration of theory with practice.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement. Sem 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing in School of Nursing. Corequisite: NUR 455.
Credits: 1
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NUR 450 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Builds on previously learned knowledge to promote a greater understanding of the nurse’s role in the care of clients who have mental health needs. Content includes an overview of mental illnesses and major treatment modalities, with an emphasis on the use of the nursing process in patient care. A major focus is the therapeutic use of relationship and communication skills in all health care settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing in the School of Nursing. Corequisite: NUR 451.
Credits: 3
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NUR 451 - Clinical Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Clinical experiences offer students the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in the direct care of patients. Helps students gain a greater understanding of mental illnesses and disorders, expand their knowledge of psychotropic medications, develop skills in therapeutic communication, and apply a broad range of therapeutic interventions that can be used in a variety of treatment settings. Students are expected to develop insight into their own preconceptions about mental illness, as well as greater self-awareness of personal responses to patient care situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 450 or concurrently.
Credits: 2
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NUR 452 - Community and Population Health
Introduces students to the concepts and principles of community health care. Students will gain knowledge about communities and population health, health determinants, and epidemiology to assist clients in making choices that promote health and wholeness. Topics are population focused and take the form of health promotion, maintenance, and restoration. Students perform a population assessment, a cultural assessment, and propose community level interventions.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 320, NUR 321, NUR 330 and NUR 331. Senior standing in the School of Nursing. Corequisite: NUR 453.
Credits: 3
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NUR 453 - Community Nursing Care Management
Focus on concepts and principles of community health nursing. Students are introduced to the role of the community health nurse and the community as a client. Students will use the functional health patterns framework for nursing diagnoses of individuals, families and communities. Current issues influencing the health of communities are examined. The clinical focus includes health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance and restoration. A variety of clinical experiences are offered in community based settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 452 or concurrently. Senior standing in the School of Nursing.
Credits: 2
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NUR 454 - Clinical Adult Nursing Management
Students provide direct care to patients with acute and chronic complex health problems with emphasis on major life-threatening illnesses. Functional health patterns provide the basis for course organization. The role of the nurse in health promotion, illness management, independent and collaborative decision making, and professional issues encountered in practice are implemented under the direction of faculty in the acute care setting.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 440 or NUR 441 or concurrently. Senior standing in the School of Nursing.
Credits: 2
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NUR 455 - Senior Clinical Practicum
A capstone experience in which students apply knowledge gained from all prior semesters. Students are partnered with nurses providing acute and chronic health care services in a variety of settings.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience and Ethics Requirements. Clin 16.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing in School of Nursing and permission. Corequisite: NUR 444 and NUR 447.
Credits: 4
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NUR 460 - Special Topics in Nursing
Includes lecture, readings, literature search and discussion. Topics vary depending on faculty and student interests as well as changes in the nursing profession and health care delivery system.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 495 - Independent Study in Nursing
Individualized study with permission of the instructor. May or may not have an experiential component.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 497 - Projects in Nursing
Individualized project with permission of the instructor. May or may not have an experiential component.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 502 - Families in Health and Illness
Focuses on the family as a living system in which the health and illness of one family member affects all family members and, in turn, the family unit influences health outcomes for individual family members. Theories of family structure and functioning, social issues affecting contemporary American families, and health-related research provide the framework for systematic assessment of family health needs and for development of nursing interventions. Provision of primary health care for families in rural communities will be emphasized. One-half of class time is spent in the classroom and one-half is conducted via WebCT for asynchronous online learning.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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NUR 503 - Advanced Health Appraisal and Physical Assessment: Nurse Practitioner
Health appraisal, health promotion and illness prevention throughout the lifespan. Covers nurse practitioner interviewing, history taking, physical assessment and health risk appraisal.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-4
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NUR 504 - Theory Development in Nursing
Historical development of nursing theories and the generation of scientific knowledge. Selected theories from other disciplines useful for understanding nursing phenomena are also presented.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 505 - Nursing Research
Explore inductive and deductive approaches to generating research emphasizing internal and external validity. Students will review and critique nursing studies and carry out an analysis project.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 310 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 506 - Professional Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing
Professional issues of advanced practice nurses including role development, legal and business aspects of practice and strategies to insure high quality of health care practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 522.
Credits: 1
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NUR 507 - Advanced Pathophysiology
Advanced study of normal and abnormal human physiology with a focus on the physiological, genetic and biochemical basis of human disease. Provides a framework for nurses to understand and integrate clinical findings, diagnostic and therapeutic regimens.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 508 - Advanced Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Nurse Practitioner
This course is designed to prepare family nurse practitional (FNP) students in drug therapy of individuals across the lifespan with emphasis on the primary health care setting. This pharmacology/pharmacotherapeutics course is intended as and advanced course based upon previous knowledge that a nurse obtained an undergraduate education and clinical practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 511 - Core Clinical Concepts
Prepares the nurse educator or clinical specialist to utilize core clinical concepts in nursing specialties within a specified theoretical framework under the direction of faculty prepared in the specialty. Seminar or directed study.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 507 or concurrently.
Credits: 3 - 6
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NUR 512 - Curriculum and Course Development
Introduces the student to curriculum and course development with emphasis on organizational frameworks, legal implications of the syllabus, teaching-learning strategies and evaluation of learning. Seminar or directed study.
Prerequisites & Notes
Matriculation in Nursing program or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 513 - Teaching Practicum
Implements teaching and evaluation strategies in classroom, laboratory and clinical settings; participates as member of a curriculum committee and in overall program evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 511, NUR 512.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 520 - Family Nurse Practitioner Care: Neonate to the Adolescent
The first of three primary care clinical courses for Family Nurse Practitioners. Emphasis on assessment, evaluation and nurse practitioner care for children, from the neonate to the adolescent, as commonly encountered in a rural family practice setting. Lec 1-3, Clin 1-3.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 503 and NUR 507 and permission.
Credits: 1-6
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NUR 521 - Nurse Practitioner Gynecologic and Reproductive Care of Women
Focuses on the nurse practitioner’s clinical assessment and management of the female client’s gynecologic, reproductive and sexual health.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 503.
Credits: 4
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NUR 522 - Family Nurse Practitioner Care of Adults I
Assessment and primary care management of well adults and adults with common health problems. Emphasis is placed on primary health care of rural and other underserved populations. Lec 1-3, Clin 1-3.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 503, NUR 507, NUR 508, NUR 520 and NUR 521; permission.
Credits: 1-6
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NUR 523 - Family Nurse Practitioner Care of Adults II
Continuation of NUR 522 with emphasis on health care needs of older adults and other underserved populations. Lec 1-3, Clin 1-3.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 502, NUR 522; permission.
Credits: 1-6
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NUR 692 - Epidemiology and Public Health
Analytic perspective on epidemiology, evidence-based practice, and public health. Emphasis on current, real-world health issues and advancement of student skills in the critique of research studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Basic math and statistical skills.
Credits: 3
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NUR 693 - Ethical Inquiry in Health Care
The influence of philosophical, cultural, ethical, legal, economic and political systems upon health care will provide the framework for examining contemporary issues. The process of ethical reasoning and analysis will be used with selected clinical cases to systematically examine ethical distress and ethical dilemmas.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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NUR 694 - Health Policy, Politics and Practice
Introduces students to health policies and political activities and their impact on health care and health care management systems, interweaving sociopolitical and ethical frameworks. Students examine the changing content of health care and critically evaluate the process of policy development, including the political role of health professionals and the fiscal impact of policy change.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in School of Nursing or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 695 - Topics in Nursing
Concentrated study of designated topics in nursing. Topics may vary depending on faculty and student interest. May be repeated for credit. Some sections may have prerequisites beyond the following.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 697 - Scholarly Project
An opportunity to integrate research, clinical and theoretical knowledge bases in a rigorous, faculty-guided project. Critical thinking, analysis and synthesis provide the framework for the project which may include philosophical, theoretical or clinical papers.
Credits: 1-6
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NUR 698 - Independent Study in Nursing
Individual work on an approved project.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 699 - Graduate Thesis
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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ONE 012 - Onward Composition
Students write essays based on readings in American history. Each student drafts six or seven essays, revises each with the help of peers, and finally presents the paper in the class. A review of grammar, sentence structure and punctuation makes up the editing part of the course.
Credits: 3
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ONE 013 - Advanced Onward Composition
This college-level course requires that students respond to reading by writing several essays and a research paper. Those students who earn a C in the course and pass the ENG 101 proficiency test will earn three university credits by examination.
Prerequisites & Notes
ONE 012.
Credits: 3
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ONM 011 - Pre-Algebra
Operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are reviewed and applied to fractions, decimals, percents and basic geometry. Briefly introduces signed numbers and simple linear equations.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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ONM 012 - Introductory Algebra
Topics include: graphing, writing and solving linear equations (including fractional equations), solving quadratic equations by factoring and by the quadratic formula, as well as practical applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
ONM 011 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ONM 013 - Intermediate Algebra
Solving radical and quadratic equations. An introduction to functions and their graphs, including conics. Logarithms and inequalities are introduced. Applications are stressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
ONM 012 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ONR 012 - Introduction to Academic Reading
For students who are already reasonably proficient readers, but who lack the critical skills required for university level courses. Introduces text analysis and methods of critical thinking. Activities include discussion of assigned readings, short papers, as well as some emphasis on effective reading skills, vocabulary building, and exam preparation.
Prerequisites & Notes
ONR 011.
Credits: 3
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ONR 013 - Critical Reading
For students who already have a beginning acquaintance with the methods of critical reading, but who need to refine and strengthen their skills in order to succeed in regular university courses. Activities include concentrated text analysis, oral and written presentations and independent library research.
Prerequisites & Notes
ONR 012 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ONS 011 - Onward Biology
Understanding life begins with ecological relationships, including energy, nutrients, animal behavior and the ecology of populations. Then attention shifts to the unity of life, involving basic cell chemistry, the genetic basis of life and evolution. Lec 3, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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ONS 012 - Onward Chemistry
Topics include measurements and calculations, matter and energy, chemical foundations and composition, nomenclature, reactions, quantities, modern atomic theory, bonding, gases, liquids and solids, solutions, acids and bases, equilibrium and oxidation-reduction.
Prerequisites & Notes
ONS 011 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ONS 014 - Onward Zoology
Introduces biological diversity and classification of living things. Plant systems are studied as a key part of the living fabric of the earth. Much emphasis is place on animal systems, including anatomy and physiology, embryology and reproduction.
Prerequisites & Notes
ONS 011 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 100 - Introduction to Public Administration
Origin and development of public administration as a discipline and profession. Citizen and the administrative state; rise of professionalism; growth of executive branch in federal government and the states. Public service within an environment of democratic, legal, ethical, political and economic considerations.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Ethics Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PAA 200 - Public Management
An introduction to fundamental issues that underlie the field of government and nonprofit management. Topics include federalism, ethics in public service, leadership, strategic management, human resources and and public budgeting.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Ethics Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PAA 220 - Introduction to Public Policy
Provides students with a basic understanding of the U.S. public policy process. Models of policy agenda setting, adoption, implementation and evaluation are considered with reference to specific substantive policy areas such as economic, energy, environmental, intergovernmental, social welfare, health and civil rights policy.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAA 233 - The American City
Urban environment and demographic change; interest groups and governing bodies; local legislative and executive leadership. Political forms and policies impacted by such trends as immigration, urbanization, race and ethnicity, suburbanization and metropolitan growth.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAA 315 - Statistics in Public Administration
Introduces the student to the statistical procedures and computer skills that are used in policy and management settings. Covers descriptive statistics, measure of central tendency, measure of association and analysis of variance. Topics are presented with related computer techniques.
Satisfies the General Education Mathematics Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
COS 103 and PAA 200.
Credits: 3
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PAA 327 - Environmental Policy, Management and Regulation
An introduction to environmental policy and management in the United States to include a review of environmental ethics; major substantive areas of air, water, land and hazardous waste policy; the political dynamics that frame environmental policy making a t the federal, state and local levels of government; and the management issues arising in the implementation of environmental policy within the intergovernmental context.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 340 - Public Financial Management
Examines the various public financial management techniques used by all levels of government. Specific emphasis on understanding budgets and the budget process; capital budgeting; cash an debt management; accounting; and auditing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 350 - Human Resources in Public Service
Compares modern techniques for effective personnel management with customary practices in the public, nonprofit and health sectors. Covers major laws that affect human resources such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act. Students complete a personnel project for a public service agency.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 370 - Local Government Administration
An analysis of the formation and implementation of policies at the local level. Municipal management concerns with human and financial resources, city and town planning and service delivery. In-depth cases are utilized throughout.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or PAA 233.
Credits: 3
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PAA 380 - Police and the Community
Covers police administrative practices including leadership, organization, management and human resources. Controversies and issues such as under-enforcement, brutality, impact of technology, training, hiring and performance assessment, liability, community policing, crime and domestic violence. Best practices in municipal, country and state settings.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAA 390 - Technical Writing and Communication in Public Service
Develops writing skills applied to public, nonprofit and health organizations. Students write memos, news releases, reports and position papers (multiple submissions required). Features communication skills to convey results and ideas. Covers use of references.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 400 - Issues in Public Administration
An examination of basic issues in Public Administration. Case studies in such areas as public policy implementation and public management at the international, national, state, sub-state, and local levels in public and non-profit organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 405 - Administrative Law
Introduces students to the legal/constitutional issues arising from the relationship between public administrative agencies, legislative bodies and the courts. Through a review of significant court cases the course explores issues concerning the separation of powers and delegation, sovereign immunity and the scope and limits of administrative discretion in administrative rule making.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200.
Credits: 3
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PAA 409 - Accounting for Governmental and Not-For-Profit Entities
Financial accounting, for not-for-profit and government entities and hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations. Includes fund accounting. GASB statements. (This course is identical to BUA 409. Students cannot receive credit for both PAA 409 and BUA 409.)
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 201 and junior standing.
Credits: 3
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PAA 410 - Local Government Law
Fundamentals of law relating to local government, viewed from the perspective of the public administrator.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200.
Credits: 3
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PAA 425 - Health Care System Management
Examines the development of the public/nonprofit/for-profit health care delivery system in the United States. Also examines current administrative practices in areas such as governance and organization, planning and marketing, human resources, facility management in mental health and hospital administration and ethics.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission..
Credits: 3
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PAA 430 - Organizational Change in Public Service
Examines improvement methods such as flattening the organizational structure, teamwork, quality management, performance management, budgeting and re-engineering. Covers the role of leadership in transforming the culture to create high performance organizations.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 455 - Nonprofit Management
Examines policy and management aspects of nonprofit organizations. Includes nonprofit environment, organizational roles and processes, interagency relationships, problems of change, leadership, strategic planning, board-staff relationships, fundraising, human resources and volunteer development.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 493 - Public Administration Internship
Professional experience in a state government, nonprofit agency, healthcare agency, etc. Some opportunities exist through the Maine State Government Internship Program. Open to selected students. Reports and readings required. No more than 6 credits of internship or field experience may be taken during a semester. No more than 6 credits may be used toward the departmental major and no more than 12 credits may be used toward graduation.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Credits: Ar
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PAA 495 - Municipal Government Internship
Professional experience in local government. Reports and readings required. Majors within the department may not receive more than a total of 12 credit hours toward graduation for any combination of internships and field experiences, and not more than 6 credit hours may be used toward the departmental major.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Credits: Ar
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PAA 498 - Independent Readings in Public Administration
Independent Readings.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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PAA 505 - Intergovernmental Relations
Study of federalism in the United States, including federal-state, federal-local, state-local and interstate relationships. Emphasis on politics of present-day intergovernmental administrative arrangements. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 516 - Information Technology and Public Policy
Impact and design of information systems in public and non-profit organizations. (This course is identical to TSO 516.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 520 - Policy Studies
Examines approaches to the study of public policy such as public choice theory, implementation analysis, systems analysis, and impact analysis as they are applied to policy areas such as health, welfare, education, and criminal justice. Students participate in seminar discussions and complete a research project. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 540 - Seminar in Public Financial Management I
Examines governmental financial conditions, revenue collection and spending processes, and specialized topics such as cash management, risk management, debt management and capital budgeting. Special emphasis on financial management in state and local governments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 550 - Seminar in Public Personnel Management
Consideration of selected problems in the public personnel management process. Emphasis on empirical theories of motivation, satisfaction, productivity, supervisory patterns, and organizational conditions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 560 - State Administration
Analysis of the place of the state executive in the politics of the American states. Emphasis on the role of the governor and administration in policy formulation. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 580 - City and Regional Planning
Principles and practices of city and regional planning; including origins, community design, comprehensive plans, zoning and land use controls; court decisions, administrative organization and political concerns; sprawl, sustainable growth and economic development. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 585 - Comparative Administrative Systems
Comparative study of administration systems across different cultures with emphasis on administrative practices, structures and processes. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 600 - Accountability in Public Policy and Administration
Presents an integrating perspective for understanding accountability in public service organizations and issues confronting professionals. Analytical examination of political/democratic, legal, socio-economic and ethical theories of accountability.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 605 - Community Power, Leadership and Administration
Examination of the location of public and private sources of power and influence in large and small U.S. communities; professional and amateur leadership patterns, uses and abuses of bureaucratic authority, administrative opportunities and concerns; cases of development and service delivery decisions. (Not offered every year.)
Credits: 3
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PAA 620 - Program Analysis and Evaluation
Design, implementation, and usefulness of evaluation as a tool in public administration and public policy, including RFP development, proposal formulation, causal diagramming, evaluation design, measurement of program objectives, statistical procedures, staffing needs and timelines, budgeting, evaluation critiques, and political issues and constraints. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 610 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 625 - Health Care and Human Services Policy and Administration
History and comprehensive analysis of health and human services systems policy in the U.S. Addresses the evolution of the health and human services care systems, their structures and dynamics, roles of government and citizen groups in policy formation and implementation, ethical issues, and topics of current health and human services policy interest. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 600 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PAA 627 - Environmental Policy and Management
This course covers the policy, management, and administrative questions associated with public sector involvement in environmental control. Key questions include the relative responsibilities of the public and private sectors; the appropriate degree of federal, state and local responsibility; regulatory efficiency and equity; and appropriate policy mechanisms to improve environmental quality in the next decade. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 520 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PAA 630 - Organization and Leadership Theory for Public and Nonprofits
Theories of organizational management and behavior including leadership, culture, structure, and communication. Organizational theories of learning, growth, and change.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 640 - Seminar in Public Financial Management II
Analysis of fiscal policy, budgetary process, budgeting approaches, governmental accounting concepts and principles. Special emphasis on linkage between budgeting and accounting. Questions, problems, and simulations are utilized. (Not offered every year.)
Credits: 3
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PAA 645 - Financial Management in Health Care
Financial management skills for health care administration, including budget preparation and execution, budgetary techniques, accounting principles, working capital management and reimbursement.
Credits: 3
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PAA 655 - Nonprofit Organization Management
Surveys the nonprofit sector in the U.S., its structure, history and values, role in the economic system, and selected public policy issues. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 600 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PAA 670 - Regional Governance
Examines the development and administration of sub-state regional governance, including metropolitan governments and area wide intergovernmental responses such as interlocal agreements, privatization and special districts and authorities. (Not offered every year.)
Credits: 3
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PAA 680 - Sustainable Economic and Community Development
Analysis of institutions, procedures and problems associated with achieving sustainable economic and community development both domestically and internationally. Focuses on administrative and political implications. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 683 - Methods of Analysis in Public Administration and Public Policy
Review of research process, literature, qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis, writing reports for different audiences, displaying data related to a project.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 600 or permission. Undergraduate courses in American Government, Economics, Statistics; familiarity with Excel.
Credits: 3
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PAA 685 - Advanced Methods of Analysis in Public Administration and Public Policy
Project development from theory development, research hypotheses, methodology development, data analysis methods, human subject review. Project results presented to an audience.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 683 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 691 - Topics in Public Administration
(Not offered every year.)
Credits: Ar
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PAA 696 - Public Administration Internship
Professional experience in state government, nonprofit agency, healthcare agency, etc. Reports and readings required.
Prerequisites & Notes
15 credit hours of MPA coursework.
Credits: 1-6
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PAA 697 - Directed Research
Individualized research course for graduate students in Public Administration, which involves an advanced, specialized research topic that explores in greater depth a sub-topic raised in a previous course.
Prerequisites & Notes
15 credit hours of MPA coursework.
Credits: 1-6
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PAA 698 - Independent Readings
Individualized readings for graduate students in public administration/public policy. Approved proposals are either (1) a readings list and review of the literature for a topic not covered in the program, or (2) an advanced, specialized research topic that explores in greater depth a sub-topic raised in a previous course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Must have taken 33 credidt hours in the MPA program and permission.
Credits: 3-6
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PAA 699 - Graduate Thesis
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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PAX 201 - Introduction to Peace Studies
Introduces students to various concepts in the field of peace studies. Topics include forms of violence and their relationship to social structure and cultural practices; global militarization and environmental destruction and their impact on human needs; and peace-making and conflict resolution at both micro and macro levels.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PAX 250 - Peace and Pop Culture
Incorporates case studies and creative expression by active artist-peace builders working in different media throughout the World. Students will investigate the sources, causes, processes and products that reside at the intersection of peace and popular culture. Students will interpret, analyze and evaluate examples from art, music, theater, dance, poetry, literature, museums, gardens, trails, film, television, magazine, cartoon, radio, Internet, video game, and comic book publishing industries.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Artistic and Creative Expression, and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PAX 350 - Buddhism, Peace and Contemplative Traditions
An introduction to Buddhism and its relationship to Zen and Western contemplative traditions. Some philosophical aspects of Buddhism as well as stories, sutras, ethical precepts, relationship to ecological concerns and the embodying of the Way in our daily lives.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAX 351 - This Sacred Earth: Ecology and Spirituality
Examines Eastern and Western views on the environment in terms of spiritual traditions. A major part of the course addresses a new approach to spirituality of nature, called Deep Ecology which includes ecotheology and ecofeminist spirituality.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAX 360 - Conflict Resolution: A Relational Approach To Working Through Conflict
Emphasis on alignment of premises, practices and policies that have shaped the field on the local, national and international levels.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAX 370 - Building Sustainable Communities
Explores the essential ideas and necessary institutions for builidng sustainable
communities including social, cultural and physical environments. Specific examples
of sustainable communities and eco-villages worldwide will be highlighted.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PAX 398 - Topics in Peace Studies
Explores peace through more in-depth study of specific topics drawn from the introductory course, such as the roles of technology, religion, gender, ethnicity and social stratification in the establishment and maintenance of peace. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3
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PAX 400 - Marting Luther King and the Beloved Community
The just community is a distinctively American idea, beginning with the vision of the Founders and renewed in the writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. in envisioning an America - and a world - at peace through principles of social justice, reconciliation, non-violence and equality. This online course looks at the concept of King’s Beloved Community as a way to peace through a multidisciplinary investigation focusing on the Civil Rights Movement and after, using the lens of multiple faith and ethically-based aspirations for community.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of the following: BLS 101, MLC 175, PAX 201, SOC 101, SOC 201, WST 101 or permission.
Credits: 3
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