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NMD 202 - Information Design
Information design is the art and science of organizing and designing information to help people effectively fulfill their needs. It can be applied to websites, handheld devices and other platforms. Students will learn new design techniques and complete an entire project design cycle to practice their skills in a variety of areas related to web design, database construction, and data driven applications. The class requires basic web design experience.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approved New Media portfolio review, or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 203 - Creative Hypertext
Creative workshop exploring technical, cultural and creative dimensions of hypertext. An introduction to hypertext as a creative tool that will focus on a review of html, analysis of hypertext story and e-poetry, and production of hypertext fiction and/or poetry.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approved New Media portfolio review, or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 204 - Introduction to Time-Based Art and Design
An introduction in the concepts, process, methods, principles and theories posed by Time-Based Arts. Time-Based Arts are those creative expressions that involve converged and distributable media such as, digital film, animation, digital audio, interactive cable, satellite, broadband and emerging technologies. Students investigate unique problems in design and production presented by Time-Based and converged media as well as apply the aesthetic principles of art and design in the creation of artistic, expressive and/or conceptual structures in a time-based media.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approved New Media portfolio review, or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 205 - Introduction to Variable Media
Students will explore strategies for outwitting obsolescence through medium-independent project design and preservation. Also touches on social and philosophical attitudes toward memory, loss, and cultural survival. Guest speakers will include artists and curators involved in distributed approaches to cultural legacy. A final project will require students to remix and reinterpret each other’s works.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approved New Media portfolio review, or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 206 - Project Design Laboratory: I
Introduces theories of sign and visual communication as applied to interactive information design. Explores how signs and symbols influence meaning and facilitate expression and perception of ideas and information. Provides a general knowledge of the history of visual theory and the interpretation of icons, symbols and indexes, including the unspoken “language” of design structures. Visual culture, semiology, and cultural/information artifacts as manifested by such designed items as Web sites, interactive media and databases are studied.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 102 or NMD 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 213 - Information Ethics
Ethical and social issues associated with information system design and use. Morality and law in cyberspace. Values, ethical theories and their relation to information professionals. Free speech, intellectual property, privacy and security. Access to government information and government surveillance. Western values and norms compared to developing world perspectives. (This course is identical to ISE 213.) Lec 3.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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NMD 240 - Introduction to Web Concepts and Design
Introduces the concepts, technical requirements and production processes needed for basic Web site development and construction. Topics include site design, image processing, visual Web editors, html and layout, interface design and basic behaviors.
Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C or better in NMD 100, NMD 206 and permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 245 - Film Criticism and Theory
Offers a mass communication/media studies overview of contemporary film. Students will develop skills in the analysis of film form and content so that they will achieve a high degree of proficiency in the use of film studies vocabulary. After developing an understnading of how the different elements of film work to construct meaning within (as wll as outside of) film, the course will survey major theories and methodologies of film studies. Likewise, participants will receive an overview of film history and will develop familiarity with major historical and technological development of film. Participants will learn to think critically about the media industry and to evaluate film as art form, individual psychological experience, technology, social text, and commodity. (This course is identical to CMJ 245.)
Credits: 3
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NMD 270 - Digital Art I
An introduction to two-dimensional digital art. Includes professional 2D and related software, input/output options and image creation and editing. Emphasizes using the tools for the production of fine art. (This course is identical to ART 270.)
Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approved New Media portfolio review, or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 295 - Topics in New Media
Topics not regularly covered in other new media courses. Content varies to suit current needs. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C or better in NMD 100 and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NMD 301 - Documentary Photography and Audio
Provides the essential skills, concepts and processes used by documentary still photographers and audio producers to create professional quality digital mixed media products for the Internet and other interactive media. (This course is identical to CMJ 361.)
Prerequisites & Notes
C- or better in CMJ 261 or C- or better in NMD 201.
Credits: 3
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NMD 302 - Interactive Web Development
Offers hands-on instruction in scripting interactive, kinetic, and participatory Web site development. Students explore the fundamentals of a client-side language, such as JavaScript or ActionScript, by building navigation tools, layer-based animations, and other interactive components. As a culminating project, students build upon their experience of server-side development in NMD 202 to realize a fully functional online resource with an interactive interface and dynamic content.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 202.
Credits: 3
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NMD 303 - Digital Narrative Workshop
Explores emerging forms of digital and networked storytelling. Students examine new forms of narrative with the goal of producing their own work. Workshop format focuses on developing digital storytelling skills. Competence in digital tools required.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 203 and NMD 206 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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NMD 304 - Explorations In Time Based Design
Advanced level exploration of the principles of design and the creative process relative to time-based media. Focus is on the design of imaginative, and/or metaphorical structures combining text, image and sound into self-contained digital works. Students experiment with the transmission of creative and expressive information through sequential and time-based formats, including fixed-image sequence, digital video, and animation.
Prerequisites & Notes
ART 100 or ART 110, NMD 204, NMD 206 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 305 - Seminar in Distributed Creativity
Examines cutting-edge innovation in peer-to-peer architectures, open licenses, and media economies. After acquainting themselves with a range of historical and contemporary landmarks from Beuys to BitTorrent, students will choose to research, plan, or build a new aesthetic, economic, technical, or ethical approach to distributed culture.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 205 and NMD 206 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 306 - Project Design Laboratory: II
A seminar on new media project design, with emphasis on team-based research and development. Assignments may require students to think across a variety of platforms, from analog tools to stand alone devices to online applications. In each case, students will be challenged to think creatively and rigorously about the objective, structure, and form of their projects; the work of each team will culminate in a new media proposal and/or prototype. (This course is identical to ISE 306.)
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 206 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 324 - Year in Film I
The first part in a two-semester course in the process, theory, practice and problems of digital filmmaking. Through the examination of films, narrative fiction and the completion of out-of-class assignments, students will gain insight into the realm of digital filmmaking. Structured as both an academic and “hands-on” approach to the language, method and theory of digital filmmaking through applied concepts and process. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Sophomore standing and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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NMD 340 - Intermediate Web Concepts and Design
An intermediate level consideration of the concepts, technical requirements and production processes needed for Web site development and construction. Topics covered will include DHTML and Cascading Style Sheets, interface design, Web animation and interactivity, CGI scripting, video and audio for the Web and Web database fundamentals.
Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C or better in NMD 100, NMD 240 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 360 - Perceptual Applications and Connections
Basic principles and application of visual perception. Connections with art, design, animation, scientific visualization and new media will be explored. Topics include: color theory, form perception, depth perception, motion and illusions.
Prerequisites & Notes
COS 101, COS 102, COS 103 or COS 110 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 370 - Digital Art IIA: 3D Modeling and Animation
An introduction to the concepts and tools of 3D modeling and animation on the
computer. Includes techniques to create narratives and provides hands-on experience
with appropriate hardware and software. (This course is identical to ART 370.)
Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
ART 270 or NMD 270 and permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 371 - Digital Art IIB: Digital Video
An introduction to digital, non-linear video editing. Use of professional-level equipment to create short, time-based artworks. (This course is identical to ART 371.)
Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
ART 270 or NMD 270 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 372 - Digital Art IIC: Interactivity
An introduction to the concepts and tools of interactivity in digital art. Students will create interactive pieces and consider issues of interactivity. (This course is identical to ART 372.)
Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
ART 270 or NMD 270 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 398 - Topics in New Media
Topics not regularly covered in other new media courses. Content varies to suit current needs. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C or better in NMD 206 and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NMD 403 - Advanced Digital Narrative
Critical analysis of digital narrative and literary, cinematic, gaming, or graphic predecessors. Explores theoretical discourses relevant to studied genres, such as narratology, semiotics, cultural theory, game theory, gender theory, or post-colonial theory. Emphasis on understanding the function(s) of digital narrative and on developing skills to increase the sophistication of creative production.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 303 and NMD 306 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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NMD 404 - Advanced Time Art Studio
The final course in the Time-Based Art sequence and represents the most advanced level of investigation in time-based media. Students will conceptualize and create a series of individual projects working with time-based media. These projects may include but are not limited to, video, animation audio, interactivity and live digital performance. Additionally, students will research and discuss the work of existing Time-Based artists.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 304 and NMD 306 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 424 - Year in Film II
The second part in a two-semester course in the process, theory, practice and problems of digital filmmaking. Concentrates on practical experience. Students will learn the cinematic process through direct development and production of short subject digital films. Structured as both an academic and “hands-on” approach to the language, method and theory of digital filmmaking. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Sophomore standing and permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 430 - Topics in New Media
An exploration of intermediate and advanced topics in multimedia production and
design, including, among others, digital video production, software and hardware
design or, electronic publishing. Designed to provide students with a deeper and
more sophisticated experience with a multimedia issue, tool, or skill–or combination
of all three.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 206; permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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NMD 490 - Independent Study in New Media
Topics not regularly covered in other courses. Content varies to suit current needs. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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NMD 499 - Practicum in New Media II
Part two of a two-part capstone experience on campus or in a commercial or other institutional environment with faculty supervision. Students meet in a weekly seminar to discuss progress. Each defines and researches his or her own individual project, presents it within the format of the seminar and brings it to fruition as a new media publication, such as a Web site; animated, feature or documentary video; or other digital projection.
Prerequisites & Notes
NMD 498. May be taken concurrently with NMD 498
Credits: 3
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NMD 570 - Intermedia Studio I
Intended to provide an environment for guided independent art/research/production in intermedia. Emphasis placed on the conceptual and interdisciplinary nature of this art form, awareness and manipulation of traditional art boundaries, and the exploration of non-traditional art media. This is an advanced graduate-level studio course emphasizing independent levels of work, theoretical engagement in the creative process and an ongoing commitment to individual studio praxis. May be repeated for credit. (This course is identical to ART 570 & IMD 570.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing and permission.
Credits: 3
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NMD 597 - Independent Study in New Media
Graduate level study and research in New Media or related areas directed by a graduate faculty member in New Media. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NMD 598 - Directed Study in New Media
A graduate-level readings course, laboratory or seminar study course arranged between instructor and individual graduate students, covering selected topics or areas within the field of New Media. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 101 - Issues and Opportunities in Nursing
Introduces first-year Nursing students to issues in nursing education and University resources. Assists with the development of writing and critical thinking skills. Seeks to enhance cultural growth and understanding and to influence the establishment of self-care and wellness as a priority for nursing students. Discussion of legal and ethical aspects and professional organizations in nursing. Students meet clinical faculty in order to explore their education and experiences in nursing.
Credits: 1
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NUR 200 - Professional Concepts in Nursing
Introduces the profession of nursing and nursing theory by building on knowledge of humanities and social and physical sciences. Student acquire knowledge and beginning skills fundamental to nursing and to the application of nursing science within the health care system.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement. Nursing majors can satisfy three credits of the General Education Mathematics requirement by successfully completing NUR 200, NUR 201 and NUR 301. Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
Sophomore standing in the School of Nursing or permission. Corequisites: NUR 300 and NUR 303.
Credits: 4
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NUR 201 - Fundamentals of Nursing Care Management
Clinical seminar and practicum which provides an opportunity for students to implement the health care concepts introduced in NUR 200.
Nursing majors can satisfy three credits of the General Education Mathematics requirement, by successfully completing NUR 200, NUR 201 and NUR 301. (Offered December and May.)
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 200, NUR 300, NUR 303.
Credits: 2
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NUR 300 - Health Assessment Through the Lifespan
Develops the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct an individual assessment. Emphasis on data collection through the development of communication, interviewing, history-taking and physical examination skills. Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 208, CHF 201 or permission. NUR 200 or concurrently .
Credits: 4
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NUR 301 - Nursing Care Management of Adults I
Presents scientific knowledge as the basis for professional practice of nursing. Functional health patterns are the basis of course organization. Students demonstrate psychomotor skills in the learning resource laboratory and begin clinical application of the nursing process in varied inpatient settings. A clinical case study approach is used to foster acquisition of critical thinking and professional role skills.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement. Nursing majors can satisfy three credits of the General Education Mathematics requirement by successfully completing NUR 200, NUR 201 and NUR 301. Lec 3, Lab 3, Clin 6.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 201, NUR 300. Junior standing in the School of Nursing. Corequisite: NUR 404, PSY 212.
Credits: 3 - 6
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NUR 303 - Pathophysiology
A study of the physiological, genetic and biochemical basis of disease.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 208.
Credits: 3
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NUR 304 - Concepts in Nursing for the Practitioner
Focuses on the historical foundations of the nursing profession and important issues affecting nursing practice today. Students utilize critical thinking and nursing and other theories to reflect upon clinical practice. Emphasis is placed on oral and written communication skills. Lec 3.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Registered Nurse and permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 310 - Health Related Research
Presents qualitative and quantitative research methods. Students evaluate research studies and consider the implications of research for nursing practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 232. Junior standing in the School of Nursing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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NUR 320 - Nursing Care Management of Women, Infants and Families
Focuses on the comprehensive care of women from adolescence through older adulthood. The reproductive process is examined as a part of the life cycle continuum and family health. Health promotion, and disease prevention and management concepts are emphasized as they apply to pregnancy, prenatal care, birth, and post-delivery period, newborn care, and parenting.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 201 and FSN 101 and NUR 301 and NUR 303 and NUR 404 and PSY 212.
Credits: 3
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NUR 321 - Maternal, Newborn, and Women’s Health Nursing Clinical
Encompasses Obstetrical lab in the LRC for four hours and seven days (8 hrs per shift) on the maternity/newborn unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Students will be assigned to a community hospital of their choice for two days (8 hrs per day) and a primary care setting that serves women and their families (8 hrs per day). Total clinical hours 84. Students will register for one day of clinical per week and will complete all clinical assignments on that day.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 320. Corequisite: NUR 320.
Credits: 2
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NUR 330 - Nursing Care Management of Children and Families
Students develop a comprehensive approach to the care of infants, children, adolescents and families. Utilize developmental approach in health promotion and care of pediatric patients with acute or chronic illness.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior standing in the School of Nursing. CHF 201 and NUR 301 and NUR 404 and PSY 212 or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 331 - Nursing Care Management of Children and Families Clinical
Students utilize the nursing process to provide comprehensive nursing care for pediatric patients and families in acute and primary care settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 201 and FSN 101 and NUR 301 and NUR 404 and PSY 212 and (NUR 330 or concurrently.)
Credits: 2
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NUR 333 - Health Care Information: Evaluation, Synthesis and Expressions
Introduction to the vast array of sources of knowledge in health care fields, and how the knowledge is used in nursing practice and academic contexts. Topics include: use of search engines and databases; evaluation of information from primary and secondary sources; and detection of ideological biases in health care literature. Development of professional writing skills is a major element of the course, including technical writing projects specific to the nursing discipline.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
ENG 101; Nursing major or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 357 - Experience in Community Health
Exposes RN’s to the role of the community health nurse and the community as client. Focuses on the health of aggregates providing students with opportunities to develop expertise in health promotion, disease prevention health maintenance and restoration.
(Pass/Fail Grade Only.)
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 320, NUR 321, NUR 330, NUR 331 and NUR 452. Corequisite: NUR 452.
Credits: 2
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NUR 404 - Fundamentals of Pharmacology
The basic concepts of pharmacology for health professionals, introducing pharmacodynamics and kinetics. Emphasis on clinical pharmacology of major drug categories and major drug interactions.
Prerequisites & Notes
For Nursing Majors; NUR 303, BMB 207/209, BMB 208/210, BIO 208; Corequisite: NUR 301 or permission
Credits: 3
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NUR 409 - Professional Issues: Leadership and Organization
Addresses health care policy within the framework of leadership and organizational theory, role and change theories. Students will have the opportunity to explore professional and ethical issues which affect the delivery of health care.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 304. Licensure as a registered nurse.
Credits: 3
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NUR 411 - RN Senior Seminar
A senior synthesis seminar and clinical course for RN students, building on concepts from NUR 304 and NUR 410, as well as clinical experience and general education of the participants. Independent clinical experience and seminars provide an opportunity to synthesize clinical judgement skills, discuss critical reasoning, apply ethical decision making and integrate concepts of health promotion throughout the lifespan. Lec 2, Proj 3.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 304, NUR 310; permission.
Credits: 4
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NUR 415 - Socio-Cultural Issues in Health and Health Care
Explores social and cultural influences on health and illness. Existing health disparities are examined, as well as, issues and trends in our health care delivery system. Transcultural nursing principles will be introduced. Offered via the Internet using Blackboard.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior standing in School of Nursing or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 420 - Women’s Health
Explores political, economic and social factors influencing women’s health from a feminist perspective. Philosophic emphasis on concepts of creativity, humanistic care, the autonomy and unique individuality of each participant, and the growth and development of all participants.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 440 - Nursing Care Management of Adults II
One of two senior level courses focusing on 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 discussed in class. Lec 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 320, NUR 321, NUR 330, NUR 331 and NUR 404. Senior standing in School of Nursing and permission.
Credits: 3
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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
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
Admission in Master of Science in Nursing program or 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: 2
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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 practitioner (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 an advanced course based upon previous knowledge that a nurse obtained in 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 and Evaluation in Nursing Education
Introduces the student to curriculum and course development and evaluation in nursing education with emphasis on organizational frameworks, teaching-learning strategies and evaluation of learning. This course will be conducted through asynchronous distance education technology supplemented with in-class meetings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission in Master of Science in Nursing program or permission.
Credits: 3
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NUR 514 - Field Experience in Nursing Education or Administration
Students integrate theory in a reality context of the teaching or administration role, participate in classrooms, laboratories and clinical settings pertinent to area of interest, and integrate teaching/learning or management theories in a practice setting. On-line discussions will supplement actual field experiences and faculty/student conferences.
Prerequisites & Notes
NUR 512 or permission.
Credits: 4
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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: 2-4
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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 / Research
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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