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ES 501 - Applied Clinical Anatomy
Credit(s): 3
This course examines the relationship of the human body and anatomical structures and systems. Special focus is given to these systems’ roles in exercise performance, biomechanical skill development and injury prevention/rehabilitation. Gross anatomical identification of specific bones, landmarks, origins, insertions, actions, joint structures, nerves, vessels, and organs will be the primary focus.
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ES 502 - Emergency Procedures in Athletic Training
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to cover in-depth Basic Life Support Skills. Topics addressing prevention, recognition, and management of life-threatening and/or severe injury/illness are included. Application of skills that include environmental, CPR/AED, airway management, immobilization, bleeding control and sudden illness management are also addresses. Students will be certified in Basic Life Support.
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ES 503 - Evidence Based Research
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces research methodology and data analysis related to evidence-based practice in athletic training. Topics include formulating clinical questions, appraising existing research and understanding levels of evidence. This course also introduces students to a variety of statistical measures commonly used in athletic training research.
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ES 504 - Professional Practice in Athletic Training
Credit(s): 3
This course covers the roles and responsibilities of an athletic trainer as well as the history, governance structure and regulation of athletic training practices. This course will also cover introductory concepts including ethical behavior, evidence-based practice, basic evaluation skills, and documentation. Instruction and practical application of taping, wrapping, bracing techniques, and protective equipment is also included.
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ES 505 - Athletic Training Practicum I
Credit(s): 2
This is the first of four laboratory courses required of MSAT students. Under the direct supervision of a board-certified athletic trainer/clinical preceptor, the students will observe and begin to participate in the organization and administration of the athletic training environment and the care given to athletes. Students will gain an understanding of the daily operations of the athletic training room and learn entry-level skills in athletic training focusing on risk management and injury prevention, acute care of injury and illness, and basic assessment and evaluation skills.
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ES 506 - Clinical Integration I
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to refine clinical decision-making skills through the practice and evaluation of specific athletic training proficiencies. Students will integrate classroom/didactic instruction into the clinical settings to progress to a greater level of practical application. Skill integration will be developed and evaluated under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor.
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ES 511 - Lower Extremity Evaluation
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide students with an intensive, thorough study of orthopedic and neurovascular evaluation techniques used by sports medicine professionals to assess orthopedic and athletic related injuries to the lower back, pelvis, and lower extremities sustained by physically active individuals. Lecture, demonstration, and practical experience will be the instructional methods used to help students gain knowledge and confidence in their orthopedic and athletic injury assessment techniques.
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ES 512 - Upper Extremity Evaluation
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide students with an intensive, thorough study of orthopedic and neurovascular evaluation techniques used by sports medicine professionals to assess orthopedic and athletic related injuries to the spine, head, and upper extremities sustained by physically active individuals. Lecture, demonstration, and practical experience will be the instructional methods used to help students gain knowledge and confidence in their orthopedic and athletic injury assessment techniques.
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ES 514 - Therapeutic Interventions I
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, implement, and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic modalities in the treatment of injuries and illnesses of athletes and physically active individuals. This course will also introduce pharmacological medications commonly prescribed for these same individuals.
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ES 515 - Athletic Training Practicum II
Credit(s): 2
This is the second of four laboratory courses required of MSAT students. Under the direct supervision of a board-certified athletic trainer/clinical preceptor, students will continue to develop and refine clinical skills in injury assessment, therapeutic modality selection/use and proper use of medications.
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ES 516 - Clinical Integration II
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to build upon clinical decision-making skills through the refinement of specific athletic training proficiencies. Students will integrate classroom instruction into clinical settings to progress to a greater level of practical application. Skill integration will be developed and evaluated under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor.
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ES 520 - Immersive Clinical Experience
Credit(s): 8
This 8-10-week clinical rotation provides the athletic training student the opportunity to gain experience in specific settings of clinical practice. Settings of interest are chosen from a variety of practice including but not limited to; out-patient rehabilitation, orthopedics, primary care, emergency and acute care, dance/performing arts medicine, industrial and occupational health, professional sport medicine, and athletic performance. This course is designed to facilitate synthesis and integration of knowledge, skills, and clinical decision making into actual patient care. Students are required to gain a minimum of 240 hours of patient care experience with physically active individuals.
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ES 521 - General Medical Conditions in Athletes
Credit(s): 3
This course provides the student with a thorough understanding of injury, illness, and/or disease of various body systems; specific understanding of medical diagnostics, interventions, and participation considerations for the athletic population are addressed.
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ES 522 - Administration of Athletic Training
Credit(s): 3
This course provides the student with a focus on the professional management and administrative issues in athletic training. Topics will include management and supervision of personnel and financial resources as well as the planning, designing, developing, organizing, implementing, directing, and evaluating an athletic training healthcare program and facility. Current issues in athletic training related to professional conduct and practice will be discussed, along with legal concerns, risk management, and healthcare payor/insurance.
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ES 524 - Therapeutic Intervention II
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, implement, and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic exercise in the treatment of injuries and illnesses of athletes and physically active individuals.
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ES 525 - Athletic Training Practicum III
Credit(s): 2
This is the third of four laboratory courses required for MSAT students. The focus of this course is to evaluate the skill level of students in the following areas: evaluation/diagnosis and referral options for general medical conditions, selection and proper use of the appropriate pharmacological agents, and contemporary rehabilitation techniques for a variety of conditions.
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ES 526 - Clinical Integration III
Credit(s): 1
This is the third in a series of courses designed to build on clinical decision-making skills through the refinement of specific athletic training proficiencies. Students integrate classroom instruction into clinical settings to progress to a greater level of practical application. Skills are developed and evaluated under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor.
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ES 531 - Clinical Integration IV
Credit(s): 2
This course provides a comprehensive approach to advanced orthopedic concepts associated with physically active individuals across the lifespan. The focus will be on surgical techniques, radiological concepts and interpretation, and advanced treatment procedures used in diverse orthopedic settings. Students will integrate classroom instruction into clinical settings to progress to a greater level of practical application. Skills will be developed and evaluated under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor. This course serves as a culminating clinical experience in the MSAT program.
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ES 532 - Seminar in Athletic Training
Credit(s): 2
This course is a culminating experience in athletic training that will provide a focus and comprehensive review of athletic training foundations and specific knowledge regarding the domains of athletic training. This course will guide the students toward developing strategies that address critical thinking and test taking skills necessary for success on the Board of Certification (BOC) examination.
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ES 533 - Research Capstone
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide a research experience for the athletic training student. The student will refine skills learned throughout the curriculum to utilize evidence-based practice, read critically, and to write and communicate effectively. The student will choose a research capstone project which will culminate in the dissemination of information through a variety of venues.
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ES 534 - Therapeutic Intervention III
Credit(s): 3
This course will focus on the development of communication strategies, techniques, and psychological interventions commonly used in athletic training. Recognition and management strategies of mental health conditions, as well as the role of the athletic trainer in response to events and return to play. The focus will be on the application of communication strategies and development of management and referral strategies. The course will also address cultural competence in patient care and the role of various mental healthcare providers that compromise the mental health referral network.
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ES 535 - Athletic Training Practicum IV
Credit(s): 2
The fourth of four laboratory courses required for MSAT students. The focus of this course is to evaluate the skill level of students in the final semester of the program. The course will focus on the comprehensive nature of the entire clinical program.
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Graduate (MSN and/or DNP) Nursing |
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NU 501 - Nursing Foundations
Credit(s): 3
This course will provide the student with essential therapeutic nursing knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide patient-centered care within a systems environment. Students will be introduced to competencies necessary to continually improve quality and safety of the healthcare system in which they work. The value of professional standards, life-long learning, accountability, and professional behaviors will be integrated throughout the course. The student will apply nursing concepts including communication, patient safety, and informatics in the delivery of health care.
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NU 510 - Advanced Topics: Diverse Populations
Credit(s): 3
Working with diverse populations to mobilize change in the health care environment will be the focus of this course. Diverse populations and global issues in nursing and health care will be examined in relation to health promotion and health practices that have informed nursing practice.
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NU 512 - Biostatistical Methods
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide a review of the basic statistics course, along with an introduction to higher-level statistical analyses. There is an emphasis on writing the results of the statistical analyses. Most analyses will be performed using the SPSS statistical software.
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NU 513 - Research and Evidence Based Practice
Credit(s): 3
This course builds upon undergraduate research methods and advanced statistics by emphasizing biostatistics and epidemiological data used to measure clinical outcomes as well as the significant role of research to improve clinical outcomes in healthcare. Research studies representing a variety of designs will be examined for applicability to improve nursing practice and clinical outcomes. Students will explore, integrate, and apply the skills needed to implement evidence-based practice. Students will develop skill analyzing clinical research findings including evidence from systematic reviews, metaanalysis or evidence obtained from random controlled trials, well-designed case control and cohort studies, and systematic reviews of descriptive and qualitative studies. Expert use of information technology and search strategies will empower students to answer appropriate clinical questions. In collaboration with their advisor, students will formulate a project for clinical, practice or educational change based on best evidence and will present an integrated review/synthesis of the evidence with implications for research and practice. Master’s students will develop an initial proposal of their scholarly project.
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NU 514 - Care of Adults
Credit(s): 8
This course will provide the student with basic health-assessment techniques and technologies, pharmacology, and the pathophysiogical basis of disease in diverse adult populations. Beginning principles of nursing and intraprofessional communication will be utilized to deliver patient-centered care. Students will develop knowledge and skills for using information technologies to enhance their own knowledge base as well as provide and document patient care. Students will monitor safety and quality indicators and design and provide evidence-based care for diverse populations. Nursing leadership concepts within the healthcare microsystems will be introduced.
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NU 515 - Application of Theory to Practice (Graduate Core)
Credit(s): 3
This course builds on students’ knowledge of nursing theory and focuses on the application of nursing as well as interdisciplinary theories will provide the student with knowledge to research, and education. A comparative analysis of theories will provide the student with knowledge to apply a variety of theoretical approaches in complex health care systems. Students will focus on improved patient care by examining the relationships among theory, research, and practice. The course will emphasize the application of nursing and interdisciplinary theories to address a complex nursing practice issue and demonstrate leadership in applying appropriate theoretical concepts to facilitate safe, quality care and improve patient outcomes.
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NU 525 - Project Seminar
Credit(s): 2
This course provides the graduate nursing student with the necessary skills and practice opportunity to prepare an advanced nursing project in education or clinical leadership, which is to be implemented during the next semester. Students will identify a clinical leadership or education project topic and gain faculty approval to proceed. During the seminar, students will develop a mission, vision, goals, and objective for the project. Planning will include development of a workable schedule for the project based on a work breakdown structure, analysis of the proposed project setting, and determination of outcome criteria. Students will present their projects to the class for analysis and collaborative support. Learning goals will be set for the clinical portion of the course to lay the groundwork for project design and implementation. Students will explore methods to maintain control over the project by managing resources effectively. Includes a clinical practicum of 34 hours based on students’ learning goals in area of concentration.
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NU 530 - Health Care Policy and Economics (Graduate Core)
Credit(s): 3
An overview of the U.S. health care policy and finance issues will be explored. Health care policy initiatives affecting nursing practice, patient outcomes and the care environment will be analyzed with particular emphasis on forces affecting costs, access to care, and social impact. Trends in the management of health care costs will be explored. A position paper with documentation from the literature will be developed to support a concept or to influence change within the care environment.
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NU 531 - Care of Women and Newborns
Credit(s): 4
This clinical nursing course prepares students to plan and provide evidence-based nursing care to women and newborns within a variety of healthcare micro-systems. Principles of human genetics, ethical decision-making, and social justice will be explored as they relate to care of women and newborns. Emphasis is placed on high quality family-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration, leadership, quality improvement, and outcomes management.
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NU 534 - Mental Health Nursing
Credit(s): 8
This course will focus on the student integrating theoretical and clinical knowledge to design and provide care for clients with mental health problems across the lifespan. This course will focus on development of theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to provide evidence-based, patient-centered care to individuals and groups with mental health problems across the lifespan. Students will apply intra-and inter-professional communication skills to develop leadership abilities. Students will participate as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to manage the care environment within the micro-system. Development of the professional nursing role will be based on principles of communication, cultural and human diversity, critical thinking, and professional accountability, and will be demonstrated in the application of the nursing process.
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NU 535 - Theories/Principles of Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the foundations for the course development, instructional design, learning style assessment, Understanding of diverse learning needs, and the evaluation of learning outcomes in the field of nursing. The links between education and health care will be explored, with an emphasis on learning and change that target enhanced clinical outcomes and care environment management. Teaching methods, philosophies of teaching and learning, and the role of the nurse educator will be concepts examined in this course.
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NU 541 - Care of Infants, Children, & Adolescents
Credit(s): 4
This clinical course prepares students to plan and provide evidence-based nursing care to infants, children, adolescents, and families across the continuum from wellness to acute and chronic illness. Emphasis is placed on family-centered care, leadership, interdisciplinary collaboration, and outcomes management. Students will demonstrate advocacy for the developmental and psychosocial needs of pediatric patients and their families.
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NU 542 - Advanced Pathophysiology (Graduate Core: DNP Completion)
Credit(s): 3
This course builds upon concepts mastered in baccalaureate pathophysiology and focuses on the alteration in normal physiology and the associated pathophysiological processes of common disorders to provide an understanding of human illness. This course will build on cellular physiology of disease, signs, symptoms and current evidence-based prevention, pathophysiological processes, and disease management.
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NU 544 - Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan (Graduate Core)
Credit(s): 3
Includes 34 practice hours This course is designed to enhance the student’s ability to perform comprehensive health assessments with diverse patient populations. This advanced health assessment course builds upon the student’s current understanding of health assessment utilizing a clinical reasoning strategy to guide nursing process. Nursing responsibilities including history taking, targeted assessment physical examination techniques and documentation will be addressed.
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NU 545 - Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan (Graduate Core)
Credit(s): 3
This course provides the graduate nursing student with the necessary knowledge to develop a greater understanding of pharmacology across the lifespan. It is designed to reinforce pharmacology concepts, including pharmacokinetics pharmacodynamics and pharmacotherapeutics, and to enhance evidence-based treatment. Students will explore the principles of pharmacology as they apply to various disease processes with consideration of medication selection factors, client adherence, and ethical implications.
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NU 546 - Advanced Care of Adults
Credit(s): 8
This clinical course focuses on progressively acute and complex illness and or injury of diverse adult patients. Students will develop advanced nursing skills, knowledge and expertise through critical thinking and problem-solving strategies within interdisciplinary collaboration while using effective communication. Emphasis is placed on integration of evidence-based practice, quality and safety improvement, and informatics to provide the foundation for best practices in patient-centered care. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, students will demonstrate leadership to analyze, design and implement, and evaluate ethical care.
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NU 551 - Public Health Nursing
Credit(s): 8
This course is designed to assist the student to develop as a professional nurse advocate and provider within the public health system. The focus is on professional ethics, health education, anticipatory guidance, coordination of present and emerging systems of care and the efficient use of resources using primary, secondary, and tertiary strategies. The student incorporates theoretical and empirical knowledge from the humanities, natural (including ecology and epidemiology), social, and nursing sciences in the context of the community as client. In collaboration with diverse clients, aggregates and populations, the student will design, manage, coordinate, and provide evidence-based care to promote positive health outcomes. Students will analyze the social, legislative, and political activities that influence public health at local, state, national and international levels of population health. Leadership strategies and social justice advocacy will be implemented to improve health outcomes.
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NU 553 - Measurement and Evaluation of Learning Outcomes
Credit(s): 2
The focus of this course will be to design and implement strategies in measurement and evaluation of learning outcomes. Students will continue to explore the links between evaluation and improved learning outcomes. This course builds upon concepts from NU 535 with a focus on measurement and evaluation.
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NU 555 - Educator Responsibilities and Roles
Credit(s): 2
Students will explore graduate responsibilities and roles in a variety of venues including traditional higher education and health care settings. An analysis of the integration of evidence-based teaching strategies and outcomes in a selected area will be completed within this course. Strategies for building a personal philosophy of teaching and planned growth in an educator role will be identified. A dossier or curriculum vitae will be constructed in preparation for assuming an educator position. Managing and integrating clinical and classroom environmental factors to promote learning in the nursing field will be emphasized. Ethical responsibilities and legal issues related to the educator role will be explored.
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NU 569 - Nursing Leadership
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on advancing the nurse’s leadership role in a variety of environments. Students will synthesize key concepts and principles of effective, ethical leadership in complex, evolving health care systems. Business and management principles will be applied in developing leadership skills. Students will demonstrate intra-professional and inter-professional communication skills to manage resources and facilitate safe, quality care and improve patient outcomes.
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NU 578 - Professional Nurse Residency
Credit(s): 2
This residency course is the culminating application of the role of the graduate -prepared generalist. Under faculty supervision, students will design a collaborative residency with clinical preceptors focusing on refinement of nursing leadership skills and management of clinical and educational outcomes in the clinical environment. While the residency will have components of clinical practice and the role of the nurse as educator, the student will identify the main area of focus (clinical practice/nurse educator) for the residency. Students will apply evidencebased practice for promotion of patient and educational outcomes and integration of informatics to advance decision-making. Requires a minimum of 200 hours.
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NU 580 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 1 - 3
Independent Study in a topic chosen jointly by the student and faculty, with approval of the School of Nursing Director. A maximum of six independent study credits may be earned in the School of Nursing MSN program.
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NU 590 - Advanced Nursing Project
Credit(s): 1-2
The project will be a synthesis of master’s learning experiences directed at the integration of concepts to advance nursing. Students will implement the approved advanced nursing project involving a validated problem within a complex system in collaboration with faculty, educators, and clinical leaders. An extensive review of the literature that guides and clarifies multiple approaches to problem resolution will be used to support project design analysis, implementation, and evaluation of outcomes. This final project will enable the student to act as a change agent and result in a final paper or business plan that is peer-reviewed, of sufficient rigor to be replicated, and/or published in the professional literature. This project will be submitted to the project chair and committee to meet the course and graduation requirements. Two 2 cumulative hours of NU590 are required to graduate from the MSN program.
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NU 599 - Advanced Transitions to Professional Nursing
Credit(s): 1
This course provides a structured framework for individual preparation for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX)-RN through several questions and answer drills. The course is also designed to provide the students with hands-on experience in writing NCLEX-style test questions. Each student will be required to construct NCLEX type test questions, post comments, and share information with other students. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of nursing content but rather designed to assist the student develop critical thinking and test-taking skills specific to the National Council Licensure Examination of RNs (NCLEX_RN®).
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NU 700 - Anatomy for Nurse Anesthesia (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an in-depth study of gross and clinical anatomy for the delivery of anesthesia care. Structure will be correlated with function, with an emphasis on structure.
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NU 701 - Roles and Responsibilities for Nurse Anesthesia (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 1
This course will introduce the DNP student to nurse anesthesia as an advanced practice role. Professional aspects related to the nurse anesthesia role are emphasized. Includes historical overview and future trends in healthcare that impact nurse anesthesia, organizational systems, legal issues, ethics, quality improvement, leadership and management, interprofessional communication, and cultural considerations of the patient.
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NU 702 - Physical Science for Graduate Nurses (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the physical and chemical basis for many activities that nurse anesthetists do every day. The student will learn about the properties of fluids, gases, and solutions and review characteristics of acids, bases, organic compounds, and biological molecules. In addition, the student will be required to ask questions, learn new concepts, solve problems, and think critically. The knowledge and skills gained in this course are the foundation for nurse anesthetists to provide safe quality care for patients.
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NU 703 - Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This introductory level course is designed to integrate didactic knowledge with basic application. The DNP student will apply knowledge concerning basic anesthesia principles, basic airway management, function and usage of anesthesia equipment, re-operative assessment and evaluation, and postanesthesia management into the clinical setting. Competencies in patient safety, perianesthetic management, critical thinking, intraprofessional and interprofessional communication within the health care system, and professional skills will be emphasized.
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NU 704 - Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesia (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the pharmacologic principles related to the administration of anesthesia and adjunct drugs currently used in DNP nurse anesthesia practice. The intern will integrate and apply the information received in this course into the clinical setting with a focus on outcomes of the patient undergoing anesthesia care.
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NU 705 - Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia I (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course will provide the DNP student with the first course of advanced principles and techniques required to provide the anesthetic administration to special populations. Advanced anesthetic principles selected topics will be presented. Building upon Basic Principles in Nurse Anesthesia, this course extends the student experience to the care of more complex patients. Competencies in patient safety, perianesthetic management, critical thinking, intraprofessional and interprofessional communication, and professional skills learned in this course will be applied in the clinical practicum.
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NU 706 - Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia II (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course will provide the DNP student with the second course of advanced principles and techniques required to provide the anesthetic administration of special populations and advanced anesthetic techniques. Advanced anesthetic principles selected topics will be presented. Building upon Basic Principles in Nurse Anesthesia, this course extends the student experience to the care of more complex patients. Competencies in patient safety, perianesthetic management, critical thinking, intraprofessional and interprofessional communication, and professional skills learned in this course will be applied in the clinical practicum.
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NU 707 - Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum I (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This introductory course provides the student with the opportunity to integrate previously mastered knowledge from basic sciences, pharmacology, and basic anesthesia principles with application to the clinical practice of nurse anesthesia. Students will participate in the administration of anesthesia under the supervision of a CRNA or anesthesiologist.
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NU 708 - Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia III (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course will provide the DNP student with the third course of advanced principles and techniques required to provide the anesthetic administration of special populations and advanced anesthetic techniques. Advanced anesthetic principles selected topics will be presented. Building upon Basic Principles in Nurse Anesthesia, this course extends the student experience to the care of more complex patients. Competencies in patient safety, perianesthetic management, critical thinking, intraprofessional and interprofessional communication, and professional skills learned in this course will be applied in the clinical practicum.
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NU 709 - Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum II (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 4
This course provides the DNP student expanded integration of anesthesia management and techniques as applied to patients with increasing systemic disease severity.
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NU 710 - Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum III (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 5
This course is designed to build upon previously mastered knowledge and skills in the administration of anesthesia and provides the DNP student expanded integration of anesthesia management and techniques as applied to patients with increasing systemic disease severity.
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NU 711 - Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum IV (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 5
This course is designed to build upon previously mastered knowledge and skills in the administration of anesthesia and provides the DNP student expanded integration of anesthesia management and techniques as applied to patients with increasing systemic disease severity.
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NU 712 - Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum V (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 4
This course is designed integrate theoretical knowledge and practical application in the administration of anesthesia and provides the DNP student expanded integration of anesthesia management and techniques as applied to patients with increasing systemic disease severity. The DNP student will demonstrate the knowledge, skills and professional behavior required for graduation.
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NU 713 - Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum VI (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 6
This course is designed to build upon previously mastered knowledge and skills in the administration of anesthesia and provides the DNP student expanded integration of anesthesia management and techniques as applied to patients with increasing systemic disease severity. The DNP student will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional behavior required for graduation.
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NU 715 - Roles and Responsibilities for Nurse Anesthesia II (DNP/NAP Specialty)
Credit(s): 2
This is the second course introducing the DNP student to nurse anesthesia as an advanced practice role. Professional aspects related to the nurse anesthesia role are emphasized. Includes future trends in healthcare that impact nurse anesthesia, organizational systems, legal issues, ethics, quality improvement, leadership and management, interprofessional communication, and cultural considerations of the patient.
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NU 720 - DNP Writing Toolkit (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on recognizing a “gap” in the existing literature and to analyze and synthesize the body of literature determined by authentic inquiry to develop a concept of interest. Students will perform a systematic search of the literature while partnering with an academic research librarian to perform a systematic search. Knowledge acquired in the course will assist the student during their plan of study to develop various types of papers to communicate effectively. Students will practice scientific writing and expected referencing and citation using the American Psychological Association (APA) scientific writing conventions. This course will examine the aspects of successfully writing the components of an evidence-based practice project.
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NU 721 - NP Advanced Roles and Responsibilities (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course will explore the roles and responsibilities of the advanced practice primary care nurse practitioner. Topic exploration will include: independent practice, legal and ethical concerns, regulations, reimbursement, practice management, core competencies within the role, interprofessional relationships, leadership for change within the practice environment and the community, and role within a comprehensive health care system.
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NU 722 - Complexities of Family Systems (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course is foundational for family nurse practitioners focusing on family concepts and developmental theories, cultural diversity and vulnerable population groups, impacting environmental factors, spirituality, genetics, and learning styles. Particular emphasis will be given to the needs of families in crisis including domestic violence, psychological and behavioral problems within the family unit, crisis management, and community resources.
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NU 723 - FNP Adults and Older Adults Management (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course is foundational for family nurse practitioners focusing on family concepts and developmental theories, cultural diversity and vulnerable population groups, impacting environmental factors, spirituality, genetics, and learning styles. Particular emphasis will be given to the needs of families in crisis including domestic violence, psychological and behavioral problems within the family unit, crisis management, and community resources.
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NU 724 - FNP Pediatrics Management (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the FNP student to principles for assessment, diagnosis and management of selected uncomplicated common acute and chronic health issues of child and adolescent populations, as well as well childcare. The course will emphasize the holistic nature of care provided by the nurse practitioner with particular attention to prevention, health promotion, growth and developmental assessments, anticipatory guidance, expected psychosocial lifespan changes, and life transitions. NP students will continue to enhance their level of critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills and apply skills in pediatric assessment, diagnosis, development of health care management plans, and appropriate referrals for this population. Additional topics to include discussion of selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests, select outpatient procedures, and rational prescribing.
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NU 725 - FNP Women’s Health Management (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course advances the FNP student’s knowledge of women’s health issues to include gender specific gynecological and reproductive health concerns. The course will emphasize the holistic nature of care provided by the nurse practitioner with particular attention to prevention, health promotion, genetic/genomics, and lifestyle management including contraception. Course focus will also include primary care support of pregnancy (preconception, prenatal, postnatal), perimenopausal and menopausal life changes. NP students will continue to enhance their level of critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills and apply skills in gynecological assessment, diagnosis, development of health care management plans, and appropriate referrals for this population. Additional topics to include discussion of selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests, select outpatient procedures, and rational prescribing.
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NU 726 - Complex Care Management (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
This course furthers the FNP student’s ability to apply principles for assessment, diagnosis and management to complex high prevalence illnesses, including multiple chronic conditions, across the lifespan. The course will emphasize the use of theoretical principles to guide care for complex health situations, advanced assessment skills, critical thinking, evidence-based practice guidelines, and the development of comprehensive treatment plans. Additional topics to include discussion of selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests, select outpatient procedures, and rational prescribing.
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NU 729 - Advanced Health Care Policy and Economics (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 3
An advanced overview of the U.S. health care policy, political system and finance issues will be explored. Health care policy initiatives affecting nursing practice, patient outcomes, and the care environment will be analyzed with particular emphasis on forces affecting cost, access, and social impact. The nurses’ role in design, advocacy, and implementation of health policy will be investigated. Social justice, in the context of health policy, will be discussed with a focus on greater equity in the health care system. This course aligns with DNP Essential V: Health Care Policy or Advocacy in Health Care.
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NU 730 - FNP Clinical Practicum I (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 1
Clinical practicum introduces novice NP student to primary care practice settings with focus on wellness promotion, disease prevention and treatment, risk reduction, and disease detection through advancement of skills in patient history acquisition, advanced physical assessment skills, identification of differential diagnoses. NP students will participate in discussions of diagnosis, treatment options, health care management plan, and teaching/treatment implementation.
Corequisite(s): Co-enrollment NU 723 (DNP: FNP)
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NU 731 - FNP Clinical Practicum II (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 2
Clinical practicum provides further advancement of the NP student’s learning within the primary care practice settings with a focus on increasing expertise in the application of history and physical assessment skills and interpretation of available data to reach reasonable differential diagnoses and develop a care management plan for common acute and chronic conditions across the life span. Students will demonstrate beginning proficiency in rational prescribing practices.
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NU 732 - FNP Clinical Practicum III (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 2
Clinical practicum builds on Practicum I and II to advance NP skills toward attainment of competent management for an increasingly diverse group of common acute and chronic conditions across the life span. Student will achieve proficiency in health history and physical assessment skills, development of differential diagnoses, interpretation of a wide variety of diagnostic tests, competence in common office procedures, development of care management plan, and rational prescribing practices.
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NU 733 - FNP Clinical Practicum IV (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 3
Clinical practicum builds on Practicum I and II to advance NP skills toward attainment of competent management for an increasingly diverse group of common acute and chronic conditions across the life span. Student will achieve proficiency in health history and physical assessment skills, development of differential diagnoses, interpretation of a wide variety of diagnostic tests, competence in common office procedures, development of care management plan, and rational prescribing practices.
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NU 748 - Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan (DNP: NAP/FNP)
Credit(s): 4
This course prepares the advanced practice nurse to provide high quality patient care based on an advanced understanding of physiology and pathophysiology across the lifespan. The course builds on previous scientific knowledge about human physiologic functioning and major disease processes to assess and manage acute and chronic illnesses for diverse populations. Students will critically reflect on evidence-based clinical and pharmacologic interventions at the genetic, cellular, organ, and systems levels.
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NU 790 - BSN DNP Capstone (DNP/FNP Specialty)
Credit(s): 4
This clinical residency supports the BSN-DNP student in demonstrating final synthesis of theoretical and clinical foundational knowledge needed for independent entry level practice. Emphasis is on further refining ability to develop comprehensive differential diagnoses, procedural skills, development and implementation of care management plans, teaching, and evaluation of outcomes. The clinical residency also will provide opportunities that include, but are not limited to, health policy and community advocacy, population improvement projects, and professional development related to NP scope of practice.
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NU 791 - Outcomes Management in Healthcare Organizations (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on application of interprofessional collaboration to improve patient and population health outcomes. Theoretical methods and approaches to clinical quality and process improvement will be reviewed. Content will focus on leadership strategies to create cultures of quality and safety in health care systems. Emphasis will be on applied approaches to identify and solve quality and safety problems in the clinical setting using acquired knowledge.
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NU 792 - Informatics for Healthcare Improvement (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 3
Informatics for Health Care Improvement will present concepts from nursing science, computer science, and information science that are the foundation for today’s management and communication of data, information and knowledge for patient care, administration and clinical research. Students will learn how to select, use, and evaluate programs that evaluate and monitor outcomes of care, care systems, and quality improvement in various care settings, including applications for health care consumer use. Ethical and legal issues will be explored within the context of clinical information systems. This course prepares the DNP graduate to use information systems/technology to improve patient care and health care systems.
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NU 793 - Principles of Epidemiology (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 3
Principles of Epidemiology will present concepts related to the study of distribution and determinants of disease frequency and the application of this knowledge base to controlling health problems in specific populations. The course will integrate descriptive and analytical epidemiology with an emphasis on study design, surveillance, and methods of control and prevention. This course prepares the DNP graduate to use aggregate data to explore health phenomena and improve outcomes.
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NU 794 - Organizational & Systems Leadership (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 3
This course expands the organizational and systems leadership skills of advanced practice nurses to improve patient and health care outcomes for diverse populations. Students will synthesize key concepts and principles of effective, ethical leadership in complex, evolving health care systems. Principles of organizational leadership, entrepreneurship, and economics will be applied in evaluating risk and developing cost-effective strategies to affect positive change. Students will demonstrate intraprofessional and interprofessional communication skills to manage resources and facilitate safe, quality care within the diverse health care system.
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NU 795 - Evidence for Practice: Methods and Application (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 4
This course is designed to facilitate the student’s expertise in the analysis, evaluation, and use of evidence-based nursing practice models to clinical care issues. A review of research methods for evidence-based practice will be foundational to equip students with the ability to critically analyze, synthesize and apply research findings and clinical guidelines for the improvement of health care outcomes in clinical settings. The strategies needed to create a culture of change guided by evidence within the health care system will be applied to selected practice issues.
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NU 796 - DNP Project I (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 1
This is the first in a sequence of three DNP project courses designed to move students through the process of conducting a translational or change clinical project of sufficient rigor to be disseminated to a professional audience in advanced practice nursing. In project I, students will develop and refine the clinical question under study, begin planning phases for project, including selecting a committee chair and committee member(s), and begin the review of literature or critical analysis underpinning the selected clinical question. Students will complete 100 practice hours associated with this project course.
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NU 797 - DNP Project II (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 2
This is the second in a sequence of three DNP project courses designed to move students through the process of conducting a translational or change clinical project of sufficient rigor to be disseminated to a professional audience in advanced practice nursing. In project II, students will complete the review of literature, finalize the timeline for completing the project, and submit for approval to the Institutional Review Board(s) as necessary. Identification of appropriate dissemination of findings, including evaluation of journals for publication submission will be completed in this seminar. Students will complete 100 practice hours in association with this course.
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NU 798 - DNP Project III (DNP Core)
Credit(s): 1-2
This is the third and final course in a sequence of three DNP project courses designed to move students through the process of conducting a translational or change clinical project of sufficient rigor to be disseminated to a professional audience in advanced practice nursing. In project III, students will complete the project data collection and evaluation phases according to the timeline developed in DNP Project II, plan and deliver a formal presentation of the project findings and complete the final project requirements outlined in the DNP project guidelines. Planning for project dissemination should also include feedback to the nursing staff at the institution where the project is conducted. This course is associated with 100 practice hours for project work and completion. Continuous enrollment in DNP Project III is required if outcomes are not met by the end of the semester in which students are enrolled for Project III.
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NU 799 - Post-Master’s Residency
Credit(s): 1 - 4
The clinical residency is designed to provide for practice experiences (direct or indirect patient) for the post-master’s candidate in the DNP program to achieve learning goals related to the DNP Essentials within the framework of their specialty or subspecialty. This is an opportunity to work with experts from nursing and other disciplines. Under the guidance of the student’s faculty advisor an individualized residency plan will be developed that will promote the synthesis, integration and translation of knowledge gained in the DNP program into the student’s professional practice. Required residency hours (1 credit = 100 practice hours) will be determined upon review of verified practice hours within the student’s master’s program.
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MB 501 - MBA Bootcamp
Credit(s): 1
This foundation course refreshes and develops business knowledge and skills in business disciplines including accounting, finance, marketing, and economics.
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MB 510 - Personal Values & Business Ethics
Credit(s): 3
A fundamental building block of leadership is a strong code of ethics based on personal values. A leader’s decisions require consistent judgments and a duty to follow the law of the land. This course examines the legal environment of business, the changing social context of business responsibility and the values and ethics of leaders.
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MB 520 - Globalization & World Economics
Credit(s): 3
The global context of business in an increasingly open market with diverse cultures and systems necessitates an understanding of how international markets and their cultures operate. You are challenged to expand your understanding of business to its international dimensions.
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MB 530 - Financial Fundamentals
Credit(s): 3
Financial decisions are at the heart of the long-term growth of a firm. This course covers the basics of finance including the issues of capital financing, the significance of financial ratios, financial markets and the ethical responsibility of the firm to its financial stakeholders.
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MB 535 - Business Analytics
Credit(s): 3
Business analytics is focused on taking insights derived from data and applying them “on the ground” by making data-driven business decisions, including collecting, managing, and analyzing datasets, forming inferences and predictions from data, and making optimal and robust decisions. Business analytics makes extensive use of statistical analysis, and the applications of business analytics span all functional areas.
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MB 536 - Business Forecasting & Planning
Credit(s): 3
Business forecasting is an estimate or prediction of future developments in business, such as sales, expenditures, and profits. Given the swings in economic activity and the drastic effects these fluctuations can have on profit margins, it is not surprising that business forecasting has emerged as one of the most important aspects of planning. Forecasting has become an invaluable tool for managers and business people to anticipate economic trends and plan accordingly. Good business forecasts can help business owners and managers plan and adapt to a changing economy.
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MB 537 - Data Visualization & Application
Credit(s): 3
Data visualization is the graphic representation of data. It involves stripping data down to its most important structures and then using the best techniques to convey the data for effective communication, decision-making, and persuasion. This course will develop vocabulary and framework for discussing, critiquing, assessing, and designing visual displays of quantitative and qualitative data. This entails awareness of human perception and cognition, the use of best design practices in visualization of data, and storytelling with data.
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MB 538 - Data Mining
Credit(s): 3
Data mining is a process used to extract usable data, or patterns, from a larger set of data for business application using statistical analysis. This course provides students with an appreciation of the uses of data mining in solving business decision problems. Students will gain knowledge of theoretical backgrounds to several of the commonly used data mining techniques and will learn about the application of data mining, as well as acquiring practical skills in the use of data mining.
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MB 540 - Financial Accounting
Credit(s): 3
This course develops an understanding of financial statements, accounting concepts and principles, and the financial accounting process of measuring and reporting business activity. In addition, this course develops the principles and techniques for measuring and evaluating financial performance. The course culminates with a project where student teams build a financial forecast and cash requirements report for a fictitious company seeking capital and will present the finance section of a business plan presentation.
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MB 550 - Strategic Marketing Analysis
Credit(s): 3
This course covers essential marketing topics of the marketing mix, creating sustainable competitive advantages, creating brand and customer equity, and the principles behind marketing strategy. There is a heavy emphasis on using data analysis through case examples and hands-on use of data analytics tools. Through a marketing simulation game and the creation of a marketing plan, the students will have the opportunity to exercise and solidify their marketing knowledge.
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MB 560 - Cases in Financial Decision Making
Credit(s): 3
The central theme of this course is the shareholders’ wealth creation. It builds on all previous MBA courses and integrates strategy, marketing, economics, accounting and finance. This course combines finance theory with practical applications and uses case studies to develop a deeper understanding of the complex issues involved in strategic financial issues confronting corporate management. It focuses on the major wealth drivers - growth, free cash flows and the cost of capital - in the context of various decision-making situations, such as financial planning, capital budgeting, optimal capital structure, and mergers and acquisitions.
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MB 570 - Leading & Changing Organizations
Credit(s): 3
Leading organizations is a people-centered activity highly influenced by the ethical values of leaders. Managers get the work of the business done through people by setting goals and executing action plans; leaders help motivate people by setting the compass of a business, by creating a vision, setting values, and building bridges to the community, to ideas about the future and to internal stakeholders. This course examines leadership management and its ethical and value-based foundation.
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MB 580 - Strategic Resources Management
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the strategic management of the intangible assets of an organization: human capital, information capital, and organizational capital. Human motivation, workforce utilization, performance measurement, leadership, organizational culture and change, management information systems, knowledge management, and contingency planning are discussed in detail during this course. Students learn to translate strategy into operational terms, to align the organization to its strategy, and to apply course content in an individual or group project.
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MB 587 - Seminar in Business Topics
Credit(s): 3
Provides either an in-depth study of a particular topic, problem or issue in today’s business world, or a broad view of several topics of current interest in today’s business world. The course may incorporate relevant experiential learning activities where appropriate.
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MB 590 - Business Strategy
Credit(s): 3
Raising capital, planning growth, targeting/assessing acquisitions, setting quality levels, and a host of other business policy choices affect the ultimate success of a business. This course seeks to tie together decisions and consequences through an international immersion, case studies and/or simulations.
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MB 600 - Capstone
Credit(s): 3
As MBA students, participants have essentially set a personal goal of improving their business skills and acumen. This final project is designed to add one more integrating experience to business knowledge. By designing a business plan, or completing a consulting project for a current business, each team of associates will bring together the elements of finance, marketing, management, leadership and ethics into a well-thought-out plan.
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