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Arts Administration |
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AAD 5010 - Arts Administration and Community in the 21st Century 3 cr
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of leadership in fine and performing arts organizations, and the challenges involved in the development of meaningful community engagement for civic well being and organizational sustainability.
Course offered on-line.
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AAD 5020 - Writing and Research for Arts Administrators 3 cr
Research and data analysis are highly important functions of effective administrators. The primary focus of this course is to encourage students to use these two tools to foster organizational development and incisive communications with diverse groups of stakeholders.
Course offered on-line.
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AAD 5030 - Leadership and Strategic Planning 3 cr
This course is a broad study of effective principles of leadership and the importance of comprehensive strategic and tactical planning for arts organizations from both short- and long-term perspectives. Particular emphasis will be placed upon developing and communicating a shared vision across a wide range of constituencies.
Prerequisite: AAD 5010 and AAD 5020
Course offered online.
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AAD 5040 - Financial and Budget Management for Arts Administrators 3 cr
Designed to build upon basic accounting practices, this course introduces students to financial administration within arts organizations. Financial analysis is essential for effective planning and governance, and communicating monetary information to boards of directors is a crucial function of arts administrators; the course seeks to prepare students for success in this area.
Prerequisite: AAD 5010 and AAD 5020
Course offered on-line.
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AAD 5050 - Marketing and Media for Arts Organizations 3 cr
This course introduces students to basic marketing principles and how they apply to the arts and culture environments, demonstrates techniques for locating and developing earned income resources, and discusses the differences between "inbound" and "outbound" marketing relative to the utilization of diverse media.
Prerequisite: AAD 5010 and AAD 5020
Course is offered online.
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AAD 6010 - Fundraising and Development in the Arts 3 cr
As sustainability of arts organizations relies heavily upon the location and procurement of external funding sources, this course requires students to build mastery in modes of effective fundraising in the 21st century and demonstrate how to utilize multifaceted approaches to financial development.
Prerequisite: AAD 5010 and AAD 5020
Course is offered online.
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AAD 6020 - Law, Public Policy and Ethics in the Arts 3 cr
This course develops students' knowledge of current legal practices involved in arts organizations, as well of particular ethical challenges faced by leaders in a rapidly changing multicultural landscape.
Prerequisite: AAD 5010 and AAD 5020
Course is offered online.
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AAD 6050 - Entrepreneurship for Arts Administrators 3 cr
This course will focus on methods that arts leaders can use to leverage entrepreneurial activities within organizations to refine missions, develop new audiences, and increase revenue streams.
Prerequisite: AAD 5010 and AAD 5020
Course is offered online.
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Athletic Leadership |
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ATL 5010 - Leadership and Management of Athletic Programs 3 cr
This course introduces students to the physical and philosophical infrastructure within the landscape of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics. This course covers such topics as leadership theory as it relates to athletics, intercollegiate and interscholastic staffing structure and organization, and management of athletic programs.
Course offered online.
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ATL 5020 - Financial Administration of Athletics 3 cr
Students use a financial lens to explore solutions to a wide variety of issues related to athletic organizations. This course covers such issues as organizational finance structure, taxation, financial analysis and forecasting, budgetary and accounting controls, economic impact studies, insurance, and forms of ownership.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 5030 - Athletics Advancement 3 cr
This course explores various methods and structures for revenue production within athletic organizations, departments and teams. Specific topics to be covered include general fundraising, advancement through alumni giving, alumni relations, and corporate sponsorship development. Connections will be made to field of athletic marketing.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 5040 - Legal Topics in Athletics 3 cr
This course allows students to delve deeply into the law as it pertains to intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics. The depth of this course equips students with the skills and strategies needed to effectively work with business professionals and lawyers to resolve legal issues. Some topics of importance include tort law, risk management, and contract law.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 5050 - Compliance and Governance in Athletics 3 cr
This course investigates the governing bodies in intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics and their role in developing standards that their constituents must follow to maintain their membership. Regulations related to recruiting, eligibility, practice scheduling, and alumni/booster relations are examined. There is a focus on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) compliance as it relates to both intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics as well as NCAA structure.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6210 - Facility Design and Management 3 cr
In this course students learn the necessary steps for first designing, and then managing, an athletic facility. Some topics include feasibility, planning, designing, staffing, facility marketing, developing revenue streams, and facility scheduling and operating.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6220 - Current Trends and Topics in Athletic Leadership 3 cr
Due to the ever-evolving nature of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics, the content of this course is intended to increase the students' awareness of current trends and topics within the field of athletic administration and the implications thereof. Relevant topics of interest will generally be selected by the instructor, but ethics will also be covered.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6230 - Advanced Communications in Athletics 3 cr
Students learn how to apply principles and theories of communications to intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics through the use of case studies and the production of a strategic marketing and communications plan. This course also provides students with an understanding of the role of emerging technology, media and social networking outlets, and public relations in intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics. Connections to Marketing will be made.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6410 - Psychology of Coaching 3 cr
This course examines psychological issues such as motivation, anxiety, development of social and communication skills, and development of team and group cooperation as they pertain to coaching at the intercollegiate and interscholastic levels.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6420 - Current Trends and Topics in Coaching Leadership 3 cr
Due to the ever-evolving nature of intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics, the content of this course is intended to increase the students' awareness of current trends and topics within the field of coaching and the implications thereof. Relevant topics of interest will generally be selected by the instructor, but ethics will also be covered.
Course offered on-line.
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ATL 6430 - Performance and Conditioning for Coaches 3 cr
This course is designed to emphasize the importance of proper fitness, sport conditioning, and nutrition in determining both success and safety in an athlete's performance. The specific topics covered in this course include strength, cardiovascular training, flexibility, body composition and injury prevention.
Course offered online.
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ATL 6810 - Internship in Athletic Leadership 3-6 cr
This is an approved, supervised work experience in an organization and position that is related to the student's area of specialization and interest.
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ATL 6890 - Special Project in Athletic Leadership 3-6 cr
This is meant to serve as an alternative to an internship or thesis in athletic leadership. It will involve completing a special project in which the student applies the knowledge they have acquired in a way that is to be approved by the program coordinator.
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AHS 5011 - Sports Emergency Care I 2 cr
This course is the first in a two-course sequence related to emergencies that occur at athletic venues. Students will learn to evaluate and manage traumatic injuries that occur to the cervical spine, thorax, abdomen and face. Evaluation and management of fractures and dislocations will also be included. Students will learn how to triaging those conditions that are life threatening or otherwise emergent, and to make clinical judgments regarding the treatment or intervention plan.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated into the MAT program.
Fee $30
Graded only
Summer
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AHS 5012 - Sports Emergency Care II 2 cr
This course is the second in a two-course sequence related to emergencies that occur at athletic venues. Students will learn to manage patients who are suffering from environmental illnesses such as cold, heat, lightning, exertional sickling, rhabdomyolyis, and hyponatremia. Students will also learn to diagnose a brain injury, and to develop and implement a management plan for a person with a brain injury. Students will create and implement policies that pertain to emergencies that occur at athletic venues and other settings.
Prerequisite: AHS 5011
Graded only
Fall
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AHS 5021 - Musculoskeletal Assessment and Diagnosis I 3 cr
An investigation into the anatomy, injury mechanism, evaluation and management of musculoskeletal injuries to the lumbar spine and lower extremity. The student will learn the process of conducting a comprehensive physical exam in order to formulate a clinical diagnosis and treatment or intervention plan.
Prerequisite: Students matriculated into the MAT program.
Graded only
Fall
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AHS 5022 - Musculoskeletal Assessment and Diagnosis II 3 cr
An investigation into the anatomy, injury mechanism, evaluation and management of musculoskeletal injuries to the cervical spine and upper extremity. The student will learn the process of conducting a comprehensive physical exam in order to formulate a clinical diagnosis and treatment or intervention plan.
Prerequisite: AHS 5021
Graded only
Spring
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AHS 5025 - Athletic Training Clinical I 4 cr
This course enables the student to work one-on-one with a preceptor in order to: 1) demonstrate proficiency in previously learned athletic training skills through simulated scenarios and 2) apply clinical athletic training skills to a real patient population. Focused proficiencies in this clinical course include: emergency medical care, protective equipment management, and taping/wrapping/bracing/padding techniques. When demonstrating a clinical proficiency, the student must analyze a problem, consider the facts at hand, and make decisions about the appropriate course of action. During clinical assignments students are expected to practice in an ethical manner and make clinical decisions based on best practice standards. In addition, this course will include a review of the literature and discussion of current evidence based practice for the focused proficiencies assigned.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated into the MAT program.
Fee $50
Pass/No Pass only.
Fall
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AHS 5031 - Therapeutic Interventions I 2 cr
This is the first of three courses that investigates therapeutic interventions as it relates to orthopedic injuries. A study of the healing process, pain, and basic science of therapeutic modalities are the primary focus in this first course. Students will also practice the selection and application of current taping, wrapping, bracing and padding techniques in order to minimize risk of injury or re-injury during physical activity.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated into the MAT program.
Graded only
Summer
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AHS 5032 - Therapeutic Interventions II 3 cr
This is the second of three courses that investigates therapeutic interventions as it relates to orthopedic injuries. A study of different therapeutic modalities and different components of a therapeutic exercise program are the primary focus in this second course. Practical skills in modality application and therapeutic exercise are incorporated.
Prerequisite: AHS 5031
Graded only
Fall
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AHS 5033 - Therapeutic Interventions III 3 cr
This is the third of three courses that investigates therapeutic interventions as it relates to orthopedic injuries. This course continues the study of therapeutic interventions and studies specific scenario based comprehensive applications. Students will learn to assess patient status, formulate goals, select and apply therapeutic modalities and implement a comprehensive rehabilitation program that restores normal function. Also included is a study of surgical techniques and the therapeutic interventions used following surgery. Practical skills in modality application and therapeutic exercise are incorporated.
Prerequisite: AHS 5032
Spring
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AHS 5035 - Athletic Training Clinical II 4 cr
This course enables the student to work one-on-one with a preceptor in order to: 1) demonstrate proficiency in previously learned athletic training skills through simulated scenarios and 2) apply clinical athletic training skills to a real patient population. Focused proficiencies in this clinical course include: managing environmental injuries/illnesses and lower extremity injury evaluation and management. When demonstrating a clinical proficiency, the student must analyze a problem, consider the facts at hand, and make decisions about the appropriate course of action. During clinical assignments students are expected to practice in an ethical manner and make clinical decisions based on best practice standards. In addition, this course will include a review of the literature and discussion of current evidence based practice for the focused proficiencies assigned.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated into the MAT program.
Fee $50
Pass/No Pass only.
Spring
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AHS 5040 - EBP in Athletic Healthcare 1 cr
This course investigates how evidence based practice is used in athletic training as a foundation for the delivery of patient centered care. Students will read, analyze, interpret, and discuss current literature within the field of athletic training.
Prerequisite: Students matriculated into the MAT program.
Graded only
Summer
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AHS 5050 - Orthopedic Technology 3 cr
This course prepares future athletic trainers for careers in the clinical orthopedic setting. Students will develop clinical skills to include the application of braces and other assistive devices, casting, splinting, and wound care. Students will also learn to identify and describe the necessary and appropriate diagnostic tests and imaging used by healthcare professionals, and how the results are used to make clinical judgments. After completing this course, students will be prepared to challenge the Orthopedic Physician Extender (OPE) credentialing examination through the American Society of Orthopedic Professionals.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated in the MAT program.
Fee $75
Graded only
Spring
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AHS 5220 - Scientific Foundations of Strength and Conditioning I 3 cr
This is the first part of a two-course sequence. The content of the fall semester course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive review of muscle and cardiovascular physiology, biochemistry, and endocrinology related to the principles of strength training and conditioning. This course will also assist those students who desire to take the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Certified Strength and Conditioning (CSCS) exam.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated into the MAT program.
Graded only
Fall
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AHS 5221 - Scientific Foundations of Strength and Conditioning II 3 cr
This is a continuation of AHS 5220. Emphasis will be placed on sport analysis, program design, and facility management. The final weeks of this course will be spent reviewing and preparing students to sit for the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Certified Strength and Conditioning (CSCS) exam.
Prerequisite: AHS 5220
Graded only
Spring
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AHS 6020 - Health Evaluation and Intervention 2 cr
This course focuses on promoting healthy lifestyles among various populations. Students will learn to perform a comprehensive health evaluation including but not limited to: vitals, biometrics, body composition, function and fitness level, and nutritional analysis. Students will learn to implement intervention strategies to enhance health including but not limited to: education, disease prevention, nutrition advice, and exercise programs.
Prerequisite: AHS 5025
Graded only
Summer
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AHS 6030 - Behavioral Health Strategies for Athletic Trainers 1 cr
This course will explore strategies that athletic trainers should use to identify, refer, and give support to patients with behavioral health conditions including but not limited to suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety disorder, psychosis, mania, eating disorders, and attention deficit disorders. Students will learn how to facilitate case management, while working with other healthcare professionals, and to monitor a patient's treatment and progress.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated into the MAT program.
Graded only
Fall (second half of the semester)
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AHS 6040 - Clinical Pathology for Athletic Trainers 3 cr
In this course, students will learn to recognize, treat, and refer, when appropriate, the general medical conditions and disabilities of athletes and others involved in physical activity.
Graded only
Fall
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AHS 6045 - Athletic Training Clinical III 9 cr
Students will participate in a clinical immersion experience where for 8-10 weeks the student's primary responsibility will be to experience the roles and responsibilities of a full time athletic trainer. This course enables the student to work one-on-one with a preceptor in order to: 1) demonstrate proficiency in previously learned athletic training skills through simulated scenarios and 2) apply clinical athletic training skills to a real patient population. Focused proficiencies in this clinical course include: upper extremity evaluation and management, therapeutic interventions implementation, and psychological concerns recognition and management. When demonstrating a clinical proficiency, the student must analyze a problem, consider the facts at hand, and make decisions about the appropriate course of action. During clinical assignments students are expected to practice in an ethical manner and make clinical decisions based on best practice standards. In addition, this course will include a review of the literature and discussion of current evidence based practice for the focused proficiencies assigned.
Prerequisite: AHS 5035
Fee $50
Pass/No Pass only.
Fall
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AHS 6050 - Professional Standards in Athletic Training 3 cr
This final culminating course will focus on the essentials of career development, and preparation for the Board of Certification (BOC) examination. Much of the content is related specifically to competencies in health care administration and professional preparation. Resume writing, interview practice, and public speaking activities will be included.
Prerequisite: AHS 6045
Fee $30
Graded only
Spring
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AHS 6055 - Athletic Training Clinical IV 4 cr
Students will demonstrate their proficiency in all clinical athletic training skills through a practical examination. In addition, students will work intensively to develop and write a critically appraised topic of their choice to be submitted for publication. The critically appraised topic will serve as a capstone project. This course enables the student to work one-on-one with a preceptor in order to: 1) demonstrate proficiency in previously learned athletic training skills through simulated scenarios and 2) apply clinical athletic training skills to a real patient population. Focused proficiencies in this clinical course include: general medical conditions evaluation and management and general health evaluation and intervention. When demonstrating a clinical proficiency, the student must analyze a problem, consider the facts at hand, and make decisions about the appropriate course of action. During clinical assignments students are expected to practice in an ethical manner and make clinical decisions based on best practice standards.
Prerequisite: AHS 6045
Fee $50
Pass/No Pass only.
Spring
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AHS 6060 - Exercise Prescription for Special Populations 2 cr
This service-learning course will allow students to apply acquired knowledge and skills in functional movement assessment and exercise prescription. Students will spend half of the semester working with older clients who have been referred by local healthcare practitioners for an exercise program based on their specific health conditions. The other half of the semester will be spent assisting with exercise programming for clients who have developmental disabilities. Students will work in the gym directly with clients, performing functional movement and balance assessments, implementing exercise plans, and monitoring progress.
Prerequisite: Students must be matriculated into the MAT program.
Pass/No Pass only.
Spring
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AHS 6065 - Healthcare Informatics 3 cr
This course, an integration of cognitive science, computer science, and information science, introduces students to the essential role of informatics in improving patient care outcomes in health sciences, athletic training and nursing practice, and creating a safe care environment. Throughout this course students will have opportunities to organize, evaluate, and use health information and knowledge to critically appraise and use information technology to enhance evidence-based practice. The focus of discussions will include ethical considerations, social networking tools, electronic health records, handheld computers, and e-portfolios in health care environments.
Prerequisite: AHS 6045
Graded only
Spring
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BUS 5010 - Leadership Theory 3 cr
This course explores the major theories and approaches of leadership to prepare individuals to understand, develop, and accept complex leadership roles. This course seeks to bridge leadership concepts to leadership actions by applying leadership theory to case situations.
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BUS 5020 - Foundations of International Business 3 cr
An examination of business opportunities and threats created by the growth of globalization and how companies must operate in diverse foreign environments. The course emphasizes economic, social, cultural, legal and environmental influences on the formulation and execution of the business policy of firms engaged in multinational business.
Periodically
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BUS 5030 - Managerial Accounting & Control Concepts 3 cr
This course focuses on concepts, tools and techniques in financial and managerial accounting and their impact on strategic decision-making and performance improvement. By applying the fundamentals of financial accounting, students understand the significance of the accounting cycle along with internal control best practices. Financial statement review and analysis are emphasized along with the significant role they play in managerial decision-making. Specific applications in areas of cost estimation and budgeting, job costing, activity-based costing, process costing, and cost-benefit analysis are also covered. The course emphasizes a cross functional perspective, integrating the links between internal accounting systems and issues confronting managers across functional areas of an organization.
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BUS 5040 - Strategic Marketing Management 3 cr
Strategic Marketing Management is the art and science of creating customer value and market place exchanges that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills required to develop, implement, and control successful marketing strategies. Topics include segmentation, targeting, positioning, and marketing mix (product, price, place and promotion) strategies. Students will explore how those strategies contribute to the company's competitive advantage in the marketplace. The strategies and framework presented in this course are applicable to a wide range of organizations, industries, and situations.
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BUS 5060 - Human Resource Management 3 cr
This course focuses on the strategic importance of Human Resource Management, as well as the development and maintenance of effective human resource policies and practices in the modern organization. Topics include methods and techniques of job analysis, manpower planning, recruiting and selection, training and development, compensation, performance management, employment law, and labor relations.
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BUS 5070 - Risk & Financial Management 3 cr
All major business decisions have financial implications. Therefore, the manager's role has become increasingly critical in the last decade. This case-based course builds on prior knowledge of financial management by applying concepts and techniques to a broad array of financial issues faced by firms of all sizes. The course reviews the application of concepts and tools necessary to understand the financial decision-making process. Specific topics include: valuation of financial instruments, capital budgeting, an introduction to capital markets, the assessment and pricing of risk, capital structure issues, dividend policy, and working capital considerations.
Recommended: BUS 5030
Periodically
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BUS 5080 - Legal Studies & Ethics 3 cr
This course focuses on the interdisciplinary study of how legal, regulatory, social, and ethical issues impact businesses. Topics include the constitution commerce clause, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), restraints on competition, employment, environmental regulation, product quality, and technology. Emphasis is also directed to formulating, negotiating, and implementing business agreements; evaluating the various forms of business ownership; anticipating, neutralizing, defending against liability and the application of legality to the internet and successfully functioning within today's environment of opportunity and constraint.
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BUS 5090 - Strategic Management & Leadership 3 cr
This course is designed to introduce students to strategic management and to begin integrating their knowledge from previous learning and experience to identify and address strategic concerns of firms in a variety of industries. The goal of this course is to enable students to critically approach issues regarding business and organizations strategically. The emphasis will be on exerting influence through leadership, strategy, organizational design, organizational culture, and leading change efforts.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of seven MBA core courses (21 credits).
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BUS 5110 - Leadership & Organizational Behavior 3 cr
Leadership requires effective management of people and a clear understanding of human behavior and social processes. An understanding of organizational behavior enhances one's ability to choose appropriate leadership styles and managerial practices to increase organizational effectiveness. Students will develop an understanding of and an ability to rigorously evaluate research findings from the field of organizational behavior to identify best organizational practices for leading teams and organizations.
Prerequisite: BUS 5010
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BUS 5120 - Operations Management for Leaders 3 cr
Examines the concepts and methods used in daily control of production and inventory in manufacturing and service organizations. This course addresses the efficient and effective use of resources, systematic direction and control, transformation of input into finished goods, and operational strategy.
Prerequisite: MAT 5210 and BUS 5010
Periodically
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BUS 5130 - Leading Organizational Change 3 cr
This course focuses on leading organizational change and how to be a change agent in an organization. It emphasizes that the organizational change process is planned change to improve an organization's problem-solving skills and its overall effectiveness within a changing and complex environment. This critical process includes behavioral effects of power and authority, formal organizations, structural variation, and motivation.
Prerequisite: BUS 5010
Periodically
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MAT 5210 - Business Analytics: Data, Models & Decisions 3 cr
The nucleus of this course features a variety of statistical concepts and analytical methods in an interdisciplinary approach to extract information for making critical decisions in businesses. The cohesion of statistics, computer science and business are paramount for students to develop the core skills necessary to confront the challenging field of data analytics.
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COM 5110 - Media Technology Workshop 3 cr
This course is designed to give students the fundamental technological skills necessary for media industry careers. Students will be introduced to industry-standard multimedia applications and software and will learn to produce engaging and aesthetically competitive audiovisual content. Lessons will cover the fundamentals of graphic design, digital photography and image manipulation, shooting and editing video, recording professional audio, and basic web design.
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COM 5120 - Media, Society, and Communication 3 cr
This is a theory and research-based course that explores the past, present, and future roles of media in society. In looking at the interaction between media and society, lessons will examine how media creates an imagined community, how audiences use media, and what impact media messages have on audiences. Students will learn fundamental research methods in the field of media and communication, as well as professional presentation of findings.
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COM 5130 - The Business of Media 3 cr
This course offers a detailed examination of business models and economic traits across a variety of contemporary media industries, emphasizing historical trends and emerging strategies. Students will learn about the structure of media industries, managerial roles and responsibilities, the process of content development, ancillary markets and media profitability, the role of government, and the impact of technology on the future of media. The course will culminate with public pitch presentations.
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EDU 5050 - Developing Literacy K–6: Multiple Perspectives 3 cr
Students will engage in a thoughtful study of theorists and principles associated with three models of reading and Vermont’s Writing Assessment and Writing Portfolio Guidelines. In the process, students will understand how to design a balanced literacy program that incorporates interdisciplinary themes, authentic on-going assessment tools, and meaningful materials and experiences that foster both skill and strategies development.
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EDU 5055 - Language Based Learning Difficulties in Adolescence: A Conceptual Model 3 cr
This first course lays the foundation for the study of language based learning difficulties, a 25 credit structured sequence. Course emphasis will be an introduction to a Language Based Learning Model that integrates psycholinguistics, the field of language arts, information processing, and is grounded in contextual factors, both personal and environmental. This will be a one-week, intensive, campus based course with all students and faculty present.
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EDU 5060 - Diagnosis and Analysis of Reading 3 cr
Students will be expected to study current theories and principles associated with literacy development, to learn how to analyze reading difficulties with appropriate forms of for-mal and informal diagnostic measures, and to develop a variety of remediation strategies and techniques. In a field component for this course, each student will be required to work weekly out in a public school to complete an actual written case study.
Prerequisite:
Fee $20.
Recommended: EDU 6860 /EDU 7810 Field Experience in the spring to complete remediation for this case study.
Fall only course.
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EDU 5065 - Adolescence: Language, Cognition and Emotional Development 4 cr
The second course integrates classroom and field based study of typical language, cognitive, and social-emotional development in eleven to eighteen year old students. Course emphasis will use the Language Based Learning Model to explore the relation-ship between adolescent development and school demands. This course is offered at five interactive sites.
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EDU 5075 - Literacy: Interaction of Language and Learning in the Middle and Upper Grades 4 cr
The third course, again a field and classroom integration, emphasizes instruction in reading and writing skills of students with language based learning difficulties. Participants will learn to translate research into best instructional practice and apply these principles and techniques in a range of school settings. This course is offered at five interactive sites.
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EDU 5080 - Child and Adolescent Development: Exceptionality and Learning 4 cr
This course is an overview of the learning, cognition and development of children and adolescents from an educational perspective. It also includes characteristics and recommended educational practices for students with physical and/or learning challenges.
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EDU 5090 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment 3 cr
This course combines knowledge and skills in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Prospective teachers will become adept at creating, adapting, differentiating, implementing and revising curriculum based on an understanding of students' need and interests, educational standards and subject matter. Candidates will learn to choose and create instructional methods best suited for specific educational goals. Candidates will learn to use multiple assessment strategies to evaluate student growth and to modify instruction to ensure intellectual, social, physical and emotional development of every student. The course will culminate in creating a unit plan for a diverse group of students. This unit plan will synthesize the candidate's understanding of curriculum, instructional practices and assessment.
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EDU 5100 - Introduction to Graduate Education and Research 3 cr
This course is designed to provide an overview of the major discussions and debates in the area of education and research. The main questions this course addresses are: What is education research and what kinds of education research are possible? Objectives of this course include: To develop a deeper understanding of issues surrounding education research; to understand the process of conducting research; to consider the ethics and politics of research; to gain an understanding of the production o knowledge; and to generate potential areas of interest to pursue in the field of education.
Fall
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EDU 5145 - Issues in Science Education 3 cr
This course is a critical analysis of current research in science education. Topics will include: history of science education, learning theories, reform movements, assessment, equity, school-based issues, and other topics as they relate to current practices. This course is open only to VSI students.
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EDU 5150 - Survey of Exceptional Children and Young Adults 3 cr
This course is a study of the history, philosophy, and current practices relating to education of children and young adults with special needs: the culturally different, visually handicapped, deaf and hearing impaired, learning impaired, emotionally challenged, intellectually gifted, physically handicapped and learning disabled. The course also includes an overview of Public Law 101-476 and its implications for the inclusion of youngsters into regular classroom environments. Required at the beginning of the program if course has not been taken within the last five years.
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EDU 5155 - Curriculum in Special Education 3 cr
Special educators will apply the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and will differentiate instruction by using effective strategies to promote student learning in elementary and secondary schools. The course focus is special education students with high incidence disabilities. Emphases are collaborative decision making between special and regular educators, research based practices, and current theory in curriculum planning, modification, and evaluation. Thirty field hours are required.
Fall
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EDU 5158 - Behavior Challenges: Social and Academic Success for all 3 cr
The course focus is utilizing positive strategies to reduce problem behavior, increase academic achievement and improve social behaviors across all environments. Students will develop knowledge and skills to prevent problem behavior and to intervene appropriately in crisis situations. The goal is to establish safe, positive classroom and school climates that enhance acceptance of students with behavioral challenges and increase self-management skills and self-esteem.
Spring
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EDU 5210 - Literature for Young Adults 3 cr
This course is designed to help middle and secondary school teachers introduce literature to their students. Guest speakers will present their expertise in using young adult literature. Class discussions will center on current and classic literature for youth.
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EDU 5215 - Managing the Learning Environments 2 cr
High performing school leaders collaboratively manage their organization, facilities, and resources in ways that optimize resource allocation and promote a safe, efficient, legal, and effective learning environment. In this course the theories and principles of organizational development will be examined, and candidates will explore and apply practices consistent with collaborative leadership. Aspiring school leaders will then examine operational procedures at the school and district level, as well as principles and issues relating to school safety and security, fiscal operations, and human resources management and development. Finally, candidates will consider issues relating to school facilities and use of space, legal issues impacting school operations, and current technologies that support management functions.
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EDU 5220 - Learning Disabilities 3 cr
This course will provide an overview of current theoretical and practical issues in the field of learning disabilities. Students will review research regarding the etiology, identification, assessment and treatment of learning disabilities, as well as the challenges students with learning disabilities present to classroom teachers. Emphasis will be placed on evidence based instructional strategies including response to instruction.
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EDU 5225 - Learning and Attention Difficulties: High Incidence Challenges 3 cr
This course focuses on students with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactive disorders, and mild/moderate emotional and behavior disorders. Students address characteristics of students, collaborative practice, and strategies used in regular classrooms and in resource rooms. Emphasis is on diagnosis and remediation of literacy difficulties across academic areas, and utilizing assistive technology to accommodate these challenges. The field component of this course is 15 hours based on licensing area.
Spring
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EDU 5270 - Models of Secondary Teaching 4 cr
This course introduces the student to an array of approaches to secondary school teaching that could be used to help transform the public schools for the twenty-first century. The course will provide the teacher, curriculum engineer, and administrators with approaches to teaching that create innovative environments for learning. Students will be asked to analyze, compare and contrast these teaching models and determine what instructional purpose they serve for the redesign of schooling for the future.
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EDU 5320 - Technology in Education 3 cr
Students will study and use different applications of computers that enhance a student’s ability to learn and to express ideas. Topics will include integrated software packages, subject specific applications, multidisciplinary integration and an introduction to multimedia.
Fee $25
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EDU 5370 - Reading and Writing in the Content Areas 3 cr
This course is designed to meet the needs of current and prospective middle school and secondary content area teachers. Students will study current theories and principles associated with promoting literacy in all content areas, examine alternative and informal types of classroom assessment, and experiment with a variety of cooperative/collaborative strategies that foster critical thinking/reading/writing skills applicable to heterogeneous grouping. Also, each student will be responsible for developing a Unit Plan around a topic/theme that incorporates interdisciplinary webbing
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EDU 5510 - Transformative School Leadership 3 cr
In this course, students are introduced to the philosophy of the Castleton Institute for School Leaders and the Mediated Achievement Plan (MAP), a tool based on the notion that respected leaders engage in a constant process of self-examination and transformation. Students will also experience several Critical Friends Group (CFG) protocols designed to help leaders and faculty collectively transform practice. Finally, aspiring leaders will become familiar with the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders, which focus on promoting the success of all students.
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EDU 5530 - Reculturing the Meaning of Learning in your School 3 cr
This offering has an unconventional course structure. Castleton University, in collaboration with the Vermont Principals Association, the Vermont Institutes, and several other organizations, has designed a Summer Leadership Academy for experienced and aspiring school leaders. By combining resources, we are able to bring together experienced principals, aspiring leaders, and extraordinary national figures.
Spring, odd years
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EDU 5540 - Creating a Vision of an Equitable School 3 cr
An educational leader promotes the success of all students by facilitating the
development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is
shared and supported by the school community. This course focuses on equitable school
leadership: developing a personal vision, creating and supporting collaborative teams,
and designing classroom and school wide support systems for all students. Particular
focus is given to the barriers and strategies used to support students who are not
experiencing success in school and the role of "special education" and its interface with
the "general" school program.
Even years
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EDU 5560 - Leading With Integrity 3 cr
This course considers questions of right and wrong, good and bad. Given that the life of an educational leader is unpredictable and chaotic, how can leaders consult a reliable moral compass within a wider culture of profound social change and moral uncertainty? The course views educational leaders as people who promote the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner. The course presumes that there is a logic to ethical decision-making and that ethical logic can be learned and practiced. We will use a hybrid course model to effectively and efficiently investigate the course content.
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EDU 5740 - Student Teaching Seminar 3 cr
The seminar provides an opportunity for graduate students seeking licensure to discuss their professional experience, link their experience with educational literature and to construct their licensure portfolio. Information on licensure, job opportunities, the professional resume, interviews and professionalism are discussed. Required of all graduate students seeking licensure or additional endorsements.
Pass/Fail grade.
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EDU 5910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
Hours by arrangement; by permission only.
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EDU 6022 - Establishing a Culture of Care and High Performance for All Students 3 cr
This course develops an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional programs conducive to student learning and professional growth. The focus is on planning, implementing, and evaluating educational programs that promote student achievement. Students will analyze standards-based curriculum efforts within and among schools utilizing models of universal design, differentiation instruction, and theories and principles of learning. We will also explore the technology, telecommunications, and information systems that enhance curriculum design, instruction, and assessment. Finally, we will develop strategies for post-school outcomes.
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EDU 6090 - Pedagogical Content Knowledge 4 cr
This course describes the content-specific teaching strategies and assessment tools that promote learning in each discipline. By building pedagogical content knowledge, the prospective teacher acquires and demonstrates the essential knowledge and skills unique to the content area(s) in his or her endorsement as specified by Vermont Standards. As with student teaching, the student's primary contact in PCK is with his or her field mentor. The prospective teacher will practice and demonstrate essential disciplinary knowledge and skills during 100 hours of field work in a school setting appropriate to the student's licensure area. In addition, the candidate will meet at least three times per week with the field mentor. Post-baccalaureate candidates from all disciplines will meet weekly with a supervisor from the education department.
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EDU 6123 - Qualitative and Quantitative Methods 3 cr
This course combines both the qualitative and quantitative methods that may be applied in an authentic action research project. Through the completion of a semester-long research project, students will explore quantitative survey design and analysis as well as qualitative research traditions including action research, case study, grounded theory, and other methodologies as applicable to individual research projects. Ethical considerations and solutions will be considered throughout research development.
Prerequisite: EDU 5100
Spring
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EDU 6140 - School Law 3 cr
This course is a first course in law and its relationship to individuals operating within the educational context. A study of the legal principles reflected in selected cases involving decision making, power, rights and responsibilities from varied perspectives of student, teacher, administration, and public will be included.
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EDU 6220 - Special Education and the Law 3 cr
This dialogue will review the social and political contexts of special education law, review current practices in schools, and explore the rights of students with special needs and the corresponding responsibilities of schools and school districts. The course will emphasize how schools and school districts can avoid unnecessary litigation by serving special needs students according to legal mandates.
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EDU 6245 - Research Design in Education 3 cr
Research Design in Education will build on EDU 6123 Qualitative and Quantitative Methods leading to refinement of research protocols, methodology, and analysis that will be incorporated in thesis research. The process for permission via the Human Subjects Institutional Review Board and additional ethical considerations will be emphasized. The final research proposal will be completed during this semester.
Prerequisite: EDU 5100 , and EDU 6123
Fall
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