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2018 Siena Heights University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Click here for further course code explanations and definitions; including The College of Professional Studies course delivery options.
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Music |
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MMM 362 Advanced Instrumental Conducting 2 credit hours
The scope of this course extends beyond basic skills to include instrumental foundations, transpositions, balance, interpretive leadership, rehearsal technique, and stage presence.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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MMM 363 Marching Techniques 2 credit hours
This course prepares K-12 teacher candidates for the rigors of developing a high school marching band program. Students will learn about various topics such as drill writing, arranging for the marching band, marching show design, planning successful band trips, teaching marching fundamentals, and other relevant topics. Students will also receive training on Pyware 3D, the standard program for writing marching drill. Each student will design a complete marching band show for their final project.
Prerequisite: Course Fee: $50 Course is Offered: Uncertain
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MMM 380 Recital (Junior Year) 2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Course Fee: $300.00 Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MMM 440 Applied Lessons (7th Session) 1-2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MMM 450 Applied Lessons (8th Session) 1-2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MMM 480 Recital (Senior Year) 2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Course Fee: $300.00 Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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NSC 110 Earth Science 4 credit hours
A course available to non-science majors but required for students seeking teacher education certification who are majoring/minoring in the sciences. Topics in geology, paleontology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy will be considered. The scientific method will be stressed in the labs.
Prerequisite: None Liberal Arts: Science Course is Offered: FA 2019
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NSC 139 Science for Elementary Teachers 4 credit hours
This course is for those preparing to be elementary teachers. Aligned to the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) and the K-12 Michigan Science Standards (MiSS), the course focuses on science content in Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical Science.
Liberal Arts: Science Course is Offered: Uncertain
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NSC 285 Special Topics 1-3 credit hours
Dependent upon topic.
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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NSC 295 Sophomore Seminar 1 credit hours
Seminar-style course that prepares grades K-12 teacher candidates to understand and teach biology, chemistry, physics and earth/space science as integrated content. Students will explore and develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of all science. Students will examine major unifying themes, design units of study, and work directly with K-12 grade students, teachers, and communities. This seminar begins a set of three seminar courses dealing with the integration of science.
Prerequisite: Permission Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NSC 373 Science Methods 3 credit hours
A study of the principles and methods of teaching science in the K-12 classroom setting. The primary scope and sequence of curriculum is grade level specific science, where emphasis is upon content and methodology set forth by the Michigan Science Standards and the Framework for K-12 Science Education. Course provides multiple opportunities for critical thinking, cooperative learning, and integration across curriculum and hands-on learning experiences. Needs of exceptional children, multicultural appreciation and integration, and developmentally appropriate practice are also discussed. Students will design both short and long term lesson and unit plans.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NSC 395 Junior Seminar 1 credit hours
Seminar style methods course that prepares grades K-12 teacher candidates to understand and teach biology, chemistry, physics and earth/space science as integrated content. Students will explore and develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of all science. Students will examine major unifying themes, design units of study, and work directly with K-12 grade students, teachers, and communities. This seminar class will build upon NSC 295 Sophomore Seminar .
Prerequisite: Junior Standing Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NSC 485 Special Topics 1-3 credit hours
Dependent upon topic.
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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NSC 495 Senior Seminar 1 credit hours
Seminar-style methods course that prepares grades K-12 teacher candidates to understand and teach biology, chemistry, physics and earth/space science as integrated content. Students will explore and develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of all science. Students will examine major unifying themes, design units of study, and work directly with K-12 grade students, teachers, and communities. This seminar class will build upon NSC 395 Junior Seminar , culminating in a final project applicable to the student’s content area and grade level preference.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 101 Introduction To Professional Nursing Concepts 1 credit hours
This course introduces concepts that are significant to the nurse, and influence professional practice. Included are nursing history, ethics, culture, political, socioeconomic factors, as well as critical thinking and study skills for nursing. This course is required for Pre-nursing majors.
Prerequisite: None Nursing Fee: None Course is Offered: Fall and WI Every Year
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NUR 190 Nutrition For Health 3 credit hours
Provides knowledge of essential elements for nutrition. Incorporates concepts of nutrients, vitamins and minerals, and key interactions with pharmacological agents. Various diets and effects upon health are explored. Application of nutrition knowledge will be utilized in the clinical setting for health promotion with persons and groups.
Prerequisite: None Nursing Fee: None Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 201 The Profession Of Nursing 3 credit hours
This course is an initial pre-licensure nursing course. Characteristics of becoming a professional nurse are examined from a liberal arts perspective. The basic tenets of nursing are explored, including key elements of person, nursing, environment, and health as utilized in the nursing process. Emphasis is on enhancing critical thinking abilities, problem solving skills, and reflective thinking, particularly focusing upon understanding personal values and beliefs. Demonstration of communication skills is expected in various contexts and modes, particularly written communication. Terminology utilized in nursing is threaded throughout the course.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program Corequisite: Concurrent with NUR 210 Communication In Health Care , NUR 230 Fundamentals In Nursing , and NUR 250 Health Assessment Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 210 Communication In Health Care 3 credit hours
This course is an initial pre-licensure nursing course and the first course in interactions with clients. Beginning experiences of communication are identified and performed. The basic tenets of effective communication in a competent, purposeful, and ethical nurse are explored. An emphasis is on self-knowledge in order to be an effective communicator. Demonstration of communication skills is expected in various contexts and modes, particularly performed interpersonally with other people. Communication difficulties will be explored, particularly with clients who are non-English speaking and clients who cannot talk due to illness. Basic Spanish terms utilized in health care will be taught.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program Corequisite: Concurrent with NUR 201 The Profession Of Nursing , NUR 230 Fundamentals In Nursing , and NUR 250 Health Assessment Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 230 Fundamentals In Nursing 5 credit hours
Fundamentals is a theory-based course that combines didactic information in combination with clinical skills laboratory and clinical practice experiences. The course introduces the scientific basis for nursing practice, basic human needs and the care of clients with diverse needs. This course focuses on the promotion of health, function and wellness of the individual, family and community. Nursing skills are simulated and practiced in the clinical skills laboratory. As the session progresses, students will engage in the nursing care of adults with an emphasis on wellness in a variety of settings.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program Corequisite: Concurrent with NUR 201 The Profession Of Nursing , NUR 210 Communication In Health Care , and NUR 250 Health Assessment Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 250 Health Assessment 5 credit hours
This course builds on pre-requisite courses in the sciences and focuses on techniques of history taking and physical examination of persons. Using a systems approach, focused and comprehensive assessments of essentially well clients throughout the lifespan are addressed. Students will describe findings and differentiate normal from atypical or abnormal. Diagnostic reasoning skills are developed through analysis of the assessment data. A laboratory/clinical experience provides opportunities for students to integrate communication, assessment and problem-solving skills with fundamental nursing care procedures.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program Corequisite: Concurrent with NUR 201 The Profession Of Nursing , NUR 210 Communication In Health Care , and NUR 230 Fundamentals In Nursing Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 301 Transition To Professional Nursing 4 credit hours
This course is the initial RN-BSN course. Characteristics of a professional nurse are examined from a liberal arts perspective. Emphasis is on enhancing critical thinking abilities, problem solving skills, and reflective thinking. Demonstration of communication skills is expected in various contexts and modes, particularly written communication. Threaded throughout the course is the integration of professional values from nursing knowledge and experiences. Awareness of self-knowledge is incorporated to enhance expertise as a competent, purposeful, and ethical professional nurse.
Prerequisite: Registered Nurse, Acceptance into the RN-BSN Program. Corequisite: Concurrent with NUR 375 Health Care Of Communities & Vulnerable Populations Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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NUR 340 Nursing Care Of Adults I 5 credit hours
Focuses on basic clinical nursing knowledge and skill in the care of individual clients in health restoration and health promotion in long term care and acute care settings. Emphasis is placed on the physiological needs and responses of adults to illness. Interrelated classroom and supervised laboratory experiences allow for development of nursing knowledge and skills.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 341 Ethical, Cultural, And Spiritual Nursing Practice 3 credit hours
This course blends contemplation of multidimensional perspectives as threaded into nurse-patient interactions. Dominican values, the four fundamental Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978) and the American Nurses’ Association Code of Ethics (2011) provide a conceptual framework for the student nurse. The student will explore moral theories; ethical principles and decision-making; religious beliefs and spiritual caregiving; and personal values as experienced in health care.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 342 Pharmacology/Pathophysiology I 4 credit hours
Initial course in identification of pharmacologic agents, including classifications, actions, and relationship to pathophysiology of the person. Herbal and alternative medications and effects upon health and person will be explored. Students will learn professional nursing implications for safe administration of medications and learn how to observe and identify adverse drug responses. Focus upon oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intradermal, topical, optical, and inhaled medications.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 346 Gerontology And End-Of-Life Nursing Care 4 credit hours
Provides a foundation for basic gerontological nursing, incorporating normal and abnormal changes in health due to aging. Environmental and family interactions in the aging process will be explored. End of life care from a personal, environmental, and ethical framework will be identified. This course is both a didactic and clinical course in various settings, including essentially well elderly clients and clients and families experiencing end-of life nursing care.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 348 Nursing Care Of Adults II 5 credit hours
Focuses on advancing the clinical nursing knowledge and skill in the care of individual clients in health restoration and health promotion in various acute care settings. Experiences in abilities to integrate all care needs to multiple patients are enforced. Interrelated classroom and supervised laboratory experiences allow for continued advancement of nursing knowledge and skills. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse as provider and manager of care.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 349 Simulations In Clinical Reasoning 3 credit hours
Focuses on utilizing basic clinical nursing knowledge and skills in the care of patients. Emphasis is placed on implementing the nursing process and nursing interventions in the care of patients. Activities performed in the simulated environment allow for integration of theory, laboratory, data and responses to nursing interventions are emphasized.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 350 Mental Health Nursing 4 credit hours
Focuses on the role of the professional nurse in the application of mental health principles for health of individuals and groups experiencing maladaptive and ineffective coping mechanisms. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process, therapeutic communication, teaching/learning, coping mechanisms, and therapeutic nurse-client relationships. Interrelated classroom and clinical laboratory experiences focus on critical thinking, self-awareness, and professional behavior in various community settings.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 360 Pharmacology/Pathophysiology II 3 credit hours
Builds upon knowledge in NUR 342 Pharmacology/Pathophysiology I . Application of nursing knowledge in care of persons receiving multiple classifications of medications delivered through various routes of administrations. Understanding of intravenous medications, including identification of pharmacologic agents, classifications, actions, and relationship to pathophysiology of the person. Students will learn professional nursing implications for safe administration and observation of total parenteral nutrition and all blood products.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 375 Health Care Of Communities & Vulnerable Populations 4 credit hours
Emphasizes a holistic approach to health promotion and disease prevention in the provision of nursing care to individuals, groups and communities through primary, secondary, and tertiary therapeutic nursing interventions. Course content and learning includes identification of vulnerable populations, high risk environments, systematic health status assessment, resource utilization, and a global health perspective.
Prerequisite: Registered Nurse, Acceptance into the RN-BSN Program. Corequisite: Concurrent with NUR 301 Transition To Professional Nursing Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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NUR 380 Evidenced Based Research In Nursing Practice 4 credit hours
Concepts and processes of nursing research are defined and applied to authentic practice examples. Research concepts include problem identification; research study designs; data collection techniques; and methods of data analysis. A major focus of this course is on interpretation and critique of research based articles.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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NUR 385 Introduction To Nursing Research 3 credit hours
Concepts of nursing research are introduced with a major focus on quantitative and qualitative research designs, with specific application to evidence-based nursing practice.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 395 Health Policy And Informatics 4 credit hours
Provides theoretical, systems, and practical knowledge approach to nursing practice with a focus upon policy and informatics. Health policy will include federal, state, and private standards and regulations. Various agencies common to health care disciplines will be explored. Introduction to concepts and principles in nursing informatics, including computer programs and software utilized in various nursing practice settings.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: None Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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NUR 445 Nursing Systems And Informatics 2 credit hours
Provides theoretical and practical knowledge in a systems approach to nursing. Various agencies common to health care disciplines will be explored. Introduction to concepts and principles in nursing informatics, including computer programs and software utilized in various nursing practice settings.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 450 Community, Population And Global Health Care 4 credit hours
Provides a multifocal nursing approach to environmental effects upon groups, communities and populations. Introduces epidemiological, genetic, and economic concepts and models. A special focus will include global health and vulnerable populations. Clinical experiences will occur in a variety of clinics, schools, health centers, and community settings.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 456 Nursing Care Of Childbearing Families 4 credit hours
Nursing care of the childbearing woman is the main focus of the course. Normal reproductive health is explored for both men and women. Women’s health during pregnancy; normal labor and delivery, and health of infant and mother are identified. Abnormal genetic and mother/baby issues are discussed. Health promotion and illness interventions are applied in care of the family.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 458 Pediatric Health And Illness 4 credit hours
Learning focuses upon healthy growth and development of children and adolescents. Normal childhood diseases, both acute and chronic, are identified. Nursing care is emphasized with special application of age appropriate interventions in various settings. Promotion of health and prevention of disease is applied across age groups.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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NUR 460 The Art Of Ethical, Cultural, & Spiritual Nursing Practice 4 credit hours
This course provides multidimensional perspectives as threaded into nurse-patient interactions. Based upon Carper’s Four Patterns of Knowing (1978), and the American Nurses’ Association Code of Ethics, the course will include moral theories; ethical principles and decision-making; spiritual caregiving, and personal values as experienced in health care.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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NUR 465 Leadership And Management In Nursing 4 credit hours
Provides knowledge and characteristics of leaders, both in self-reflection and experientially with nurse leaders. Didactic content includes philosophy of leadership and management in nursing; quality improvement; case management, and restructuring in health care. Concepts, principles, and theories of leadership and organizations will be defined. Budgeting, finance, and human resource management in nursing is explored. Evaluation of self as a leader will be included.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 470 Nursing Care Of The Patient With Complex Needs 3 credit hours
Emphasis is placed on application of complex pathophysiology and advanced technological and holistic nursing health care therapeutics. Examines the integration of physiological and psychosocial modes in care of the complex patient. Focuses the role of the nurse as partner in the health care team. Includes ethical, spiritual, and life span aspects in providing and evaluating care for patients and families in crisis.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 475 Nursing Practicum 4 credit hours
Individualized experience with a nurse preceptor in a chosen health care setting. A total of 160 clinical hours will be expected of the student, in conjunction with the assigned preceptor. Focuses on the analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of therapeutic interventions, decision-making, and role development in professional nursing practice. Emphasis in the clinical setting is placed on the integration of nursing knowledge.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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NUR 480 Leadership And Health Care Organizations 4 credit hours
This course provides analysis of leadership and management principles from the perspective as a change agent in the healthcare environment. Conflict resolution, power and politics, prioritization abilities, and personal leadership characteristics are explored. Systems theory, management of resources, health care economics, and power and politics in health care are emphasized.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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NUR 485 Preparation For Licensure And Professional Practice 2 credit hours
Focus on self-evaluation as student’s transition to professional nursing practice. NCLEX review and preparation will include practice computerized tests, question analysis in group settings, and strategies for success in NCLEX. Licensure standards and professional practice expectations will be explored, including continuing education requirements, professional nursing organizations, specialty certification, and graduate nursing education opportunities.
Prerequisite: Corequisite: Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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Professional Communication |
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PCM 301 Fundamentals Of Professional Communication 3 credit hours
This course offers a performance-based approach to communication in professional atmospheres. It incorporates various media, technologies, and communication methods for a holistic, comprehensive introduction to professional communication. Via these mediums, students will learn the skills and strategies necessary to prepare and deliver clear and meaningful messages in oral and written form. Emphasis is placed on developing excellent presentation skills, composing effective written materials, and utilizing a variety of communication technology tools for effective communication in a professional setting.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PCM 330 Intercultural Communication 3 credit hours
This class will focus on the study of effective communication within and across a variety of cultures, both within the United States and throughout the world. Foundational concepts, identity, language, cultural spaces, nonverbal communication, popular culture, intercultural transitions, and relationships will be explored as they relate to intercultural awareness and understanding.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PCM 335 Social Media for Mass Communication 3 credit hours
In recent years, social media has profoundly changed the ways in which we communicate with each other. With the onset of new tools and social media utilities, more and more people are connecting with each other on-line. This course is grounded in practice and students will be required to learn about and/or participate in forums, wikis, social networks, micro blogs, and more. Readings, social networking, class discussions, and case studies will highlight new effective strategies and applications of these social media utilities. Students who successfully complete this course will have a framework for understanding and evaluating new tools and know how to effectively use social media.
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PCM 340 Professional Speaking 3 credit hours
This course aims to build and strengthen business and professional communication competence. Course content emphasizes traditional and modern topics relevant to speech and communication in professional contexts. Students will speak in front of diverse audiences, both live and virtual, to develop sound speech communication skills in the various mediums that the workplace might require. Additional learning objectives include the following: identify, describe, and explain effective professional communication concepts; create and organize ideas into an effective presentation; demonstrate effective communication both in front of groups and one-on-one; develop public speaking competency; analyze various communication contexts; be able to locate, identify, and successfully use supporting materials in speaking and written assignments; and enhance self awareness of one’s own communication skills.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of an Introductory Public Speaking Class Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PCM 495 Professional Communication Seminar 3 credit hours
This course will provide a culminating experience for Professional Communication majors. It affords the student a unique opportunity to gain experience and expertise working within the industry/discipline of his/her choosing. Students will conceptualize, design, and complete a major paper relating to their specific professional field. This paper will synthesize the effective writing, communication, and critical thinking skills that the student has refined through the completion of the major Students will compile a portfolio comprised of project information and personal journals collected over the session as documentation of progress. This course will place an emphasis on ensuring that students are familiar with technology tools and terminology that are used by professional communicators in a variety of fields.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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Physical Education |
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PED 103 Basketball 1 credit hours
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PED 104 Spinning 1 credit hours
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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PED 107 Golf 1 credit hours
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PED 108 Cooperative Team Sports 1 credit hours
This is an activity course that will emphasize the importance of working together as a team. Cooperative sports such as Ultimate Frisbee, Kin Ball, and Team Handball will be explored in addition to other team building exercises.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PED 110 Baseball Theory 2 credit hours
Students will gain an understanding of the aspects of coaching baseball both on and off the field.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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PED 111 Weight Training 1 credit hours
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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PED 112 Lacrosse Activity 1 credit hours
This course is designed to teach the basic skills, techniques, strategies, and rules of men’s and women’s lacrosse. The class will equip the student to be an informed lacrosse spectator and/or participant. Equipment will be provided for the participants.
Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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PED 114 Softball Theory 1 credit hours
Students will gain an understanding of the aspects of coaching softball both on and off the field.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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PED 116 Volleyball I 1 credit hours
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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Philosophy |
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PHI 201 Introduction To Philosophy 3 credit hours
An introduction to the major areas of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, with an emphasis on philosophical problems relating to human existence.
Prerequisite: None Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PHI 211 Logic 3 credit hours
An examination of the standards of sound argumentation, both inductive and deductive, including argument structure, classical categorical logic, modern truth-functional logic, informal fallacies, and the role of language in argumentation.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PHI 220 Introduction To Ethics 3 credit hours
An introduction to the major philosophical theories of ethics, including those of Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, and Mill, with some application of these theories to contemporary moral problems.
Prerequisite: None Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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PHI 225 Engineering and Technology Ethics 3 credit hours
An introduction to and application of the major ethical theories, including those of Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, and Mill, to contemporary moral problems found in engineering and technology more generally, focusing on the National Society of Professional Engineer’s (NSPE) ethical code, ethical dilemmas found in mechanical, chemical and electrical engineering, and questions about the nature of engineering and technological work. May substitute for PHI 220 Introduction To Ethics .
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: FA 2019, FA 2021
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PHI 230 Philosophy of Race and Gender 3 credit hours
An introduction to the major philosophical issues surrounding race and gender. The metaphysical, scientific, ethical, social, and political significance of racial and gender categories will be investigated. Ma include historical and contemporary approaches to and critiques of individual and group identity, racism, sexism, anti-racism, feminism, and intersectionality.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: WI 2020, WI 2022
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PHI 260 Introduction To Political Philosophy 3 credit hours
A historical introduction to issues concerning the nature of the state, the proper extent of state power, the duties owed by citizens to the state and to other citizens, and the appropriate goals of state activity. Potential sources include Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PHI 311 Symbolic Logic 3 credit hours
A thorough treatment of sentential and predicate logic, including translations, truth tables, proofs, truth trees, logical paradoxes, and other philosophical issues relating to logic.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PHI 320 Social Ethics 3 credit hours
An application of the major philosophical theories of ethics to contemporary moral problems, especially those problems which confront us on the societal level.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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PHI 329 Technology And The Human Condition 3 credit hours
This class will inquire into the profound and subtle ways technology has changed human life by looking at both the natural and human environments. The course will wrestle with the complex and too-little-asked question of what is meant by technological progress. This course is offered out of the belief that our society has not yet learned to direct its technology instead of letting its technology direct it.
Prerequisite: None Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, as well as in a blended online format, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PHI 340 Ancient Philosophy 3 credit hours
An examination of the philosophical writings of Plato and Aristotle, including some treatment of the pre-Socratic philosophers.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: WI 2019
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PHI 341 Modern Philosophy 3 credit hours
An examination of the philosophical writings of Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: WI 2020
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PHI 342 Medieval Philosophy 3 credit hours
An examination of the philosophical writings from the Western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Scientific Revolution. Potential sources include Boethius, Augustine, St. Anselm, duns Scotus, St. Thomas Aquinas, and William of Ockham. A focus will be on issues in metaphysics and philosophy of religion.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: FA 2018, FA 2022
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PHI 350 Advanced Ethical Theory 3 credit hours
Systematic and/or historical examination of central issues in ethical theory, including deontic, contractualist, and consequentialist conceptions of morality, rights and special obligations, the role of happiness and virtue in morality, moral conflict, ethical objectivity and relativism, and the rational authority of morality.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: WI 2020, WI 2022
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PHI 355 Advanced Symbolic Logic 3 credit hours
An examination of advanced topics in logic. May include metalogic (mathematical logic), modal logic, foundations of logic, foundations of set theory, Godel’s incompleteness theorems, and others.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: FA 2019, FA 2021
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PHI 360 Aesthetics 3 credit hours
An exploration of topics related to the arts. Students will consider various theories on how to evaluate works such as music, art, and poetry. Readings will be drawn from the works of philosophers and artists. A wide array of artworks and artistic activities will also be considered.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PHI 361 Philosophy Of Religion 3 credit hours
An examination of various philosophical issues relating to religion, including the existence and attributes of God, the relationship between faith and reason, the problem of evil, the nature of religious discourse, and miracles.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: FA 2020
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PHI 362 Social And Political Philosophy 3 credit hours
An examination of the writings of various social and political philosophers, focusing on the foundations of the state, law, rights, justice, equality, and the common good.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PHI 364 Philosophy Of Science 3 credit hours
A historical or topical examination of epistemological and metaphysical issues that arise in thinking about science. Topics that will be covered include the nature of science, scientific explanation, scientific laws and theories, theoretical concepts, and reductionism – all with special reference to the natural sciences.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: FA 2021
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PHI 365 Knowledge And Reality 3 credit hours
A historical or topical examination of issues in metaphysics and epistemology generally. Guiding questions in epistemology may include: what is knowledge? Is knowledge possible? Does scientific inquiry yield knowledge, and, if so, how? Guiding questions in metaphysics may include: does God exist? What is time? What is the relationship between the mind and the body?
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: FA 2019, FA 2023
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PHI 385 Philosophy Of Criminal Justice 3 credit hours
This course provides an overview of the entire criminal justice system with particular emphasis on the police, court system, and sentencing alternatives. Students will learn how societal laws reflect the values of the community or special interest groups. The philosophies of crime control versus due process will be explored in terms of the consequences to individual offenders.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian Campus.
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PHI 485 Special Topics 1-3 credit hours
An intensive study of a particular philosophical problem or the writings of an individual philosopher. Examples of past topics include Skepticism, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Language. This course may be taken more than once as long as the course content is different.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Philosophy Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PHI 495 Senior Thesis 3 credit hours
The research and writing of a major philosophical paper.
Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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PHY 141 General Physics I (Non-Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
An introduction to the study of mechanics and thermodynamics. Topics covered include kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, and the laws of thermodynamics. Algebra and trigonometry are required.
Prerequisite: Laboratory Fee: $50 Liberal Arts: Science Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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PHY 142 General Physics II (Non-Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
An introduction to the study of electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics. Topics covered include electrostatics, electric circuits, magnetism, light and optics, the theory of special relativity, quantum mechanics, and nuclear physics. Algebra and trigonometry are required.
Prerequisite: Laboratory Fee: $50 Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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PHY 161 Physics I (Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
Topics covered are the same as PHY 141 General Physics I (Non-Calculus Based) . The methods of calculus are employed in the description of physical phenomena.
Prerequisite: One year of calculus Laboratory Fee: $50 Liberal Arts: Science Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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PHY 162 Physics II (Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
Topics covered are the same as PHY 142 General Physics II (Non-Calculus Based) . The methods of calculus are employed in the description of physical phenomena.
Prerequisite: Laboratory Fee: $50 Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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PSA 331 Fundamentals Of Public Services Administration 3 credit hours
The course is an overview of the profession, introducing the student to the principles of administration in a Human Services Administration setting. Topics include Organizational Behavior, Personnel Administration/Labor Relations; Public Policy; Administrative Law; and Public Administration. The case method approach is introduced to the student.
Prerequisite: Permission Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PSA 341 Research In The Social Sciences 3 credit hours
An examination of the social research process with considerable attention being focused on the many types of applications now being made. Problem formulations, concept and hypothesis formulation, survey research, case studies, experimentation, observational methods, data processing, analysis of data, computer applications, and evaluating research.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PSA 433 Budgeting For Public Services Administration 3 credit hours
A survey of budgeting and finance. Budget systems, including program planning and budgeting systems, and the politics of taxation and other governmental revenues are studied.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PSA 434 Critical Issues In Public Services Administration 3 credit hours
A seminar course covering such topics as: productivity/workload; stress management; interaction with other public agencies; administrator and board development; long range planning strategies; goal development in changing environment; government regulations; policy/procedural development and review.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PSA 480 Public Services Administration Internship 3 credit hours
PSA 480 will provide an opportunity for the student to affirm the basic underlying values of the profession through promotion and application of theories, concepts, knowledge and skills in a professional service setting.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor, PSA program coordinator, and a minimum of four courses in the major Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PSA 495 Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
An examination of social issues, social research and funding options that may decrease a critical social issue will be explored in this course. As the culminating course students will integrate their knowledge, skills and abilities as they engage in program development.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus
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PSC 101 Foundations Of Political Thought 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to the theoretical study of politics and to some central ideas that have influenced the political life in the West. Through a survey of selected writings and authors, from Ancient Greece to the present, students will explore the various ways in which questions on the nature of the state, governing, authority, law, freedom, rights, justice, equality, and the common good, have been formulated and addressed. Attention will be paid to how these investigations help us understand the nature of our own political regime and what might constitute our ethical and legal responsibilities to that regime.
Prerequisite: None Liberal Arts: Social Science Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PSC 130 American Democracy 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction study of the American political system, which reveals itself as an interconnected set of ideas, practices, and institutions. This course explores some of the central elements of this system with an eye toward understanding and explaining why the system works the way it does and critically evaluating how democratic it is. A deeper acquaintance with the American political system through this course aims to place individuals in a better position to appreciate the limits and possibilities of American politics and governance and to be more reflective about the difficult political and ethical choices we face as individuals and as a community.
Prerequisite: None Liberal Arts: Social Science Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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PSC 260 Comparative Politics 3 credit hours
This course compares and contrasts different types of government in the world. It describes and explains similarities and differences among political systems.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Social Science Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PSC 265 United States Foreign Policy 3 credit hours
The United States is the dominant power in a politically decentralized and economically interdependent world awash with complex issues. This course analyzes these issues and American policy toward them. It also addresses the questions: What principles should guide American foreign policy? What should be the goals of U.S. foreign policy and how should these goals be pursued?
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Social Science Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PSC 270 International Relations 3 credit hours
This course introduces students to both the sources of conflict and the available resources to address conflict in the international arena. This course explores not only the sources of war but the increasing role played by economics, human rights, and environmental issues in generating international conflict and examines the mechanisms that exist for settling conflict.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PSC 380 Public Policy 3 credit hours
Public policy refers to an intentional course of action by a governmental agency or public official for dealing with an issue of public concern. This course analyzes and evaluates current public policy in the United States in a number of areas. It also explains the process used to adopt and implement these policies.
Prerequisite: Liberal Arts: Social Science Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PSC 430 Constitutional Law I: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties 3 credit hours
This course examines the major federal civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. Emphasis of the course is on the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution and establishing these rights and liberties.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: FA 2018
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PSC 431 Law And Society 3 credit hours
This course examines the role of law in society with focus on the interaction between legal and social variables. It covers the nature of law, its functions, structure, and process, with particular emphasis on the American legal institution. The relationship between law and social change will be a major focus of the course. The effect of key court decisions on American society will be explored to illustrate this relationship. A number of important substantive areas of law will also be examined with an emphasis on practical issues in the legal and social area.
Prerequisite: None Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PSC 440 Constitutional Law II: Government Powers 3 credit hours
This course examines the central powers of the federal government in the United States. The emphasis is on the legal study of these powers and will pay special attention to the Constitution and Supreme Court case law, but will also address legal statutes and political practice.
Prerequisite: Course is Offered: Uncertain
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PSC 485 Special Topics In Political Science 3 credit hours
These courses are designed to study specific, selected topics in political science. They will explore some topics in depth. Special Topics may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Course is Offered: Uncertain Repeatable: Course is repeatable with approval of department/advisor.
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PSC 495 Senior Seminar/Thesis 3 credit hours
A senior thesis may be proposed and executed for distinction in political science. A senior thesis is optional and offers the opportunity to do original research in political science. The thesis includes a research project, development of a poster presentation, and presentation at the Scholarship Symposium.
Prerequisite: Permission of Program Coordinator Course is Offered: Uncertain
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