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LTMS 614 - Social Learning in the Organization
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course explores the use of social learning and communication in organizations, the software tools used to enable online social interaction and the challenges of organizational implementation. Social learning technologies enable conversations, content creation, connections and collaboration in the organization. When socially-enabled, these activities can increase productivity, deliver knowledge at the time of need and address time and location challenges that exist in today’s organizations. The student identifies a learning or communication opportunity to create a solution using social learning technologies. Open source and industry leading hardware and software options are both considered.
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LTMS 615 - Coordinating the Learning Technology Infrastructure
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 530
Description: This course focuses on identifying, selecting, installing and maintaining a technology infrastructure to support technology-enabled learning solutions. Administrative and educational technology needs along with the need for assistive technology resources to support learners with special needs are specifically addressed within the examination of the overall infrastructure.
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LTMS 616 - Authoring Medical Mannequin Simulations
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course focuses on creating highly realistic patient simulation training experiences by organizing pre-programmed scenarios, programming custom events, using event handlers to create automatic responses and using trending to create dynamic simulations in a medical mannequin authoring system.
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LTMS 617 - Performance Evaluation for Medical Mannequin Simulations
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is a study of debriefing strategies to evaluate performance and enhance learning in medical mannequin simulations. The use of a video debriefing system with synchronized recordings and comment logs is combined with questioning, facilitation and collaboration techniques to increase the effectiveness of medical mannequin simulations.
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LTMS 618 - Accessibility Software and Devices
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 500
Description: This course is a study of software and hardware devices that are used to address accessibility requirements. Design fundamentals, built-in accessibility development functions, scripting solutions, accessibility devices and alternative delivery methods are explored in the context of achieving compliance with the 1998 amendment to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requiring electronic and information technology accessibility by government and government-subsidized organizations for persons with disabilities.
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LTMS 619 - Enterprise Applications for eLearning
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 518 and LTMS 611
Description: This course explores the options available for eLearning design, development and implementation with existing enterprise applications and systems. Leveraging existing enterprise resource planning, asset management, communication and collaboration systems as resources for creating and managing learning solutions can decrease costs and create cross-functional process and technology synergies. The enterprise application landscape, as it applies to the design, development and management of eLearning, is examined within the context of creating an eLearning solution. Industry leading software and open source options are both considered.
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LTMS 625 - Learning Management and Learning Content Management Systems
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 500 and LTMS 518
Description: The course explores the evolving role and nature of learning management (LMS) and learning content management systems (LCMS) to support learning in organizations. The Shared Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture (CORDRA) and the Aviation Industry CBT (Computer-Based Training) Committee (AICC) standards are examined and applied as part of designing and creating learning objects that can be incorporated into an LCMS and administered by an LMS. Industry leading software and open source software are both examined.
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LTMS 635 - eLearning Authoring Systems
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 500 and LTMS 518
Description: Systems built for asynchronous eLearning development are explored in a hands-on environment. The storyboarding, content management, asset management and team communication elements of eLearning authoring systems are also examined, within the context of analyzing the systems’ abilities to enhance the instructional design process in a team environment.
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LTMS 636 - Micro Instructional Design
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 510 , LTMS 514 , LTMS 518 , LTMS 520 , and LTMS 525
Description: An in-depth exploration of instructional design strategies and techniques are explored in a project-based group environment. Selecting media, identifying learning objectives, writing assessment instruments and creating a detailed instructional plan are examined as part of the complete design and development of a learning solution.
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LTMS 645 - Visual Representation for Learning and Communication
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 514
Description: This course explores the benefits of visually representing ideas, concepts and processes to improve the results of learning and communication. The history of visualization for learning and communication, along with the current research and trends in using visuals to improve learning and communication, are explored. Techniques and technologies for brainstorming, mind mapping, creating instructional and curricular design, thinking creatively, planning, creating visuals and delivering visual learning and communication are applied in individual and group projects throughout the course.
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LTMS 680 - Advanced eLearning Development
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: LTMS 611 , LTMS 619 , LTMS 625 , and LTMS 635
Description: An in-depth exploration of advanced eLearning application development is explored in a project-based group environment. Interactivity, personalization, data flow and management and system integration are examined as part of developing an advanced eLearning application.
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LTMS 697 - LTMS ePortfolio
(0 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: LTMS 698
Description: A graduate student pursuing the Pennsylvania Department of Education Instructional Technology Specialist (ITS) K-12 instructional certificate is required to create an ePortfolio. The ePortfolio presents the student’s knowledge and performance in the competencies required by the ITS guidelines.
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LTMS 698 - Learning Technologies Internship
(1-6 semester hours)
Prerequisites: GRAD 695 and permission of advisor
Description: The student conducts learning technology-related activities at an organization to apply concepts and skills previously explored throughout the program. This experiential course also provides an opportunity to demonstrate and further develop the eight University competencies, i.e., critical thinking, communication, teamwork and collaboration, entrepreneurship, information literacy, ethical decision making, global awareness, and civic engagement.
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LTMS 699 - Applied Project in LTMS
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: GRAD 695 and permission of advisor
Description: This course allows the student to pursue an area of interest that is within the broad scope of learning technologies. A faculty member supervises this study.
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Management |
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MGMT 510 - Business Strategy and Management Principles
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course introduces the basic concepts of business strategy and management principles of planning, organizing, staffing, developing, and monitoring/control. The context is global markets and their impact on business strategies and managerial processes. The course explores the best practices in global strategic management, organizational design, human resource processes, and organizational behavior.
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MGMT 511 - Digital and Global Enterprises
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 510
Description: Modern enterprises are globally dispersed organizations where nearly all significant business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees are digitally-enabled and key corporate assets are managed through digital means. Such organizations merge the concepts traditionally discussed in ecommerce, ebusiness and egovernment. This course introduces the organizational and operational aspects of such organizations and highlights the role of managing such organizations. Topics include organizational structure and design, learning and agile organizations, and operational concerns such as management of supply chains and B2B trade at a global level.
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MGMT 512 - Marketing Principles and Applications
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 510
Description: This course introduces the student to the most recent and relevant thinking in marketing in the competitive global marketplace. The student is provided with analytical tools to understand and synthesize the most current applications of theories and concepts in marketing. The student is shown how to design strategic planning for competitive advantage in the marketplace and is encouraged to explore the essence of marketing environment and the global vision for business marketing.
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MGMT 513 - Accounting Principles and Applications
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 510
Description: This course explores the basic financial and managerial accounting competencies needed to manage a business or product line. The accounting concepts are introduced with a discussion of how general purpose financial statements reflect the business corporations’ performance and position for readers external to management.
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MGMT 520 - Professional Communication
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course provides training in business writing, interpersonal communication and oral communication to prepare the student to be a more effective professional communicator. The student works on projects in the classroom that offer practical applications of concepts covered in the textbook, including case study examples of poorly executed business communication that the student revises and improves. The student also writes a proposal and a report and prepares a plan to manage a project team kickoff meeting.
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MGMT 531 - Business Entrepreneurship Principles
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 510
Description: This course is designed for the student and working professional with interest in owning, or participating in, a successful business startup. The course focuses on the principles that are essential to forming a successful startup company, and the role of innovation in entrepreneurship.
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MGMT 532 - Business Entrepreneurship Management
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 531
Description: This course focuses on the management and planning processes needed for sustained growth of a startup company. Specifically, the course goes beyond the initial idea formulation stages and provides hands-on experience in developing a business plan for a startup. Emphasis is placed on innovation and the management of opportunities rather than to concentrate on the efficient management of ongoing operations. The course is organized around the following themes: management systems for innovative companies, short- and long-range planning in owner-managed businesses, measuring economic performance and obtaining information for management decision making, legal and human resource issues, and entrepreneurship and managing growing companies.
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MGMT 533 - Business and Entrepreneurial Financing
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 531
Description: This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of business financing with emphasis on financing for entrepreneurship. The course covers topics such as financial theory, risk assessment, and financial reporting systems in modern business settings. Special attention is paid to financing the startups with different options from venture capitals, angels and banks.
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MGMT 560 - Organizational Leadership
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: Successful project managers are adept at leading. Leadership, however, is a complex undertaking that requires knowledge and understanding of a number of competencies. This course builds these competencies. Focusing on organizational leadership, the course explores and develops skills and knowledge needed to lead organizational transformation and change, negotiate conflict resolution, build relationships and human capital, and instill business ethics and professional codes of conduct.
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MGMT 580 - Special Topics in MGMT
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course explores a topic of current interest in the field of management.
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MGMT 731 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to ISEM Doctoral Program
Description: In this course, the models for successfully organizing technologically driven innovations, in entrepreneurial and established firms, are studied, and critiqued. The student learns to develop innovative-based strategies, which will cause entrepreneurial organizations to earn sustained competitive advantage. The student also discovers how to identify, build, and commercialize technological innovations. This course emphasizes the need for continuity in the building and commercialization of valuable innovations. It draws heavily from recent literature and models on entrepreneurial innovation and expects the student, not only to critique these existing literature and models, but to design original technology-driven innovations that could aid organizations gain and sustain competitive advantage. The course is divided into 4 Modules, which takes the student from the formulation of innovative ideas to the building of innovative entrepreneurial firms. These modules will systematically guide the student to conduct a focused literature review on some advanced aspect of the studied material and produce a research paper.
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Mathematics |
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MATH 510 - Applied Statistical Methods
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This is an applied statistics course with probability theory being presented but applicable statistics is emphasized. The course covers the statistical methods and models that practitioners require for use in their professions and is an applied course in regression, analysis of variance, and linear models which includes experience with the SAS statistical software package. Topics include descriptive statistics/data summaries, inference in simple and multiple linear regression, residual analysis, estimation and testing of hypothesis, transformations, polynomial regressions, model building with real data, nonlinear regression and linear models. This course is not mathematically advanced but covers a large volume of material.
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Next Generation Disruptive Technologies |
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NGDT 520 - Foundations of Blockchain
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: Blockchain technology is recognized worldwide as a serious disruptive force in both the history of money and in ledger technology. In a short period of time, hundreds of thousands of blockchains have emerged to cater to multiple problems whether they are monetary, business, economic, social, or even political problems. It brings forth serious issues of governance as well as the need to reorganize multiple enterprises like state entities, corporations, banks, court systems, etc. This course introduces the student to the significance of this paradigm shift with broad coverage of important changes and the agents of the change. It explores origins of Bitcoin, technical details of underlying blockchain technology, elements of cryptography, supportive technologies, predominant concepts of distributed computing, and emerging layering of internet protocols and their role in new wealth systems.
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NGDT 525 - Evolution of Crypto Assets and Tokens
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: After the emergence of Bitcoin, hundreds of crypto-currencies have surfaced with a vast supportive infrastructure for exchange of this value. This has resulted in diverse responses from governments and other regulating bodies. This course contains a comprehensive history of crypto-assets and infrastructure built since 2012, including exchanges, wallets, prominent tokens, central bank-issued digital currencies, and the state of regulations. This course gives the student an introduction of top-rated blockchain assets, their security mechanisms, investment strategies, and crypto-trading modes, as well as explain how government jurisdictions are responding to this unique disruption.
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NGDT 534 - Implementing Smart Contract and DApps
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: NGDT 520 , NGDT 525 , and a background in computer programming
Description: Open blockchains, particularly Ethereum, have spawned a unique category of crowdfunding options that standardize the entire process of how capital is raised and allocated. Specific technical expertise and a detailed knowledge of how decentralized applications are fast emerging as the new players in the ecosystem are required to navigate Open blockchains. This course offers a specific understanding of how the Ethereum blockchain has become a standard mechanism for launching new ICO (Initial Coin Offering) projects and DApps. This course takes the student through multiple phases of building an ERC20 (Ethereum Request for Comment) standard token and its deployment in real-life conditions. This course offers not only a core developer experience that stands behind an ICO, but also offers a comprehensive survey of how the Ethereum and non-Ethereum smart contract platforms have contributed to a completely new offering of DApps as blockchain-as-a-microservice.
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NGDT 540 - Major Blockchain Trade-offs and Choices
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: NGDT 520 and NGDT 525
Description: Blockchain Technology has ushered in a range of public and private chains. Both have serious trade-offs in terms of scalability, interoperability, and decentralization. While open blockchains have disrupted the capital market with ICO as a new way of borderless crowdfunding, private chains are building tokenization frameworks for existing assets like stocks, bonds, debt instruments, financial derivatives, land titles, etc. This course begins with a basic introduction to growth challenges faced by blockchains and how that has evolved into multi-blockchain ecosystem. It offers a detailed description of the state of deep-impact blockchains dominating in the current climate and what the scale of their applicability is at present. This course also teaches the student how governments/regulatory forces are accepting/reacting to these new forces and the major templates of this response.
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NGDT 545 - Industry Blockchain and Blockchain-as-a-Service
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: NGDT 520 and NGDT 525
Description: If enterprises are to adopt blockchain technologies, they need easy-to-implement blockchain platforms. Multiple players have emerged to offer such kind of solutions. Before any specific choice is made in this regard, it is critical to understand the sector and use-case specificity where blockchain needs to be applied. Since there are some standard responses to blockchain applications, this course offers a new way of approaching sectoral applications via building innovation templates. Once standard responses are stabilized, further nuances can be built over it. The major use cases to be covered are digital identity, supply chain, entertainment distribution, and provenance. This course not only offers a capacity building model for multiple industries, but also enables right platform choices in appropriate context.
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NGDT 560 - Internet of Money and Future of Blockchains
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: NGDT 520 and NGDT 525
Description: Blockchain is a fundamental disruption in the history of ledger technology, and it will deeply impact the future of all ledger-centric institutions such as central banks, commercial banks, companies and exchanges, as well as the currencies and assets that are transacted and traded inside them. Since peer-to-peer settlement would always be efficient, cost-effective and risk-free as compared to third-party settlement, the future of money and value will be different from what it is now. This course explores how the new consensus mechanisms will emerge for exchanging value across borders, assets, and economic sectors, as well as the new avenues offered by AI and how blockchain can magnify its impact. This course is a bridge between what is present and what could be the future trends. It offers not only a meta-narrative of this potential change, but also elaborates on the new change agents and their strategies. Topics include design of the business models for decentralization and scale, convergence of AI and blockchain, and design of projections-centric studies for blockchain systems.
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NGDT 585 - Principles of Software Architectural Patterns
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: A bachelor’s degree in a related field with professional work experience in the field.
Description: This course serves as a catalog of commonly used design patterns, prominent and dominant software patterns, and their applications. The course is divided into three modules. First, Software Architecture Patterns covers the various architectural patterns of object-oriented, component-based, client server, and cloud architecture. The need for software patterns is described. The various architectural patterns are listed and explained in detail in order to convey the what, where, why and how of architectural patterns. Second, Enterprise Integration Patterns cover enterprise application integration patterns and how they are designed. Patterns of service-oriented architecture (SOA), event driven architecture (EDA), resource-oriented architecture (ROA), big data analysis architecture, and microservice architecture (MSA) will be carefully studied. Finally, Patterns for Containerized and Highly Reliable Applications covers advanced topics such as Docker containers, high-performance, and reliable application architectures. Key takeaways include understanding what architectures are, why they are used, and how and where architecture design and integration patterns are being leveraged to build bigger and better systems. Cross-listed with CISC 585.
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NGDT 699 - Applied Project in Disruptive Technologies
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: GRAD 695 and permission of instructor
Description: This course allows the student to pursue an area of interest that is within the broad scope of Next Generation Disruptive Technologies. A faculty member supervises this study.
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NURS 510 - Foundational Concepts for Master Prepared Nurses
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program
Description: This course is the first course in the core curriculum for Master of Science in nursing. It provides an overview of the theory in advanced nursing to prepare the graduate with a broad knowledge and practice expertise that builds and expands upon their entry-level nursing practice. The student is expected to have a deeper understanding of the discipline of nursing to engage an advanced level of nursing practice and leadership in a variety of settings with the commitment to the lifelong learning philosophy.
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NURS 515 - Quality and Safety
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: B or higher in NURS 510
Description: This course will introduce the student to the quality and process improvement methodologies within different healthcare settings. The student is expected to have a deeper understanding of nursing’s role in quality and processes improvement. The student delves into the foundations of quality and process improvement practice through different standpoints, histories, frames of reference and interpretations of different views of the best practices.
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NURS 520 - Healthcare Policy
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program
Description: This course builds upon the student’s current knowledge in healthcare policy and advocacy. This course will discuss theories and perspectives of the nursing Framework to support Population, communities, individuals to improve health outcomes. The student draws on the policy and advocacy science literature; the course will present students with overviews of theories of information, action, sociality, conflict, and interaction within traditional and digital environments. Through readings and examples, the course includes attention to sociotechnical theories around communities of practice, online communities, social media, and enterprise knowledge management. This seminar course offers the student a better understanding of the advanced practice nurse responsibility in healthcare policy and advocacy.
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NURS 540 - Advanced Research Methods and Evidenced-Based Practices
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program
Description: This course builds upon the nurse’s knowledge of research theories and methods and evidence-based practices. This course has some strong focus and data analytics and evaluation. Throughout readings, case studies and the application of data the student will have practical experience evaluating evidence-based solutions to improve the health outcomes of an individual or population.
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NURS 550 - Advanced Pathophysiology/Pharmacology and Health Assessment
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program
Description: This course builds upon the nurse’s knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathology in the disease process, pharmacology, and health assessment associated with the human body systems. This course is an integrated approach to health assessment.
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NURS 605 - Foundations for the Clinical Nurse Leader I
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program with the Clinical Nurse Leader Concentration
Description: This course provides a foundation for the implementation of the clinical nurse leader role. The student focuses on the role and its contribution to improve patient outcomes, ensure quality care and reduce health care cost. Concepts, theories, and issues related to nursing leadership and care environment management are investigated in depth. End of program competencies for the Clinical Nurse Leader role will be discussed.
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NURS 610 - Foundations for Clinical Nurse Leader II
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: NURS 605
Description: The student applies elements of the CL curriculum with a select cohort of clients. This course facilitates the development of skills for advocacy and leadership in a microsystem to promote positive change in a healthcare delivery system while putting best practices into action. This course will include assignments that will fulfill 25 hours of non-preceptee hours that is a part of the total clinical hours needed to fulfill program requirements.
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NURS 620 - Theoretical Foundation in Nursing Education
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Completion of all MSN Core Courses and B or higher in NURS 510
Description: This course prepares the prospective nurse educator with the foundational principles necessary for teaching in various settings: classroom, clinical, and college laboratories, and health care agencies.
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NURS 625 - Curriculum Development
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Completion of all MSN Core Courses
Description: The purpose of this course is to offer the student applications in nursing curriculum design, including the development of a teaching/ learning philosophy, mission statement, programmatic goals, learning objectives, teaching plans, and individual courses.
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NURS 630 - Epidemiology in Action: Tracking Health & Disease
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program with the Clinical Nurse Leader Concentration
Description: The student will apply principles of epidemiology using public health and population health theories using data and other variables to determine the best possible clinical or population outcomes. This course includes assignments that will fulfill 25 hours of non-preceptee hours that is a part of the total hours needed to fulfill program requirements.
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NURS 635 - Clinical Nurse Leader Evaluation of Health Outcomes
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program with the Clinical Nurse Leader Concentration
Description: The student will use quality improvement and process evaluation techniques to track and evaluate health outcomes to ensure the best possible clinical or population outcomes. This course will include assignments that will fulfill 25 hours of non-preceptee hours that is a part of the total clinical hours needed to fulfill program requirements.
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NURS 640 - Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Teaching Models
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Science in Nursing Program
Description: This course provides an overview of teaching methods utilized in nursing education to support the student learning in clinical, didactic and online learning environments. The student examines various teaching/learning technologies, including simulation, and integrate these technologies with select teaching methods in the design of coursework to support learning.
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NURS 645 - Assessment and Evaluation in Education
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Completion of all MSN Core Courses
Description: This course explores the theories, principles, and practices that underpin the measurement and evaluation of educational settings and programs. This course includes content on approaches to giving feedback, test construction, and psychometric evaluation, development, and grading of written assignments, evaluation of clinical performance and self-evaluation for personal teaching effectiveness.
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NURS 695 - Nursing Practicum I
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Completion of all MSN Core Courses
Description: This experiential course synthesizes the key concepts of the program extending and applying these concepts to real-life practical problems or research investigation.
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NURS 699 - Nursing Practicum II
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: NURS 695
Description: This course is a continuation of the experiential component. The course synthesizes the key concepts of the program extending and applying these concepts to real-life practical problems or research investigation.
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Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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PHAR 520 - Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: A Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science
Description: This course introduces students to the principal factors that can impact absorption, distribution, and elimination of drugs in the body. Specifically, mathematical approaches to characterizing pharmacokinetics (PK), the study of factors influencing drug concentrations in the body, and pharmacodynamics (PD), the study of the physiologic action of drugs in the body, are discussed with an emphasis on small molecule and protein therapeutics. The clinical and non-clinical applications of PK and PD will be discussed. Students will participate in simulations of real-world pharmacokinetic monitoring of various drugs used clinically to treat infections, control seizures, and suppress arrythmias.
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PHAR 525 - Drug Transport
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: A Bachelor of Science degree in Life Science
Description: This course covers multiple aspects of drug transport, from simple diffusion to protein-mediated active transport of drugs and other xenobiotics. Specific transporters will be discussed in the context of clinical and pre-clinical effects on drug disposition. Distribution, substrates, and mechanisms of relevant drug transporters will be discussed, as well as how they can mediate potentially toxic effects of drugs.
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PHAR 540 - Drug Metabolism
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PHAR 520
Description: This course focuses on multiple aspects of drug metabolism. Specific content includes instruction on phase 1 and phase 2 drug metabolism. While the majority of the course will involve examining hepatic drug metabolism and extrahepatic metabolic pathways, drug metabolism in preclinical drug development will also be covered. This course will also expose students to the role drug metabolism plays in potentially toxic drug effects and interactions.
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PHAR 690 - Ethics and Trends in Pharmaceutical Science
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: To be taken in second year of Pharmaceutical Sciences program
Description: Ethics and Trends in Pharmaceutical Science presents current challenges, trends, and controversies concerning pharmaceutical science. Lectures are generally composed of presenting current (within the calendar year) articles from around the world that introduce a topic of interest. Such topics may include industry news, education trends, and regulatory controversies.
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PHAR 699 - Applied Project in PHAR
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: GRAD 695 and permission of instructor
Description: This course allows the student to pursue an area of interest that is within the broad scope of Pharmaceutical Science. A faculty member will supervise this study.
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PMGT 510 - Principles of Project Management
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course introduces the student to project management knowledge areas and processes used by project managers to successfully deliver their project on time, within budget and to the expectations of project stakeholders. The student works on real-world examples, problems and case studies as individuals in groups. An emphasis is placed on hard and soft skills, and the tools and techniques used by project managers to initiate, plan, execute, monitor/control, and successfully close projects in typical project environments associated with waterfall and agile methodologies.
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PMGT 515 - Business and Requirements Analysis Fundamentals
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is designed to familiarize the student with common tasks performed by business analysis during the project lifecycle to increase the chances of project success and customer satisfaction. Through the use of real life project examples, the student gains expertise in planning the requirements activity and eliciting, writing, prioritizing, validating and managing customer requirements for IT and other types of projects.
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PMGT 530 - Procurement, Contracts, and Risk Management
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PMGT 510
Description: The student achieves expertise in managing project risks and conducting project procurement that will help them succeed in the workplace. Through the use of real life project examples and scenarios, the student is shown how to reduce negative risk exposure in projects by using effective risk management practices. The student is also shown how to plan a procurement, understand different procurement methods and types of contacts, find a vendor and write a Request for Proposal to apply these concepts to actual projects.
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PMGT 540 - Planning and Executing Projects
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PMGT 510
Description: This course uses Microsoft Project software to schedule and control projects. The student is introduced to, and practices with, the most widely-used project management software system available. Functions, monitoring alternative usages and maintaining data are developed as the student builds a project from the ground up. This is a comprehensive, semester-long project budgeting, scheduling and control course where practiced theory is the platform for learning.
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PMGT 550 - Quality Management and Continuous Improvement
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: The student will be introduced to how quality improvement techniques and quality management can be used to support organizational initiatives such as projects and operations. This includes quality planning, quality assurance and quality control. Statistical topics will also be discussed and linked to the Lean Six Sigma methodology to improve quality, productivity, and the competitive position. This course will also cover the relationship and overlap of project management and quality management using standards from the Project Management Institute and the International Standards Organization.
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PMGT 570 - Agile Project Management with Scrum Methodology
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course provides to the student the features, benefits, and practices of using Agile Project Management with Scrum Methodology and that this approach differs from traditional project management at the project level and enterprise level.
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PMGT 572 - Agile Scrum Applied Projects
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PMGT 570
Description: This course provides the student with hands on experiential learning using Agile Scrum as a member of a team. The team develops a vision statement and user stories for a real application. The team then implements the product that is specified using Agile Scrum Framework and all the standard Agile Scrum ceremonies such as Product Backlog, Sprints, Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives. Team members play the actual roles of Product Owner, ScrumMaster, Developers, Testers, etc. The course produces an actual working viable product that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. The team consists of a mix of graduate students from Project Management, ISEM, Computer Science, Analytics, and Learning Technologies.
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PMGT 573 - Scaling Agile for the Enterprise
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PMGT 570
Description: This course provides the student with a solid foundation of agile frameworks that have been scaled to the enterprise synchronizing alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large numbers of teams. One of the more popular enterprise agile frameworks called the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) will be studied and analyzed. This framework has been a proven framework for enterprises applying integrated principles and practices for Lean, Agile, Systems Thinking, and DevOps. In addition to SAFe, the course provides the student with an overview of other popular frameworks for scaling the enterprise, such as: The Disciplined Agile (DA), the Large-Scaled Scrum (LeSS), Nexus, Scrum@Scale, and Scrum of Scrum (SoS).
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PMGT 574 - Agile Lean Product Development
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This level course provides the student with key strategies in agile lean product development that will help the student streamline new product development processes that will decrease time-to-market, reduce waste, enhance product quality, and fully integrate new product designs into a lean production environment. This course uses principles rooted in the iconic Toyota Production system.
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PMGT 576 - Agile Lean Transformational Leadership
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PMGT 570 and PMGT 574
Description: This course provides the student with innovative practices that need to be followed in order to transform a company or organization form a traditional waterfall mindset to more of an Agile Lean mindset and culture. Agile Lean Change management (not the typical change management talked about in project management relative to scope, budget, etc.) and Lean IT are two methods that are being used successfully in the industry to move organizations from a more traditional mindset to Agile. Both methods rely significantly on the leaders in the organizations to facilitate the change. In conjunction with this course, the student learns the responsibilities and techniques of the Agile Coach role, which has become a key role in the industry to facilitate change. The student studies change resistance, change adoption, change planning tools, transformation frameworks, and methods for leading change from any level in an organization.
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PMGT 580 - Project Management Offices
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PMGT 540 , PMGT 530
Description: This course provides the student an overview of the types of Project Management Office (PMO) structures, the key elements of each, and the key aspects of how to initiate and sustain a business-centered and value-driven PMO.
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PMGT 697 - PMP/CAPM Exam Preparation
(0 semester hours)
Prerequisites: PMGT 510 and PMI membership
Description: This course exposes the student and the practicing project manager to the Project Management Body of Knowledge processes and standards, which prepares the student to take the PMP or CAPM certification exam. The student must take the PMP or CAPM exam and submit proof of a successful exam score. Upon completion of the six project management courses, the student has one year to take the PMP exam or take PMGT 697 and take the PMP exam.
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PMGT 699 - Applied Project in Project Management
(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: GRAD 695 and permission of instructor
Description: This course allows the student to pursue an area of interest that is within the broad scope of project management. A faculty member supervises this study.
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