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2017-2018 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  Sep 24, 2024
 
2017-2018 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    MUSC 713 - Advanced Jazz Theory

    Credits: 3

    Harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and structural concepts related to advanced jazz improvisation and composition. In-depth analysis of selected improvisations of artists and contemporary jazz styles.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 714 - Advanced Jazz Arranging

    Credits: 3

    Advanced orchestration, compositional development, cross-ensemble writing, extended forms, expanded harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary in the various contemporary jazz styles.

    Prerequisites: MUSC 520 or equivalent

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 715 - Analysis and Performance

    Credits: 3

    Performance and interpretive considerations through the study of music on a technical basis. Observations of unity/variety and tension/repose, the interaction of music’s materials, and the sources for growth and shape.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 716 - Composition

    Credits: 1-3

    Original composition. May be repeated for credit.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 717 - Advanced Orchestration

    Credits: 3

    Advanced orchestral arranging and score study, principles or score identification, and historical survey of orchestration practices and styles.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 718 - Band Arranging

    Credits: 3

    Characteristics and use of individual instruments; writing for separate choirs, chamber and solo writing; scoring piano, organ, and orchestra music for band.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 719 - Choral Arranging

    Credits: 3

    Practice in arranging and composing in the choral medium with emphasis on choral groups of the junior and senior high schools.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 720 - Pedagogy of Music Theory

    Credits: 3

    Concepts, techniques, and materials for teaching music theory.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 722 - Symphonic Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Analysis of orchestral music from the 17th to the 20th centuries with respect to form, tonal language, and orchestration.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 723 - Baroque Styles

    Credits: 3

    Baroque styles, forms, and performance practices.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 724 - Contemporary Styles I

    Credits: 3

    A study of the techniques of 20th-century composition through writing in individual styles. The first semester (MUSC 724) is concerned with composers such as Bartok, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 725 - Contemporary Styles II

    Credits: 3

    MUSC 725 concentrates on more recent music.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 726 - Topics in Music Theory

    Credits: 3

    Analytical techniques, advanced orchestration, arranging for the marching band, or other selected topics. May be repeated as topic varies.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 727 - Schenkerian Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Study of analytical concepts developed by Heinrich Schenker, and their application to analysis of tonal music.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 728 - Score Reading

    Credits: 1-3

    Practice in reducing full scores at the piano. Repeatable for a maximum of nine credit hours.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 729 - Contrapuntal Techniques

    Credits: 3

    Contrapuntal procedures from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 730 - Polyphonic Music Before 1600

    Credits: 3

    Notation and theory of pre-tonal polyphonic music.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 731 - Contemporary Experimental Music

    Credits: 3

    Survey of iconoclastic and visionary contemporary composers whose music and ideas fall mostly outside mainstream classical and popular genres.

    Note: Enrollment Restrictions: graduate music students

  
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    MUSC 733 - Advanced Conducting

    Credits: 3

    Study of conducting problems in selected choral or instrumental works. A-choral; B-instrumental.

    Prerequisites: One year of study in conducting or approval of instructor

    Subdiscipline: Music (Conducting)

  
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    MUSC 734 - Ensemble

    Credits: 0-1

    Experience in a musical ensemble such as orchestra, graduate chorus, or jazz. Repeatable for credit. Suffixes: B-Wind Ensemble, C-Graduate Vocal Ensemble, D-Percussion, E-Left Bank Jazz, L-Guitar, S-Symphony Orchestra, T-Concert Choir, V-Chamber Orchestra.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Musical Organizations)

  
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    MUSC 735 - Chamber Music

    Credits: 0-1

    Experience in a small musical ensemble such as a string quartet or woodwind quintet. Repeatable for credit. Suffixes: A-woodwinds; B-brass; C-contemporary music; D-percussion; I-strings; J-jazz combo; P-piano; R-accompanying.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Musical Organizations)

  
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    MUSC 736 - Conductors Institute

    Credits: 1-3

    Practicum in conducting and literature. Limited to participants in the Conductors Institute.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Conducting)

  
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    MUSC 737 - Advanced Projects in Computer Music

    Credits: 1-4

    Advanced computer-music research or computer-generated tape composition.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 740 - Music Literature

    Credits: 1-3

    Study of the literature of a specific performance area. Repeatable for credit.

    Note: 6 hrs max

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 743 - Seminar in Music History

    Credits: 3

    For graduate students in music and music education. Methods of historical research, and problems of aesthetics and criticism.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 744 - Topics in Music History

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics such as: French music in the 19th century, Richard Wagner, and mensural notation. May be repeated as the topic varies.

    Note: 12 hrs max

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 746 - Choral Literature

    Credits: 3

    Choral literature from the Renaissance to the present. Study of smaller forms in the context of composers’ contributions to the literature.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 747 - Advanced Music Research

    Credits: 2

    Development of advanced music research skills. Preparation for writing graduate research projects.

    Prerequisites: MUSC 707

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 748 - Major Choral Works

    Credits: 3

    A survey of major oratorios, cantatas, and masses.

  
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    MUSC 754 - Ancient, Oriental, and Western Medieval Music

    Credits: 3

    Practices and theories of music in ancient high civilizations. Oriental, Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian music, up to ca. AD 1300.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 755 - Renaissance Music

    Credits: 3

    Music from 1400 to 1600, including an introductory study on polyphonic styles of the later Medieval period; evolution of musical styles within the context of Renaissance Western European culture.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 756 - Music of the Baroque

    Credits: 3

    Music from 1600 to 1750 including representative composers from Monteverdi’s generation through Bach and Handel.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 757 - Music of the Classical Period

    Credits: 3

    The works of Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and their contemporaries; formation of the “Viennese” Classical idiom and its most important forms and genres.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 758 - Romantic Music

    Credits: 3

    The music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the relationship of music to other arts; works from Schubert and Rossini to Mahler, Strauss, and Debussy.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 759 - Music Since 1900

    Credits: 3

    Music from the early twentieth century to the present; major trends in contemporary music.

    Subdiscipline: Music (History and Literature)

  
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    MUSC 766 - Topics in Church Music

    Credits: 1-3

    Selected topics such as hymnology, church-choir literature and techniques, and church-music administration. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours as topic varies.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 767 - Pedagogy of Group Piano

    Credits: 3

    Methodology and survey of materials for beginning through intermediate piano study in groups.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 769 - Advanced Piano Accompanying

    Credits: 3

    Continuation of MUSC 569. Approaches to specific problems in vocal and instrumental accompanying; supervised accompanying in class.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 770 - Suzuki String Pedagogy I

    Credits: 3

    An examination of Shin’ichi Suzuki’s philosphy and approach to Talent Education, parent education, studies, and the literature and techniques in Suzuki Violin books 1 and 2. Congruent with Suzuki Association of the Americas guidelines.

  
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    MUSC 771 - Suzuki String Pedagogy II

    Credits: 3

    An examination of the teaching points in Suzuki Violin books 3 and 4, including scales, arpeggios, etudes, and other supplementary material. Congruent with Suzuki Association of the Americas guidelines.

  
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    MUSC 773 - Seminar in Performance Pedagogy I

    Credits: 3

    Problems in piano pedagogy at the advanced level and directed teaching.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 774 - Seminar in Performance Pedagogy II

    Credits: 3

    Problems in piano pedagogy at the advanced level and directed teaching.

    Note: MUSC 774 may be repeated for a total of 9 credit hours.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 775 - Topics in Piano Pedagogy and Literature

    Credits: 3

    For pianists only. Topics such as: Mozart sonatas, Beethoven sonatas, piano music of Debussy. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.

    Note: 12 hrs max

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 776 - Special Topics in Piano Pedagogy

    Credits: 3

    Content varies by suffix and title. May be repeated as topic varies.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 777 - Advanced Vocal Pedagogy

    Credits: 3

    Advanced study of the anatomy and function of the singing voice with application to the diagnosis and correctio of problems in singing.

    Prerequisites: MUSC 577 or consent of instructor

  
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    MUSC 778 - Advanced Diction

    Credits: 2

    Pronunciation, placement, and rhythm of Italian, French, and German.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 780 - Opera Theater

    Credits: 1

    Study of selected operatic characters from a historical, psychological, and physical perspective.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 781 - Role Preparation

    Credits: 1

    Study of operatic role(s), with attention given to rhythmic accuracy, style, language/diction, translations, and interpretation.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 782 - Opera Production

    Credits: 1

    Supervised preparation and production of an opera.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 783 - College Music Teaching

    Credits: 3

    Trends in higher education, responsibilities of college teachers, strategies for effective teaching, the academic job search, and tenure and promotion processes.

  
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    MUSC 784 - Suzuki Practicum I

    Credits: 1

    Practical application of the teaching points in Suzuki Violin books 1 and 2. Includes observations of lessons and supervised teaching.

  
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    MUSC 785 - Suzuki Practicum II

    Credits: 1

    Practical application of the teaching points in Suzuki Violin books 3 and 4. Includes observations of lessons and supervised teaching.

  
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    MUSC 786 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation

    Credits: 3

    Applications of harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic concepts for the advanced jazz improvisation student. Exploration of different jazz improvisation areas such as “free,” avant-garde, polytonal, and serial.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 787 - Special Topics in Music

    Credits: 1-3

    Content varies by title. May be repeated for credit as topics vary for a total of 12 credits.

    Note: Restricted to: music graduate students, school 385

  
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    MUSC 790 - Composition Recital

    Credits: 1

    Presentation of the student composer’s work in a suitable professional setting. (Pass-Fail grading)

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 793 - Opera Role

    Credits: 1

    Public performance of a major opera role. (Pass-Fail grading)

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 794 - Concerto Recital

    Credits: 1

    Public performance of a major concerto with orchestra or appropriate ensemble.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 795 - Chamber Recital

    Credits: 1

    Performances of a public recital of chamber music.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 796 - Solo Recital

    Credits: 1

    Performance of a public recital in the student’s performance area.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-3

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 801 - Advanced Performance Pedagogy

    Credits: 2

    Applied music teaching at the college level. Observation in two or more studios. Teaching experience on an individual basis under the direction of applied faculty members. Repeatable for maximum of four credits.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 811 - Doctoral Applied Music

    Credits: 1-4

    Repeatable for credit.

    Note: Courses consist of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. A-flute/piccolo; B-oboe/English horn; C-clarinet; D-bassoon; E-saxophone; F-French horn; G-trumpet; H-trombone; I-euphonium; J-tuba; K-percussion; L-harpsichord; N-classic guitar; O-organ; P-piano; R-violin; S-viola; T-violoncello; U-double bass; V-voice; W-service playing; Y-conducting; Z-jazz.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Applied Music)

  
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    MUSC 816 - Composition

    Credits: 1-3

    Original composition. May be repeated for credit.

    Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composition)

  
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    MUSC 890 - Composition Recital

    Credits: 1

    Presentation of predissertation doctoral compositions in a professional setting.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 891 - Recital Preparation

    Credits: 1-3

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 892 - Lecture Recital

    Credits: 1-3

    Public presentation of a lecture recital.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 893 - Opera/Oratorio Role

    Credits: 1

    Public performance of a major opera or oratorio role.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 894 - Concerto Recital

    Credits: 1

    Public performance of a major concerto with orchestra or appropriate ensemble.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 895 - Chamber Recital

    Credits: 1

    Performance of a public recital of chamber music.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 896 - Solo Recital

    Credits: 1

    Performance of a public recital in the student’s primary performance area.

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 897 - Document Preparation

    Credits: 1-2

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 898 - Treatise Preparation

    Credits: 1-6

    Note: Pass-Fail grading

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSC 899 - Dissertation Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

    Subdiscipline: Music (Miscellaneous)

  
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    MUSM 700 - Administration and Management of Museums

    Credits: 3

    The history and purpose of museums are examined. The basic management functions of museums and related cultural properties are considered.

  
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    MUSM 701 - Exhibition Development

    Credits: 3

    Exhibition planning: research, writing, design, budgeting.

  
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    MUSM 702 - Museum Internship

    Credits: 6

    This course is an internship in an AAM accredited museum. Students work under supervision in a museum setting.

    Prerequisites: COLA 700 and 701

  
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    MUSM 703 - Museum Management: Independent Study

    Credits: 3

    Independent study in museum practices.

    Prerequisites: COLA 700 and 701

  
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    MUSM 704 - Collecting, Collections Management, and Curatorial Practice

    Credits: 3

    Professional practice in collections management and care. Legal requirements and ethics of museum collecting. Curatorial collecting strategies and research.

  
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    NPSY 755 - Fundamentals of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

    Credits: 3

    Overview of current community-centered approaches to rehabilitation of persons with severe long-term mental illness. Emphasis placed on community-living problems, such as housing, social adjustment, supportive services, and employment.

  
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    NPSY 756 - Vocational Implications of Psychiatric Disability

    Credits: 3

    Further exploration of methodologies and techniques for reintegrating individuals with severe mental illness into the workplace.

    Prerequisites: NPSY 755

  
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    NPSY 757 - Psychopathology for Counselors

    Credits: 3

    Theoretical background for understanding causes, symptomatology, and preferred treatment approaches for disorders identified in DSM-IV, the standard reference of the American Psychiatric Association. Prepares students to diagnose and treat mental health conditions.

  
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    NPSY 758 - Classification and Assessment of Mental Disorders

    Credits: 3

    Classification of mental disorders using the DSM-V, standard reference of the American Psychiatric Association, and the interpretation of formalized evaluations and appraisal techniques in achieving differential diagnoses.

    Prerequisites: NPSY 757

  
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    NPSY 760 - Addictions Rehabilitation

    Credits: 3

    Theory, treatment, and psychological aspects of addictions to alcohol and other drugs.

  
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    NPSY 761 - Dual Diagnosis

    Credits: 3

    Current research and models for rehabilitation of individuals with a substance abuse/dependency and other mental illness. Based on analyses of case studies.

    Prerequisites: NPSY 757 and NPSY 760

  
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    NPSY 763 - LGBT Issues Counseling and Rehabilitation

    Credits: 3

    Contemporary issues related to the provision of effective counseling and rehabilitation services with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered (LGBT) population. The focus will be on attaining a level of applied knowledge and awareness commensurate with master’s level professional practice.

  
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    NURS 504 - Emergency Preparedness: Implications for Health Care Professionals

    Credits: 3

    Principles of emergency preparedness with implications for health care at the local, regional, national, and global levels.

    Note: Open to Public Health, Nursing, and Pre-Med students.

  
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    NURS 505 - Caring for Limited English Proficient Patients

    Credits: 3

    Principles and policies for clinical practice with Limited English Proficient patients.

    Note: Restricted to College of Nursing students

  
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    NURS 506 - Special Topics in International Nursing

    Credits: 3

    Experiential field study to examine international nursing in another country.

    Prerequisites: NURS 312, has met University language requirements

    Note: Restricted to College of Nursing students

    Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of courses by suffix and title. May be repeated for credit.

  
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    NURS 534 - The Rural Interdisciplinary Practicum

    Credits: 1-6

    Students live and practice in a rural, interdisciplinary environment and participate in an organized community-based health care activity.

    Note: Restricted to College of Nursing students

    Contract approved by instructor and department chair is required for undergraduate students.

  
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    NURS 541 - Issues in Women’s Health

    Credits: 3

    An exploration of women’s health and health care concerns from multiple perspectives.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 541

  
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    NURS 553 - In-Service Education

    Credits: 3

    Organizing, developing, implementing, and evaluating the in-service education program.

    Note: Restricted to College of Nursing students

  
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    NURS 571 - Special Topics

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    NURS 700 - Theoretical and Conceptual Foundation for Nursing

    Credits: 3

    Concept development, model building, and theoretical formulation in nursing. Critical analysis of current theories of nursing, related nursing research, and selected theories from natural, behavioral, and applied health sciences.

  
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    NURS 701A - Precepted Clinical Practice (Clinical Leadership)

    Credits: 2

    Precepted clinical leadership and management of patient care in health care systems.

    Corequisite: NURS 734

    Prerequisites: NURS 414, 415

  
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    NURS 701B - Precepted Clinical Practice (Nursing in the Community)

    Credits: 2

    Precepted clinical practice related to the community as client; facilitation of the health of families and groups in the community through health promotion restoration; and support process.

    Corequisite: NURS 708

    Prerequisites: NURS 414, 415

  
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    NURS 702 - Pharmacologic Management of Pediatric, Adult, and Gerontological Patients Across the Healthcare Delivery Continuum

    Credits: 3

    Pharmacologic management of acute and chronic health problems of pediatric, adult and gerontological patients across the healthcare delivery continuum.

    Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

  
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    NURS 703 - Executive Leadership Development Cockcroft

    Credits: 4

    Intensive engagement in self-assessment of leadership ability and development of proven successful leadership strategies relevant to practice, academia and policy development in complex interdisciplinary healthcare systems.

    Note: Restricted to: Acceptance into the Amy C. Cockcroft Nursing Leadership Development program.

    Special Permission by Department

  
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    NURS 704 - Advanced Health Assessment

    Credits: 3

    Advanced theory and practice in critical thinking, physical assessment, diagnostic reasoning for clients across the life span to identify pathologic variations and initiate appropriate interventions. Didactic, lab, and field study.

  
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    NURS 705 - Acute Problems of Adults/Gerontology and Women’s Health in Primary Care

    Credits: 3

    Management of primary care to adult and gerontological clients across the delivery continuum who present with lifestyle bahaviors, reproductive practices, and acute health problems. Includes didactic and clinical practice.

    Prerequisites: NURS 704

    Note: Students who have not had advanced physical assessment within two years prior to taking this course must successfully vaiidate their skills.

  
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    NURS 706 - Primary Care Nursing of Children

    Credits: 3

    Clinical application of histories, physical examinations, and diagnostic algorithms in primary care of children with health problems. Developmental counseling of family members.

    Prerequisites: NURS 702 and NURS 704

    Note: Didactic and field study.

 

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