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UANAT 110B ES - Real World Science B
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
This is a course intended for non-science majors that explores the science behind real world issues and concerns. The second term of this course will focus on studying the interaction between human civilizations and earth and space systems. Topics will include natural disasters, climate change, sustainability, and space exploration. The course is integrated and interdisciplinary, and over the course of the two terms includes basic principles of natural sciences from astronomy, biology, chemistry, cosmology, geology, and physics.
Prerequisite(s): UANAT 110A .
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UANAT 179 - Independent Study-Nats
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Topics to be arranged.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor
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NEURO 400 3 - Special Topics in Neuroscience
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
This course will involve in-depth exploration of a topic in neuroscience. Students will read empirical literature within a particular body of research, and discuss the findings and implications in a seminar setting. The topic will be determined by the instructor and will differ based on the semester. Students will learn to critically analyze and discuss research within the broader context of current understanding in the field.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): PSY 445 /BIO 445 , neuroscience major or minor declaration and senior standing.
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NEURO 495 - Neuroscience Research Internship
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 6
This experiential learning course involves independent research and scientific inquiry in neuroscience. Each neuroscience major is required to complete a minimum of one internship credit (NEURO 495 OR NEURO 496 ) for graduation. Sixty hours in an internship setting is required for each internship credit. Students may work with individual faculty members on empirical research (2 semester, 4 credits recommended). A student may complete multiple internships but a maximum of six internship credits can be counted toward the neuroscience major. Students will contact the Lead faculty in neuroscience for information on research.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of lead faculty.
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NEURO 496 - Neuroscience Field Internship
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 6
This experiential learning course involves community or clinical work in neuroscience. Each neuroscience major is required to complete a minimum of one internship credit (NEURO 495 OR NEURO 496) for graduation. Sixty hours in an internship setting is required for each internship credit. Students may seek community placement for research or related clinical work. A student may complete multiple internships but a maximum of six internship credits can be counted toward the neuroscience major. Students will contact the Lead faculty in neuroscience for information on internships.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of lead faculty.
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ANRS 210 - Foundations of Professional Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nurses play a significant role in promoting health across the life span at the individual, group, and societal level. The knowledge and skills necessary to assess psychosocial and physical health status and facilitate the development of therapeutic and collaborating relationships are explored. Beginning exploration of the fundamentals of professional nursing practice, information management, and evidence-based practice are introduced.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-bacc Nursing program.
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ANRS 211 - Caring Nursing Assessment & Interv
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Clinical and laboratory application of basic concepts discussed in ANRS 210 . Emphasis is on assessment and health promotion. Interventions include comfort and safety, interviewing, basic concepts related to teaching/learning, and development of nurse/client relationships. Fundamentals of professionalism and the development of professional values are introduced.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 310 - Professional Nursing: Adult Health
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing content addressing the management of psychosocial and physiological care of hospitalized adults is discussed within a framework of acute illness. Integration of behavioral science, pathophysiology, and pharmacology into nursing care is emphasized.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 311 - Caring: Adult Health Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Clinical course focused on nursing care of adult clients in an acute care setting. The course is designed to further develop the necessary skills for baccalaureate generalist nursing practice including an introduction to patient safety, quality improvement, and information management. Continued development and application of professional practice standards are addressed.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 312 - Pharmacology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nurses play a significant role in assisting individuals and families in the pharmacological management of health and illness. This course includes a study of the major drug classes addressing the principles of evidence-based practice, which is necessary for understanding drug effects across the lifespan. Issues related to safety, cost, compliance, and therapeutic outcomes are emphasized.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 315 - Caring: Adult Health Nursing Lab
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Presents the knowledge of psychomotor skills, unique to professional nursing practice, used to meet the therapeutic, comfort, and safety needs of adult clients in a variety of settings. Beginning scholarship for evidence-based practice is addressed in the context of quality and safety measures. Skills are practiced and evaluated in the laboratory environment prior to application in the clinical setting.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 340 - Professional Nursing: Long Term ISS
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing content addressing the management of psychosocialspiritual and physiological care of adults and families is discussed within a framework of chronic illness management. Integration of behavioral science, pathopsychology, and pharmacology into nursing care is emphasized along with concepts related to wellness and health promotion while living a life with chronic illness.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 341 - Collaborative Practice - Long Term
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Managing nursing care with individuals and families experiencing complex, long-term health problems. Development of interprofessional team skills, collaborative planning, and leadership skills are emphasized.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 342 - Professional Nursing: Older Adult
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
The complex interaction of acute and chronic health conditions experienced by older adults is addressed within the context of health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration. Provision of holistic care is examined using principles of interdisciplinary team management.
Offered Winterim
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 390 - Research in Professional Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Introduction to methods of inquiry including interpretive and empirical approaches. Basic statistical measurements are studied in relation to understanding nursing research. Topics include critiquing nursing research, exploring application of research to practice, and identifying researchable problems and appropriate methodologies.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 410 - Prof Nrsng: Families in Transition
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing care with families experiencing transition such as pregnancy and parenting. Issues related to environmental context, political awareness, health care systems, family dynamics, children and adolescents, and women’s health are examined.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 411 - Caring: Families in Transition
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing Care with families, young children, adolescents, and women in a variety of settings. The major focus is on health promotion and health maintenance.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Post-Baccalaureate Nursing Program.
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ANRS 412 - Leadership within Hlthcare System
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course overviews the study of the health care system in the United States, including healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments. Leadership approaches to care management, systems leadership for improved client outcomes and effective use of resources are explored. Professional nursing roles, responsibilities, and issues in a rapidly changing sociopolitical environment are examined.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 440 - Adlt Hlth: Advanced Concepts
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Theory course addressing nursing care of adults in high acuity settings experiencing multisystem illnesses. Integration and application of biological sciences is emphasized to advance baccalaureate generalist nursing knowledge.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 460 - Prfssnl Nrsng: Hlth of Communities
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing concepts are integrated with those of public health science to promote the health of aggregates in the community. The role of nursing in affecting heath care policy, finance, and regulatory environments is examined.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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ANRS 461 23 - Nursing Care with Aggregates
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Clinical course addressing the nursing care of culturally diverse families, aggregates, and communities. Nursing skills in health assessment, education, and health promotion are extended to include groups in communities. Developing and maintaining community partnerships is emphasized.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program.
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NRS 210 I - Foundations of Professional Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nurses play a significant role in promoting health across the life span at the individual, group and societal level. The knowledge and skills necessary to assess psychosocial and physical health status and facilitate the development of therapeutic and collaborating relationships are explored. Beginning exploration of the fundamentals of professional nursing practice, information management and evidence-based practice are introduced.
Prerequisite(s): Admission into the nursing program; concurrent registration with: NRS 211 .
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NRS 211 KU - Caring: NRS Assessmnt & Intervention
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Clinical and laboratory application of basic concepts discussed in NRS 210 . Emphasis is on assessment and health promotion. Interventions include comfort and safety, interviewing, basic concepts related to teaching/learning and development of nurse/client relationships. Fundamentals of professionalism and the development of professional values are introduced.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite(s): admission into the nursing program.
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NRS 270 - Intl Service Learning in Cambodia
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
This course will help participants to become culturally competent, life-long learners, and active citizens in our global world. The clinical component will enhance assessment skills, cultural competency, and develop critical thinking. The education component will provide real life teaching experiences for students working with an underserved population in Cambodia. There is classroom instruction before travel and then post-travel activities and presentations. (F) Cross-listed GS 270
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits,
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NRS 270 2G - Intl Service Learning in Cambodia
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will help participants to become culturally competent, life-long learners, and active citizens in our global world. The clinical component will enhance assessment skills, cultural competency, and develop critical thinking. The education component will provide real life teaching experiences for students working with an underserved population in Cambodia. There is classroom instruction before travel and then post-travel activities and presentations.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent, open to second or third year students or sophomore and above transfers. Must register for GS 271 2G. The GS 270
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NRS 271 2G - Intl Service Learning in Cambodia
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
This course will help participants to become culturally competent, life-long learners, and active citizens in our global world. The clinical component will enhance assessment skills, cultural competency, and develop critical thinking. The education component will provide real life teaching experiences for students working with an underserved population in Cambodia. There is classroom instruction before travel and then post-travel activities and presentations. Cross-listed GS 271
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent; open to second or third year students or sophomore and above transfers.
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NRS 279 - Independent Study - Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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NRS 310 - Professional Nursing: Adult Health
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing content addressing the management of psychosocial and physiological care of hospitalized adults is discussed within a framework of acute illness. Integration of behavioral science, pathophysiology, and pharmacology into nursing care is emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 210 and NRS 211 ; Concurrent registration with: NRS 311 , [[permalink=610
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NRS 311 - Caring: Adult Health Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Clinical course focused on nursing care of adult clients in an acute care setting. The course is designed to further develop the necessary skills for baccalaureate generalist nursing practice including an introduction to patient safety, quality improvement, and information management. Continued development and application of professional practice standards are addressed.
Prerequisite(s): Course Authorization from the Nursing Department required; Concurrent registration with: NRS 310 , NRS 315 .
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NRS 312 - Pharmacology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Nurses play a significant role in assisting individuals and families in the pharmacological management of health and illness. This course includes a study of the major drug classes addressing the principles of evidence-based practice, which is necessary for understanding drug effects across the lifespan. Issues related to safety, cost, compliance, and therapeutic outcomes are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 210 and NRS 211 (or consent of instructor).
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NRS 315 - Caring: Adult Health Nursing Lab
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Presents the knowledge of psychomotor skills, unique to professional nursing practice, used to meet the therapeutic, physiologic, comfort, and safety needs of adult clients in a variety of settings. Beginning scholarship for evidence-based practice is addressed in the context of quality and safety measures. Skills are practiced and evaluated in the laboratory environment prior to application in the clinical setting.
Prerequisite(s): Course Authorization from the Nursing Department required; Concurrent registration with: NRS 310 , NRS 311 .
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NRS 340 - Prof Nursing: Long Term Issues
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing content addressing the management of psychosocial, spiritual and physiological care of adults and families is discussed within a framework of chronic illness management. Integration of behavioral science, pathophysiology, and pharmacology into nursing care is emphasized along with concepts related to wellness and health promotion while living a life with chronic illness.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 310 , NRS 311 , and NRS 315 ; Concurrent registration with: [[permalink=61
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NRS 341 - Collaborative Practice-Long Term
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Managing nursing care with individuals and families experiencing complex, long-term health problems. Development of inter-professional team skills, collaborative planning, and leadership skills are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): Course Authorization from the Nursing Department required; Concurrent registration with: NRS 340 and NRS 340 (PSY 345 must be completed prior or concurrently with this course).
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NRS 342 DQ - Professional Nursing Older Adult
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The complex interaction of acute and chronic health conditions experienced by older adults is addressed within the context of health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration. Multicultural and gender topics are examined in providing holistic care for older adults and their families.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 310 , NRS 311 , and NRS 315 .
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NRS 352 - Transcultural Nursing in St. Lucia
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
This course will provide a transcultural nursing experience through pre and post-immersion classroom instruction and an immersion field experience. Students will care for people in St. Lucia with non-communicable diseases. Prior to the immersion field experience, students will study St. Lucian history, economics, governance structures, political, environmental influences, cultural beliefs, and practices and their impact on health. During the immersion field experience, students will focus on both the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and the impact of health disparities and limited resources on human health and well-being. Students will work at St. Jude’s Hospital and Clinics, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia delivering care to adult patients. A goal of both the classroom and field experience is that students will demonstrate professionalism, cultural sensitivity, humility, and adaptability (Core Competencies of the University of WI Global Health Certificate program). Students will have the opportunity to respond to the “needs and opportunities of the world through study, engagement, and reflection” (COR 2 criteria). This course will promote cultural competence of student nurses through study, practice, and reflection. This course will blend student learning with community engagement overseas and the development of a more fluid society (Bambar, 2016) - see Syllabus for reference citations throughout this document.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits,
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NRS 352 2G - Transcultural Nursing in St. Lucia
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students receive G and COR 2 tags after completion of both NRS 352 and NRS 353 . Register for NRS 352 to begin sequence.
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or COR 199 and Sophomore standing, NRS 310 , NRS 311 , NRS 312 and/or c
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NRS 353 2G - Transcultural Nursing in St. Lucia
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will provide a transcultural nursing experience through pre and post-immersion classroom instruction and an immersion field experience. Students will care for people in St. Lucia with non-communicable diseases. Prior to the immersion field experience, students will study St. Lucian history, economics, governance structures, political, environmental influences, cultural beliefs, and practices and their impact on health. During the immersion field experience, students will focus on both the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and the impact of health disparities and limited resources on human health and well-being. Students will work at St. Jude’s Hospital and Clinics, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia delivering care to adult patients. A goal of both the classroom and field experience is that students will demonstrate professionalism, cultural sensitivity, humility, and adaptability (Core Competencies of the University of WI Global Health Certificate program). Students will have the opportunity to respond to the “needs and opportunities of the world through study, engagement, and reflection” (COR 2 criteria). This course will promote cultural competence of student nurses through study, practice, and reflection. This course will blend student learning with community engagement overseas and the development of a more fluid society (Bambar, 2016) - see Syllabus for reference citations throughout this document.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits,
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NRS 390 - Resrch & Evidnc Based Pract in NRS
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course is designed to introduce the topic of research and evidence-based practice. The main focus of this course is on the iterative process of identifying practice questions; searching, appraising, and synthesizing relevant evidence; planning and implementing practice changes; evaluating outcomes; and identifying potential areas for further improvement. Processes for leading and managing change, and ethical issues are also explored.
Prerequisite(s): [[permalink=611|tooltip:{‘title’:1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]], NRS 311 , and NRS 315 ; Concurrent registration with: [[permalink=61
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NRS 391 - Field Study
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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NRS 398 2 - Joining Forces to Care for Veterans
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course will prepare students to better care for the Veteran population by understanding the unique healthcare needs of this population by providing experiences with Veterans, and to prepare students to better care for the population through exposure to ethical, sociopolitical, health and culture elements. Health topics may include family dynamics, access to care, homelessness, chemical exposure, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, substance abuse, older adults, and end-of-life care specific to Veterans. Practicum/volunteer hours in addition to in-class time are required. Travel as a group to Washington D.C. at the end of the semester, visiting with veterans, memorials, meeting with the Chief Nursing Officer at Walter Reid Memorial Hospital; or to Denver, Colorado assisting at the Wounded Warrior wheelchair games; or involvement with Badger Honor Flight. There will be opportunities to fundraise for some trip costs and toward donation of a wreath to be placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or toward Badger Honor Flight.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or [[permalink=355|tooltip:{‘title’:1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]] in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits,
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NRS 410 - Prof Nursing:Families in Transition
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing care with families experiencing transition such as pregnancy and parenting. Issues related to environmental contexts, political awareness, health care systems, family dynamics, children and adolescents, and women’s health are examined.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 340 , NRS 341 , and NRS 390 ; Concurrent registration with: [[permalink=62
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NRS 411 - Caring: Families in Transition
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing Care with families, young children, adolescents, and women in a variety of settings. The major focus is on health promotion and health maintenance.
Prerequisite(s): Course Authorization from the Nursing Department required.
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NRS 412 X - Ldrshp Within the Healthcare System
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course overviews the study of the health care system in the United States, including healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments. Leadership approaches to care management, systems leadership for improved client outcomes and effective use of resources are explored. Professional nursing roles, responsibilities, and issues in a rapidly changing sociopolitical environment are examined.
Prerequisite(s): [[permalink=614|tooltip:{‘title’:1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]], NRS 341 , and NRS 390 ; Concurrent registration with: [[permalink=62
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NRS 430 - Holistic Approaches to Healing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course examines the relationship of the body, mind, and spirit within the field of health, healing, and nursing. A variety of complementary therapies will be discussed and demonstrated including conscious breathing, meditation, body-centered therapy, guided imagery, therapeutic massage, homeopathy, Chinese medicine, movement therapy, energy medicine, and therapeutic nutrition. Course is open to non-nursing majors.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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NRS 435 - Coping and Stress in Modern Life
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course explores original theories and empirical evidence related to the causes and wide range effect of stress. It explores effective coping styles and strategies to manage stress and distress in modern life. The course consists of three components: theory, self-assessment, and stress reduction. Several models of stress reduction will be explored, examined and experienced including elements of positive psychology. Stress related chronic illness will be explored and discussed with an eye toward prevention.
Prerequisite(s): [[permalink=79|tooltip:{‘title’:1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]].
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NRS 440 - Adult Hlth: Adv Conc in Acute Care
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Theory course addressing nursing care of adults in high acuity settings experiencing multisystem illnesses. Integration and application of biological sciences is emphasized to advance baccalaureate generalist nursing knowledge.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 410 , NRS 411 , and NRS 412 ; Concurrent registration with: [[permalink=62
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NRS 460 - Prof Nursing:Health of Communities
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Nursing concepts are integrated with those of public health science to promote the health of aggregates in the community. The role of nursing in affecting health care policy, finance, and regulatory environments is examined.
Prerequisite(s): [[permalink=624|tooltip:{‘title’:1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]], NRS 411 , and NRS 412 ; Concurrent registration with: [[permalink=62
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NRS 461 3 - Nursing Care With Aggregates
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A senior-level clinical course focused on the practice of public health nursing which also has social justice as its foundation. Students are placed in a variety of community-based settings such as county public health clinics, the Ho-Chunk nation, schools, parish nursing programs, and other community-based programs. Students have a variety of opportunities for community engagement, such as making home visits, developing community-focused and community-informed health education projects, and working in partnership with the public health nurses to develop health focused community coalitions. Students also participate in a weekly seminar focused on specific public health issues.
Prerequisite(s): Course Authorization from the Nursing Department required.
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NRS 470 - Strategies for Success
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Clinical course addressing the nursing care of culturally diverse families, aggregates, and communities. Nursing skills in health assessment, education, and health promotion are extended to include groups in communities. Developing and maintaining community partnerships is emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): [[permalink=624|tooltip:{‘title’:1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]], NRS 411 , and NRS 412 ; Concurrent registration with: [[permalink=62
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NRS 479 - Independent Study - Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Course that focuses on the analysis and synthesis of emerging topics, trends, and/or technology in nursing and healthcare.Course may be repeated to a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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NRS 480 - Topics in Nursing and Healthcare
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course focuses on a variety of emerging topics in Nursing and Healthcare. Exploration of specific nursing topics will offer opportunities for comprehensive in-depth analysis and synthesis of content. This course may be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.
Prerequisite(s): [[permalink=614|tooltip:{‘title’:1}]]%prefix% %code%[[/permalink]], NRS 341 , NRS 390 , or consent of the instructor
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NRS 600 - Clncl Preventn: Assessmt & Planning
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study of program planning processes for high risk and underserved aggregates. Methods of population-focused health assessment are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSN program or DNP program.
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NRS 612 - Th Found Role Dev NRS Lead
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Introductory course leading to the preparation of professional nurses to assume leadership roles in a variety of health care settings. Content areas include Principles of Leadership, Quality Improvement and Safety, Health Policy and Advocacy, and Organizational Systems Leadership.
Offered Fall, Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSN program or DNP program.
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NRS 615 - Healthcare Financing & Reg Environ
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study of the financing, accounting and management of the US health care system. Regulations and reimbursement, accounting principles, analysis of financial statements, cost analysis, staffing, and budgeting are examined. Cross-listed BUS 784
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NRS 625 - Healthcare Systems & Policy
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study of organization and financing of health care. Students examine the impact of policies as they influence quality and cost effectiveness of health care.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSN program or DNP program.
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NRS 635 - Foundations of the Healthcare Systm
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study of the management of comprehensive nursing systems within a collaborative, inter-professional environment. Health services delivery, informatics, and quality improvement systems are examined.
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NRS 640 - Curriculum & Instruction in Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Examination of the philosophical and historical influences in nursing education within a contemporary context for curricula development. Pedagogical frameworks for designing and implementing instructional experiences are used to develop curricular objectives, select and organize content, and plan program evaluation strategies.
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NRS 645 - Adv Ldrshp Roles in Hlthcr System
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study ofadvancedpracticeand nurse leader rolesin managing resources within a healthsystem to affect optimal care delivery and outcomes. Strategies for collaborative interprofessional team care coordination forindividuals and populations are emphasized.
Offered Spring
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NRS 650 - Adv Clinical Apps NRS Educators 1
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Nurse educators play a significant role in teaching students, practicing nurses, clients, family members, and communities, the principles of illness management. This course integrates advanced knowledge, skills, and critical understanding of physical assessment, pathology, and pharmacology for nurse educators. Representative topics are selected to provide a comprehensive understanding of physiologic dysfunctions, pharmacological management, and physical assessment. Principles of evidence-based practice, teaching methodologies, and nursing informatics are integrated throughout the two semester course sequence.
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NRS 655 - Adv Clinical Apps NRS Educators 2
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Nurse educators play a significant role in teaching students, practicing nurses, clients, family members, and communities, the principles of illness management. This course integrates advanced knowledge, skills, and critical understanding of physical assessment, pathology, and pharmacology for nurse educators. Representative topics are selected to provide a comprehensive understanding of physiologic dysfunctions, pharmacological management, and physical assessment. Principles of evidence-based practice, teaching methodologies, and nursing informatics are integrated throughout the two semester course sequence.
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NRS 660 - Trnsltnl Schlrshp Evdnc Based Prctc
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Survey of program evaluation as a research methodology. Conceptual & methodological frameworks used in evaluation are examined. Students develop an evaluation proposal to be implemented in NRS 725 . Most core and specialty courses should be completed prior to enrollment.
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NRS 665 - Applied Statistics
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Instruction focuses upon the application of statistical methods and data analysis in the healthcare professions related to evidence-based practice.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSN program or DNP program.
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NRS 670 - Evidence-Based Practice
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This seminar serves as an introduction to program evaluation, quality improvement, and research methodology. Conceptual and methodological frameworksused in evaluation are examined. As part of this course, students develop a proposal to evaluate a health care program.
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NRS 675 - Teaching Methodology in Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study of role development and practical methods for effective teaching. The selection, application, and evaluation of teaching tools and strategies in the context of health education, continuing education, staff development; classroom and clinical instruction is examined.
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NRS 680 - Differential Diagnosis
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Course designed for family nurse practitioners to enhance assessment skills, formulate differential diagnosis, and develop therapeutic interventions for patients across the lifespan.
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NRS 690 - Caring for the Adult & Older Adult
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course focuses on health promotion for adults and older adults as well as the management of common acute and chronic health conditions encountered by this population. Students have the opportunity to build on previously acquired skills and to apply concepts of primary care to manage the complex health problems of the adult and older adult population.
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NRS 701 - Advanced Pathology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course provides students with an understanding of advanced pathophysiology to aid in clinical decision-making.
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NRS 702 - Advanced Physical Assessment
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course integrates advanced knowledge, skills, and critical understanding necessary for the performance of a comprehensive physical assessment.
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NRS 703 - Advanced Pharmacology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course prepares nurses for professional roles in advanced nursing practice with knowledge of pharmacological principles of medications commonly prescribed to prevent and/or manage adverse health conditions of patients across the lifespan.
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NRS 711 - Advanced Practice Clinical 1
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Clinical practicum that immerses CNS and FNP students into their respective roles as an advanced practice nurse in the health care setting. Using the accumulated foundation of coursework, research and other evidence, students will manage illnesses in patients throughout the lifespan in a variety of clinical sites. Continuation of the application of primary prevention strategies and health maintenance will be incorporated into care. Students will be mentored by advanced practice nurse practitioners in activities expected of the role. The minimum requirement for this practicum is 167 hours.
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NRS 712 - Advanced Practice Clinical 2
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Clinical practicum that immerses CNS and FNP students into their respective role as an advanced practice nurse in the health care setting. Using the accumulated foundation of coursework, research and other evidence, students will manage illnesses in patients throughout the lifespan in a variety of clinical sites. Continuation of the application of primary prevention strategies and health maintenance will be incorporated into care. Students will be mentored by advanced practice nurse practitioners in activities expected in the role. The minimum requirement for this practicum is 167 hours.
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NRS 713 - Advanced Practice Clinical 3
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Clinical practicum that immerses CNS and FNP students into their respective role as an advanced practice nurse in the health care setting. Using the accumulated foundation of coursework, research and other evidence, students will manage illnesses in patients throughout the lifespan in a variety of clinical sites. Continuation of the application of primary prevention strategies and health maintenance will be incorporated into care. Students will be mentored by advance practice nurse practitioners in activities expected of the role. The minimum requirement for this practicum is 167 hours.
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NRS 725 - Applied Translational Scholarship
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Research seminar in which individuals and groups of students implement their proposed evaluation of a health care program. Oral and written presentations of the program evaluation are required.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 660 .
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NRS 735 - Nursing Practicum
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This combined seminar and practicum bridges theory and research with practice. Students will collaborate with instructors and preceptors to design practicum experiences that further their professional development as advanced practice nurses. Consent of instructor required.
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NRS 735A - Nursing Practicum
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students pursuing both the MSN degree and a certificate need to complete two practicums. This will differentiate the practicum for the degree (NRS 735 ) and the one for the certificate (NRS 735A).
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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NRS 790 - Independent Study - Nursing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Supervised graduate-level project of readings, research, mentorship, or additional practicum experiences developed in cooperation with a graduate faculty advisor and approved by the Dean of the School of Nursing.
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NRS 800 - Applied Research Methods
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
A variety or research methodologies are presented in conjunction with qualitative and advance quantitative data analysis. Leadership methods in interpretation and evaluation of research as it relates to practice are learned. Coursework prepares students for their DNP Project.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the DNP program.
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NRS 801A - Capstone Writing I
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course aims to further cultivate DNP candidates’ skillset in critiquing scholarly writing, conducting a comprehensive literature review, analyzing and synthesizing research, and producing scholarly writing themselves. Intertwined with DNP candidates’ first year of courses, this three-course sequence is specifically designed to assist each candidate in the production of their DNP Project. At the conclusion of the course sequence, the DNP candidate will begin their first Leadership Capstone Course with their DNP Project topic, outline for their project, and a “working” draft of their first three chapters.
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NRS 801B - Capstone Writing II
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course aims to further cultivate DNP candidates’ skillset in critiquing scholarly writing, conducting a comprehensive literature review, analyzing and synthesizing research, and producing scholarly writing themselves. Intertwined with DNP candidates’ first year of courses, this three-course sequence is specifically designed to assist each candidate in the production of their DNP Project. At the conclusion of the course, the DNP candidate will begin their first Leadership Capstone Course with their DNP Project topic, outline for their project, and a “working” draft of their first three chapters.
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NRS 801C - Capstone Writing III
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course aims to further cultivate DNP candidates’ skillset in critiquing scholarly writing, conducting a comprehensive literature review, analyzing and synthesizing research, and producing scholarly writing themselves. Intertwined with DNP candidates’ first year of courses, this three-course sequence is specifically designed to assist each candidate in the production of their DNP Project. At the conclusion of the course, the DNP candidate will begin their first Leadership Capstone Course with their DNP Project topic, outline for their project, and a “working” draft of their first three chapters.
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NRS 805 - Healthcare Finance and Reg Environ
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study of the financing, accounting, and management of the U.S. healthcare system. Regulations and reimbursements, accounting principles, analysis of financial statements, cost analysis, pricing, staffing, and budgeting are examined. Forecasting, depreciation, inventory management, and investment analysis applied in project work.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSN or DNP program.
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NRS 810 - Population Health and Health Policy
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Population health is explored through epidemiologic research to critically examine the determinants of health, health promotion, and risk reduction strategies. Implications for health policy are reviewed. Bio-statistical approaches are used to analyze population data.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSN or DNP program.
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NRS 820 - Healthcare Financing & Reg Environ
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Study of the financing, accounting and management of the US health care system. Regulations and reimbursement, accounting principles, analysis of financial statements, cost analysis, staffing, and budgeting are examined. Cross-listed BUS 789
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NRS 830 - Health Systems Informatics
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Examining the optimization of information management and communication to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals. Frameworks include regulatory, legislative, workflow, electronic health record, billing, and telehealth. Application in professional development, translational research, and bioinformatics (genomics) are explored.
Offered Summer
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NRS 835 - Leadership Residency I
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This is the first of two semesters of clinical practice in combination with seminar discussion designed to provide advanced leadership skills focusing on indirect care. Students will work with course professors to identify preceptors to design their residency experience. Developing expertise in collaboration within interprofessional teams will be a foundation in addressing individual, group, community, or population needs in the context of a systems network in U.S. healthcare organization. AONE Essentials will be applied.
Offered Summer
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the DNP program.
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NRS 840 - Leadership Residency II
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This is the second of two advanced practice seminars and practica. Executive leadership and management experiences in upper level management to achieve preparation to lead, manage, and influence healthcare for positive outcomes (CGEAN). AONE Essentials will be applied.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): NRS 835 .
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NRS 845 - Leadership Capstone I
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The capstone project is designed to equip advance practica nurses with the knowledge and skills necessary to advance the application of translational research in a clerical practice setting. In Capstone I students complete the theoretical work necessary to design a clinical Evidence-Board Practice (EBP) project and write the first 3 sections of their project.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): NRS 835 .
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NRS 850 - Leadership Capstone II
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The capstone project is designed to equip advance practica nurses with the knowledge and skills necessary to advance the application of translational research and the evidence in a clinical practice setting. In Capstone II students complete the data collection necessary to analyze clinical Evidence-Based Project (EBP) and write the remaining sections of their project.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): NRS 845 .
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NRS 855 - Leadership Capstone III
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Capstone III is available if student projects require an additional semester to complete.
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NRS 860 - Leadership Residency III
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Leadership Residency III is available if students require additional hours of advanced practice seminars. Executive leadership and management experiences in upper level management to achieve preparation to lead, manage, and influence healthcare for positive outcomes (CGEAN). AONE essentials will be applied.
Prerequisite(s): NRS 835 .
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PHIL 101 T - Logic: Practice of Crit Thinking
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Learn how to develop and strengthen your ability to identify, evaluate and construct arguments. Cultivate a critical thinking practice through the process of Socratic questioning in a learning community. Understand the value of multiple perspectives in critical thinking as a dialogical process necessary for building a just and humane society.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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PHIL 101A PT - Crit Thnkng for Deliberative Democ
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
A study of deliberative democratic theory with a special emphasis on the duties of citizens to deliberate and think critically about public policy.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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PHIL 101B PT - Critical Thinking & Popular Culture
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
In this course we will develop and strengthen skills required to identify, construct and evaluate arguments. We will investigate the nature of evidence and logical relations between claims. We will cultivate and internalize standards of critical thinking practice and build an understanding and appreciation for open-minded, ongoing dialogue that seeks truth. These goals will be incorporated into a critical examination of popular culture. We will seek to understand what is popular culture, how it influences us in how we view ourselves and others. We will evaluate the forces that shape popular culture, and our critical, and non-critical, responses to those forces.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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PHIL 101C 1T - Crit Thnk: Phil, Politics & Propganda
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course is designed to introduce students to the philosophical methodology of critical thinking and argument analysis and will seek to apply this methodology by analyzing the ways in which political and media powers attempt to shape and inform our ideas about contemporary political issues. Through this analysis, students will attempt to answer three questions: How are my own beliefs and values about political issues shaped and influenced by politics and media? How can we use our critical faculties to sift through political spin and propaganda to arrive at better understanding about the problems that beset our country? And to what extent can we work to change our political and media systems to overcome these forces and create a more just and fair world?
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PHIL 102 PU - Foundations in Philosophy
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
In this course, students will gain a greater awareness of the conversation that surrounds some of the most important questions of fact and value that have puzzled and continue to puzzle humankind, questions like: Is there a god, do we survive death, and does morality have a basis in fact? Students will also be asked to contribute something to this conversation: something that is well thought out, reasonably coherent, responsive to what others have said, and reflective of their most authentic selves. Students will be given the tools to do this through an extended discussion of the principles of critical thinking and the philosophical method that they were first exposed to in PHIL 101 .
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101 T.
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PHIL 103 P - Philosophy of the Person
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Who am I and what could I become? What is a person? Are we more than biological organisms behaving according to laws of evolution? Are we born persons or do we become persons? What is soul? What is meaning in life, and where can we find (or create) it? And finally, what does it mean to seek “happiness”? This course has as its purpose the philosophical exploration of these and other questions on the nature of personhood.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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PHIL 104 P - Ethics
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This class examines various ethical theories and issues from multiple perspectives with the goal of discerning guidelines for individual human action and for the attainment of the good in human life.
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101 T - Logic: Practice of Crit Thinking .
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PHIL 104A PQU - Ethics of Sex Love and Marriage
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This class examines various ethical theories about sex, love and marriage, with the goal of understanding and evaluating feminist and GLBT arguments about the worth of marriage as an institution. Cross-listed WS 104 PQU
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101 .
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PHIL 105 PU - Social and Political Philosophy
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of some of the major social and political philosophies, including liberalism, conservatism, communitarianism, feminism, environmentalism, and cosmopolitanism. Students will also be asked to make some tentative steps towards developing their own social and political philosophy: a philosophy that is well thought out, reasonably coherent, consistent with the facts, responsive to what others have said, and reflective of their genuine points of view. Students will be given the tools to do this through an extended discussion of the principles of critical thinking and the philosophical method that they were first exposed to in PHIL 101 .
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101 T.
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PHIL 106 PQU - Philosophy and Gender
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course will introduce students to the main theoretical paradigms within feminist and gender theory. The course is centered on the following questions: What is gender? What constitutes gender oppression? Is gender oppression related to oppression based on race, sexuality and class? If so, how? What is gender identity? Are gender differences natural, psychological, social, or some combination of these? How, if at all, is it possible to combat and perhaps overcome oppression? Cross-listed WS 206 PQU
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101 .
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