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Course Descriptions

Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.
 

Nursing Baccalaureate
  

  • NRS 210L Development of Clinical Nursing Skills (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 209 , BIO 209L , BIO 126 , CHE 115 , CHE 115L , PSY 220, and STA 205 .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: BIO 202  and BIO 202L .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 215 , NRS 215P , NRS 220  and NRS 220L .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Active learning pedagogy of skills demonstration, supervised practice, simulation and skills testing for the acquisition of basic and complex nursing skills required for professional practice.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 215 Fundamental Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 209 , BIO 209L , BIO 126 , CHE 115 , CHE 115L  and PSY 220.
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 210L  and NRS 215P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to the nursing process, foundational nursing concepts, and theories relevant to the implementation of nursing care and health promotion to clients across the lifespan.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 215P Fundamentals of Professional Nursing Practicum (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 209 , BIO 209L , BIO 126 , CHE 115 , CHE 115L  and PSY 220.
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 215 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of foundational concepts and theories necessary for the care of clients in hospitals and extended care facilities performance of basic nursing skills under supervision of nursing clinical faculty.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 220 Holistic Health Assessment of the Adult (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 209 , BIO 209L , BIO 126 , CHE 115 , CHE 115L  and PSY 220.
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 220L .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Principles of assessment of existing or potential client problems Physical condition, psychological status, development level, sociocultural- economic history with the goal of planning nursing care.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 220L Holistic Health Assessment Laboratory (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 209 , BIO 209L , BIO 126 , CHE 115 , CHE 115L  and PSY 220.
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 220 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of holistic health assessment techniques in the laboratory setting.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 250 Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 215  and NRS 220 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 255  and NRS 250P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Concepts and theories needed to support adaptation of clients requiring multiple nursing interventions for health maintenance and for commonly occurring alterations in health status.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 250P Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing Practicum (4 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 8 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 250  and NRS 255 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of theoretical concepts in the delivery of nursing care for adult clients.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • NRS 255 Pathopharm Concepts and Principles (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 215  and NRS 220 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 250  and NRS 250P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Pathophysiological and pharmacological concepts essential for understanding and treating alterations in organ and system function basic to nursing practice.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 299 Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BSN program and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Individual readings, research, and/or projects relating to professional nursing practice and developed by students in consultation with faculty prior to registration; written agreement to include purpose, objectives, instructional activities, time frame, and evaluation method. Not intended to substitute for any course offered on a regular basis. Applicable for lower division credit only.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 300 Remediation (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 339L .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 350P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Required course for traditional students who score below the benchmark score of 900 on the fundamentals specialty exam (V1 and V2), which consists of guided remediation of prior curricular content.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 3
  

  • NRS 310 Concepts of Community and Public Health Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 250 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 310P , NRS 320 , NRS 330  and NRS 339L .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Principles of population based nursing care in community settings, health promotion, health education, epidemiology, community health problems, health policy and advocacy.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 310P Concepts of Community and Public Health Nursing Practicum (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 310 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Serving in a variety of community agencies, the health status of diverse client groups, who are defined as at risk groups, are evaluated and health needs met through a population assessment, teaching, screening and evaluation of community health.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • NRS 315 Theories and Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 250 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 310 , NRS 320 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Study of the nature of theory development in nursing. Evaluation of selected nursing theories as they relate to professional nursing practice.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 320 Principles of Research for Application to Professional Nursing Practice (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 250  and NRS 255 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 330  and NRS 339L .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Overview of the research process for nursing professionals, historical development of research in healthcare, role of research in scientific advancement of nursing; development of ability to critique clinical healthcare studies and become knowledgeable consumers when integrating nursing research into practice.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 330 Principles of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 250  and NRS 255 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 310  and NRS 330P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Concepts and theories to support nursing practice across the lifespan along the mental health continuum for all.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 330P Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practicum (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 330 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of concepts and theories to support nursing practice across the lifespan along the mental health continuum for all.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • NRS 339L Clinical Reasoning I (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 250 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 310  and NRS 330 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Clinical reasoning and judgment are examined in relation to other modes of thinking used in providing quality health care. Students will be expected to demonstrate how safe, high-quality care can be dependent upon their ability to reason, think, and make evidence based decisions.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 350 Intermediate Medical-Surgical Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 310 , NRS 315 , NRS 320 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 350P , NRS 360  and NRS 370 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Concepts and theories to support adaptation of clients requiring multiple nursing interventions.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 350P Intermediate Medical-Surgical Nursing Practicum (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 350 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of concepts and theories needed to support adaptation of adults requiring multiple nursing interventions in acute care settings.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • NRS 360 Principles of OB and Newborn Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 310  and NRS 330 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 370 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Explores the cultural and nutritional aspects; communication techniques, pharmacotherapy, teaching and learning concepts, and nursing roles involved in health promotion, protection and crisis management of the childbearing client and family.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 360P Principles of OB and Newborn Nursing Practicum (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 360 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of concepts of health promotion and crisis management in the care of childbearing families.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • NRS 370 Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 310  and NRS 330 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 360 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Emerging trends in nursing education, professional nursing practice; study of ethical frameworks and legal factors influencing decision- making in nursing practice.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 400 HESI-RN Exit Test Preparation (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 415 , NRS 415P .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 450 , NRS 450P .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A systematic review of nursing concepts tailored to the aggregate results of the HESI Medical-Surgical (V1 and V2) results, This course is required for students that have scored less than 900 on the V1 and V2 Medical-Surgical specialty exam.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 401 NRS 401 HESI-RN Exit Test Preparation II (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 415 , NRS 415P ; HESI-RN Exit V1 score < 900
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 450 , NRS 465P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    BSN Program remediation course that entails a systematic review of curriculum material tailored to individual reports from HESI-RN Exit V1 results. This course is required for all traditional BSN and ABSN students who did not achieve a benchmark score of 900 on the HESI-RN Exit V1.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 415 Principles of Pediatric Nursing (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 360 .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: INF 355.
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 415P , NRS 420 , NRS 439L  and NRS 440P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Concepts and theories to promote health and support care for children And families in pediatric settings.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 415P Pediatric Nursing Practicum (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 415 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of concepts and theories in the care of children and their families.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • NRS 420 Concepts and Principles of Leadership Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 360 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 415  and NRS 440P .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Leadership concepts and management functions in healthcare environments; selected theories of leadership and management; collaboration for decision-making and effecting change.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 439L Clinical Reasoning II (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 360 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 415  and NRS 420 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Advanced application of clinical reasoning to integrate simulated patient scenarios. Assessment and analysis of the scenario, and implementation and evaluation; planning decisions will be critiqued in relation to their theoretical accuracy and patient care priorities.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 440P Nursing Capstone 1 (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 360 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 415  and NRS 420 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Under close faculty guidance the student will be placed with a clinical preceptor to: (1) conduct a needs assessment within their identified clinical or community setting identifying a nursing problem; (2) develop a written proposal to address the problem; (3) implement the intervention in the chosen setting with the preceptor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 450 Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 415 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 450P .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Concepts and theories needed to provide nursing care of people for prevention of and assistance with complex health problems.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRS 450P Advanced Medical Surgical Practicum (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 450 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Utilization of theoretical concepts in holistic management of adult clients.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • NRS 460P Nursing Capstone Project (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 350 , NRS 350P , NRS 360 , NRS 360P , and NRS 370 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 415P , NRS 420 , and NRS 439L .
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    In-depth exploration of a topic of student’s selection that integrates nursing and Foundation of Knowledge (FOK) courses, and demonstrates relevance to professional nursing practice. This is a student driven, project focused course, which is facilitated in either the academic or clinical setting.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • NRS 465P Transition to the Professional Practice Role (4 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 8 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 415 .
    Co-requisite(s): NRS 450  and NRS 450P .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Clinical practice for role of professional nurse in a supportive environment; opportunities to manage and prioritize care for groups of clients, increase clinical competence; delegate nursing care to other healthcare workers; discuss issues affecting healthcare/healthcare professionals.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 4

    ♦
  

  • NRS 494 Special Topics: Bachelor of Science Nursing (1-4 credits)

    Hours: 1-4 classroom + 1-4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various advanced topics in nursing.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • NRS 499 Independent Study (0-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BSN program and consent of the BSN Program Director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Individual readings, research, and/or projects relating to professional nursing practice and developed by students in consultation with faculty prior to registration; written agreement to include purpose, objectives, instructional activities, time frame, and evaluation method. Not intended to substitute for any course offered on a regular basis. Applicable for upper division credit only.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦

Nursing Registered Professional
  

  • NRP 399 Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: NA classroom + NA lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and program director prior to registration.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual readings, research, and/or projects relating to professional nursing practice and developed by students in consultation with faculty prior to registration; written agreement to include purpose, objectives, instructional activities, time frame, and evaluation method. Not intended to substitute for any course offered on a regular basis.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 441L Nursing Leadership Practicum (6 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): NRP 401 , NRP 410 , NRP 411 , NRP 413L , NRP 415L , NRP 434  and NRP 435 /NRP 435L .
    Co-requisite(s): NRP 441 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Integration of didactic content in a practice setting for experienced nurses; clinical experience in a selected healthcare agency in a leadership role with an approved preceptor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 470 Role Transformation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to RNBSN program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Concepts and theories providing the foundation for development of the registered nurse into the role of the professional baccalaureate prepared nurse.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 471 Concepts of Professional Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: NRP 470  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Identifies the basis of nursing and inter-professional theories as they relate to the practice of professional nursing.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 472 Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): STA 205 .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: NRP 470 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An introduction to nursing research focusing on the fundamentals of the research process, levels of evidence and quality of evidence for nursing practice.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 473 Quality Care for Vulnerable Populations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: NRP 470 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of models and theories of vulnerability; focusing on social determinants of health, heath disparity, and culturally appropriate strategies to address the effects of vulnerability.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 474 Models of Care Delivery (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: NRP 470 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Explores models of care delivery related to health care quality measures, safety measures, and public policy in a variety of settings.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 475 Population Centered Health in the Community (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: NRP 470 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Explores global and community health concepts focusing on population bio-psyco-social and spiritual well-being. Strategies included for population health equity and the utilization of assets and resources to create an environment for health promotion.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 476 Impact of Genetics and Genomics on Health (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 202 , BIO 202L , BIO 208 , BIO 208L , BIO 209 , and BIO 209L .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: NRP 470 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Recognizes the relationship of genetics and genomics to the health and care of patient and families across the lifespan.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 477 Leadership in Nursing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: NRP 470 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examines the foundations of leadership and management theories and concepts in a variety of healthcare settings.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 478 Nursing Leadership Practicum (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: HIN 355 , NRP 471 , NRP 472 , NRP 473 , NRP 474 , NRP 475 , NRP 476 , and NRP 477 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A culminating experience integrating knowledge from previous courses to design, implement and lead an interdisciplinary team project to improve outcomes in an appropriate health care or community - based setting.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • NRP 494 Topics: Special Topics in Nursing (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is a special topics course of a current interest/issue in the field of nursing not covered in other nursing courses. The special topics for this class are selected from current topics in the field of nursing. Depending on the topic, the course may be a didactic or clinical practicum course.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • NRP 499 Independent Study in Nursing (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN to BSN program and consent of the program director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual readings, research, and/or projects relating to professional nursing practice and developed by students in consultation with faculty prior to registration; written agreement to include purpose, objectives, instructional activities, time frame, and evaluation method. Not intended to substitute for any course offered on a regular basis. Applicable for upper division credit only.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Organizational Leadership
  

  • LDR 117 Introduction to Supervision (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Functions of supervision; planning, organizing, directing, staffing, controlling, and delegating.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • LDR 160 Leadership Around the World - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course will explore the basic theories, trends, and practices for leadership from varying global perspectives. Leadership theories are often taught from a Western perspective. This course discusses these historical Western perspectives, while also introducing students to how leadership is viewed and practiced around the world.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • LDR 180 Leading Social and Cultural Change - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course examines foundational theories and practices of leadership used to bring about social and cultural change. Viewed through historical and contemporary lenses, students are introduced to common threads and unique differences of the leadership process involved in social and cultural change on local, national, and global levels.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism
    ♦
  

  • LDR 205 Human Relations in Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course develops interpersonal human relations skills for personal and professional growth. Skills will be built in networking, diversity appreciation, structuring values, conflict resolution, motivation, and personal and group communications.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • LDR 300 Foundations of Leadership (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore Standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course introduces the fundamental concepts and foundational theories of leadership to facilitate the development of a personal understanding of the nature of leadership. The evolution of leadership theory and research is explored and its implications for understanding leadership as a phenomenon and the practice of leadership. Course encourages the application of learning to analysis of practical leadership problems and examples of leaders from diverse sectors such as business, nonprofit, government, social change, military, science, popular culture, and athletics.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • LDR 308 Leadership Development (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course focuses on concepts and skills for developing the leader in a variety of contexts. Special emphasis is placed on the leader as a mentor, empowering followers, effective communication systems, decision making, vision and mission statements, process leadership, time and stress management, and valuing diversity.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • LDR 310 Research Methods in Leadership (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and STA 113  or STA 205 , or STA 205R , or transfer equivalency that demonstrates introductory level statistics knowledge.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course focuses on the exploration of theoretical and empirical concepts of research design and analysis for the field of leadership. Through the study of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies, students learn to identify and interpret quality research. Students explore current and emergent research in their area of interest and fully analyze this research. Specific focus is placed on scholarly writing and communication and developing critical analysis and thinking skills enabling students to become good consumers of social science research.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • LDR 315 Leading People in Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course discusses the core to every organization-its people. The interface between humans and organizations is discussed, with specific focus on attracting, developing, and retaining organizational members with competencies for success in global, virtual, and innovative organizations. The leader’s role in championing continuous learning and development, forming psychological contracts, rewarding organizational contributions, and protecting health and safety is examined, in addition to strategies for meeting these objectives. Particular focus will be placed on the ethical and legal responsibilities related to the interface between an organization and its members.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • LDR 320 Leading with Emotional Intelligence (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course discusses leadership through the lens of Emotional Intelligence (EI). EI is the capacity to recognize and effectively manage emotions in ourselves and with others. Topics covered include developing effective self and social awareness, and management via EI. Application of EI in the organizational environment.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • LDR 330 Budgeting for Leaders (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course revolves around the importance of understanding budgets as a key step leaders use to increase their influence within organizations. Topics covered include the process of budgeting and its role within organizational groups. Course activities focus on how leaders approach personal, project, and government budgets.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • LDR 335 Lessons in Leadership (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course exposes students to various public/private leadership figures invited to share their own experiences and discuss leadership issues, which are compared and contrasted with leadership scholarship. Topics covered include the role of influence, power, relationships, communication, the external environment, decision making, and valuing diversity in the leadership process.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • LDR 381 Organizational Ethics and Decision Making (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course encourages analysis of the fundamental role of ethics in leadership and decision making. The ethical challenges confronted by leaders and the influence of personal values are examined. The course emphasizes personal ethical development including self-awareness, ethical decision making skills, and understanding diverse perspectives and group decision making.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 382 Organizational Theory and Change (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Contemporary theory on the leadership of organizational change, including best practices for implementing change, and assuring that change will be successful.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 385 Teamwork in Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course focuses on the dynamics of teamwork. Roles and qualities of team leaders and team players will be discussed, along with attributes and behavior of teams. Special focus will be placed on problem solving in a team environment, diverse teams, and virtual teamwork.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 392 Research in Organizational Leadership (0-6 credits)

    Hours: 0-6 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Student will conduct original investigation of selected field specific topics chosen in consultation with instructor.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
  

  • LDR 394 Special Topics in Leadership (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Specialized topics of current interest to students of leadership and the organizational leadership community. Topics for current offerings are listed in the Schedule of Classes. May repeat up to 12 hours if topics differ.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • LDR 396 Leadership Practicum (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department permission required.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Supervised application-based work experience related to the Leadership major. Educational component coordinated among organization, student, and faculty. Minimum of 20 hours on the job per week for three credit hours.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • LDR 399 Independent Study: Organizational Leadership (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department Permit.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Individualized study of a special topic under supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • LDR 460 Leading in Diverse and Global Contexts (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course will explore leading in both diverse and global environments. Students will gain appreciation for the importance of understanding both domestic diversity and global experiences and viewpoints. This course looks at the multitudes of issues involved in leading in these dynamic contexts by examining concepts such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, ability, gender, identity, prejudice and privilege, worldview, and holism. Upon completion of this course, students will understand issues of intercultural leadership and communication and build their capacities and skills for leading in diverse and global contexts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 480 Organizational Leadership Capstone (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and LDR 310 ; restricted to Organizational Leadership majors.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course is the culminating learning experience for the organizational leadership program. Students investigate and analyze current trends and research in leadership and organizational dynamics to refine their understanding of leadership for today’s organizations and to prepare to adapt for the future. Critical and creative thinking skills will be emphasized, in addition to lifelong learning and development for leaders and the role of learning, creativity, innovation, and change in the development and sustainability of organizations.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 495 Study Abroad in Org Leadership (1-15 credits)

    Hours: 1-15 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department Permit.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An opportunity for students to engage in one or more officially- sponsored and/or program-approved Organizational Leadership courses abroad, ranging from one week to an entire semester. Program permission is required. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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Philosophy
  

  • PHI 110 Philosophy, Individuals and Society - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    In Philosophy, Individuals and Society students explore a variety of philosophical views about the nature of individuals, social structures and the relationships between them. Students will critically examine different philosophical perspectives and theories that arise from questions about human nature, personal identity, free will and moral responsibility, the nature of mind, and the ethical, social and political dimensions of human existence.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Individual and Society
  

  • PHI 110H Philosophy, Individuals and Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In Philosophy, Individuals and Society students explore a variety of philosophical views about the nature of individuals, social structures and the relationships between them. Students will critically examine different philosophical perspectives and theories that arise from questions about human nature, personal identity, free will and moral responsibility, the nature of mind, and the ethical, social and political dimensions of human existence.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Individual and Society
  

  • PHI 165 Introduction to Logic (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Methods and principles used to distinguish valid from invalid forms of argumentation in deductive and inductive reasoning; syllogisms, dilemmas, truth tables, and the scientific method.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHI 181 Philosophers, Cultures and Creativity - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Exploration of significant philosophers, their methods of inquiry and philosophical texts and their impact on various cultures in terms of science, ethics, politics, art and theology as well as how these areas influenced and shaped philosophical thinking, other individuals and cultures as well.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Culture and Creativity
  

  • PHI 200 Introduction to Ethics - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course is a philosophical examination of pluralistic viewpoints on individual and social ethical responsibilities in the global world. The development of a rational approach to ethical inquiry; alternative ethical systems may be evaluated along with a number of other ethical issues relating to social, political, legal, or religious matters.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • PHI 220 Health Care Ethics - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Ethical decision making and problems of contemporary health care in multicultural perspectives; abortion, euthanasia, population and behavior control; informed consent and counseling; professional codes and personal freedom; mental health and personal autonomy; justice and equality in health care; ethical conflicts in health service work; death and dying.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • PHI 222 Ethics Bowl (0-1 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall
    Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition.  Teams debate cases drawn from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to, business, engineering, journalism, law, medicine, and social work. Students learn the facts and ethical issues involved and present a solution able to withstand challenges from the opposing team and judges.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: Unlimited
  

  • PHI 265 Logic - QR (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    An introduction to the methods of formal deductive logic, with an examination of its relationship to areas such as mathematics, computer science, and legal reasoning. Students will learn the language and rules of formal logic, as well as techniques of formal proof.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Mathematics
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  • PHI 292 Research Experience in Philosophy (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Fall, winter, and spring
    Introduction to research in the philosophy by participating in a special project or original research directed by a member of the philosophy faculty. Course intended for philosophy majors not ready or able to enroll in more advanced research courses.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0
  

  • PHI 300 Ethics and Social Responsibility (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examines the scope and complexity of responsibility in personal, social and professional contexts. An intensive exploration of ethical principles that guide responsible decision-making in human interaction. Topics include the nature of goodness, the rational thing to do, moral obligations, rational resolution of moral conflicts and disagreements.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 302 Ethics and Scientific Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Ethical, legal, and public policy issues stemming from scientific research, including medical, psychological, and sociological; topics may include animal and human experimentation, informed consent, privacy, confidentiality, government regulations, freedom of inquiry and censorship, the moral responsibility of scientists, and research integrity.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 305 Existentialism (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Meaning, freedom, responsibility, communication, creativity, and value in the works of thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, DeBeauvoir, and others; critique of traditional notions of mind versus body, reason, truth, self-identity, language, and time.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 306 Philosophy and Science (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Philosophical issues in science; the nature of scientific explanation; science and pseudoscience; growth of scientific knowledge; Kuhn, Popper, Feyerabend, and others.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 308 Professional Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Exploration of unique ethical issues and obligations attached to professional roles. Topics include definition of a “profession”; special roles and ethical responsibilities of professionals; theories and processes of ethical decision-making; approaches to ethical dilemmas in professional fields; professional codes; corporate personhood; the rights and responsibilities of employers, employees, and consumers.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 309 Global Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Ethical Issues in international context. Topics may include human rights; religious and cultural pluralism; global health; climate change and environmental responsibility; responsibility toward future generations; economic inequality; hunger and poverty; technology and globalization; immigration; warfare, violence and terrorism.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 310 Information Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore status or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Ethical issues faced by computing professionals including those related to computing in the workplace, security, crime, privacy, property rights, risk, liability, and the internet.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
  

  • PHI 312 Eastern Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Philosophical foundations of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Hinduism, including perspectives on self, reality, community, language, truth, enlightenment, embodiment, reason, emotion, and art; contrast with western perspectives; meditation and applied meditative practices.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 315 Knowledge and Reality (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Differing views on the nature of knowledge and reality, e.g., analytic, idealist, realist, materialist, existentialist, mystical, intuitionist, and emotivist; relevance of these theories to one’s personal philosophy of life and actions; nature of language, perception, intellection, time, matter, mind, God, freedom, truth, reason, emotion.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 320 Social and Political Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Nature and purposes of the state, grounds of political obligation, freedom and its limitations, human rights, social justice, and selected contemporary issues.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 323 Peace and War (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Philosophical study of main issues related to the ideas and realities of war and peace. Topics will include beliefs and theories about peace and war, the causes of violence and war, war and morality, alternatives to violence and war, peace ideas and proposals, applications to current world conditions.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 324 African Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to ideas and themes in African philosophy. Topics may include African conceptions of nature/reality, personhood, time, life, death, destiny, afterlife, morality, rights, kinship, individuality, community, rituals (e.g. puberty rites, female circumcision), Ancient Egyptian influence on Greek philosophy, ethnophilosophy, modernity, logic, rationality, traditional medicine, traditional African religion (and religious/spiritual practices).
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 330 Philosophy and Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Major philosophical issues in law; theories of the nature and purposes of law, legal enforcement of community standards, strict liability, human rights, civil disobedience, theories of punishment, and legal ethics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 335 Great Traditions in Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth study of the major sources of western moral philosophy; representative selections from philosophers of classical times to the present (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Dewey, and Sartre).
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 340 Neuroethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Explores the relationship between neuroscience (and possibly other social and cognitive sciences) and the philosophical study of morality. Topics could include the implications of neuroscience for understanding moral judgment, moral emotions, free will and moral responsibility, the concept of a person, and moral character. Other topics might include ethical issues surrounding the practice and application of neuroscience in social, legal and clinical contexts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 345 Philosophy of Mind (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to examine issues and themes in contemporary philosophy of mind; the relationships among the mind, brain and world; problems concerning intentionality, subjectivity, consciousness, qualia, mental representation, mental causation; and the intersection of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence with philosophy.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 350 Philosophy of Religion (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Issues in religious philosophy, including the relation between faith and reason, the nature of religious experience, arguments for the existence of God, the problem of evil, and immortality.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 355 Socrates and Plato (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of two major formative persons in the development of Western thought and culture. Socrates’ life, trial, death, thought, and significance. Plato on the good, justice, education, knowledge, and reality; the Platonic tradition.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 360 Environmental Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth examination of epistemological, ethical, and social questions concerning humanity’s relationship with nature. Selected topics include ecofeminism, religion and ecology, the rights of animals and ecosystems, global warming, obligations to future generations, anthropocentrism and biocentrism, sustainable development, technology and human nature.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 370 Religion and Science (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore status or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various approaches to the relationship between religion and science; historical conflict; the developing dialogue between religion and science; cosmology; evolution. The course seeks to introduce students to a wide range of concerns and does not presuppose detailed knowledge of religion or science.  The same as REL 370 .
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 371 Death and the Afterlife (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various conceptions of an afterlife (disembodied existence, reincarnation, and resurrection) are examined with regards to the meaning and evidence for the positions.  Topics include discussions of personal identity, near death experiences, the nature of consciousness.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 380 History of Classical and Medieval Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore status or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Western philosophical tradition from the Greeks to the 15th century; birth of scientific explanations; the role of reason; impact of Christianity; influence of seminal thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Atomists, Augustine, and Aquinas on political, ethical, religious, and other ideas.
    Repeatable: No
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