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MUSI 371 - Music History and Literature I
(3 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 199 and Admitted to Horton School of Music. A study of music in the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. Stylistic changes in music are examined as they occur in major compositions by the most important composers of the time, and extensive listening is required. The lives of major composers are examined as well as the position of the musician in society. Historical and cultural context of the music and key figures will also be explored as it relates to music, people, and region. The course is designed for those pursuing a career in music. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 372 - Music History and Literature II
(3 hours) Prerequisite: MUSI 199 and 371. A study of music in the Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century periods as well as some non-Western practices. Stylistic changes in music are examined as they occur in major compositions by the most important composers of the time, and extensive listening is required. The lives of major composers are examined as well as the position of the musician in society. Historical and cultural context of the music and key figures will also be explored as it relates to music, people, and region. The course is designed for those pursuing a career in music. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 373 - Worship Practicum I
(1 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 199. This course is an experiential learning application of music and worship leadership. This is an application of music, music technology, and also leadership at an approved church or church music related organization. This course will be taken the student’s junior year. Students will learn important foundational skills of team building and management. They will also gain planning, programming skills and more.
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MUSI 374 - Worship Practicum II
(1 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 373. This course is an extension of Worship Artistry Practicum I. This course is continued experiential learning application of music and worship leadership. This is an application of music, music technology, and also leadership at an approved church or church music related organization. This course will be taken the student’s junior year. Students will learn important foundational skills of team building and management. They will also gain planning, programming skills and more.
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MUSI 403 - Teaching Music in the Elementary School
(3 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 299, admission to the School of Education and junior standing. Methods, materials, and procedures for teaching general music in the elementary school with emphasis on children’s musical development and its effect on course content in grades K-8. Teaching strategies will be observed and practiced in clinical settings (minimum 14 hours in-school practical). This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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MUSI 404 - Worship Leadership
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Successful completion of MUSI 308. Worship styles from liturgical to free worship are studied and experienced. Students plan biblically sound worship services in liturgical, traditional, and modern formats. Planning assignments are group projects simulating a worship planning team in a local church. Effective and efficient rehearsal techniques are explored. Students learn to recruit and lead effective worship leading and worship planning teams. Students discuss the worship leader’s role in relationship to other church staff, the congregation, and the lay musicians in the church.
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MUSI 405 - Teaching Music in the Secondary School
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Successful completion of MUSI 299 and MUSI 252 and admission to the School of Education. Study and practical application of methods, materials, and procedures for teaching choral or instrumental performance organizations in the secondary school. Course includes training in the use of the APT and Expanded ADEPT Evaluation System for supporting and assessing teaching. Emphasis on administration of the middle and high school choral or instrumental program, evaluation and selection of music, program development, recruiting, and rehearsal techniques and effective classroom discipline. Course includes a minimum 14-hour school practicum with assigned teacher. This course should be taken the semester immediately prior to Student Teaching. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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MUSI 406 - History of Music in Worship
(3 hours) Prerequisite: MUSI 199 or permission of the instructor. This course examines the integration of music in worship throughout history. Students explore the centrality of Old and New Testament scripture in leading and planning worship and analyze Christian worship practices from the New Testament times to the present. Special attention will be given to the role and use of music within the context of worship events. Other areas of research and discovery include the theology of congregational song, the use of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs in present day worship, the use of new materials for congregational worship, and an examination of recently published hymnals, contemporary worship collections, and web based resources.
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MUSI 445 - Pedagogy
(3 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 299 and MUSI 360. Methods, materials, and procedures for private and group instruction, studio management and the school situation, planning for various grade levels, history of teaching and study of leading methods, stylistic and technical aspects of representative literature from all periods. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 460 - Advanced Recital
(2 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 299 and MUSI 360. Co-requisite: 400 level studio instruction. Music Performance majors are required to present a one-hour recital in their major studio area during their fourth semester of 400 level study. They must declare their program content at the jury prior to the recital semester and successfully complete a recital audition for a faculty jury at least 30 days prior to the performance. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 462 - Psychology of Music
(3 hours) Prerequisite: MUSI 370 or permission of instructor. The psychological basis of music. Areas studied include characteristic properties of sound; the response of the human organism to musical stimuli; the anatomy and mechanism of the ear and theories of hearing; an introduction to the classification of data, measures of central tendency, variability, probability, hypothesis testing, correlation, analysis of variance and non-parametric tests; and current music therapy research. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 463 - The Influence of Music on Behavior
(3 hours) Prerequisite: MUSI 462 or permission of the instructor. Investigative research into the effects of music on the human organism. Field experience and a research project are required. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 464 - Professional Development in Music Therapy
(1 hours) Prerequisite: MUSI 463 or permission of instructor. A seminar designed to prepare majors for Music Therapy internship and career. Students will develop an understanding of professional competencies, standards of clinical practice, and professional ethics as required by the American Music Therapy Association. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 465 - Senior Worship Project
(1 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 095-20. This requirement of the BA in Music and Worship degree is the planning, preparation, and public performance of a 30-minute worship service during their third or fourth semester of 400 level study. The project should demonstrate the student’s understanding of biblical principles of worship, ability to prepare a team of musicians to lead worship, and mastery of musical skills necessary to be effective as a modern worship leader. Students enrolling in MUSI 465 must declare their program content at the jury prior to the project semester and successfully complete a project hearing for a faculty jury at least 30 days prior to the project date. At the approval of the supervising faculty members, the project may be presented on or off campus. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 469 - Music and Worship Internship
(3 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 201, 308, and 311. This course is an onsite internship at a local church with a full time worship leader or minister of music. The chosen site should be the same or similar denomination of the student and must be approved by the professor. The local worship leader or minister of music will directly supervise the student’s work and will be in direct communication with the professor. The student will be introduced to multiple staff relationships and functionality, everyday work of the professional minister, interpersonal relationships in the church, and the multiplicity of roles required for the successful worship leader/minister of music. The student should register for this course and perform the internship in their next to last semester before graduation. Students performing approved summer internships should register for the class in the fall semester immediately following that summer. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Students will receive grades of A-F. Counts for ELR credit.
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MUSI 471 - Performance Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Successful completion of MUSI 371, MUSI 372, or permission of instructor. Student must be enrolled at the 400 level of Studio lessons when taking this course. This course will provide undergraduate performance students an overview of performance literature in their area of study in order to enhance and refine the knowledge and skills acquired at the undergraduate level. Through discussion of historical and performance contexts, in-class presentations and additional performance-based assignments, students will examine and become familiar with solo repertoire through eras of Western non-Western music from antiquity through the modern era. Required for Bachelor of Arts in Performance degree students. (course extensions reflect program of study; i.e. -30 Piano, –32 Voice, –XX Instrumental. This course cannot be challenged.
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MUSI 496 - Music Therapy Internship
(1-12 hours) Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of all courses necessary for the major or equivalency in Music Therapy. Students apply for internship placement during the final year of academic and clinical coursework. During the internship, students gain advanced knowledge of a specific client population and facility; refine personal, professional, and therapeutic responsibility, treating an assigned caseload of clients; further develop therapeutic skills and attitudes necessary for success in the professional practice of music therapy; and enhance knowledge of learning principles of therapy and issues surrounding therapeutic relationships with clients. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Grading is on a pass/fail basis. Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 104 - Basic Pathophysiology
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BIOL 226 and 226L with a grade of “C” or better. This course is designed to provide a foundation in the pathophysiology of human disease processes. Students are provided a study of the fundamental changes in human physiology due to disease, disorders of cell biology, inflammatory processes, and alterations in mechanisms of defense. Focus is on knowledge and understanding of the disease process and manifestation. This course cannot be challenged
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NURS 203 - Health Assessment
(4 [3-1-0] hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the nursing major/program and NURS 102. This course is designed to prepare pre-licensure nursing students to conduct a comprehensive health assessment. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition and interpretation of data collected from patients across the lifespan. A physical, psychosocial, sociocultural and spiritual approach is utilized to identify the needs of the client and their views related to their health and to promote effective health practices. This course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 215 - Fundamentals of Nursing
(5 [2-1-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 102 and Admission to the BSN program. This course focuses on the development of core knowledge and values of professional nursing practice. It introduces the student to the nursing process, concept of critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and fundamental skills necessary for the provision of safe and effective nursing care. Clinical experiences in laboratory and selected healthcare facilities provide opportunities for the student to apply nursing concepts and the clinical decision making process. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 221 - Clinical Application of Pharmacological Concepts I
(2 [2-0-0] hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program and NURS 102. This course introduces the student to the professional nurse’s role in ensuring safety and technical competence with administration of medications to patients throughout the lifespan.
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NURS 222 - Clinical Application of Pharmacological Concepts II
(3 [3-0-0] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 203, 215 and 221. This course is a study of drug classifications used to treat acute and chronic diseases. Course content includes a review of related pathophysiology of each body system, as well as, classification-specific drug information. Nursing management of the patient receiving each classification of drug therapy is presented using the nursing process as the foundation.
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NURS 231 - Adult Health I
(5 [3-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 203, 215 and 221. This course is a study of common chronic health disorders which occur in the adult patient. Content focuses on nursing and collaborative management of chronic conditions of the neurologic, musculoskeletal, integumentary, respiratory, hematologic, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urinary, endocrine, and reproductive systems. Discussion of nursing and collaborative management of these conditions includes a review of related pathophysiology as well as diagnostic studies and drug therapy designed to promote health maintenance and risk reduction in the adult population.
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NURS 260 - Life Span Development
(3 hours) Prerequisites or Corequisites: PSYC 110; NURS 102; or permission of instructor. This course focuses on human growth and development across the life span from prenatal beginning to death. Emphasis will be placed on the biophysical and psychosocial developmental processes and changes for each period of the life span.
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NURS 300 - Informatics for the Healthcare Professional
(3 hours) Prerequisite: CSCI 209. This course will focus on informatics relevant to healthcare, basics of computer concepts, networking, security and privacy, and information competency. Computer uses in healthcare, software skills necessary for professional career development as well as clinical informatics will be included in a contemporary, mainstream perspective. Cross-listed with HEAL. (Nursing=Parent). Note: Offered: Fall
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NURS 313 - Alternative and Complementary Therapies in Healthcare
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Junior or senior status. The course introduces students to selected alternative and complementary therapies used and discussed in healthcare literature. The student will investigate and evaluate the literature about alternative and complementary therapies for potential benefit in maintaining and improving health. Current best evidence about the efficacy and safety of alternative and complementary therapies will be explored. Cross listed with HEAL (NURS = parent). Note: Offered: Fall
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NURS 314 - Ethical and Legal issues in Healthcare
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program. (BSN or RN-BSN). This course provides an opportunity to assess ethical and legal issues confronting nurses and other healthcare professionals. Concepts, theories and values in the ethical decision-making process related to ethical dilemmas will be examined. Ethical and legal concepts and principles underlying nursing and health care and the legal parameters of professional practice will be analyzed. Note: Offered: Spring
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NURS 315 - Genetics in Nursing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program (BSN or RN-BSN). This course provides an overview of genetics and genomics concepts and the implications to clinical practice. The course will prepare students to recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics in providing care in all health care settings. Note: Offered: Spring
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NURS 316 - Introduction to Forensic Nursing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program (BSN or RN-BSN). This course provides an introduction to the forensics health science, clinical forensic nursing, and the nursing role in the scientific investigation of violence. The course focuses on the evidence based principles of forensic nursing in acute care and community practice settings. Note: Offered: Spring
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NURS 317 - Faith & Spirituality in Nursing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CHST 111 or CHST 112. This course will allow students to explore the relationship between faith, spirituality and the practice of nursing from multiple perspectives including, the nursing assessment of patients’ spiritual needs, the nurse’s role in providing spiritual care, and the spiritual nature of the nurse-patient relationship and the spiritual history of the nursing profession. This course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 322 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
(4 [2-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 260, 323, and 331. Using a theoretical orientation, this course focuses on the dynamics of human behavior to care for culturally diverse patients receiving psychiatric-mental health care in hospital and community settings. Care is focused on common mental health problems with emphasis on therapeutic interventions and modalities designed to promote, maintain, and restore health. The concepts of group dynamics and milieu management are addressed. The nurse’s role as a collaborative member of the health care team is emphasized. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 323 - Maternity Nursing
(4 [2-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: Successful completion of all 200 level nursing courses, students should currently be in or have taken NURS 260, Lifespan Development. Application of the nursing process with women and families in the childbearing phase of development in hospital and community settings is emphasized. Care will focus on the health needs related to the normal and abnormal prenatal, intrapartal and postpartal physiological changes and psychosocial needs related to new family structure and dynamics. Emphasis will be on health promotion and maintenance. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 324 - Pediatric Nursing
(4 [2-0-2] hours) Prerequisites:NURS 260, 323 and 331. This course focuses on pediatric health and illness from infancy to adolescence with an emphasis on growth and development, health promotion, end of life care, evidence-based practice, cultural variations and communication with children and families in hospital and community settings. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 325 - Gerontological Nursing
(2 [2-0-0] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 260, 323 and 331. This course provides the student with an understanding of the normal and pathologic changes that are more common in the older adult. An understanding of these changes is essential to the role of the nurse as provider and manager of care for the older adult. The student will explore and apply the nursing process as it relates to the maintenance, promotion and restoration of health for the older adult.
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NURS 331 - Adult Health II
(5 [3-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 222 and 231. This course explores the role and responsibility of nursing in the management of adult patients with acute medical - surgical conditions. The nursing process is applied with emphasis on critical thinking and evidence based care to address the specific needs of the adult patient with acute medical - surgical conditions of all body systems. Discussion of nursing and collaborative management of these conditions includes related pathophysiology, diagnostic studies and drug therapy designed to restore physiological functioning, promote risk reduction and support health maintenance following acute illness.
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NURS 340 - Global Health Nursing
(3[2-0-1] hours) Prerequisites: Enrollment in the College of Nursing and CON faculty recommendation. This multidisciplinary course provides a general overview and preparation for an international or local experience in missions or disaster response. E-learning resources and seminar format will provide students an understanding of health determinants in different cultures. The seminar will prepare students for implementing health ministries with a Christ -centered focus. Students will be prepared to travel and live safely in US cities or developing countries or countries with austere environments and minister to under-served and vulnerable populations. Students will participate in developing a seminar project demonstrating personal health protection and addressing a country’s major health problems. Experiential service learning clinical will take place at faculty approved sites during Spring Break or Summer Semester and provide an opportunity for the student to learn about cultural care. This course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 365 - Health Assessment in Professional Nursing Practice
(4 [4-0-0] hours) Prerequisite: Admission to the nursing RN to MSN Program or admission to the RN to BSN option and completion of at least 52 semester hours of non nursing courses required for the RN-BSN option. This is a web- based course designed to refine practicing registered nurses’ physical examination skills, health promotion techniques, and clinical assessment tools. Analysis and interpretation of data and systematic documentation processes are included. The course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 404 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing
(5 [3-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 405, 409 and 431. Effective leadership and management skills expected of the professional nurse will be explored. Strategies for application of leadership and management principles in simulated and actual healthcare delivery situations will be developed. The impact of legal, social, political, religious and economic forces on nursing, society, and the health care system are analyzed. Ethical and spiritual dilemmas confronting nurses are explored from multiple perspectives. Integrate of faith in providing nursing care to a culturally diverse population. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 405 - Research in Healthcare
(3 [3-0-0] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 322, 324 and 325 and PSYC/SOCI 301 or other approved statistics course. The research process and application of research findings, as applied to healthcare, will be addressed. Emphasis is on the review and critique of published research with consideration of the application of research findings in healthcare settings. This course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 409 - Community Health Nursing
(4 [2-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 322, 324 and 325. The course focuses on assessing needs, promoting health, and preventing disease in vulnerable individuals, groups, and communities. Family and community assessments will be performed utilizing multidisciplinary theories and principles. This course cannot be challenged. Admission to the RN-MSN Program or admission to the RN to BSN Option and completion of at least 52 semester hours of nonnursing courses required for the RN-BSN Option. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 412 - Adult Health III (old curriculum)
(6 [2-0-4] hours) Prerequisites: Completion of all 300 level Nursing courses, NURS 404, NURS 405 and NURS 411; Corequisite: NURS 430. This course will focus on the application of the nursing process in specialized care units with adult patients who have multiple, complex health issues and their families. Strategies to respond and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions in simulated and actual health care settings is emphasized. This course can be challenged/validated by RN-BSN Option students only. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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NURS 415 - Leadership for the Professional Nurse
(4 [3-0-1] hours) Prerequisite: Admission to the nursing RN to MSN Program or admission to the RN to BSN option and completion of at least 52 semester hours of non nursing courses required for the RN-BSN option. This is a web-based course designed to explore effective leadership and management skills expected of the professional nurse. Strategies for application of leadership and management principles in simulated and actual healthcare delivery situations will be developed. The impact of legal, social, political, religious and economic forces on nursing, society, and the health care system are analyzed. Ethical and spiritual dilemmas confronting nurses are explored from multiple perspectives.
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NURS 416 - Spirituality, Health and Healing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Completion of all 300 level NURS courses and SOCI 312, admission to the nursing program or permission of the instructor. The course allows the student to explore the theme of healing with focus on the mind-body connection, as it intersects with faith, spirituality and faith communities. The opportunity for development and support of faith-based initiatives within community health promotion programs will be examined. Cross-listed with Health Promotion. This course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 420 - Senior Project
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Completion of all 300 level Nursing courses for basic students. The course provides the opportunity for students to creatively and independently explore an area of professional nursing while drawing upon theories and concepts from liberal education and nursing. Learning objectives and methods of evaluation are designed to meet individual student learning needs. This course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 422 - Professional Role Transition in Nursing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the RN-BSN Option and completion of at least 52 credit hours of the 64 credit non-nursing courses. This course focuses on the development of the professional self concept in response to change through examination and reflection of personal and professional values. Concepts related to professional role responsibilities, nursing history, nursing theory, evidence-based nursing practice, ethics and career development will be explored.
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NURS 430 - Capstone: Preparing for the Professional Role
(2 [2-0-0] hours) Completion of all 300 level Nursing courses; Prerequisites or Corequisites: All 400 level Nursing courses. Taken in final semester of the nursing major/program. The capstone experience allows for synthesis of theories and knowledge from the arts, sciences, and nursing in order to refine critical thinking skills for making clinical and professional judgments from a multidimensional perspective in preparation for NCLEX-RN success and the professional role. This course cannot be challenged.
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NURS 431 - Adult Health III (new curriculum)
(4 (2-0-2) hours) Prerequisites: NURS 322, 324 and 325. This course will focus on professional nursing practice with the care and management of the critically ill adult patient. An emphasis will be placed on advanced concepts of pathophysiology and disease processes related the critical adult patient with multisystem dysfunction. Prioritization and clinical decision making will be employed with the care of these patients utilizing critical thinking, leadership and management skills.
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NURS 432 - Adult Health IV Immersion
(5[1-0-4] hours) Prerequisites: Completion of all NURS 431, NURS 409, and NURS 405. This course focuses on integration of theoretical knowledge into the provision of direct nursing care for adults with acute and chronic health conditions. Clinical judgment, critical thinking skills and application of the nursing process are enhanced and refined in a precepted immersion clinical experience. Concepts of evidence based practice, safety, quality improvement, collaboration, informatics and professional role are incorporated into the clinical and seminar experience.
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HEAL 100 - Essentials of Health Education and Promotion
(3 hours) Recommended for health promotion majors and minors only, or permission of instructor. Essentials of Health Promotion introduces the student to the core competencies exhibited by health education and promotion professionals. Emphasizing the development of personal value in leading and serving as health education specialists, the course will prepare students with an introduction to the historical, theoretical and philosophical foundations of the profession and practice of health education and promotion, and a strong foundation of knowledge on the core skills and desired traits of a health education specialists, professional standards, available health education and promotion certifications, graduate education opportunities and employment tracks. Note: Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 201 - Dimensions of Personal Health and Wellness
(3 hours) A course designed to review the principles and practices of personal health in relation to physical, social, environmental, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of wellness. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 209 - Concepts of Community and Public Health
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Completion of HEAL 100 or permission of instructor. This course introduces the student to introductory concepts of community and public health. Beginning level knowledge and skills that foster health promotion and disease prevention strategies among individuals, groups and communities are developed. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 212 - Life Span Diseases and Disorders
(3 hours) This course introduces the student to basic pathophysiological concepts of communicable and chronic diseases throughout various stages of life span, with emphasis on prevention, cure, cause, and progression of disease. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 240 - Human Nutrition & Health Education
(3 hours) Prerequisite: HEAL 201. This course introduces the biology and chemistry of nutrients; how they are metabolized and the role they play in the human body. Topics to be discussed include dietary guidelines and trends, food safety, and labeling. A broad overview of carbohydrates, lipids, protein, vitamins, and mineral will be presented. Also included will be sections on weight control, diet and health, and food safety. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Spring.
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HEAL 300 - Informatics for the Healthcare Professional
(3 hours) Prerequisite: CSCI 209 This course will focus on informatics relevant to healthcare, basics of computer concepts, networking, security and privacy, and information competency. Computer uses in healthcare, software skills necessary for professional career development as well as clinical informatics will be included in a contemporary, mainstream perspective. Cross-listed with HEAL. (Nursing=Parent) This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 301 - Foundations of Health Education
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Completion of HEAL 309 (grade of “C” or better). The course provides the student with an introduction to the profession and practice of health education and promotion. The historical, theoretical and philosophical foundations of health and health promotion will be explored. An overview of social, cultural, and physical environmental factors which influence perceptions of health will be presented. Students will be exposed to responsibilities and opportunities within the field of health promotion. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 304 - Community Immersion
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Student must be a Health Promotion major, a minimum of a 2.75 overall GPA and a 2.75 GPA in Health Promotion major classes, and receive permission from the Director of Health Promotion. This course allows the student the opportunity to apply principles of health education and promotion in completing a comprehensive experiential learning opportunity. Working with faculty and a preceptor, the student will gain knowledge and skills in a selected healthcare or community setting. A minimum of 90 community experience hours are required to complete the course. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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HEAL 305 - Social Marketing for Public Health
(3 hours) Prerequisites: MATH 105 or higher and ENGL 112. This course examines marketing principles as they relate to the health sciences. In order for health science education and policy to be effective, the health science professional must be adept at employing social marketing strategies. The creation of effective strategies has the potential to have a lasting impact and change behaviors at the community and individual levels. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 306 - Health Economics
(3 hours) Prerequisites: MATH 105 or higher and ENGL 111. An introduction to the applications of economics to health care in the United States and its effect on society and the field of health sciences. This course will analyze the health care system: healthcare institutions, demand for health, insurance, the role of the government, and the role of the health care sector in the overall economy. Pertinent topics such as universal health care will also be discussed and analyzed. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 307 - Epidemiologic Methods and Environmental Health
(3 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 209 or permission of the instructor. The course offers a broad overview of environmental factors and their effects on the health of individuals, groups and communities with an emphasis on the application of basic methods of epidemiology and practical skill development in the epidemiologic investigation of diseases. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall.
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HEAL 309 - Theories of Health Behaviors
(3 hours) Prerequisite: HEAL 100 and HEAL 209 or permission of the instructor. The course provides the student with the basis for guiding health behavior change in individuals, families, and communities through an emphasis on theoretical framework and it application in health education and promotion. Health behavior theories and models will be discussed and applied to explore factors that determine and influence health behavior in humans and will form a behavioral foundation for effective health promotion and health education program planning. Note: Offered: Fall.
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HEAL 310 - Public Health Advocacy
(3 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 100 and 209. This course establishes a framework within which advocacy is understood to be an essential role of the public health professional in promoting, implementing and sustaining effective public health policy. Through case studies, readings, lectures, role plays, field research and action planning, students will develop the skills needed to be an effective advocate for public health. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Spring.
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HEAL 313 - Alternative and Complementary Therapies in Healthcare
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Junior or senior status. The course introduces students to selected alternative and complementary therapies used and discussed in healthcare literature. The student will investigate and evaluate the literature about alternative and complementary therapies for potential benefit in maintaining and improving health. Current best evidence about the efficacy and safety of alternative and complementary therapies will be explored. Cross listed with NURS (NURS = parent). This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall.
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HEAL 314 - Public Health Field Research Practicum
(3 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 100; Student must have a 2.75 or higher GPA; Permission from the instructor is required to join this seminar. This course allows the student the opportunity to apply principles of public health research while working with a team to complete a designated project. Working with faculty and research team members, the student will gain knowledge and skills about conducting mixed-methods research in the Health Sciences. The research process and application of research findings to community health will be addressed. Emphasis is on the basic elements of conducting research to address community health issues, with consideration of the application of research findings in health promotion program planning and evaluation, as well as in disseminating recommendations for such application through accepted & respected channels within the field. A major focus will be on sharing research results in presentation and peer-reviewed publication form, and students will gain detailed experience in results communication and interpretation, becoming skilled in the generation, review, and critique of published research. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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HEAL 315 - Public Health Research Methods
(3 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 100 and 209. The research process and application of research findings in the fields of community health and public health promotion will be addressed. Emphasis is on the basic elements of conducting research to address community health issues, including the review and critique of published research with consideration of the application of research findings in health promotion program planning and evaluation as well as disease prevention. Detailed study of research methods will include quantitative and qualitative tools, analyzing the benefits and limitations of different designs. Issues of researcher positionality, notions of objectivism, questions of epistemology, and the trend in the field towards mixed-methods approaches will be discussed and debated. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 320 - Assessment and Planning Methods in Health Education and Promotion
(4 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 209, HEAL 309, or permission of the instructor. The course prepares the student with skills to effectively assess and plan health education and promotion strategies to address community health needs. The course will focus on the assessment process, including the role of data collection and analysis in gaining an understanding on the factors that influence community health needs and behaviors and program planning methods, including the utilization and application of evidence-based practice, planning models and theories in health promotion programming, developing goals and objectives, community organizing and engagement, and intervention strategy selection. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Spring.
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HEAL 398 - Translational Research Writing in the Social Sciences
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, ENGL 112, HEAL 100, HEAL 315 and permission of the instructor. This small seminar course is designed to teach upper-level students how to develop and write scholarly papers and professional articles in the social sciences, with special emphasis on health sciences and interdisciplinary work. The course is intended for students interested in graduate study or professional research writing to translate program evaluations in the field. Students will learn how to effectively and efficiently translate research from literature reviews, primary data collection, secondary data analysis, conveying implications for the field. Students also will learn to convey data in methods and results sections. Students will gain skills organizing materials to produce scholarly works including theses and papers for peer-reviewed publication in the social sciences. Students will be introduced to basic grant writing skills. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Spring.
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HEAL 399 - Health and Wellness Coaching
(3 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 100 and 201. An examination and business analysis of professional health coaching. The course covers wellness from a Christian worldview with special attention given to helping clients develop a faith-based fitness foundation. Professional coaches work to develop clients holistically, and this course will cover how to ethically and professionally inspire people to develop healthy lifestyles and new skills to maintain a well-balanced life. Running a business as a coach requires skills in development, administration, marketing, and entrepreneurship. This course will provide a foundation for health professionals interested in coaching in corporate and/or entrepreneurial settings. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall.
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HEAL 400 - Internship Preparation
(1 hours) Prerequisites: Heal 309 or permission of instructor. This course fosters professional preparation and development for the student’s internship experience with emphasis on self-assessment, developing personal learning goals and objectives, resume, cover letter and reference construction, and interview methods. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 401 - Substance Abuse Prevention Education
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Completion of all 300 level HEAL courses (grade of “C” or better) and SOCI 312 (grade of “C” or better). The course provides the student with an overview of the etiological theories as well as the biological, psychological and social consequences of drug abuse in contemporary society. Current approaches to identification, treatment and prevention of drug abuse/chemical dependency are analyzed with an emphasis on effective educational approaches and prevention programs that address the problems of use and abuse. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 403 - Planning, Management and Evaluation of Health Education Programs
(3 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 302 and PSYC/SOCI 301 or other approved statistics class (grade of C or better). The course prepares the student for program planning and evaluation responsibilities in health promotion settings. The course will focus on the basic planning model components of needs assessment, program design, administration, marketing and evaluation of community health education programs. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 410 - Capstone
(3 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 303, HEAL 307, HEAL 401, HEAL 420, and HEAL 412. Taken in the final semester of the program, the course experience allows for synthesis of theories and knowledge from the arts, sciences, and health in order to refine critical thinking skills for designing and carrying out effective health education programs in a variety of healthcare and community settings in preparation for the CHES credentialing examination and the professional role. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 416 - Spirituality, Health and Healing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the RN-BSN program OR HEAL 309 and PSYC/SOCI 301 or another approved statistics course (each with a grade of C or better). The course allows the student to explore the theme of healing with focus on the mind-body connection, as it intersects with faith, spirituality and faith communities. The opportunity for development and support of faith-based initiatives within community health promotion programs will be examined. Cross-listed with Nursing. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 420 - Implementing, Managing and Evaluating Health Education and Promotion Programs
(4 hours) Prerequisites: HEAL 320. The course prepares the student for program administration, management, and evaluation techniques in health promotion programming. The course will focus on program implementation and intervention strategies, resource management, leadership and utilization of evaluation findings to assess and modify, if appropriate, program effectiveness and efficiency. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall.
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HEAL 421 - Introduction to Biostatistics
(4 hours) Prerequisites: Math 105 or higher and HEAL 100. Corequisite: HEAL 421L. Statistical methods for description and analysis provide investigators in the health sciences with useful tools for making sense from data. The pervasiveness of statistics in the health sciences has led to increased recognition that statistical literacy-a familiarity with the goals and methods of statistics-should be a basic component of a well-rounded educational program. This course provides an introduction to the analysis of data in the health sciences using classification of data, measures of central tendency, variability, probability, hypothesis testing, comparison of means in one or more samples, correlation, simple regression, and non-parametric tests. Examples of health science concepts and data will be used to apply these techniques. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 421L - Introduction to Biostatistics Lab
(0 hours) Prerequisite: MATH 105 or higher and HEAL 100. Corequisite: HEAL 421. Statistical methods for description and analysis provide investigators in the health sciences with useful tools for making sense from data. The pervasiveness of statistics in the health sciences has led to increased recognition that statistical literacy-a familiarity with the goals and methods of statistics-should be a basic component of a well-rounded educational program. This course provides an introduction to the analysis of data in the health sciences using classification of data, measures of central tendency, variability, probability, hypothesis testing, comparison of means in one or more samples, correlation, simple regression, and non-parametric tests. Examples of health science concepts and data will be used to apply these techniques. This course cannot be challenged.
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HEAL 469 - Public Health Internship
(4 hours) Prerequisite: Majors with a GPA of 2.75 or higher; HEAL 320, HEAL 307 and HEAL 400 Taken as an upper-level student in the program, internship creates a 120-hour field practiucum opportunity to apply principles of public health education and promotion in a selected government, school, clinical, non-profit, or community setting. Working with faculty and a preceptor, the student will become familiar with the operational and procedural aspects of health education, promotion, planning and application. Grading scale: Grading is not pass/fail but offered on a A-F scale. As with all major courses in HEAL, students must earn a C or better to complete. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit. Offered: Fall and Spring.
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HEAL 470 - Public Health Internship
(1-4 hours) Prerequisite: Majors with a GPA of 2.75 or higher; HEAL 320, HEAL 307, and HEAL 400 or permission of the chair and dean. Taken as an upper-level student in the program, internship creates a 120-hour field practiucum opportunity to apply principles of public health education and promotion in a selected government, school, clinical, non-profit, or community setting. Working with faculty and a preceptor, the student will become familiar with the operational and procedural aspects of health education, promotion, planning and application. Grading scale: Grading is not pass/fail but offered on a A-F scale. As with all major courses in HEAL, students must earn a C or better to complete. This course cannot be challenged Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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PHYS 100 - Physical Science
(3 hours) Designation reserved for elective credit received under the CLEP program.
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PHYS 111 - Physical Science for Educators
(4 hours) Prerequisite: Math 110 or 111 (grade of “C” or better) and permission of the Education department. This course is designed for early childhood and elementary education majors following the state of South Carolina’s science standards for grades kindergarten through 8th grade. Included is an introduction to the concepts of properties and measurement, motion, sound, electricity, energy, light, atomic structure, nuclear change, and chemical change. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. (Laboratory fee required.) Cross-listed under Chemistry. (Parent = CHEM)
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PHYS 115 - Astronomy
(4 hours) A descriptive survey of the universe, with emphasis on basic physical concepts and the objects in our solar system along with galactic and extragalactic objects, is presented. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours. (Laboratory fee required). This course cannot be challenged. Note: All students placed in MATH 099 must complete the course successfully before being allowed Into PHYS 115. Offered: Spring.
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PHYS 120 - Weather and Climate
(4 hours) A largely nonmathematical course in the study of the Earth’s atmosphere. This course examines the structure, composition, and properties of the atmosphere: origin and changes in the atmosphere over geologic history, comparison of Earth’s atmosphere to that of other planets, weather lore, cloud formation and identification, hurricanes, midlatitude cyclones, tornadoes, dust devils, Coriolis force, pressure gradient force, geostrophic winds, global atmospheric circulation, climate change, the greenhouse effect, inversions, deterioration of the ozone layer, weather maps and Instruments, weather forecasting, lightning and other aspects of atmospheric electricity, optical properties of the atmosphere (rainbows, haloes, perihelia and parselene, coronae, and glories; mirages), interaction of the atmosphere with the oceans, fronts and air masses are among the topics examined. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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PHYS 201 - Introductory Physics I
(4 hours) Prerequisite: MATH 130 (grade of “C” ). A highly mathematical problem solving algebra/trigonometry based physics course. Topics include review of vector analysis. Newtonian mechanics, fluids and, thermodynamics. Laboratories are designed to enhance lecture topics with attention to safe use of equipment, statistical analysis of data, and the acquisition of skills required in scientific processes. Lecture 3 hours, Laboratory 3 hours. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: FALL
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PHYS 202 - Introductory Physics II
(4 hours) Prerequisites: PHYS 201 (grade of “C” or better). A continuation of Physics 201. Topics include waves, sound, electricity, magnetism, and optics. Laboratories are designed to enhance lecture topics with attention to safe use of equipment, statistical analysis of data, and the acquisition skills required in scientific processes. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: SPRING
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PHYS 203 - General Physics I
(4 hours) Prerequisite: MATH 221 (grade of “C” or better). The application of calculus to the study of Newtonian mechanics, fluids, and thermodynamics. Laboratories are designed to enhance lecture topics with attention to safe use of equipment, statistical analysis of data, and the acquisition of skills required in scientific processes. Lecture 3 hours, Laboratory 3 hours. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged. Note: Note: Offered: FALL
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PHYS 204 - General Physics II
(4 hours) Prerequisite: PHYS 203 (grade of “C” or better ). A continuation of Physics 203. The application of calculus to the study of waves, sound, electricity, magnetism, and optics. Laboratories are designed to enhance lecture topics with attention to safe use of equipment, statistical analysis of data, and the acquisition skills required in scientific processes. Lecture 3 hours, Laboratory 3 hours. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: SPRING
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PHYS 205 - Elementary Modern Physics
(3 hours) Prerequisite: PHYS 204 or permission of the instructor. An introduction to special relativity, quantum theory and quantum mechanics, nuclear structure, and statistical distributions. This course cannot be challenged.
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PHYS 333 - Cosmology, Creation and Christianity
(3 hours) Prerequisites: 12 hours of science credit, including PHYS 201 or 203. In this course students will engage in learning, research and discussion of scientific topics including the creation of the universe, the creation of the earth, requirements for life and the nature of time, and consider how they support and complement a biblical worldview. Students will also consider the scientific problems posed to alternative worldviews. The course will address several current issues, including the role of Christianity in science, the philosophical foundations of naturalism, and the role of Intelligent Design in the science classroom. This course cannot be challenged.
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PHYS 360 - Physics of Robotics
(4 hours) Prerequisite: Physics 204 (grade of “C” or better). The application of physics to the analysis, design, and implementation of robotic systems. Topics include sensors, actuators, mechanics, electronics, power, and computer integration. Course project consists of the design and implementation of a fully functional robotic application. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (Laboratory fee required). This course cannot be challenged. Note: Counts for ELR credit.
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POLI 101 - Introduction to Political Science
(3 hours) An introduction to the study of politics consisting primarily of a survey of dominant political themes including political science methodology, political power, forms of government, political ideologies, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, government structures and functions, public policy, violence and revolution, and international relations.
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POLI 201 - American National Government
(3 hours) An introductory study of the nature and functions of American national government, including the origin and development of the Constitution, democracy, federalism, civil liberties, civil rights, citizenship, political parties, pressure groups, and elections in the United States.
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POLI 202 - State and Local Government
(3 hours) Prerequisite: POLI 201. An analysis of the operations and functions of state governments and their local units, particularly the government of South Carolina and its entities.
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POLI 221 - Introduction to Public Administration
(3 hours) Prerequisite: POLI 201 or 311. An introductory study of public administration in governmental organizations, emphasizing the principles of management and fiscal, personnel, planning, and public practices.
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POLI 311 - Comparative Politics
(3 hours) Prerequisite: POLI 101. The origin, development, and present operation of major European governments and a study of the major governments and problems of the developing world. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered every Spring.
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POLI 312 - International Relations
(3 hours) Prerequisite: POLI 101. An analysis of the study and conduct of international relations and an examination of the actors and other factors influencing international relations such as perceptions, components of power, economic activity, the use of force, and collective security. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered every Fall.
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POLI 313 - Parties and Interest Groups
(3 hours) Prerequisites: POLI 201 or 311. An analysis of the role played by political parties and interest groups in the American political process at both the national and local levels. This course cannot be challenged.
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POLI 314 - Political Parties and Public Opinion
(3 hours) Prerequisite: POLI 201 or 311. An analysis of American political parties, nominations, elections and the impact of public opinion on campaigns. This course is offered in fall semesters in even-numbered years. Special emphasis will be on presidential campaigns during presidential election years and on congressional campaigns during other years. This course cannot be challenged.
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POLI 315 - International Conflict
(3 hours) Prerequisite: POLI 312. An analysis at the system, state/dyadic, and individual levels of analysis of the variables or conditions that cause state to engage in militarized disputes. This course cannot be challenged.
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POLI 316 - Campaigns and Elections
(3 hours) Prerequisites: POLI 201 or 311. An analysis of political campaigning, nominations, elections, and public opinion. Students will study the impact of elections on our Institutions of government, and learn how to run an effective political campaign. This course is offered in Fall semesters in even-numbered years to correspond with national elections. Special emphasis will be on presidential campaigns during presidential election years and on congressional campaigns during other years. This course cannot be challenged.
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POLI 320 - Politics and Government in Africa
(3 hours) Prerequisites: POLI 311 or 312. An introduction to the domestic politics of sub-Saharan Africa, explaining the recent rise of both multiparty democracy and state collapse across the continent. The course also examines the colonial legacy, the nature of the African state, ethnic conflict, class divisions, the role of the military and the problems of economic underdevelopment. This course cannot be challenged.
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POLI 322 - Comparative Democratization
(3 hours) Prerequisites: (This course is recommended only for juniors and seniors and for those who have had POLI 311 or POLI 312.) A study of democratization in historical and comparative perspective. Investigates factors that facilitate or impede democratic transition, the roles of elites and grassroots mass movements in the process of democratization, problems of ethnic conflict and nationalism in transitions, and such themes as political culture, civil society, political institutions, and the international environment. This course cannot be challenged.
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