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2014-2015 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses of Instruction
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The College reserves the right to change procedures, programs, curricula, courses, fees and charges, instructors and degree requirements without prior notice. It further reserves the right to sever the connection of any student with the College for an appropriate reason.
NOTE: The course sequence outlines appearing under each department are illustrative only, and do not supersede either general or departmental requirements. Extra-departmental courses ancillary to the major, and specified by name or course number in the sequence outlines, are considered to be an integral part of the major program.
New Course Numbering System
Beginning in the Fall 2006 semester, Saint Anselm College adopted a three number course designation system. Henceforth, the following course numbering system is in effect.
100 – 199 Introductory
200 – 299 Intermediate
300 – 399 Intermediate/Advanced
400 – 499 Directed readings, research, internships and further advanced study
Please note, when searching courses by “Code or Number”, an asterisk (*) can be used to return mass results. For instance, a “Code or Number” search of ” 2* ” can be entered, returning all 200-level courses.
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History |
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HI 475 - Internship
A student originated internship supervised by the history department with cultural, legal, and state agencies. Not credited to History major requirements.
Four credits.
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HI 476 - Internship
A student originated internship supervised by the history department with cultural, legal, and state agencies. Not credited to History major requirements.
Four credits.
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HI 480 - Applied History Internship
An internship in local historical or manuscript collections for history majors.
Prerequisite(s): HI 383 .
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HI 481 - Seminar in History Research
A course in research methods. Students research their own topic, write a paper, and defend the research before the seminar.
Four credits.
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HI 489 - Directed Reading Seminars
Reading seminars provide upper level students with the opportunity to pursue a particular topic, selected by historical theme, epoch, or interpretation.
Four credits.
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Humanities |
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HU 103 - Conversatio
The first semester of Conversatio considers the meaning of humanity in the world by reading and discussing influential texts that contemplate who we are as individuals, what our responsibility is within a community, and what our relationship is with the divine. Among fundamental intellectual ideas, students are introduced to the Catholic Benedictine intellectual tradition through the spiritual teachings in select readings of Saint Benedict and Anselm.
Four credits.
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HU 104 - Conversatio
In the second semester students are asked to consider the meaning of humanity in the world from the perspective of three areas of study central to the Liberal Arts: 1) Politics, rhetoric, and the emergence of democracy in human history; 2) The nature of science and the role of scientific understanding in our world; 3) The nature of beauty and the place of art in the lives of individuals and communities.
Four credits.
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HU 305 - Paris and New York in the Twenties and Thirties
Concentrates on a dramatic and clearly defined historical period in France and the United States, a period characterized by rupture with tradition on many levels of human activity. The decades after the First World War saw the values and premises of intellectual and cultural heritage challenged or discarded. The course will examine the criticisms leveled against traditional values and explore new principles for life and art which came into being during this period.
Four credits.
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Liberal Studies in the Great Books |
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GBS 106 - Introduction to Integrated Studies: Great Ideas, Great Texts, and Great People
An introduction to the Integrated Studies major and minor which samples its three kinds of courses: the reading and seminar discussion of great books, the closer reading and analysis of a single great book, and the examination of an enduring idea or issue from a variety of different approaches
Four credits.
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GBS 271 - Great Books Seminar I: The Ancient World - Homar to Plutarch
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Tacitus, Vergil, Lucretius, Cicero and Plutarch.
Four credits.
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GBS 272 - Great Books Seminar II: The Medieval World - Augustine to Chaucer.
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Letters from Clement and Ignatius, Plotinus, Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Beowulf, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Song of Roland and Chaucer.
Four credits.
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GBS 273 - Great Books Seminar III: The Renaissance - Machiavelli to Pascal
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Luther, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Cervantes, Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Milton and Pascal.
Four credits.
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GBS 274 - Great Books Seminar IV: The Enlightenment and Its Discontents - Locke to Dostoevsky
Selected readings are chosen from among the following: Locke, Hume, Kant, Goethe, Federalist Papers, De Tocqueville, Austen, Hegel, Newman, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky.
Four credits.
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GBS 275 - Great Books Seminar V: The Contemporary World
(being developed 2014)
Four credits.
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GBS 276 - Great Books Seminar VI: Non-Western Classics
(being developed 2014)
Four credits.
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GBS 455-457 - Integrated Studies Seminars
The integrated Studies Seminar considers a topic or theme from multiple points of view, engaging two or more disciplines. This course may be team taught by members of different departments or may be taught by a single professor with invited guest contributors from other departments.
Four credits.
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GBS 467-469 - Focused Study Seminar
The Focused Study Seminar studies a single book or author. Each student chooses a topic pertinent to the material under discussion and, with the help of several individual conferences with the instructor, writes a long essay.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): PH 105 .
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Mathematics |
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MA 110 - Basic Concepts of Mathematics
A review course for students who wish to develop quantitative skills. Topics covered include: number systems, linear equations and inequalities, exponents, polynomial and rational expressions, polynomial equations, relations and functions.
Note: Not open to students with demonstrated quantitative skills.
Four credits.
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MA 130 - Fundamentals of Mathematics
A course in mathematical modelling. Topics include linear, quadratic, difference equation, linear programming, matrix, and stochastic models and their applications.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): One year of high school algebra.
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MA 150 - The Nature of Mathematics
A study of the nature and development of some of the most important mathematical ideas. Topics may include, but are not limited to: infinity, variation, symmetry, numbers and notation, topology, mathematics and calculating machines, dimension, coordinate systems, dynamical systems, randomness, and probability.
Four credits.
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MA 170 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
A study of the differentiation and integration of algebraic and transcendental functions with applications. Topics in analytic geometry include a study of conics.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): 2 years of high school algebra and a half year of trigonometry.
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MA 180 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
A study of the differentiation and integration of algebraic and transcendental functions with applications. Topics in analytic geometry include a study of conics.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): 2 years of high school algebra and a half year of trigonometry.
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MA 210 - Calculus III
A continuation of MA 170 - MA 180 . Topics include infinite sequences and series, vectors and vector calculus, and multivariable calculus.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180 .
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MA 220 - Vector Analysis and Differential Equations
A study of vector analysis and ordinary differential equations and their applications. Topics include vector fields, line and surface integrals, first order differential equations, linear differential equations, and systems of differential equations.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 210 .
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MA 260 - Problem-Solving
Via the solution of interesting problems, this course isolates and draws attention to the most important problem-solving techniques encountered in undergraduate mathematics. The aim is to show how a basic set of simple techniques can be applied in diverse ways to solve a variety of problems.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 180 .
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MA 310 - Linear Analysis
A study of linear algebra with emphasis on its application to the solution of differential equations. Topics include linear systems, matrices, vector spaces, and linear transformations.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 220 .
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MA 330-340 - Mathematical Statistics
A study of probability distributions and their application to statistical inference. Topics include probability, probability distributions, and parametric and non-parametric statistics.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 210 .
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MA 350 - Introduction to Complex Variables
Topics for discussion include complex numbers and their properties, analytic functions, integration in the complex plane, Cauchy’s integral formula, Taylor and Laurent series, and methods of contour integration.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 220 .
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MA 360 - Modern Geometry
An axiomatic approach to geometry including both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries.
Four credits.
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MA 370 - Introduction to Numerical Analysis
A study of numerical methods for function evaluation, solution of equations, approximation and interpolation, integration, differential equations, and linear systems.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 220 .
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MA 380 - Operations Research
A study of the fundamental ideas of operations research and the application of mathematics to decision problems. Topics include linear optimization models, the simplex method, network models, dynamic optimization of inventory scheduling, integer programming, combinatorial models, and optimization with a non-linear objective function.
Four credits.
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MA 390 - Combinatorics
Modern combinatorics at an introductory level. Topics covered are: enumeration, equivalence relations, partitions and multisets, algebraic counting techniques, graph theory, matching and optimization, combinatorial designs and partially ordered sets.
Four credits.
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MA 400 - Independent Study
Four credits.
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MA 410-420 - Advanced Calculus I-II
Designed to bridge the gap between manipulative elementary calculus and theoretical real analysis. The fundamentals of elementary calculus are treated in a more rigorous manner. Point set topology is introduced and general theorems concerning continuity, differentiation, and integration on the real line and in Euclidean n-space are proved. Sequences and series of constants, and sequences and series of functions are also covered.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 210 .
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MA 430 - Introduction to Modern Algebra
A study of algebraic systems, including groups, rings, and fields.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
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MA 450 - History of Mathematics
Introduction to the history and development of mathematics from prehistory to the present.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 220 .
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MA 480 - Topics in Mathematics
This course will consist of a detailed investigation of a topic important to contemporary mathematics. The topic will be chosen by the department for its relevance to current mathematical thought and its accessibility to students.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MA 310 or permission of the instructor.
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MA 490 - Internship
Four credits.
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Music |
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MU 101 - Introduction to Music
A focus on masterpieces of Western music in their historical and cultural contexts from the Middle Ages to the present. The goals of the course are to awaken and encourage an appreciation of music, to help students learn to respond intelligently to a variety of musical idioms, and to engage students in the debates on the character and purpose of music that have occupied composers and musical thinkers since Antiquity. Students will also develop listening skills through a study of the basic elements of music: notation, melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre, texture, and form, and how they are employed in various musical styles. (Formerly MU140)
Four credits.
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MU 110 - Music Theory I
An analytic investigation of the basic elements of music: melody, rhythm, harmony, and form in the context of Western common-practice tonality. Topics include rhythm and meter, keys and scales, chords and their inversions, melodic construction, elementary harmonic progressions, and ear training.
Four credits.
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MU 160 - Studies in Music Performance: Individual Instruction
Individual music instruction with sections in voice, piano, guitar, and other instruments.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
Two credits.
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MU 170 - Class Piano
An introduction to beginning piano techniques, including hand position, posture, fingering, technical exercises, and sight reading in treble and bass clef. Students learn to perform short works and acquire basic harmonization and improvisation skills using standard accompaniment patterns. Numerous examples are assigned to demonstrate the essentials of reading and counting skills and other fundamentals of piano playing introductory music theory concepts are also covered. No piano background is necessary.
Four credits.
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MU 180 - Music Ensemble
Ensemble participation with sections in choir, orchestra, band, chamber music, and other groups.
Two credits.
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MU 201 - Music History I: Middle Ages - Classical Era
This course covers the first half of a two-semester sequence in the history of music in Western civilization, examining the changing styles of European music from the emergence of Gregorian chant to the works of Mozart. Genres explored include plainchant, polyphony, secular song, the mass, madrigal, opera, oratorio, concerto, and symphony. Composers to be studied include: Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. (Formerly MU 341)
Four credits.
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MU 202 - Music History II: Romantic - present
This course covers the second half of a two-semester sequence in the history of music in Western civilization, examining the changing styles music from the Beethoven to the present day. Genres explored include the symphony, concerto, string quartet, piano sonata, opera, and art song. Composers to be studied include Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Brahms, Liszt, Wagner, Verdi, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, Glass, and others. (Formerly MU 342/343)
Four credits.
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MU 210 - Music Theory II
An in-depth study of all the musical elements with an emphasis on melodic structure, functional harmony, and four-part writing. Musical examples from a range of historical periods will be used to demonstrate different analytical tools. Discussion will also focus on the analytical process and its relationship to the performer as well as the listener’s perception of a work. (Formerly MU 111)
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MU 110 or permission of the instructor (placement test)
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MU 240 - American Music
The music of the United States from colonial days to the present, traced to its European roots but with primary focus on the contributions of distinctively American figures, such as William Billings, Stephen Foster, Charles Ives, Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Leonard Bernstein. Topics include twentieth-century American contributions to art music, the rise of American musical theatre, jazz, and rock and roll.
Four credits.
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MU 241 - American Musical Theater
A historical survey of American musical theater from its origins in the late 19th century. The course focuses on selected works by figures such as Kern, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bernstein, and Sondheim, as well as the contemporary generation. A series of case studies anchors the course, allowing students to delve into issues of race, gender, politics, musical style, performance, and the notion of the popular, as the class also explores broader cultural and musical trends.
Four credits.
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MU 242 - Studies in Film Music
This course is designed to develop a general understanding of the technical, historical, and aesthetic aspects of film music. Students will learn how to breakdown and analyze the primary components of an individual film score and develop a basic ability to identify specific musical instruments and compositional techniques. The course will also discuss many of the influential film score composers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their contribution to the film score.
Four credits.
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MU 243 - Studies in Jazz History
This course provides the opportunity for students to develop an understanding and ability to identify the specific musical elements of jazz through a variety of listening assignments. Students will develop a broad understanding of the distinctive features present in each style period of jazz and learn to recognize these features in their listening. Students will also have an opportunity to hear and analyze a live jazz performance during the course.
Four credits.
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MU 244 - Music and Worship of the Western Church
Beginning with the Hebrew Psalmody of the Old Testament, this course will survey historical topics in sacred music from Gregorian chant to the present. Topics include: the chorales and psalm settings of the Reformation, oratorios of Handel, masses of Mozart and Haydn, requiems of Brahms and Verdi, “fuging tunes” of the early American Singing Schools, African-American spirituals, hymns and religious music of the Romantic Era, and the music and praise practices current in the church today.
Four credits.
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MU 245 - World Music
This course explores the musical cultures of select regions (Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and the Americas) from the disciplinary perspective of ethnomusicology, a field that emphasizes the direct connections between social structures and musical sound/aesthetics. Students are exposed to the disciplinary methods of ethnomusicology, including its the study of non-Western music in a series of analytical assignments and presentations. At the end of this course, students should have a better understanding of an intellectual approach to studying and listening to music in other cultures. Material fees required for this couse.
Four credits.
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MU 246 - History of Rock and Roll
The focus of this course is on the history of a musical genre, one that crucially informs our understanding of popular music today: rock and roll. In additional to exploring its early twentieth-century origins in the sounds of Tin Pan Alley, as well as jazz, country, and the blues, we will examine rock’s historical trajectory through a century of social upheaval. Consistent in its political and social relevancy, rock provides a unique perspective on many of the most important issues faced during the twentieth century, including nationalism, race, class, gender, and technology. Material fees required for this couse.
Four credits.
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MU 310 - Music Theory III
A continuation of Music Theory II, this class will first present further elements of the harmonic vocabulary used in tonal music (including mode mixture, the Neapolitan chord, augmented sixth chords) then introduce students to techniques and approaches employed by composers in the twentieth century. Assignments will include analyses, directed composition exercises, and musicianship exercises (keyboard, sight singing, and dictation).
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): MU 210 or permission of the instructor (placement test)
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MU 320 - Music Composition
This course is designed to allow students to explore the creative process of music composition. The course will focus on individual compositional aspects such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form, orchestration, and text setting. Students will have a variety of opportunities to foster their music writing skills and work on the various musical elements through creative composition projects. Students will also have the opportunity to meet and discuss the compositional process with a professional composer and participate in the process of a newly commissioned work to be premiered during the course. (Formerly MU 210)
Four credits.
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MU 344 - Opera and Gender
This course explores operatic music and vocality, as well as opera’s construction of gender by focusing on a chronological series of historicized themes including castrati, madness, and exoticism. Students will complement their reading with weekly opera viewing/listening assignments and field trips to attend live performances of opera. Material fees required for this couse.
Four credits.
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MU 400 - Independent Study
Four credits.
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MU 401 - Independent Study - Thesis Research
Four credits.
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MU 492 - Internship (one-semester)
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MU 493 - Internship (two-semester)
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MU 494 - Internship (two-semester)
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Nursing |
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NU 110 - Introduction to Professional Nursing
This course introduces the student to the art and science of the profession of nursing. A historical perspective allows students to explore nursing history, the development of nursing theory, research, and the role of the nurse within the health care system. Issues and challenges that impact the profession are explored. This course and those that follow in the nursing sequence apply only to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and may not be used to fulfill the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Note: This course and those that follow in the nursing sequence apply only to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and may not be used to fulfill the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Four credits.
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NU 125 - Mental Health Nursing
This course introduces the student to the art and science of mental health nursing. Mental illness is a biochemically based process, occurring across a health illness continuum, impacted by developmental, sociocultural,psychological, physiological, and spiritual variables. A lifespan approach is incorporated into the course in order to provide appropriate care to the individual, family, and the community.
Four credits.
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NU 126 - Health Assessment & Fundamentals of Nursing
Course content focuses on the development of health assessment and basic skills essential to professional nursing practice utilizing guided classroom and clinical/laboratory learning opportunities. The nursing process and functional health patterns provide a framework for the assessment of clients across the lifespan.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it.
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NU 127 - Nursing Care of the Elderly and Chronically Ill
The focus of this course is on the care of patients with chronic illness, with a concentration on interventions for geriatric patients. Course content is integrated into classroom, laboratory, simulation and clinical settings. Clinical assignments are in rehabilitation/long term care facilities.
Six credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it.
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NU 236 - Adult Medical Surgical Nursing
The focus of this course is on the care of acutely ill adult patients, with a concentration on interventions for common medical and surgical disorders. Course content is integrated into classroom, laboratory, simulation and clinical settings. Clinical assignments are on medical and/or surgical units in the hospital setting.
Eight credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it.
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NU 238 - Pathopharmacology I
This course focuses on the pathophysiology of disease and its relationship to pharmacological interventions. Utilizing the nursing process, the student will examine disease states affecting the neurological, neuromuscular, endocrine, cardiac, renal, respiratory, ophthalmological and ontological systems. Emphasis will be on the role of the nurse in creating a safe patient environment and in evaluating the patient’s response to drug therapy. Format will be lecture and seminar for case study analysis.
Four credits.
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NU 239 - Pathopharmacology II
This course focuses on the pathophysiology of disease and its relationship to pharmacological interventions. Utilizing the nursing process, the student will examine disease states affecting the endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, gastrointestinal, renal and reproductive systems as well as antibiotic therapy. Emphasis will be on the role of the nurse in creating a safe patient environment and in evaluating the patient’s response to drug therapy. Format will be lecture and seminar for case study analysis. (2 credits beginning fall 2016)
Four credits.
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NU 340 - Critical Care Nursing
This course focuses on development of students’ ability to utilize the nursing process to care for acutely ill adult patients. Students will use communication skills, therapeutic nursing interventions, and critical thinking to assist patients to attain the optimal level of wellness. Clinical placement in EDs and ICUs of community hospitals will permit students to develop the appropriate assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation skills. Course content includes: respiratory failure, acute coronary syndromes and complications, trauma, increased intra-cranial pressure, spinal cord injuries, end stage liver and kidney disease, transplants, and burns.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 341 - Pediatric Nursing
This course focuses on development of students’ ability to utilize the nursing process to maintain optimum wellness in the child. Emphasis is placed on caring for the child in the context of the family. Principles of growth and development, health promotion, child advocacy and communication are integrated throughout the course. A holistic framework is used to critically examine the biological, psychological socio-cultural, developmental and spiritual variables, which influence the child and family’s response to alterations in health status. Clinical practice takes place in hospitals and community settings such as schools, clinics, and home settings.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 342 - Maternal-Newborn Nursing
This course focuses on development of students’ ability to utilize the nursing process to maintain optimum wellness in the childbearing family. Students will use communication skills, therapeutic nursing interventions, critical thinking and knowledge of cultural diversity to assist childbearing families to achieve a maximum level of wellness. Opportunities for students to develop assessment skills, identify nursing diagnoses, and plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care are provided in clinical placements. Course content includes pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, care of healthy newborns, prenatal, intrapartal and postpartal complications, and various reproductive health issues.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 343 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Essential components of psychiatric and mental health nursing are presented in this course. Students develop therapeutic relationships with and provide nursing care for special populations of clients experiencing acute or chronic psychopathology. Clinical assignments take place in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Students are introduced to mental disorders as biochemical-based disease processes impacted by developmental, sociocultural, psychological, physiological, and spiritual variables occurring along a continuum of mental health and alterations in mental illness. A lifespan approach is incorporated which includes primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 348 - Nursing Research
This course focuses on the importance of nursing research, and the nurse’s role as a consumer of research, research utilization, and evidence-based practice.
Two credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it.
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NU 349 - Transition to Professional Practice
This course focuses on developing the role of the professional nurse. Components of the role examined in this course include: being a member of a health care team and a health care organization, leading/managing nursing care delivery, and understanding how health care delivery is financed. Other considerations include: trends and challenges that influence the nursing profession.
Two credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 360 - Understanding Suffering
The purpose of this course is to assist the student to define and recognize various aspects of suffering as well as to explore approaches that promote hope and healing for those suffering. Suffering is a universal concept with physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual aspects that occurs within all cultures and across the lifespan. Suffering may have acute and/or chronic implications for an individual and/or community. Elective.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 361 - Holistic Nursing Practice
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to Holistic nursing practice and an overview of selected healing modalities. Discussion, demonstrations and/or experiential sessions are utilized to facilitate an understanding of these modalities. The emphasis is on developing an evidence based practice and in examining the implications of Holistic nursing in practice and research. Elective.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 370 - Contemporary Health Issues in Art, Film, and Literature
This course explores the health-illness continuum through the prism of art, film and literature. Students will examine health issues as they are impacted by individual responses, family dynamics, culture, and institutional/societal influences. Through the various media representations the student will gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of the illness experience and the care provided.
Four credits.
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NU 375 - ST: Born in the USA - Childbirth from Multiple Perspectives
“Born in the U.S.A” will address the phenomenon and experience of childbirth from several perspectives, including health and health policy, history, gender studies, psychology and art/media to name a few. Topics will include diverse issues such as health disparities, social and cultural influences on birth, parenting and family, feminist and traditional perspectives on childbearing and infant feeding, as well as how childbirth is viewed in art, contemporary media and theology.
Four credits.
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NU 449 - Community/Public Health Nursing
The focus of this course is community and public health nursing. The student will explore the role of the nurse in health promotion and disease prevention in the global theater. The concepts of epidemiology, communicable disease control, environmental health, and disaster relief will be discussed. Public Health issues such as the global health care environment and work with vulnerable populations will be explored. Socio-cultural influences on health such as immigration, health care access & cost will be addressed from national and global perspectives. Course content will incorporate economic, legal and ethical perspectives. Clinical placements will include community and public health organizations.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236 .
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NU 450 - Nursing Synthesis
This course is intended to build, integrate and refine the knowledge and skills developed throughout the nursing curriculum. Application of critical thinking, therapeutic communication, ethical decision making, and professionalism is facilitated through clinical practice, special projects, and scholarly work. The semester long clinical experience consists of a preceptorship individually developed by the student and faculty.
Eight credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of all the nursing courses preceding it.
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Nursing (RN to BSN Program) |
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HURN 310 - Studies in Humanities
This course in an introduction to the study of humanities and the timeless questions that are central to understanding the human spirit and condition. The assigned readings, music and films cross several disciplines and genres to introduce students to important aspects of the broad sweep of Western culture. In literature, film, music and the arts, students are challenged to consider critical questions that are part of the human experience in every time and place and the meanings and functions of science, art, leadership, politics, and religion in the human family/community.
3 credits.
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NURN 360 - Understanding Suffering
The purpose of this course is to assist the student to define and recognize various aspects of suffering as well as to explore approaches that promote hope and healing for those suffering. Suffering is a universal concept with physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual aspects that occurs within all cultures and across the lifespan. Suffering may have acute and/or chronic implications for an individual and/or community. Elective
Three credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236
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NURN 361 - Holistic Nursing Practice
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to Holistic nursing practice and an overview of selected healing modalities. Discussion, demonstrations and/or experiential sessions are utilized to facilitate an understanding of these modalities. The emphasis is on developing an evidence based practice and in examining the implications of Holistic nursing in practice and research. Elective
Three credits.
Prerequisite(s): This course requires successful completion of the nursing courses preceding it up to and including NU 236
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NURN 362 - ST: PTSD and Implications for Nursing Practice
This course evaluates pertinent causes and issues that impact professional nursing care of individuals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Students analyze societal, ethical, cultural and economic factors that impact health care and professional nursing practice related to this disorder. Assignments elicit critical thinking related to public health and nursing practice delivered to a diverse population suffering from this ever-evolving disorder.
Three credits.
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NURN 375 - Special Topic: Healthcare Economics and Policy
This course provides students with an opportunity to utilize basic economic concepts and principals to examine current trends in healthcare. The impact of policy, healthcare financing, and delivery within the U.S. will be emphasized. This course will prepare the student for political advocacy in today’s health care environment.
Three credits.
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NURN 451 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing
The purpose of this course is to engage the RN-BSN student in the theoretical study and practical application of the fundamentals and requisites for successful leadership development - Decision making, problem solving and critical thinking.
Four credits.
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NURN 452 - Health Assessment
This course assists the registered nurse in gaining a more thorough understanding of health assessment techniques and interpretation. Students will learn assessment techniques for each body system, focusing on in-depth examination techniques, normal age-related changes, communication, and how to take a health history. Students will practice health assessment techniques in a laboratory setting and will perform a systematic health history and physical examination.
Four credits.
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NURN 453 - Pharmacology for the RN
This course builds upon the RN’s knowledge of relationship of pathophysiology of disease and pharmacological interventions. Utilizing the nursing process, the RN will examine the manifestations and pharmacological management of disease in major organ systems of the human body through therapeutic terms, drug actions, dosage, toxicology, and application of drugs in the clinical setting. Emphasis will be on the role of the bachelor’s prepared RN to creating a safe environment, integrating evidence, and clinical judgment in planning, implementing and evaluating the patient’s response to treatment.
Four credits.
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NURN 454 - Community Health
The purpose of this course is to engage the RN to BSN student in disease prevention and health promotion in the community. The relevance and application epidemiology, environmental health, communicable disease control, vulnerable populations, and ethical issues to the global health care environment are explored.
Four credits.
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NURN 455 - Evidence-Based Nursing Research
This course focuses on the research process and evidence-based care. The student will learn to read, critique, and determine how to utilize research in nursing practice. The course provides the student with an understanding of the evidence-based process and its application to nursing care. Students will be able to access sources of evidence through databases, utilize a model to translate the evidence to practice, and have the knowledge and skills to participate on a team of health care providers implementing evidence-based care.
Four credits.
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NURN 456 - Nursing Informatics
This course introduces nursing informatics as an integration of nursing, computer, and information sciences for the support of nursing practice and health care delivery. It will acquaint practicing nurses with the effective utilization of technology and its applications throughout all aspects of health care delivery. Knowledge and skills in information management and technology and in the use of computer resources to locate information for quality care are incorporated.
Four credits.
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NURN 457 - Nursing Capstone Practicum
The course is designed to match individual interests with a unique preceptorship experience. The course is intended to build, integrate, and refine the knowledge, and skills developed throughout the curriculum. The competencies developed throughout the program will be enhanced and refined. This course includes fieldwork with a preceptor in an area of the student’s interest. Students will develop a project related to their chosen practicum.
Six credits.
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PHRN 107 - Ethics
This course is a systematic study of the rational principles of moral behavior and philosophical methods of making moral decisions with special emphasis on the philosophical basis of the dignity of the human person. Our aim is to provide an understanding of the types of moral behavior that come into question in human life, and within Nursing in particular, on the basis of natural reason alone without the aid of revelation. We will study traditional philosophical views on the basis of morality such as Virtue Ethics, Natural Law Theory, Utilitarianism, and Kantian Deontological Ethics. We will learn basic methods of moral reasoning in applying the principles of these theories to specific issues and problems that arise in Nursing. We will also consider the philosophical basis of human dignity, the nature of human suffering, and the ethical requirements of care.
Three credits.
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PHRN 323 - Philosophy of Education (philosophy elective)
This course examines both classical and modern theories of education, focusing on the nature of learning and teaching, with special application to current policies in the United States.
Three credits.
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SORN 212 - Statistics
This course focuses on the theory and application of statistical inference used in the field of social research. This course focuses on the basic concepts and measures, as well as research applications via univariate, bivariate, and multivariate techniques. Topics include hypothesis testing, ANOVA, correlation, confidence intervals, t-tests, chi-square testing, and regression analysis.
3 credits.
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THRN 368 - Theories of Peace and Justice (theology elective)
This course endeavors to educate the student in the various theories of peace and justice that have influenced social structures and human decision making over the past three millennia. Students will critically read the central texts of this field. Students will also engage in ethical reflection on contemporary cases in peace and justice.
Three credits.
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THRN 425 - Medical Ethics
This course endeavors to educate the student in: basic concepts in theology; the Christian Scriptures; and in medical ethics, with a special emphasis on Catholic medical ethics. In order to achieve this goal the first part of the course investigates the foundations of medical ethics. The second part of the course focuses on issues in applied medical ethics. The points of departure for these investigations are Scriptural texts, relevant papal encyclicals, and works in Catholic moral theology, and secular medical ethics.
Three credits.
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PJ 101 - Introduction to Peace and Justice
This course introduces the study of peace and justice from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include: violence, refugees, peace-building, and others
Four credits.
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PJ 301 - Theories of Peace and Justice
This course is a survey of major theories of peace and justice from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, sociology, and politics. Emphasis may include ancient Greek philosophy, biblical, liberation theories, contemporary theories justice, Catholic social tradition and others.
Four credits.
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PJ 302 - Introduction to Conflict Resolution
This course provides an introduction to the study of conflict and its resolution by exploring the basic theoretical concepts of the field. Students will also learn and practice skills for intervening and resolving conflicts.
Four credits.
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