Pre- or Co-requisite: Admission into the University Honors Program. A course that concentrates on reading, writing, and research toward honors thesis development. Students are introduced to the rhetoric of disciplinary knowledge, investigate research and writing practices suitable for a sustained thesis project in their field, and produce the early stages of a honors thesis project with an identified faculty advisor, culminating in a formal honors thesis proposal.
Exploring Health Professions 101 exposes freshman, special students, Post-Baccalaureate Health Certificate students, and 2nd degree seeking students who plan to focus on a career in the healthcare profession and interested in careers in healthcare to the plethora of career opportunities available while simultaneously exposing them to the rigors and expectations of the application process. The course will also provide students insight into the future of healthcare and health careers in America and provide them the research skills and professional tools to begin the career preparation and navigation process successfully. Additionally, the course seeks to connect students with campus and community partners in the form of academic and personal/professional support, mentors, advisors,and learning resources.
Exploring Health Professions 102 continues to build on the career exploration initiated in the HPCC 101 course. HPCC 102 (Recommended for juniors and Seniors) continues to expose students to the realities for preparing for and applying to their desired health professions program through targeted and intentional professional development, professional and personal evaluation, and career research. With an intensive focus on application development, students are given a semester’s long opportunity to begin turning academic, professional and personal achievements into a tangible application for health profession’s school.
HRM 3510 - Leadership Training and Development (3)
Prerequisites: MGT 3000 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. This course explores the theory and practice used for leading, training and developing talent in organizations. Course content include identifying training needs, designing and implementing training programs to satisfy individual and organizational goals, and evaluating training program effectiveness. Theories of leadership development, team-building, organizational and individual learning, orientation and socialization, career development, training delivery, trainer skill development and training for international operations are also discussed.
Prerequisites: MGT 3000 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. This course offers a managerial perspective of the maintenance of human talent relative to strategic and global directives. The course examines the risk component of managing talent. Topics include, but are not limited to the risk management process, risk assessment, legal compliance, safety and business continuity.
Prerequisites: MGT 3000 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. This course considers the competencies for leading and managing change in organizations. Assessment includes strategies and policies and industry comparisons of critical success factors for leading talent with recognition of factors related to diverse and global workforces.
or equivalent or permission of instructor This course examines theory and practice in designing and managing rewards, compensation, and benefit systems in organizations. Issues considered include rewards, compensation and benefit systems as vehicles for attracting, motivating, and retaining employees; designing individual and group incentive plans; structuring employee benefit plans; determining wage levels and structures; legal issues and considerations in compensation and benefit administration; and CEO and expatriate compensation.
or equivalent or permission of instructor This course covers theory and application methods used in workforce planning and the recruitment and selection of employees. Course topics include job analysis, job design, interviewing and assessment methods, selection measures, legal compliance in recruitment and selection, workforce diversity, employment discrimination, affirmative action, internal and external selection processes including the use of contingent workers and outsourcing, staffing philosophies for socialization, international operations, mergers and acquisitions, and expatriate placement and repatriation.
HRM 4540 - Performance and Retention Management (3)
Prerequisites: MGT 3700 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on performance management and appraisal and examines the policies and practices used to promote equitable treatment of employees. Topics include theory and practice of attribution and motivation for talent engagement and retention, employee health and safety, employee communication, ethical decision making, equal opportunity, employee rights, employee discipline, conflict resolution, industrial relations, collective bargaining, separation, and international labor relations.
Prerequisites: HRM 4560 and HRM 4530 or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the formulation and implementation of human resource management strategies. Emphasis is placed on the strategic dimensions of recruitment, selection, development and retention of a diverse workforce required to accomplish organizational strategic objectives. Issues considered include HR information systems, HR analytics, sustainability, social responsibility, mergers and acquisitions, consulting and topics relevant to the current HRM environment. In addition, this course prepares students for discipline assessment and/or certification.
Prerequisites: MGT 4510 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. This course considers current and relevant topics impacting the performance management of human talent in the global environment. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills critical to HRM decision making. Topics vary and depend on the emerging HRM environment and the global market place. Experiential learning techniques such as internships, travel and international study/tours are also considered.
This course is an introduction to the study of global cultures with particular emphasis on religion, philosophy, literature, drama/theatre, art, and music.
This course explores the impact of the New South on the arts and Humanities in America, using these historical milestones: the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Decision, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and the post-1970s thrust for cultural diversity.
This course is designed to provide the student with the skills needed to become a successful college learner. In this course, students will learn strategies that will help them effectively handle college-level work such as test taking, memorization, listening, note taking, and organizational skills. The course will also provide students with tools to help them manage time in and out of the classroom and to effectively handle the pressures that often accompany living and learning in college.
INDS 4000 - Senior Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies (3)
Pre- or Co-requisite: 60+ credit hours and junior status. The Senior Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies is an advanced undergraduate research experience that draws upon theories and methods from multiple liberal arts disciplines to address contemporary topics. Students will use appropriate research and documentation methods and advanced analysis to complete research and writing projects. Students will also synthesize knowledge from their interdisciplinary curriculum to prepare for career opportunities.
An instrumental group comprising a rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) and two to four horns. Repertoire will consist of mainstream jazz, contemporary jazz, and jazz-rock. Permission of the instructor is required. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: MUSL 1010, MUSL 1220, MUSL 2210, JAZZ 2250. Theory and actual performance of improvised jazz solo with an emphasis on functional harmony, melodic patterns, modes, and special scales. This course is intended for both instrumentalists and vocalists. Permission of the instructor is required.
Prerequisites: MUSL 1220, MUSL 2110. A study of the basic elements of jazz harmony, including major and minor scales, modes, pentatonic scales, symmetrically altered scales, interval chords, thirteenth chords, polychords, and ear training.
Prerequisites: JAZZ 2250 with a grade of “C” or better. A continuation of JAZZ 2250 with special emphasis on five-part harmony, modal harmony, chords voiced in fourths, ear training, and analysis and transcription of jazz solos.
Prerequisites: JAZZ 2100, JAZZ 2260. A continuation of JAZZ 2100 with emphasis on advanced elements of jazz improvisation (modal harmony, polychords, mixed scales, symmetric and “synthetic” scales, non-functional harmony, and chromaticism). All of these elements will be studied in relationship to style, form, and analysis.
Writing jazz arrangements for various combinations of instruments and/or voice. Provision will be made for readings of arrangements by an appropriate ensemble. This course is open to music majors and other students with the permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: None. This is a Tai Chi course designed for beginners. Tai Chi history, will be introduced. Students will learn a short form of Tai Chi.
An introductory course in fitness that offers the latest fitness knowledge based on up-to-date findings in exercise physiology and fitness, along with the tools for self-assessment and guidelines for developing a personalized fitness program. CPR licensure is a requirement of the course. This course is also offered online.
This course is designed as an introduction to the field of Physical Education and related areas of sport and recreation. The historical development, foundations and trends, scope, careers, relative to physical education, sport, and recreation are addressed. WI
KIN 2010 - Structure and Function of the Musculoskeletal System (3)
This course provides students with practical applications and functional anatomical strategies of theory associated with human movement/sport rehabilitation.
Prerequisites: KIN 1020, 125 average. An advanced study of the bowling technique and an introduction to the concepts of team bowling, handicap bowling, and league bowling. (Lab fee is required.)
Prerequisites: KIN 1541 or KIN 1030, or permission of instructor. The NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) standards of training using Tactical Strength and Conditioning to apply scientific knowledge to physically train military, fire and rescue, law enforcement, protective services, and other emergency personnel to improve performance, promote wellness, and decrease injury risk.
Prerequisites: KIN 1130. An advanced study of the principles of weight training regimen including diet, proper supplementation, and flexibility. Designed to give an overview of the principles of training and the proper position techniques.
KIN 2075 - Principles of Strength and Conditioning (3)
Prerequisites: BIOL 1610 &BIOL 1620 , CPR certification, KIN 2000, KIN 2010 This course is designed for current and future Strength and Conditioning professionals and students. This course will provide the student the most comprehensive information on organization and administration of facilities, testing and evaluation, exercise techniques, training adaptations, and program design. This course includes guidelines for laboratory testing used in an Athletic Strength and Conditioning Facility. Laboratory sessions are a key component to the course.
Prerequisites: KIN 1541, KIN 1080. The course is designed to teach skills that are required to plan and instruct a group exercise class. Topics covered include class formats, use of music, choreography, cue, monitoring techniques, and successful instruction techniques. Students will learn skills by practice teaching sessions, observations/participation, and instructor evaluations. Students will be expected to take and pass the Group Exercise Instructor Certification exam.
Prerequisites: KIN 1541, KIN 1080. A teacher methods course designed to teach skills that are required to plan and instruct a group exercise class in a public school setting. Topics covered include class formats, use of music, choreography, cue, monitoring techniques, and successful instruction techniques. Students will learn skills by practice teaching sessions, observations/participation, and instructor evaluations. Students will be expected to take and pass the Group Exercise Instructor Certification exam. (Physical Education Licensure students only).
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program. A one-semester athletic training clinical experience with a weekly lecture/lab format that reviews the clinical and didactic competencies learned during the previous semester.
Prerequisites: KIN 2000 or RECR 1000. An analysis of skill acquisition. Primary consideration given to the cognitive and motor processes underlying the learning of motor skills and factors that influence motor skill learning. Lab required
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program This course provides an advanced study of orthopedic and physical assessment pertaining to injuries and conditions of the lower extremity along with general medical conditions.
. This course provides an advanced study of orthopedic and physical assessment pertaining to injuries and conditions of the upper extremity along with general medical conditions.
KIN 3220 - Administrative Aspects in Athletic Training (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program. An introductory course in athletic training administrative practices. Topics and activities include facility design, budget planning, program management, policies, procedures, information systems, and risk management.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program, KIN 2250. An introduction to the principles and procedures involved in administration of therapeutic modalities including heat, cold, ultrasound, electricity, mechanical and manual therapies.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program and KIN 3230. An introductory course designed to address the principles and procedures of therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation as it relates to the profession of athletic training.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program and KIN 2300. A one-semester clinical experience with a weekly lecture/lab format that reviews the clinical and didactic competencies learned throughout the ATEP with an emphasis on coursework from the previous semester.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program and KIN 3301, KIN 3230. A one-semester clinical experience with a weekly lecture/lab format that reviews the clinical and didactic competencies learned throughout the ATEP with an emphasis on coursework from the previous semester.
This course is designed to develop the students’ knowledge and understanding of concepts relative to physical activity and aging. The course requires the planning, implementation, and assessment of an exercise program for the aging. The demographics of aging, theories on the aging process, health promotion for the aging, basic philosophy on exercise and aging, and physical exercise in a variety of areas including dance and aquatics are addressed. Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program certification is a component of the course.
KIN 3560 - Program Design in Strength and Conditioning (3)
Prerequisites: BIOL 1610,BIOL 1620 , CPR Certification, KIN 2000, KIN 2010 This course presents information on the process of designing scientifically based resistance training programs, modifying and adapting programs to meet the needs of special populations, and understanding how designing program works in the real world.
Prerequisites: KIN 2100 or permission of instructor. An introduction to lifeguarding techniques and water safety skills with emphasis on acquiring lifeguarding and water safety techniques required for the American Red Cross Lifeguarding Licensure.
Prerequisites: KIN 2100 and permission of instructor. An introduction to technique of teaching aquatic skills. Licensure by the American Red Cross as a Water Safety Instructor is available upon completion of the course.
KIN 3640 - Administration and Management of Aquatic Program and Facilities (3)
A study of the operation and maintenance of aquatic facilities for school, municipalities, and other organizations with additional consideration to the organization and administration of aquatic programs.
KIN 4030 - Psycho-Socio Aspects of Physical Activity and Leisure (3)
Prerequisites: KIN 2000, RECR 1000 or consent of instructor. A study of psychological and sociological factors that affect participation and behavior in physical activity and leisure.
A study of the various theories, concepts, principles, and practices of management that may be applied in organizations whose primary objective is to provide athletic and/or fitness related activities, products, or services.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1300, BIOL 1610. An investigative analysis of human motion and application of anatomical, physiological, and mechanical principles to prescription for improving performance of motor skills.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1300, BIOL 1610. An examination of the basic metabolic processes as they occur at rest and during exercise with emphasis on the dynamics of muscular contraction and circulation, the relationship of nutrition to physical performance, and the effect of hot, cold, altitude and water environments upon performance.
KIN 4130 - Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription (3)
Prerequisites: KIN 4110, KIN 4120, BIOL 1610 & BIOL 1620. A study of methods and procedures in physiological assessment of human fitness, exercise prescription, and exercise leadership. Topics related to exercise for the aging will also be discussed.
KIN 4145 - Principles of Olympic Weightlifting (3)
Prerequisites: BIOL 1610 & BIOL 1620 ,CPR certification, KIN 2000 This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Olympic Weightlifting technique and program design. Designed primarily for students’ specializing in strength and conditioning. The course explores the theoretical underpinning of the Olympic lifts used for athletic preparation. This course includes guidelines for laboratory testing used in an Athletic Strength and Cnditioning Facility. Laboratory sessions are a key component to the course.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Program, must be at least a junior in standing. This course is designed to present a variety of current practices and technical advancements in orthopedic and general medicine. Allied health professionals from various disciplines and experiences (sports medicine, general medicine, pharmacology, etc.) will present topics in a lecture/lab format.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program, KIN 3302, KIN 3240. A one semester clinical experience with a weekly lecture/lab format that reviews the clinical and didactic competencies learned during the previous semester.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Athletic Training Education Program, KIN 4303. A capstone course with a weekly lecture/lab format reviews clinical and didactic competencies learned throughout the ATEP.
, RECR 1000, & RECR 3100. An introduction to cognitive, affective, and motor measurement; evaluation principles and practices with emphasis on general motor ability, physical fitness, sports skills, and elementary statistics.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1610, BIOL 1620; and KIN 3000. A study of comprehensive and up-to-date information regarding physical activities for individuals with disabilities with emphasis on current legislation and IEP development and assessment, physical education for infants and toddlers, and programming. A laboratory experience is required for this course.
Pre- or Co-requisite: KIN 3202 - Orthopedic & Physical Assessment II , KIN 3230 - Therapeutic Modalities , and Must be a senior. This course is designed to prepare Kinesiology students for their internship, a full-time continuing experience in one appropriate professional Kinesiology organization/agency, for at least 200 clock hours over the semester. The students enrolled in this course will be required to: 1) research, visit and select an agency that will enhance career goals, 2) complete all necessary paperwork for the internship, 3) contact their selected site and arrange for an interview with the Site Supervisor, 4) discuss the potential agency the student’s personal and professional goals and objectives for the internship experience, 5) provide the site supervisor a copy of their professional resume, and 6) discuss the specific responsibilities of the internship position and secure a written copy of their job description in preparation for their internship.
Prerequisites: Completion of all course work in physical education. An entry level practical experience of contractual agreement between the University supervisor, site supervisor, and the student internist. Provides for 400 hours or a minimum of 12 weeks of a practicum in a clinical setting of an allied prevention health care facility.
Prerequisites: KIN 2060 & 3100. An examination of the critical concerns influencing athletic organizations, their administration and theoretical parameters which impact the behavior and performance of coaches with emphasis on applying educationally sound techniques of coaching in laboratory experiences.
KIN 4800 - Independent Study in Physical Education (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Independent reading and research for upper level undergraduate student physical education and recreation majors under faculty supervision. This is an opportunity for advanced study in a special area in physical education and/or recreation.
LSIS 4505 - Survey of Literature for Children and Adolescents (3)
Prerequisites: Identification and evaluation of materials for children and adolescents to promote literacy and lifelong readers. The course is designed to enhance learning and literary experiences for elementary education, media, and library students. Selected children’s books are read, critiqued, analyzed, and evaluated.
Prerequisites: Placement by University Testing. Credit is not allowed if a student has prior credit in any other mathematics course. Required of all freshmen who did not make a satisfactory score on the placement test. Math 1000 provides preparation for MATH 1100 and does not count as credit toward the GEC mathematics requirement. The course will review basic algebra, including evaluation of algebraic expressions, factoring, radicals, exponents, fractional expressions, solutions of linear equations, polynomials and word problems. Students will use technology-based learning resources as a supplement to regular class instruction in order to gain skills and improve their knowledge of course concepts.
MATH 1080 - Mathematics for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (3)
Pre- or Co-requisite: Placement by University Testing. This course provides a general survey of mathematical topics that are useful in our contemporary world. This course is designed to show students how mathematics can be applied to their lives in interesting, enjoyable, and meaningful ways. The course has a variety of topics in liberal arts mathematics; problem solving and critical thinking, set theory, logic, number theory and the real number system, algebra, consumer mathematics, and financial management. This course is also designed to help diverse students, with different backgrounds and career plans, to succeed.
MATH 1100 - College Algebra and Trigonometry I (3)
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1000 or placement by University Testing. A course that prepares non-science students for MATH 1210 and students planning to take Calculus I for MATH 1200. Topics include fractional expressions, exponents and radicals, equations and inequalities of linear and quadratic types, functions and graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions, and the binomial theorem.
An introductory statistics course designed to give students a better understanding of statistical concepts and their numerous applications as well as their limitation. Analysis will stress graphical methods of exploratory data analysis and the use of technology such as Microsoft Excel to compute means, variances, correlation coefficients, and regression lines. An introduction to statistical inference for means will also be included.
MATH 1200 - College Algebra and Trigonometry II (3)
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1100. A course for science students designed as preparation for MATH 2010 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (4). A continuation of MATH 1100 with trigonometry, including simultaneous equations, graphical solution of systems of inequalities, polynomial equations and functions, sequences and series, trigonometric functions, analytical trigonometry, right angle trigonometry, and the laws of sines and cosines.
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1100. A second GEC course for non-science majors. Topics include solving systems of linear equations and inequalities, and solving optimization problems by the simplex method. Sets, counting techniques, and basic principles of probability are also introduced.
Prerequisites: Permission of Department. An intensive course in pre-calculus mathematics including structure of the real number system, fundamental concepts of algebra, the elementary functions and their graphs, inequalities, theory of equations, complex numbers, the binomial theorem, trigonometric functions, analytical trigonometry, applications of trigonometry, and mathematical induction.
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1100. An intuitive treatment of the calculus, including functions, limits, continuity, the techniques of differentiation, and an introduction to integration. Applications to business and economics, the life sciences, and the behavioral sciences.
MATH 2002 - Concepts of the Real Number System I (3)
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1200. A course for students who are majoring in elementary or middle school education. The first of a two-semester sequence in fundamental concepts and the structure of the real number system and its subsystems presented from an arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric point of view.
MATH 2003 - Concepts of the Real Number System II (3)
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 2002. A courses for students who are majoring in elementary or middle school education. The second of a two-semester sequence in fundamental concepts and the structure of the real number system and its subsystems presented from an arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric point of view.
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1200. A course for students who are majoring in elementary or middle school education. Fundamental concepts of geometry, including those concepts that form the core of geometric knowledge, the axioms that develop geometric intuition and insight, and the formulation of deductive subsystems. Geometric ideas will be illustrated in practical settings.
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1200 or MATH 1410 or permission of the department. An introduction to the differential and integral calculus with analytic geometry including functions, limits, continuity, methods and applications of differentiation (including trigonometric functions), and an introduction to elementary differential equations and techniques of integration.