Apr 29, 2024  
2020-21 NSU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-21 NSU Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 

Nursing

  
  • NURS 4115 - Community Health Nursing


    CIP Code: 513801
    Description: Students learn theory and research relevant to nursing practice and public health practice to promote and preserve the health of populations. This course provides an opportunity to partner with a community and other health professionals to manage and provide resources. Requires a total of 64 field experience hours during the course.

    Credit Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: NURS 3003 Professional Nursing Role with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
    Restrictions: Admission to nursing major or instructor permission is required. Students must have completed the credentialing process, a preceptor agreement, and have an approved facility contract prior to enrolling in this course.
    Note: Requires a total of 64 field experience hours over the semester.
  
  • NURS 4214 - Nursing Leadership & Management


    CIP Code: 513801
    Description: Students will learn about leadership and management skills relevant to professional practice. This course provides an opportunity to collaborate with professionals and initiate change.

    Credit Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: NURS 3003 Professional Nursing Role with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
    Restrictions: Admission to nursing major or instructor permission is required.
  
  • NURS 4240 - Selected Studies


    Description: Studies provide students an opportunity to pursue an area of special interest through independent study or short term courses.

    Credit Hours: 1-2
    Restrictions: Instructor permission.
    Note: May be taken as elective credit.
  
  • NURS 4294 - Professional Nursing Synthesis


    CIP Code: 513801
    Description: Students apply professional nursing skills and concepts developed throughout the nursing program with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. This course provides an opportunity to collaborate with a preceptor in an area of choice that reflects professional goals. Requires a total of 64 field experience hours during the course.

    Credit Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: NURS 3003 Professional Nursing Role, NURS 3053 Health Assessment, NURS 3102 Cultural Competency in Nursing, NURS 3204 Family Health Nursing, NURS 4003 Current Trends and Issues in Nursing, NURS 4102 Fundamentals of Nursing Research, NURS 4115 Community Health Nursing, and NURS 4214 Leadership & Management in Nursing with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
    Restrictions: Admission to nursing major or permission of instructor is required. Students must have completed the credentialing process, a preceptor agreement, and have an approved facility contract prior to enrolling in this course.
    Note: Requires a total of 64 field experience hours over the semester.
  
  • NURS 4401 - Honors Research IV


    Description: All enrolled students will present their scholarly activity.  All other students are expected to attend.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: NURS 4402 Honors Research III.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • NURS 4402 - Honors Research III


    Description: Completion of honors thesis, artistic composition or other scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: NURS 3402 Honors Research II.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • NURS 4750 - Workshop in Nursing


    Description: Study of selected topics of current or special interest to nurses and other health care workers.

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated with different topics for a maximum of six credit hours.

Nutritional Sciences

  
  • NUTR 1653 - Basic Nutrition


    Description: Students explore normal nutrition for all ages including physical development and health; functions of nutrients and their requirements for digestion, absorption, metabolism, and planning of normal diets.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Note: This course does not count toward the Nutritional Sciences minor.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • NUTR 3104 - The Science of Food


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students study foods as chemical compounds and the chemical reactions and physical changes which occur from production to consumption. Students use sensory evaluation techniques and evaluate data as appropriate. Students complete hands-on practice in the purchasing, preparation, serving and storage of foods to promote safety and retain nutritive value and palatability. Students become familiar with menu planning, purchasing options, a variety of food preparation techniques, and various meal service types. Students will complete a required lab co-requisite.

    Credit Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: NUTR 1653 Basic Nutrition with a minimum grade of C.
    Co-requisite: NUTR 3104L The Science of Food Lab
  
  • NUTR 3111 - Introduction to Nutritional Sciences


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students explore career opportunities in health professions focusing on careers in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Allied Health.  Students examine professionalism and develop leadership qualities in their chosen field.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • NUTR 3113 - Consumer Issues


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students will pursue studies of consumer decision making related to functional and integrative nutrition, including the guiding principles of practice. Students will learn how integrative and functional nutrition is applied in practice and explore benefits related to personal daily nutrition decisions. Students will analyze the prevalence of use of dietary supplements among Americans; FDA’s guidance documents and regulatory information; risk management; clinical and client decision making; and ethical, legal and scientific integrity considerations for nutrition.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 1653 Basic Nutrition with a minimum grade of C.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • NUTR 3201 - Food Safety


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students learn safe food production practices governed by federal and state regulation including prevention of food-borne illness, proper handling of potentially hazardous foods, avoiding contamination, personal hygiene practices, time temperature abuse, and maintaining food safety standards throughout the flow of commercial food preparation. Upon completion of the course, students will take the National Restaurant Association (NRA) ServSafe examination.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • NUTR 3401 - Honors Research I


    Description: Topic identification and literature review for scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Restrictions: Honors student with junior standing or above.
  
  • NUTR 3402 - Honors Research II


    Description: Research and development of scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: NUTR 3401 Honors Research I.
    Restrictions: Honors student with junior standing or above.
  
  • NUTR 3563 - Fundamentals of Medical Nutrition Therapy


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students learn methods of nutritional screening and assessment. Students also learn to interpret nutrient drug interactions and recommendations for nutrition-related pharmacotherapy.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 1653 Basic Nutrition with a minimum grade of C.
  
  • NUTR 3583 - Nutritional Assessment and Counseling


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students learn methods of screening and assessment of nutritional status including dietary, clinical, biochemical and anthropometric measurements.  Students will be introduced to counseling theory, techniques, and documentation methods.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture contact hours per week: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 1653 Basic Nutrition with a minimum grade of C or instructor permission.
  
  • NUTR 3653 - Food and Culture


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students explore socioeconomic, physiological, and cultural factors that impact food selection, food production, and food availability worldwide, as well as international food and culture.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture contact hours per week: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • NUTR 3763 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students investigate general health assessment, nutrient-drug interactions, nutrition care process relating to medical nutrition therapy. Physiological and metabolic bases for dietary modifications in certain health conditions are included in addition to nutrition management of health conditions through medical nutrition therapy.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture contact hours per week: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 3563 Fundamentals of Nutrition Therapy and NUTR 3583 Nutritional Assessment and Counseling with a minimum grade of C in each course.
    Restrictions: Instructor permission.
  
  • NUTR 3955 - Food Systems Management


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students learn the principles of food service systems management including human resource management and related laws, performance improvement techniques, material management, workflow and production, laws and regulations in food service sanitation, leadership styles, communication and interpersonal skills, and financial management. Lab section students engage in 2 hours of food service systems management practicum experience in quantity food production and management. Practicum and case studies will be used to emphasize production of quantity foods, menu planning, procurement, costing, preparation, service, sanitation, delivery systems, and use and care of quantity food equipment.

    Credit Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: NUTR 3104 Science of Food and NUTR 3201 Food Safety with a minimum grade of C.
    Co-requisite: NUTR 3955L Food Systems Management Lab.
  
  • NUTR 4243 - Life Cycle Nutrition


    Description: Students evaluate nutrient needs and dietary concerns of individuals and families from conception through the senior adult years.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 1653 Basic Nutrition and NUTR 3583 Nutritional Assessment and Counseling with a minimum grade of C and instructor permission.
    Restrictions: Instructor permission.
  
  • NUTR 4263 - Geriatric Nutrition


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students focus on the physiological, psychological, social and financial aspects of aging that affect health and nutritional status. Students learn the impact of disease, disability and changing nutritional needs as well as screening and assessment tools to identify appropriate interventions to improve health and nutritional status. Students learn to apply legal and ethical considerations and consider government and community resources for positive outcomes.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture contact hours per week: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 3583 Nutritional Assessment and Counseling with a minimum grade of C.
  
  • NUTR 4283 - Community Nutrition


    Description: Students will evaluate nutrition resources available in the community as well as food and nutrition policies affecting individuals.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 1653 Basic Nutrition and NUTR 3583 Nutrition Assessment and Counseling with a minimum grade of C.
    Restrictions: Instructor permission.
  
  • NUTR 4352 - Advanced Nutrition


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students examine the biochemistry and physiology of nutrients. Students will study digestion/absorption, interrelationships, cellular metabolism and utilization of macro- and micronutrients, and determination of nutrient requirements.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: NUTR 1653 Basic Nutrition and CHEM 3123 Organic Chemistry I Lecture with a minimum grade of C or instructor permission.
  
  • NUTR 4401 - Honors Research IV


    Description: All enrolled students will present their scholarly activity.  All other students are expected to attend.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: NUTR 4402 Honors Research III.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • NUTR 4402 - Honors Research III


    Description: Completion of honors thesis, artistic composition or other scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: NUTR 3402 Honors Research II.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • NUTR 4583 - Medical Nutritional Therapy II


    CIP Code: 513101
    Description: Students continue study of medical nutrition therapy; examining physiological and metabolic bases for dietary modifications in disease states. Students become versed in nutrition management of disease through medical nutrition therapy practice. Students learn to apply medical data as appropriate to various disease states. 

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture contact hours per week: 3
    Prerequisite: NUTR 3583 Nutritional Assessment and Counseling and NUTR 3763 Medical Nutrition Therapy I with a minimum grade of C or instructor permission.
  
  • NUTR 4592 - Health Careers Professionalism


    Description: Students examine professionalism and develop leadership qualities in their chosen field, specifically Nutritional Sciences and Allied Health.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Restrictions: Senior standing in Nutritional Sciences major or completion of 15 hours of Nutritional Sciences minor.
  
  • NUTR 4910 - Special Topics in Nutritional Sciences


    CIP Code: 51301
    Description: Students complete specialized studies in areas of nutritional sciences. Course content and credit hours vary by semester.  Recommended: Students majoring or minoring in Nutritional Sciences.

    Credit Hours: 1-6
    Restrictions: Nutritional Sciences major or minor with junior standing or above.
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be taken with different topics for a maximum of six credit hours.

Organizational Leadership

  
  • ORGL 3113 - Foundations of Organizational Leadership & Personal Development


    Description: This course is an introduction to the Organizational Leadership Bachelor of Science Program. Essential components will include: overview of program expectations; principles of adult learning; resources for success including library, campus, online resources and mentoring relationships; personal wellness/stress and time management techniques; study and test-taking skills; and basic computer skills for working in an online environment.

    Credit Hours: 3
  
  • ORGL 3223 - Professional Communication


    Description: A study of communication in the workplace within a framework of organizational ethics. Essential components and course content include: listening, verbal and nonverbal communication, written expression, and professional presentation methods.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • ORGL 3333 - Data Analysis and Interpretation


    Description: The course will enable a student to develop an understanding of the application and interpretation of basic data analysis. Essential components and course content will include basic data analysis from a user perspective. Hands-on exercises will enable students to utilize software such as Excel to solve problems and to interpret results.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
     
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • ORGL 3443 - Survey of Fiscal Management


    Description: A managerial overview of fiscal management within organizations. Essential components and coursework content will include: understanding the components and articulation of financial statements, knowledge and application of financial ratios leading to an understanding of organizational performance across time and in comparison to industry standards, utilization of financial information in the acquisition of capital and budgeting decisions, and a rudimentary understanding of cash flows.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • ORGL 4113 - Ethics and Organizations


    Description: This course is designed to examine the dynamics of workplace and personal ethics through the study of basic philosophical theories. Essential components and course content will include: leadership in the context of self-governance, responsibility, adherence to principles, integrity, and constancy of purpose. Current case studies will be used to apply ethical theories.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • ORGL 4223 - The Individual, the Organization, and Society


    Description: An examination of contemporary issues that affect organizations. Essential topics include environmental stewardship, social responsibility of the organization, effects and implications of globalization, the status of individual freedom within the organization, diversity, and the ramifications of technological change. This seminar course will be organized around student discussion and topical papers.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • ORGL 4333 - Leading and Managing


    Description: This course is a study of theories that influence leadership and management with application to a variety of work situations. Essential components and coursework content will include: basic leadership and behavior styles, negotiation, critical thinking, change, conflict resolution, ethics and social responsibility, and diversity in the workplace. Assessment of personal leadership abilities and personality traits will be included.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
  
  • ORGL 4443 - Markets and Stakeholders


    Description: This course introduces the student to the concept of markets and stakeholders. Essential components and course content will include: an overview of competitive markets, buyer behavior, development of new markets and products, marketing communication, distribution channels, pricing, and marketing mix strategies. It will include a discussion of external environmental factors and stakeholder analysis. Students will be able to evaluate market needs, select target markets and develop an appropriate market mix.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
  
  • ORGL 4553 - Capstone


    Description: This course provides the student the opportunity to integrate concepts and theories covered in the core with their area of focus. Students will design and implement a capstone project related to their area of focus culminating in a written and oral presentation.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ORGL 3113 Foundations of Organizational Leadership and Personal Development.
    Note: This course must be taken in the student’s final enrollment period.
  
  • ORGL 4993 - Professional Internship (optional credit)


    Description: Supervised professional-level assignment with an organization, firm government agency, or not-for-profit entity within the selected area of focus.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: All core courses in Organizational Leadership except for ORGL 4553 Capstone.
    Restrictions: Instructor permission.

Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 1013 - Introduction to Philosophy


    Description: Brief survey of basic philosophical problems which have faced mankind throughout the ages.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Cross-listed: HUM 2653.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both HUM 2653 Philosophy in Life and PHIL 1013.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHIL 1023 - Introduction to Logic


    Description: Principles of formal and symbolic reasoning as related to value and knowledge theories.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHIL 2013 - History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy


    Description: Historical survey of Greek, Roman, and Medieval Philosophers.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHIL 2023 - History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy


    Description: Historical survey of major philosophical thinkers from Renaissance to modern.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHIL 3013 - Introduction to Aesthetics and Ethics


    Description: Logical investigation of fundamental principles underlying man’s ability to make meaningful judgments about truth, beauty, God, and morality.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHIL 3103 - Introduction to Metaphysics


    Description: Systematic and logical introduction to necessary correlations of man’s life and thought which transcends the phenomenal and empirical order of nature’s events.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes

Physical Education

  
  • P ED 1011 - Team Sports


    Description: Instruction and practice on the fundamentals and strategy of the following team sports: basketball, field hockey, football, speedball, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball, rugby, water polo, and others.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Note: May be repeated.
  
  • P ED 1031 - Basketball Fundamentals


    Description: Instruction and practice on the fundamentals of basketball with emphasis on fundamental drills.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1051 - Individual Sports


    Description: A general service activity class which provides laboratory experiences necessary for the development of knowledge, skill, and appreciation of a variety of individual and dual activities including, but not limited to: archery, badminton, bicycling, bait casting, handball, and ropes and rappelling.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Note: May be repeated.
  
  • P ED 1061 - Racquetball


    Description: Designed to give students practice and instruction in the fundamental skills and techniques of racquetball.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1071 - Billiards


    Description: Designed to provide instruction in the fundamentals and techniques of billiards for beginners. Rules, etiquette, and scoring will be covered as well as various types of tournaments.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1081 - Development Activities


    Description: Activities primarily concerned with body development and physical fitness. Necessary skills would also be taught in each activity. Subjects include: Body Mechanics, Gymnastics, Advanced Gymnastics, Hiking, Weight Lifting and Self-Testing, Aerobics, Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics, Individual Fitness, and Aerobic Dance.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Note: May be repeated.
  
  • P ED 1131 - Weight Lifting and Self-Testing Activities


    Description: Advanced course of weight lifting and body building, designed primarily for students participating in intercollegiate athletics and physical education majors.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1201 - Aquatic Activities


    Description: Swimming course designed to provide instruction for students with various levels of swimming skill. Includes Elementary Swimming, Intermediate Swimming, Advanced Swimming, Canoeing, Sailing, Power Boating, and Water Skiing. (Students may receive certification in life saving and water safety instruction.)

    Credit Hours: 1-2
  
  • P ED 1261 - Beginning Tennis


    Description: The aims of this course are to introduce students to the three basic strokes of tennis so that they may play tennis well enough to enjoy it, and to learn the rules and etiquette of the game.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1271 - Intermediate Tennis


    Description: The aims of this course are to increase the proficiency of students in the three basic strokes of tennis, to learn to volley, and to learn the techniques of successful singles and doubles play.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1321 - Basketball and Softball


    Description: This course covers the basic fundamentals, techniques, and rules of basketball and softball and offers opportunity for team play.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1341 - Soccer and Intermediate Volleyball


    Description: Designed to give fundamental skill instruction and practice in beginning soccer techniques, and more advanced skills and play in intermediate volleyball.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Note: Course may be repeated for credit with a change in sub-title.
  
  • P ED 1550 - Combative Sports


    Description: Activities for the general service program designed to introduce students to the basic fundamentals of sports involving combative techniques. Activities offered under this area would include, but not be limited to: Fencing, Karate, and Wrestling.

    Credit Hours: 1-2
  
  • P ED 1611 - Beginning Bowling


    Description: Designed to provide instruction in the fundamentals and techniques of bowling for beginners. Rules, etiquette, and scoring will be covered as well as various types of competitive leagues and tournaments.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1621 - Advanced Bowling


    Description: For students who have had beginning bowling or students who have previously bowled in leagues and have already mastered the basic fundamentals of bowling.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Note: Women students should have a 125 average and men students a 140 average.
  
  • P ED 1700 - Dance Activities


    Description: Instruction in basics of dance, including folk, social, modern, and square dance.

    Credit Hours: 1-2
  
  • P ED 1721 - Modern Dancing I


    Description: Designed to give students instruction and practice in the natural movements of the dance. Develop an understanding of the origin and development of modern dance.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1731 - Modern Dancing II


    Description: Continuation of P ED 1721 Modern Dancing I. Emphasis on advanced techniques and skills of modern dance.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1741 - Folk Dance


    Description: Knowledge of skill in representative folk dances from various countries which include the Scandinavian countries, the British Isles, the European countries, the Latin American countries, and the United States. Emphasis on mastery of dance steps, formations, positions, and terminology.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 1811 - Beginning Golf


    Description: A general service activity course that teaches fundamental theory, strokes, and strategies.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 2022 - Theory of Coaching


    Description: The philosophy of coaching with emphasis on fundamentals, individual offense, team offense, defense, and game strategy.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Note: May be repeated with different sport emphasis.
  
  • P ED 2202 - Foundation of Physical Education


    Description: A lecture and laboratory course for the orientation of physical education majors and minors. Also, a study of the history and principles of physical education.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 2212 - Techniques of Teaching Individual Sports


    Description: Teacher candidates will learn how to develop and implement appropriate teaching strategies for individual sports.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 2222 - Techniques of Teaching Team Sports


    Description: Teacher candidates will learn how to develop and implement appropriate teaching strategies for teaching team sports.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 2232 - Outdoor Recreational Activities


    Description: Introduction to teaching  outdoor recreational activities and assessment strategies for K-12.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 2241 - Techniques of Teaching Gymnastics and Tumbling


    Description: This course emphasizes the technical aspects of fitness, fundamental and locomotor skill development through teaching gymnastics. Methods of traditional, developmental and educational gymnastics will be introduced. All students will be provided the opportunity to work with children teaching the three methods as part of a service learning project.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 2252 - Techniques of Teaching Lifetime Fitness


    Description: Teacher candidates will learn how to develop and implement teaching strategies for assessing, designing, and teaching fitness activities for K-12.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 2431 - Recreational Activities – Golf


    Description: Designed to provide instruction in the techniques of golf for beginners. Putting, chipping, iron play, wood play, rules, and etiquette are covered in addition to playing a few rounds of golf.

    Credit Hours: 1
  
  • P ED 2512 - Motor Learning


    Description: Concepts and applications of motor skill development dealing with attention, memory, knowledge of results, transfer, practice and motivation.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 2552 - Sports Officiating


    Description: Organization and administration of intramural sports, knowledge, and interpretation of sports rules and techniques of officiating.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 2562 - Sports Officiating II


    Description: Advanced course in sports officiating designed for students who desire to officiate interschool athletics. Course covers officiating mechanics and game rules for football, basketball, baseball, and softball.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 3112 - Materials and Methods in Dance


    Description: Practice and methods in presenting types of dances for elementary and secondary schools.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 3401 - Honors Research I


    Description: Topic identification and literature review for scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Restrictions: Honors student with junior standing or above.
  
  • P ED 3402 - Honors Research II


    Description: Research and development of scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: P ED 3401 Honors Research I.
    Restrictions: Honors student with junior standing or above.
  
  • P ED 4223 - Measurement and Evaluation of Health and Physical Education


    CIP Code: 131314
    Description: Through research, students explore assessment tools and strategies necessary to create developmentally appropriate, authentic, formal and informal assessments that measure short and long-term objectives in health and physical education programs.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: P ED 2202 Foundation of Physical Education.
    Co-requisite: None
    Restrictions: None
    Cross-listed: n/a
  
  • P ED 4232 - Motor Skill Development of the Young Child


    Description: Physiological and motor development of young children, 3-7, with activities teachers can use to promote psychomotor skill development through body mechanics, gymnastics and practice in various types of rhythmic exercises and movements.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 4313 - Organization and Administration of PE and Recreation Programs


    CIP Code: 310501
    Description: Students develop knowledge of organization and administration models, employment opportunities, risk management, public relations, and management functions of fitness and recreation programs.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: None
    Co-requisite: None
    Restrictions: None
    Cross-listed: n/a
  
  • P ED 4342 - Organization and Management of Intramurals


    Description: Intramural programs; evaluation of activities; organization and administration of various types of intramural programs.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 4401 - Honors Research IV


    Description: All enrolled students will present their scholarly activity.  All other students are expected to attend.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: P ED 4402 Honors Research III.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • P ED 4402 - Honors Research III


    Description: Completion of honors thesis, artistic composition or other scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: P ED 3402 Honors Research II.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • P ED 4452 - Curriculum Development in Physical Education


    Description: The content and process of K-12 physical education curriculum development for the public schools.

    Credit Hours: 2
  
  • P ED 4513 - Elementary School Programs in Physical Education


    Description: Designed for prospective teachers to implement philosophical and educational principles in teaching along with practical experiences in theory of selected activities in physical education for elementary school children.

    Credit Hours: 3
  
  • P ED 4612 - Secondary Physical Education


    CIP Code: 131314
    Description: Students gain practical experience in and participate in the theoretical study of selected activities and techniques in teaching secondary physical education.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: None
    Co-requisite: None
    Restrictions: None
    Cross-listed: n/a
  
  • P ED 4662 - Teaching Adapted Physical Education


    Description: Principles and practice of physical education for exceptional or atypical students. Course will include techniques for accommodating these students in the physical education program.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: P ED 4513 Elementary School Programs in Physical Education.
  
  • P ED 4712 - Scientific Principles of Coaching


    Description: The purpose of the course is to relate the laws of physics to the fundamental techniques of sports, so that coaches may learn the proper ways an activity may be performed.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: P ED 2202 Foundation of Physical Education.
  
  • P ED 4720 - Athletic Coaching Clinic


    Description: Designed to teach the latest techniques and innovations in the following competitive athletic sports: Baseball, Football, Gymnastics, Soccer, Wrestling, Softball, and Volleyball.

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Note: Course may be repeated for credit with a change in sub-title.
  
  • P ED 4740 - Seminar in Health, Physical Education, and Safety


    CIP Code: 131314
    Description: Students participate in independent study or class instruction on special problems in health, physical education, and safety.

    Credit Hours: 1-4
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated for credit with different topics.
  
  • P ED 4750 - Directed Readings in Health, Physical Education, and Safety


    CIP Code: 310501
    Description: Individual study or class instruction on special problems in Health, Physical Education, and Safety not usually presented in other course offerings.

    Credit Hours: 1-4
    Restrictions: Health and Physical Education major.
    Note: May be repeated for credit.
  
  • P ED 4810 - Practicum


    Description: Individual practicum experience in physical education.

    Credit Hours: 1-3
  
  • P ED 5333 - Sports Facility Management


    CIP Code: 310501
    Description: Students engage in facility planning and design, event planning and management, identification of diverse populations and operating events, identifying possible sponsorship partnerships, and the use of project management tools to plan a successful event.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture contact hours per week: 3
    Restrictions: Must be admitted to the Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Program. Credit may not be earned toward the bachelor’s degree for both  H ED 4723 Fitness Facility Management and P ED 5333 Sports Facility Management.
    Note: UC
  
  • P ED 5373 - Sport Administration


    CIP Code: 310501
    Description: Students explore the administration, leadership roles, concepts and philosophies of managing sports, and career opportunities of sports in secondary schools, institutions of higher learning, and professional sport organizations.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture contact hours per week: 3
    Restrictions: Must be admitted to the Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Program. Credit may not be earned toward the bachelor’s degree for both p ed 4313 Organization and Administration of PE and Recreation Programs and P ED 5373 Sport Administration.
    Note: UC

Physics

  
  • PHYS 1114 - General Physics I


    CIP Code: 400801
    Description: Students explore concepts in mechanics, heat, and sound.

    Credit Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: MATH 1513 College Algebra or higher or high school equivalent or a Math ACT score of 23 or higher.
    Co-requisite: PHYS 1114L General Physics I Lab.
    Note: No credit for physics majors. Credit cannot be earned in both PHYS 1114 and PHYS 2115 Engineering Physics I.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHYS 1214 - General Physics II


    CIP Code: 400801
    Description: Students explore concepts of electricity, magnetism, and optics in this second semester college physics course.

    Credit Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1114 General Physics I or 2115 Engineering Physics I, or high school equivalent.
    Co-requisite: PHYS 1214L General Physics II Lab.
    Note: No credit for physics majors. Credit cannot be earned in both PHYS 1214 and PHYS 2215 Engineering Physics II.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHYS 2115 - Engineering Physics I


    CIP Code: 400801
    Description: First course in college physics for physics majors, math majors, chemistry majors, and pre-engineering students introducing concepts in mechanics, heat, and sound.

    Credit Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: MATH 2614 Calculus I or concurrent enrollment.
    Co-requisite: PHYS 2115L Engineering Physics I Lab.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both PHYS 2115 and PHYS 1114 General Physics I.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHYS 2215 - Engineering Physics II


    CIP Code: 400801
    Description: A continuation of PHYS 2115 Engineering Physics I, introducing concepts in electricity, magnetism, and optics.

    Credit Hours: 5
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2115 Engineering Physics I.
    Co-requisite: PHYS 2215L Engineering Physics II Lab.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both PHYS 2215 and PHYS 1214 General Physics II.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • PHYS 3004 - Scientific Computation


    CIP Code: 270304
    Description: Students will explore basic concepts and methods in numerical computation, symbolic computation, numerical integration, numerical solution of linear and nonlinear equations, numerical solution of differential equations, and Monte Carlo simulation.

    Credit Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: CS 2014 Computer Science I, MATH 2634 Calculus III, and PHYS 2215 Engineering Physics II.
    Co-requisite: PHYS 3004L Scientific Computation Lab.
    LAS Course: Yes
 

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