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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Jun 26, 2024
 
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


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Health and Physical Activity

  
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    HPA 1170 - HEALTH FITNESS PRACTICUM


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This 1-credit course will provide HPA students the opportunity to observe, implement and practice the application of exercise testing, assessment and prescription, training, group instruction, and supervision in the health-fitness field using principles and techniques related to the HPA curriculum in a real health and fitness setting.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1171 - RESISTANCE TRAINING INSTRUCTOR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to work one-on-one with fitness participants and to lead resistance training groups including: basic machine and free weight training skills; proper resistance training techniques; machine and free weight positioning; kinematics and placement; resistance training modifications and utilization of equipment such as kettle bells, stability balls, medicine balls, resistance bands and other tools. Upon completion of this course, students will be competent to develop high quality resistance training programming. It will provide necessary instructor skills such as leadership, appropriate exercise selection and program design, and effective cueing. Students will experience introductory leadership in a variety of traditional and contemporary modes of resistance training instruction.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1172 - GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTOR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to lead contemporary group exercise classes including Indoor Cycling, Water Aerobics, Aquatic Conditioning, Boot Camp Fitness, etc. Upon completion of this course, students will be competent to lead dynamic, high quality group exercise. It will provide necessary instructor skills such as leadership, appropriate exercise selection and program design, and effective cueing. Students will experience introductory leadership in a variety of traditional and contemporary modes of resistance training instruction.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1173 - AEROBICS INSTRUCTOR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to lead aerobic group exercise classes including: General aerobics, hi-lo, step and Kickboxing. Upon completion of this course, students will be competent to lead dynamic, high-quality group exercise classes. It will provide necessary instructor skills such as leadership, appropriate exercise selection and program design, and effective cueing. Students will experience introductory leadership in a variety of traditional and contemporary modes of resistance training instruction.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1174 - YOGA AND PILATES INSTRUCTOR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to lead Yoga and Pilates group exercise. Upon completion of this course, students will be competent to lead dynamic, high-quality group exercise classes in Yoga and Pilates. It will provide necessary instructor skills such as leadership, appropriate exercise selection and program design, and effective cueing. Students will experience introductory leadership in a variety of traditional and contemporary modes of resistance training instruction.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1211 - ATHLETIC INJURY PREVENTION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the athletic training profession. Topics to include medical terminology, mechanisms of injury, and recognition and treatment of common athletic injuries to major body parts.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HPA 1212
  
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    HPA 1212 - ATHLETIC INJURY PREVENTION LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    An introduction to basic taping techniques and injury evaluation techniques used in the profession of athletic training. Basic supportive strappings and paddings for immediate care and competition are presented as well as basic joint evaluation procedures, massage, and crutch fitting.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HPA 1211
  
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    HPA 1224 - FITNESS ASSESSMENT AND EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Fitness for instructors will teach the student the major elements of fitness. How to assess fitness levels, determine fitness goals, design fitness programs and facilities. The course will be a combination of classroom, exercise, and practical experiences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1226 - ASSESSMENT AND PRESCRIPTION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1233 - PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    Instruction is provided describing the principles for development of pre-season, in-season and off-season strength and conditioning programs. Laboratory experiences will include the theory and techniques of operating strength training equipment.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1240 - AEROBICS FOR INSTRUCTORS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course will prepare the student to teach various components of aerobic exercise, i.e., Aerobic fitness boxing (Tae Bo), hi-low impact, step aerobics, circuit training, interval bench, water aerobics, and the like. The course will not certify instructors, however, it will prepare the student to obtain certification from national organizations with written and practical exams.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1241 - TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    One term clinical teaching experience with an instructor in “basic instruction physical education”. Responsibilities include: teaching undergraduate students basic skills, physical fitness, and safety.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1242 - TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    One term clinical teaching experience with an instructor in “basic instruction physical education”. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate students basic skills, physical fitness, and safety.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1300 - NUTRITION IN EXERCISE AND SPORT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course will provide the student with basic nutritional information as it pertains to sport and exercise performance. Topics of discussion include weight reduction and management, nutritional requirements for athletic performance and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle, proper eating habits, diet fads, disordered eating, and supplementation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1485 - NUTRITION AND HEALTH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Nutrition and energy intake have been linked to health related outcomes. The focus of this course will be on educating students on the basic principles of proper nutrition, and how nutrition plays a role in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1486 - BEHAVIOR CHANGE STRATEGIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on behavioral strategies for modifying health related behaviors. Primary focus will be placed on physical activity, eating behaviors, and weight control. Emphasis will be placed on practical application of behavioral principles in health related environments.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1487 - CHRONIC DISEASE AND OBESITY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on treatment approaches to obesity including behavioral, pharmacological, and surgical procedures. This will involve expanding on existing knowledge of energy balance, physical activity, nutrition, and behavior modification. The application of this knowledge will encompass the development of interventions to address the obesity epidemic and provide practical knowledge in this area.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1488 - WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed for students who meet the clinical criteria for being overweight (body mass index > 25 kg/m2) and who desire to lose weight, improve their nutrition, and increase their exercise. This course will combine instruction on behavioral techniques to lose and maintain weight loss along with supervised cardiovascular and resistance exercise. Students will be assessed at the beginning and end of the course to monitor changes in weight, body composition, fitness and other factors.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1489 - SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS PROGRAMMING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1491 - TEACHING HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This class will focus on those factors that affect the health and well-being of children and how teachers may, through their work, promote the health of children both in and outside the educational setting. We will learn the importance of both promoting a healthy lifestyle within the young and the importance of advocating for a healthy environment in which all children and adults may flourish. Students will plan learning activities that will enhance the health knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience of young children.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1995 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A flexible curriculum oriented to special research topics of interest to faculty or current issues of concern to educators. Focused on areas within either developmental movement and sport studies or exercise physiology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health and Physical Activity (BS)
  
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    HPA 1996 - CLINICAL INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 12
    Maximum Credits: 12
    Supervised clinical experience for the B.S. Degree student. The student is placed in a clinical setting appropriate to his/her degree interests and career goals and must complete a minimum of 25 hours of clinical work per credit hour. Supervision is provided by both a cooperating clinical supervisor and the university clinical advisor.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HPA 1998 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    The student proposes and carries out an independent study project under the direction and supervision of an appropriate member of the faculty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis

Health and Rehabilitation Scs

  
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    HRS 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of the nature of research and the applications of the scientific approach in the research procedures. The course focuses on concepts, design techniques and interpretations, as well as limiting factors and ethical considerations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0010 or 0031 or 0200; PROG: Sch Hlth & Rehabilitation Scs
  
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    HRS 1006 - INTRO TO HUMAN NUTRITION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will cover an overview of the scientific principles of nutrition and application of these principles to humans throughout the life cycle. Major focuses of the course are the classification and function of the six major nutrients, review of current nutrition standards, safety of the food supply, and nutrition misinformation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1008 - APPLC OF STATCL CONCEPTS IN HIM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Designed to present student with the understanding of the research process. Student learns to analyze scientific reports to communicate with statisticians when research problems arise.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1009 - ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY & BEHAVIOR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The primary purpose of this course is to facilitate the student’s attaining a more comprehensive, integrated and useful understanding of organizational culture, systems and behavior. The overall emphasis will be on formal organizations in both the public and private sector, however, the theory and concepts will be transferable to any type of organization.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Clinical Dietetics-Nutrition (BS)
  
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    HRS 1017 - INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce basic concepts of epidemiology for professionals in health and rehabilitation. Descriptive epidemiology, morbidity and mortality studies, and experimental epidemiology will be some of the topics explained and addressed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1018 - SURVEY OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    An interdisciplinary faculty team will introduce students to health science professions in physical therapy and athletic training, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology and audiology, rehabilitation counseling, health information management, rehabilitation technology, emergency medicine, and disability studies. Classes will feature lectures and hands-on activities.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    HRS 1020 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Introduces the structure of human cells, tissues, organs and organ systems, and functions associated with them. Range of topics extends from gross anatomical features to considerations of chemical processes that serve as the basis for cellular controls, gene expression and energy metabolism. Emphasis on relationship of structure to function and on understanding how structural or functional disturbances can become the basis for disease processes.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1023 - HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course has been designed in an effort to provide pre-clinical students with a foundational scientific knowledge base and conceptual understanding of physiological processes. Each organ system, and its contribution to the maintenance of homeostasis, will be discussed. Further, the essential components of each system will be explored, to the extent that life is supported. Some disease states will be discussed, in order to exhibit certain processes.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Clinical Dietetics-Nutrition(BS or BSH or BPH)
  
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    HRS 1025 - INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An overview of medical microbiology introduces the student to medically important bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and to immunity.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1027 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide a general overview of the predisposing factors and direct causes of disease, as well as their effects on the human body. It will also include a systemic approach to the basic disease processes, in terms of etiology, symptomatology, general pathological changes, diagnostic procedures, and types of treatment.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1052 - TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PROG: Sch Hlth & Rehabilitation Scs
  
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    HRS 1095 - COMMUNITY CONNECTOR COURSE


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This seminar focuses on the patient population which is a high risk population who are vulnerable to frequent readmissions to the hospital. Emphasis will be placed equally on 1) understanding this patient population, the health system and health behavior challenges associated with this population, and systematic needs associated with reducing their health care needs and 2) exposing students to the patient population through visits at the hospital, home, and community including providing in-home assessments, patient education, and behavior change techniques. The course will include presentations by researchers, clinicians, and industry experts involved in these areas associated with this patient population. Students will be paired with a patient and follow them from the hospital to their home.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1099 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Provides advanced students an opportunity to explore in depth an area of particular interest to them. It is the student’s responsibility to find a faculty member willing to undertake such a tutorial.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    HRS 1421 - SECURITY, PRIVACY AND LEGAL ISSUES OF HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students in this course will explore legal, security, and privacy issues related to health information systems. Data availability, integrity and confidentiality of databases and networks, computer security, public key infrastructure, encryption/decryption techniques, and data recovery will be addressed as well as risk assessment, security policies, HIPAA, privacy, applicable health laws, and ethical issues in the management of health information.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1422 - COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to introduce advanced computer programming technologies. The course will provide students with skills of solving real health informatics problems using computer programs. This course is not designed as first computer programming class. The instructor assumes that students have taken and are familiar with one or a few programming languages (such as BASIC, C/C++, JAVA, C#, PERL, PYTHON, RUBY) prior to taking this class. One or multiple programming languages may be used in this class to solve health informatics problems. This course is hands-on and project-oriented.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1424 - DATA BASE MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1425 - GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED CARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed as an introductory-level course to data analytics and its application in genomics. In this course, students will learn techniques on data collection, data processing, modeling, data visualization, and result interpretation. Specific examples from genomics will be used to demonstrate the details of these techniques. Students will work on individual projects to extensively practice their data analytics skills. A number of web-based data analysis tools will be used in this course; therefore, students are not required to write their own data analysis programs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1700 - COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT AND CAREER PREPARATION SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course will focus on career development and job-placement theories, legislation, constructs, and research for persons with disabilities. Through this lens, the course will cover the history of and current practices related to self-advocacy, success strategies, and rights and responsibilities of persons with disabilities. The course will cover time management and goal setting, development of an individual educational plan and identification of services and programs that will lead to college success, and career planning including job-search and employer-negotiation strategies and identification of community, state, and national resources of employment assistance. Using enablement and disablement models, leaders in the disability community will be invited to discuss their career pathways. The course will specifically focus on occupational and labor market information related to assistive technology and related health science and engineering. This course may be of interest to students with disabilities; students pursuing careers related to disability support, policy, or legislation; special education; and vocational/rehabilitation counseling.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1701 - INTRODUCTION TO ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This will be a lecture, seminar, and laboratory course introducing some of the applied science and clinical aspects of the orthotics and prosthetics professions. Topics include: an overview of the profession; introduction to some basic anatomy, kinesiology and biomechanics related to orthotics and prosthetics; some pathologies, disabilities, injuries treated with orthoses or prostheses; introduction to patient evaluation and measurement; and introduction to fabrication of custom orthotics and prosthetics, using laboratory equipment. The course will be taught using hypothetical or actual case studies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1704 - FUNDMS REHAB ENGR AND TECHN 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduction to fundamental principles and practices related to multiple areas of assistive technology. Technology areas include: seating and wheelchair mobility, augmentative communication, environmental control, computer access, transportation safety, prosthetics, worksite ergonomics, and man/ machine modeling. In addition, common terminology, disability ethics and models of service delivery related to assitive technology are discussed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1706 - INTRODUCTION TO REHABILITATION ENGINEERING DESIGNS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Material at introductory graduate level. Fundamentals of biomechanics with specific application to rehabilitation. Basic mechanics (newton’s laws, statics, dynamics) and vector algebra (forces, moments, equilibrium) will form the first part of the course. The middle section focuses on kinematics and kinetics applied to biomechanics. The final section examines work/energy methods and stress/strain problems. Sets are assigned regularly and there are lab exercises/demonstrations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1709 - DSGN/FABRICATION WITH ENGR MATLS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Course designed to teach students basic skills of designing and fabricating mechanical mechanisms and components. Solely lab based and will use “learn by doing” approach. Students gain experience working with engineering materials such as wood, plastics, aluminum, brass and steel. Fabrication techniques of turning, milling, cutting, drilling, tap ping and welding will be used. Participate in the design and fabrication of various devices with increasing complexity. Shop safety, tool section, and equipment maintenance will be an important component of the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1710 - INTRO TO REHABILITATION ENGR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course geared towards junior/senior students who have a working knowledge of engineering concepts and how these concepts relate to rehabilitation engineering. Specific topics to be covered are analysis/design of sensory aids for vision and hearing, theory of electrical nerves stimulation, accessible accommodations design, analysis/design of prosthetics, biomechanics of wheelchair propulsion, ethical considerations of designing technology and solutions appropriate for people with disabilities.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.
  
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    HRS 1718 - PROJECT BASED TECHNOLOGY DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1730 - INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION AND PRACTICE OF REHABILITATION COUNSELING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduction to the profession and practice of rehabilitation counseling
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1732 - COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS: AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    HRS 1746 - SERVICE LEARNING THROUGH SUPERVISED FIELD PLACEMENTS IN REHAB AGENCIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: HRS 1730 or 1732; MIN GRADE: ‘C-’ for listed Courses

Health Information Management

  
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    HIM 1405 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is a basic study of the professional language of medicine. It is designed to include word construction, pronunciation, spelling, definition, and use of terms related to all areas of medical science, hospital service, and health related professions. This ONLINE course is designed to give the student a knowledge of words frequently used in the medical field and provides examples through the review of basic anatomy, physiology, surgical procedures, diagnostic procedures, and symptomatology. Coverage of the pathology of each body system is will take place along with an introduction to pharmacology, and the pharmacological treatment of frequently occurring conditions of each body system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1406 - DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS FOR HIM PROFESSIONALS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    The major emphasis of this course is to teach students the process of transferring data into information. This is achieved through a study of database theory, analysis and design, and the teaching of skills in database management systems in the health information environment. Other software tools will be presented in this course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HIM 1407; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1407 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS FOR HIM PROFESSIONALS LAB


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Students will work extensively with Microsoft Excel, Access, and SQL to gain practical experience in design and implementation of databases. Students will also learn important business/consulting skills that include presenting data as information, writing, executive summaries, preparing professional reports that highlight data findings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HIM 1406; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1415 - INTRO HEALTH INFOR & HLTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to Health Information Management and the historical development of the health care field with emphasis on the organizational structure of health institutions, as well as federal, state, and local agencies and allied health associations. Student will be introduced to Health Information Management operations and key functions, with an overview of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Emphasis will be placed on the use of technology in health care, Electronic Health Record, and data quality. An in-depth look at privacy, confidentiality and security will occur.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HIM 1416; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1416 - INTRO HEALTH INFOR LAB 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The laboratory experience provides students with hands-on opportunities to apply the theory and concepts of health information. The content, format, purpose, confidentiality, adherence to regulations/standards and technology applications for health information will be emphasized. Laboratory activities, group discussions, and case studies will supplement basic instructions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HIM 1415; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1420 - ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY & BEHAVIOR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The primary purpose of the course is to facilitate the student in attaining a better, i.e., more comprehensive, well integrated and more useful, understanding of the organizations in which she/he will be spending considerable time and energy for her/his career. The emphasis will be on formal organizations both in health care and other sectors of the economy. Models and concepts developed within the closely related disciplines of organization theory and organization behavior will be addressed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BS)
  
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    HIM 1435 - CLASSIFICATION SYMS HEALTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the principles of taxonomy, purposes of classifying diseases and operations. An in-depth study of ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS and CPT-4 will be undertaken along with a summary review of ICD-9-CM. The interaction of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG’s) with classification systems will be emphasized. Data quality, the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set as well as coding/sequencing guidelines for both inpatient and outpatient coding will be examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: 1436 and 1438 and 1440; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1436 - CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS LAB 2


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed to provide students with practical experience in the design, development, performance and administration of various types of research databases. Primary focus is the organizational and operational functions of a cancer registry. Medical management of patient, physiology of disease process methodology used in evaluation extent of disease and assessing outcome through patient follow-up, use of ICD-O classification system is presented. Impact of data quality and availability in relation to utilization of the registry is stressed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: 1435 and 1438 and 1440; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1438 - CANCER REGISTRY THRY & PRACT LAB


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    Designed to provide students with practical experience in the design, development, performance and administration of various types of research databases. Primary focus is the organizational and operational functions of a cancer registry. Medical management of patient, physiology of disease process methodology used in evaluation extent of disease and assessing outcome through patient follow-up, use of ICD-O classification system is presented. Impact of data quality and availability in relation to utilization of the registry is stressed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: 1435 and 1436; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1440 - HIM CLINICAL EDUCATION 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Clinical affiliation at contracted health care sites under the supervision of qualified health information management personnel. Student assignments are structured to provide actual experience in the technical and clinical areas of health information management, such as record retention and retrieval, release of information, coding and abstracting, chart analysis, etc.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H); PREQ: 1415 and 1416; CREQ: 1435 and 1436
  
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    HIM 1442 - APPLC OF STATCL CONCEPTS IN HIM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Designed to provide students with a practical understanding of the use of statistics in health information management (HIM). This course will focus on management and organization of health information data and the appropriateness of using specific statistical techniques with data. Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and non-parametric methods will be discussed and utilized with HIM data or concepts. Database development, research articles and projects will be used to learn the meaning of statistics and its use in the field of HIM.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1445 - HUMAN RELATIONS IN HLTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course discuses principles of effective communication and interpersonal relationships. Course material will include information concerning communication skills, group therapy, diversity, conflict management, etc.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1455 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on principles and approaches to assessment of quality in health care and how this impacts the role of the health information manager. Theoretical and pragmatic issues related to quality management, utilization review, and risk management is addressed. Responsibilities of the governing board, medical staff and other health care personnel in relation to quality management and improvement is examined. Requirements of accrediting and licensing agencies related to quality management are presented.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HIM 1456; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1456 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT LAB


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This quality management laboratory focuses on the practical applications of managing the quality of health care, resource use, and risk. Students will design, implement, and present a quality management project at designated clinical facilities. Also, several in-class/online assignments will be required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: HIM 1455; PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1460 - HIM CLINICAL EDUCATION 2


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Practice and introduction to areas of impact for health information: revenue cycle management, quality assessment, case and care management, data analysis and business intelligence and information security areas.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H); PREQ: 1455 and 1456; CREQ: 1465
  
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    HIM 1462 - EPIDEMIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is an introductory course in epidemiology and epidemiologic methodology for the HIM student. It includes types and purposes of epidemiology, measures of risk, and sources of data. There will be an emphasis on epidemiological student designs related to HIM and Health Informatics. Students will design an epidemiological research proposal as part of the course requirements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1465 - REIMBURSEMENT SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    An introduction to topics relating to reimbursement in the health care environment. The course will build on topics covered in Classification Systems including the role of coding in reimbursement and minimizing health care fraud. Additional areas include payment methodologies, revenue, and payment cycle management, claims audits, compliance, value-based purchasing and outpatient prospective payment systems. Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs and the increased use of CAC programs will also be explored.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1470 - SUPERVISION HUMAN RESOURCES HC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course discusses the principles and methods practiced in human resource management in the health care environment. The role of the supervisor is emphasized, and practical applications in con junction with theory are presented to the student.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H); PREQ: 1420
  
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    HIM 1475 - HIM NON-TRADITIONAL SETTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An overview of health information systems in community-based facilities emphasizing information requirements of ambulatory-care centers, behavioral health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, emergency medicine, occupational health, long-term care, sub-acute care, home health care, hospice, dialysis, managed care, correctional facilities, dental care, and veterinary care settings. The role of the health information manager as a consultant in these settings is discussed. HIM consultants/professionals in these areas are invited to lecture as guest speakers from each of these settings. A 20-hour project is a major component and entails having the student conduct the project as a consultant in one of the health care areas listed above.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H); CREQ: 1480
  
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    HIM 1480 - HIM CLINICAL EDUCATION 3


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This clinical education experience provides students the opportunity to observe and participate in health information management activities in a variety of non-acute settings such as long-term care, ambulatory care, behavioral health, rehabilitation, home health, outsourcing companies, IT departments, and telemedicine.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H); CREQ: 1475
  
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    HIM 1482 - LEGAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course discusses principles of hospital law and aspects of hand ling confidential and health records information. Actual cases and statutes are discussed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1485 - SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IN HLTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The presentation of concepts of systems analysis and their relationship to health record management is a major emphasis of this course. Case problems and individual projects from health-care settings are assigned to develop proficiency.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1486 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR HIM


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed as an intro level course to principles, concepts and issues of financial management in a health care organization. Focus on financial management viewed from the perspective of department/credit manager and supervisor. Institution-wide accounting and budgeting systems are discussed primarily as a framework for understanding how financial re porting, planning and control is linked to organizational effectiveness and how financial management responsibilities of the departmental manager relate to organization-level financial goals.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1490 - ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course addresses theoretical and pragmatic issues related to EHR technology, such as design and development, standards and clinical terminologies, privacy and security issues, model EHR systems, evaluation of EHR software systems, and outcomes research using the EHR will be addressed. The responsibilities of the health information management professional, as well as the requirements of accrediting and licensing agencies related to EHR, will also be discussed. The responsibilities and involvement of various members of the health care team in the development, use, evaluation, and dissemination of EHR technology will be emphasized.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1495 - HIM CLINICAL EDUCATION 4


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This clinical experience involves a six-week clinical affiliation at contracted health care sites or health-related organizations under the supervision of qualified practitioners or health information management professionals. Student assignments are structured to provide actual experiences in the administrative, managerial, technical and project-oriented areas of health information management, such as electronic health records development and training, project management, systems analysis, human resource management, health information systems, database management, and other similar experiences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1496 - CAPSTONE COURSE IN HIM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is the final capstone course where the faculty will assess students’ attainment of all the required professional competencies in health information management (HIM). This will be determined by completing the senior project, an independent project in which the student serves as a consultant to a particular health care facility in order to solve a problem. It will also be determined by completing a poster presentation of the senior project, the study preparation, taking both a mock exam developed by the HIM department based upon its curriculum and taking an entry-level nationally validated exam administered by AHIMA.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PLAN: Health Information Management (BPH or BS or BS-H)
  
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    HIM 1499 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Provides student an opportunity to explore in depth an area of particular interest to them. It is the student’s responsibility to find a faculty member willing to undertake such a tutorial.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Health Phys & Recreation Educ

  
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    HPRED 1489 - SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS PROGRAMMING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

Hindi

  
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    HINDI 0101 - HINDI 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    The greatest part of the first term will be devoted to the presentation and practice of the basic sound patterns of the language, its fundamental sentence patterns, and sufficient vocabulary to illustrate and practice them. An introduction to the writing system will be offered together with the opportunity to acquire elementary writing and reading skills.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    HINDI 0102 - HINDI 2


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    At the end of the second term of the first year of study the student should be able to produce all the significant sound patterns of the language, to recognize and use the major grammatical structures within a limited core vocabulary. The student should be able a) to engage in simple conversations with native speakers about a limited number of everyday situations and b) to read and write simple material related to the situations presented.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0281 or HINDI 0101; MIN GRADE: ‘C’
  
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    HINDI 0103 - HINDI 3


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The first term of the second year will concentrate on the further development of fluency in oral production and the improvement in the student’s ability to understand the flow of speech as uttered by a native speaker. Increased attention will be paid to reading as a means of augmenting a vocabulary and writing as a drill and as a means of consolidating and communicating the knowledge gained.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0282 or HINDI 0102; MIN GRADE: ‘C’
  
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    HINDI 0104 - HINDI 4


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    At the end of the second term of the second year the student should be able to converse comfortably with a native speaker on a variety of non-specialized subjects. The student will be offered an opportunity to experience and more fully understand the culture of the people who use the language through readings of various types. More complex writing tasks will be expected at this level.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 0283 or HINDI 0103; MIN GRADE: ‘C’
  
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    HINDI 0111 - INTENSIVE HINDI AND CULTURAL IMMERSION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    HINDI 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    HINDI 1905 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT IN HINDI


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    HINDI 1909 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN HINDI


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Hispanic Languages & Literatures

  
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    PORT 0001 - ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE 1


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    Basic elements of Brazilian Portuguese emphasizing a development of speaking, reading and writing skills. Introductory course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PORT 0002 - ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE 2


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    The second half of this introductory course continues to develop skills in the speaking, reading and writing of Portuguese.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0001 or 1001 (MIN GRADE ‘C’ for Listed Courses)
  
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    PORT 0003 - INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE 3


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A continuation of the development of conversational as well as writing skills.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0002 or 1002 or 1010 (MIN GRADE ‘C’ for Listed Courses)
  
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    PORT 0004 - INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE 4


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Follows PORT 0003. A consolidation of speaking, reading and writing skills.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0003 or 1003 (MIN GRADE ‘C’ for Listed Courses)
  
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    PORT 0020 - CONVERSATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An intermediate course in Portuguese conversation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0004 or 1004 (MIN GRADE ‘C’ for Listed Courses)
  
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    PORT 0025 - GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An intermediate course in grammar and composition for those who have completed PORT 0004 or the equivalent.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0004 or 1004 (MIN GRADE ‘C’ for Listed Courses)
  
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    PORT 1001 - ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE 1


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    Basic elements of Brazilian Portuguese emphasizing a development of speaking, reading and writing skills. Introductory course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: MIN CUM GPA: 2.0
  
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    PORT 1002 - ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE 2


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    The second half of this introductory course continues to develop skills in the speaking, reading and writing of Portuguese.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0001 or 1001; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR ALL LISTED COURSES
  
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    PORT 1003 - INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE 3


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A continuation of the development of conversational as well as writing skills.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0002 or 1002 or 1010; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR ALL LISTED COURSES
  
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    PORT 1004 - INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE 4


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Follows PORT 1003. Consolidation of speaking, reading and writing skills.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PORT 0003 or 1003; MIN GRADE: ‘C’ FOR ALL LISTED COURSES
  
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    PORT 1010 - PORTUGUESE FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Portuguese for Spanish speakers is designed as an accelerated introductory course for native speakers of Spanish or English speakers with fluency in Spanish. It will be the equivalent of Portuguese 0001/1001 and Portuguese 0002/1002. This course concentrates on aspects of the Portuguese language that are most difficult for Spanish speakers, such as pronunciation, vocabulary, idioms and grammatical structures particular to Portuguese.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PORT 1031 - ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE 1 FOR MBAS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PORT 1032 - ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE 2 FOR MBAS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PORT 1052 - LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course studies various Portuguese or Brazilian literary topics according to the needs and interests of the students. Taught in Portuguese.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
 

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