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PSY 1237 - NICOTINE, TOBACCO, AND HEALTH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1270 - CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course considers research and theory which bear on the development of psychological disorders in children. Biological and environmental factors which contribute to childhood disorders are considered with special emphasis on the role of the family. Childhood psychosis, hyperactivity, and depression are studied to illustrate theoretical models and empirical findings.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200) and (PSY 0310 or 0202 or 0230) and (PSY 1205 or 0206 or 1141)
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PSY 1305 - EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course introduces students to the scientific basis of theories and issues in developmental psychology. In lectures, discussion and structured experiments students learn about and apply basic methods of research in child development, including conceptualization, design, data collection, analysis and write-up. This course exposes students to development over infancy and childhood.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 and 0035 and 0310
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PSY 1312 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL POLCY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course we will examine issues in child development that are also the subject of public policy debates with implications for the well-being of children and families. Topics will include poverty and young children’s development, the child care debate, early intervention for children at risk (e.g. head start), issues in child abuse including family preservation, foster care, and children’s testimony, and decisions about child custody and visitation following parental divorce.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0202 or 0230 or 0310
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PSY 1315 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCH: INFANCY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore how infants develop during the first two years of life. Some of the specific topics to be covered include: prenatal development, alternative birth techniques, capabilities of the newborn, the development of perceptual and memorial processes during the first year, early language development, and the development of infant parent attachments.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200) and (PSY 0310 or 0202 or 0230)
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PSY 1320 - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course addresses the question of how children acquire a system of communication that involves an extremely complex set of rules and principles. Students also learn about the structure of the language itself and the nature of linguistic analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0310 or 0202 or 0230
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PSY 1325 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introductory survey of methods, theories, and research on the personality and social development of humans from infancy through early adolescence in the United States. This course examines individual development: how people come to be who they are, and how change and continuity work together over time. First comes an investigation of starting points in development. We will study the infant’s first social relationship, and we will try to understand the connection between early temperament and mature personality. Basic concepts of developmental theory will also be introduced. Next we examine how children function within increasingly complex and varied social environments such as families, peer groups, and educational settings. Topics covered include self-development, sex differences and gender role development, achievement motivation, prosocial behavior/altruism, moral development, and antisocial behavior. This upper level course is designed for psychology majors. The course may be of interest to other advanced undergraduate students who are interested in psychology, child and adolescent development, education, and related disciplines.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200) and (PSY 0310 or 0202 or 0230) and (PSY 0035 or 0032 or 1031)
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PSY 1330 - DVLPMNTL PSYCH: COGNITV DEVELP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers major areas of cognitive and intellectual development with an emphasis on learning and memory.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1355 - ADOLESCENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The period of adolescence will first be studied from both a psychological and sociological perspective. Focus is on the individual as he/she experiences physical, cognitive, and social changes. Contributions of such theorists as Freud, Erikson, and Piaget are highlighted. A number of critical issues and conflicts of adolescence are discussed i.e. the generation gap, sex roles and behaviors, juvenile delinquency.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200) and (PSY 0310 or 0202 or 0230)
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PSY 1357 - PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to examine the psychological changes that occur through adulthood and into late life from a life-span developmental perspective. Biological, cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of the aging process will be explored in depth. Historical and contemporary perspectives on aging as well as cultural influences on the experience of aging will be examined. Psychological aspects of aging will be explored from individual, familial, and societal viewpoints. Lecture, class discussion, small group work and media presentations will be utilized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200
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PSY 1360 - PSYCHOLOGY OF BLACK CHILDREN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course surveys and critically evaluates literature on the development of black children from birth to adolescence. Topics to be covered include prenatal influences on growth and development; structure and socialization practices of black families; black English and language development; cognitive development; psychological testing of black children; self-concept and racial identification.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (PSY 0035 or 0032 or 1031) and (PSY 0310 or 0202 or 0230) and (STAT 0200 or STAT 1000 or STAT 1100 or PSY 0020 or 0201 or 0270)
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PSY 1435 - BEHAVIOR CONTROL IN SOCIETY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the scientific principles used in behavior management and examines some of the uses of behavior management in various work settings, other institutional settings, in governmental control and in open society. The relation of the uses of behavior control procedures to ethics, social planning, and individual freedom are explored. Behavior analysis serves as the basis for examining traditional management of people as it is found in a variety of social situations without the intervention of experts in behavior management.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1460 - MEMORY AND MEMORIZATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Why is it that some things seem so easy to learn and others seem so difficult? Is it possible to train memory? What changes in the brain when we learn and remember? In this class you will explore various methods of learning to gain an understanding of the complexities of human memory. You will work on training your memory and determine how much your memory can improve, and how much those improvements generalize from one form of memory to the next. Along the way, you will learn about the major theories of memory and identify which learning techniques result in the best memory performance. You will also gain knowledge about the neural bases of learning and memory.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1470 - COGNITION AND THE BRAIN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines fundamental issues in cognitive neuroscience, an interdisciplinary science covering topics in the neural basis of sensory perception, motor control, attention, short-term and long-term memory, language, emotion, decision-making and consciousness. Some of the areas covered are how strokes affect speech, how perception is unified, how the visual system analyzes color, shape, and location of objects. Research methods and research results are considered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200 or NROSCI 1000 or 1003
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PSY 1471 - MAPPING BRAIN CONNECTIVITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class will cover background and technical methods of mapping high definition fiber tracking of brain connectivity for basic research and clinical imaging. Students will learn to map/quantify anatomical connections of the human brain. These techniques are used to study brain systems, disorders, and development, and to assist in planning neurosurgery. Students may take an optional one-credit laboratory in which they will learn to use advanced computation software to execute research projects including developing of technical methods, mapping brain networks, or clinical analysis of data.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1514 - EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The relevance of Darwinian Theory to the study of anatomy and physiology has been obvious for many decades. Only recently however, have evolutionists begun to focus their explanatory tools on cognition, motivation, emotion, perception, and “mind”. This course will examine the rationale, contributions, failures and future of evolutionary approaches to psychological phenomena. Initial lectures on the status of Evolutionary Theory will prepare the students for the discussion and evaluation of evolutionary psychology that will follow.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200
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PSY 1580 - LANGUAGE AND THE MIND
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the study of language as a cognitive science, focusing on the mental representations of the sounds of speech. Throughout the course we will emphasize the scientific methods used by researchers to investigate questions about the sounds of language. Because this course is multidisciplinary in nature, drawing primarily from the fields of linguistics and psychology, students will be introduced to the different methods, techniques, and technologies used by researchers in both fields.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1635 - ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will provide broad exposure to the field of industrial/organizational psychology. Course topics will include (but are not limited to) personnel selection, training, worker motivation, job attitudes, performance appraisal, leadership, and career development. The class format will include multiple hands-on assignments to assist the student in understanding how psychological theories can be applied in a work context. Grades will also be derived from performance on formal tests.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0101 or 0200) and (PSY 0035 or 0032 or 1031) and (STAT 0200 or 1000 or 1100 or PSY 0020 or 0201 or 0270)
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PSY 1900 - SUPERVISED FIELD PLACEMENT
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Psychology majors may receive up to 6 credits for field experience in supervised agencies in the community. The experiences vary from term to term.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PROG: Psychology (BS); LEVEL: Junior or Senior
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PSY 1901 - CASE MANAGEMENT FIELD PLACEMENT
Minimum Credits: 6
Maximum Credits: 6
Supervised field placement in community agencies for psychology majors enrolled in the case management certificate program
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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PSY 1902 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL READING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Under special circumstances, psychology majors can design an individual reading course with a member of the department and in consultation with the graduate advisor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1903 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
This course involves student participation in individual experimental research supervised by a member of the department faculty. This course is particularly valuable for students interested in graduate study in psychology.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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PSY 1950 - PSYCHOLOGY SENIOR SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This one-credit course is designed for psychology majors in their final year of study (either final or next-to-final term). Course content will include exploration of the field of psychology, self-assessment of learning experiences, identification of marketable skills for career and graduate school paths, and planning for transition to post-college life. Permission to enroll in the course must be obtained from the psychology advising office.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PLAN: Psychology (BS or BPH); LVL: Sr
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PSY 1970 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
This course involves student participation as an undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA) for a psychology course under the supervision of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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PSY 1973 - HONORS DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is the first term of research in preparation for the honors major in psychology. Development of the research problem and approval of the theses prospectus.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSY 1975 - HONORS THESIS/MAJORS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Undergraduate honors majors in psychology will register for this course when their thesis proposal has been approved and they are ready to conduct and write up the research.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 0005 - LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course follows the developing person from conception until the end of life. The course combines theory, research and practical applications from developmental psychology. Lecture topics include genetic influences on development; prenatal and birth factors; physical, cognitive, social, personality, and cultural variables which influence development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, early-, middle-, and late adulthood.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1001 - INTRO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of current problems in education which psychological theory and research can address. Topics include developmental approaches to teaching, educational applications of learning theory, classroom management, and testing strategies for teachers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1002 - DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTION THROUGH EARLY CHILDHOOD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course follows the developing child from the moment of conception until early adolescence. The course content includes the biological foundations of development, physical and motor changes, language, cognition, sex role development, personality, family and peer relationships, school influences, and examples of deviant development. Theory and application are integrated.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psych (BS)
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PSYED 1003 - DEVELOPMENT: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD THROUGH ADOLESCENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Adolescence is studied from a developmental perspective. Discussion begins with the history and cultural varieties of adolescence and proceeds to cover psychological accompaniments to puberty. Lectures and readings deal with cognitive growth, identity formation, moral development, family and peer relationships, psychological disturbance and education through the adolescent years.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSYED 1002
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PSYED 1004 - ATTENTIONAL TEACHING PRACTICES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1007 - METHODS OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Particular attention is paid to methods of observation, interviewing, and summarizing qualitative data. Students use qualitative or mixed methods to produce a final research project.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: PSYED 1002
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PSYED 1012 - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of developmental disabilities and their impact on child/family development. Includes discussion of philosophy of service, legislation, and service systems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSYED 1002
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PSYED 1013 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines the traditional medical-model view of psychopath ology in children and youth, presents alternative ways of looking at this behavior, and gives an introduction to the interpersonal skills needed for therapeutic intervention.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: PSYED 1003
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PSYED 1016 - DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM AND ACTIVITIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study of the theoretical rationale for activity and environmental programming; its relationship to the development of children and youth; and practical applications in media selection, use, and environmental design for various populations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psychology(BS)
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PSYED 1021 - THEORY, MEANING AND PRACTICE OF PLAY AND ACTIVITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the role of play and activity in human development, with a particular focus on ways of utilizing play and activity to promote positive growth in social, emotional, physical, and cognitive domains; and on interpreting the meaning of individual and group play and activity. Play and activity in the lives of persons of all ages will be considered with some emphasis on the early and school years. While academic learning is essential in this course, the focus will be on hands-on, real play as the ideal way to learn about it, and encouragement of a life-long playful spirit.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1024 - FAMILY DYNAMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study of different family types in the American culture and an in-depth analysis of how each family structure contributes to the development (both functionally and dysfunction ally) of all family members, especially the children and youth of the family.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSYED 1013
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PSYED 1025 - PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to the scope, organization and current issues in the child development and child and youth care field as related to the profession and to the variety of services to children and families. Field experiences include site visits to agencies providing a variety of services.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psychology(BS)
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PSYED 1028 - DEVELOPMENTAL PRACTICE SEMINAR 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar for the integration of theory, research, practice skills, and experience related to developmentally focused child and youth care practice. The seminar is particularly focused on the internship experience and the related know ledge base.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psychology(BS); LVL: Sr
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PSYED 1029 - DEVELOPMENTAL PRACTICE SEMINAR 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A continuation of Developmental Practice Seminar 1 for the integration of theory, research, practice skills and experience related to developmentally focused child and youth care practice. The seminar is particularly focused on the internship experience and the related knowledge base.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psych (BS)
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PSYED 1031 - SENIOR PROJECT
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Student will work with a faculty member or do an independent project relevant to their individual interests.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psych (BS)
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PSYED 1032 - PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF ILLNESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to enable students to understand the nature of and dynamics of pediatric illness, appreciate the impact an acute or prolonged health care experience may have upon children throughout the developmental process, better understand a family health care philosophy and gain an understanding of the multi-faceted role child life specialists play in today’s health care environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PSYED 1036 - DEVELOPMNTL MEANING CULTL DISTN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An exploration of major dimensions and issues of cultural diversity with a particular emphasis on their impact on the developing child and their implications for programs for children and youth.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psych (BS)
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PSYED 1042 - CHILD & YOUTH WORK PRACTICE 1
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
A university approved, agency based, supervised internship in developmental/interventive practice. This internship may focus on work with and/or for children, youth and families. Fifty hours of placement are required for each credit of registration.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psych (BS)
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PSYED 1043 - CHILD AND YOUTH WORK PRACTICE 2
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
This course is a university approved, agency based, supervised internship in applied developmental practice which may or may not involve intervention practices. The internship may focus on work with and /or for children, youth and /or families. Fifty hours of on-site placement are required for each credit of registration.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psych (BS)
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PSYED 1050 - SUPRVSN ADM CHLD YOUTH WRK SETNG
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on issues and skill development in areas related to management and supervision in child and youth care programs. A modular format will cover the function of supervision and administration in child care; communication skills; supervisory functions and skills; program development and management; and current issues in child and youth care administration.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Applied Developmental Psych (BS)
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PSYED 1080 - PSYCHOLOGY AND THE MEDIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Psychology and the media focuses on impact of electronic media (radio, television and internet) upon society, especially children. Course introduces students to various psychological theories (e.g., Social cognitive theory, information processing, uses and gratifications theory) to explain how we respond to and learn from the media. Topics receiving special attention include media violence, advertising, health-related behaviors, news, media effects upon academic behavior, and cultural issues. A visit to a local radio or television station will be arranged.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1088 - SP TOPICS CHILD DVLP/CHILD CARE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on selected topical areas of special importance for child care.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1089 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1098 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Student pursues research under the direction of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PSYED 1099 - DIRECTED 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: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PSYED 1141 - CHILD AND YOUTH WORK 1 - INTRODUCTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces contemporary issues in the vibrant and growing field of positive youth development. Our developmental-ecological perspective emphasizes both individual growth and the impact of systems on children and youth. Class topics include: settings where child and youth development occurs (e.g. community-based programs, religious and cultural institutions, residential treatment); the impact of popular media, social media, and other technology on youth development; and issues of diversity and privilege. We investigate efforts to support the development of thriving and other positive outcomes, as well as traditional prevention approaches. The course is benchmarked to the child and youth work competencies of the North American competency project and to the certification program of the child and youth care certification board, inc.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1143 - CHILD AND YOUTH WORK 2: ADVANCED ISSUES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course expands and deepens on themes introduced in Child and Youth Work I. Topics include the challenges of ecological approaches to learning and development; the roles of decision-makers at multiple levels (government, program directors, youth workers, youth themselves); and the benefits and challenges of youth-adult partnership approaches to child and youth work.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1198 - DIRECTED STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Student pursues study of various topics under the direction of faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSYED 1233 - COMMUNITY-BASED ACTION RESEARCH 1
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1234 - COMMUNITY-BASED ACTION RESEARCH 2
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSYED 1605 - CHILD AND YOUTH CARE BASIC COURSE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This strategy-based course, offered in partnership with the Allegheny partners for out-of-school time (APOST) of the united way, is attended by both University students and local youth workers. Hands-on, interactive sessions introduce essential concepts and skills in professional child and youth care, geared towards settings including early childhood education, after-school programming, foster parenting, residential treatment, basic care, emergency shelters, recreation, corrections, community youth services, and developmental disabilities. The course prepares participants for child and youth care certification with topics such as professional ethics, assessment, developmentally-based programming, and activity development. University students taking this course for credit will complete reading and writing assignments to accompany the practice-focused sessions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PIA 2115 - ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will combine multi-disciplinary environmental topics in an introductory level course. The concept of environmental policy and its impact on environmental management will be introduced. It will focus on the various scientific, technical and social disciplines including the basic sciences as well as law, engineering, public health and economics. Attention will also be given to the effects of developing and changing environmental policy on selected industries as well as natural resources.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PIA 2140 - FINANCIAL PRACTICES FOR ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the financial practices and processes required to promote economic and environmental sustainability (both public and private comparisons). Emphasis is put on how the economic component husbands the wise use of resources to effectively achieve specific organizational successes, promoting societal or external long-term prosperity, enhancing the opportunity for living things in the environment. On the environmental and social sides stress is put on respecting things and people both in particular organizational and external community. Next focus is put on financial indicators (both early warning and long term) that have been developed and applied to predict potential financial problems before they arise. Attention is focused on financial indicators (the financial monitoring trend system-ftms) that have been developed to promote stable and sustainable financial management.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PIA 2164 - NATURAL RESOURCES GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course considers how institutions influence resource and environmental outcomes. In particular, this course will focus on how the design of property rights influences prospects for effective management of resources such as energy, water, and biodiversity. Although the problem of resource management is complex, we will study how the structure of property rights, the rules governing ownership in society, provides a framework to understand when societies succeed and fail in their effort to manage resources effectively. In a general sense, the course will show why property rights, and the political institutions within which property rights are specified and enforced, are the key to understanding the extent to which societies are able to manage natural resources effectively.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class examines the energy policy choices facing U.S. policymakers. The choices involve myriad issues, including: allowing fuel exports, regulating greenhouse gas emissions, subsidizing renewable fuels and energy efficiency investments, allowing drilling on public lands, and allocating funds for research across energy sources and technologies. Broader issues include: understanding and evaluating the justifications used to support energy policies; making policy when costs and benefits are uncertain, occur in long term, and are hard to quantify; what’s the ‘right’ price of energy; market and government failures ’ what are they and how do we address them?
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course begins with an exploration of the history and sources of international law. We then survey the legal process and the application of international law to explore laws governing relations among states, and its expansion to non-state actors (e.g., the private individual, international organizations, NGOS, and multinational corporations).Students will learn about how and why international law is created and develop an understanding of the mechanisms and institutions of its enforcement. The enforcement of international law, its successes and difficulties, will require students to learn about, inter alia, the nature of international disputes, the subjects of international law, and the forums in which disputes are settled. Throughout the course, we will consider the emerging challenges faced in an international law paradigm including, organized violence, global markets, cultural coherency and conflict, identity and citizenship, technological evolution, and environmental regulation.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The 1992 Rio Declaration on environment and development states that ‘to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process.’ We discuss the linkages between development and the environment, and the role of women, indigenous peoples, and the poor in achieving equitable development and environmental protection. Using tools from economics and policy analysis, we explore the conceptualization of environmental problems (market or government failure); various policy instruments to rectify environmental problems (regulations, voluntary programs, taxes, tradable permits, payments for environmental services and international treaties such as the Basel Convention, the Montreal Protocol, and the Kyoto Protocol), and the link between trade and the environment. Students’ case presentations illustrate the challenges of environmental management in developing countries and the roles of civil society, NGOs, corporations, and international institutions such as the world bank, world trade organization, and united nations environmental program. Over the course of the semester, students are responsible for several policy memos and PowerPoint presentations.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PIA 2510 - ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
We use basic conceptual frameworks from economics and quantitative methods to examine economic development issues. We begin by discussing Amarthya Sen’s concept of ‘development as freedom’ and measures of development such as the Human Development Index. We examine when the market and government can serve as appropriate mechanisms to allocate resources within the economy. We discuss the institutions that are needed to ensure that markets function well. We study innovations, such as disclosure programs, that reduce corruption. We examine gender-sensitive pro-poor strategies, such as micro-credit programs, the granting of property rights to women, investment into girls’ schooling and women’s reproductive health. We study World Trade Organization provisions that assist or impede poor countries’ access to drugs in combating AIDS and other public health crises. We review the rules of the WTO that attempt to balance free trade and countries’ ability to protect public health and the environment. We discuss the role of international trade (e.g., OECD subsidies for agriculture), foreign aid and debt in encouraging or impeding economic development. Students will be graded on policy memos that are well written, based on quantitative and qualitative evidence, and oral briefings that recommend solutions to development challenges faced by governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations or corporations.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: PIA 2024 and 2025 or PIA 2026 or 2027; Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Focusing on food, hunger, agriculture and rural livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries, this course is a survey of nutrition, agriculture, and food policy issues. It is a course for non-specialists in agriculture who need to be able to work with agronomists and other specialists, in rural and community development.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PIA 2522 - GLOBAL ENERGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The global energy policy course applies tools from economics, science, and policy analysis to address energy issues. We examine various energy sources in the us/eu/developing countries including oil, gas, nuclear, hydro, biofuels, solar and wind. We discuss how market failures and government policies influence the gaps between private and social costs of energy. We examine incentive policies for the adoption of renewable energy and overall benefits from restructuring towards a greener economy. We examine the role of international trade, investment, technology transfer and climate policy in increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy worldwide.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PIA 2715 - GIS FOR PUBLIC POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A geographic information system (GIS) is a powerful tool for the public sector and used in a variety of disciplines. GIS builds on existing methods while offering new dimensions. This course provides students with a solid foundation of the principles and applications of GIS, an introduction to the desktop software ArcGIS, and demonstrates its uses in the public sectors. Students utilize ArcGIS to analyze and display spatial and demographic data. The construction of policy is then predicated on analysis. Skills learned in core courses can be brought to this course and built upon. Students have the flexibility to focus on their particular area of interest within the public sector through project work. The course is taught via lecture and hands-on experience using the ArcGIS software.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs students only.
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PUBSRV 0020 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the fields of public service. In addition to addressing the concept of public service, it provides students the opportunity to explore the various public service options. These include elected and appointed positions, volunteerism, and work in non-profit organizations. An effort will be made to give students an appreciation of the skills and talents required to effectively serve in these capacities. Classes will involve presentations by a variety of public service professionals, field visits and service learning opportunities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 0030 - PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Objective: to stimulate independent, critical and creative thinking about processes of public policy formulation in complex and rapidly changing environments. Course provides an approach to understanding interrelationships between elements of public policy (policy problems, policy alternatives, policy actions, policy outcomes, policy performance) and specific skills necessary to formulate and implement policies (problem identification, forecasting, recommendation, monitoring, and evaluation).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 0040 - PUBLIC SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents an overview of existing and emerging technologies that may be used by public service professionals to accomplish organizational goals or improve efficiency and effectiveness. Through discussions, readings, internet research and hands-on computer exercises, it will emphasize current information technology concepts, issues, and practices in the United States. In addition, it will provide students with a technology skill set utilized in subsequent courses and in the practice of a public service career.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 0050 - ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In the United States, there exists a fundamental agreement between the people and their government about how the social contract should be carried out. This understanding has led to our current contract notions about public service. Ethics and accountability examines the history, politics and execution of public service as it has developed and is currently experienced. Practicing professionals and community leaders will visit the class throughout the term and group work, student-led discussions and case studies will be at the center of the learning environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1100 - PRACTICES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines practices, issues and concepts in governmental administration. Course deals with such matters as current and best approaches to administration, administration and politics, organizational structure and behavior, and decision making.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1110 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Participants are provided with an overview of the financial management concepts and practices. Stress is put on the strengths, weaknesses, and critical roles financial management plays in aiding public service managers to better realize their programmatic goals and objectives.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1120 - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introductory survey of the understandings and skills needed by both managers and employees to cope with the myriad human resources management systems in public sector organizations. Specific topics include the history and evolution of human resources management, the legal environment, human resources planning, position classification and compensation, recruitment, promotion, termination, performance evaluation and training. Integrated with these topics will be the technical and legal concerns of labor relations and equal employment opportunity.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1130 - PLANNING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce the profession of urban planning through a review of the historical development of cities. With this framework we will look at the actual work of the planner: data gathering, analysis, policy, public process and politics. We will address the relation between the physical nature of cities and the quality of community that develops. Course underscores the importance of physical and geographic determinants to city growth, and makes the connection between democratic values and city development policy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1200 - PRACTICES OF NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to forms of non-profit organizations and their roles in American society. Course evaluates how non-profit organizations define their policy and service roles and examines the context of how they are organized, governed, financed, staffed, and managed. Other topics to be examined are law and philanthropy, voluntarism, strategic planning and marketing, training and developing boards, staff and volunteers, and ethical behavior.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1210 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students are provided with an overview of the theories, practices and critical role of financial management in the non-profit sector. Major attention is focused on the tools and techniques that are necessary for the manager to effectively achieve an expanding mission in the face of a difficult and competitive revenue raising environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1220 - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introductory survey of the understandings and skills needed by both managers and employees to cope with the myriad human resources management systems in non-profit organizations. Specific topics include the history and evolution of human resources management, the legal environment, human resources planning, position classification and compensation, recruitment, promotion, termination, performance evaluation and training. Integrated with these topics will be the technical and legal concerns of labor relations, equal employment opportunity and volunteer management.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1230 - FUNDRAISING FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is intended to help students become familiar with the major sources of financial resources available to support the program activities of non-profit organizations. It will introduce students to the basic component of grant proposals and other revenue raising techniques i.e. plan giving, general appeals and endowments.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1300 - LEGAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC SERVICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines impact of law upon public service and manner in which legal implications condition formulation, adoption, and implementation of programs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PUBSRV 1305 - HEALTH, LAW AND ETHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers the legal and ethical issues in the health care professions. Students acquire an understanding of the balances between governmental authority and responsibility and personal rights and responsibilities in the public health arena. Topics include: basic constitutional principles, conflicts of interest, the nature of organization-practitioner relationship, rights of practitioners, professional and institutional liability, government regulatory methods, and issues concerning informed consent, confidentiality of health information, termination of care, and medical-moral matters.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1310 - DIVERSITY ISSUES IN PUBLIC SERVICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course analyzes public service from the perspective of minorities and women. The minorities examined are black American men and women, with lesser attention given to ethnic minorities, those over 45 and the handicapped. The experience and aspirations of these several minorities will be examined in terms of how minority culture illuminates the nature of public service.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1315 - MANAGING PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides students with the fundamentals of project management by examining key components of the project cycle, such as: problem identification, results-based planning and design strategies, implementation and scheduling strategies, monitoring and performance indicators, impact learning with evaluation studies, and data management and reporting systems. Students will also be introduced to team building concepts, managing project budgets, writing scopes of work, and legal issues in the management of contracts and administration of grants.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PUBSRV 1320 - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces the student to geographic information systems software. In addition to familiarizing the student with the software, each student will apply that knowledge to a particular public problem selected by the student in consultation with the instructor. As this is a hands-on course, the format is a combination of lecture and lab/computer time.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1340 - STRATEGIC PLANNING PUBLIC SECTOR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to strategic planning and its application to the management of public organizations. As an introductory undergraduate course, students will be expected to gain a broad understanding of strategic planning and how it can be applied to mid and long term management of public organizations. Students will be introduced to the terminology used in strategic planning, several types of planning models, their steps and organization, and the importance of mission, vision, and values in strategic planning.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1390 - THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to acquaint students with multiple theories and practices associated with effective leadership. In answering the question, “what is leadership”, it examines such theories as situational, participative, transformational, and servant leadership. It also addresses those leadership and administrative skills and practices usually associated with effective community organization and professional management.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1410 - HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines social and economic issues relating to housing and community development. Particular attention is given to the relationship between home ownership and sustainable development. This includes exploring the rules and practices affecting credit worthiness, community reinvestment, redlining, public and private sector partnerships and other public policy initiatives.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1425 - PRINCIPLES OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the new problems facing our domestic public service and justice personnel — the borderless world of globalization and technology. Attention is paid to problems of terrorism, incident management systems, violence incident response procedures, planning for violence, changing federal, state, and local roles and response planning, weapons of mass effects, mass casualty programs, crime scene operations, technology and emergency responses, the evolving role of the intelligence community, and government, private, and non-government security issues.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1430 - TRIAL ADVOCACY 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the mechanics of American civil and criminal litigation in both nonjury and jury trials. Topics include basic case analysis, effective advocacy skills, appropriate professional conduct, trial preparation, direct and cross examination of lay witnesses, and an introduction to the legal concepts of relevance and hearsay within the context of the federal rules of evidence. Students will participate in intensive class discussions and in-class presentations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PUBSRV 1435 - TRIAL ADVOCACY 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course further examines more advanced topics relating to the mechanics of American civil and criminal litigation in both nonjury and jury trials. Topics include the authentication and use of evidentiary exhibits such as documents, real evidence and demonstratives, the direct and cross examination of expert witnesses, character evidence, opening statements, and closing arguments. Students will participate in intensive class discussions and in-class presentations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PUBSRV 1455 - LAW, ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY IN THE MASS MEDIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines a variety of public policy issues as those issues are impacted by the role and significance of the news and entertainment media. It explores mass media law and policy, with particular attention to regulatory practices.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1900 - INTERNSHIP SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A supervised placement with a government or non-profit agency, or private sector organization undertaking public services. Students will meet several times during the semester with other students to review and discuss their public service experiences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Allow advanced student to pursue topics and research of special interest, which are not otherwise available. Course requires construction of plan of study or research on topic selected and approval of instructor who will supervise work.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PUBSRV 1910 - INSTITUTE OF POLITICS INTERNSHIP/SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
While students are obtaining first-hand internship experience working with an official directly involved in policy making for the Pittsburgh region, they will learn in this seminar to analyze the policy-making process as an example of social problem-solving. They will learn the issues confronting the region; they will study the policy-making process; finally they will analyze the method of participant observation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSQOM 0050 - QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides the foundations for two basic business disciplines; optimization and simulation. Various modeling concepts which have origins and have found wide applications in functional areas such as finance, marketing and operations will be studied in depth. The topics studied are linear programming; models of “go/no go” decisions and location decisions; “what if” analysis; decision analysis and multiple criteria decision making models; queuing models and statistical foundations to simulate business systems-input/output analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: STAT 1000 or 1040 or 1100 or 1131 or MGMT 0024 or ECON 0204; LVL: So, Jr, Sr; PROG: College of Business Admin
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BUSQOM 1070 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides foundations for managing operations technology manufacturing & service & discussion of operations management of conversion process. Field is centered on the fundamental problems of managers taking raw materials & transforming them efficiently/effectively into products resulting in satisfied customers. Topics: bottleneck & capacity analysis, capacity expansion; decoupling workstations-buffers versus internal & external variability; economies of scale in materials distribution; reorder point computations; distribution & logistics; & scheduling res; GT, JIT, CIM & FMS.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSQOM 0050; LVL: So, Jr, Sr; PROG: College of Business Admin
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BUSQOM 1080 - DATA ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to enhance the statistical and analytical skills of Pitt Business students, who have already taken the required STAT 1100 or STAT 1000 course, to the level necessary for them to deal with Data Mining and other essential material in the Business Analytics Certificate. The course should also be of interest to students exploring the analytical parts of other areas, such as marketing. The goals of the course are to: (1) cover material not currently treated in STAT 1100, but which is preparatory to Data Mining; (2) provide software skills in statistical packages used in business, such as SPSS, SAS, or R; and (3) provide experiential exposure to business applications of the material.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: STAT 1000 or 1100 (Min Grade ‘B’)
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BUSQOM 1085 - APPLIED BUSINESS ANALYTICS PROJECT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSQOM 1090 - APPLIED OPTIMIZATION AND SIMULATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to enhance the problem-solving skills of Pitt Business students to the level necessary for them to deal with complex decision problems using optimization and simulation. Building on the foundation provided in the required BUSQOM 0050 Quantitative Methods course, the topics herein will include linear, nonlinear, integer, multiple objective and stochastic optimization. Simulation topics will include both spreadsheet simulation and process simulation. The goals of the course are to: (1) provide advanced modeling skills in optimization and simulation; (2) provide skills in software packages used in business, such as the Analytic Solver Platform and Arena; (3) get practice on asking the right questions, on dealing with problem complexity, on critical thinking and on gleaning insights to complex problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSQOM 0050; MIN GRADE ‘B’
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BUSQOM 1715 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT INDEPENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
An independent study course for students desiring to pursue in greater depth a specific set of operations management issues or problems to which they have been introduced in other operations management courses. The course involves directed reading and research under the guidance of a full-time faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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