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MA 502 Survey of Math II
Historical development of the major ideas in mathematics, beginning with the Greek mathematicians and continuing until the beginnings of the Calculus and group theory. Emphasizes the lives, times and contributions of the leading mathematicians in this 2000-year period. Stresses the contribution of problems unsolved and solved to further development of mathematical thought.
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MA 503 Applied Calculus II
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MA 505 Probability and Statistics
Mathematical analysis of interpolation procedures, polynomial approximations, numerical differentiation and integration. Includes their applications to computers.
Prerequisite: MA203, CS201; or permission from the instructor.
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PH 224 Astronomy
Fundamentals, history, and frontiers of astronomy. Planets, exobiology, structure and dynamics of stars, galaxies, the universe, and cosmology. Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.
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Music |
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MU 401 Music with Computers
This seminar in the science of the study of music. offers a chronological approach to history, literature and materials of music with special emphasis on research techniques, bibliography, reference materials and developing scholarly writings.
Prerequisite: One course each in music and literature.
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MU 403 Music in the Baroque Era
This is a comprehensive period course to further the understanding of significant developments in music during the Baroque period (1600–1750). It emphasizes composers, literature, styles and analysis of selected works.
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MU 406 Chamber Music
This is a chronological survey of chamber music from the origins to the present day. It emphasizes composers, works, stylistic tendencies, forms, analysis and performance considerations.
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MU 407 Survey of Opera
This is a brief history of the development of the opera from the 16th century to the present. It surveys the music and plots of standard operas. It includes detailed study and recognition of musical themes as related to the characters and the plot.
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MU 408 20th Century Music
This is a detailed study of the composers, trends, styles and techniques in music beginning with the breakaway from Romanticism through the present day. It considers various philosophies, aesthetics and media.
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MU 409 Symphonic Literature and Analysis
This comprehensive study of composers and masterworks in the symphonic idiom from the 18th century to the present day emphasizes literature, style, structure and analysis.
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MU 410 Survey of Music in America
This is a comprehensive survey of music in America from primitive music through the present day. It emphasizes the contributions of American composers, performers, conductors, musicologists and educators. It focuses on significant literature and social, economic and nationalist causes affecting musical trends.
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MU 420 Music by Women Composers
An upper-level course on the history of women composers. This course is offered for all students. An historical and analytical survey of western music through works composed by women with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries starting with the Middle Ages to the Present. By the end of the semester, it is the hope of the instructor that students will have a grasp of music history, music vocabulary, elements of music including: melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and form, knowledge of women composers, and prospective on gender and music. Students listen to music, participate in class discussions and listen to lectures. Students are graded on class attendance and participation, quizzes, projects, and a final paper
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MU 426 Practical Comprehensive Theory
This review of theory, harmony and counterpoint with emphasis on materials, techniques and pedagogy includes practical application and analysis combined with evaluation of contemporary techniques.
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MU 441 Swing and the Big Bands
This is a comprehensive study of the Swing Era and the Big Bands from the roaring twenties, through the great depression and World War II, with an emphasis on the music and those who created it, against the background of the social economic and political aspects of the times, and the technological developments that contributed to the spread of the art form.
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MU 474 Music in the Classical Period
This study of 18th century styles, composers and masterworks stresses the techniques of listening and evaluation.
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MU 475 Modern Arranging Seminar I
This is a comprehensive study and practical application of existing and original materials for various kinds of professional and school performing organizations. The course is designed to acquaint students with the art of arranging in order to enhance their skills and perspective in the creative utilization of functional materials for practical use.
Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of music theory and harmony; MU 101 and MU 102 or the equivalent.
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MU 476 Seminar in Composition I
This is a seminar in creative work in the various techniques, devices, and methods of organization employed in the art of composition. The course is designed to acquaint the students with the various organizational styles of composing music, with the general objective of having them develop choices of their own in order to establish unique compositional languages.
Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of music theory and harmony, MU 101 and MU 102 or the equivalent; basic music history and literature.
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MU 480 English Hand Bells
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MU 485 Special Topics in Music
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MU 689 Independent Research
Independent project in an area of individual special interest.
Prerequisite: Two graduate courses in music at Arcadia University and approval of the Department Chair. Not open to Special Status students.
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Physician Assistant |
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PA 504 Evidence-Based Practice
(2 credits)
This course reviews how to conduct a medical literature review with application to the practice of evidence-based medicine. Lecture and discussion include the basics of clinical research study designs, epidemiology, clinical testing parameters, and inferential and clinical statistics.
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PA 509A Professional Practice I
(1 credit)
This is the first course in a three part seminar series. It begins with presentations on the U.S. Health Care System, providing a broad overview of its major components. This course also serves as a lead-in to discussion of the role of the PA and their participation in this system.
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PA 509B Professional Practice II
(1 credit)
This is the second course in a three part seminar series that began with presentations on the U.S. Health Care System and provides a broad overview of how health care is delivered. This course also serves as a lead-in to a discussion on ethical practices and the role of the PA in the health care system.
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PA 509C Professional Practice III
(1 credit)
This is the third course in a three part seminar series that began with presentations on the US Health Care System and provides a broad overview of how health care is delivered. This course also serves as a lead-in to a discussion on ethical practices and the role of the PA in the health care system.
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PA 510 Medical Interview and Counseling Skills
(2 credits)
This course provides direction on the general approach to the patient with special attention to providing culturally competent care. Instruction is provided on how to elicit and document a complete history and how to offer basic counseling to patients.
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PA 514 Physical Diagnosis I
(5 credits)
This course includes lectures, demonstrations, and practical exercises in the principles of medical history-taking and an introduction to the medical physical examination. Simulated patient encounters in small groups help reinforce medical knowledge, history taking and phsyical examiniation techniques.
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PA 517 Human Gross Anatomy
(5 credits)
The gross anatomy segment consists of lectures, demonstrations, and cadaver dissection to identify and explore the interrelationships of gross structures of the body. Also includes small group training in radiographic anatomy.
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PA 522 Microbiology and Immunology
(3 credits)
The course begins with a review of principles and techniques in the laboratory diagnosis of infectious disease. This is followed by a systematic review of clinically relevant infectious disease agents. Each of the major organisms is reviewed in terms of its most salient morphologic and physiologic characteristics.
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PA 524 Mechanisms of Disease
(6 credits)
Lectures and conferences cover the function of cells, tissues, organs, and systems of the human body and the pathogenesis of common human illnesses.
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PA 526A Pharmacology and Therapeutics I
(1 credit)
This course is delivered in an asynchronous format and covers chemical concepts fundamental to understanding how pharmacotherapeutic agents exert their effects, to include physiologic and pharmacologic receptors, dose-response relationships and the pharmacokinetics of drug absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and excretion. Further discussion is on the autonomic nervous system and drugs that affect it.
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PA 526B Pharmacology and Therapeutics II
(3 credits)
This course is delivered in an asynchronous format and covers the pharmacology of drugs commonly used for the treatment and management of disease states. Course topics are aligned with the Medicine course lecture sequence.
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PA 526C Pharmacology and Therapeutics III
(3 credits)
This course is delivered in an asynchronous format and is a continuation of Pharmacology and Therapeutics II. Course topics are aligned with the Medicine II course lecture sequence.
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PA 528 Behavioral Health
(3 credits)
This course provides an overview of behavioral health conditions commonly encountered in medical practice as well as various treatment modalities. Evaluation and management of the psychiatric patient is explored in both the primary care and emergent settings.
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PA 530 Physical Diagnosis II
(3 credits)
A continuation of PA 514 , this course consists of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on practical instruction in the process and techniques of physical examination, including adults, children, obstetric, gynecologic and geriatric patients. Simulated patient encounters in small groups help reinforce medical knowledge, history taking and physical examiniation techniques.
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PA 532A Diagnostics and Clinical Procedures I
(3 credits)
Lectures and demonstrations provide a systematic presentation of the common clinical modalities used in the diagnosis of disease. The course includes instruction in laboratory medicine, diagnostic imaging and electrocardiography.
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PA 532B Diagnostics and Clinical Procedures II
(3 credits)
The technique of diagnostic and clinical procedural skills are reviewed through lecture, small group instruction and workshop participation. Instructional tools used include live clinical models and simulation. The course includes instruction in radiology, clinical skills and CPR/ACLS.
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PA 536A Medicine I
(8 credits)
This is the first of two Medicine courses. This course is divided into modules related to body systems. Each module typically begins with a brief review of related anatomy and physiology followed by a discussion of pathophysiology, symptoms and signs, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic management of specific conditions.
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PA 536B Medicine II
(6 credits)
This is the second of two Medicine courses. This course is divided into modules related to body systems or disease conditions. Each module typically begins with a brief review of related anatomy and physiology followed by a discussion of pathophysiology, symptoms and signs, diagnostic testing, and evidence based therapeutic management.
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PA 540 Emergency Medicine
(3 credits)
This course presents the general concepts needed for the physician assistant to care for patients with emergent conditions. The course emphasizes stabilization, medical management, and emergency procedures.
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PA 541 Surgery
(3 credits)
This course is designed to provide the fundamentals of perioperative care. The course provides instruction in pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative care. Evidence-based medicine is weaved through the course content.
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PA 542 Clinical Decision Making in Primary Care
(3 credits)
This is an interactive case-based course where students refine their ability to develop differential diagnoses, select appropriate diagnostic work-ups and compose treatment plans for primary care patients. Students learn to defend their decisions using current medical literature.
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PA 561 Emergency Medicine
(4 credits/weeks)
The eight (8) week Emergency Medicine rotation takes place in an Emergency Department and provides the students with exposure to urgent care and acute problems. Through supervised patient contact, the student will gain experience in performing the directed history and physical examination, triage, managing episodic illness, performing lifesaving techniques, and handling emergency equipment. Emphasis is on providing the student with practical clinical experience in the management of acute medical and surgical emergencies.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA program.
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PA 562 Family Medicine
(4 credits/weeks)
The eight week Family Medicine rotation is spent with a physician, physician assistant, and/or nurse practitioner preceptor in a primary care setting. Strong attention is given to utilizing preceptors who currently employ or have previously worked with physician assistants. Through supervised exposure to patients in a family practice environment, the student is given the opportunity to apply, integrate, and affirm those skills necessary for becoming a certified physician assistant. During this phase, the student masters the technique of directed data collection through exposure to ambulatory medical patients. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation and management of primary care medical problems. Patient education and counseling are stressed, and the student is familiarized with the role of the physician assistant in a general practice setting.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA program.
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PA 564 Internal Medicine
(4 credits/weeks)
The four week Internal Medicine rotation takes place in a hospital and/or out-patient setting. The purpose of the Internal Medicine rotation is to provide the student with practical clinical experience in working with the hospitalized or ambulatory patient who presents with acute or chronic diseases that are routinely seen by Internists. Students may be required to attend conferences, lectures, and take call.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA program.
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PA 565 Women’s Health
(4 credits/weeks)
This is a required four week rotation which takes place in a hospital, clinic or private practice setting. The purpose of the Women’s Health rotation is to provide the student with practical clinical experience in the differential diagnosis, evaluation, and management of normal and abnormal conditions within gynecology to include prenatal care and women’s health.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA program.
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PA 566 Pediatrics
(4 credits/weeks)
This four week rotation takes place in an outpatient and /or inpatient setting. Through supervised exposure to patients in a pediatric practice setting, the student is given the opportunity to become familiar with the parameters of normal growth and development, proper assessment of the newborn, immunizations schedules, nutritional requirements, the evaluation and management of common pediatric problems, and acute illness in the pediatric population.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA program.
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PA 567 Surgery
(4 credits/weeks)
The four week General Surgery rotation provides the student with the opportunity to apply basic principles of surgery. The student is provided with practical experience in data collection, and evaluation and management of surgical problems. An opportunity is afforded for development of manual skills and for exposure to basic operating room procedures and techniques. Longitudinal care is encouraged in order to provide the student with an opportunity to follow patients from admission through the post-operative process. Students may be required to attend conferences, lectures, and take call.
Prerequisite: successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA program.
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PA 570 Core Supervised Clinical Practical Experience Elective
(4 credits/weeks)
The four-week Core Clinical Elective rotation takes place in a hospital and/or out-patient setting and must be in one of the following medical concentrations: family medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine, women’s health, general surgery, pediatrics, or behavioral health. The purpose of the Core Clinical Elective rotation is to provide the student with an additional four weeks of supervised practical clinical experience working with the hospitalized or ambulatory patient who presents with acute or chronic diseases that may be encountered in one the core areas of medical practice. Students may be required to attend conferences, lectures, and take call.
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Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA program.
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PA 577 Clinical Elective I
(4 credits/weeks)
There are 12 weeks of elective rotation time, divided into three four-week courses. This is an opportunity for the student to increase his/her knowledge base and skill in a field of interest, or in a complimentary medical field.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA Program.
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PA 578 Clinical Elective II
(4 credits/weeks)
There are 12 weeks of elective rotation time, divided into three four-week courses. This is an opportunity for the student to increase his/her knowledge base and skill in a field of interest, or in a complimentary medical field.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA Program.
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PA 579 Clinical Elective III
(4 credits/weeks)
There are 12 weeks of elective rotation time, divided into three four-week courses. This is an opportunity for the student to increase his/her knowledge base and skill in a field of interest, or in a complimentary medical field.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA Program.
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PA 580 Behavioral Medicine
(4 credits/weeks)
This is a four-week rotation which takes place in a behavioral health setting, including an inpatient or outpatient psychiatric facility, partial diagnosis day program, or support service for chronic illness which includes a significant behavioral health component. The purpose of the Behavioral Health rotation is to provide the student with practical clinical experience in identifying, evaluating, and referring patients presenting with common and/or emergent psychiatric problems. Emphasis is placed on the acute and on-going care of the Behavioral Health patient. The Physician Assistant student will gain exposure to these patient populations through direct patient contact. There will be an additional emphasis on the socioeconomic risks and impacts for behavioral health patients, environmental and occupational aspects of these patients and their diagnoses, and challenges to effective treatment in these patients. Students may be required to attend conferences and lectures, assist in group therapy sessions, do home visits, take call, or potentially provide other services appropriate to the nature of the setting within which they are placed.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the didactic phase of the PA Program.
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PA 581 Clinical Year Seminar
(4 credits)
The Clinical Year Seminar course is delivered over four one-week long sessions throughout the clinical (second) year of the physician assistant program. Students return to campus from clinical rotations every three months and engage in didactic work, complete formative and summative simulation activities, practice clinical procedural skills, and deliver case presentations to peers and faculty in the PA program. The course concludes with a capstone poster presentation representing the scholarly work students have engaged in throughout their time in the PA program.
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PBH 500 The History and Practice of Public Health
This course is a collaborative course of public health programs in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. It is offered through the College of Physicians in Philadelphia and focuses on tracing the history and practice of public health as it specifically relates to Philadelphia. Fieldtrips to historic areas within the city and discussion of topics such as the outbreak and discovery of Legionnaires’ disease are highlighted. This course is an elective option for MPH degree students.
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PBH 501 Social Determinants of Health and Disease
Survey of the dimensions of health and disease from three perspectives: the U.S. historical experience with health and disease; the social context of health and illness, including the healthcare system and policy issues; and choices in healing, integrating conventional and complementary therapies. The history, etiology, epidemiology, geographic mortality patterns of selected public health issues and disease entities are studied. The coursework and research project are designed to provide students with basic qualitative research skills, which are useful in clinical practice, applied research, program planning, development, and evaluation.
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PBH 510 Health Care Systems
Students are introduced to the U.S. health-care system from an organizational, political, service delivery perspective and health-care systems internationally. This course familiarizes students with basic information about how the health system works in America and stimulates critical thinking about how the system can be improved to meet the challenges of an aging society, rapid expansion of new technology, ever-growing costs of health-care services, and threats to health induced by poor behavioral choices such as diet, exercise and tobacco use. The goal of the course is to form a base of understanding about the dynamics of health and health care.
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PBH 520 Statistical Methods in Health Sciences
This course is an overview of Descriptive and Inferential statistics needed to interpret health data, and the statistics needed to analyze and evaluate the health literature and health services research. The focus is on the theoretical approach to understanding the application of statistics to health education and public health research.
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PBH 530 Theories and Principles of Health Behavior and Health Promotion
This course introduces concepts, theories, and methods employed by behavioral scientists to develop, implement, and evaluate public health interventions. An overview of psychosocial factors related to health and illness behavior, models of health beliefs and behavior, strategies for health behavior change at the individual, group, and community level is presented. Emphasis is on the theoretical perspective and how theory can be applied to the design and assessment of public health and health promotion programs and interventions.
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PBH 540 Research Methods and Design in Health Education
This course is an introduction to research design and methodology. The emphasis is upon the selection of appropriate research designs, the appropriate use of statistics, and the evaluation of published research, Students are required to write a proposal for a research project, including needs assessment.
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PBH 560 Issues in Community and Environmental Health
This course is a survey of the basic concepts of community and environmental health issues and how they apply to specific health problems. The course explores the impact of the environment on public health. The goal of the course is to help students understand the range of environmental health issues and explore their impact on communities as well as their effects on one’s well-being. Topics covered include the effects of air, water, and the built environment explored from the global to local perspective and environmental justice.
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PBH 572 Concepts of Mental Health and Mental Illness
(cross listed with PY 572)
The focus of this course is to (a) develop an understanding of the basic concepts of mental health and mental illness, (b) learn how to apply these concepts toward understanding psychopathology as well as mental and emotional wellness, (c) become skilled in the use of the DSMIV TR in evaluating the emotional and mental health of clients, (d) increase student awareness and understanding of salient issues in mental health treatment and the association of treatment to specific illnesses, and (e) construct a personal view of mental health and mental illness as these concepts are derived from and relate to culture and society.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or minor in Psychology.
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PBH 573 Human Sexuality
This course provides students with an interdisciplinary review of human sexuality. Human sexuality is a core issue in everyone’s lives— behaviorally, emotionally, physically, intellectually, spiritually, socially, and professionally—as health educators and as students; as parents and as children; as individuals and as partners. Human sexuality is fundamentally tied to the social process, constantly influenced by societal values and mores, by changing religious and secular ideas, and by individual behavior and opinion. At the core of sexuality are seemingly unalterable facts: anatomy, genes, hormones, and other biological processes that influence the way humans reproduce. These facts also can be influenced by the way society sees them, and it is this inherent conflict that this course explores. Course activities challenge students to evaluate their own personal, academic and professional factors that impact their ability to provide and develop effective health education and promotion services.
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PBH 575 Family in Contemporary Society
(3 credits)
The course focus is on a study of the structure and function of the family in American contemporary society. This course covers the developmental stages of the family, life experiences and perspectives that create variations in family structures and dynamics. Contemporary challenges to the historical concepts of family that create new evolutionary patterns in family structure and connectedness are examined. Within this framework, the impact of public health needs, initiatives, and policies as they relate to the functionality of the family and ways that “family” influences the direction of public health are also explored. The course views family in contemporary society through both the psychosocial lens and public health lens and begins the discussion about the reciprocal interactions between health and individuals, families, and society.
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PBH 576 Drug Use and Abuse
This course is designed to provide you with an interdisciplinary review of the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. You will learn factual information about the use, abuse, and addictive nature of alcohol and other drugs, while gaining insight into the complexity of treatment and prevention. Research and discussion leads to critical thinking about the social, economic, and psychological aspects of drug abuse and rehabilitation. Course activities will challenge you to evaluate your own personal, academic, and professional factors that impact your ability to provide and develop effective health education and promotion services.
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PBH 578 Stress: A Life Course Perspective
This examination of causes, symptoms and effects of stress identifies the close relationship between emotional and physical aspects. Explores ways to avoid, eliminate or reduce stress.
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PBH 581 Nutrition Concepts and Controversies
This course is an introduction to the concepts and principles of nutrition. Throughout the semester, students learn the basic components of foods— macro- and micro-nutrients, their relationship to diet and disease and weight. Nutritional needs through the lifecycle are discussed with the primary disease states associated with each age group. Controversial issues, such as food supplementation, factory farming, genetically modified foods, the impact of a beef culture on the environment, and dieting are discussed along with holistic approaches to food and healing.
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PBH 582 International Health and Human Rights
This course explores the relationship between contemporary political, socioeconomic, cultural, environmental, and demographic conditions and their impact on health and human rights from an international perspective. A major focus of the course is the evolution of health-care delivery systems and governmental and non-governmental responses to health and human rights challenges. Other topics include structural adjustment, population dynamics, child survival policies, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, appropriate technologies, international organizations, traditional healing, pharmaceutical policy, and human resource development.
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PBH 583 Contemporary Health Topics
This course includes special course offerings , including maternal and child health, domestic violence , occupational health, death and dying, and other relevant topics. A list of current course offerings follows.
- Women’s Health
- Health Communication
- Occupational Health
- Disaster Preparedness
- Violence and Injury Prevention
- Death and Dying
- Sexual and Gender Minority Health Issues
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PBH 584 Successful Grant Writing
This course introduces students to the principles and procedures for writing grant proposals to fund nonprofit organizations. Students work in groups to create a mock start-up nonprofit organization for which they will write a grant proposal. At the final class, each group makes an oral presentation of its organization and project as if it were presenting to the board of its funder and attempts to persuade the funder to make a grant for its project and organization.
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PBH 585 Health Policy, Law and Bioethics
The general focus of the course is to introduce community public health students to the role of public policy and law in promoting population health. The course provides an overview of health policymaking in the United States and addresses various aspects of problem identification, policy formulation and implementation, as well as policy analysis. It explores the roles of key actors in the policy process and those impacted by health policymaking. The course explores various ethical dimensions of public health policy and practice, with a particular emphasis on issues related to human rights and the tension between individual rights and population health. Finally, the course explores a series of contemporary health policy issues and challenges.
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PBH 586 Theories and Techniques of Counseling
This course introduces students to a variety of contrasting theoretical models underlying the practice of counseling. Through lectures, demonstrations, role-plays, in-class discussions, experiential activities, readings, and writing assignments, students are invited to critically evaluate the practical applications of contemporary counseling perspectives. This course aims at fostering the following counseling competencies: communication and listening, critical analysis and thinking, interpersonal and cultural sensitivity, understanding oneself through introspection and realistic self-critique, adhering to professional, ethical and legal standards and behaviors, generating and testing hypothesis about human behavior, understanding the theories and techniques of counseling and behavior change utilizing counseling skills in individual settings, integrating and applying assessment, diagnostic, consultation and education strategies.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or minor in Psychology.
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PBH 587 Global Health Communications
The discipline of health communication covers a wide array of information related to relating health information to a “consumer”. This course will allow students to learn about developing messages and relaying information between patient and provider, social networks, mass communication or utilizing the ever changing technological tools. Additionally, a focus on social marketing will be allow students to learn steps involved in developing a campaign to change health behaviors, an extremely important skill in a world where public health practitioners need to be able to reach as many people as possible in the least resource laden manor, that make up the discipline of health communication, focusing on social marketing.
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PBH 588 Women’s Health: A Global Perspective
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PBH 600 Introduction to Epidemiology
This course offers an introduction to the approaches and methods used in describing the natural history of disease in communities (descriptive epidemiology) and epidemiological study design, bias, confounding, and measures of risk used in the study of disease etiology (analytic epidemiology). A critical review of the public health and medical literature is included using an evidence-based medicine approach to critical analysis. Lecture and discussions are supplemented with problem-solving exercises.
Prerequisite: For matriculated students only.
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PBH 620 Introduction to Biostatistics
An overview of descriptive and inferential statistics needed to interpret health-related data, and the statistics needed to analyze and evaluate the health literature and health services research. The focus is on the theoretical approach to understanding the application of statistics to health education and public health research.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in Statistics.
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PBH 630 Program Planning and Evaluation for Health Professionals
This course provides an overview of models and approaches appropriate for designing and implementing health programs. The basics of the program planning, including needs assessment, operations planning methods, implementation strategies, and an introduction to evaluation techniques are covered. In addition, interpersonal, organizational, and community level influences are discussed using contemporary health behavior models.
Prerequisite: PBH 530 Theories
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PBH 640 Research Methods and Design for Health Professionals
This course explores the history, bioethics and current issues in health research in order that students may understand issues in research. The course covers quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation design, methods, instrument construction and interpretation of results to develop the skills needed for health professionals to perform and critically evaluate research in their prospective fields.
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PBH 645 Evaluation of Public Health Programs: Case Studies
Principles and procedures to evaluate public health, disease prevention, and health promotion programs are covered. Includes intensive critiques of case studies from the public health and disease prevention and policy literature. The selection of case studies is designed to reflect the diversity of methods and the range of possible applications.
Prerequisite: PBH 530 & PBH 630
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PBH 689 Public Health/Health Education Internship
(3 credits)
All M.P.H. degree candidates are required to complete an internship experience. This experience occurs toward the end of the degree program after students have completed their core courses. The internship is expected to be an experience that bridges professional academic preparation and public health practice. Knowledge and skills learned in your courses will be applied in an agency setting under the supervision and guidance of an experienced preceptor. Students are responsible for finding an internship on their own. A list of potential internship opportunities is available from the Program Director or Internship Coordinator upon request.
Prerequisite: PBH 501, PBH 530, PBH 600, PBH 630, PBH 690
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PBH 689.1 Community Health Internship Planning
All M.P.H. degree candidates are required to complete an internship experience. This experience occurs toward the end of the degree program after students have completed their core courses. The internship is expected to be an experience that bridges professional academic preparation and public health practice. Knowledge and skills learned in your courses will be applied in an agency setting under the supervision and guidance of an experienced preceptor. Students are responsible for finding an internship on their own. A list of potential internship opportunities is available from the Program Director or Internship Coordinator upon request.
Prerequisite: Completion of PBH 501 , PBH 530 , PBH 600 , PBH 630
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PBH 689.2 Community Health Internship
All M.P.H. degree candidates are required to complete an internship experience. This experience occurs toward the end of the degree program after students have completed their core courses. The internship is expected to be an experience that bridges professional academic preparation and public health practice. Knowledge and skills learned in your courses will be applied in an agency setting under the supervision and guidance of an experienced preceptor. Students are responsible for finding an internship on their own. A list of potential internship opportunities is available from the Program Director or Internship Coordinator upon request.
Prerequisite: Completion of PBH 501 , PBH 530 , PBH 600 , PBH 630 , PBH
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PBH 689.3 MPH Internship
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This is arequired additional MPH practice experience done in conjunction with a PA Elective Rotation or completed in conjunction with a required community or behavioral medicine rotation. Additional information is available from the MPH Internship Coordinator and the PA Clinical Coordinators.
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PBH 690 Health Education Capstone Research Project Seminar I
Students develop an independent community health project designed to meet the needs of each student and to develop expertise in a specific health-related area. The project can include planning a program, conducting a needs assessment, implementing a program, developing health-related and computer generated learning tools.
Prerequisite: Completion of all required coursework and permission of program coordinator.
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PBH 691 Health Education Capstone Research Project Seminar II
Students develop an independent community health project designed to meet the needs of each student and to develop expertise in a specific health-related area. The project can include planning a program, conducting a needs assessment, implementing a program, developing health-related and computer generated learning tools.
Prerequisite: Completion of all required coursework and permission of program coordinator.
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PBH 695 Public Health Capstone Seminar I
An independent research project is required of all students as a final demonstration of acquired skills and knowledge. Students have the opportunity to organize, synthesize, and communicate the results of the project both through an oral defense, a formal poster presentation, and in a written report. Projects may involve the analysis of quantitative or qualitative data; but may also include policy analysis, comparative program designs, and other options described in the Capstone Handbook.
Prerequisite: Completion of all required core coursework and permission of the Program Director.
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PBH 696 Public Health Capstone Seminar II
(3 credits)
A continuation of PBH 695 . Survey of the dimensions of health and disease from three perspectives: the U.S. historical experience with health and disease; the social context of health and illness, including the healthcare system and policy issues; and choices in healing, integrating conventional and complementary therapies.
Prerequisite: Completion of all required coursework and permission of the Program Director.
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PL 150 Introduction to Philosophy
This course introduces the methods of philosophical inquiry. It includes the nature of knowledge, theories of reality and human nature, freedom and determinism, and the status of values. It incorporates lecture and discussion.
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PL 155 Applied Logic
This course is a Study of the principles and strategies of reasoning drawn from informal logic and problem-solving. This course includes methods of problem representation, tree diagrams and arguments, classical syllogistic logic, fallacies, argument co
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PL 160 Symbolic Logic
This course studies symbolic logic from sentential logic to the logic of quantifiers and relations. It introduces truth tables, truth trees, natural deduction, elementary theorems of consistency and completeness. It includes lecture, discussion and ext
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PL 165 Occupational Ethics
This consideration of the role of values and ethical principles in the workplace includes general issues of business practice (for example, corporate responsibility, truth in advertising, treatment of employees) and also issues raised by some specific
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PL 175 Ethics
This course is an examination of theories of the nature, function and ground of moral judgment is through the works of such philosophers as Aristotle, Hume, Mill and Kant. It includes contemporary value conflicts (e.g., capital punishment, abortion, tr
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PL 223 Philosophy in Literature
This is a study of basic philosophical issues such as the nature of aesthetic pleasure, differences between philosophical and literary writing, the “truth” of fiction, and others, as expressed in two significant movements: the ancient quarrel between p
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PL 245 Political Thought
This survey of political theory is through the classic writings of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bentham, Marx, Mill, Rawls and others. Topics include law and rights, the public interest, social contract, liberty, equality, and ju
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PL 275 Ethics in Film
An exploration of how all the basic ethical perspectives, such as egoism, relativism, utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue theory, can be found in and illustrated by films. Some specific ethical dilemma paradigms, such as truth versus loyalty, indivi
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PL 305 Ethics of War
Topics include arguments for and against pacifism, the development of just war theory from Augustine to Walzer, and conventions of international law as applied to certain issues of modern war (strategic bombing, weapons of mass destruction, declaration
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PL 307 Black Thought and Philosophy
The black experience has been a complex one involving synchronized percussive movement, singing, speaking, chanting, and drama much like the dancing art of steppin’. From mutinies on slave ships to race riots in asphalt jungles, from following a women
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PL 308 The Greek Mind
This course is an overview of the roots of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratic period through Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and leading Hellenistic thinkers. It incorporates lecture and discussion.
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PL 309 Modern Philosophy
This survey of philosophy is from the 17th through the 19th centuries, from Bacon to Nietzsche. It includes the responses to the scientific revolution, the roots of rationalism and empiricism and the romantic reaction of the 19th century. Descartes, Ho
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PL 310 20th Century Philosophy
Not regularly scheduled.
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