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- AHLT-B 320 Global Health Delivery (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course is intended to give students an overview of the history, structure, and financing of systems of health care delivery of developed and emerging nations in comparison and contrast to that of the United States. Students will understand the goals and challenges in achieving optimum health in these countries. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-B 352 Performance Improvement in Health Management (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course provides the fundamental concepts of quality management in health care systems and the essential tools to measure and analyze a system, evaluate problems, and implement necessary changes to improve system performance. You will study system model theory in health care and utilize critical thinking to create changes in your own organization to improve client care, patient safety and essential services. Therefore, you will be utilizing your personal experience in assignments to create a more meaningful student experience, useful in your future endeavours. You will learn to be empowered. Special processes such as Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma will be discussed. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-B 371 Human Resources in Management of Health Care (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Management of human resources in the health care system including human resource planning and staffing, training and development, performance appraisal, job design and analysis, and compensation. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-B 499 Health Management Capstone (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. The main purpose this course is to provide the culminating, integrative curricular experience for students in the Bachelor of Applied Science degree Health Management Track. Students will also assess the impact of their educational experiences on their ethical perspectives and critical thinking skills. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-H 331 Environmental Health (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course explores the relationship of people to their environment -- how it affects their physical well-being, and what they can do to protect and enhance their health, and to influence the quality of the environment. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-H 355 Economics of Health Care (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Economics of Health Care is a growing field and is an important aspect of public policy in developed and developing countries. This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students in economics to the field of Health Economics. The provision and production of health care have different characteristics and incentives from other consumer goods making health related markets a unique topic for study. We will cover a number of topics including basic economic concepts important for the study in health economics, why health is different from other good, aspects of the US health care market, health care in other countries, health care reform, as well as discussing the importance of health for development and some basic economic evaluation techniques. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-H 415 Systems of Health Care Delivery (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Students examine the U.S. health delivery systems and its components. The focus of this course is on the current and potential future health services systems and their components. In addition, common leadership and management models/theories, communication styles, use of technologies in health care and documentation of patient/family/community health problems, the developing electronic health record, and impact of culture on the components of the system and on health care providers-patients/families/healthcare provider interactions are discussed. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-H 415 Global Child and Adolescent Health (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An overview of determinants and indicators of health of children and adolescents in the United States compared to other countries. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-M 366 Leadership for Health Professionals (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course addresses the Leadership of organizations that deliver health care services such as hospitals, nursing homes, multi-specialty clinics, and home health care agencies. Students will examine principles of effective management including organizational design, motivation, leadership, conflict management, teamwork, and strategic alliances. Management issues that distinguish health services organizations from other types of organizations will be identified and strategies for dealing with these issues will be evaluated. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-N 378 Global Nutrition (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. The history of food and hunger, and the global nature of our food systems focusing on the impact of our food decisions on the environment, agricultural production, world population relative to food supply, hunger, biotechnology, and safety of our food supply. (IUKOA)
- AHLT-R 404 Sectional Imaging Anatomy (2-3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An in-depth study of sectional anatomy pertinent to ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Standard transverse, parasagittal, and coronal planes are included, utilizing images from all three imaging modalities. A discussion of technique, artifacts, and pathology-related alterations of cross-sectional anatomic appearances is included. IUSB
- AHLT-R 404 Advanced Diagnostic Imaging II (2-3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Procedural concepts in cardiovascular interventional technology, computed tomography, diagnostic medical sonography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Image analysis of normal and abnormal studies will be presented. (IUSB)
- AHLT-R 405 Advanced Diagnostic Imaging I (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Physics and imaging concepts in cardiovascular interventional technology, computed tomography, diagnostic medical sonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Course will cover contrast media, instrumentation, equipment, principles of technology, as well as environmental and patient safety and comfort issues. (IUSB)
- AHLT-R 407 Seminar in Medical Imaging (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Current trends in the ethical conduct and issues that concern health professionals and spheres of the contemporary health care arena are analyzed through the use of case studies, articles, and video presentations. (IUSB)
- AHLT-R 408 dd (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course.
- AHLT-R 409 Project in Medical Imaging (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Independent readings and research on a selected medical imaging topic. A paper in publishable form must be written as part of the project. (IUSB)
- AHLT-R 409 Project in Medical Imaging (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Independent readings and research on a selected medical imaging topic. A paper in publishable form must be written as part of the project.. (IUK)
- AHLT-R 414 Sectional Imaging Pathology (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An in-depth study of general pathology concepts and diseases that affect specific body systems. An emphasis is placed on the appearance of the disease process on sectional images. (IUSBA)
- AHLT-W 314 Ethics for Health Professionals (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Professionals provides a thorough grounding in ethical theories and principles as reflected in current health care issues and policies. Students are introduced to a variety of frameworks for ethical decision-making and policy analysis. Current trends in the political, economic, and legal spheres of the contemporary health care arena are analyzed through the use of case studies, articles and video presentations. (IUKOA)
- AHSC-A 420 Healthcare Finance (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. This course is designed as an introduction to healthcare finance. Basic concepts of healthcare finance and business including health care reimbursement, cost, pricing, planning, budgeting, financial operations, investment, cash flow, risk analysis, profit, financing, and financial condition assessment.
- AHSC-A 430 Supervision and Resource Management for Health Professionals (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. This course will provide basic knowledge of many crucial aspects of healthcare supervision and resource management. Healthcare supervision and resource management can differ from other sector management in that it is multifaceted especially in the area of generating revenue and reimbursement for services as well as requirements for accreditation. Although it is a highly regulated industry, principle of creating a positive organization, the use of resources and management of those resources have similarities to many non-healthcare related organizations. This course will discuss various pertinent topics involved in supervision and resource management which may include but may not be limited to the following: healthcare resource management overview, the healthcare marketplace, quality management within healthcare organizations, establishing benchmarks and organizational research methods, productivity and performance management, metrics in healthcare organizations, the basics of project management, supply chain management, purchasing and materials management, inventory management and best practices for healthcare organizational management.
- AHSC-A 440 Health Care Administration and Strategic Planning (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. This course will build on concepts introduced in AHSC H-301 Health Care Delivery and Leadership. In this course students will explore issues related to management and planning in health care organizations. Management theory will be discussed as will concepts related to organizational culture, leading and motivating, planning, quality improvement, managing change, and conflict resolution. Emphasis will be placed on practical application of knowledge related to organizational planning.
- AHSC-C 415 Health Assessment, Education, and Promotion (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: HSC-H 320; AHSC-H 330. C: HSC-H 320; AHSC-H 330. This is an introductory course with a focus on the discipline and profession of health education. Major concepts to be explored include health and wellness, determinants of health behavior, the nation's health status and health promotion. Preparing an assessment and plan for health promotion for the student's own community will be the culminating teaching-learning activity.
- AHSC-C 425 Program Assessment, Planning, and Evaluation I (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course examines individual, group, and community needs assessment strategies and how these strategies are used in conjunction with theory to develop program goals, objectives, and program evaluation mechanisms that address public health concerns through health education and health promotion programs.
- AHSC-C 435 Program Planning, Assessment, and Evaluation II (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-C 425. C: AHSC-C 425. This course examines the implementation and evaluation of health education and promotion programs, population health status, and health behavior initiatives. Effective strategies for developing, implementing, and evaluating program goals, objectives, and outcomes will be examined. This course is required In the BS-AHS Health Educator track.
- AHSC-H 301 Health Care Delivery and Leadership (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Health care is diverse and dynamic. In this course, students examine the history and current functions of health services delivery systems in the United States. Focus is on the components, their interaction, and internal/external control. As a person in leadership roles of organizations you will also discover how to effectively deliver health care services in hospitals, nursing homes, multi-specialty clinics, and home health care agencies. Students will examine how principles of effective leadership skills including organizational design, motivation, conflict management, teamwork, and strategic alliances are utlized in the ever changing healthcare environment.
- AHSC-H 310 Health Policy, Ethics, and Legal Issues (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. In this course, students are introduced to the concepts of health policy and policy analysis, health care ethics and contemporary ethical dilemmas, and legal issues related to health care and health care outcomes. Students will be exposed to leadership strategies for effecting changes in policy, and in resolving legal and ethical dilemmas that arise in health care. Emphasis is placed on application of knowledge to real and simulated case problems.
- AHSC-H 320 Consumer Health (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. Students are introduced to the ways consumers receive and use information to inform health practices and influence choices of health products, services, and providers. Concepts include health literacy and decision-making, internal and external influences on health care decisions and health outcomes, and effective health education. Exemplar health issues are discussed.
- AHSC-H 330 Intercultural Health Communication (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. This course explores issues related to intercultural communication practices. It examines the important role of social, cultural, and historical content in human interactions related to health disparities. Students will explore the definition of health, wellness, and illness by various underrepresented groups. Students will be able to critically analyze how various groups are affected by illness, what effect this has on the community, and what health promotion specialists can do to address these concerns in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way.
- AHSC-H 340 Research in the Health Sciences (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. This course is designed as an introduction to using the research process to address health science problems and the use of evidence as a foundation for practice. Critical analysis of research studies will be emphasized.
- AHSC-H 350 Economics of Health Care (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: AHSC-H 301. C: AHSC-H 301. Economics of Health Care is a growing field and is an important aspect of public policy in developed and developing countries. The provision and production of health care has different characteristics and incentives from other consumer goods making health related markets a unique topic for study. This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students in healthcare fields to Health Economics. A number of topics including: - Basic economic concepts important for the study in health economics - Why health is different from other goods, aspects of the US health care market - Health care in other countries - Health care reform
- AHSC-H 360 Population Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. In this course, students are provided an overview of the principles and practice of population health, epidemiology, and biostatistics. Students will be introduced to the basic terms and definitions of population health and the factors that lead to disease causation, as well as disease prevention. Students will explore and discuss the concepts of social justice, health disparities, determinants of health, culture, health systems, lifespan, and health promotion as they apply to groups of people, rather than to individuals. Through an introduction to epidemiologic terminology, methods, critical thinking, and basic analysis, students will be able to describe how disease is distributed within populations and communities.
- AHSC-H 370 xxx (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course.
- AHSC-H 480 xxx (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course.
- BIOL-B 355 Plant Diversity (3-4 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Study of major plant groups - algae to flowering plants. Information will be provided on classification, evolution, ecology, cytology, morphology, anatomy, reproduction, life-cycle and economic importance.
- BIOL-N 390 The Natural World (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Explores an important scientific or technological issue in modern society. Applies scientific methods and interdisciplinary perspectives in an examination of the subject. Investigates the broader implications and ethical dimensions of scientific research and technological advancement.
- BUS-A 200 Foundations of Accounting (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Survey of financial and managerial accounting topics that provide a foundation for students who are not pursuing a business concentration.
- BUS-A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. The concepts and issues associated with corporate financial reporting. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the role of financial accounting in the economy and how different accounting methods affect the financial statements.
- BUS-A 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. The course covers the concepts and issues associated with accounting and the management of business. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the role of accounting product costing, costing and quality, cost-justifying investment decisions, and performance evaluation and control of human behavior.
- BUS-B 399 Business and Society (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Develops insights into human nature, the nature of social institutions, the social processes that have shaped the world of the twenty-first century. In an interdisciplinary way, introduces the distinctive perspectives of the social sciences, emphasizing frameworks and techniques used in explaining causes and patterns of individual and institutional behavior.
- BUS-D 300 International Business Administration (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Foreign environment for overseas operations, United States government policies and programs for international business, international economic policies, and management decision and their implementation in international marketing, management, and finance.
- BUS-D 301 International Business Environment (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the environment in which international companies operate. Thus, participants should acquire awareness of, and an appreciation for, the diversity and complexity of the international environment. More specifically, the successful completion of this course should enable them to understand and analyze environmental problems which challenge management. Additional objectives of the course include: to explain how the international business environment affects us as citizens, consumers, and workers; to describe trade, investment, and financial links among countries; and to help interpret contemporary events from the perspective of international business. While the emphasis of the course is on analysis, students will acquaint themselves with the special terms, concepts, and institutions encountered in international business.
- BUS-G 300 Introduction to Managerial Economics and Strategy (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Microeconomic analysis and its applications to business decision making. Includes topics of demand and consumer behavior, production and costs, theory of firms, and public policy toward business. Focuses on the applied aspects of microeconomics.
- BUS-H 320 Systems of Health Care Delivery (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course examines the foundations and historical precedents for the current health care system in the United States. It also covers the structures, processes, and policies for delivering health care services, and briefly reviews alternative systems used in other countries.
- BUS-H 320 Management: Long-Term Care Facilities (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course covers the organization and management of long-term care facilities, with particular emphasis on skilled care nursing homes. Topics include community and client exchanges, the legal and regulatory environment, financing and reimbursement, clinical organization and processes of care delivery, and managing the organization
- BUS-H 352 Health Care Financial Management (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An introductory course that includes an overview of financial statements, costing of health care services, breakeven analysis, pricing decisions, budgeting, cost control, and basic financial management concepts such as time value analysis and financial risk.
- BUS-H 354 Economics of Health Care (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course acquaints students with the application of economic principles to the delivery of health care services. It examines the demand-side and supply-side characteristics of health care, the economics of private and public health insurance, and the economic perspectives of health care policy.
- BUS-H 402 Hospital Organization and Management (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An overview of the governance, organization, and operational management of major institutions of health care delivery. Topics such as performance measurement, quality and economy, and organized physician and nursing services are included.
- BUS-J 404 Business and Society (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Major ethical theories are examined in order to provide a basis for analyzing ethical behavior in the business environment. Such issues are economic competition, discriminatory practices, manipulation of power, environmental conservation, and organizational cultures are investigated.
- BUS-M 300 Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Examination of the market economy and marketing institutions in the U.S. Decision making and planning from the manager's point of view; impact of marketing actions from the consumer's point of view.
- BUS-M 301 Introduction to Marketing Management (1.5 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Overview of marketing. Marketing planning and decision-making examined from the firm's and consumer's viewpoints; marketing concept and its company-wide implications; integration of marketing with other functions of the firm; international aspects.
- BUS-W 301 Principles of Management (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Designed to synthesize knowledge of principles and functions of management: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, and decision making.
- BUS-Z 300 Organizational Behavior and Leadership (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Nature of human behavior in organizations as a function of the individual, the groups within which he interacts, and the organizational setting. Emphasis on applications of behavioral science concepts and findings to individual behavior and organizational performance. Enrollment restricted to nonbusiness students.
- BUS-Z 301 Organizational Behavior and Leadership (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Nature of human behavior in organizations as a function of the individual, the groups within which he interacts, and the organizational setting. Emphasis on applications of behavioral science concepts and findings to individual behavior and organizational performance. Enrollment restricted to nonbusiness students.
- BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Integration of behavior and organizational theories. Application of concepts and theories toward improving individual, group, and organizational performance. Builds from behavioral foundation toward an understanding of managerial processes.
- BUS-Z 440 Personnel- Human Resource Management (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Nature of human resource development and utilization in American society and organizations; government programs and policies, labor force statistics, organizational personnel departments, personnel planning, forecasting, selection, training, development. Integration of government and organizational human resource programs.
- CHEM-C 300 Energy and Green Chemistry (3-4 cr.) An introduction to topics in existing and potential renewable sources of energy including hydroelectric, geothermal, tidal, wind, and solar energy, and an introduction to greener approaches in academic and industrial procedures.
- CHEM-C 303 Environmental Chemistry (1-4 cr.) Investigation of the chemistry of water and air pollution, analytical procedures and techniques as applied to pollution problems, effects and controls.
- CHEM-C 390 Special Topics (1-5 cr.) Topic of special scientific interest to be announced in schedule of classes.
- CMCL-C 427 Cross Cultural Communication (3 cr.) (IUEAA)
- CMCL-C 440 Organizational Communication (3 cr.) (IUEAA)
- ECON-E 103 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.) Scarcity, opportunity cost, competitive and non-competitive market pricing, and interdependence as an analytical core. Individual sections apply this core to a variety of current economic policy problems such as poverty, pollution, excise taxes, rent controls, and farm subsidies.
- ECON-E 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.) Measuring and explaining aggregate economic performance, money, monetary policy, and fiscal policy as an analytical core. Individual sections apply this core to a variety of current economic policy problems such as inflation, unemployment, and economic growth.
- ECON-E 200 Fundamentals of Economics: An Overview (3-4 cr.)
- ECON-E 201 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.) An analysis of evolution of market structure using the analytical concepts of supply and demand, opportunity cost, and marginal analysis. Applications include a variety of concurrent microeconomic issues.
- ECON-E 201 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.) An introduction to macroeconomics which studies the economy as a whole; the level of output, prices and employment, how they are measured and how they can be changed; money and banking; international trade; and economic growth.
- FINA-A 399 Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Explores, in an interdisciplinary way, culture, cultural artifacts and the role of art in the formation and expression of a particular culture. A historical perspective on the intellectual tradition, reveals both change and deeper continuities in social and spiritual values underlying art making. Issues of practice of the craft will receive greater emphasis at this level.
- GEOG-G 306 Geographic Information Science (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An examination of current problems concerning globalization, development and justice from a geographical perspective. The specific topic to be considered will vary from semester to semester.
- GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation (3-5 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course deals with the environmental impact of global population growth, natural resources utilization, and pollution. Current problems relating to energy consumption, farming practices, water use, resource development and deforestation will be examined from geologic and ecological perspectives. Strategies designed to avert predicted global catastrophe will be examined to determine success potential. Class participation through debate is strongly encouraged. Students should be able to use the internet as a resource.
- GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Science (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Introduction to the principles and applications of computer-based geographic information systems (GIS).
- GEOL-G 400 Energy: Sources and Needs (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Scientific and political constraints on the production and utilization of energy from various sources energy balance of the United States.
- GEOL-G 420 Regional Geology Field Trip (1-3 cr.) Field trip to selected regions for study of mineralogic, lithologic, stratigraphic, structural, paleontologic, geomorphologic, or other geological relationships.
- GEOL-G 421 United States Geology: Field Experience (1-5 cr.) A six week lecture/field trip course incorporating a 2-3 week field experience in the western United States. Students will explore the geologic events (and their associated rocks and structures) that have shaped the continent, including mounting building, earthquakes, volcanoes, intercontinental rifting, intercontinental seaways, sedimentary environments, and glacial geology. Possible destinations include (but not limited to) the Black Hills, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Mt. Ranier, Mt. St. Helens and Glacier National Park.
- GEOL-G 476 Environment and Urban Geology (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Significance of regional and local geologic features and processes in land use. Use of geologic factors to reduce conflict in utilization of mineral and water resources and damage from geologic hazards. Field trips.
- GEOL-G 476 Climate Change Science (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Evidence for and theories of climate change over a range of time scales. Sources of natural climate forcing are presented, historical evolution of climate change is quantified, and model tools and climate projections are presented along with analyses of climate change impacts.
- GEOL-N 390 The Natural World (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Explores an important scientific or technological issue in modern society. Applies scientific methods and interdisciplinary perspectives in an examination of the subject. Investigates the broader implications and ethical dimensions of scientific research and technological advancement.
- GEOL-T 326 Geology of Mineral Resources (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Formation of minerals and mineral deposits. Gem materials and metallic and non-metallic economic minerals: occurrence and uses.
- HIST-B 391 Themes in World History (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. The shared experience of humankind from earliest times to the present. Topics include the Neolithic `evolution,' Eurasian and African cultural exchanges, the era of European reconnaissance, the development of the world-economy, `under-development,' and contemporary world inter-relationships.
- HIST-G 369 Modern Japan (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Western impact and social and intellectual change in late Tokugawa Japan from about 1720. The Meiji Restoration. State capitalism and the Japanese development process. Empire, war, defeat, United States occupation, and renewal in the twentieth century, social and economic structures, religious systems, gender, science and art, and Japan's interaction with its East Asian neighbors.
- HIST-G 369 Modern China (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. A survey of the final century of dynastic rule and the rise to power of the Nationalist and Communist parties, highlighting social and cultural developments, the impact of Western imperialism, and the evolution of revolutionary ideologies.
- HIST-G 369 Contemporary China (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course.
- HIST-G 410 China, Japan and the United States in the 20th and 21st Century (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. A comprehensive overview of the relationship between China, Japan, and the U.S. in the 20th and 21st Centuries by studying their foreign policies in the contexts of interactions with one another and their relative international impact, from the beginning of Japanese and Chinese modernization in the late 19th century to the present.
- HPER-H 315 Consumer Health (3 cr.) This course provides students with (1) a model for making informed consumer health related decisions; (2) current information involving consumer related topics, emphasizing necessity of current information for making informed decisions; (3) mechanisms for continued consumer awareness and protection, i.e., sources of accurate consumer information and lists of consumer information and protection agencies.
- HSC-W 314 Ethics and Health Professionals (3 cr.) Current trends in the ethical conduct and issues that concern health professionals and spheres of the contemporary health care arena are analyzed through the use of case studies, articles, and video presentations.
- INFO-C 100 Informatics Foundations (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Introduction to informatics, basic problems solving and elementary programming skills. It also provides a survey of computing tools in the context of selected disciplines (cognates).
- INFO-C 112 Programming and Databases (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. C: INFO-C 100. This course is an introduction to programming and databases, two basic means of creating, changing, and storing information on a computer. Computational thinking, basic programming, and basic debugging methods will be covered in a high-level language. Data modeling, schemas, SQL queries, and data-entry forms will also be emphasized.
- INFO-C 201 Math Foundation Informatics (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: MATH-M 118. An introduction to methods of analytical, abstract, and critical thinking; deductive reasoning; and logical and mathematical tools used in information sciences. The topics include propositional and predicate logic, natural deduction proof system, sets, functions and relations, elementary statistics, proof methods in mathematics, and mathematical induction.
- INFO-C 203 Social Informatics (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 100. Introduction to key ethical, privacy and legal issues as related to informatics, and social research perspectives and literatures on the use of information and communication technologies. Topics include: intellectual property, legal issues, societal laws, ethical use of information, information privacy laws, personal code of ethics, principles for resolving ethical conflicts, and popular and controversial uses of technology. This course also outlines research methodologies for social informatics.
- INFO-C 210 Programming I (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. C: C/P INFO-C 100 and INFO-C 112. First in a two-course sequence of intensive computer programming. In this course, students will design, develop, test, and debug software solutions using a given programming language.
- INFO-C 211 Programming 2 (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 210. C: INFO-C 210. Second course in the two-course sequence of intensive computer programming. In this course, students will learn and apply object oriented computer programming concepts and techniques. The course will also provide a brief introduction to data structures and files.
- INFO-C 300 Human Computer Interaction (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 211. This course introduces core topics and approaches in human-computer interaction including the process of designing and evaluating interactive technologies. Topics include interaction design, evaluation, usability, user psychology, prototyping, requirements and analysis, and related issues. Students working in teams identify stakeholders, build user-centered interfaces, and apply statistics to analyze user data.
- INFO-C 307 Data Rep Organization (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 211. This course will provide an introduction to ways in which data can be organized, represented and processed from low-level to high level. Topics include construction of memory based structures and algorithms using arrays (single, multidimensional), lists (single, double, circular), stacks, queues, binary trees, and hash tables, and basic file manipulation.
- INFO-C 399 Database Systems (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 201 and INFO-C 211. This course will provide an in-depth discussion of database systems fundamentals. The course emphasizes the concepts underlying various functionalities provided by a database management system, and its usage from an end-user perspective. Topics include: overview and architecture of database systems, the relational database modeling and querying, and basic XML database modeling and querying.
- INFO-C 413 Web Design and Development (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 211 and INFO-C 300. This courses introduces Website design and development, topics include client-side technologies such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, XML), the document object model (DOM), Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), JavaScript and jQuery, AJAX, front-end framework, and server-side technologies.
- INFO-C 450 System Design (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 300. This course introduces the concepts of large scale system design and development. Topics include: the software development life cycle, specification, analysis, design, modeling, use cases, user interface design, planning, estimating, reusability, portability, working in teams, introductory project management and CASE tools. Student teams will present their final project design.
- INFO-C 451 System Implementation (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 450. This course introduces the concepts of large scale system implementation. Topics include: implementation of data models, user interfaces, and software systems, working in teams, software testing, planning, estimating, and post-delivery maintenance. The students will work in teams and will utilize project management tools and revision control and source code management systems. Student teams will present their final project design.
- INFO-C 452 Project Management (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. P: INFO-C 450. This course provides an in-depth discussion of project management in an Informatics setting. Students will become conversant in the tools and techniques of project management, such as project selection methods, work breakdown structures, network diagrams, critical path analysis, critical chain scheduling, cost estimates, earned value management, motivation theory and team building.
- PAHM-H 320 Health Systems Administration (3 cr.)
- PAHM-H 352 Healthcare Finance I (3 cr.) First of a two-course sequence on the financial management of healthcare organizations; introduces financial environment of providers and concepts of financial accounting critical to decision-making. Topics include financial statement analysis (specific emphasis on unique features of healthcare financial statements), accounting and managerial control of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, and budgeting.
- PAHM-H 354 Health Economics (3 cr.) This course applies economics to the study of administrative and policy issues in the health care sector. Economic concepts are used to explain the system of health care financing and the organization of health care delivery in the U.S. the economic evaluation of health care programs is also discussed.
- PAHM-H 401 Strategic Planning in Health Organizations (3 cr.) This course examines strategic planning techniques as it applies to healthcare organizations. Students will develop and defend a comprehensive strategic plan for a case facility. One half of the course will be conducted in a workshop format.
- PAHM-H 441 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3 cr.)
- PAHM-H 474 Health Administration Ethics Seminar (3 cr.) This course examines healthcare ethical decision making challenges from managerial perspective and explores broader policy issues associated with ethical problems in healthcare institutions. It provides an overview of general theories of ethical challenges in everyday managerial activities.
- PHIL-P 306 Business Ethics (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. A philosophical examination of ethical issues which arise in the context of business. Moral theory will be applied to such problems as the ethical evaluation of corporations, what constitutes fair profit, and truth in advertising.
- PHIL-P 383 Topics in Philosophy (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Advanced treatment of a special topics.
- PHIL-P 393 Biomedical Ethics (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. A philosophical consideration of ethical problems that arise in current biomedical practice, e.g. with regard to abortion, euthanasia, determination of death, consent to treatment, and professional responsibilities in connection with research, experimentation, and health care delivery.
- PHIL-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Interdisciplinary exploration of a humanistic tradition of inquiry regarding one of the following themes: ideas of self, truth, beauty, community, nature and conflict. Course is writing intensive and discussion focused with attention paid to primary texts and research materials.
- PLSC-B 364 Summer Flowering Plants (5-6 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. For those desiring a broad, practical knowledge of common wild and cultivated plants.
- POLS-Y 308 Urban Politics (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Political behavior in modern American communities; emphasizing the impact of municipal organization, city officials and bureaucracies, social and economic notables, political parties, interest groups, the general public, and protest organizations on urban policy outcomes.
- POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Examines the causes of environmental problems and the political, economic, social, and institutional questions raised by designing and implementing effective policy responses by these problems.
- POLS-Y 346 Politics in the Developing World (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Focuses on politics in the developing world (Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East). Comparison of political history: experiences of colonialism and post-colonial authoritarian systems; political economy, development and globalization; democratization and management of protest and conflict; and interactions with international actors and transnational social movements.
- POLS-Y 346 Globalization (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course is designed to introduce you to globalization. Amongst other topics, it examines the cultural, economic, environmental, political, security and technological dimensions of globalization. No prior knowledge is assumed.
- POLS-Y 357 Introduction to NonProfit Management (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. The management practices of nonprofit organizations.
- POLS-Y 358 Human Behavior and Public Organizations (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Increase self awareness regarding the importance of human and organization behavior in public agencies.
- POLS-Y 359 Economics and Public Management (3 cr.) The application of economics to public policy, and to public management: theories of market failures, economic stabilization, redistribution, the evaluation of pubic expenditures, and fiscal federalism.
- POLS-Y 379 Ethics and Public Policy (3 cr.) This course examines the ethical responsibilities of public officials in democratic societies. It explores such topics as the meaning of moral leadership, the appeal to personal conscious in public decision making, and the problem of "dirty hands" among others. A special concern is how institutional arrangements affect moral choices.
- POLS-Y 380 Selected Topics in Democratic Government (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An examination of basic problems and issues in the theory and practice of democratic government. Specific topics vary from semester to semester.
- POLS-Y 387 Research Methods (3 cr.) This course focuses on basic concepts of social science research. Students will become familiar with research techniques necessary for systematic analysis of social service systems, trends in social issues, and program effectiveness.
- POLS-Y 403 Legal Issues in Public Bureaucracy (3 cr.) Study of the legal framework of public bureaucracies, their powers, functions and roles. Analyzes relevant cases in which basic principles are identified and synthesized along with other elements of public law.
- RADI-R 404 Multiplanar Anatomy for Medical Imaging Technology (2-3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. (IUPUI)
- RADI-R 451 Medical Imaging Theory I (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Lectures, interactive modules, labs, and written material on the physical principles, anatomy/pathology, and procedures for advanced imaging modalities including computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and interventional radiology. (IUPUI)
- RADI-R 451 Medical Imaging Theory II (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course provides an overview of the modalities IR/CC and US. In addition, the principles of digital imaging are covered. Safety regulations for all modalities is studied as well. (IUPUI)
- RADI-R 452 Medical Imaging Applications (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Lectures on and evaluations of the computed tomographic, magnetic resonance, ultrasound and vascular images as applied to pathologic conditions of specific body areas. Student presentations and journal reports are required. (IUN)
- RADI-R 456 Medical Imaging Technology Project I (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Lecture and independent study on a selected medical imaging topic to produce a proposal, outline, and scientific poster. (IUN)
- RADI-R 456 Medical Imaging Technology Project II (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Lecture and independent study on the selected medical imaging topic to produce a manuscript in publishable format. (IUPUI)
- RADS-R 404 Sectional Imaging Anatomy (2-3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An in-depth study of sectional anatomy pertinent to ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Standard transverse, parasagittal, and coronal planes are included, utilizing images from all three imaging modalities. A discussion of technique, artifacts, and pathology-related alterations of cross-sectional anatomic appearances is included. (IUN)
- RADS-R 405 Advanced Diagnostic Imaging I (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Physics and imaging concepts in cardiovascular interventional technology, computed tomography, diagnostic medical sonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Course will cover contrast media, instrumentation, equipment, principles of technology, as well as environmental and patient safety and comfort issues. (IUN)
- RADS-R 406 Advanced Diagnostic Imaging II (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Procedural concepts in cardiovascular interventional technology, computed tomography, diagnostic medical sonography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Image analysis of normal and abnormal studies will be presented. (IUN)
- RADS-R 406 Topics in Radiologic Sciences (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Topics in radiologic sciences. Study of selected topics in radiologic sciences. (IUN)
- RADS-R 406 Project in Medical Imaging (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Independent readings and research on a selected medical imaging topic. A paper in publishable form must be written as part of the project. (IUN)
- RADS-R 414 Sectional Imaging Pathology (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Procedural concepts in cardiovascular interventional technology, computed tomography, diagnostic medical sonography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Image analysis of normal and abnormal studies will be presented. (IUN)
- SOC-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Develops insights into human nature, the nature of social institutions, the social processes that have shaped the world of the twenty-first century. In an interdisciplinary way, introduces the distinctive perspectives of the social sciences, emphasizing frameworks and techniques used in explaining causes and patterns of individual and institutional behavior.
- SOC-S 305 Population (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Population composition, fertility, mortality, natural increase, migrations; historical growth and change of populations; population theories and policies; techniques in manipulation and use of population data; spatial organization of population.
- SOC-S 308 Global Society (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Multinational corporations, new information technologies, and international trade have made the world increasingly interdependent. This course considers how business, technology, disease, war, and other phenorena must be seen in global context as affecting national sovereignty, economic development and inequality in resources and power between countries.
- SOC-S 360 Topics in Social Policy (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Specific topics to be announced, e.g. environmental affairs, urban problems, poverty, population problems.
- SOC-S 385 Human Trafficking, Human Rights, and Sustainability (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course will cover three substantive themes: Human Trafficking, Human Rights, and Sustainability. Under the Human Trafficking theme the seminar will examine different forms of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, different views on human/sex trafficking, and community and policy responses to this problem. Under the Human Rights theme we will examine and understand various forms of human rights in order to expand our understanding of human rights and the safeguarding of these rights. Under the Sustainability theme we will seek to understand what sustainability means, explore the factors that promote sustainable life for all, what practices threaten sustainability and their consequences, and what we can do to ensure sustainability. In examining these themes we must be able to reflect how they are interconnected and their implications for social policy to preserve and promote human dignity and social justice.
- SOC-S 419 Social Movements and Collective Action (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Change-oriented social and political collective action and consequences for groups and societies. Social, Resource mobilization, historical and comparative analysis of contemporary movements and collective action.
- SPCH-S 380 Non-Verbal Communication (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Provides a conceptual and theoretical foundation for understanding how nonverbal communication influences perceptions of others and the ways in which nonverbal communication reflects emotions, status, sex-roles, etc. The course explores how nonverbal communication facilitates retention, comprehension, and persuasiveness of verbal information, including the ability to detect deceptive communication.
- SPCH-S 427 Cross Cultural Communication (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. A survey study of national, cultural, and cross cultural persuasion in theory and practice.
- SPCH-S 440 Organizational Communication (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. An examination of internal and external communication in business and other professional organizations, with emphasis upon theory, techniques, practices, goals, and the social environment in which such communication exists.
- SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (3 cr.) An interdisciplinary consideration of specific environmental topics.
- SPEA-H 320 Health Systems Administration (3 cr.) This course is designed for students of superior ability. Requires consent of SPEA Honors advisor. Course covers same materials as SPEA-V 320. Honors students will complete advanced coursework.
- SPEA-H 322 Principles of Epidemiology (3 cr.) A basic overview of epidemiologic methodology and techniques. Both communicable and chronic disease risk factors will be discussed, along with data acquisition, analysis techniques, and current published epidemiological studies.
- SPEA-H 371 Human Resource Management in Health Care (3 cr.) This course covers the function of management which is concerned with the acquisition, development, and use of human resources in the field of health care delivery. Labor relations relating to health care delivery are also included.
- SPEA-H 402 Hospital Administration (3 cr.) The study of organization, structure, function, and fiscal operations within hospitals. The role of the hospital in the community, relationship to official and voluntary health agencies, coordination of hospital departments, and managerial involvement will be examined.
- SPEA-H 441 Legal Apects of Health Care Administration (3 cr.) An overview of the liability and legal responsibility, as well as legal recourse health care facilities may exercise. This course will discuss policies and standards relating to health facility administration. Also included is a discussion of financial aspects unique to the hospital/health care facility environment, such as third party payments and federal assistance.
- SPEA-H 452 Health Disparities (3 cr.) Health Care Disparities is a course focusing on the determinants of personal health and health behaviors which affect an individual's use of and failure to use needed health services.
- SPEA-H 474 Health Administration Ethics Seminar (3 cr.) This course examines healthcare ethical decision making challenges from managerial perspective and explores broader policy issues associated with ethical problems in healthcare institutions. It provides an overview of general theories of ethical challenges in everyday managerial activities.
- SPEA-V 4520 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.) Extensive analysis of selected contemporary issues in public affairs. Topics vary from semester to semester.
- SUST-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Develops insights into human nature, social institutions, and social processes that have shaped the world of the 21st century. Explores a specific critical problem or social science theme in a manner that takes into account perspectives from several disciplines. Attention given to ethical dilemmas as they arise in the discipline and theme of course.
- SUST-S 360 Topics in Sustainability Studies (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes. An examination of topics and issues of special interest to sustainability studies not covered under the regular curriculum.
- SUST-S 361 Sustainability Abroad (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes. An analysis of how sustainability is being incorporated into societies and cultures around the world. Can be conducted in the field or on campus.
- SUST-S 400 Energy: Sources and Needs (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Renewable and non-renewable energy resources, their origins, society's needs and usage, environmental impacts of use and production, and future directions in energy technologies. Also may include study of non-energy resources including metallic and nonmetallic resources.
- SUST-S 411 Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course will focus on understanding and applying key concepts for advancing sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives to create competitive advantage and new businesses. You will look for real world examples of innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities and develop analytic skills that will bring value to employers and businesses seeking strategic advantage through sustainable innovation.
- SUST-S 460 Leadership and Engagement (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. This course is designed to provide an interdisciplinary framework within which students can explore how the principles of sustainability intersect with community development. Students will learn how to apply this knowledge to the development and implementation of sustainable values, practices, and strategies in their own lives through participating in and planning effective community service projects focused on sustainability. By examining interconnections between environment, economy, and society, students will learn how community engagement impacts sustainability strategies at the individual, organizational, regional, and national levels. Ultimately, students will learn how to increase efficient use of human resources to collaboratively develop projects which will support and promote sustainable communities.
- SUST-S 490 Sustainability Practicum (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Students apply concepts and strategies of sustainability to develop a sustainability action plan for a local business, not-for-profit agency or governmental unit. This is a classroom-based course.
- SUST-S 491 Internship in Sustainability (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Involves placement in a business, not-for-profit agency or governmental unit to give student hands on experience working with sustainability in a practical setting.
- SUST-S 495 Directed Readings in Sustainability (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Independent study involving systematic schedule of readings contracted with and supervised by a faculty member.
- SUST-S 496 Research in Sustainability (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Independent study involving systematic schedule of readings contracted with and supervised by a faculty member.
- WGS-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions (3 cr.) Online Joint Collaborative Degree Course. Interdisciplinary exploration of a humanistic tradition of inquiry regarding one of the following themes: ideas of self, truth, beauty, community, nature, or conflict. Writing intensive, discussion focused. Attention to primary texts and research materials.