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RELH 211 - Popular Hinduism
Introduces Hinduism through the examination of the religious lives, practices, and experiences of ordinary Hindus in the modern world. (E)
Credits: 3
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RELH 314 - The Jain Tradition
Examines Jain history, belief, and practice. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELG 104, RELH 209, 211, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELH 344 - Gandhi to Terrorism: Religion and Violence in Modern India
The purpose of this course is to study the phenomenon of religious violence in one geographic and cultural context. We will examine the roles of religion and violence in Indian political life from the British period until contemporary times, and through the Indian example, we will explore current questions and problems regarding the relationship between religion and politics. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some knowledge of India/South Asia recommended.
Credits: 3
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RELH 371 - Hindu Traditions of Devotion
Examines the history of Hindu devotionalism in three distinct geographical and cultural regions of India, focusing on the rise of vernacular literature and local traditions of worship. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Any course in Asian religions or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELH 374 - Hinduism Through its Narrative Literatures
Examines a major genre of Hindu religious narrative. Genre varies but may include the epics; the mythology of the Puranas; the “didactic” Kathasaritsagara and Pancatantra; the hagiographies of the great Hindu saints; and the modern novel. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELG 104, RELH 209, RELH 211, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELH 553 - Hindu Philosophical Systems
Introduces the classical systems of Hindu philosophical thought through careful examination of primary texts and recent secondary scholarship. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELH 209, RELH 211, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELH 554 - Hindu Ethics
Explores the place of ethics and moral reasoning in Hindu thought and practice. Selected materials emphasize the particularity of different Hindu visions of the ideal human life. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELH 589 - Vedic Hinduism
Investigates the interplay of myth, ritual, and society in ancient India, taking the Vedic textual tradition and the theories of Jan Heesterman as its dual starting point. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HBIO 481 - Capstone Seminar in Human Biology
A weekly seminar co-organized by participating faculty to integrate students’ independent research and coursework with contemporary issues at the intersection of biology, the humanities and social sciences. Students will have the opportunity to present their ongoing research and meet with outside speakers. This course will be taken in the fourth year. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology.
Credits: 2
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HBIO 482 - Seminar and Thesis in Human Biology
A weekly discussion and workshop co-organized by participating faculty to provide guidance and advice to students on completing their research or independent study and writing their thesis. Occasional seminars and opportunities to meet outside speakers will continue in this semester. This course will be taken in the fourth year. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology.
Credits: 2
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HBIO 495 - Independent Research for Human Biology
Independent research/independent study under the guidance of a primary mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology.
Credits: 1
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HBIO 496 - Independent Research for Human Biology
Independent research/independent study under the guidance of a primary mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology.
Credits: 1
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HBIO 497 - Thesis Research in Human Biology
Independent research/independent study under the guidance of a primary mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences. Research/study forms the basis for the DMP thesis to be submitted at the end of the fourth year. This course must be taken in the first semester of the fourth year and should encompass the majority of the research for the thesis. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: First-semester fourth-year DMP in Human Biology.
Credits: 1
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HBIO 498 - Thesis Research in Human Biology
Independent research/independent study under the guidance of a primary mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences. Research/study forms the basis for the DMP thesis to be submitted at the end of the fourth year. This course must be taken following completion of HBIO 497 and represents completion of all aspects of the research project. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HBIO 497.
Credits: 1
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Human Resources |
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HR 401 - Management of Organizations
Presents a broad view of management theories and principles. Topics include historical and current trends in management, how organizations plan and make decisions, leadership, and resource management.
Credits: 3
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HR 402 - Human Resource Management
Survey of individual (as opposed to systemic) HR management. Topics include employee relations, job satisfaction, personnel selection and placement, job analysis and design, interviewing techniques, performance appraisal and training, and wage and salary administration.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HR 401.
Credits: 3
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HR 403 - Organizational Change and Development
Analysis of the key concepts and theories in organizational behavior and organizational development. Focuses on the student’s development of the diagnostic skills necessary to effectively manage organizational change. Also deals with specific issues such as downsizing.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HR 401.
Credits: 3
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HR 404 - Human Behavior in Organizations
Helps students explore the relationship of behavioral theory to management pratice while developing conceptual, diagnostic, and personal skills for dealing with human interaction in complex organizations. Also addresses issues arising from the diverse nature of today’s work force.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HR 401.
Credits: 3
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HR 405 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Resources
Addresses personnel laws and issues including the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991, FLSA, ADA, FMLA, ERISA, selected immigration laws, affirmative action, sexual harassment, and other issues of gender and racial/ethnic equity. Also deals with business ethics issues as they relate to HR.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HR 401.
Credits: 3
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HR 406 - Strategic Human Resources Management
A capstone course bringing together material in all the other core courses and addressing the strategic role HR managers must play in the larger organization.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HR 401.
Credits: 3
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HR 407 - Human Resources Information Systems
Focuses on using technology to manage the infrastructure. Explores current HR information systems and demonstrates how they improve decision making, respond to business needs, provide value added service, and increase administrative efficiency.
Credits: 3
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HR 408 - Compensation and Benefits
Provides a working knowledge of compensation theory and the variety of methods organizations use to compensate their employees.
Credits: 3
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HR 409 - Recruiting, Placement, Performance Appraisal, and Outplacement
Addresses HR recruitment planning, actual recruiting, job placement, performance appraisal, and outplacement (whether from layoffs, downsizing, or firing).
Credits: 3
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HR 410 - Employee Development
Addresses training and development at all levels, from initial orientation to executive development. Discusses in-house training, using vendors, and developing partnerships with colleges and universities.
Credits: 3
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HR 411 - Consulting Theory and Practice
Prepares HR professionals to be more effective internal consultants, to do consultative selling of HR programs, and to work with outside agencies to meet their organization’s needs.
Credits: 3
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HR 412 - Business Communication
Emphasizes the art of writing and speaking and the craft of revising and editing one’s own work. Focuses on direct, concise, reader-oriented business communications and helps participants develop and focus a purpose, create powerful sentences, adjust tone, and clearly communicate ideas. Participants prepare speeches, letters, and memoranda.
Credits: 3
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HR 413 - Financial Management
Provides an understanding of finance, ranging from basic finance and its application to HR to more complex applications. Useful for HR professionals with little background in finance.
Credits: 3
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HR 414 - Labor Relations
Examines the National Labor Relations Act and addresses negotiation and conflict resolution, labor theory, labor history, and labor economics.
Credits: 3
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HR 415 - Topics in Labor Economics
Examines unemployment in the United States today: what causes it, why it persists, and what can be done about it; the impact of discrimination in labor markets, both from a theoretical and historical perspective; and the real effects of labor unions on the economy.
Credits: 3
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HR 416 - Current Topics in Human Resources
Provides a forum for addressing timely topics in human resources, such as downsizing, reengineering, 360-degree feedback, and telecommuting.
Credits: 3
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HR 417 - Managing the Training Function
Explores the fundamental theory and concepts needed to design and deliver a training program. Topics include how to conduct needs assessment, design a training course and modules, develop training materials, and create competency-based evaluation strategies.
Credits: 3
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HR 502 - Staffing and Career Management
Examines the processes and techniques that establish and govern the flow of interrelated organizational staffing activities. Includes case studies covering the latest staffing models and systems, economic conditions that impact staffing, laws and regulations, strategy and planning, measurement, job analysis, internal and external recruiting, and decision making.
Credits: 3
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HR 503 - Strategic Compensation
Explores strategic choices in managing compensation through a pay model that is based upon the foundational policy decisions of the compensation system, the means of compensation, and the objectives of the compensation. Includes strategic perspectives, internal consistency, external competitiveness, employee contributions, and administration of the pay system efficiently, equitably, and in compliance with the law.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 224 - Substance Abuse
Examines substance abuse and use in contemporary society. Treats topics from a multi-disciplinary perspective and includes biological, pharmacologic, cultural, social, psychological, political, economic, and legal aspects of substance abuse. Analyzes patterns of addiction, intervention, and rehabilitation with respect to alcoholism and other drugs. Examines assessments of costs, options, and alternatives to addiction, along with educational efforts toward prevention. Class discussions are an integral part of this course. Taught at the graduate level as EDHS 524. (S)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 289 - Selected Topics
Course is used to offer selected topics or as a course number for courses under development. Grading is determined on the basis of the individual offering and may be S/U. May be repeated if different titles/content. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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EDHS 324 - Peer Health Education
Academic content and training on various health topics for college students. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 341 - Basic Skills
Measurement of body condition, training for skills required in various sports, and related knowledge necessary for teaching or supervising sports. (See PHYE listings for specifics.) (S- SS)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Physical education major or graduate student in any school.
Credits: 1 to 4
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EDHS 344 - Teaching Games, Tumbling, Rhythms, and Dance
Participation in, and understanding of, performance and teaching techniques for elementary games, rhythms, outdoor education, games, tumbling, cooperative activities, and dance. The main focus of this course is on pedagogical issues. (Y)
Credits: 2
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EDHS 350 - Teaching Team Sports
Analysis of team sport skills and teaching techniques related to group sport activities. Covers specific sport experiences, such as basketball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, softball, rugby, and volleyball. The main focus of this course is on pedagogical issues. (2 credits) (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Physical education major.
Credits: 2 to 4
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EDHS 351 - Teaching Individual Sports
Analyzes basic sport skills, developmental progressions, and teaching strategies for individual sports, such as badminton, golf, racquetball, tennis, multi-disciplinary activities, fitness self assessment, track and field, and outdoor education. The main focus of this course is on pedagogical issues. (2 credits) (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Physical education major.
Credits: 2 to 4
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EDHS 353 - Human Anatomy
A systematic approach to human anatomy with emphasis on the interdependence of structure and function in the skeletal, articular, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular and digestive systems. A laboratory experience is included. (F)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 354 - Neuromuscular Bases of Human Behavior I
Studies the science of human movement in the context of muscle actions and the application of forces through levers of the musculoskeletal system. Analyzes fundamental human movement patterns, such as gait. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EDHS 353.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 355 - Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology
Study of various aspects of sport and exercise psychology, including stress, anxiety, motivation, personality, and self-perceptions and influences as they relate to physical activity and participation. Cross-listed with EDLF 355. (S)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 356 - Elementary Physical Education Pedagogy
Study of elementary curriculum and instruction in physical education. Examines the principles of planning (i.e., SOLs), implementing, and evaluating sound elementary physical education programs. (Y)
Credits: 2
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EDHS 357 - Teaching Elementary Physical Education
This field practicum provides pedagogical skills for teaching elementary physical education. Instructional strategies consistent with the instructional designs emphasized in EDHS 356 are examined and practiced. (Y)
Credits: 1
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EDHS 358 - Teaching Secondary Physical Education
This field practicum provides pedagogical skills for teaching secondary physical education. Examines and practices instructional strategies consistent with the designs emphasized in EDHS 359. (Y)
Credits: 1
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EDHS 359 - Secondary Physical Education Pedagogy
Study of secondary curriculum and instruction in physical education. Examines the principles of planning (i.e., SOLs, safety, legal issues, and child abuse), implementing, and evaluating a sound secondary physical education curriculum. (Y)
Credits: 2
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EDHS 377 - Teaching Assistant Program in Adapted Physical Education
Should be taken in conjunction with EDHS 545-Adapted Physical Education. Prospective teachers work with a variety of students with disabilities in a physical education setting. Students are assigned to, and supervised by, an adapted physical educator in one of the local schools. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: EDHS 545.
Credits: 1
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EDHS 441 - Exercise Physiology
A study of the physiological adaptations to exercise. Emphasis is placed on energy metabolism, physiological responses to exercise and exercise training techniques. (F)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: BIOL 201-202, or 206 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 445 - Motor Development
Describes and analyzes normal motor development across the lifespan, from pre-natal development through older adulthood. Emphasizes identifying and classifying motor behaviors across the lifespan, as well as understanding the interaction of environmental and biological factors that affect acquisition of these movement behaviors. Laboratory experiences are included. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Kinesiology students or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 446 - Practicum in Health or Physical Education
Students organize a clinical experience in the community in an area within his or her concentration and professional interest. Students complete 120 hrs/semester (approx 10 hr/wk) with a clinical supervisor, keeping a journal of learning experiences and a case study. All clinical experiences must be approved by the advisor. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Consent of advisor and completed “contract”.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 450 - Contemporary Health Issues
Analyzes current health problems and interests relative to various stages of the life cycle. Major discussions deal with human sexuality, modification of disease risks, emergency health care, drug use/abuse, mood alteration, death, and dying. Emphasizes the physiological, psychological, sociological, and ethical factors involved in individual health-related decision making as well as community and school related health issues. Taught at the graduate level as EDHS 550; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 450 and 550. (S)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 451 - Emergency Medical Care
Examines current approaches to the management of accidental and medical emergencies. Investigates appropriate procedures for reducing the severity of injury as well as possible preventive actions. Considers cardiopulmonary difficulty, temperature-related injuries, poisoning, hemorrhaging, diabetes, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrest, emergency childbirth, epilepsy, fractures, and major forms of shock. Develops an understanding of community organizations specializing in providing emergency medical treatment. Investigates the components of a comprehensive emergency medical care system. Successful completion of appropriate examinations will result in CPR certification. Taught at the undergraduate level as EDHS 451; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 451 and 552. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Kinesiology Students
Credits: 4
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EDHS 453 - Nutrition
Studies the basic principles of nutrition, including psychosocial-cultural considerations in dietary intake. Focuses on nutrient sources and actions, digestion, special population needs, weight control, food faddism, international problems, nutrition education, and nutrition-related disorders. Taught at the graduate level as EDHS 553; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 453 and 553. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 457 - The Art and Science of Sports Medicine
A week-long conference that begins with lectures, visitations, and observations of surgery and prosected cadaver joints. Continues with presentations by nationally known physicians, athletic trainers, and physical therapists, and concludes with a written examination and submission of a literature review paper on a selected topic in sports medicine. Taught at the graduate level as EDHS 557; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 457 and 557. (SS)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 481 - Problems of Personal Adjustment
Examines social and emotional adjustment within the context of normal development. Encompasses problems associated with the developmental process. (S)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 493 - Independent Study
(SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 6
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EDHS 497 - Directed Research
(SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 6
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EDHS 501 - Phonetics
Studies the structure and function of speech sound production. Teaches the basic skills of phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet, and introduces basic theoretical issues in the study of phonology. (Y)
Credits: 2
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EDHS 502 - Introduction to Speech and Hearing Science
Examines principal concepts and procedures for the study of physiologic, perceptual, and acoustic aspects of voice, speech, and hearing. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EDHS 501 and 505.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 505 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms
Examines the anatomical and physiological substrates of hearing, speech perception, language comprehension, speech production, language production, and swallowing. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 508 - Introduction to Audiology
Introduces the profession of audiology. Examines common pathologies of the auditory system; the impact of hearing loss; conventional procedures used to assess hearing; and interpretation of audiological test findings. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 524 - Substance Abuse in Society
Investigates substance abuse and use in contemporary society. Treats topics from a multi-disciplinary perspective, including biological, pharmacologic, cultural, social, psychological, political, economic, and legal aspects of substance abuse. Analyzes patterns of addiction, intervention, and rehabilitation with respect to alcoholism and other drugs. Examines assessments of the costs, options, and alternatives to addiction, along with educational efforts toward prevention. Class discussions are an integral part of this course. Credit may not be earned in both EDHS 224 and 524. (S)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 533 - Communication Skills: Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR)
Continuous and interrelated experiences provide an opportunity to learn more about communicating with other people. Focuses on effective communication skills and personal communication styles. Effective communication responses are practiced in class and through required laboratory experiences. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 544 - Athletic Injuries
An course in principles, procedures, and techniques in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. A one-credit laboratory experience is available in addition to the regular course. (F)
Prerequisites & Notes
Coerequisite: Anatomy, instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 545 - Adapted Physical Education
Examines the nature and causes of disabling conditions and the motor needs and tolerances associated with these conditions. Enhances experience and skill in planning, assessing, prescribing, teaching, and evaluating instruction for individuals with disabilities in both school and non-school settings. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 546 - Assessment in Kinesiology
Introduces assessment strategies and techniques in physical activity settings (i.e., motor skills and fitness self-assessments). Although the focus is on general concepts and techniques of assessment in physical activity settings, the course also addresses strategies for the selection and administration of assessment tests. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 547 - Motivational Processes in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Focuses on factors related to motivation in sport and exercise settings. Antecedents and consequences of motivated behavior are examined from theoretical, research, and application perspectives. Emphasizes participatory motivation in sport; intrinsic/extrinsic motivational orientations (cognitive evaluation and competence motivation); achievement goals; causal attributions and effective responses; and exercise motivation and behavior. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 548 - Qualitative Analysis of Motor Patterns
Experienced teachers analyze and enhance their qualitative assessment skills. The course identifies and works on approximately 10-15 qualitative skills chosen by the class. (SS)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 550 - Contemporary Health Issues
Analyzes current health problems and interests relative to various stages of the life cycle. Major discussions deal with human sexuality, modification of disease risks, emergency health care, drug use/abuse, mood alteration, death, and dying. Emphasizes the physiological, psychological, sociological, and ethical factors involved in individual health-related decision making as well as community and school related health issues. Taught at the undergraduate level as EDHS 450; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 450 and 550. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: graduate student status.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 551 - Teaching School Health
Introduction to current instructional approaches appropriate to a comprehensive K-12 health education curriculum. Designed for elementary and secondary school health instructors; the course stresses specific roles for schools in preventing health problems and promoting high-level wellness among students and the community through well-planned health instruction. One of the primary topics discussed in this course is the appreciate delivery of the teaching of family life. Emphasizes organization for planning, implementation techniques, SOLs, instructional strategies, and the evaluation of instruction. (E)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 552 - Emergency Medical Care
Examines current approaches to the management of accidental and medical emergencies. Investigates appropriate procedures for reducing the severity of injury as well as possible preventive actions. Considers cardiopulmonary difficulty, temperature-related injuries, poisoning, hemorrhaging, diabetes, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrest, emergency childbirth, epilepsy, fractures, and major forms of shock. Develops an understanding of community organizations specializing in providing emergency medical treatment. Investigates the components of a comprehensive emergency medical care system. Successful completion of appropriate examinations will result in CPR certification. Taught at the undergraduate level as EDHS 451; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 451 and 552. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: graduate student status and instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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EDHS 553 - Nutrition
Studies the basic principles of nutrition, including psychosocial-cultural considerations in dietary intake. Focuses on nutrient sources and actions, digestion, special population needs, weight control, food faddism, international problems, nutrition education, and nutrition-related disorders. Taught at the undergraduate level as EDHS 453; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 453 and 553. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: graduate student status and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 554 - Modalities in Athletic Training
Advanced study of the theoretical foundations and principles of the therapeutic modalities used in the physical medicine environment. Includes theory and clinical techniques used to enhance the treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Athletic Training Students.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 557 - Sports Medicine Conference
A week-long conference that begins with lectures, visitations, and observations of surgery and prosected cadaver joints. Continues with presentations by nationally known physicians, athletic trainers, and physical therapists, and concludes with a written examination and submission of a literature review paper on a selected topic in sports medicine. Taught at the undergraduate level as EDHS 457; credit may not be earned for both EDHS 457 and 557. (SS)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: graduate student status.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 561 - Computer Applications in Physical Education
Provides hands-on experience with specific programs designed to introduce students to using the microcomputer as an object of instruction, a medium of instruction, and a management tool. Develops computer skills that can be used immediately by physical education professionals to improve their efficiency. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EDHS 563 - History, Issues, and Philosophy of Education
Analyzes the heritage of physical education in terms of historical and philosophical foundations, as well as the cultural significance of sport and physical activity. Examines specific issues and principles related to physical education, such as Title IX, advocacy, and block scheduling. (E)
Credits: 2
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EDHS 589 - Selected Topics
These are designed as pilot courses to meet new program requirements, and changing needs in the field. Used also to offer experimental courses, and courses under development, these are announced and offered on a semester-to-semester basis. May be graded or S/U, depending on the instructor, and may be repeated. (S)
Credits: 1 to 6
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ISHU 301 - Humanities I
The first half of a two-semester survey designed to introduce students to dominant humanistic traditions of Eastern and Western civilizations. This course addresses topics in philosophy, art, literature, religion, and cultural history. Part one covers the period from early recorded history to the dawn of the modern age. Can be taken after ISHU 302. (SI)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 302 - Humanities II
The second half of a two-semester survey designed to introduce students to dominant humanistic traditions of Eastern and Western civilizations. This course addresses topics in philosophy, art, literature, religion, and cultural history. Part two covers the period from the late European Renaissance to the twenty-first century. Can be taken before ISHU 301. (SI)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 303 - The Tragic and the Demonic
Students address issues of evil in the more specific context of the tragic and the demonic. The tragic will be explored through the genre of tragedy, which reveals the intertwining of guilt, innocence, accountability, and divine malice. Emphasis will be placed on close readings of philosophical, theological, and literary texts. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 304 - Home Runs, Assassinations, & Surgical Strikes: Contemp American Literature in the Age of Television
Through post-WWII novels and essays, this course examines claims about truth and authenticity in a world largely experienced through the mass media. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 305 - Issues in Philosophy
Students practice skills and methods of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Issues of free will and determinism, ethical decision-making, the mind-body problem, the nature and existence of God, and the relationship of the individual to society will be explored. Tensions among various conceptions of human existence are a central theme. Emphasis is placed upon writing critical responses to articles written by leading philosophers. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 306 - Religious Diversity and Assimilation in American Life
This course explores the links—and sometimes conflicts—between American culture and religious life. The nature of religious diversity and pluralism in America and the specific challenges the major religious groups have experienced as they adapted to are examined. Students consider the cultural dilemmas faced by indigenous religious communities, especially the Mormons in the nineteenth century and “new religious movements”—or cults, in the twentieth century. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 307 - Prophets and Prophec
This course examines the phenomenon of prophecy in anthropological and theological perspective. While drawing on a wide range of examples, particular focus is placed on the way prophecy operated in ancient Israel. Students will explore how prophecy embraces, but also moves beyond, prediction of future events. The area beyond prediction – social context, ethics, theology, gender, politics, literature, psychology, rhetoric – will be looked at most closely. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 310 - Advanced Writing I
Students read, study, and practice a variety of prose forms, including narration, short stories, and non-fiction and critical essays. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 311 - Aspects of Narrative I
This course focuses on the writing and analysis of narrative prose, fiction or non-fiction. Full-group workshop discussion of works in progress are accompanied by discussion of short examples of published fiction and memoir and occasional writing exercises on aspects of narrative, including revision. Students write and revise at least two separate works, totaling at least 20 pages. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 312 - Aspects of Narrative II
This course focuses on the writing and analysis of narrative prose, fiction or non-fiction. Full-group workshop discussion of works in progress will be accompanied by discussion of short examples of published fiction and memoir and by occasional writing exercises on aspects of narrative. Students will write and revise at least two separate works, totaling at least 20 pages. Readings, exercises, and topics focused on will be different from those in ISHU 311. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 313 - The Writing Side of Children’s Literature
In this course, students will immerse themselves in the best of children’s literature while learning the basic tenet of effective writing for any age: easy to read, hard to write. Students will read within seven genres of children’s literature, examine how nonfiction writers for children research, organize, and document information, examine how fiction writers create setting, plot, tone, voice, dialog, and characters. Students will also learn how published writers self-edit and revise. Children’s literature will also serve as a model while completing short writing exercises. By the end of this course, students can expect to become masters of compression as they write and revise one piece of nonfiction and one piece of fiction. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 315 - Reading Poetry Aloud
Students will read a variety of poems out loud. By comparing what is written with what is read, students will arrive (maybe) at what is said. If a reader can hear a poem as a living voice, as vivid as a friend talking over the telephone, and can reproduce what the friend has said either as a mimic, or as a reporter, then the reader understands the poem. Further analysis is just that, a separate venture. Understanding poetry is much like understanding other people: No two poems are alike, and there are no right answers or this-is-it meanings. By the end of the course, students will develop an appetite for reading poetry, and confidence in hearing and responding to others’ voices. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 316 - Poetry: A Form of Suspension
Poetry, a fundamental way of articulating experience without diminishing it, will be the focus of this course. Conducted in a workshop fashion, each class will examine a specific element of poetry in much the same way an anatomy class might focus upon distinct parts of the human body. Students will be expected to write one poem and one annotation each week and will critique each other’s poems in a carefully guided workshop. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 317 - The Writer as Cartographer: A Class in Poetry and Memoir
Just as a cartographer is one who makes maps, projecting an area of the earth’s surface on a flat plane, so is a writer able to transform an imagined shape into real shape. In much the manner of a cartographer, a writer must “brave the elements” in order to come closer to an understanding of what is mysterious. With a focus upon poetry and memoir, this class will ask students to read widely, to respond to assigned readings through essays and annotations, to produce creative work on a weekly basis, and to share such work openly in a workshop setting. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 318 - Roots and Stems of Effective Writing – The Essay
Writing begins with intuition, moves towards consciousness and strives for clarity. Such movement, such unfolding, calls for a steady eye and an enduring approach. Accordingly, this class will focus upon resurrecting the fading art of patience, a faculty required for writing. The focus of the class will be on creative essays and academic essays.
To convey thoughts effectively one must be willing to take the time to observe one’s subject, accurately. It is necessary to attend ardently to the language in order to articulate our explorations, to argue our viewpoints. One must keep the hand practiced in the actual activity of writing. This class will ask students to read widely, to respond to assigned readings through weekly essays and to share work openly in a workshop setting with a focus on revision. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 319 - Writing for Your Life
This course gives students a general overview of prose writing and teaches them strategies of rhetoric and composition for their own work. The course has four components, given approximately equal portions of the semester: (1) the personal essay and fiction, (2) professional writing, (3) research and journalism, and (4) opinion/analysis. Each reading assignment has a companion writing assignment, which will be critiqued and edited by peer students and by the instructor. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 322 - American Autobiography
In this course, students explore through reading and writing the ethics and mores of autobiography, and consider how memoir-making plays a part in American reinvention of self. Students focus on critical writing and reading skills. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 323 - Poetry and the African-American Experience
Students will explore the diverse history of African-American poetry, focusing on intersections between religion, history, and literature, and exploring how interdisciplinary approaches can enhance our understanding of American culture. Beginning with the work of eighteenth-century writers like Jupiter Hammon and Phillis Wheatley, students will consider the “vernacular traditions” of spirituals and secular music, and later writers including Paul Laurence Dunbar, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, as well as contemporary poets. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 324 - American Literature of the Twentieth Century
Study of the fiction and poetry of U.S. writers ranging from the early modernists to contemporary writers, including such prose writers as Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Ellison, and Morrison and poets such as Frost, Eliot, Stevens, Bishop, and Williams. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 330 - Socrates at the Cinema
Students will examine major topics in Philosophy through the discussion of the issues raised in contemporary cinema. Students will view films, whether in whole or in part, both individually and in class, with a focus on the critical issues raised by those films. Films will include: The Matrix, Being John Malkovich, Citizen Ruth, Bruce Almighty, and Lord of the Flies. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 335 - Close Encounters with American Culture: Alien Imagery in Contemporary Popular Discourse
“The truth is out there” – and the truth is that in many ways UFOs and concepts of the alien (and the extraterrestrial) have come to constitute a quintessential part of contemporary grassroots American mythos. This course explores the dynamics of UFO-based cultural discourse in contemporary American life. Students will ask profound and probing questions about the construction of cultural discourse in both twenty-first century American society and throughout the evolution of American history. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ISHU 380 - Important Issues in Art Since 1945
This course covers the development of high modernism, beginning with Abstract Expressionism, and continue through postmodern practices of conceptual art, feminism, performance art, and site-specific installation art. (IR)
Credits: 3
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