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GCOM 7655 - Global Market Research & Analytics
This course is a research-oriented class that examines how firms can leverage customer analytics to create, manage, and grow brands. The class provides students with a strategic framework and analytical tools to develop and execute data-driven strategies that enhance customer engagement and loyalty. Through lectures, analysis workshops, class exercises, and team projects, the course investigates the art and science of delivering customer value.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7660 - Global Supply Chain Management
This course leads students to investigate key operational issues in managing global operations and supply chains. It delivers the latest theories, principles, and methods of modern operations management and global supply chain management. The course relies on case discussions, lectures, readings, and assignments. The principal pedagogy for this course is instructor-led, group discussion of the results of analyses performed by students.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7661 - Consumer Behavior Across the Globe
This course will explore the process of consumer decision-making and its determinants, and the resulting implications for marketing strategy. Concepts and theories covered in this course are essential for consumer analysis and development of effective marketing strategies. In addition, the course will develop understanding of consumer behavior by exploring theoretical concepts borrowed from fields such as psychology, sociology, and economics.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7662 - International Financial Management
This course aims to provide today’s non-financial managers with sufficient understanding of fundamental concepts and tools of financial management in international settings to be effective global managers.The course will review the institutional use and valuation of financial instruments such as currency futures, currency options, and swaps. We will discuss hedging against exchange rate risk. The course will use a highly applied orientation.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7663 - Doing Business: China
This course will examine the business context of China, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. This course follows the “Doing Business: U.S.” course and precedes the “Doing Business: European Union” course.
Credits: 1
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GCOM 7670 - Global Brand Management Strategies
The management of intangible assets is becoming one of the main sources of differentiation against competition. Among all intangible assets, the brand is considered to be one of the most important assets. Through this course, students should gain a global perspective of the latest concepts and theories related to brands; be able to solve issues related to brand management in different sectors; and be able to develop successful brand strategies.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7671 - Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
The objective of the course is to present the students with some tools and methodologies to understand, interpret and manage sustainability in a corporate setting. Different companies refer to sustainability management using different terms, such as CSR, compliance, social impact, or shared value among others, but for our purposes these are all synonymous.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7672 - Managing Innovation in Global Operations
This course seeks to familiarize students with concepts and models relevant to innovators and entrepreneurs. The course focuses on key aspects of the entrepreneurial process. It also seeks to prepare students to lead an innovative company beyond the scope of a startup, and to understand processes of corporate entrepreneurship, including those in large multinational firms. The course explores how to identify innovation while managing uncertainty.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7673 - Cross-Border M&A and Strategic Alliances
This course is designed to give students an introduction to the complex world of strategic alliances seen as an integrated process rather than watertight compartments of finance, business policy and human resources. By the end of the course, students should have grasped the complexity of such alliances, the risks they entail, and ways to increase critical success factors.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7674 - Doing Business: EU
This course covers the global nonmarket environment of the internationalized firm, with a special focus on Europe. First we cover the geopolitical dynamics as the overarching trends in a globalized economy. We then cover the European economy. The European Union, its politics and institutions are introduced prior to focusing on lobbying at the EU level. This course is provides an introduction to nonmarket strategy at an international level.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7675 - Business Simulation
This course aims to provide students with experience and top management vision, while validating and assessing the necessity of proven business management tools. The course provides the experience of managing an organization in a rapidly moving, competitive environment. The business simulation is an interactive experience integrating business administration’s and strategic management’s most relevant concepts.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7676 - Researching & Writing a Global Business Thesis II
This course involves the research and completion of a written thesis on an approved global business topic and culminates in a formal thesis defense.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7677 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in a Global Context
This course builds on the Strategic Leadership course offered in the fall. It draws on insights from psychology and behavioral economics to explore negotiations and conflict management in organizational settings. The course’s interactive format develops students’ ability to negotiate strategically for individual and organizational success, and to handle conflict effectively in cross-cultural contexts.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7700 - Introduction to Financial Services
Introduction to Financial Services
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7710 - Corporate Valuation and Financing
This course sharpens corporate valuation and corporate financing skills in a wide variety of cases and contexts. It is intended to extend the theoretical knowledge gained in financial management GCOM 7060) to numerous applied settings including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, capital structure decisions, and leveraged buyout/ private equity investments.
Prerequisite: Restricted to MS in Commerce students.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7720 - Information Management for Financial Services
Teaches analytical consulting competencies focused on the fast-paced financial industry: 1) Process automation: automating repetitive tasks to increase individual productivity; 2) Financial business intelligence: accessing and manipulating information stored in organizational databases; 3) Financial Engineering: designing and implementing financial algorithms that make financial decisions. More at: http://webs.comm.virginia.edu/Grazioli/GComm7720
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7730 - Investment Banking
This course covers the topics of financial engineering and security design, security issuance, structured finance, risk management, and corporate governance. Prerequisite: Restricted to MS in Commerce students.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7740 - Global Finance and Accounting
The course explores how firms manage multinational operations. The course first sensitizes students to the challenges confronting global enterprises (e.g., culture, laws, etc.). Second, macroeconomic issues are explored (e.g., exchange rate determination). Third, we examines the nature & framework of international finance decisions (e.g., investing, financings, etc.). Fourth, the impact of differing accounting standards & tax laws are explored. Prerequisite: Restricted to Ernst and Young YMP students.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7750 - Asset Management
This course focuses on the traditional advisory functions of investment banks including securities issuance and mergers and acquisitions. Students learn how financial engineering tools are used to design securities and structured products and to design more efficient deal terms. Finally, the course examines the forces driving change in the organizational structure, management, and regulation of investment banks.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7760 - Real Estate Investments and Analysis
Develops an analytical framework by which individuals and institutions can make real estate investment and financing decisions. Emphasizes theory, concept building, financial modeling, and practical real estate applications. Uses the case method to illustrate implementation of an analytical framework. Prerequisite: Restricted to MS in Accounting students.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7770 - Information Technology in Finance
This class provides students with a deep understanding and hands-on experience with information technology in business settings (advanced Excel features, macros, pivot tables, SQL, databases…). By the end of the class students will have developed and tested a financial system to trade securities.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7780 - Project Management
This course covers the basic processes related to the effective management of projects including feasibility assessment, resource analysis, estimation of time, effort and cost, scheduling, team management, risk management, and implementation planning. The course is taught in the context of analyzing and managing the design of business processes in support of business strategy including business requirements analysis, process modeling, and design. Prerequisite: Restricted to Graduate Commerce students.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7790 - Enterprise Architecture
This course provides broad foundations for understanding the core information technologies that support today’s businesses. The class provides foundational knowledge of enterprise architectures, databases, business processes, and networks at a level of detail that is appropriate for IT managers. Students in GCOM 7790 learn how to envision IT infrastructures and applications that meet the needs of the business enterprise and add economic value.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7800 - Advanced Enterprise Architecture
Building on the foundations in GCOM 7790, this class fosters insights into contemporary IT architectures trends. Topics include security, components architectures, and emerging technologies. Students envision a business-value-adding initiative using modern information technology, describe their initiative by creating several architectural artifacts (e.g., process and information models), and present it to an audience of tech-savvy leaders.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7810 - Strategic Management of IT
GCOM 7810 develops an understanding of how to manage IT to create business value through a focus on strategy and finance. IT professionals must understand the specific kinds of value created by IT for their firm’s end consumers, and how it in turn produces financial returns. By analyzing a firm’s industry and its competitive position within that industry, students learn how to produce technologies that can impact the firm’s competitive position.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7820 - Advanced Strategic Management of IT
GCOM 7820 is a continuation of GCOM 7810. This course will develop your skills in discovering, describing, and securing management support for new IT-based strategic initiatives. Students will become comfortable in the role of internal IT entrepreneur - someone who can see how developments in information technologies can open up new strategic possibilities for how their organizations compete, and who can package those ideas in compelling ways.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7830 - IT Project Management
This course is designed to develop more effective project managers through its coverage of concepts, techniques, and technologies relevant to the manager of an IT project. To this end, the module is closely tied to the requisite body of knowledge espoused by the Project Management Institute (PMBOK), as well as agile project management practices.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7831 - IT Project Retrospectives
This course provides a framework for conducting project retrospectives including tools and techniques for mapping project momentum, evaluating project success, identifying and avoiding classic mistakes through best practices, performing root cause analysis, and delivering actionable recommendations. Student teams conduct a project retrospective over the course of the module for class presentation.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7832 - International IT Project Retrospectives
This course allows teams of students to conduct IT project retrospectives in a foreign country. Working with local companies, participants apply project management tools and techniques for understanding how their target IT projects unfolded and for delivering actionable recommendations. Analysis and recommendations take the form of a written report and a presentation.
Prerequisite: MSMIT Graduate Students Only
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7840 - Innovation and Technology Management
GCOM 7840 focuses on the necessary technological, financial, and organizational issues to consider when developing a business case around a transformational, IT-based strategic initiative. Projects of this sort can impact how an organization pursues its strategic goals, and in some cases may also suggest shifts in strategy to pursue new opportunities that are compatible with the firm’s resources and capabilities.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7850 - Enterprise IT Management
Enterprise IT Management includes a wide range of activities. In this course, students will learn how to develop and manage strategies for IT governance, data management, data and process integration, business intelligence, analytics, operations and business continuity, and compliance. Lectures, case discussions, group exercises, assignments, workshops, and an individual project will provide students with opportunities to hone their skills.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7860 - Advanced Enterprise IT Management
This course teaches IT Enterprise Management applications and special topics, with an emphasis on delivering value to the organization. Students will work in teams on a group project pertaining to a strategic and/or emerging IT topic. The project will require groups to research and evaluate various technologies within their assigned topic, and to make recommendations based on assessed business value.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7870 - Foundations of Global Commerce
This course exposes students to the international issues, business practices, and concerns in their respective global immersion location. Prerequisite: Restricted to MS in Commerce students.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7871 - Regional Perspectives on Global Commerce
GCOM 7871 is a continuation of GCOM 7870. Prerequisite: Restricted to M.S. Commerce students.
Credits: 2
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GCOM 7872 - Doing Business in East Asia
This course focuses on doing business in China. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in China in particular.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7873 - Doing Business in Europe
This course focuses on doing business in Europe. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in Europe in particular.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7874 - Doing Business in Latin America
This course focuses on doing business in Latin America. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in Latin America in particular.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7875 - Doing Business in Southeast Asia
This course focuses on doing business in Southeast Asia. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in Southeast Asia in particular.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7876 - Doing Business in India, the Middle East, and Africa
This course focuses on doing business in India, the Middle East, and Africa. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in India, the Middle East, and Africa in particular.
Prerequisite: M.S. in Commerce students only
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7877 - Doing Business in the Middle East and India
This course focuses on doing business in the Middle East and India. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in the Middle East and India in particular.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7878 - Doing Business in Africa & the Middle East
This course focuses on doing business in Africa & the Middle East. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in Africa & the Middle East in particular.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7879 - Doing Business in India, the Middle East & Asia
This course focuses on doing business in India, the Middle East & Asia. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment and conducting business in India, the Middle East & Asia in particular.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7880 - Global Immersion Experience
Special Topics in International Business. Prerequisite: Restricted to MS in Commerce students.
Credits: 4
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GCOM 7881 - Doing Business in Oceania
This course focuses on doing business in Oceania. Coursework consists of classroom instruction, corporate visits, and cultural experiences to help students better understand the global business environment.
Credits: 5
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GCOM 7890 - International Capstone Project
International Capstone Project
Credits: 3
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GCOM 7993 - Independent Study and Supervised Research
Students taking this course will explore areas and issues of special interest that are not otherwise covered in the graduate curriculum. This course is offered at the discretion of the supervising professor.
Credits: 1 to 9
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GNUR 5002 - Global Health Issues
Focuses on global health and illness from a macroscopic perspective. This course intends to provide an appreciation for the multidimensionality of health problems and potential solutions. World health will be examined with focus on the relationship between environment, demographic, and socioeconomic factors, culture and health beliefs, and the distribution of diseases. Interventions related to disease prevention and control will be explored.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5003 - Complementary and Alternative Practices and Products
This course provides the opportunity to learn about the theory, practice, and patterns of use of CAPPs practices not associated with conventional health care. The course examines literature on CAPPs from the five CAM domains (alternative medical systems, mind-body interventions, biologically-based treatments, manipulative and body-based methods, and energy therapies). Students will learn strategies to advise persons on the use of CAPPs.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5004 - Herbal Medications & Natural Products
This course focuses on the botany, history, chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, epidemiology, legal, and regulatory issues, manufacturing practices, and clinical parameters of herbal medicines.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5005 - Sleep Across the Lifespan
Focuses on conceptual and methodological issues related to sleep and sleep research. Directions for nursing practice and research will be explored through critical analysis of physiological foundations of sleep and health sequalle of sleep disruptions and critique of relevant research. Healthcare perspectives and issues related to sleep will be examined for the advancement of sleep promotion through nursing practice and research.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5006 - Alternative Practicum Experience
The goal of the Alternative Practicum Experience is to provide students with the opportunity to experience a unique health care delivery setting that may not be available at other times of the academic year. Students will participate first hand in planning, delivering, or evaluating nursing care as part of an interdisciplinary team to members of an at-risk and/or underserved community.
Credits: 0
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GNUR 5007 - St. Kitts & Nevis: Disaster Preparedness in the West Indies
The course provides an opportunity for graduate students to learn the fundamentals of emergency care and disaster preparedness through the exploration and analysis of the existing health care infrastructures and disaster planning in St. Kitts-Nevis. Cultural awareness will be emphasized in the assessment of existing resources, collaboration with in-region providers, and identification of strategies for disaster management.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5009 - Foundations of Medical Yoga for Health Professionals
This elective course will provide graduate and medical students and practicing health professionals with a foundational understanding of medical yoga in terms of history, theory, and research in relation to health and wellness. This course will explore six areas: 1. The history of yoga; 2. Theories and conceptualizations of medical yoga as a healing modality; 3. Theories of stress and illness; and more.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5010 - Introduction to Telehealth
The purpose of this course is to teach basic knowledge of telehealth and telehealth technologies while exploring issues surrounding nursing telehealth practice. This course will provide hands on telehealth and telepresenter experience so that the student can utilize this knowledge to integrate telehealth creatively into nursing practice. Telepresenter certification through the Martinsville STAR center will be awarded upon successful completion.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5022 - The Science of Lactation and Infant Feeding
This inter-disciplinary course is designed to prepare health care professionals and selected others to provide lactation care, patient education, and support to breastfeeding families in the community and hospital settings. Participants will develop and improve strategies for incorporating evidence based practice to promote lactation. This course is designed to meet part of the education requirements to sit for the IBCLE exam.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5230 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care
This seminar introduces students to the ethical and legal issues undergirding today’s major healthcare issues. Students will engage US case law, ethical theories and public policy to grapple with the impact these issues have on current and future provision of health care.
Credits: 2 to 3
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GNUR 5240 - Ethics and Clinical Practice
Designed to enhance the student’s ability to describe & analyze ethical concepts foundational to nursing practice; use a variety of ethical decision-making frameworks to analyze ethical dilemmas in practice; & play a leadership role in promoting ethical health care delivery. Emphasizes the unique ethical perspectives of nursing in the complex healthcare arena. Students will be challenged to examine individual & professional values.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5260 - Care Environment Management I
Building on the CNL leadership courses, the course focuses on managing the care environment. Students are introduced to the health care system as a laterally integrated environment, with an organizational theory framework. Emphasis is placed on quality improvement, patient centered care, and evidence based practice to facilitate a culture of quality and safety. Students apply informatics in assessing the environment and improving outcomes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5270 - Care Environment Management II
The course emphasizes the role of the Clinical Nurse Leader as a leader, educator, and advocate for safe, cost effective, and quality care. It examines active participation and communication strategies of the clinical nurse leader within the interdisciplinary system. Students develop competency in nursing informatics to monitor and improve organizational and clinical performance. Prerequisite: GNUR 5260.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5390 - Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System
This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system’s organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5410 - Theory and Evidence-Based Practice
This course provides an overview of nursing and health care related theory, research and evidence based practice. Students develop the basic skills and knowledge to critique individual research studies, conduct systematic literature reviews, and use these abilities to address immediate clinical nursing problems. Students learn to identify health outcomes and important related outcome measures. Prerequisite: Second year standing in CNL program.
Credits: 4
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GNUR 5500 - Special Topics
Selected areas of interest are studied under faculty guidance. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 5
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GNUR 5670 - FNP Seminar I
This course focuses on the prevention and management of clients’ common acute health problems. The role of the nurse practitioner in primary health care is explored. Models of collaboration and referral are critically analyzed. Breakout sessions will be held for specialty groups. Prerequisite: GNUR 6110 and completion of all core and APN courses.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5671 - PNP Seminar I
This course focuses on the prevention and management of clients’ common acute health problems. The role of the nurse practitioner in primary health care is explored. Models of collaboration and referral are critically analyzed. Breakout sessions will be held for specialty groups.
Credits: 2
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GNUR 5680 - Primary Care Praticum I
This course provides clinical experiences with women and children that build on basic concepts and skills used by nurse practitioners in the delivery of primary health care including health promotion, risk reduction and management of common acute health problems. Direct guidance and supervision is provided by physicians and nurse practitioners at the clinical sites under the overall direction of the faculty.
Credits: 1
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GNUR 5690 - FNP & PNP Practicum II
Emphasizes application of didactic content covered in all prerequisite courses. Experiences provided build on basic principles and skills used by nurse practitioners in the delivery of primary care including health promotion and risk reduction, and the identification and management of a range of common acute health problems. Students continue to refine assessment, management, and counseling skills in more situations. Role integration continues.
Prerequisite: All Students: GNUR 6020, GNUR 6025, GNUR 6010; GNUR 6110 is required for FNP and PNP students; GNUR 6210 is required for GNP students.
Credits: 5 to 6
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GNUR 5700 - FNP Seminar III
The management of chronic illnesses across the lifespan. Health maintenance and rehabilitation issues are addressed.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 5701 - PNP Seminar III
The management of chronic illnesses across the lifespan. Health maintenance and rehabilitation issues are addressed.
Credits: 2
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GNUR 5710 - FNP & PNP Practicum III
The focus of this course is on the synthesis and application of knowledge from preceding courses. Emphasis is on further development of nursing care management and/or evaluation plans at the individual, family, group or community/organizational level.
Prerequisite: GNUR 5690.
Credits: 5 to 6
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GNUR 5993 - Independent Master’s Study
Individually planned study in nursing specialty, administration, education, or research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 0.5 to 3
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GNUR 6010 - Advanced Pathophysiology
Selected physiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms in health and disease. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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GNUR 6020 - Advanced Pharmacology
This course is designed to review, expand, and update the advanced practice nurse student’s knowledge of general pharmacology and therapeutics. The action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice settings will be covered. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP or CNS program.
Credits: 4
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GNUR 6021 - Pharmacology Discussion - FNP
Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Discussion only. Prerequisites:GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP program.
Credits: 1
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GNUR 6022 - Pharmacology Discussion - PNP
Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Discussion only. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP program.
Credits: 1
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GNUR 6023 - Pharmacology Discussion - ACNP
Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Discussion only. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP program.
Credits: 1
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GNUR 6024 - Pharmacology Discussion - PMHNP
Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Discussion only. Prerequisites:GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP program.
Credits: 1
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GNUR 6025 - Advanced Health Assessment
Designed to provide the nurse practitioner student with advanced knowledge and health assessment skills in the primary care setting. Focus is on acquiring, analyzing, and refining assessment data as a basis for an accurate nursing and medical problem list. Variations and abnormalities in different developmental, cultural, and ethnic groups are considered. The lab portion of the course allows the student to practice advanced assessment skills.
Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP or CNS program.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6026 - Advanced Neonatal & Pediatric Assessment and Reasoning
This course provides an intensive and comprehensive introduction to the skills of history-taking and advanced neonatal and pediatric physical assessment. A clinical decision-making framework will be applied to help the advance practice student acquire, analyze, and synthesize assessment findings and symptomatology as a basis for the development of differential diagnoses. Prerequisite or corequisite: GNUR 6010.
Credits: 4
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GNUR 6031 - Roles for Advanced Practice Nursing
This APN core course is an introduction to the history, competencies, and roles of advanced practice nursing with an emphasis on role acquisition. Trends and issues which shape advanced practice nursing are also addressed.
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program.
Credits: 2
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GNUR 6032 - Role II: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Role Transition
This course is designed to prepare students to assume an advanced nursing practice role after graduation. The course focuses on role development in advanced practice nursing, marketing oneself as an APRN, and regulatory and economic policies that affect advanced nursing practice in today’s health care system. GNUR 6032 is designed to be taken during the final semester of study.
Prerequisite: GNUR 6031; corequisite: GNUR 5700, 6330, 6331 or 6251.
Credits: 1
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GNUR 6050 - Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
This course focuses on the specialized knowledge in nursing including nursing theory, ethical principles, historical perspectives, and aesthetics. Emphasis is placed on relating these dimensions to the student’s professional nursing practice. The role of praxis, empirics, ethics, and aesthetics in theory development is studied. The course goal is to prepare practitioners of nursing to interpret current literature of nursing and its application.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6052 - Epidemiology and World Health
Focuses on the distribution and determinants of health-related states or conditions in specified populations at local through global levels, and on the application of this study to control health problems. Students are presented with epidemiologic models and methods in order to assess the health of individuals and populations and to prevent or control health conditions, diseases, and injuries. Content emphasizes a local to global perspective and application of methods to improve health care delivery, health policy, human rights, and ultimately, health. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6054 - Research and Biostatistical Processes for Health Care
This course provides an introduction to nursing and health care-related research and bio-statistical analysis. This course provides the basic skills and knowledge to critique research, develop a research plan, and to develop an evidence-based practice.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate or graduate applied statistics course within the past five years.
Credits: 4
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GNUR 6056 - Health Policy: Local to Global
This course provides an overview of policy decisions related to the organization, financing, and delivery of health care. Social, ethical, and political issues that affect the delivery of health and nursing services are analyzed. Roles and influences of providers and consumers of health care, as well as government and entrepreneurial interests, are examined. Emphasis on the impact of policy decisions on nursing practice and health services.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6058 - Nursing, Ethics, and the Larger Healthcare Arena
This course is designed to enhance the student’s ability to: describe and analyze ethical concepts foundational to nursing practice, utilize decision-making frameworks to analyze ethical dilemmas in nursing practice, and play a leadership role in promoting ethical health care. Course emphasizes the ethical perspective of nursing in the health care arena. Students will examine personal values and analyze diverse perspectives on ethical issues.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6060 - Culture and Health: Implications for Practice
The course provides a foundation for seminars; research on cultural issues in health including access and social justice will be explored. Theories and assessment tools related to cultural diversity and competency will be examined. The health care provider as an agent for ensuring sensitivity of differences and equality in health care delivery will be discussed as well as the inclusion of minorities in research and evidence based practice.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 2
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GNUR 6110 - FNP & PNP Seminar II
This course focuses on 1) disease prevention, health promotion and health maintenance for infants, children, adolescents and their families, 2) nursing and medical management of common childhood illnesses, and 3) women’s health, reproductive health, and sexuality.
Prerequisite: GNUR 6010, 6020, 6025, 6050, 6051, 6054, 6056, 6420, and 6470.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6120 - Clinical Decision Making in Advanced Practice Nursing
This purpose of this course is to build on foundational knowledge gained in pathophysiology, pharmacology and advanced health assessment. The learning experiences are intended to foster progression from a focus on gaining theoretical knowledge to the synthesis and application of that knowledge in the advanced clinical practice role. Prerequisite: GNUR 6010, 6020, 6025.
Credits: 2
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GNUR 6121 - Diagnostics and Therapeutics Seminar
This courses synthesizes clinical data to differentiate which diagnostic stuides, imaging, hemodynamic indices, or procedures are appropriate for formulation of initial working diagnos(es). The course utilizes a case based learning (CBL) approach through index cases commonly encountered in the acute care setting. The CBL format will facilitate development of data gathering skills, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical problem-solving.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6251 - Biological Basis of Mental Health and Mental Illness
Explores the biological correlates of psychiatric illnesses and examines neurostructural, neurochemical, psychopharmacologic processes relevant to psychiatric illnesses. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6252 - Mental Health Theories and Therapies
Paradigms and models examined include: psychotherapeutic, biopsychosocial, behavioral, stress and coping, health promotion, rehabilitation, self-help theories, and psychiatric mental health nursing theoretical frameworks. Course also includes exploration of selected diagnoses with respect to theoretical perspectives, Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6253 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Disorders and Diagnoses
Provides a foundation for advanced psychiatric nursing practice based on a biopsychosocial model of mental health and illness. Emphasizes those who have moderate to severe impairments in emotional and/or behavioral functioning associated with major mental illness. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6301 - Human Genetics
This course will focus on providing students with a basic understanding of human genetics and its role in pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of disease. Students will interpret basic concepts in human genetics that contribute to an understanding of nursing or related health care problems, as well as apply knowledge of inheritance and immunogenetics in predicting the probable effect of genetics on disease processes. This course will also discuss the ethical, social, political and economic impact of selected genetic diseases, DNA-based genetic diagnosis, and gene therapy. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6310 - AG-AC Seminar I
Through seminar discussions and lecture, students learn to approach complex clinical situations systematically across the acute and chronic care continuum. Content specific to the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurologic systems guides students of developing skills in diagnosis, planning, and evaluation of patients with system failure problems. Emphasizes the most frequently occurring risk factors that contribute to the development of health problems; the physiologic, pathophysiologic, behavioral and experiential aspects of the problem; therapeutic interventions for patient management; and approaches to evaluating the outcome of the intervention. Three hours of seminar each week. Prerequisite: GNUR 6010, 6025, or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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GNUR 6315 - Adult Geriatric Acute Care Seminar II
This course examines guideline-supported evidence for advanced disease management of the acute/critically/chronically ill adolescent and adult including the frail elderly. The course reinforces the case based learning approach for commonly encountered problems. The course examines advanced health promotion and disease prevention management strategies, and advanced approaches to evaluate outcomes of interventions.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6320 - AG-AC Seminar II: Immunology
Examines the immune system and phenomena of concern to nurses who work with immunocompromised individuals. Focuses on the critical thinking and clinical decision-making needed to work with individuals whose immune system is compromised (e.g., cancer, AIDS, transplant, and septic patients). Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6381 - Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Specialty Nursing
Focuses on the knowledge and skills required for care of clients experiencing actual or potential wound, ostomy and continence problems. Prepares students for the management and rehabilitation of persons with these specific problems. Explores specialized knowledge of assessment, pathophysiology, products, and resources related to wounds, ostomy and continence care. Attention is given to evaluating the impact of selected therapeutic interventions. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6382 - Advanced Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing
Focuses on the knowledge and skill required for care of clients with actual and potential wound, ostomy, and continency problems and the use of human, material, and technological resources involved in managing and rehabilitating these clients. Review and integration of concepts of infection control, human development, continuity of care, nutrition/hydration, education, and counseling that apply to clients and families with WOC care issues.
Prerequisite: GNUR 6381.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6383 - Practicum in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing
Clinical practicum for students specializing in WOC nursing. 168 clinical hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GNUR 6400 - Community Assessment
This course focuses on the health of communities and the process of assessment. Analysis of theoretical frameworks, assessment models, health care delivery systems, and special populations as they relate to current health issues. Two hours of seminar and four clinical hours each week (56 clinical hours). Prerequisite or corequisite: GNUR 6052.
Credits: 3
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