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Description for CLSICS670:
Julius Caesar has been called the best-known ancient Roman. Not only was he Rome’s greatest general, he has been considered among the finest Latin writers and surpassed by very few Roman orators. Yet he was a man of contradictions who aroused violently different reactions. Born into an ancient aristocratic family, he was associated from the beginning of his career with the interests of the common people. Many of his actions in his Gallic wars have been criticized for their brutality and cruelty, and he was accused of subverting the Roman state. Yet no general or statesman can be found who treated his enemies with more clemency, and every office that he held (except for the last month of his life) was properly constitutional. When he was assassinated on the famous Ides of March in 44 BC, many of the men holding those bloody knives were close friends, or former enemies whom he had pardoned and even promoted to exalted positions. This course will explore the biography and works of Julius Caesar from several different vantage points and through many different kinds of sources: his own written works; the archeological evidence of his buildings, coinage, and statues; the writings of his contemporaries and successors; the views of modern scholarship; and the poets and playwrights who have given us their own versions of Caesar.

Prerequisite: Graduate degree student.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH601:
This course explores issues about the nature and techniques of critical thought, viewed as a way to establish a reliable basis for our claims, beliefs, and attitudes about the world. We explore multiple perspectives, placing established facts, theories, and practices in tension with alternatives to see how things could be otherwise. Views about observation and interpretation, reasoning and inference, valuing and judging, and the production of knowledge in its social context are considered. Special attention is given to translating what is learned into strategies, materials, and interventions for use in students' own educational and professional settings.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission required (arthur.millman@umb.edu).

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH602:
This course seeks to increase the participants’ understanding of creativity, to improve their creative problem-solving skills, and to enhance their ability to promote these skills in others, in a variety of educational settings. Students participate in activities designed to help develop their own creativity and discuss the creative process from various theoretical perspectives. Readings are on such topics as creative individuals, environments that tend to enhance creative functioning, and related educational issues. Discussions with artists, scientists, and others particularly involved in the creative process focus on their techniques and on ways in which creativity can be nurtured.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH616:
Genuine dialogue provides a creative space in which may emerge entirely new ways of thinking, acting, and relating to others. At the heart of such dialogue is holding respect for oneself, for one another, and for a commonly created pool of meaning. Course participants learn and experience approaches to listening and dialogue derived from Buber, Bohm, Isaacs, Jackins, Weissglass, and others, that allow us to become more aware of the underlying beliefs, assumptions, and emotions that limit our thinking and our responses to the world. Discussions explore applications of dialogue processes in educational, organizational, social, and personal change.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH618:
Through interactive, experiential sessions and structured assignments, students learn critical and creative approaches to working in organizations. Skills addressed include: communication and team-building; facilitation of participation and collaboration in groups; promotion of learning from a diversity of perspectives; problem-finding and solving; and reflective practice. Students apply these skills to situations that arise in business, schools, social change groups, and other organizations with a view to taking initiative and generating constructive change.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH652L:
This course explores the ways children think about their natural and social world and how they affect their learning of science. It is particularly concerned with identifying and describing the organized conceptual frameworks children have prior to instruction (which typically are different from the scientists’ conceptualizations) and with understanding the general processes by which conceptual frameworks can be changed. One important question concerns the ways in which children are fundamentally different learners and thinkers from adults and the ways in which they are fundamentally similar.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission required.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH653L:
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and problems involved in analyzing the biological and social influences on behaviors and diseases and in translation such analyses into population health policy and practice. Special attention given to social inequalities, changes over the life course, and heterogeneous pathways. Case studies and course projects are shaped to accommodate students with interests in diverse fields related to health and public policy. Students are assumed to have a statistical background, but the course emphasizes epidemiological literacy with a view to collaborating thoughtfully with specialists, not technical expertise.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH655:
This course considers various aspects of metacognition and how they influence behavior in children and adults. Topics include the individual’s knowledge of his or her own cognition, self-awareness, the monitoring of conscious thought processes, inferences about unconscious thought processes, metacognition as a decision process, metacognitive strategies, the development of metacognition, and metacognition as a source of individual differences in children.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH688:
Reflective practitioners in any profession pilot new practices, take stock of outcomes and reflect on possible directions, and make plans to revise their practice accordingly. They also make connections with colleagues who model new practices and support the experimenting and practice of others. Students in this course gain experiences and up-to-date tools for reflective practice through presentations, interactive and experiential sessions, and, optionally, supervised pilot activities in schools, workplaces, and communities.

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Credits: 1-3

Description for CRCRTH692:
In this course student identify issues in educational or other professional settings on which to focus their critical and creative thinking skills. Each student works through the different stages of research and action from defining a manageable project to communicating findings and plans for further work. The classes run as workshops, in which student are introduced to and then practice using tools for research, writing, communicating, and supporting the work of others.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH693:
This course covers techniques for and critical thinking about the evaluation of changes in educational practices and policies in schools, organizations, and informal contexts. Topics include quantitative and qualitative methods for design and analysis, participatory design of practices and policies in a framework of action research, institutional learning, the wider reception or discounting of evaluations, and selected case studies, including those arising from semester-long student projects.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRCRTH694:
This seminar provides participants with an opportunity to review and reflect on their work in the program and its impact on their current and future professional and personal lives, through a final project that demonstrates knowledge and integration of critical and creative thinking skills, processes, and strategies. To facilitate the synthesis of ideas and the identification of a final project option, the seminar begins with group experiences. Students choosing the same final project option meet in small groups weekly to present their plans and progress notes for support and critique. A three-page final project description is presented early in the course, and all projects are presented during the last four weeks.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRSCAD502:
This course will examine the causes and consequences of climate change with a special focus on food and water resources. We will analyze proposals to prevent and mitigate global warming with both proactive and responsive policies. As a global society, food and water security is the most important goal we face, yet many people in the developing world lack even basic food security and more than a billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water. Food and water shortages are exacerbated and caused by climate change, environmental degradation and natural and human-caused disasters. It is projected that unless drastic efforts to cut greenhouse gas emission are implemented global warming will lead to massive crop failures as early as 2040 and become a worldwide phenomenon by 2080. Because poor nations will be most adversely affected by climate change it is incumbent upon the global society to prepare for and avert disaster.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRSCAD503:
This course focuses on guided project on a topic selected by the student and approved by the program director. Suggested topics include: what happens after the cameras leave?; social vulnerability and analysis; theoretical and policy debates; the roles of public, private and community-based organizations in rebuilding post-disaster; physical, social, economic, and political dimensions of post-disaster recovery planning and policies; analysis of post-disaster urban reconstruction and recovery planning processes; urban design physical planning; neighborhood/community planning; architectural design for different building types; policy formulation and implantation strategies; landscape design; rebuilding and revitalization of historic sites; housing rehabilitation program; socio-economic development programs (rural, urban district or regional); community needs assessment; evaluation of recovery programs; capacity building; the role of vulnerable populations (for example, the elderly, disabled people, children, women, marginalized people) in the development and implementation of reconstruction plans; information needs and the role of the media during and after disasters; and, community resiliency.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRSCAD521:
The coure will explore the intersection dynamics of human dignity, humiliation, and human rights in the context of post-disaster reconstruction.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRSCAD524:
This course will examine resilience and the power to adapt to stress, adversity, and trauma. Coping with and managing tragedy and crisis is important to the individual, his/her family and friends, employment, and other relationships that are part of our lives.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRSCAD543:
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the major issues associated with the economic consequences of migration. Students will gain an understanding of the theoretical reasons why people migrate. Many of these reasons are economic, but the resulting dynamic is a lasting relationship between the sending and receiving country. As a result of the development of transnational identities these ties include remittances, political participation, and economic opportunities for both countries.

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Credits: 3

Description for CRSCAD596:
This guided independent study will allow the student to choose and explore an area of strong interest in global post-disaster studies that is not covered by available courses. Students are particularly encouraged to research new angles of intersection between vulnerable populations and post-disaster conditions. A detailed proposal must be submitted to, and approved by, the instructor and the Director of the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters. Open to all graduate students.

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Credits: 1-3

Description for EDCG612:
This course provides participants with methods and strategies for evaluating and designing educational software and other applications of advanced information technology.

Prerequisite: EDC G 610 or Permission of Instructor.

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Credits: 3

Description for EEOS611:
This course is designed to prepare the student to design and analyze experiments and field studies using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) and regression techniques. Calculations are performed using handheld calculators and the SAS Statistical Computer Software.

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Credits: 3

Description for EEOS654:
Advances in science depend upon systematic communication regarding theories, methods, observations and findings. At the same time, the development of technology and sound public policy depend upon advances in science. This course is designed to familiarize students with the wide range of models, methods and media that are employed in scientific communication. Assignments will include the construction of written documents such as abstracts, research proposals, and research reports as well as articles and notes for general audiences; visual presentations such as slides, posters, and graphs; and oral communications such as presentations, testimony and interviews.

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Credits: 3

Description for EEOS796:
This course is designed to provide skills to prepare students to take on the role of project manager. The importance of Project management is now realized by many companies where the entire business, including routine activities, can be regarded as a series of projects. Project management principles provide a systematic approach to running a business; both large and small business as well as a scientific laboratory.

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Credits: 3

Description for EEOS796:
This course is designed to provide awareness and skills for effective leadership. Weekly themes include: creating an inspirational vision, entrepreneurship, building trust, conflict resolution, personal integrity and ethics, and workplace issues. This course will impart profiles of employees who flourish, plateau, or fail with leadership responsibilities.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR611:
Those who provide and manage services for the elderly, or are involved in public policy and research concerning the elderly, need knowledge about the physical process of aging. This course describes the physiological changes that accompany the aging process and relates these to social and economic factors that influence health status. Discussion topics include issues of prevention, health promotion and health maintenance, and selected disorders that affect health and independent living.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR611:
Those who provide and manage services for the elderly, or are involved in public policy and research concerning the elderly, need knowledge about the physical process of aging. This course describes the physiological changes that accompany the aging process and relates these to social and economic factors that influence health status. Discussion topics include issues of prevention, health promotion and health maintenance, and selected disorders that affect health and independent living.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR621:
This course presents a social perspective on the aging process. It considers social factors that influence aging and the nature of the integration of the aged into society, as well as the way in which population aging affects the society as a whole. The course also looks at social theories of aging, paying special attention to changing social roles, social stratification and aging, and the development of institutions for the aged. Gender, race, ethnicity, and class are discussed as social categories that influence aging and that play a role in the determination of social policy for the aged. Readings on the status, role, and culture of the aged are drawn from the literature of sociology, economics, and anthropology.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR623:
This course introduces students to the development, implementation, and analysis of social policy in the United States on major issues affecting older people. Income security, health care financing, and long-term care receive major attention. Discussions also focus on the programs mandated by the Older Americans Act; and participants examine the major normative, demographic, economic, and political forces that underlie aging policy.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR623:
This course introduces students to the development, implementation, and analysis of social policy in the United States on major issues affecting older people. Income security, health care financing, and long-term care receive major attention. Discussions also focus on the programs mandated by the Older Americans Act; and participants examine the major normative, demographic, economic, and political forces that underlie aging policy.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR628:
This course focuses on psychosocial processes throughout the second half of life, from middle age through the "young old" and "old old" years. It addresses both normal aging and psychopathology. Of special concern is the question of whether there are any systematic intrinsic psychological or personality changes associated with development in later life. The course also focuses on the processes used to cope with age-associated transitions ranging from the empty nest to impending death. It explores theoretical models for understanding coping and adaptation, developmental changes, and psychopathology. Other topics include clarification of the causes and nature of the most common psychopathologies, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease; and the psychodynamics of institutionalization and family care of the very old.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR630:
This class will provide a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of residential care administration for older people. The National Association of Boards of Registration in Nursing Home Administration supports state licensing programs for residential care managers including nursing home administrators. This class will provide a broad understanding of aging issues, and specific elements of administration in residential service settings, while addressing the requirements for licensure.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR645:
This course examines marketing principles as applied to aging services organizations. Students will learn about marketing concepts, objectives, and brand names. The course will also explore the current structure of aging organizations in Massachusetts and relate these to current marketing principles and strategies. Students will learn to apply marketing concepts to effectively manage and operate an aging services organization. This course provides students with the opportunity to see how marketing principles and practice come together within the context of various types of aging services organizations in Massachusetts.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR645:
This course examines marketing principles as applied to aging services organizations. Students will learn about marketing concepts, objectives, and brand names. The course will also explore the current structure of aging organizations in Massachusetts and relate these to current marketing principles and strategies. Students will learn to apply marketing concepts to effectively manage and operate an aging services organization. This course provides students with the opportunity to see how marketing principles and practice come together within the context of various types of aging services organizations in Massachusetts.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR650:
This course focuses on the links between consumers and aging services in organizational settings with well-developed formal services. The aim of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the structural problems that underlie the challenges that consumers face in using formal services. The course covers a wide range of services that older people may need, the complementary relationship between formal and informal services, boundary issues among service specialties, boundary issues among service specialties and service professionals, service coordination and integration, and the role of both consumer directional and professional case management in negotiating service systems.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR660:
This course is offered as a core course in the aging service track of the Masters in Gerontology. Students who are interested in pursuing career opportunities in management of long term care organizations will benefit from this course content. The influences of organizational and financial forces upon aging service are analyzed in this course. Three sources of public financing --Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act--are examined in depth. The relative strengths of public and private financing are examined with attention to both access and quality issues. It is assumed that the student do not have any background knowledge of accounting and finance. Therefore, foundational elements in accounting and finance will be covered in this course. The student will acquire an understanding of accounting principles, economic decision-making and industry factors as they pertain to aging service agencies.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR660:
This course is offered as a core course in the aging service track of the Masters in Gerontology. Students who are interested in pursuing career opportunities in management of long term care organizations will benefit from this course content. The influences of organizational and financial forces upon aging service are analyzed in this course. Three sources of public financing --Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act--are examined in depth. The relative strengths of public and private financing are examined with attention to both access and quality issues. It is assumed that the student do not have any background knowledge of accounting and finance. Therefore, foundational elements in accounting and finance will be covered in this course. The student will acquire an understanding of accounting principles, economic decision-making and industry factors as they pertain to aging service agencies.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR670:
This course is designed to familiarize students with the concepts of human resources management as they are applied tin primarily public, non-profit settings. In particular, the course will focus on human resources and personnel management as applied to the aging services field. The examples used in the course will come from organizations such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, senior centers and councils on aging. Issues to be addressed will include hiring and supervision, performance appraisal, mentoring, career planning, equal employment opportunity, diversity and collective bargaining. Students will examine job design and pay systems, methods of personnel selection and training, issues of productivity and work hours, team building, effects of government regulations on working conditions and personnel administration.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR670:
This course is designed to familiarize students with the concepts of human resources management as they are applied tin primarily public, non-profit settings. In particular, the course will focus on human resources and personnel management as applied to the aging services field. The examples used in the course will come from organizations such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, senior centers and councils on aging. Issues to be addressed will include hiring and supervision, performance appraisal, mentoring, career planning, equal employment opportunity, diversity and collective bargaining. Students will examine job design and pay systems, methods of personnel selection and training, issues of productivity and work hours, team building, effects of government regulations on working conditions and personnel administration.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR675:
Organizations play a critical role in both professional and personal realms. This course examines the structure of organizations including internal and external forces and approaches to changing the way that organizations operate. Students will explore the current structure of aging organizations at the federal advocacy and service organizations. Students will also review emerging trends in the long term care system which may impact the mission vision and structure of organizations.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR692:
This capstone offers each student the opportunity to develop a special project in his or her specific area of interest. This includes researching the topic, identifying an issue, developing strategy and a work plan, and establishing a timeline and implementation schedule. The course is intended to assist students in implementing their knowledge and skills developed during their course of study. Projects undertaken should evidence an understanding and mastery of areas such as policy development an analysis, program management, administration, and finance. The course is also intended to show student mastery of self-direction and task management. Students are expected to take this class at or near the end of their course of study in the Management of Aging Services Masters Program.

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Credits: 3

Description for GERONGR692:
This capstone offers each student the opportunity to develop a special project in his or her specific area of interest. This includes researching the topic, identifying an issue, developing strategy and a work plan, and establishing a timeline and implementation schedule. The course is intended to assist students in implementing their knowledge and skills developed during their course of study. Projects undertaken should evidence an understanding and mastery of areas such as policy development an analysis, program management, administration, and finance. The course is also intended to show student mastery of self-direction and task management. Students are expected to take this class at or near the end of their course of study in the Management of Aging Services Masters Program.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG601:
This course provides an introduction to the cognitive and experiential content of the program, emphasizing the components of the instructional design model. Various instruction design models are analyzed and students are expected to complete, as a final project a learning module micro-design.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG601:
This course provides an introduction to the cognitive and experiential content of the program, emphasizing the components of the instructional design model. Various instruction design models are analyzed and students are expected to complete, as a final project a learning module micro-design.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG602:
Students are introduced to the body of knowledge concerning adults as learners. This course focuses on the principles of adult education, learning styles, variables that affect adult learning, motivation techniques, appropriate training methodologies, reinforcement of learning, skill transfer, and measurement procedures for identifying learner characteristics.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG604:
This course focuses on the study of communication as applied to instruction design and on theories of media communication. It covers audience variables, systems of media analysis, message structure, environmental factors, and the integration of these elements into an efficient communication model.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 or permission of instructor.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG605:
This course provides a systematic survey of a variety of media formats including visual displays, audio and visual presentations. Aspects of theory include psychological principles and research on media as a teaching mode. Students have the opportunity of applying knowledge and skills to selected areas of media production, especially as they provide solutions to instructional problems.

Prerequisite: Masters or Certificate student in Instructional Design.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG614:
This course is designed to help participants develop effective writing. It provides both analysis of written documents and a theoretical review of professional writing techniques. Assignments emphasize the writing tasks typically required of training and development specialists in any organization. They include the design, assessment, marketing, and evaluation of instruction. Participants develop the skills for effective communication with those outside the organization, and those at all levels within it.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601. Masters in Instructional Design student or permission.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG616:
This is a basic course in developing eLearning programs with an emphasis on Web-based Training (WBT). The course addresses user interface design, the execution of common instructional strategies employed in training products, and techniques of graphics production. The course is project based; students work in teams to design, create prototypes, and produce CBT/WBT/multi-media programs.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 and matriculated student in Instructional Design or permission of instructor.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG618:
This course examines assessment in all phases of the instructional design process, including needs analysis and the various stages of formative and summative evaluation. Topics include various types of data, techniques for data gathering, the construction of questionnaires, a hands-on review of computer programs, and characteristic issues in the analysis and interpretation of assessment. The course also offers practical experience in the use of representative measures and applications.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 and matriculated student in Instructional Design or permission of instructor.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG619:
This course is for instructors, teachers, trainers, or instructional designers who want to explore the critical success factors in designing and delivering online instruction. Through readings, discussion, and various activities, we will examine the pedagogical implications of technology-mediated learning, the dynamics of the virtual classroom, the elements of effective online course design, as well as the tools and technologies available to create and deliver online instruction design, and to assess student performance. Through group-based and individual project work, we will design and create online lessons. This course will use a range of interactive and collaborative instructional techniques in an effort to provide current or potential online instructors rich firsthand experience of what it is like to be a student learning in an online environment.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 and matriculated student in Instructional Design or permission of instructor.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG622:
In this course, students learn to develop curriculum used in organizations according to principles of instructional design. Students research and write a complete instructor manual/lesson plan and accompanying student folder/manual on a selected training topic. Curriculum development topics include: writing course goals and performance objectives; testing mechanism; complete lesson plan content; instructional methodologies and strategies such as role plays, group activities, case studies; creating original materials such as student handouts, prepared flipcharts, PowerPoint slide presentations, or other media as needed; equipment and technology; curriculum standards; and evaluation strategy.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 and 602.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG640:
This course helps students become familiar with the current uses of the video disk and other multimedia, as well as with such delivery platforms for multimedia as SonyViewSystem, IBM M-motion, IBM’s DVI, Philips CDI, and with the planning, budgeting, and logistics of video production. Participants learn the range of authoring tools that exist for these systems and their relative advantages. They apply principles of instructional and courseware design and study the practical considerations involved in the production of visual media, as well as writing a design proposal and a multimedia project budget. Using this general design document, students produce specifications for the video, computer program flow, graphic screens, video disk layout, and other effects that translate the original instructional design into a usable program. They also achieve basic proficiency in the use of a popular project management software program.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 or permission of instructor.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG650:
This course on formative and summative evaluation brings the students’ practical experience in computers and multimedia together with the study of the ways these technologies get used in the classroom. Students examine the formative evaluation process for technology-based programs in corporate training programs and school curricula. By obtaining feedback from representatives of the target audience in the early stages of a product’s development, the developer can assure that it meets goals while staying within its budget. Formative evaluation plans are now required by most funding sources and corporations. Summative evaluation-the evaluation of an educational product at the end of its development process-is a way to determine whether the project has met its goals. Students learn to apply these assessment procedures in a project based on a real-world application.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601. Masters in Instructional Design student or permission.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG655:
Students work with UMass Boston faculty, teachers in cooperating schools, or sponsoring corporations to make a prototype multimedia application or to produce a planning document for multimedia implementation in the client organization. Students may participate in projects pre-arranged by the instructional technology staff or may generate their own, working individually or in a team.

Prerequisite: INSDSG 601, 616 and 640. Instructional Design grad student or permission.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG690:
The course provides guidance and a structured environment in which students develop advanced instructional design skill in the context of their capstone project. Based on the nature and complexity of the students’ projects, the course deals with such topics as: component display analysis; needs assessment data, analysis and reporting techniques; cognitive flexibility theory; competencies modeling; and self-directed/ learner-centered strategies. Students who have completed eight or more requirements for the Instructional Design MEd should enroll in this course.

Prerequisite: Permission of department required (617.287.5980).

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG696:
The comprehensive study of a particular topic or area in instructional design, as determined by the needs of the individual student. The student works under the guidance and supervision of the instructor.

Prerequisite: Permission of department required (617.287.5980).

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG697:
With blended learning, educators seek to maximize learning benefits by making the best use of traditional and technology-supported strategies. The focus of this course is on defining different types of blends and evaluating the evidence from the literature in the field regarding the efficacy of different types of blends. A "theory-to-practice-in-context" model will enable students in the class to design a blended unit of instruction for adult learners. Elective course.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG697:
This elective course examines how understanding data, research methodology and research reports can contribute to informed evidence-based practice. Emphasizing research relevant to the field of instructional design, students will be introduced to the processes and vocabulary of quantitative and qualitative research designs, including the questions, methodologies and standards of validity relevant to each. Students will learn to locate, critically read and evaluate research reports and to synthesize research findings to inform a question of practice. Students will also learn to apply APA standards in written reports and use technologies to support research, including online library resources and reference management software.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG697:
Project management is an essential tool for instructional designers. Rarely will you be the only person working on a project. The success or failure of the intervention depends on the work of many people and you will often be in charge of managing the process. Traditional project management methods can be used for building anything from buildings to software. In this course, we will explore strategic project management, including goal setting, diffusion of innovations, the interaction of social and technical interventions and the arc of project implementation.

Note: There will be three REQUIRED synchronous online course meetings.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor required.

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Credits: 3

Description for INSDSG698:
TBA

Prerequisite: Permission of department required (617.287.5980).

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG613:
This course examines the challenges associated with providing competent health care to diverse populations and examines its effects on the health of individuals, groups, and populations. Health behavior and health care outcomes are analyzed within the context of social, economic, political, and cultural forces. Implications of an increasingly diverse population for nursing education, research, and practice are determined, and strategies for improving the management of human diversity in nursing and health care are critically analyzed.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG614:
This course focuses on the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of pathophysiological processes throughout the lifespan. Relevant research is integrated into evidenced-based nursing practice.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG614:
This course focuses on the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of pathophysiological processes throughout the lifespan. Relevant research is integrated into evidenced-based nursing practice.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG614:
This course focuses on the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of pathophysiological processes throughout the lifespan. Relevant research is integrated into evidenced-based nursing practice.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG615:
This course focuses on the development of advanced practice nursing skills in health assessment for urban populations. Concepts, theories and research on human development, anticipatory guidance, prevention and early detection of risk factors and disease are emphasized. Critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning and communication skills are developed through practice with cases guided vignettes and simulated practice experiences specific to the students area of advanced practice nursing in the college laboratory.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 614. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $75

Description for NURSNG615:
This course focuses on the development of advanced practice nursing skills in health assessment for urban populations. Concepts, theories and research on human development, anticipatory guidance, prevention and early detection of risk factors and disease are emphasized. Critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning and communication skills are developed through practice with cases guided vignettes and simulated practice experiences specific to the students area of advanced practice nursing in the college laboratory.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 614. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $75

Description for NURSNG616:
This course focuses on theory-guided and evidenced based research to prepare students to become proficient in translating research into practice. Emphasis will be placed on research as a tool to improve practice. Students will learn to identify clinically focused problems and evaluate the best design to answer the question. Critical analysis of qualitative and quantitative research findings in order to apply best evidence will be emphasized. Through a systematic literature review, students will synthesize research related to a clinical practice problem and develop skills in the use of electronic databases. Ethical issues in the conduct of clinically focused research will be explored.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG618:
This course is designed to examine how ethical, financial, and health policy issues and concerns are linked in the health care delivery system. The role of the nurse in developing a professional ethical framework, understanding the economic implications of health care, and shaping and formulating health policy will be stressed. Several decision-making models and strategies in health policy, finances, and ethics will be compared. Relevant research in health policy, finances, and ethics will be analyzed.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG620:
Course content will be based on the Dermatology Nurse Practitioner Core Curriculum established by the Dermatology Nurses Association, 2011. Students will develop skills in critical thinking and clinical reasoning in the application of theory and research to the practice of dermatology. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of health promotion/illness problems with a focus on speciality care of the medical dermatology patient across the lifespan. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of the theory and research to the domains of practice of the adult/gerontological or family nurse practitioner who interfaces with a large cohort of dermatology patients, or is interested in dermatology specialization. This includes the management of patient health and illness and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are encouraged.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG631:
The historical development, scope, and functional roles of the advanced practice nurse are analyzed. Students examine the dynamic relationships among professional organizations, health care trends, and health care policy as they influence the need for advanced practice nursing. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the health care system. Related health professions theories, research, and opportunities for implementing changes are emphasized. Critical thinking, group dynamics, leadership skills, and role of the APN as educator are studied and modeled in classroom experiences and course assignments.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG634:
The course focuses on the role of advanced practice nurses in applying pharmacotherapeutics to the management of health and illness in populations at risk for morbidity and mortality. Students acquire advanced knowledge as a foundation for prescribing and monitoring pharmaceutical and alternative therapeutic agents. Emphasis is placed on synthesis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics principles for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. Evidence-based outcomes, consensus guidelines, and research studies are critiqued. Ethical, legal, and risk-management issues are discussed.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 614. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG634:
The course focuses on the role of advanced practice nurses in applying pharmacotherapeutics to the management of health and illness in populations at risk for morbidity and mortality. Students acquire advanced knowledge as a foundation for prescribing and monitoring pharmaceutical and alternative therapeutic agents. Emphasis is placed on synthesis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics principles for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. Evidence-based outcomes, consensus guidelines, and research studies are critiqued. Ethical, legal, and risk-management issues are discussed.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 614. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG634:
The course focuses on the role of advanced practice nurses in applying pharmacotherapeutics to the management of health and illness in populations at risk for morbidity and mortality. Students acquire advanced knowledge as a foundation for prescribing and monitoring pharmaceutical and alternative therapeutic agents. Emphasis is placed on synthesis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics principles for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. Evidence-based outcomes, consensus guidelines, and research studies are critiqued. Ethical, legal, and risk-management issues are discussed.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 614. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG637:
Multicultural individuals and families at risk for mental and psychosocial problems are considered within the context of urban living. Nursing theory and research is applied to developing processes of care for individuals across the lifespan with mental health and psychosocial problems. Students learn evidence-based care including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, and non-traditional approaches to psychosocial and related physical problems. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, family systems, developmental risk factors, drug efficacy and nonpharmacological approaches for individuals with mental and psychosocial illness is investigated. The impact of contemporary health care policy and legislative proposals on quality, cost, and access to care is investigated.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $25

Description for NURSNG637:
Multicultural individuals and families at risk for mental and psychosocial problems are considered within the context of urban living. Nursing theory and research is applied to developing processes of care for individuals across the lifespan with mental health and psychosocial problems. Students learn evidence-based care including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, and non-traditional approaches to psychosocial and related physical problems. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, family systems, developmental risk factors, drug efficacy and nonpharmacological approaches for individuals with mental and psychosocial illness is investigated. The impact of contemporary health care policy and legislative proposals on quality, cost, and access to care is investigated.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $25

Description for NURSNG637:
Multicultural individuals and families at risk for mental and psychosocial problems are considered within the context of urban living. Nursing theory and research is applied to developing processes of care for individuals across the lifespan with mental health and psychosocial problems. Students learn evidence-based care including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, and non-traditional approaches to psychosocial and related physical problems. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, family systems, developmental risk factors, drug efficacy and nonpharmacological approaches for individuals with mental and psychosocial illness is investigated. The impact of contemporary health care policy and legislative proposals on quality, cost, and access to care is investigated.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $25

Description for NURSNG639:
Students examine the nursing and health related theory and research applied to the primary care management of adults with episodic and chronic illness. Diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological regimens are examined. Legal, ethical, and health policy issues that impact the delivery of primary health services are integrated. Continued emphasis is placed on developing social cultural sensitivity to the variations in health care needs of urban populations.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG639:
Students examine the nursing and health related theory and research applied to the primary care management of adults with episodic and chronic illness. Diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological regimens are examined. Legal, ethical, and health policy issues that impact the delivery of primary health services are integrated. Continued emphasis is placed on developing social cultural sensitivity to the variations in health care needs of urban populations.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG665:
This course emphasizes the CNS influence on nursing personnel and the organization. Under the guidance of a CNS preceptor, students practice in an acute or critical care setting in their chosen specialty. This course continues to address patient care, but the focus shifts to the nursing personnel and organization/network, giving students the opportunity to implement the CNS role fully. Students acquire skill and confidence in consultation, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $55

Description for NURSNG671:
This course focuses on the health care issues and needs of elders across the care continuum of acute, chronic, community, and long-term-care settings. Aspects of physical, emotional, and social aging across the lifespan are explored utilizing various theoretical perspectives and models. The assessment, teaching-coaching, and management roles of the advanced practice gerontological nurse in relation to acute and chronic health conditions of the older adult are emphasized. The complex interplay of the political, economic, legal, and ethical factors that influence health care delivery to older adults is examined.

Prerequisite: NURSNG 639. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG671:
This course focuses on the health care issues and needs of elders across the care continuum of acute, chronic, community, and long-term-care settings. Aspects of physical, emotional, and social aging across the lifespan are explored utilizing various theoretical perspectives and models. The assessment, teaching-coaching, and management roles of the advanced practice gerontological nurse in relation to acute and chronic health conditions of the older adult are emphasized. The complex interplay of the political, economic, legal, and ethical factors that influence health care delivery to older adults is examined.

Prerequisite: NURSNG 639. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG672:
Students further refine skills in critical thinking and clinical reasoning in the application of theory and research to practice. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of health promotion/illness problems, with a focus on the primary care of adults and older adults across the continuum of care. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of theory and research to the domains of practice of the adult/gerontological nurse practitioner, including the management of patient health and illness and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Students develop role competencies under the supervision of nurse practitioner preceptors and faculty in urban health care settings.

Prerequisite: NURSNG 670. Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 671 and 680. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 6

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $55

Description for NURSNG680:
Family nursing theory and research are further integrated as students develop competencies in their role as family nurse practitioner. Under the supervision of nurse practitioners and faculty, students manage and coordinate primary care for multicultural urban families experiencing a continuum of health promotion, episodic, and chronic illness problems. The diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, and teaching functions of the nurse practitioner role are examined within a professional, ethical and legal framework. Skills in collaborative interdisciplinary practice are emphasized. Seminar discussions include an exploration of the health policy issues that influence the delivery of health care to underserved urban families and communities.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 639. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 6

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $75

Description for NURSNG680:
Family nursing theory and research are further integrated as students develop competencies in their role as family nurse practitioner. Under the supervision of nurse practitioners and faculty, students manage and coordinate primary care for multicultural urban families experiencing a continuum of health promotion, episodic, and chronic illness problems. The diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, and teaching functions of the nurse practitioner role are examined within a professional, ethical and legal framework. Skills in collaborative interdisciplinary practice are emphasized. Seminar discussions include an exploration of the health policy issues that influence the delivery of health care to underserved urban families and communities.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 639. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 6

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $75

Description for NURSNG680:
Family nursing theory and research are further integrated as students develop competencies in their role as family nurse practitioner. Under the supervision of nurse practitioners and faculty, students manage and coordinate primary care for multicultural urban families experiencing a continuum of health promotion, episodic, and chronic illness problems. The diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, and teaching functions of the nurse practitioner role are examined within a professional, ethical and legal framework. Skills in collaborative interdisciplinary practice are emphasized. Seminar discussions include an exploration of the health policy issues that influence the delivery of health care to underserved urban families and communities.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 639. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 6

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $75

Description for NURSNG681:
Students integrate research from the pathophysiological, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences. The primary care needs of multicultural families in urban communities are addressed. Problems of women, infants, and children are analyzed within a family nurse practitioner framework for practice. Evidence-based laboratory, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological plans of care are applied to problem management. Emphasis is placed on developing advanced competence in the management of common health and illness. Health policies, including cost, quality, access to care, and evaluation and management guidelines for reimbursement, are integrated throughout the course.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG681:
Students integrate research from the pathophysiological, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences. The primary care needs of multicultural families in urban communities are addressed. Problems of women, infants, and children are analyzed within a family nurse practitioner framework for practice. Evidence-based laboratory, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological plans of care are applied to problem management. Emphasis is placed on developing advanced competence in the management of common health and illness. Health policies, including cost, quality, access to care, and evaluation and management guidelines for reimbursement, are integrated throughout the course.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG681:
Students integrate research from the pathophysiological, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences. The primary care needs of multicultural families in urban communities are addressed. Problems of women, infants, and children are analyzed within a family nurse practitioner framework for practice. Evidence-based laboratory, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological plans of care are applied to problem management. Emphasis is placed on developing advanced competence in the management of common health and illness. Health policies, including cost, quality, access to care, and evaluation and management guidelines for reimbursement, are integrated throughout the course.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG682:
Students further refine skills in critical thinking in the application of theory and research to practice. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of health promotion/illness problems with a focus on the primary care of women, infants, and children. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of theory and research to the domains of practice of the family nurse practitioner, including the management of patient health and illness and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Students develop role competencies under the supervision of nurse practitioner preceptors and faculty in urban health care settings.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 681. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 6

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $55

Description for NURSNG682:
Students further refine skills in critical thinking in the application of theory and research to practice. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of health promotion/illness problems with a focus on the primary care of women, infants, and children. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of theory and research to the domains of practice of the family nurse practitioner, including the management of patient health and illness and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Students develop role competencies under the supervision of nurse practitioner preceptors and faculty in urban health care settings.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 681. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 6

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $55

Description for NURSNG682:
Students further refine skills in critical thinking in the application of theory and research to practice. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of health promotion/illness problems with a focus on the primary care of women, infants, and children. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of theory and research to the domains of practice of the family nurse practitioner, including the management of patient health and illness and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Students develop role competencies under the supervision of nurse practitioner preceptors and faculty in urban health care settings.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURSNG 681. Graduate student in Nursing. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 6

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $55

Description for NURSNG715:
Students learn advanced practice nursing competencies related to computer skills, informatics skill, and informatics knowledge. Application of information theory and computer technology skills is directed towards improving the organization and delivery of healthcare to multicultural populations receiving primary, secondary, and tertiary health care. Health Informatics deals with using technology tools for optimizing the collection, verification and utilization of data that relates to generating knowledge to inform best practices and leadership in both public and private health systems. Students are directed to investigate ways in which information systems can address disparities in health services.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG762:
Emphasis is placed on translation of research into practice as a means to improved the delivery of health care. In supervised clinical experiences, students continue to develop competence in the role of the DNP including experiences in leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration, and translation of research and theory into practice. Clinical learning is directed at discovering the history, and contextual evidence, and current strategies related to problems affecting patient safety and the quality of health care services. Students participate in leadership and change agent experiences consistent with behaviors expected of the Doctor of Nursing Practice. Students investigate clinical problems in context of the health care system and analyze influencing factors; seek IRB approval and defend the capstone project proposal. Students successful in defending their proposal may move forward to the action phase of the capstone.

Prerequisite: NURSNG 616, 760 and 761, PBHLTH Informatics. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

Corequisite: NURSNG 716.

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Credits: 1

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $55

Description for NURSNG764:
Students continue to integrate the role of the DNP in the clinical practice context that includes leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration. They will synthesize the highest level of scientific knowledge and clinical practice expertise to the solving of an identified health care delivery problem for populations at risk. Following DNP committee and IRB approvals of the capstone project work done in preceding courses, students complete the Doctor of Nursing Practice immersion experience, summarize their portfolio experiences to reflect their meeting the Essentials Competencies, and submit and defend their scholarly capstone project work. In seminars, students meet to explore the projects and findings of their colleagues and discuss application of evidence and theory to solving health services delivery problems.

Prerequisite: NURSNG 722, 761, 762, 763 and MBA 650. Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Lab Fee:
The lab fee for this course is: $55

Description for NURSNG765:
The course will provide an introduction and overview of leadership, management, and organizational behavior in health care for the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). Students will integrate theory with practice in the development of skills necessary to provide organizational and systems leadership in health care settings. Students will apply content from lectures and readings to cases studies as well as to actual experiences from their own workplaces. Topics include leadership and management theories/models, fiscal management, human resource management, and managing change in a complex environment.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG766:
Students apply health care economic and finance theory to the analysis of factors influencing health systems’ structure, function and process. Both the US and global trends in health care delivery are examined from a historical and contemporary perspective of increasing social change and health care access. Students develop skills in financial management including budget preparation and tailoring budgets to changes in health policy at the local, state, and national level. Competency in utilizing and applying finance tools and measures for analysis and reporting will be developed through the use of case studies common to advanced practice nursing. Students are prepared to develop collaborative health care access points in order to advocate for vulnerable populations while controlling costs and improving quality.

Prerequisite: Department permission required. For further information about how to register, please click here.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG770:
This is the second course in a two-semester Biostatistics sequence. This course covers several advanced methods of statistical analysis that are most often used in Healthcare research, including multiple linear regression, logistic regression, log-linear (Poisson) regression, Cox proportional hazards regression, and longitudinal data analysis. This course also discusses the methods and techniques in assessing the presenting confounding and interaction effects, and handling missing values. The primary purpose of this course is to help students gain understanding of the advanced statistical methods and use these concepts to critique literature in the field of clinical and population based research.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG780:
This course builds on prior knowledge of the basic principles of epidemiology while introducing methods of epidemiologic analysis, and their application to the field of advanced practice nursing (APRN) at the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) level. The course is intended to provide students with the skills and knowledge to critically evaluate health research based on epidemiologic standards. In addition, students will learn to perform preliminary analyses of epidemiologic, biostatistical, environmental, and other scientific data to address basic questions related to individual, aggregate, and population health. Students will analyze public use datasets and interpret published government reports describing population health status and the occurrence of diseases in populations at the local, state, and national levels.

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Credits: 3

Description for NURSNG796:
Students wishing to enroll in this course should present to the faculty a well-defined problem for investigation. Plans for advanced study should be established at the beginning of the semester during which the student wishes to take the course. The study will be conducted in consultation and collaboration with the student’s faculty advisor, and documented in a report at the end of the semester.

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Credits: 1-3

Description for PAFG632:
This seminar focuses on current, major issues with an international dimension and/or global impact and with salience for the emerging patterns of world politics. While engaging in critical analysis of current issues, it examines the broader conceptual context and analytic framework which explain interactions among nations. Weekly reports based on assigned readings as well as a major research paper pursue distinct goals: the critical utilization of concepts; the refinement of analytic tools; the examination of different perspectives (national, international, global community); policy analysis.

Prerequisite: Graduate degree student in Public Affairs or Dispute Resolution. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students in other programs may also be admitted with permission by the instructor.

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Credits: 3

Description for PAFG642:
This course is designed to develop an understanding of the importance of research in policy development. Women will learn fundamental research concepts and principles and will become acquainted with significant case studies about policies affecting women. The course introduces women to the general methods used in formulating and analyzing policy and then gives them the opportunity to design and conduct independent research on a policy issues relevant to their home country. Topics in this course cover the history of policy analysis, theories of the policy process, the role of social construction, institutions, interests and values in policy, organizational theory and leadership, the determination of policy goals and objectives, and various analytical and empirical frameworks for analyzing policy and its implementation worldwide. We will use international case studies extensively in order to give student exposure the real-world policy issues. Case studies produce in-depth knowledge of a policy within a narrowly defined framework.

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Credits: 3

Description for PAFG643:
This course engages women in a systematic examination of conflict resolution theories, drawing from a broad range of academic disciplines, including economics, law social psychology, and anthropology, as well as dispute resolution. Throughout the course, the students will be challenged to apply the material to real-world situations. The students will also practice how to use the information to deal with conflict between men and women in political arenas. The course will consider conflict in a variety of organizational settings including formal, voluntary, and community organizations and focuses on the emergence, manifestation, and resolution of disputes.

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Credits: 3

Description for SPAN516:
This course, taught entirely in Spanish with occasional readings in English, is specifically designed for pre-service and in-service teachers of Spanish. It will examine various representations of the city in Spanish-American literature. In so doing, the course will prepare teachers to develop connections between course content and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Foreign Languages and the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning. This class will provoke a comparison between urban experiences in Latin America and similar experiences in the United States. It will also include an overview of the main moments in Spanish American Literature when cities came to represent social, economic, and demographic tensions that redefined national and regional identities. The class also includes a unit on the literature of Hispanic people in the US, since the urban experience is a central theme to this literature.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3