UG Course Descriptions

This non-credit course meets once throughout the semester. It provides for experience of student recitals, guest recitals, music seminars and exchange. It also allows for similar experiences at other on-campus and off-campus events. Pass/Fail (Offered fall and spring semesters.)

Covers the induction process, basic leadership skills, basic networking skills, and a carousel of speaker engagements.

This Advanced Leadership program is designed to help you integrate your leadership development into your lifestyle. The combination of on-campus and online learning modules delivers a broader understanding of core leadership education and a hands-on, cross-disciplinary approach to leadership. Whether on campus or in our online cohorts, members have the opportunity to apply these new skills or understandings to everyday life and contribute more effectively to other projects and initiatives.

The Executive Leadership course is a personalized learning experience offered by The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) that puts members on the forefront of innovative leadership development. Unlike other leadership development programs, NSLS takes members beyond a narrow focus of goalsetting to impacting and leading others. In our tailored programs, our coursework prepares leaders to understand and engage with contemporary issues of leadership: collaboration, creative problem-solving, communication, and personal and social action. Working on-campus or online, our programs are built around five leadership modules and prepare members to lead in the 21st century and drive meaningful change for themselves, others, and the world.

Introduction to the profession of nursing from a historical and theoretical perspective. The roles of the baccalaureate generalist nurse within today’s health care system are presented. (Prerequisites: CHE 100; BIOL 209 and 210; pre/co-requisite: BIOL 208. Special permission by the nursing division to take one other science course concurrently is required.)

Emphasis on foundational nursing concepts and skills necessary for practicing holistic nursing care. Three credits of lecture; two credit hours are experiential learning in the nursing simulation laboratory (1 credit (average of 2 hours per week) and in a long-term care facility (1 credit (average of 3 hours per week). (Prerequisite: NUR 200 and MATH 110; Pre/co-requisite: BIOL 205; Co-req: NUR 307. Special permission by the nursing division to take one other science course concurrently is required.)

As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) highlights specific topics relevant to the delivery of safe quality patient care in a changing health care environment, the special topics in professional and holistic nursing course is offered as needed.

An overview of pharmacotherapeutic principles and the basics of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are presented. Students develop the necessary knowledge base and skills for safety in medication administration. The effects of drugs on different age groups and the nurse’s responsibilities in drug therapy are explored. Legal and ethical issues will be examined. (Prerequisites: All 100 & 200 level science courses and NUR 200, 202 & 307; co-requisite NUR 308)

Introduction to the concepts of holistic health assessment of clients across the lifespan. Students develop assessment skills for the collection of subjective and objective data. Concepts, models and theories of health promotion, disease and injury prevention will be introduced. One credit is experiential learning in the nursing simulation laboratory. (Prerequisites: All required 100 and 200 level science courses, NUR 200 and MATH 110; pre/co-requisite: BIOL 205; co-requisite: NUR 202) 3 credits of lecture, 1 credit (average of 2 hours per week) of simulation laboratory.